The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 283 competitors, 233 men and 50 women, took part in 145 events in 17 sports.
Medalists The USSR finished first in the final medal rankings, with 43 gold and 103 total medals.
|style="text-align:left;width:78%;vertical-align:top"| Gold Larisa Latynina — Artistic gymnastics, women's floor exercise Boris Shakhlin — Artistic gymnastics, men's individual all-round Larisa Latynina — Artistic gymnastics, women's individual all-round Boris Shakhlin — Artistic gymnastics, men's parallel bars Boris Shakhlin — Artistic gymnastics, men's pommel horse Albert Azaryan — Artistic gymnastics, men's rings Sofia Muratova, Larisa Latynina, Polina Astakhova, Tamara Lyukhina-Zamotailova, Lidiya Kalinina-Ivanova, Margarita Nikolaeva — Artistic gymnastics, women's team competition Polina Astakhova — Artistic gymnastics, women's uneven bars Boris Shakhlin — Artistic gymnastics, men's vault Margarita Nikolaeva — Artistic gymnastics, women's vault Pyotr Bolotnikov — Athletics, men's 10000 m Vladimir Golubnichy — Athletics, men's 20 km walk Lyudmila Lisenko-Shevtsova — Athletics, women's 800 m Irina Press — Athletics, women's 80 m hurdles Nina Romashkova — Athletics, women's discus throw Vasili Rudenkov — Athletics, men's hammer throw Robert Shavlakadze — Athletics, men's high jump Viktor Tsybulenko — Athletics, men's javelin throw Elvīra Ozoliņa — Athletics, women's javelin throw Vera Krepkina — Athletics, women's long jump Tamara Press — Athletics, women's shot put Oleg Grigoryev — Boxing, men's bantamweight Leonid Geishtor, Sergei Makarenko — Canoeing, men's C-2 1000 m Antonina Seredina — Canoeing, women's K-1 500 m Mariya Shubina, Antonina Seredina — Canoeing, women's K-2 500 m Viktor Kapitonov — Cycling road, men's individual road race Sergei Filatov and his horse Absent — Equestrian, individual mixed Viktor Zhdanovich — Fencing, men's foil individual Viktor Zhdanovich, Mark Midler, Yuri Rudov, Yuri Sisikin, German Sveshnikov — Fencing, men's foil team Valentina Prudskova, Aleksandra Zabelina, Lyudmila Shishova, Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko, Galina Gorokhova, Valentina Rastvorova — Fencing, women's foil team Valentin Boreiko, Oleg Golovanov — Rowing, men's coxless pair Vyacheslav Ivanov — Rowing, men's single sculls Timir Pinegin, Fyodor Shutkov — Sailing, Star class Aleksey Gushchin — Shooting, men's 50 m pistol Viktor Shamburkin — Shooting, men's rifle 3 positions Yury Vlasov — Weightlifting, men's heavyweight Yevgeni Minaev — Weightlifting, men's featherweight Viktor Georgiyevitch Bushuyev — Weightlifting, men's lightweight Aleksandr Kurynov — Weightlifting, men's middleweight Arkady Vorobyov — Weightlifting, men's middle-heavyweight Ivan Bogdan — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman superheavyweight Oleg Karavaev — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman bantamweight Avtandil Koridze — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman lightweight
Silver Larisa Latynina — Artistic gymnastics, women's balance beam Yuri Titov — Artistic gymnastics, men's floor exercise Polina Astakhova — Artistic gymnastics, women's floor exercise Sofia Muratova — Artistic gymnastics, women's individual all-round Boris Shakhlin — Artistic gymnastics, men's rings Boris Shakhlin, Yuri Titov, Albert Azaryan, Vladimir Portnoi, Valeri Kerdemilidi, Nikolai Miligulo — Artistic gymnastics, men's team competition Larisa Latynina — Artistic gymnastics, women's uneven bars Sofia Muratova — Artistic gymnastics, women's vault Nikolay Sokolov — Athletics, men's 3000 m steeplechase Gusman Kosanov, Leonid Bartenev, Yuriy Konovalov, Edvin Ozolin — Athletics, men's 4 × 100 m relay Tamara Press — Athletics, women's discus throw Valery Brumel — Athletics, men's high jump Vladimir Goryaev — Athletics, men's triple jump Yuri Korneev, Yanis Krumins, Guram Minashvili, Valdis Muizhniek, Tsezar Ozer, Aleksandr