Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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Soviet Union at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Flag bearer
Aleksandr Karelin (wrestling)
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
55
Silver
31
Bronze
46
Total
132
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The Soviet Union (USSR) competed, for the last time before its dissolution, at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. 481 competitors, 319 men and 162 women, took part in 221 events in 27 sports.[1] Athletes from 12 of the ex-Soviet republics would compete as the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics, and each nation would field independent teams in subsequent Games.

The Soviet Union utterly dominated the medal count, winning 55 gold and 132 total medals. It is the largest Olympic medal tally in history achieved by a non-host nation. Currently, China's 48 gold medals in 2008 and USA's 121 total medals in 2016 are the closest results to USSR's 1988 performance. The Soviet Union medal tally currently ranks fourth both in terms of gold and total medals, after USA's 1984 performance, USSR's 1980 performance, USA's 1904 performance, and Britain's 1908 performance.

Medalists

The Soviet Union finished first in the medal standings with 55 gold and 132 overall medals.

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Irina Shilova Shooting Women's 10 metre air rifle 18 September
 Gold Nino Salukvadze Shooting Women's 25 metre pistol 19 September
 Gold Oksen Mirzoyan Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 19 September
 Gold
Dmytro Monakov
Shooting
Trap
20 September
 Gold Kamandar Madzhidov Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg 20 September
 Gold Aleksandr Kirichenko Cycling Men's track time trial 20 September
 Gold
Valery Lyukin
Vladimir Novikov
Gymnastics Men's artistic team all-around 20 September
 Gold Aleksandr Karelin Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg 21 September
 Gold Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-around 21 September
 Gold
Vladimir Artyomov
Gymnastics Men's artistic individual all-around 22 September
 Gold Levon Julfalakyan Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg 22 September
 Gold Mikhail Mamiashvili Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg 22 September
 Gold Gintautas Umaras Cycling Men's individual pursuit 22 September
 Gold Igor Polyansky Swimming Men's 200 metre backstroke 22 September
 Gold Afanasijs Kuzmins Shooting Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol 23 September
 Gold Yelena Shushunova Gymnastics Women's artistic individual all-around 23 September
 Gold Sergey Kharkov Gymnastics Men's floor 24 September
 Gold Dmitry Bilozerchev Gymnastics Men's pommel horse 24 September
 Gold Dmitry Bilozerchev Gymnastics Men's rings 24 September
 Gold
Vladimir Artyomov
Gymnastics Men's parallel bars 24 September
 Gold
Vladimir Artyomov
Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar 24 September
 Gold
Valery Lyukin
Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar 24 September
 Gold Erika Salumäe Cycling Women's sprint 24 September
 Gold Artūras Kasputis
Dmitry Nelyubin
Gintautas Umaras
Mindaugas Umaras
Viatcheslav Ekimov
Cycling Men's team pursuit 24 September
 Gold Israil Arsamakov Weightlifting Men's 82.5 kg 19 September
 Gold Svetlana Boginskaya Gymnastics Women's vault 25 September
 Gold
Gennady Avdeyenko
Athletics Men's high jump 25 September
 Gold
Tatyana Samolenko
Athletics Women's 3000 metres 25 September
 Gold Vladimir Salnikov Swimming Men's 1500 metre freestyle 25 September
 Gold Anatoly Khrapaty Weightlifting Men's 90 kg 25 September
 Gold Sergey Litvinov Athletics Men's hammer throw 26 September
 Gold
Olga Bryzgina
Athletics Women's 400 metres 26 September
