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Soviet Union at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games

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Host City: Melbourne, Australia (November 22, 1956 to December 8, 1956)
Opening Ceremony: November 22, 1956
Closing Ceremony: December 8, 1956

Events for Soviet Union: 135 in 17 sports
Participants for Soviet Union: 272 (233 men and 39 women)
Youngest Participant for Soviet Union: Gennady Androsov (17 years, 127 days)
Oldest Participant for Soviet Union: Boris Goykhman (37 years, 215 days)
Most Medals for Soviet Union (Athlete): Larisa Latynina (6 medals)

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272 Athletes

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Rk Athlete Gender Age Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Larisa Latynina Female 21 Gymnastics 4 1 1 6
2 Viktor Chukarin Male 35 Gymnastics 3 1 1 5
3 Valentin Muratov Male 28 Gymnastics 3 1 4
4 Tamara Manina Female 22 Gymnastics 1 2 1 4
5 Yury Titov Male 20 Gymnastics 1 1 2 4
6 Sofiya Muratova Female 27 Gymnastics 1 3 4
7 Albert Azaryan Male 27 Gymnastics 2 2
8 Vladimir Kuts Male 29 Athletics 2 2
9 Boris Shakhlin Male 24 Gymnastics 2 2
10 Vasily Borisov Male 33 Shooting 1 1 2
11 Gratsian Botev Male 27 Canoeing 1 1 2
12 Pavel Kharin Male 29 Canoeing 1 1 2
13 Polina Astakhova Female 20 Gymnastics 1 1 2
14 Lidiya Kalinina-Ivanova Female 19 Gymnastics 1 1 2
15 Lyudmila Yegorova Female 25 Gymnastics 1 1 2
16 Gennady Bukharin Male 27 Canoeing 2 2
17 Lev Kuznetsov Male 26 Fencing 2 2
18 Anatoly Bashashkin Male 32 Football 1 1
19 Aleksandr Berkutov Male 23 Rowing 1 1
20 Yozhef Betsa Male 27 Football 1 1
21 Anatoly Bogdanov Male 25 Shooting 1 1
22 Fyodor Bogdanovsky Male 26 Weightlifting 1 1
23 Yelizaveta Dementyeva Female 28 Canoeing 1 1
24 Ivan Deryugin Male 27 Modern Pentathlon 1 1
25 Anatoly Ilyin Male 25 Football 1 1
26 Anatoly Isayev Male 24 Football 1 1
27 Valentin Ivanov Male 22 Football 1 1
28 Vyacheslav Ivanov Male 18 Rowing 1 1
29 Inese Jaunzeme Female 24 Athletics 1 1
30 Givi K'art'ozia Male 27 Wrestling 1 1
31 Boris Kuznetsov Male 28 Football 1 1
32 Anatoly Maslyonkin Male 26 Football 1 1
33 Igor Netto Male 26 Football 1 1
34 Valentin Nikolayev Male 32 Wrestling 1 1
35 Igor Novikov Male 27 Modern Pentathlon 1 1
36 Mikhail Ogonkov Male 24 Football 1 1
37 Aleksey Paramonov Male 31 Football 1 1
38 Anatoly Parfyonov Male 32 Wrestling 1 1
39 Boris Razinsky Male 23 Football 1 1
40 Vitaly Romanenko Male 30 Shooting 1 1
41 Igor Rybak Male 22 Weightlifting 1 1
42 Vladimir Ryzhkin Male 25 Football 1 1
43 Vladimir Safronov Male 21 Boxing 1 1
44 Sergey Salnikov Male 31 Football 1 1
45 Gennady Shatkov Male 24 Boxing 1 1
46 Nikita Simonyan Male 30 Football 1 1
