Soviet Union at the 1952 Summer Olympics

The Soviet Union (USSR) competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 295 competitors, 255 men and 40 women, took part in 141 events in 18 sports.

Medalists With 22 gold and 71 total medals, the USSR finished second in the final medal rankings.

|style="text-align:left;width:78%;vertical-align:top"| Gold MedalNameSportEventDateAthleticsWomen's discus throwGymnasticsMen's individual all-aroundIosif BerdievVictor ChukarinYevgeni KorolkovDmytro LeonkinValentin MuratovMikhail PerelmanHrant ShahinyanGymnasticsMen's team all-aroundGymnasticsMen's vaultGymnasticsMen's ringsGymnasticsMen's pommel horseRowingMen's single scullsWrestlingMen's freestyle middleweightWrestlingMen's freestyle heavyweightGymnasticsWomen's individual all-aroundPelageya DanilovaMedeya DzhugeliMaria GorokhovskayaEkaterina KalinchukGalina MinaichevaGalina ShamraiGalina UrbanovichGymnasticsWomen's team all-aroundGymnasticsWomen's vaultGymnasticsWomen's balance beamWeightliftingMen's 56 kg WeightliftingMen's 60 kg AthleticsWomen's shot put WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman flyweight WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman featherweight WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman lightweight WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman heavyweight ShootingMen's 300 metre free rifle, three positions WeightliftingMen's 82.5 kg

Silver MedalNameSportEventDateAthleticsWomen's discus throwAthleticsMen's 400 metres hurdlesGymnasticsMen's individual all-aroundGymnasticsMen's parallel barsGymnasticsMen's ringsGymnasticsMen's pommel horseGymnasticsMen's pommel horseHeorhiy ZhylinRowingMen's double scullsIgor BorisovYevgeny BragoLeonid GissenAleksey KomarovVladimir KryukovVladimir RodimushkinYevgeny SamsonovRowingMen's eightWrestlingMen's freestyle bantamweightAthleticsMen's triple jumpAthleticsWomen's long jumpGymnasticsWomen's individual all-aroundGymnasticsWomen's floorGymnasticsWomen's balance beamGymnasticsWomen's uneven barsGymnasticsWomen's vaultPelageya DanilovaMedeya DzhugeliMaria GorokhovskayaEkaterina KalinchukGalina MinaichevaGalina ShamraiGalina UrbanovichGymnasticsWomen's team portable apparatusAthleticsWomen's 80 metres hurdlesAthleticsWomen's javelin throwAthleticsMen's 3000 metres steeplechaseWeightliftingMen's 60 kgWeightliftingMen's 67.5 kgWeightliftingMen's 90 kgLevan SanadzeVladimir SukharevBoris TokarevAthleticsMen's 4 × 100 metres relayWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman light heavyweightShootingMen's 50 metre rifle proneBoxingMen's light welterweightBoxingMen's welterweightNodar DzhordzhikiyaAnatoly KonevOtar KorkiyaHeino KruusIlmar KullamJustinas LagunavičiusJoann LõssovAleksandr MoiseyevYuri OzerovKazys PetkevičiusStasys StonkusMaigonis ValdmanisViktor VlasovBasketballMen's team

Bronze Dmitri Leonkin (SKA Lviv) — Artistic gymnastics, men's rings Galina Minaicheva (Dynamo Moscow) — Artistic gymnastics, women's vault Aleksandr Anufriyev (Torpedo Gorky) — Athletics, men's 10000 m Bruno Junk (Dynamo Tallinn) — Athletics, men's 10000 m walk Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili (Dinamo Tbilisi) — Athletics, women's 200 m Nina Dumbadze (Dinamo Tbilisi) — Athletics, women's discus throw Aleksandra Chudina (Dynamo Moscow) — Athletics, women's high jump Yelena Gorchakova (Burevestnik Moscow) — Athletics, women's javelin throw Klavdia Tochonova (Medik Leningrad) — Athletics, women's shot put Anatoli Bulakov (Dynamo Moscow) — Boxing, men's flyweight Gennadi Garbuzov (Dynamo Moscow) — Boxing, men's bantamweight Boris Tishin (Krylia Sovetov Moscow) — Boxing, men's light-middleweight Anatoli Perov (Trudovye Rezervy Moscow) — Boxing, men's light-heavyweight Nina Savina (Pischevik Leningrad) — Canoeing, women's K1 500 m Lev Vainshtein (Dynamo Leningrad) — Shooting, men's 300 m free rifle 3 positions Boris Andreyev (CSKA Moscow) — Shooting, men's 50 m rifle 3 positions Arkadi Vorobyov (SKA Sverdlovsk) — Weightlifting, men's light-heavyweight Artem Teryan (Dynamo Baku) — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman bantamweight Nikolay Belov (Dynamo Moscow) — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman middleweight |style="text-align:left;width:22%;vertical-align:top"|

+ Medals by sportSportTotalGymnastics911222Wrestling62210Weightlifting3317Athletics28717Rowing1203Shooting1124Boxing0246Basketball0101Canoeing0011Total22301971

