| Year |
Sport |
Event |
Athlete |
Result |
Medal |
| 1956 |
Track & Field |
400m Men |
Ardalion Ignatyev |
47.0 |
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Track & Field |
5000m Men |
Vladimir Kuts |
13:39.6 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Track & Field |
10000m Men |
Vladimir Kuts |
28:45.6 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Track & Field |
4x100m Relay Men |
Yuri Konovalov |
39.8 |
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Track & Field |
4x100m Relay Men |
Leonid Bartenev |
39.8 |
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Track & Field |
4x100m Relay Men |
Vladimir Sukharyev |
39.8 |
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Track & Field |
4x100m Relay Men |
Boris Tokarev |
39.8 |
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Track & Field |
20km Walk Men |
Leonid Spirin |
1:31:27.4 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Track & Field |
20km Walk Men |
Antanas Mikenas |
1:32:03.0 |
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Track & Field |
20km Walk Men |
Bruno Junk |
1:32:12.0 |
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Track & Field |
50km Walk Men |
Yevgeny Maskinsov |
4:32:57.0 |
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Track & Field |
High Jump Men |
Igor Kashkarov |
2.08 |
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Track & Field |
Triple Jump Men |
Vitold Kreyer |
16.02 |
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Track & Field |
Hammer Throw Men |
Mikhail Krivonosov |
63.03 |
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Track & Field |
Hammer Throw Men |
Anatoly Samotsvetov |
62.56 |
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Track & Field |
Javelin Throw Men |
Viktor Tsybulenko |
79.50 |
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Track & Field |
Decathlon Men |
Vasily Kuznetsov |
7465 |
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Track & Field |
High Jump Women |
Mariya Pisareva |
1.67 |
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Track & Field |
Long Jump Women |
Nadezhda Khnykina |
6.07 |
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Track & Field |
Shot Put Women |
Tamara Tyshkevich |
16.59 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Track & Field |
Shot Put Women |
Galina Zybina |
16.53 |
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Track & Field |
Discus Throw Women |
Irina Beglyakova |
52.24 |
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Track & Field |
Discus Throw Women |
Nina Ponomareva-Romashkova |
52.02 |
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Track & Field |
Javelin Throw Women |
Inese Jaunzeme |
53.86 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Track & Field |
Javelin Throw Women |
Nadezhda Konyaeva |
50.28 |
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Basketball |
Basketball Men |
Janis Krumins |
|
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Basketball |
Basketball Men |
Algirdas Lauritenas |
|
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Basketball |
Basketball Men |
Arkady Bochkaryov |
|
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Basketball |
Basketball Men |
Kazys Petkevicius |
|
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Basketball |
Basketball Men |
Yury Ozerov |
|
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Basketball |
Basketball Men |
Valdis Muiznieks |
|
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Basketball |
Basketball Men |
Stasys Stonkus |
|
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Basketball |
Basketball Men |
Mikhail Semyonov |
|
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Basketball |
Basketball Men |
Viktor Zubkov |
|
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Basketball |
Basketball Men |
Vladimir Torban |
|
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Basketball |
Basketball Men |
Maigonis Valdmanis |
|
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Basketball |
Basketball Men |
Mikhail Studenetsky |
|
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Boxing |
Featherweight |
Vladimir Safronov |
|
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Boxing |
Lightweight |
Anatoly Lagetko |
|
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Boxing |
Light Welterweight |
Vladimir Yengibaryan |
|
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Boxing |
Middleweight |
Gennady Shatkov |
|
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Boxing |
Light Heavyweight |
Romualdas Murauskas |
|
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Boxing |
Heavyweight |
Lev Mukhin |
|
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Canoeing |
K1 1000m Kayak Singles (Men) |
Igor Pisarev |
4:15.3 |
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Canoeing |
K2 1000m Kayak Pairs (Men) |
Mikhail Kaaleste |
3:51.4 |
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Canoeing |
K2 1000m Kayak Pairs (Men) |
Anatoly Demitkov |
3:51.4 |
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Canoeing |
C1 1000m Canadian Singles (Men) |
Gennady Bukarin |
5:12.7 |
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Canoeing |
C2 1000m Canadian Pairs (Men) |
Gratsian Botev |
4:48.6 |
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Canoeing |
C2 1000m Canadian Pairs (Men) |
Pavel Kharin |
4:48.6 |
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Canoeing |
C1 10,000m Canadian Singles (Men) |
Gennady Bukarin |
57:14.5 |
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Canoeing |
C2 10,000m Canadian Pairs (Men) |
Gratsian Botev |
54:02.4 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Canoeing |
C2 10,000m Canadian Pairs (Men) |
Pavel Kharin |
54:02.4 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Canoeing |
K1 500m Kayak Singles (Women) |
Jelisaveta Dementyeva |
2:18.9 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Fencing |
Sabre, Individual |
