Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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.

Soviet Union at the
1988 Summer Olympics
IOC codeURS
NOCSoviet Olympic Committee
in Seoul
Competitors481 (319 men, 162 women) in 27 sports
Flag bearer Aleksandr Karelin (wrestling)
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
55
Silver
31
Bronze
46
Total
132
Summer 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 Soviet Union utterly dominated the medal count, winning 55 gold and 132 total medals. No nation came even close to repeating this result after 1988. 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.

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Archery
Main article: Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Lioudmila Arjannikova – final, 4th place
  • T. Mountain – final, 8th place
  • N. Boutouzova – quarterfinal, 18th place

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Vladimir Echeev – final, bronze medal
  • K. Chkolny – 1/8 final, 20th place
  • Juri Leontiev – preliminary round, 29th place

Women's tournament:

  • Arjannikova, Mountain and Boutouzova – final, 4th place

Men's tournament:

  • Echeev, Chkolny and Leontiev – final, 5th place

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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)
  • Vladimir Otchkan
  • 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

  • Pavel Tarnovetsky — 8167 points (→ 10th place)
  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)
  • Final — 3:59:23 (→ 26th place)

Women's competition

Women's 4 × 400 m Relay

  • Heat — 3:27.14
  • Final — 3:15.18 (→ 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
Main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament
Main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Team roster

The following is the Soviet Union roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.[2]

Soviet Union men's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
F/C 4 Alexander Volkov 24 – (1964-03-29)29 March 1964 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) PBC CSKA Moscow
PG 5 Tiit Sokk 23 – (1964-11-15)15 November 1964 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) KK Kalev
F 6 Sergei Tarakanov 30 – (1958-04-25)25 April 1958 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) PBC CSKA Moscow
SG 7 Šarūnas Marčiulionis 24 – (1964-06-13)13 June 1964 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Statyba
G 8 Igors Miglinieks 24 – (1964-05-04)4 May 1964 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) PBC CSKA Moscow
F 9 Valeri Tikhonenko 24 – (1964-08-19)19 August 1964 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) BC SKA Alma-Ata
SG 10 Rimas Kurtinaitis 28 – (1960-05-15)15 May 1960 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Žalgiris
C 11 Arvydas Sabonis 23 – (1964-12-19)19 December 1964 2.20 m (7 ft 3 in) BC Žalgiris
C 12 Viktor Pankrashkin 30 – (1957-12-10)10 December 1957 2.20 m (7 ft 3 in) PBC CSKA Moscow
PG 13 Valdemaras Chomičius 29 – (1959-05-04)4 May 1959 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) BC Žalgiris
C 14 Alexander Belostenny 29 – (1959-02-24)24 February 1959 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) BC Budivelnyk
C 15 Valery Goborov 22 – (1966-01-20)20 January 1966 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) PBC CSKA Moscow
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 Quarter-finals
2  Soviet Union 5 4 1 460 393 +67 9
3  Australia 5 3 2 429 408 +21 8
4  Puerto Rico 5 3 2 382 387 −5 8
5  Central African Republic 5 1 4 346 436 −90 6
6  South Korea 5 0 5 384 461 −77 5
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points average among tied; 4) Points average.
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
Pts: Kurtinaitis 24
Rebs: Sabonis 9
Asts: Sabonis, Tarakanov, Volkov 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
Pts: Robinson 19
Rebs: Robinson 12
Asts: Coles 2		 Pts: Kurtinaitis 28
Rebs: Sabonis 13
Asts: Volkov 5
Gold medal match
30 September 1998 (1998-09-30)

Yugoslavia  63–76  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 28–31, 35–45
Pts: Petrović 24
Rebs: Divac 7
Asts: Petrović 4		 Pts: Marčiulionis 21
Rebs: Sabonis 15
Asts: Marčiulionis 6

Women's tournament
Main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Team roster

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

Soviet Union women's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
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
G 7 Irina Sumnikova 23 – (1964-10-15)15 October 1964 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
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
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)
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)
15 Galina Savitskaya 27 – (1961-07-13)13 July 1961
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 Semifinals
2  Soviet Union 3 2 1 208 188 +20 5
3  Bulgaria 3 1 2 217 241 −24 4
4  South Korea 3 1 2 244 222 +22 4
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points average among tied; 4) Points average.
19 September 1988
11:45
Bulgaria  62–91  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 26–50, 36–41
Pts: Dermendzhieva, Staneva 17
Rebs: Staneva 6
Asts: Slavcheva 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 1998 (1998-09-25)
21:30
Australia  60–48  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 30–30, 30–18
Pts: Maher 20
Rebs: Maher 8
Asts: Maher 6		 Pts: Yakovleva 13
Rebs: 4 players 4
Asts: Minkh 2
Semifinals
27 September 1998 (1998-09-27)
11:45
United States  102–88  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 50–39, 52–49
Pts: Cooper 27
Rebs: McClain 15
Asts: Edwards 6		 Pts: Zasulskaya 16
Rebs: Tuomaitė 6
Asts: Yakovleva 2
Bronze medal match
28 September 1998 (1998-09-28)
21:30
Australia  53–68  Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 21–32, 32–36
Pts: Maher 22
Rebs: Maher, Timms 3
Asts: Maher 4		 Pts: Savitskaya 16
Rebs: Yakovleva 7
Asts: Buryakina 2

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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
Main article: Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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
Main article: Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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
Main article: Equestrian at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Men's show jump team

Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Football
Main article: Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Handball
Main article: Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Hockey
Main article: Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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
Main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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
Main article: Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

The Soviet Union had 30 male and 23 female rowers participate in all 14 rowing events in 1988.[4]

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
Main article: Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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 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 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 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 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

  • Serguei Kouriaev, Alexandre Bazanov, Nikolai Evseev and 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 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

Synchronized swimming

Three synchronized swimmers represented the Soviet Union in 1988.

Women's solo
Women's duet

Table tennis
Main article: Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Tennis
Main article: Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's Singles Competition

  • Alexander Volkov
    1. First round — Lost to Carl-Uwe Steeb (West Germany) 5–7 4–6 3–6

Women's Singles Competition

Volleyball
Main article: Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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
  • Head Coach: Guennady Parchine

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
Main article: Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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
  • Evgueni Charonov
  • Nourlan Mendygaliev
  • Evgeni Grichine
  • Alexandre Kolotov
  • Sergei Naoumov
  • Victor Berendiouga
  • Serguei Kotenko
  • Dmitri Apanasenko
  • Georgui Mchvenieradze
  • Mikhail Ivanov
  • Serguei Markotch
  • Nikolai Smirnov
  • Mikhail Giorgadze

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's freestyle

Athlete

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

Result

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Result

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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. "1988 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men". FIBA. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  3. "1988 Olympic Games : Tournament for Women". FIBA. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  4. 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.
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