The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union) competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It would be the last Winter Olympic Games before the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. Six of the former Soviet republics would compete together as the Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics, and each republic would be independently represented at subsequent Games.
The Soviet Union had its best showing at the Winter Olympics in terms of total medals (overtaking its 1976 result with 27 medals) and second-best in terms of gold medals (after the aforementioned 1976 result with 13 gold medals).
Medalists MedalNameSportEventDate Cross-country skiing Women's 10 kilometre classical 14 February Cross-country skiing Men's 30 kilometre classical 15 February Figure skating Pair skating 16 February Speed skating Men's 1000 metres 18 February Cross-country skiing Men's 15 kilometre classical 19 February Bobsleigh Two-man 21 February Cross-country skiing Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay 21 February Figure skating Ice dance 23 February Cross-country skiing Women's 20 kilometre freestyle 25 February Biathlon Relay 26 February Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team Ice hockey Men's competition 28 February Cross-country skiing Women's 10 kilometre classical 14 February Cross-country skiing Men's 30 kilometre classical 15 February Figure skating Pair skating 16 February Cross-country skiing Women's 5 kilometre classical 17 February Biathlon Individual 20 February Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay 22 February Biathlon Sprint 23 February Figure skating Ice dance 23 February Cross-country skiing Women's 20 kilometre freestyle 25 February Luge Men's singles 15 February Cross-country skiing Women's 5 kilometre classical 17 February Speed skating Men's 1000 metres 18 February Cross-country skiing Men's 15 kilometre classical 19 February Figure skating Men's singles 20 February Biathlon Sprint 23 February Cross-country skiing Women's 20 kilometre freestyle 25 February Bobsleigh Four-man 28 February Nordic combined Individual 28 February
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Soviet Union at the 1988 Winter Olympics SportMenWomenTotalAlpine skiing 2 1 3Biathlon 5 – 5Bobsleigh 10 – 10Cross-country skiing 6 6 12Figure skating 9 8 17Ice hockey 21 – 21Luge 7 3 10Nordic combined 4 – 4Ski jumping 2 – 2Speed skating 12 5 17 Total 78 23 101
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankSergey PetrikSuper-GDNF–Konstantin ChistyakovDNF–Konstantin ChistyakovGiant Slalom1:10.091:06.582:16.6735Sergey Petrik1:09.781:05.382:15.1630Konstantin ChistyakovSlalomDNF–DNF–Sergey Petrik55.39DNFDNF–
Men's combined AthleteDownhillSlalomTotalTimeTime 1Time 2PointsRankKonstantin Chistyakov1:55.99DNF–DNF–Sergey Petrik1:55.82DSQ–DSQ–
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankGolnur PostnikovaDownhill1:28.2316
Women's combined AthleteDownhillSlalomTotalTimeTime 1Time 2PointsRankGolnur PostnikovaDNF––DNF–
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteMisses 1TimeRank10 km SprintJuri Kashkarov326:49.118Dmitry Vasilyev126:09.79Sergei Tchepikov025:29.4Valeriy Medvedtsev025:23.7
EventAthleteTimeMissesAdjusted time 2Rank20 kmAleksandr Popov56:24.0359:24.012Juri Kashkarov55:43.1257:43.15Sergei Tchepikov56:17.5157:17.54Valeriy Medvedtsev54:54.6256:54.6
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay AthletesRaceMisses 1TimeRankDmitry VasilyevSergei TchepikovAleksandr PopovValeriy Medvedtsev01'22:30.0
Bobsleigh
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankURS-1Jānis ĶipursVladimir KozlovTwo-man57.43458.05159.52258.4823:53.48URS-2Zintis EkmanisAivars TropsTwo-man57.951059.1261:00.721459.1363:56.929
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankURS-1Māris PoikānsOlafs KļaviņšIvars BērzupsJuris JaudzemsFour-man56.75657.66756.701057.2423:48.355URS-2Jānis ĶipursGuntis OsisJuris ToneVladimir KozlovFour-man56.72457.28156.41457.8573:48.26
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 km CAleksey Prokurorov43:36.918Aleksandr Batyuk43:08.715Vladimir Smirnov41:48.5Mikhail Devyatyarov41:18.930 km CYury Burlakov1'28:02.412Mikhail Devyatyarov1'25:31.34Vladimir Smirnov1'24:35.1Aleksey Prokurorov1'24:26.350 km FAleksey Prokurorov2'14:01.038Yury Burlakov2'12:02.226Mikhail Devyatyarov2'12:01.725Vladimir Sakhnov2'09:00.112