 Gold Pavel Kuznetsov Weightlifting Men's 100 kg 26 September
 Gold
Aleksandr Romankov
Fencing Men's team foil 27 September
 Gold Yury Zakharevich Weightlifting Men's 110 kg 27 September
 Gold Sergey Bubka Athletics Men's pole vault 28 September
 Gold Aleksandr Kurlovich Weightlifting Men's +110 kg 29 September
 Gold Makharbek Khadartsev Wrestling Men's freestyle 90 kg 29 September
 Gold Volleyball Women's tournament 29 September
 Gold
Victor Reneischi
Canoeing Men's C-2 500 metres 30 September
 Gold Vyacheslav Ivanenko Athletics Men's 50 kilometres walk 30 September
 Gold
Aleksandr Belostenny
  • Valery Goborov
  • Basketball Men's tournament 30 September
     Gold Olga Bondarenko Athletics Women's 10,000 metres 30 September
     Gold
    Marina Lobach
    Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual all-around 30 September
     Gold Ivans Klementjevs Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 metres 1 October
     Gold
    Victor Reneischi
    Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 metres 1 October
     Gold Natalya Lisovskaya Athletics Women's shot put 1 October
     Gold
    Vitaly Savin
    Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay 1 October
     Gold Athletics Women's 4 × 400 metres relay 1 October
     Gold
    Sergey Beloglazov
    Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg 1 October
     Gold
    Arsen Fadzayev
    Wrestling Men's freestyle 68 kg 1 October
     Gold
    Davit Gobejishvili
    Wrestling Men's freestyle 130 kg 1 October
     Gold Handball Men's tournament 1 October
     Gold
    Yury Savichev
  • Arminas Narbekovas
  • Football Men's tournament 1 October
     Gold
    Vyacheslav Yanovsky
    Boxing Light welterweight 2 October
     Silver Nino Salukvadze Shooting Women's 10 metre air pistol 21 September
     Silver
    Daulet Turlykhanov
    Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg 21 September
     Silver Israel Militosyan Weightlifting Men's 67.5 kg 21 September
     Silver
    Valery Lyukin
    Gymnastics Men's artistic individual all-around 22 September
     Silver Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 23 September
     Silver
    Vladimir Artyomov
    Gymnastics Men's floor 24 September
     Silver
    Valery Lyukin
    Gymnastics Men's parallel bars 24 September
     Silver Igor Lapshin Athletics Men's triple jump 24 September
     Silver
    Nikolay Kovsh
    Cycling Men's sprint 24 September
     Silver Yelena Dendeberova Swimming Women's 200 metre individual medley 24 September
     Silver Rowing Women's quadruple sculls 25 September
     Silver Rowing Men's eight 25 September
     Silver Yelena Shushunova Gymnastics Women's balance beam 25 September
     Silver Svetlana Boginskaya Gymnastics Women's floor 25 September
     Silver Nail Mukhamedyarov Weightlifting Men's 90 kg 25 September
     Silver
    Yury Sedykh
    Athletics Men's hammer throw 26 September
     Silver Tõnu Tõniste
    Toomas Tõniste
    Sailing Men's 470 27 September
     Silver Tatyana Ledovskaya Athletics Women's 400 metres hurdles 28 September
     Silver
    Rodion Gataullin
    Athletics Men's pole vault 28 September
     Silver
    Georgy Pogosov
    Fencing Men's team sabre 29 September
     Silver Vladimir Shestakov Judo Men's 86 kg 29 September
     Silver
    Stepan Sargsyan
    Wrestling Men's freestyle 62 kg 29 September
     Silver Mykhaylo Slivinsky Canoeing Men's C-1 500 metres 30 September
     Silver Viktor Denisov
    Igor Nagayev
    Canoeing Men's K-2 500 metres 30 September
     Silver Adlan Varayev Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg 30 September
     Silver
    Leri Khabelovi
    Wrestling Men's freestyle 100 kg 30 September
     Silver Viktor Denisov
    Sergey Kirsanov
    Aleksandr Motuzenko
    Igor Nagayev
    Canoeing Men's K-4 1000 metres 1 October
     Silver Laimutė Baikauskaitė Athletics Women's 1500 metres 1 October