Lev Kuznetsov |
|
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Fencing |
Sabre, Team |
Lev Kuznetsov |
|
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Fencing |
Sabre, Team |
Leonid Bogdanov |
|
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Fencing |
Sabre, Team |
Yevgeny Cherepovsky |
|
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Fencing |
Sabre, Team |
Yakov Rylsky |
|
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Fencing |
Sabre, Team |
David Tyshler |
|
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
All-around, Individual Men |
Viktor Chukarin |
114.25 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
All-around, Individual Men |
Yuri Titov |
113.8 |
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Horizontal Bar |
Yuri Titov |
19.40 |
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Parallel Bars |
Viktor Chukarin |
19.20 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Long Horse Vault |
Valentin Muratov |
18.85 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Long Horse Vault |
Yuri Titov |
18.75 |
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Pommeled Horse |
Boris Shakhlin |
19.25 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Pommeled Horse |
Viktor Chukarin |
19.10 |
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Rings |
Albert Azaryan |
19.35 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Rings |
Valentin Muratov |
19.15 |
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Floor Exercises |
Valentin Muratov |
19.20 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Floor Exercises |
Viktor Chukarin |
19.10 |
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Team Combined Exercises |
Viktor Chukarin |
568.25 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Team Combined Exercises |
Albert Azaryan |
568.25 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Team Combined Exercises |
Valentin Muratov |
568.25 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Team Combined Exercises |
Boris Shakhlin |
568.25 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Team Combined Exercises |
Yuri Titov |
568.25 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Team Combined Exercises |
Pavel Stolbov |
568.25 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
All-Around, Individual Women |
Larisa Latynina |
74.933 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
All-Around, Individual Women |
Sofiya Muratova |
74.466 |
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Side Horse Vault Women |
Larisa Latynina |
18.833 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Side Horse Vault Women |
Tamara Manina |
18.80 |
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Asymmetrical Bars Women |
Larisa Latynina |
18.833 |
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Asymmetrical Bars Women |
Sofiya Muratova |
18.80 |
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Balance Beam Women |
Tamara Manina |
18.633 |
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Floor Exercises Women |
Larisa Latynina |
18.733 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Team Combined Exercises Women |
Larisa Latynina |
444.8 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Team Combined Exercises Women |
Polina Astakhova |
444.8 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Team Combined Exercises Women |
Lidiya Ivanova-Kalinina |
444.8 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Team Combined Exercises Women |
Tamara Manina |
444.8 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Team Combined Exercises Women |
Sofiya Muratova |
444.8 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Team Combined Exercises Women |
Lyudmila Yegorova |
444.8 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Team Exercise with portable Apparatus Women |
Lyudmila Yegorova |
74 |
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Team Exercise with portable Apparatus Women |
Sofiya Muratova |
74 |
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Team Exercise with portable Apparatus Women |
Tamara Manina |
74 |
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Team Exercise with portable Apparatus Women |
Lidiya Ivanova-Kalinina |
74 |
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Team Exercise with portable Apparatus Women |
Polina Astakhova |
74 |
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Gymnastics |
Team Exercise with portable Apparatus Women |
Larisa Latynina |
74 |
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Modern Pentathlon |
Team |
Ivan Deryugin |
13690.5 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Modern Pentathlon |
Team |
Igor Novikov |
13690.5 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Modern Pentathlon |
Team |
Alexandr Tarasov |
13690.5 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Rowing |
Single Sculls Men |
Vyacheslav Ivanov |
8:02.5 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Rowing |
Double Sculls Men |
Aleksandr Berkutov |
7:24.0 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Rowing |
Double Sculls Men |
Yury Tyukalov |
7:24.0 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Rowing |
Coxless Pairs Men |
Igor Buldakov |
8:03.9 |
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Rowing |
Coxless Pairs Men |
Viktor Ivanov |
8:03.9 |
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Rowing |
Coxed Pairs Men |
Vladimir Petrov |
8:31.0 |
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Rowing |
Coxed Pairs Men |
Igor Yemchuk |
8:31.0 |
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Rowing |
Coxed Pairs Men |
Georgy Zhilin |
8:31.0 |
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Shooting |
Rapid-Fire Pistol |
Yevgeny Cherkasov |
585 |
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Shooting |
Free Pistol |
Makhmud Umarov |
556 |
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Shooting |
Small-bore Rifle, prone |
Vasily Borisov |
