Soviet Union at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Soviet Union at the
1988 Winter Olympics
IOC code URS
NOC Soviet Olympic Committee
in Calgary
Competitors 101 (78 men, 23 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer Andrei Bukin (figure skating)
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
11
Silver
9
Bronze
9
Total
29
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1900–1912)
 Estonia (1920–1936, 1992–)
 Latvia (1924–1936, 1992–)
 Lithuania (1924–1928, 1992–)
 Unified Team (1992)
 Armenia (1994–)
 Belarus (1994–)
 Georgia (1994–)
 Kazakhstan (1994–)
 Kyrgyzstan (1994–)
 Moldova (1994–)
 Russia (1994–)
 Ukraine (1994–)
 Uzbekistan (1994–)
 Azerbaijan (1996–)
 Tajikistan (1996–)
 Turkmenistan (1996–)

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Soviet Union) competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It would be the last Winter Olympic Games before the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. Six of the former Soviet republics would compete together as the Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics, and each republic would be individually represented at subsequent Games.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldDmitry Vasilyev
Sergei Tchepikov
Aleksandr Popov
Valeriy Medvedtsev		BiathlonMen's 4 x 7.5 km relay
 GoldJānis Ķipurs
Vladimir Kozlov		BobsleighTwo-man
 GoldMikhail DevyatyarovCross-country skiingMen's 15 km classical
 GoldAleksey ProkurorovCross-country skiingMen's 30 km classical
 GoldVida VencienėCross-country skiingWomen's 10 km classical
 GoldTamara TikhonovaCross-country skiingWomen's 20 km freestyle
 GoldSvetlana Nageykina
Nina Gavrilyuk
Tamara Tikhonova
Anfisa Reztsova		Cross-country skiingWomen's 4 × 5 km relay
 GoldEkaterina Gordeeva
Sergei Grinkov		Figure skatingPairs
 GoldNatalia Bestemianova
Andrei Bukin		Figure skatingIce dancing
 GoldSoviet Union men's national ice hockey team
Evgeny Belosheikin Alexei Kasatonov Sergei Makarov
Ilya Byakin Andrei Khomutov Alexander Mogilny
Vyacheslav Bykov Vladimir Krutov Sergei Mylnikov
Viacheslav Fetisov Igor Larionov Vitali Samoilov
Alexei Gusarov Aleksandr Kozhevnikov Anatoly Semenov
Sergei Yashin Igor Kravchuk Sergei Starikov
Valeri Kamensky Andrei Lomakin Igor Stelnov
Sergei Svetlov Aleksandr Chernykh
 Ice hockeyMen's competition
 GoldNikolay GulyayevSpeed skatingMen's 1000m
 SilverValeriy MedvedtsevBiathlonMen's 10 km sprint
 SilverValeriy MedvedtsevBiathlonMen's 20 km
 SilverVladimir SmirnovCross-country skiingMen's 30 km classical
 SilverVladimir Smirnov
Vladimir Sakhnov
Mikhail Devyatyarov
Aleksey Prokurorov		Cross-country skiingMen's 4 × 10 km relay
 SilverTamara TikhonovaCross-country skiingWomen's 5 km classical
 SilverRaisa SmetaninaCross-country skiingWomen's 10 km classical
 SilverAnfisa ReztsovaCross-country skiingWomen's 20 km freestyle
 SilverElena Valova
Oleg Vassiliev		Figure skatingPairs
 SilverMarina Klimova
Sergei Ponomarenko		Figure skatingIce dancing
 BronzeSergei TchepikovBiathlonMen's 10 km sprint
 BronzeJānis Ķipurs
Guntis Osis
Juris Tone
Vladimir Kozlov		BobsleighFour-man
 BronzeVladimir SmirnovCross-country skiingMen's 15 km classical
 BronzeVida VencienėCross-country skiingWomen's 5 km classical
 BronzeRaisa SmetaninaCross-country skiingWomen's 20 km freestyle
 BronzeViktor PetrenkoFigure skatingMen's singles
 BronzeYury KharchenkoLugeMen's individual
 BronzeAllar LevandiNordic combinedMen's individual
 BronzeIgor ZhelezovskySpeed skatingMen's 1000m

Alpine skiing

Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Sergey Petrik Super-G DNF –
Konstantin Chistyakov DNF –
Konstantin Chistyakov Giant Slalom 1:10.09 1:06.58 2:16.67 35
Sergey Petrik 1:09.78 1:05.38 2:15.16 30
Konstantin Chistyakov Slalom DNF – DNF –
Sergey Petrik 55.39 DNF DNF –

Men's combined

Athlete Downhill Slalom Total
Time Time 1 Time 2 Points Rank
Konstantin Chistyakov 1:55.99 DNF – DNF –
Sergey Petrik 1:55.82 DSQ – DSQ –
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Golnur Postnikova Downhill 1:28.23 16

