Soviet Union at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Sporting event delegation
The Soviet Union (USSR) competed in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
Medalists
Medal
|
Name
|
Sport
|
Event
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Gold |
Nikolay Anikin, Pavel Kolchin Vladimir Kuzin, Fyodor Terentyev |
Cross-country |
Men's relay 4 x 10 km
|
Gold |
Lyubov Kozyreva |
Cross-country |
Women's 10 km
|
Gold |
Yevgeny Babich, Vsevolod Bobrov Alexei Guryshev, Nikolay Khlystov Yuri Krylov, Alfred Kuchevsky Valentin Kuzin, Grigory Mkrtychan Viktor Nikiforov, Yuri Pantyukhov Nikolai Puchkov, Viktor Shuvalov Genrikh Sidorenkov, Nikolai Sologubov Ivan Tregubov, Dmitry Ukolov Aleksandr Uvarov |
Ice hockey |
Men's team
|
Gold |
Yevgeny Grishin |
Speed skating |
Men's 500 m
|
Gold |
Yevgeny Grishin |
Speed skating |
Men's 1500 m
|
Gold |
Yuri Mikhaylov |
Speed skating |
Men's 1500 m
|
Gold |
Boris Shilkov |
Speed skating |
Men's 5000 m
|
Silver |
Radya Yeroshina |
Cross-country |
Women's 10 km
|
Silver |
Alevtina Kolchina, Lyubov Kozyreva Radya Yeroshina |
Cross-country |
Women's relay 3 x 5 km
|
Silver |
Rafayel Grach |
Speed skating |
Men's 500 m
|
Bronze |
Yevgeniya Sidorova |
Alpine skiing |
Women's slalom
|
Bronze |
Pavel Kolchin |
Cross-country |
Men's 15 km
|
Bronze |
Pavel Kolchin |
Cross-country |
Men's 30 km
|
Bronze |
Fyodor Terentyev |
Cross-country |
Men's 50 km
|
Bronze |
Oleg Goncharenko |
Speed skating |
Men's 5000 m
|
Bronze |
Oleg Goncharenko |
Speed skating |
Men's 10000 m
|
Alpine skiing
- Men
- Women
Cross-country skiing
- Men
- Women
Ice hockey
- Men
- Preliminary round
- Final round
Gold
Nordic combined
Ski jumping
Speed skating
- Men
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