47 Nikolay Solovyov Male 25 Wrestling 1 1
48 Leonid Spirin Male 24 Athletics 1 1
49 Pavel Stolbov Male 27 Gymnastics 1 1
50 Eduard Streltsov Male 19 Football 1 1
51 Aleksandr Tarasov Male 29 Modern Pentathlon 1 1
52 Boris Tatushin Male 23 Football 1 1
53 Nikolay Tishchenko Male 29 Football 1 1
54 Mirian Tsalkalamanidze Male 29 Wrestling 1 1
55 Tamara Tyshkevich Female 25 Athletics 1 1
56 Yury Tyukalov Male 26 Rowing 1 1
57 Arkady Vorobyov Male 32 Weightlifting 1 1
58 Konstantin Vyrupayev Male 26 Wrestling 1 1
59 Lev Yashin Male 27 Football 1 1
60 Vladimir Yengibaryan Male 24 Boxing 1 1
61 Leonid Bartenev Male 23 Athletics 1 1
62 Irina Beglyakova Female 23 Athletics 1 1
63 Arkady Bochkaryov Male 25 Basketball 1 1
64 Igor Buldakov Male 26 Rowing 1 1
65 Yevgeny Cherkasov Male 26 Shooting 1 1
66 Anatoly Demitkov Male 30 Canoeing 1 1
67 Allan Erdman Male 23 Shooting 1 1
68 Viktor Ivanov Male 25 Rowing 1 1
69 Mihhail Kaaleste Male 25 Canoeing 1 1
70 Ravel Khabutdinov Male 28 Weightlifting 1 1
71 Yury Konovalov Male 26 Athletics 1 1
72 Jānis Krūmiņš Male 26 Basketball 1 1
73 Mikhail Krivonosov Male 27 Athletics 1 1
74 Boris Kulayev Male 27 Wrestling 1 1
75 Algirdas Lauritėnas Male 24 Basketball 1 1
76 Vladimir Maneyev Male 24 Wrestling 1 1
77 Yevgeny Maskinskov Male 25 Athletics 1 1
78 Antanas Mikėnas Male 32 Athletics 1 1
79 Yevgeny Minayev Male 23 Weightlifting 1 1
80 Valdis Muižnieks Male 21 Basketball 1 1
81 Lev Mukhin Male 20 Boxing 1 1
82 Yury Ozerov Male 28 Basketball 1 1
83 Kazys Petkevičius Male 30 Basketball 1 1
84 Igor Pisarev Male 25 Canoeing 1 1
85 Mariya Pisareva Female 22 Athletics 1 1
86 Mikhail Semyonov Male 23 Basketball 1 1
87 Vasīlijs Stepanovs Male 29 Weightlifting 1 1
88 Vladimir Stogov Male 25 Weightlifting 1 1
89 Stasys Stonkus Male 24 Basketball 1 1
90 Mikhail Studenetsky Male 22 Basketball 1 1
91 Vladimir Sukharev Male 32 Athletics 1 1
92 Boris Tokarev Male 29 Athletics 1 1
93 Vladimir Torban Male 23 Basketball 1 1
94 Makhmud Umarov Male 32 Shooting 1 1
95 Maygonis Valdmanis Male 23 Basketball 1 1
96 Viktor Zubkov Male 19 Basketball 1 1
97 Galina Zybina Female 25 Athletics 1 1
98 Viktor Ageyev Male 20 Water Polo 1 1
99 Vakht'ang Balavadze Male 29 Wrestling 1 1
100 Alimbeg Bestayev Male 19 Wrestling 1 1
101 Leonid Bogdanov Male 29 Fencing 1 1
102 Pyotr Breus Male 28 Water Polo 1 1
103 Yevgeny Cherepovsky Male 22 Fencing 1 1
104 Roman Dzeneladze Male 23 Wrestling 1 1
105 Boris Goykhman Male 37 Water Polo 1 1
106 Nodar Gvakhariya Male 24 Water Polo 1 1
107 Ardalion Ignatyev Male 25 Athletics 1 1
108 Bruno Junk Male 27 Athletics 1 1
109 Igor Kashkarov Male 23 Athletics 1 1
110 Nadezhda Khnik'ina-Dvalishvili Female 23 Athletics 1 1
111 Nadezhda Konyayeva Female 25 Athletics 1 1
112 Vitold Kreyer Male 24 Athletics 1 1