     Silver Romas Ubartas Athletics Men's discus throw 1 October
     Silver Nurmagomed Shanavazov Boxing Light heavyweight 2 October
     Silver
    Yury Cherednik
    Volleyball Men's tournament 2 October
     Bronze Anna Malukhina Shooting Women's 10 metre air rifle 18 September
     Bronze Ihar Basinski Shooting Men's 50 metre pistol 18 September
     Bronze Dmitry Volkov Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke 19 September
     Bronze Vladimir Popov Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg 20 September
     Bronze
    Marina Dobrancheva
    Shooting Women's 10 metre air pistol 21 September
     Bronze Valentina Cherkasova Shooting Women's 50 metre rifle three positions 21 September
     Bronze
    Aleksandr Romankov
    Fencing Men's foil 21 September
     Bronze Vakhtang Iagorashvili Modern pentathlon Men's individual 22 September
     Bronze Dmitry Bilozerchev Gymnastics Men's artistic individual all-around 22 September
     Bronze Kirill Ivanov Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle three positions 22 September
     Bronze Svetlana Boginskaya Gymnastics Women's artistic individual all-around 23 September
     Bronze Gennadi Avramenko Shooting Men's 50 metre running target 23 September
     Bronze
    Vasily Yakusha
    Rowing Men's double sculls 24 September
     Bronze Aleksandr Kovalenko Athletics Men's triple jump 24 September
     Bronze Marat Ganeyev Cycling Men's points race 24 September
     Bronze
    Gennady Prigoda
    Swimming Men's 50 metre freestyle 24 September
     Bronze Igor Polyansky Swimming Men's 100 metre backstroke 24 September
     Bronze Andrey Shuvalov Fencing Men's épée 24 September
     Bronze Yelena Shushunova Gymnastics Women's uneven bars 25 September
     Bronze Rudolf Povarnitsyn Athletics Men's high jump 25 September
     Bronze Amiran Totikashvili Judo Men's 60 kg 25 September
     Bronze Vadim Yaroshchuk Swimming Men's 200 metre individual medley 25 September
     Bronze
    Sergey Zabolotnov
    Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay 25 September
     Bronze Laima Zilporytė Cycling Women's individual road race 26 September
     Bronze Jüri Tamm Athletics Men's hammer throw 26 September
     Bronze Olga Nazarova Athletics Women's 400 metres 26 September
     Bronze Iryna Chunykhovska
    Larisa Moskalenko
    Sailing Women's 470 27 September
     Bronze Giorgi Tenadze Judo Men's 71 kg 27 September
     Bronze
    Grigory Yegorov
    Athletics Men's pole vault 28 September
     Bronze
    Bashir Varayev
    Judo Men's 78 kg 28 September
     Bronze Basketball Women's tournament 28 September
     Bronze Galina Chistyakova Athletics Women's long jump 29 September
     Bronze Sergey Karamchakov Wrestling Men's freestyle 48 kg 29 September
     Bronze Timofey Skryabin Boxing Flyweight 29 September
     Bronze
    Alex Miroshnichenko
    Boxing Super heavyweight 29 September
     Bronze
    Tatyana Gorb
    Handball Women's tournament 29 September
     Bronze
    Mikhail Tishko
    Fencing Men's team épée 30 September
     Bronze Tamara Bykova Athletics Women's high jump 30 September
     Bronze
    Yelena Zhupiyeva
    Athletics Women's 10,000 metres 30 September
     Bronze Vladimir Yesheyev Archery Men's individual 30 September
     Bronze
    Volodymyr Tohuzov
    Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg 30 September
     Bronze
    Aleksandra Timoshenko
    Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual all-around 30 September
     Bronze
    Tatyana Samolenko
    Athletics Women's 1500 metres 1 October
     Bronze Lyudmila Kondratyeva
    Galina Malchugina
    Nataliya Pomoshchnikova
    Marina Zhirova
    Athletics Women's 4 × 100 metres relay 1 October
     Bronze Water polo Men's tournament 1 October
     Bronze Grigory Verichev Judo Men's +95 kg 1 October