Women's combined

Athlete Downhill Slalom Total
Time Time 1 Time 2 Points Rank
Golnur Postnikova DNF – – DNF –

Biathlon

Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km Sprint Juri Kashkarov 3 26:49.1 18
Dmitry Vasilyev 1 26:09.7 9
Sergei Tchepikov 0 25:29.4 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Valeriy Medvedtsev 0 25:23.7 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank
20 km Aleksandr Popov 56:24.0 3 59:24.0 12
Juri Kashkarov 55:43.1 2 57:43.1 5
Sergei Tchepikov 56:17.5 1 57:17.5 4
Valeriy Medvedtsev 54:54.6 2 56:54.6 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Dmitry Vasilyev
Sergei Tchepikov
Aleksandr Popov
Valeriy Medvedtsev		 0 1'22:30.0 1st, gold medalist(s)

1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
URS-1 Jānis Ķipurs
Vladimir Kozlov		 Two-man 57.43 4 58.05 1 59.52 2 58.48 2 3:53.48 1st, gold medalist(s)
URS-2 Zintis Ekmanis
Aivars Trops		 Two-man 57.95 10 59.12 6 1:00.72 14 59.13 6 3:56.92 9
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
URS-1 Māris Poikāns
Olafs Kļaviņš
Ivars Bērzups
Juris Jaudzems		 Four-man 56.75 6 57.66 7 56.70 10 57.24 2 3:48.35 5
URS-2 Jānis Ķipurs
Guntis Osis
Juris Tone
Vladimir Kozlov		 Four-man 56.72 4 57.28 1 56.41 4 57.85 7 3:48.26 3rd, bronze medalist(s)

Cross-country skiing

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km
C		 Aleksey Prokurorov 43:36.9 18
Aleksandr Batyuk 43:08.7 15
Vladimir Smirnov 41:48.5 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Mikhail Devyatyarov 41:18.9 1st, gold medalist(s)
30 km
C		 Yury Burlakov 1'28:02.4 12
Mikhail Devyatyarov 1'25:31.3 4
Vladimir Smirnov 1'24:35.1 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Aleksey Prokurorov 1'24:26.3 1st, gold medalist(s)
50 km
F		 Aleksey Prokurorov 2'14:01.0 38
Yury Burlakov 2'12:02.2 26
Mikhail Devyatyarov 2'12:01.7 25
Vladimir Sakhnov 2'09:00.1 12

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Vladimir Smirnov
Vladimir Sakhnov
Mikhail Devyatyarov
Aleksey Prokurorov		 1'44:11.3 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km
C		 Raisa Smetanina 15:35.9 10
Svetlana Nageykina 15:29.9 8
Vida Vencienė 15:11.1 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Tamara Tikhonova 15:05.3 2nd, silver medalist(s)
10 km
C		 Tamara Tikhonova 30:38.9 5
Svetlana Nageykina 30:26.5 4
Raisa Smetanina 30:17.0 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Vida Vencienė 30:08.3 1st, gold medalist(s)
20 km
F		 Nina Gavrilyuk DSQ –
Raisa Smetanina 57:22.1 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Anfisa Reztsova 56:12.8 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Tamara Tikhonova 55:53.6 1st, gold medalist(s)

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Svetlana Nageykina
Nina Gavrilyuk
Tamara Tikhonova
Anfisa Reztsova		 59:51.1 1st, gold medalist(s)

Figure skating

Men
Athlete CF SP FS TFP Rank
Vladimir Kotin 5 6 8 13.4 6
Alexander Fadeev 1 9 5 8.2 4
Viktor Petrenko 6 3 3 7.8 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Athlete CF SP FS TFP Rank
Anna Kondrashova 9 7 7 15.2 8
Kira Ivanova 1 10 9 13.6 7
Pairs
Athletes SP FS TFP Rank
Larisa Selezneva
Oleg Makarov		 6 4 6.0 4
Elena Valova
Oleg Vassiliev		 2 2 3.0 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Ekaterina Gordeeva
Sergei Grinkov		 1 1 1.5 1st, gold medalist(s)
Ice dancing
Athletes CD OD FD TFP Rank
Natalia Annenko
Genrikh Sretenski		 4 4 4 8.0 4
Marina Klimova
Sergei Ponomarenko		 2 2 2 4.0 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Natalia Bestemianova
Andrei Bukin		 1 1 1 2.0 1st, gold medalist(s)

Ice hockey

Group B

Top three teams (shaded ones) entered the medal round.

Pld W L T GF GA Pts
 Soviet Union 55003210 10
 West Germany 54101912 8
 Czechoslovakia 53202314 6
 United States 52302727 4
 Austria 50411229 1
 Norway 50411132 1
  • Soviet Union 5-0 Norway
  • Soviet Union 8-1 Austria
  • Soviet Union 7-5 USA
  • West Germany 3-6 Soviet Union
  • Soviet Union 6-1 Czechoslovakia

Medal round

The top three teams from each group play the top three teams from the other group once. Points from previous games against their own group carry over.