113 Vyacheslav Kurennoy Male 23 Water Polo 1 1
114 Vasily Kuznetsov Male 24 Athletics 1 1
115 Anatoly Lagetko Male 20 Boxing 1 1
116 Boris Markarov Male 21 Water Polo 1 1
117 P'et're Mshveniyeradze Male 27 Water Polo 1 1
118 Romualdas Murauskas Male 22 Boxing 1 1
119 Boris Nik'it'ini Male 18 Swimming 1 1
120 Gennady Nikolayev Male 20 Swimming 1 1
121 Vladimir Petrov Male 24 Rowing 1 1
122 Valentin Prokopov Male 27 Water Polo 1 1
123 Nina Romashkova-Ponomareva Female 27 Athletics 1 1
124 Yakov Rylsky Male 28 Fencing 1 1
125 Mikhail Ryzhak Male 29 Water Polo 1 1
126 Anatoly Samotsvetov Male 23 Athletics 1 1
127 Vladimir Sevryugin Male 32 Shooting 1 1
128 Mykola Shakhov Male 25 Wrestling 1 1
129 Yury Shlyapin Male 24 Water Polo 1 1
130 Giorgi Skhirt'ladze Male 24 Wrestling 1 1
131 Vitaly Sorokin Male 20 Swimming 1 1
132 Vladimir Struzhanov Male 24 Swimming 1 1
133 Viktor Tsybulenko Male 26 Athletics 1 1
134 David Tyshler Male 29 Fencing 1 1
135 Igor Yemchuk Male 26 Rowing 1 1
136 Kharis Yunichev Male 25 Swimming 1 1
137 Georgy Zhilin Male 31 Rowing 1 1
138 Konstantin Aleksandrov Male 36 Sailing
139 Lev Alekseyev Male 30 Sailing
140 Slava Amiragov Male 30 Rowing
141 Gennady Androsov Male 17 Swimming
142 Anatoly Antonov Male Rowing
143 Andrey Arkhipov Male Rowing
144 Juozas Ūdras Male Fencing
145 Lev Balandin Male Swimming
146 Valentina Ballod Female 19 Athletics
147 Boris Belyayev Male 23 Athletics
148 Niliya Besedina-Kulakova Female 20 Athletics
149 Zoya Blyuvas Female Diving
150 Pyotr Bolotnikov Male 26 Athletics
151 Dmitry Bondarenko Male 20 Athletics
152 Eduard Borisov Male Boxing
153 Roman Brener Male 24 Diving
154 Kim Bukhantsov Male 24 Athletics
155 Vladimir Bulatov Male 27 Athletics
156 Galina Bystrova Female 22 Athletics
157 Mikhail Chachba Male Diving
158 Anatoly Cherepovich Male Cycling
159 Valentin Chernikov Male 19 Fencing
160 Vitaly Chernobay Male 27 Athletics
161 Arnold Chernushevich Male 23 Fencing
162 Ivan Chernyavsky Male 26 Athletics
163 Yaroslav Cherstvy Male Rowing
164 Rostislav Chizhikov Male Cycling
165 Aleksandr Chumakov Male Sailing
166 Valentina Chumicheva Female Diving
167 Farid Disayev Male Swimming
168 Zinaida Doynikova Female 22 Athletics
169 Anatoly Fetisov Male Rowing
170 Ivan Filin Male 30 Athletics
171 Boris Fyodorov Male 25 Rowing
172 Oleg Fyodoseyev Male 20 Athletics
173 Gennady Galkin Male 22 Diving
174 Leonid Gissen Male 25 Rowing
175 Mariya Golubnichaya Female 32 Athletics
176 Raisa Gorokhovskaya Female 24 Diving
177 Aleksandr Gorshkov Male 27 Athletics
178 Konstantin Grachev Male 29 Athletics
179 Otto Grigalka Male 31 Athletics
180 Boris Grishayev Male 26 Athletics
181 Eduard Gusev Male Cycling
182 Georgy Gushchenko Male Rowing
183 Boris Ilyin Male Sailing
184 Viktor Ilyin Male Cycling
