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Soviet Union at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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{{infobox country at games

| NOC = URS

| NOCname = Soviet Olympic Committee

| games = Summer Olympics

| year = 1956

| flagcaption = Flag of the Soviet Union

| oldcode =

| website =

| location = Melbourne/Stockholm

| competitors = 272 (233 men, 39 women)

| sports = 17

| flagbearer = Aleksey Medvedev

| rank = 1

| gold = 37

| silver = 29

| bronze = 32

| officials =

| appearances = auto

| app_begin_year = 1952

| app_end_year = 1988

| summerappearances =

| winterappearances =

| seealso = {{flagIOC|RU1}} (1900–1912)
{{flagIOC|EST}} (1920–1936, 1992–)
{{flagIOC|LAT}} (1924–1936, 1992–)
{{flagIOC|LTU}} (1924–1928, 1992–)
{{flagIOC|EUN}} (1992)
{{flagIOC|ARM}} (1994–)
{{flagIOC|BLR}} (1994–)
{{flagIOC|GEO}} (1994–)
{{flagIOC|KAZ}} (1994–)
{{flagIOC|KGZ}} (1994–)
{{flagIOC|MDA}} (1994–)
{{flagIOC|RUS}} (1994–)
{{flagIOC|UKR}} (1994–)
{{flagIOC|UZB}} (1994–)
{{flagIOC|AZE}} (1996–)
{{flagIOC|TJK}} (1996–)
{{flagIOC|TKM}} (1996–)

}}

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The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 272 competitors, 233 men and 39 women, took part in 135 events in 17 sports.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/URS/summer/1956/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043515/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/URS/summer/1956/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Soviet Union at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games |access-date=20 October 2010}} the Netherlands, Spain, the Netherlands Antilles, Egypt, Lebanon, Cambodia, Iraq and Switzerland protested against this by boycotting the games. As a partial support to the Dutch-led boycott, Soviet athletes under the Olympic flag instead of the national flag.

Medalists

The USSR finished first in the final medal rankings, with 37 gold and 98 total medals.

= Gold=

=Silver=

=Bronze=

Athletics

{{main|Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}

Men's 110 m hurdles

:* Heat — 14.4s

:* Semifinals — 14.5s

:* Final — 14.6s (→ 6th place)

:* Heat — 14.5s (→ did not advance)

Men's marathon

Basketball

{{main|Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}

Boxing

{{main|Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}

Canoeing

{{main|Canoeing at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}

Cycling

{{main|Cycling at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}

; Sprint

; Time trial

; Tandem

; Team pursuit

; Team road race

; Individual road race

Diving

{{main|Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}

Men's 10 m platform

:* Preliminary Round — 76.56

:* Final — 142.95 (→ 5th place)

:* Preliminary Round — 73.02

:* Final — 134.52 (→ 8th place)

:* Preliminary Round — 68.92 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Women's 3 m platform

:* Preliminary Round — 62.12

:* Final — 98.15 (→ 11th place)

Women's 10 m platform

:* Preliminary Round — 52.19

:* Final — 76.95 (→ 9th place)

:* Preliminary Round — 49.22

:* Final — 76.40 (→ 9th place)

:* Preliminary Round — 52.64

:* Final — 73.84 (→ 9th place)

Fencing

{{main|Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}

20 fencers, 17 men and 3 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1956.

; Men's foil

; Men's team foil

; Men's épée

; Men's team épée

; Men's sabre

; Men's team sabre

; Women's foil

Football

{{main|Association football at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}

Gymnastics

{{main|Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}

Modern pentathlon

{{main|Modern pentathlon at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}

Three male pentathletes represented the Soviet Union in 1956. The Soviet pentathletes won gold in the team event.

;Individual

;Team

  • Igor Novikov
  • Aleksandr Tarasov
  • Ivan Deriuhin

Rowing

{{main|Rowing at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}

The Soviet Union had 25 male rowers participate in seven rowing events in 1956.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/URS/summer/1956/ROW/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417112315/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/URS/summer/1956/ROW/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Soviet Union Rowing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games |access-date=28 June 2015}}

; Men's single sculls – 1st place (File:Med 1.png gold medal)

; Men's double sculls – 1st place (File:Med 1.png gold medal)

; Men's coxless pair – 2nd place (File:Med 2.png silver medal)

; Men's coxed pair – 3rd place (File:Med 3.png bronze medal)

; Men's coxless four

; Men's coxed four

; Men's eight

Sailing

{{main|Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}

Shooting

{{main|Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}

Eleven shooters represented the Soviet Union in 1956.

; 25 m pistol

; 50 m pistol

; 300 m rifle, three positions

; 50 m rifle, three positions

; 50 m rifle, prone

; 100 m running deer

; Trap

Swimming

{{main|Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}

Water polo

{{main|Water polo at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}

Weightlifting

{{main|Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}

Wrestling

{{main|Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}

Medals by republic

In the following table for team events number of team representatives, who received medals are counted, not "one medal for all the team", as usual. Because there were people from different republics in one team.

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template =

| event =

| team = Republic

| gold_AAA = 47 | silver_AAA = 33 | bronze_AAA = 36 | name_AAA = {{flagcountry|Russian SFSR}}

| gold_BBB = 14 | silver_BBB = 4 | bronze_BBB = 11 | name_BBB = {{flagcountry|Ukrainian SSR}}

| gold_CCC = 4 | silver_CCC = 0 | bronze_CCC = 0 | name_CCC = {{flagcountry|Armenian SSR}}

| gold_DDD = 2 | silver_DDD = 0 | bronze_DDD = 6 | name_DDD = {{flagcountry|Georgian SSR}}

| gold_EEE = 1 | silver_EEE = 4 | bronze_EEE = 0 | name_EEE = {{flagcountry|Latvian SSR}}

| gold_FFF = 0 | silver_FFF = 3 | bronze_FFF = 1 | name_FFF = {{flagcountry|Lithuanian SSR}}

| gold_GGG = 0 | silver_GGG = 1 | bronze_GGG = 0 | name_GGG = {{flagcountry|Azerbaijan SSR}}

| gold_HHH = 0 | silver_HHH = 1 | bronze_HHH = 0 | name_HHH = {{flagcountry|Byelorussian SSR}}

| gold_III = 0 | silver_III = 0 | bronze_III = 1 | name_III = {{flagcountry|Estonian SSR}}

}}

References

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External links

  • [http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
  • [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]
  • {{cite book|title=All about Olympic Games.|author=Boris Khavin|publisher=Fizkultura i sport|edition = 2nd|year=1979|location=Moscow|language=ru}} – for medal stats by republic

{{Nations at the 1956 Summer Olympics}}

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{{Top Summer Olympics medal-winning nations}}

Category:Nations at the 1956 Summer Olympics

1956

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