+ Multiple medalistsNameSportTotalViktor ChukarinGymnastics4206Maria GorokhovskayaGymnastics2507Nina BocharovaGymnastics2204Hrant ShahinyanGymnastics2204Ekaterina KalinchukGymnastics2103Galina MinaichevaGymnastics1113Yevgeni KorolkovGymnastics1102Pelageya DanilovaGymnastics1102Medeya DzhugeliGymnastics1102Galina ShamraiGymnastics1102Galina UrbanovichGymnastics1102Dmitri LeonkinGymnastics1012Aleksandra ChudinaAthletics0213Boris AndreyevShooting0112

Athletics

Men Track & road events AthleteEventsHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankAleksandr Anufriyev 5000 m 14:23.61 Qcolspan=4 14:31.41010,000 m colspan=6 29:48.2Mykola Belokurov 1500 m 3:56.44 Qcolspan=2 3:55.6 11Did not advanceYevhen Bulanchyk 110 m hurdles 14.651 Qcolspan=2 14.702 Q14.734Petro Chevhun 800 m 1:51.82 Qcolspan=2 1:52.87Did not advanceArdalion Ignatyev 400 m 48.221 Q48.253 Q47.495Did not advanceGeorgy Ivakin 800 m 1:56.4 5 colspan=2 Did not advanceBruno Junk 10 km walk 45:05.81 Qcolspan=4 45:41.0Pavel Kazankov50 km walk colspan=6 5:02:37.823Mikhail Kazantsev 100 m 11.163Did not advanceVladimir Kazantsev 3000 m steeplechase 8:58.0 OR1 Qcolspan=4 8:51.6Nikolay Kuchurin 1500 m 4:03.68 colspan=2 Did not advanceYuriy Lituyev 400 m 49.012 Did not advance400 m hurdles 53.51 Q52.2 1 Q51.81 Q 51.3Sergey Lobastov50 km walk colspan=6 4:32:34.25Timofey Lunev 400 m hurdles 54.31 Q52.71 Q53.16Did not advanceFyodor Marulin 3000 m steeplechase 9:08.44colspan=4 Did not advanceGennady Modoy 800 m 1:55.83 Qcolspan=2 1:55.77Did not advanceYakov MoskachenkovMarathon colspan=6 2:34:43.820Edmunds Pīlāgs 400 m 49.29 3Did not advanceNikifor Popov 5000 m 14:28.56colspan=4 Did not advance10,000 m colspan=6 30:24.211Sergey Popov 110 m hurdles 14.99 2 Qcolspan=2 15.044Did not advanceIvan Pozhidayev10,000 m colspan=6 30:13.49Mikhail Saltykov 3000 m steeplechase 8:55.82 Qcolspan=4 8:56.27Levan Sanadze 100 m 11.133Did not advance200 m 22.261 Q22.264Did not advanceIvan Semyonov 5000 m 14:28.06colspan=4 Did not advanceGrigory SuchkovMarathon colspan=6 2:38:28.828Vladimir Sukharev 100 m 10.931 Q10.923 Q10.863 Q10.885200 m 22.081 Q21.883Did not advanceVladimir Ukhov50 km walk colspan=6 4:32:51.66Feodosiy VaninMarathon colspan=6 2:38:22.027Mikhail Velsvebel 1500 m 3:52.6 4 Qcolspan=2 3:52.611Did not advanceIvan Yarmysh10 km walk 47:26.06 Qcolspan=4 46:07.06Anatoliy Yulin 400 m hurdles 53.61 Q52.42 Q 52.13 Q52.84Pēteris Zeltiņš10 km walk Disqualifiedcolspan=4 Did not advanceLevan Kalyayev Levan SanadzeVladimir SukharevBoris Tokarev4 × 100 m relay 41.45 1 Qcolspan=2 41.012 Q40.58Ardalion Ignatyev Gennady SlepnyovEdmunds PīlāgsYuriy Lituyev4 × 400 m relay 3:12.65 3colspan=4 Did not advance Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionNikolay AnryushchenkoLong jump6.7422Did not advanceVolodymyr BrazhnykPole vault4.0015 Q4.20 7Boris ButenkoDiscus throw46.4314 Q48.15 11Petro DenysenkoPole vault4.001 Q4.40 4Heorhiy DybenkoHammer throw53.708 Q55.038Georgy FyodorovShot put15.167 Q16.067Oto GrigalkaShot put15.902 Q16.78 4Discus throw48.933 Q50.71 6Leonid GrigoryevLong jump7.0912 q7.14 6Yury IlyasovHigh jump1.8724 Q1.90 13Viktor KnyazevPole vault4.0014 Q4.20 8Mikhail KrivonosovHammer throw51.1513 Q—Vladimir KuznetsovJavelin throw64.3817 Q70.376Khandadash MadatovLong jump—Did not advanceBoris MatveyevDiscus throw46.0516 Q48.7010Mykola RedkinHammer throw53.5811 Q56.5585Leonid ShcherbakovTriple jump15.053 Q15.98 Yury ShcherbakovJavelin throw64.3916 Q64.5213Viktor TsybulenkoJavelin throw69.423 Q71.724Yevhen VansovychHigh jump1.8728 Q1.80 28