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankVladimir SmirnovVladimir SakhnovMikhail DevyatyarovAleksey Prokurorov1'44:11.3
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 km CRaisa Smetanina15:35.910Svetlana Nageykina15:29.98Vida Vencienė15:11.1Tamara Tikhonova15:05.310 km CTamara Tikhonova30:38.95Svetlana Nageykina30:26.54Raisa Smetanina30:17.0Vida Vencienė30:08.320 km FNina GavrilyukDSQ–Raisa Smetanina57:22.1Anfisa Reztsova56:12.8Tamara Tikhonova55:53.6
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Women's 4 × 5 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankSvetlana NageykinaNina GavrilyukTamara TikhonovaAnfisa Reztsova59:51.1
Figure skating
Men AthleteCFSPFSTFPRank Vladimir Kotin56813.46 Alexander Fadeev1958.24 Viktor Petrenko6337.8
Women AthleteCFSPFSTFPRank Anna Kondrashova97715.28 Kira Ivanova110913.67
Pairs AthletesSPFSTFPRank Larisa SeleznevaOleg Makarov646.04 Elena ValovaOleg Vassiliev223.0 Ekaterina GordeevaSergei Grinkov111.5
Ice dancing AthletesCDODFDTFPRank Natalia AnnenkoGenrikh Sretenski4448.04 Marina KlimovaSergei Ponomarenko2224.0 Natalia BestemianovaAndrei Bukin1112.0
Ice hockey
First round Top three teams (shaded ones) advanced to the medal round. PldWLTGFGAPts55003210 10 54101912 853202314 652302727 450411229 150411132 1
Soviet Union 5-0 Norway Soviet Union 8-1 Austria Soviet Union 7-5 USA West Germany 3-6 Soviet Union Soviet Union 6-1 Czechoslovakia
Medal round The top three teams from each group play the top three teams from the other group once. Points from previous games against their own group carry over.
PldWLTGFGAPts 5410257853111810752121516652211714551408262514012222
Soviet Union 5-0 Canada Soviet Union 7-1 Sweden Finland 2-1 Soviet Union
Roster:Evgeny BelosheikinIlya Byakin Vyacheslav Bykov Viacheslav Fetisov Alexei Gusarov Sergei Yashin Valeri Kamensky Alexei Kasatonov Andrei Khomutov Vladimir Krutov Igor Larionov Aleksandr Kozhevnikov Igor Kravchuk Andrei Lomakin Sergei Makarov Alexander Mogilny Sergei Mylnikov Vitali Samoilov Anatoly Semenov Sergei Starikov Igor Stelnov Sergei Svetlov Aleksandr Chernykh
Luge
Men AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankValery Dudin47.8122846.9821347.0611347.02593:08.88017Sergey Danilin46.564546.827746.648547.059103:07.0986Yury Kharchenko46.391346.605346.475346.80343:06.274
Men's doubles AthletesRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankVitaly MelnikDmitry Alekseyev46.060646.39961:32.4596Yevgeny BelousovAleksandr Belyakov45.973346.58081:32.5537
Women AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankIrina Kusakina46.6901147.0711246.643846.63993:07.04310Nadezhda Danilina46.5971046.447646.613646.707113:06.3648Yuliya Antipova46.449746.425546.610546.30343:05.7875
Nordic combined
Men's individual
Events: normal hill ski jumping 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki jumpingCross-countryTotalPointsRankStart atTimePointsRankSergey NikiforovIndividual191.8304:04.742:43.0402.90514Andrey Dundukov194.0263:50.042:21.1406.18512Vasily Savin203.7172:45.441:22.9414.92510Allar Levandi216.641:19.440:31.8422.590
Men's team
Three participants per team.
Events: normal hill ski jumping 10 km cross-country skiing
AthletesSki jumpingCross-countryTotalPointsRankStart atTimeRankAndrey DundukovVasily SavinAllar Levandi282.511DNFDNF–
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankEduard SubochNormal hill76.083.778.089.9173.638Mikhail Yesin80.092.174.079.5171.639
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mNikolay Gulyayev1:02.8636Vitaly Makovetsky37.3512Igor Zhelezovsky36.946Sergey Fokichev36.8241000 mBoris Repnin1:14.4112Andrey Bakhvalov1:14.3911Igor Zhelezovsky1:13.19Nikolay Gulyayev1:13.03 OR1500 mAndrey Bobrov1:58.9735Nikolay Gulyayev1:53.047Aleksandr Klimov1:52.976Igor Zhelezovsky1:52.6345000 mYury Klyuyev7:00.0126Sergey Berezin6:58.0823Dmitry Bochkaryov6:56.571710,000 mAleksandr Mozin14:28.9118Sergey Berezin14:20.489Yury Klyuyev14:09.686
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mYelena Ilyina41.1516Nataliya Shive-Glebova40.6691000 mNataliya Shive-Glebova1:22.9920Yelena Ilyina1:22.40181500 mYelena Tumanova2:07.7115Yelena Lapuga2:04.2453000 mYelena Tumanova4:24.079Yelena Lapuga4:23.297Svetlana Boyko4:22.9065000 mYelena Tumanova7:40.8215Yelena Lapuga7:28.655Svetlana Boyko7:28.394
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.
References
Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1988, full results by sports-reference.com