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Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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The Soviet Union (USSR) competed, for the last time before its dissolution, at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 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 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 and the United States' 48 gold medals in 2008 and 2012 respectively, and the United States' 126 total medals in 2024 are the closest results to the USSR's 1988 performance. The Soviet Union medal tally currently ranks fourth both in terms of gold and total medals, after the United States' 1984 performance, the Soviet Union's 1980 performance, the United States' 1904 performance, and Great Britain's 1908 performance.
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Medalists
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The Soviet Union finished first in the medal standings with 55 gold and 132 total medals.
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Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]
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Archery
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:
Athletics
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Men's competition
Men's Marathon
- Final — 2:13.49 (→ 10th place)
Men's long jump
- 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
- 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)
- 100 metres — 11.23s
- Long Jump — 7.28m
- Shot Put — 15.25m
- High Jump — 1.97m
- 400 metres — 48.60s
- 110m Hurdles — 14.76s
- Discus Throw — 48.02m
- Pole Vault — 5.20m
- Javelin Throw — 59.48m
- 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 — 3:38:29 (→
- 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)
- Final — 3:15.18 (→
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)
- 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)
- 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)
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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]
- Group play
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:
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:
- 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 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 1988 |
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
- Team roster
The following is the Soviet Union roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.[4]
- Group play
Source: FIBA[dead link]
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:
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:
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 1988 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 1988 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
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Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
- 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)
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg)
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
Men's Super-Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)
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Canoeing
Cycling
Eighteen cyclists, fourteen men and four women, represented the Soviet Union in 1988.
- Vasil Zhdanov
- Viktor Klimov
- Asiat Saitov
- Igor Sumnikov
- Laima Zilporytė — 2:00:52 (→ Bronze medal)
- Valentina Yevpak — 2:00:52 (→ 5th place)
- Alla Jakovleva — 2:00:52 (→ 34th place)
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Diving
- Men
- Women
Equestrian
- Men's show jump team
Fencing
20 fencers, 15 men and 5 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1988.
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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
- (01.) Vladimir Pleshakov (gk)
- (02.) Viktor Deputatov
- (03.) Igor Yulchiev
- (04.) Sos Hayrapetyan
- (05.) Nikolai Sankovetch
- (06.) Vladimir Antakov (captain)
- (07.) Vyacheslav Chechenev
- (08.) Igor Atanov
- (09.) Sergei Chakhvorostov
- (10.) Sergei Pleshakov
- (11.) Mikhail Nechipurenko
- (12.) Alexander Domachev (gk)
- (13.) Igor Davydov
- (14.) Aleksandr Miasnikov
- (15.) Yevgeni Nechaev
- (16.) Mikhail Bukatin
- 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
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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
- Veniamin But
- Mykola Komarov
- Vasily Tikhonov
- Aleksandr Dumchev
- Pavlo Hurkovskiy
- Viktor Diduk
- Viktor Omelyanovich
- Andrey Vasilyev
- Aleksandr Lukyanov (cox)
- Women's competition
- Women's single sculls
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
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Men's 50 m Freestyle
- Gennadiy Prigoda
- Heat – 22.57
- Final – 22.71 (→ Bronze medal)
- Vladimir Tkachenko
- Heat – 22.81
- Final – 22.88 (→ 6th place)
Men's 100 m Freestyle
- Gennadiy Prigoda
- Heat – 50.13
- Final – 49.75 (→ 4th place)
- Yuri Bashkatov
- Heat – 50.08
- Final – 50.08 (→ 5th place)
Men's 200 m Freestyle
- Alexei Kouznetsov
- Heat – 1:50.84
- B-Final – 1:51.03 (→ 12th place)
- Yuri Bashkatov
- Heat – 1:52.04 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's 400 m Freestyle
- Alexandre Bazanov
- Heat – 3:58.74 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Men's 1500 m Freestyle
- Vladimir Salnikov
- Heat – 15:07.83
- Final – 15:00.40 (→ Gold medal)
Men's 100 m Backstroke
- Igor Polyansky
- Heat – 55.04
- Final – 55.20 (→ Bronze medal)
- Serguei Zabolotnov
- Heat – 56.13