    Competitors

    The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

    Sport Men Women Total
    Archery 3 3 6
    Athletics 39 44 85
    Basketball 12 12 24
    Boxing 12 12
    Canoeing 12 5 17
    Cycling 14 4 18
    Diving 4 4 8
    Equestrian
    6 2 8
    Fencing 15 5 20
    Field hockey 15 0 15
    Football 18 18
    Gymnastics 6 8 14
    Handball 14 15 29
    Judo 7 7
    Modern pentathlon 3 3
    Rowing 30 23 53
    Sailing 13 2 15
    Shooting 17 6 23
    Swimming 19 8 27
    Synchronized swimming 3 3
    Table tennis 2 3 5
    Tennis 4 3 6
    Volleyball 12 12 24
    Water polo 13 13
    Weightlifting 9 9
    Wrestling 20 20
    Total 321 162 483

    Archery

    Women's Individual Competition:

    Men's Individual Competition:

    Women's tournament:

    Men's tournament:

    Athletics

    Men's competition

    Men's Marathon

    • Final — 2:13.49 (→ 10th place)

    Men's long jump

    • Leonid Volochine
    • Qualification — 7.89m
    • Final — 7.89m (→ 8th place)
    • Qualification — DNF (→ did not advance)
    • Qualification — DNS (→ did not advance)

    Men's discus throw

    • Qualification – 65.58m
    • Final – 67.48m (→ Silver medal)
    • Qualification – 62.08m
    • Final – 66.42m (→ 4th place)
    • Qualification – 60.88m (→ did not advance)

    Men's shot put

    • Sergey Smirnov
    • Qualification — 20.48m
    • Final — 20.36m (→ 8th place)

    Men's Hammer Throw

    • Qualification — 81.24m
    • Final — 84.80m (→ Gold medal)
    • Qualification — 78.48m
    • Final — 83.76m (→ Silver medal)
    • Qualification — 69.68m
    • Final — 81.16m (→ Bronze medal)

    Men's javelin throw

    • Qualification — 79.26m
    • Final — 82.32m (→ 5th place)
    • Qualification — 80.26m
    • Final — 79.12m (→ 7th place)

    Men's decathlon

    1. 100 metres — 11.23s
    2. Long Jump — 7.28m
    3. Shot Put — 15.25m
    4. High Jump — 1.97m
    5. 400 metres — 48.60s
    6. 110m Hurdles — 14.76s
    7. Discus Throw — 48.02m
    8. Pole Vault — 5.20m
    9. Javelin Throw — 59.48m
    10. 1.500 metres — 4:52.24s

    Men's 20 km Walk

    • Final — 1:20:47 (→ 6th place)
    • Final — 1:22:32 (→ 14th place)
    • Final — 1:24:39 (→ 27th place)

    Men's 50 km Walk

    • Final — 3:38:29 (→ Gold medal)
    • Final — 3:41:00 (→ 4th place)
    • Vitaliy Popovych
    • Final — 3:59:23 (→ 26th place)

    Women's competition

    Women's 4 × 400 m Relay

    • Olga Bryzgina
    • Heat — 3:27.14
    • Olga Bryzgina
    • Final — 3:15.18 (→ Gold Gold medal)

    Women's Marathon

    • Final — 2:27.05 (→ 4th place)
    • Final — 2:30.25 (→ 9th place)
    • Final — 2:33.19 (→ 16th place)

    Women's discus throw

    • Qualification – 63.26m
    • Final – 68.94m (→ 5th place)
    • Qualification – 64.32m
    • Final – 64.08m (→ 10th place)
    • Galina Murasova
    • Qualification – 62.54m
    • Final – NM (→ no ranking)

    Women's javelin throw

    • Qualification – 63.24m
    • Final – 67.00m (→ 4th place)
    • Qualification – 64.44m
    • Final – 64.84m (→ 6th place)

    Women's shot put

    • Qualification – 19.78m
    • Final – 22.24m (→ Gold medal)
    • Qualification – 19.40m
    • Final – 20.13m (→ 7th place)
    • Valentina Fedjuschina
    • Qualification – 19.06m (→ did not advance)

    Women's Heptathlon

    • Final Result — 6540 points (→ 4th place)
    • Final Result — 6456 points (→ 5th place)
    • Final Result — 6232 points (→ 10th place)

    Basketball

    Men's tournament

    Team roster

    The following is the Soviet Union roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.[3]