Combined events – Decathlon AthleteEvent 100 m 400 m 1500 mFinalRankVladimir VolkovResult11.497.09 12.621.75 51.215.838.043.8056.684:33.266744Points768815637711758632573645660475Sergey KuznetsovResult11.567.0911.711.6552.8 16.441.043.6043.194:42.0593710Points768815 556605654523656556408 396Pyotr KozhevnikovResult11.605.80Did not finishPoints768466

Women Track & road events AthleteEventsHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankAnna Aleksandrova80 m hurdles 11.863colspan=2 Did not advanceElene Gokieli80 m hurdles 11.591 Qcolspan=2 11.46 w4Did not advanceMaria Golubnichaya80 m hurdles 11.291 Qcolspan=2 11.351 Q11.24Vera Kalashnikova100 m 12.322 Q12.262 Q12.415Did not advanceFlora Kazantseva200 m 25.925colspan=2 Did not advanceNadezhda Khnykina100 m 12.252 Q12.291 Q12.174Did not advance200 m 24.47 WR1 Qcolspan=2 24.161 Q24.37Yevgeniya Sechenova200 m 25.461 Qcolspan=2 25.325Did not advanceIrina Turova100 m 12.252 Q12.284Did not advanceNadezhda Khnykina Vera KalashnikovaIrina TurovaYevgeniya Sechenova4 × 100 m relay 47.01 2 Qcolspan=4 46.424

Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionYelisaveta BagriantsevaDiscus throw 40.736 Q 47.08Aleksandra ChudinaLong jump5.77 3 Q 6.14High jumpcolspan=2 1.63Javelin throw46.17 OR1 Q50.01Nina DumbadzeDiscus throw 43.202 Q 46.29Galina GanekerHigh jumpcolspan=2 1.5511Yelena GorchakovaJavelin throw45.184 Q49.76Nina KossovaHigh jumpcolspan=2 1.587Valentina LituyevaLong jump5.51 13 Q 5.6511Nina RomashkovaDiscus throw 45.051 Q 51.42 ORKlavdiya TochonovaShot put 13.88 OR1 Q 14.50Tamara TyshkevichShot put 12.768 Q 14.424Nina TyurkinaLong jump5.77 4 Q 5.816Galina ZybinaShot put 13.663 Q 15.28 WRJavelin throw45.952 Q48.354

Basketball

Men's team competition Main round (Group B) Defeated Bulgaria (74–46) Defeated Finland (47–35) Defeated Mexico (71–62) Final round (Group B) Lost to United States (58–86) Defeated Brazil (54–49) Defeated Chile (78–60) Semifinals Defeated Uruguay (61–57) Final Lost to United States (25–36) → silver medal Team roster Stepas Brutautas Nodar Dzhordzhikiya Anatoly Konev Otar Korkiya Heino Kruus Ilmar Kullam Justinas Lagunavičius Joann Lõssov Aleksandr Moiseyev Yuri Ozerov Kazys Petkevičius Stasys Stonkus Maigonis Valdmanis Viktor Vlasov

Boxing

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAnatoli BulakovFlyweightW 3–0W 3–0W 2–1L 1–2Did not advanceGennady GarbuzovBantamweightW 2–1W 3–0W 3–0L 0–3Did not advanceYury SokolovFeatherweightL 1–2Did not advanceAleksandr ZasukhinLightweightW 2–1L 0–3Did not advanceViktor MednovLight-welterweightW TKO 2 RW injuredW 3–0W W/OL 1–2Sergei ScherbakovWelterweightW DisqW KO 2 RW 3–0W 3–0L 0–3Boris TishinLight-middleweightW TKO 2 RW 3–0L 0–3Did not advanceBoris SilchevMiddleweightL 1–2Did not advanceAlgirdas ŠocikasHeavyweightW TKO 2 RL KO 1 RDid not advance

Canoeing

Cycling

Road competition men's individual road race (190.4 km) Yevgeny Klevtsov — 5:23:34.0 (→ 40th place) Anatoly Kolesov — did not finish (→ no ranking) Nikolay Bobarenko — did not finish (→ no ranking) Vladimir Kryuchkov — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track competition Men's 1000 m time trial Lev Tsipursky Final — 1:15.2 (→ 13th place)

Men's 1000 m sprint scratch race Otar Dadunashvili — 13th place

Diving

Men AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankRoman Brener3 m springboard69.377 Q96.265165.635Gennady Udalov65.9913 Did not advanceAleksey Zhigalov71.256 Q80.068151.318Aleksandr Bakatin10 m platform71.867 Q55.008126.867Roman Brener71.018 Q55.307126.318Mikhail Chachba65.0217Did not advance

Women AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankValentina Chumicheva3 m springboard52.1510Did not advanceNinel Krutova56.184 Q60.684116.864Lyubov Zhigalova54.187 Q59.655113.836Yevgeniya Bogdanovskaya10 m platform40.678 Q16.83857.508Ninel Krutova32.3514Did not advanceTatyana Vereina43.265 Q17.83661.096

Equestrian

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