599 |
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Shooting |
Small-bore Rifle, 3 Positions |
Anatoly Bogdanov |
1172 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Shooting |
Free Rifle, 3 Positions |
Vasily Borisov |
1138 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Shooting |
Free Rifle, 3 Positions |
Allan Erdman |
1137 |
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Shooting |
Running Deer, Single & Double Shot |
Vitaly Romanenko |
441 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Shooting |
Running Deer, Single & Double Shot |
Vladimir Sevryugin |
429 |
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Soccer |
Soccer |
Vladimir Ryshkin |
|
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Soccer |
Soccer |
Sergey Salnikov |
|
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Soccer |
Soccer |
Nikita Simonyan |
|
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Soccer |
Soccer |
Boris Tatushin |
|
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Soccer |
Soccer |
Nikolay Tishchenko |
|
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Soccer |
Soccer |
Eduard Streltsov |
|
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Soccer |
Soccer |
Boris Razinsky |
|
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Soccer |
Soccer |
Mikhail Ogonkov |
|
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Soccer |
Soccer |
Aleksey Paramonov |
|
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Soccer |
Soccer |
Igor Netto |
|
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Soccer |
Soccer |
Anatoly Maslyonkin |
|
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Soccer |
Soccer |
Valentin Ivanov |
|
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Soccer |
Soccer |
Anatoly Ilyin |
|
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Soccer |
Soccer |
Anatoly Isayev |
|
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Soccer |
Soccer |
Yosif Betsa |
|
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Soccer |
Soccer |
Anatoly Bashashkin |
|
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Soccer |
Soccer |
Boris Kuznetsov |
|
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Soccer |
Soccer |
Lev Yashin |
|
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Swimming |
200m Breaststroke Men |
Kharis Yunichev |
2:36.8 |
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Swimming |
4x200m Freestyle Relay Men |
Boris Nikitin |
8:34.7 |
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Swimming |
4x200m Freestyle Relay Men |
Gennady Nikolayev |
8:34.7 |
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Swimming |
4x200m Freestyle Relay Men |
Vladimir Struzhanov |
8:34.7 |
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Swimming |
4x200m Freestyle Relay Men |
Vitaly Sorokin |
8:34.7 |
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Weightlifting |
Bantamweight |
Vladimir Stogov |
337.5 |
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Weightlifting |
Featherweight |
Yevgeny Minayev |
342.5 |
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Weightlifting |
Lightweight |
Igor Rybak |
380 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Weightlifting |
Lightweight |
Ravel Khabutdinov |
372.5 |
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Weightlifting |
Middleweight |
Fyodor Bogdanovsky |
420 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Weightlifting |
Light Heavyweight |
Vassili Stepanov |
427.5 |
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Weightlifting |
Middle Heavyweight |
Arkady Vorobyev |
462.5 |
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Water Polo |
Water Polo |
Yury Shlyapin |
|
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Water Polo |
Water Polo |
Mikhail Ryzhak |
|
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Water Polo |
Water Polo |
Valentin Prokopov |
|
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Water Polo |
Water Polo |
Pyotr Mshvenieradze |
|
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Water Polo |
Water Polo |
Boris Markarov |
|
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Water Polo |
Water Polo |
Viktor Ageyev |
|
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Water Polo |
Water Polo |
Pyotr Breus |
|
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Water Polo |
Water Polo |
Boris Goykhman |
|
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Water Polo |
Water Polo |
Nodar Gvakhariya |
|
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Water Polo |
Water Polo |
Vyacheslav Kurennoy |
|
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Wrestling |
Greco-Roman Flyweight |
Nikolay Solovyov |
|
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Wrestling |
Greco-Roman Bantamweight |
Konstantin Vyrupayev |
|
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Wrestling |
Greco-Roman Featherweight |
Roman Dzeneladze |
|
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Wrestling |
Greco-Roman Welterweight |
Vladimir Maneyev |
|
SILVER |
| 1956 |
Wrestling |
Greco-Roman Middleweight |
Givi Kartoziya |
|
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Wrestling |
Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight |
Valentin Nikolayev |
|
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Wrestling |
Greco-Roman Heavyweight |
Anatoly Parfenov |
|
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Wrestling |
Freestyle Flyweight |
Mirian Tsalkalamanidze |
|
GOLD |
| 1956 |
Wrestling |
Freestyle Bantamweight |
Mikhail Shakhov |
|
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Wrestling |
Freestyle Lightweight |
Alimberg Bestayev |
|
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Wrestling |
Freestyle Welterweight |
Vakhtang Balavadze |
|
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Wrestling |
Freestyle Middleweight |
Georgy Skhirtladze |
|
BRONZE |
| 1956 |
Wrestling |
Freestyle Light Heavyweight |
Boris Kulayev |
|
SILVER |