185 Mariya Itkina Female 24 Athletics
186 Albert Ivanov Male 25 Athletics
187 Igor Ivanov Male Rowing
188 Yury Ivanov Male Fencing
189 Yevgeny Kadyaykin Male 28 Athletics
190 Vera Kalashnikova-Krepkina Female 23 Athletics
191 Viktor Kapitonov Male 23 Cycling
192 Nikolay Karasyov Male Rowing
193 Richard Karpov Male Boxing
194 Yury Kasakov Male Diving
195 Grigory Klimov Male 23 Athletics
196 Sergey Klimov Male Canoeing
197 Lyudmila Klipova Female 19 Swimming
198 Mykola Kolumbet Male Cycling
199 Olga Kosheleva Female 24 Athletics
200 Ninel Krutova Female 30 Diving
201 Vladimir Kryukov Male 31 Rowing
202 Yury Kutenko Male 24 Athletics
203 Vladimir Kuznetsov Male 25 Athletics
204 Mikhail Lavrov Male Athletics
205 Vladimir Leonov Male 19 Cycling
206 Yury Lituyev Male 31 Athletics
207 Vladimir Loshchilov Male 24 Athletics
208 Boris Matveyev Male 26 Athletics
209 Ivan Matveyev Male Sailing
210 Andrey Mazovka Male Sailing
211 Konstantin Melgunov Male 29 Sailing
212 Mark Midler Male 25 Fencing
213 Anatoly Mikhaylov Male 20 Athletics
214 Vladimir Mitin Male Cycling
215 Nikolay Mogilevsky Male Shooting
216 Yury Nikandrov Male 33 Shooting
217 Yury Osipov Male Fencing
218 Aleksandr Ovsyankin Male Fencing
219 Uno Palu Male 23 Athletics
220 Anatoly Petrov Male Athletics
221 Timir Pinegin Male 29 Sailing
222 Jonas Pipynė Male 20 Athletics
223 Vladimir Polyakov Male 21 Athletics
224 Yury Popov Male Rowing
225 Galina Popova Female 24 Athletics
226 Valentina Rastvorova Female 23 Fencing
227 Galina Reshchikova Female 21 Athletics
228 Boris Romanov Male Cycling
229 Vladimir Rosin Male 24 Wrestling
230 Yury Rudov Male 25 Fencing
231 Semyon Rzhishchin Male 23 Athletics
232 Linar Salimullin Male 24 Wrestling
233 Yevgeny Samsonov Male 30 Rowing
234 Boris Savostin Male Cycling
235 Valentina Shaprunova Female 19 Athletics
236 Yury Shavrin Male 32 Sailing
237 Leonid Shcherbakov Male 29 Athletics
238 Aleksandr Sheff Male Rowing
239 Nadezhda Shitikova Female Fencing
240 Fyodor Shutkov Male 32 Sailing
241 Vladimir Sitkin Male 21 Athletics
242 Yevgeny Sokolov Male 24 Athletics
243 Vasily Sorokin Male Shooting
244 Boris Stepanov Male 26 Boxing
245 Vladimir Stolnikov Male Boxing
246 Boris Stolyarov Male 24 Athletics
247 Sergey Sukhanov Male 25 Athletics
248 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Male 18 Athletics
249 Pyotr Tolstikhin Male Sailing
250 Revaz Tsirekidze Male Fencing
251 Irina Turova-Bochkaryova Female 21 Athletics
252 Gennady Udalov Male Diving
253 Rostislav Vargashkin Male 23 Cycling
254 Valentin Vdovichenko Male Fencing
255 Ernest Verbin Male Rowing
256 Tatyana Vereina-Karakashiyaits Female Diving
257 Viktor Vershinin Male Cycling
258 Vasily Vlasenko Male 28 Athletics
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