    Soviet Union men's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster
    Players Coaches
    Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
    F/C 4 Alexander Volkov 24 – (1964-03-29)29 March 1964 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) PBC CSKA Moscow Soviet Union
    PG 5 Tiit Sokk 23 – (1964-11-15)15 November 1964 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) KK Kalev Soviet Union
    F
    6 Sergei Tarakanov 30 – (1958-04-25)25 April 1958 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) PBC CSKA Moscow Soviet Union
    SG 7 Šarūnas Marčiulionis 24 – (1964-06-13)13 June 1964 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Statyba Soviet Union
    G
    8 Igors Miglinieks 24 – (1964-05-04)4 May 1964 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) PBC CSKA Moscow Soviet Union
    F
    9 Valeri Tikhonenko 24 – (1964-08-19)19 August 1964 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) BC SKA Alma-Ata Soviet Union
    SG 10 Rimas Kurtinaitis 28 – (1960-05-15)15 May 1960 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Žalgiris Soviet Union
    C 11 Arvydas Sabonis 23 – (1964-12-19)19 December 1964 2.20 m (7 ft 3 in) BC Žalgiris Soviet Union
    C 12 Viktor Pankrashkin 30 – (1957-12-10)10 December 1957 2.20 m (7 ft 3 in) PBC CSKA Moscow Soviet Union
    PG 13 Valdemaras Chomičius 29 – (1959-05-04)4 May 1959 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) BC Žalgiris Soviet Union
    C 14 Alexander Belostenny 29 – (1959-02-24)24 February 1959 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) BC Budivelnyk Soviet Union
    C 15 Valery Goborov 22 – (1966-01-20)20 January 1966 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) PBC CSKA Moscow Soviet Union
    Head coach
    Alexander Gomelsky
    Legend
    • Club – describes last
      club before the tournament
    • Age – describes age
      on 17 September 1988
    Group play
    Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
    1  Yugoslavia 5 4 1 468 384 +84 9[a] Quarterfinals
    2  Soviet Union 5 4 1 460 393 +67 9[a]
    3  Australia 5 3 2 429 408 +21 8[b]
    4  Puerto Rico 5 3 2 382 387 −5 8[b]
    5  Central African Republic 5 1 4 346 436 −90 6 9th–12th classification round
    6  South Korea (H) 5 0 5 384 461 −77 5
    Source: FIBA archive
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
    (H) Hosts
    Notes:
    1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Yugoslavia 1–0 Soviet Union
    2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Australia 1–0 Puerto Rico
    18 September 1988
    Soviet Union  79–92  Yugoslavia
    Scoring by half: 33–39, 46–53

    September 20
    Australia  69–91  Soviet Union
    Scoring by half: 35–53, 34–38

    September 21
    Puerto Rico  81–93 (OT)  Soviet Union
    Scoring by half: 39–37, 37–39 Overtime: 5–17

    23 September 1988
    South Korea  73–110  Soviet Union
    Scoring by half: 38–59, 35–51

    September 24
    Central African Republic  78–87  Soviet Union
    Scoring by half: 31–40, 47–47
    Quarterfinals
    26 September 1988
    19:30
    Soviet Union  110–105  Brazil
    Scoring by half: 53–58, 57–47
    2 Pts: Schmidt 46
    Rebs: Israel 11
    Asts: Maury 5
    Semifinals
    28 September 1988 (1988-09-28)
    12:00
    United States  76–82  Soviet Union
    Scoring by half: 37–47, 39–35
    Robinson 12
    Asts: Coles
    2
    Pts: Kurtinaitis 28
    Rebs: Sabonis 13
    Asts: Volkov 5
    Gold medal match
    30 September 1988 (1988-09-30)
    Yugoslavia  63–76  Soviet Union
    Scoring by half: 28–31, 35–45
    4 Pts: Marčiulionis 21
    Rebs: Sabonis 15
    Asts: Marčiulionis 6

    Women's tournament

    Team roster

    The following is the Soviet Union roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.[4]