- Final – 55.37 (→ 4th place)
Men's 200 m Backstroke
- Igor Polyansky
- Heat – 2:01.70
- Final – 1:59.37 (→ Gold medal)
- Serguei Zabolotnov
- Heat – 2:01.27
- Final – 2:00.52 (→ 4th place)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
- Dmitry Volkov
- Heat – 1:02.49
- Final – 1:02.20 (→ Bronze medal)
- Alexei Matveev
- Heat – 1:03.25
- B-Final – 1:03.01 (→ 9th place)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
- Valeri Lozik
- Heat – 2:16.31
- Final – 2:16.16 (→ 5th place)
- Vadim Alexeev
- Heat – 2:17.15
- B-Final – 2:16.70 (→ 6th place)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
- Vadim Yaroshchuk
- Heat – 54.17
- Final – 54.60 (→ 8th place)
- Konstantine Petrov
- Heat – 55.84 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Men's 200 m Butterfly
- Vadim Yaroshchuk
- Heat – 2:01.05
- B-Final – 2:00.34 (→ 11th place)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
- Vadim Yaroshchuk
- Heat – 2:02.77
- Final – 2:02.40 (→ Bronze medal)
- Mikhail Zoubkov
- Heat – 2:03.79
- Final – 2:02.92 (→ 4th place)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley
- Mikhail Zoubkov
- Heat – 4:25.30
- B-Final – 4:25.44 (→ 13th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
- Raimundas Mažuolis, Alexei Borislavski, Nikolai Evseev and Vladimir Tkachenko
- Heat – 3:19.89
- Gennadiy Prigoda, Yuri Bashkatov, Nikolai Evseev and Vladimir Tkachenko
- Final – 3:18.33 (→ Silver medal)
- Final – 3:18.33 (→
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
- Serguei Kouriaev, Alexandre Bazanov, Nikolai Evseev and Aleksei Kouznetsov
- Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
- Serguei Zabolotnov, Valeri Lozik, Konstantine Petrov and Nikolai Evseev
- Heat – 3:45.29
- Igor Polyansky, Dmitry Volkov, Vadim Yaroshchuk and Gennadiy Prigoda
- Final – 3:39.96 (→ Bronze medal)
- Final – 3:39.96 (→
Women's 50 m Freestyle
- Inna Abramova
- Heat – 26.27
- B-Final – 26.48 (→ 14th place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle
- Natalia Trefilova
- Heat – 56.66
- B-Final – 56.48 (→ 9th place)
- Svetlana Issakova
- Heat – 57.17
- B-Final – 57.07 (→ 15th place)
Women's 200 m Freestyle
- Natalia Trefilova
- Heat – 2:00.54
- Final – 1:59.24 (→ 5th place)
Women's 400 m Freestyle
- Natalia Trefilova
- Heat – 4:12.20
- Final – 4:13.92 (→ 8th place)
Women's 800 m Freestyle
- Natalia Trefilova
- Heat – 8:43.19 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
- Yelena Volkova
- Heat – 1:09.86
- Final – 1:09.24 (→ 5th place)
- Svetlana Kouzmina
- Heat – 1:10.83
- B-Final – 1:10.42 (→ 9th place)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
- Yulia Bogatcheva
- Heat – 2:28.94
- Final – 2:28.54 (→ 5th place)
- Svetlana Kouzmina
- Heat – 2:30.93
- B-Final – 2:30.03 (→ 10th place)
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
- Ana Elizbarashvili
- Heat – 1:16.04
- Final – 1:14.05 (→ Qualified)
Women's 100 m Butterfly
- Svetlana Koptchikova
- Heat – 1:01.65
- B-Final – 1:01.48 (→ 9th place)
Women's 200 m Butterfly
- Svetlana Koptchikova
- Heat – 2:15.26
- B-Final – 2:14.43 (→ 12th place)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
- Yelena Dendeberova
- Heat – 2:15.30
- Final – 2:13.31 (→ Silver medal)
- Yulia Bogatcheva
- Heat – 2:19.07
- B-Final – 2:19.91 (→ 15th place)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
- Yelena Dendeberova
- Heat – 4:46.63
- Final – 4:40.44 (→ 4th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
- Inna Abramova, Svetlana Issakova, Yelena Dendeberova and Svetlana Koptchikova
- Heat – 3:46.28
- Yelena Dendeberova, Svetlana Issakova, Natalia Trefilova and Svetlana Koptchikova
- Final – 3:44.99 (→ 5th place)
Synchronized swimming
Three synchronized swimmers represented the Soviet Union in 1988.
Table tennis
Tennis
Men's Singles Competition
- Alexander Volkov
- First round — Lost to Carl-Uwe Steeb (West Germany) 5–7 4–6 3–6
Women's Singles Competition
- Larisa Neiland
- First Round – Bye
- Second Round – Defeated Sara Gomer (Great Britain) 6–7 7–6 9–7
- Third Round – Defeated Il-Soon Kim (South Korea) 6–3 7–6
- Quarterfinals – Lost to Steffi Graf (West Germany) 2–6 6–4 3–6
- Leila Meskhi
- First Round – Defeated Regina Rajchrtová (Czechoslovakia) 7–5 7–5
- Second Round – Lost to Steffi Graf (West Germany) 5–7 1–6
- Natasha Zvereva
- First Round – Bye
- Second Round – Defeated Anne Minter (Australia) 6–4 3–6 6–1
- Third Round – Defeated Tine Scheuer-Larsen (Denmark) 6–1 6–2
- Quarterfinals – Lost to Gabriela Sabatini (Argentina) 4–6 3–6
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
- Lost to the United States (1–3) →
- 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
- Defeated Peru (3–2) →
- Team roster
- Valentina Ogienko
- Yelena Volkova
- Irina Smirnova-Ilchenko
- Tatyana Sidorenko
- Irina Parkhomchuk-Kirillova
- Olga Shkournova
- Marina Nikulina
- Elena Ovtchnikova
- Olga Krivocheeva
- Svetlana Korytova
- Marina Koumych
- Tatyana Krainova
- 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
- Defeated West Germany (14–13) →
- 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
- Head coach: Boris Popov
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Men's freestyle
- Alexander Karelin — Wrestling, Heavyweight
Medals by republic
In the following table for team events number of team representatives, who received medals are counted, not "one medal for all the team", as usual. Because there were people from different republics in one team.
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References
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