Pld W L T GF GA Pts
 Soviet Union 1st, gold medalist(s) 54102578
 Finland 531118107
 Sweden 521215166
 Canada 522117145
 West Germany 51408262
 Czechoslovakia 514012222
  • Soviet Union 5-0 Canada
  • Soviet Union 7-1 Sweden
  • Finland 2-1 Soviet Union

Leading scorers

Rk GP G A Pts PIM
1st Vladimir Krutov 869150
2nd Igor Larionov 849134
3rd Vyacheslav Fetisov 849136
6th Sergei Makarov 8381110
Roster:
Evgeny Belosheikin
Ilya Byakin
Vyacheslav Bykov
Viacheslav Fetisov
Alexei Gusarov
Sergei Yashin
Valeri Kamensky
Alexei Kasatonov
Andrei Khomutov
Vladimir Krutov
Igor Larionov
Aleksandr Kozhevnikov
Igor Kravchuk
Andrei Lomakin
Sergei Makarov
Alexander Mogilny
Sergei Mylnikov
Vitali Samoilov
Anatoly Semenov
Sergei Starikov
Igor Stelnov
Sergei Svetlov
Aleksandr Chernykh

Luge

Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Valery Dudin 47.812 28 46.982 13 47.061 13 47.025 9 3:08.880 17
Sergey Danilin 46.564 5 46.827 7 46.648 5 47.059 10 3:07.098 6
Yury Kharchenko 46.391 3 46.605 3 46.475 3 46.803 4 3:06.274 3rd, bronze medalist(s)

Men's doubles

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Vitaly Melnik
Dmitry Alekseyev		 46.060 6 46.399 6 1:32.459 6
Yevgeny Belousov
Aleksandr Belyakov		 45.973 3 46.580 8 1:32.553 7
Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Irina Kusakina 46.690 11 47.071 12 46.643 8 46.639 9 3:07.043 10
Nadezhda Danilina 46.597 10 46.447 6 46.613 6 46.707 11 3:06.364 8
Yuliya Antipova 46.449 7 46.425 5 46.610 5 46.303 4 3:05.787 5

Nordic combined

Men's individual

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (best two out of three jumps)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing (start delay, based on ski jumping results)
Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country Total
Points Rank Start at Time Points Rank
Sergey Nikiforov Individual 191.8 30 4:04.7 42:43.0 402.905 14
Andrey Dundukov 194.0 26 3:50.0 42:21.1 406.185 12
Vasily Savin 203.7 17 2:45.4 41:22.9 414.925 10
Allar Levandi 216.6 4 1:19.4 40:31.8 422.590 3rd, bronze medalist(s)

Men's team

Three participants per team.

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (three jumps per team member per round, best two rounds counted)
  • 10 km cross-country skiing (start delay, based on ski jumping results)
Athletes Ski jumping Cross-country Total
Points Rank Start at Time Rank
Andrey Dundukov
Vasily Savin
Allar Levandi		 282.5 11 DNF DNF –

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Eduard Suboch Normal hill 76.0 83.7 78.0 89.9 173.6 38
Mikhail Yesin 80.0 92.1 74.0 79.5 171.6 39

Speed skating

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Nikolay Gulyayev 1:02.86 36
Vitaly Makovetsky 37.35 12
Igor Zhelezovsky 36.94 6
Sergey Fokichev 36.82 4
1000 m Boris Repnin 1:14.41 12
Andrey Bakhvalov 1:14.39 11
Igor Zhelezovsky 1:13.19 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Nikolay Gulyayev 1:13.03 OR 1st, gold medalist(s)
1500 m Andrey Bobrov 1:58.97 35
Nikolay Gulyayev 1:53.04 7
Aleksandr Klimov 1:52.97 6
Igor Zhelezovsky 1:52.63 4
5000 m Yury Klyuyev 7:00.01 26
Sergey Berezin 6:58.08 23
Dmitry Bochkaryov 6:56.57 17
10,000 m Aleksandr Mozin 14:28.91 18
Sergey Berezin 14:20.48 9
Yury Klyuyev 14:09.68 6
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Yelena Ilyina 41.15 16
Nataliya Shive-Glebova 40.66 9
1000 m Nataliya Shive-Glebova 1:22.99 20
Yelena Ilyina 1:22.40 18
1500 m Yelena Tumanova 2:07.71 15
Yelena Lapuga 2:04.24 5
3000 m Yelena Tumonova 4:24.07 9
Yelena Lapuga 4:23.29 7
Svetlana Boyko 4:22.90 6
5000 m Yelena Tumanova 7:40.82 15
Yelena Lapuga 7:28.65 5
Svetlana Boyko 7:28.39 4

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