Petrov, Mikhail Semyonov, Vladimir Ugrekhelidze, Maigonis Valdmanis, Albert Valtin, Gennadi Volnov, Viktor Zubkov — Basketball, men's team competition Sergei Sivko — Boxing, men's flyweight Yuri Radonyak — Boxing, men's welterweight Aleksandr Silaev — Canoeing, men's C-1 1000 m Yuri Sisikin — Fencing, men's foil individual Valentina Rastvorova — Fencing, women's foil individual Nikolai Tatarinov, Hanno Selg, Igor Novikov — Modern pentathlon, men's team competition Aleksandr Berkutov, Yuriy Tyukalov — Rowing, men's double sculls Antanas Bogdanavichus, Zigmas Yukna, Igor Rudakov — Rowing, men's pair-oared shell with coxswain Aleksandr Chuchelov — Sailing, men's Finn class Makhmud Umarov — Shooting, men's 50 m pistol Marat Niyazov — Shooting, men's 50 m rifle 3 positions Vladimir Semyonov, Anatoly Kartashov, Vladimir Novikov, Petre Mshvenieradze, Yuri Grigorovsky, Viktor Ageev, Givi Chikvanaya, Leri Gogoladze, Vyacheslav Kurennoi, Boris Goikhmann and Yevgeni Saltsyn — Water polo, men's team competition Trofim Lomakin — Weightlifting, men's middle-heavyweight Vladimir Sinyavsky — Wrestling, men's freestyle lightweight Georgi Skhirtladze — Wrestling, men's freestyle middleweight
Bronze Sofia Muratova — Artistic gymnastics, women's balance beam Tamara Lyukhina-Zamotailova — Artistic gymnastics, women's floor exercise Boris Shakhlin — Artistic gymnastics, men's horizontal bar Yuri Titov — Artistic gymnastics, men's individual all-round Polina Astakhova — Artistic gymnastics, women's individual all-round Tamara Lyukhina-Zamotailova — Artistic gymnastics, women's uneven bars Vladimir Portnoi — Artistic gymnastics, men's vault Larisa Latynina — Artistic gymnastics, women's vault Semen Rzhischin — Athletics, men's 3000 m steeplechase Vasili Kuznetsov — Athletics, men's decathlon Birutė Kalėdienė — Athletics, women's javelin throw Igor Ter-Ovanesyan — Athletics, men's long jump Vitold Kreer — Athletics, men's triple jump Boris Lagutin — Boxing, men's light-middleweight Yevgeni Feofanov — Boxing, men's 71–75 kg Viktor Kapitonov, Yevgeni Klevtsov, Yuri Melikhov, Aleksei Petrov — Cycling road, men's team time trial Rostislav Vargashkin — Cycling track, men's 1 km time trial Boris Vasilyev, Vladimir Leonov — Cycling track, men's 2000 m tandem Stanislav Moskvin, Viktor Romanov, Leonid Kolumbet, Arnold Belgardt — Cycling track, men's team pursuit Ninel Krutova — Diving, women's 10 m platform Bruno Khabarov — Fencing, men's épée individual Valentin Chernikov, Guram Kostava, Arnold Chernushevich, Bruno Khabarov, Aleksandr Pavlovsky — Fencing, men's épée team Igor Akhremchik, Yuriy Bachurov, Valentin Morkovkin, Anatoli Tarabrin — Rowing, men's four without coxswain Aleksandr Zabelin — Shooting, men's 25 m rapid fire pistol Vasily Borisov — Shooting, men's 300 m free rifle 3 positions Sergei Kalinin — Shooting, men's trap Savkus Dzarasov — Wrestling, men's freestyle heavyweight Vladimir Rubashvili — Wrestling, men's freestyle featherweight Anatoli Albul — Wrestling, men's freestyle light-heavyweight Konstantin Vyrupaev — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman featherweight Givi Kartoziya — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman light-heavyweight |style="text-align:left;width:22%;vertical-align:top"|
+ Medals by sportSportTotalAthletics115521Gymnastics108826Weightlifting5106Wrestling32510Fencing3227Canoeing3104Shooting2237Rowing2215Boxing1225Sailing1102Cycling1045Equestrian events1001Basketball0101Water polo0101Modern pentathlon0101Diving0011Total432931103
Athletics
Basketball
Boxing
Men's flyweight (– 51 kg) Sergey Sivko → Silver Medal First Round — Bye Second Round — Defeated Chung Shin-Cho (KOR), KO-1 Third Round — Defeated Antoine Porcel (FRA), DSQ-3 Quarterfinals — Defeated Manfred Homberg (FRG), 5:0 Semifinals — Defeated Kiyoshi Tanabe (JPN), 4:1 Final — Lost to Gyula Török (HUN), 2:3
Canoeing
Cycling
13 male cyclists represented the Soviet Union in 1960.