    Soviet Union women's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster
    Players Coaches
    Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
    4 Olga Yevkova 23 – (1965-07-15)15 July 1965
    5 Irina Gerlits 22 – (1966-04-29)29 April 1966
    6 Olesya Barel 28 – (1960-02-09)9 February 1960 Hungary
    G
    7 Irina Sumnikova 23 – (1964-10-15)15 October 1964 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Soviet Union
    8 Olga Buryakina 30 – (1958-03-17)17 March 1958
    9 Olga Yakovleva 24 – (1963-12-15)15 December 1963
    10 Irina Minkh 24 – (1964-04-16)16 April 1964 Soviet Union
    11 Aleksandra Leonova 24 – (1964-09-04)4 September 1964
    C 12 Yelena Khudashova 23 – (1965-07-10)10 July 1965 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Italy
    13 Vitalija Tuomaitė 23 – (1964-11-22)22 November 1964
    C 14 Natalya Zasulskaya 19 – (1969-05-28)28 May 1969 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Soviet Union
    15 Galina Savitskaya 27 – (1961-07-13)13 July 1961 Spain
    Head coach
    Leonid Yachmenev
    Legend
    • Club – describes last
      club before the tournament
    • Age – describes age
      on 17 September 1988
    Group play
    Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
    1  Australia 3 2 1 178 196 −18 5[a] Semifinals
    2  Soviet Union 3 2 1 208 188 +20 5[a]
    3  Bulgaria 3 1 2 217 241 −24 4[b] Classification round
    4  South Korea (H) 3 1 2 244 222 +22 4[b]
    Source: FIBA
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
    (H) Hosts
    Notes:
    1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Australia 1–0 Soviet Union
    2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Bulgaria 1–0 South Korea
    19 September 1988
    11:45
    Bulgaria  62–91  Soviet Union
    Scoring by half: 26–50, 36–41
    3 Pts: Zasulskaya 23
    Rebs: Yakovleva, Zasulskaya 10
    Asts: Minkh 4

    22 September 1988
    11:45
    South Korea  66–69  Soviet Union
    Scoring by half: 35–33, 31–36
    Pts: Choi 20
    Rebs: Sung
    14
    Pts: Savitskaya 18
    Rebs: Savitskaya 6
    Asts: Sumnikova 2

    25 September 1988 (1988-09-25)
    21:30
    Australia  60–48  Soviet Union
    Scoring by half: 30–30, 30–18
    6 Pts: Yakovleva 13
    Rebs: 4 players 4
    Asts: Minkh 2
    Semifinals
    27 September 1988 (1988-09-27)
    11:45
    United States  102–88  Soviet Union
    Scoring by half: 50–39, 52–49
    McClain 15
    Asts: Edwards
    6
    Pts: Zasulskaya 16
    Rebs: Tuomaitė 6
    Asts: Yakovleva 2
    Bronze medal match
    28 September 1988 (1988-09-28)
    21:30
    Australia  53–68  Soviet Union
    Scoring by half: 21–32, 32–36
    4 Pts: Savitskaya 16
    Rebs: Yakovleva 7
    Asts: Buryakina 2

    Boxing

    Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

    • Alexander Makhmutov
    • First Round — Bye
    • Second Round — Defeated Carlos Eluaiza (Argentina), 5:0
    • Third Round — Defeated
      Jesus Beltre
      (Dominican Republic), 4:1
    • Quarterfinals — Lost to Ivailo Marinov (Bulgaria), 0:5

    Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

    Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

    Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

    Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

    Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

    • Vyacheslav Yanovsky

    Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

    Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg)

    • Yevgeni Zaytsev

    Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

    Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

    Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

    Men's Super-Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

    • Alex Miroshnichenko

    Canoeing

    Cycling

    Eighteen cyclists, fourteen men and four women, represented the Soviet Union in 1988.

    Men's road race
    Men's team time trial
    Men's sprint
    Men's 1 km time trial
    Men's individual pursuit
    Men's team pursuit
    Men's points race
    Women's road race
    Women's sprint

    Diving

    Men's 10m Platform

    • Georgy Chogovadze
    • Preliminary Round — 540.90
    • Final — 585.96 (→ 4th place)
    • Preliminary Round — 570.75
    • Final — 534.66 (→ 8th place)

    Equestrian

    Men's show jump team

    Fencing

    20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1988.