Individual road race Viktor Kapitonov Yury Melikhov Yevgeny Klevtsov Gaynan Saydkhuzhin
Team time trial Viktor Kapitonov Yevgeny Klevtsov Yury Melikhov Aleksei Petrov
Sprint Boris Vasilyev Imants Bodnieks
1000 m time trial Rostislav Vargashkin
Tandem Boris Vasilyev Vladimir Leonov
Team pursuit Stanislav Moskvin Viktor Romanov Leonid Kolumbet Arnold Belgardt
Diving
Men AthleteEventPreliminarySemi-finalFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankPointsRankTotalRankVyacheslav Chernyshov3 m springboard50.8717Did not advanceYury Melnikov53.3010 Q38.561391.8612Did not advanceGennady Galkin10 m platform54.075 Q42.67596.745 Q44.957141.696Anatoly Sysoyev54.036 Q39.00793.038 Q42.568135.598
Women AthleteEventPreliminarySemi-finalFinalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankPointsRankTotalRankYelena Kosolapova3 m springboard47.8812 Q36.131284.0111Did not advanceNinel Krutova52.354 Q39.84392.192 Q43.925136.115Raisa Gorokhovskaya10 m platform51.538 Qcolspan=4 31.50583.035Ninel Krutova53.383 Qcolspan=4 33.61386.99
Equestrian
Fencing
21 fencers, 15 men and 6 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1960.
Men's foil Viktor Zhdanovich Yury Sisikin Mark Midler
Men's team foil Viktor Zhdanovich, Yury Sisikin, Mark Midler, German Sveshnikov, Yury Rudov
Men's épée Bruno Habārovs Guram Kostava Arnold Chernushevich
Men's team épée Guram Kostava, Bruno Habārovs, Arnold Chernushevich, Valentin Chernikov, Aleksandr Pavlovsky
Men's sabre David Tyshler Yakov Rylsky Nugzar Asatiani
Men's team sabre Yevgeny Cherepovsky, Umyar Mavlikhanov, Nugzar Asatiani, David Tyshler, Yakov Rylsky
Women's foil Valentina Rastvorova Galina Gorokhova Aleksandra Zabelina
Women's team foil Valentina Rastvorova, Galina Gorokhova, Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko, Lyudmila Shishova, Valentina Prudskova, Aleksandra Zabelina
Gymnastics
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented the Soviet Union in 1960. In the team event, they won the silver medal.
Individual Igor Novikov Nikolay Tatarinov Hanno Selg
Team Igor Novikov Nikolay Tatarinov Hanno Selg
Rowing
The Soviet Union had 25 male rowers participate in seven rowing events in 1960.
Men's single sculls – 1st place ( Gold medal) Vyacheslav Ivanov (Вячеслав Иванов)
Men's double sculls – 2nd place ( Silver medal) Aleksandr Berkutov (Александр Беркутов) Yuriy Tyukalov (Юрий Тюкалов)
Men's coxless pair – 1st place ( Gold medal) Valentin Boreyko (Валентин Борейко) Oleg Golovanov (Олег Голованов)
Men's coxed pair – 2nd place ( Silver medal) Antanas Bagdonavičius (Antanas Bagdonavichyus, Антанас Багдонавичюс) Zigmas Jukna (Zigmas Yukna, Зигмас Юкна) Igor Rudakov (Игорь Рудаков)
Men's coxless four – 3rd place ( Bronze medal) Igor Akhremchik (Игорь Ахремчик) Yury Bachurov (Юрий Бачуров) Valentin Morkovkin (Валентин Морковкин) Anatoly Tarabrin (Анатолий Тарабрин)
Men's coxed four – 4th place Oleg Aleksandrov (Олег Александров) Igor Khokhlov (Игорь Хохлов) Boris Fyodorov (Борис Фёдоров) Valentin Zanin (Валентин Занин) Igor Rudakov (Игорь Рудаков)
Men's eight Mikhail Balenkov (Михаил Баленков) Viktor Barinov (Виктор Баринов) Viktor Bogachev (Виктор Богачев) Voldemar Dundur (Вольдемар Дундур) Nikolay Gomolko (Николай Гомолко) Boris Gorokhov (Борис Горохов) Leonid Ivanov (Леонид Иванов) Vladimir Malik (Владимир Малик) Yury Lorentsson (Юрий Лоренцсон)
Sailing
Shooting
Ten shooters represented the Soviet Union in 1960. Between them, they won three bronze medals, two silvers and two golds.
25 m pistol Aleksandr Zabelin Yevgeny Cherkasov
50 m pistol Aleksey Gushchin Makhmud Umarov
300 m rifle, three positions Vasily Borisov Moisei Itkis
50 m rifle, three positions Viktor Shamburkin Marat Nyýazow
50 m rifle, prone Vasily Borisov Marat Nyýazow
Trap Sergey Kalinin Yury Nikandrov
Swimming
Men