    Men's foil
    Men's team foil
    Men's épée
    Men's team épée
    Men's sabre
    Men's team sabre
    • Sergey Koryashkin
    Women's foil
    Women's team foil

    Football

    Gymnastics

    Handball

    Hockey

    Men's tournament

    • Preliminary round (group B)
    • Soviet Union – India 1–0
    • Soviet Union – South Korea 3–1
    • Soviet Union – Canada 0–0
    • Soviet Union – Great Britain 1–3
    • Soviet Union – West Germany 0–6
    • Classification Matches
    • 5th–8th place: Soviet Union – Pakistan 0–1
    • 7th–8th place: Soviet Union – Argentina 4–1 (→ 7th place)
    • Team roster
    • Head coach:
      Leonid Pavlovsky

    Judo

    Modern pentathlon

    Three male pentathletes represented the Soviet Union in 1988. Vaho Iagorashvili won a bronze in the individual event.

    Individual
    Team
    • Vaho Iagorashvili
    • German Yuferov
    • Anatoly Avdeyev

    Rhythmic gymnastics

    Rowing

    The Soviet Union had 30 male and 23 female rowers participate in all 14 rowing events in 1988.[5]

    Men's competition
    Men's single sculls
    Men's double sculls
    Men's coxless pair
    Men's coxed pair
    Men's quadruple sculls
    Men's coxless four
    Men's coxed four
    Men's eight
    Women's competition
    Women's single sculls
    Women's double sculls
    Women's coxless pair
    Women's quadruple sculls
    Women's coxed four
    Women's eight

    Sailing

    Shooting

    Swimming

    Men's 50 m Freestyle

    Men's 100 m Freestyle

    Men's 200 m Freestyle

    • Alexei Kouznetsov
      1. Heat – 1:50.84
      2. B-Final – 1:51.03 (→ 12th place)
    • Yuri Bashkatov
      1. Heat – 1:52.04 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

    Men's 400 m Freestyle

    • Alexandre Bazanov
      1. Heat – 3:58.74 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

    Men's 1500 m Freestyle

    Men's 100 m Backstroke

    • Igor Polyansky
      1. Heat – 55.04
      2. Final – 55.20 (→ Bronze Bronze medal)
    • Serguei Zabolotnov
      1. Heat – 56.13
      2. Final – 55.37 (→ 4th place)

    Men's 200 m Backstroke

    • Igor Polyansky
      1. Heat – 2:01.70
      2. Final – 1:59.37 (→ Gold Gold medal)
    • Serguei Zabolotnov
      1. Heat – 2:01.27
      2. Final – 2:00.52 (→ 4th place)

    Men's 100 m Breaststroke

    • Dmitry Volkov
      1. Heat – 1:02.49
      2. Final – 1:02.20 (→ Bronze Bronze medal)
    • Alexei Matveev
      1. Heat – 1:03.25
      2. B-Final – 1:03.01 (→ 9th place)

    Men's 200 m Breaststroke

    • Valeri Lozik
      1. Heat – 2:16.31
      2. Final – 2:16.16 (→ 5th place)
    • Vadim Alexeev
      1. Heat – 2:17.15
      2. B-Final – 2:16.70 (→ 6th place)

    Men's 100 m Butterfly

    • Vadim Yaroshchuk
      1. Heat – 54.17
      2. Final – 54.60 (→ 8th place)
    • Konstantine Petrov
      1. Heat – 55.84 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

    Men's 200 m Butterfly

    Men's 200 m Individual Medley

    • Vadim Yaroshchuk
      1. Heat – 2:02.77
      2. Final – 2:02.40 (→ Bronze Bronze medal)
    • Mikhail Zoubkov
      1. Heat – 2:03.79
      2. Final – 2:02.92 (→ 4th place)

    Men's 400 m Individual Medley

    • Mikhail Zoubkov
      1. Heat – 4:25.30
      2. B-Final – 4:25.44 (→ 13th place)

    Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

    Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

    • Aleksei Kouznetsov
      1. Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

    Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay


    Women's 50 m Freestyle

    Women's 100 m Freestyle

    • Natalia Trefilova
      1. Heat – 56.66
      2. B-Final – 56.48 (→ 9th place)
    • Svetlana Issakova
      1. Heat – 57.17
      2. B-Final – 57.07 (→ 15th place)

    Women's 200 m Freestyle

    Women's 400 m Freestyle

    Women's 800 m Freestyle

    Women's 100 m Breaststroke

    • Yelena Volkova
      1. Heat – 1:09.86
      2. Final – 1:09.24 (→ 5th place)
    • Svetlana Kouzmina
      1. Heat – 1:10.83
      2. B-Final – 1:10.42 (→ 9th place)

    Women's 200 m Breaststroke

    • Yulia Bogatcheva
      1. Heat – 2:28.94
      2. Final – 2:28.54 (→ 5th place)
    • Svetlana Kouzmina
      1. Heat – 2:30.93
      2. B-Final – 2:30.03 (→ 10th place)

    Women's 100 m Butterfly

    • Svetlana Koptchikova
      1. Heat – 1:01.65
      2. B-Final – 1:01.48 (→ 9th place)

    Women's 200 m Butterfly

    • Svetlana Koptchikova
      1. Heat – 2:15.26
      2. B-Final – 2:14.43 (→ 12th place)

    Women's 200 m Individual Medley

    • Yelena Dendeberova
      1. Heat – 2:15.30
      2. Final – 2:13.31 (→ Silver Silver medal)
    • Yulia Bogatcheva
      1. Heat – 2:19.07
      2. B-Final – 2:19.91 (→ 15th place)

    Women's 400 m Individual Medley

    Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

    • Svetlana Koptchikova
      1. Heat – 3:46.28
    • Svetlana Koptchikova
      1. Final – 3:44.99 (→ 5th place)

    Synchronized swimming

    Three synchronized swimmers represented the Soviet Union in 1988.

    Women's solo
    Women's duet

    Table tennis

    Tennis

    Men's Singles Competition

    Women's Singles Competition

    Volleyball

    Men's tournament

    • Preliminary round (group A)
    • Defeated Bulgaria (3–0)
    • Defeated Sweden (3–0)
    • Defeated South Korea (3–0)
    • Defeated Italy (3–1)
    • Lost to Brazil (2–3)
    • Semi Finals
    • Defeated Argentina (3–0)
    • Final
    • Lost to the United States (1–3) → Silver medal
    • Team roster

    Women's tournament

    • Preliminary round (group A)
    • Lost to Japan (2–3)
    • Defeated South Korea (3–2)
    • Defeated East Germany (3–0)
    • Semi Finals
    • Defeated PR China (3–0)
    • Final
    • Defeated Peru (3–2) → Gold medal
    • Team roster
    • Head coach:
      Nikolai Karpol

    Water polo

    Men's tournament

    • Preliminary round (group A)
    • Drew with Italy (9–9)
    • Defeated Australia (11–4)
    • Defeated France (14–8)
    • Defeated South Korea (17–4)
    • Lost to West Germany (8–9)
    • Semi Finals
    • Lost to United States (7–8)
    • Bronze medal match
    • Defeated West Germany (14–13) → Bronze medal
    • Team roster

    Weightlifting

    Wrestling

    Men's freestyle

    Athlete

    Event First round Second round Third round Fourth round Fifth round Sixth round Seventh round Final round Rank
    Opposition

    Result

    Opposition

    Result

    Opposition

    Result

    Opposition

    Result

    Opposition

    Result

    Opposition

    Result

    Opposition

    Result

    • Alexander Karelin
      — Wrestling, Heavyweight

    See also

    References

    1. ^ "Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
    2. ^ Republic of Korea at the 1988 Summer Olympics
    3. ^ "1988 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men". FIBA. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
    4. ^ "1988 Olympic Games : Tournament for Women". FIBA. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
    5. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Soviet Union Rowing at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2018.