Soviet Union at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Medalists
Table:
Medal

Name

Sport

Event

Gold
Vladimir Melanin
Biathlon
Men's 20 km

Gold
Klavdiya Boyarskikh
Cross-country skiing
Women's 5 km

Gold
Klavdiya Boyarskikh
Cross-country skiing
Women's 10 km

Gold
Alevtina Kolchina
Yevdokiya Mekshilo
Klavdiya Boyarskikh
Cross-country skiing
Women's 3 x 5 km relay

Gold
Liudmila Belousova
Oleg Protopopov
Figure skating
Pairs

Gold
Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team

Viktor Konovalenko
Boris Zaytsev
Vitaly Davydov
Eduard Ivanov
Aleksandr Ragulin
Viktor Kuzkin
Konstantin Loktev
Aleksandr Almetov
Veniamin Aleksandrov
Yevgeny Mayorov
Vyacheslav Starshinov
Boris Mayorov
Leonid Volkov
Viktor Yakushev
Anatoly Firsov
Oleg Zaytsev
Stanislav Petukhov

Ice hockey
Men's competition

Gold
Ants Antson
Speed skating
Men's 1500 m

Gold
Lidiya Skoblikova
Speed skating
Women's 500 m

Gold
Lidiya Skoblikova
Speed skating
Women's 1000 m

Gold
Lidiya Skoblikova
Speed skating
Women's 1500 m

Gold
Lidiya Skoblikova
Speed skating
Women's 3000 m

Silver
Aleksandr Privalov
Biathlon
Men's 20 km

Silver
Yevdokiya Mekshilo
Cross-country skiing
Women's 10 km

Silver
Nikolay Kiselyov
Nordic combined
Men's individual

Silver
Vladimir Orlov
Speed skating
Men's 500 m (tie)

Silver
Yevgeny Grishin
Speed skating
Men's 500 m (tie)

Silver
Irina Yegorova
Speed skating
Women's 500 m

Silver
Irina Yegorova
Speed skating
Women's 1000 m

Silver
Valentina Stenina
Speed skating
Women's 3000 m

Bronze
Igor Voronchikhin
Cross-country skiing
Men's 30 km

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Vladimir Mikhailovich Melanin ( Russian : Владимир Михайлович Меланьин ; 1 December 1933 - 10 August 1994 ) was a Soviet biathlete .
Biathlon at the 1964 Winter Olympics consisted of one biathlon event , held at Seefeld . The events began on 9 February and ended on 11 February 1964 .
Klavdiya Sergeyevna Boyarskikh ( Russian : Клавдия Сергеевна Боярских ; 11 November 1939 - 12 December 2009 ) was a Soviet cross-country skier who competed in the 1960s . In 1964 , Boyarskikh won her first Soviet titles , in the 5 km and relay , and was selected for the Olympic Games . There she ran the fastest leg of the 3 × 5 km relay , and became the first female cross-country skier to win all Olympic events . In 1966 , she won two more national titles , in the 5 and 10 km , as well as two world titles . Next year she had her last two national victories , in the 5 km and relay . She also won three times at the Holmenkollen ski festival with two wins in 10 km ( 1965 , 1966 ) and one win in the 5 km ( 1967 ) . Boyarskikh retired in 1968 and until her death worked as a skiing coach with Lokomotiv Sverdlovsk . Since 1970 , the annual Klavdiya Boyarskikh Cup in cross-country skiing is held in Sverdlovsk ( now Yekaterinburg ) .
At the 1964 Winter Olympics seven cross-country skiing events - four for men and three for women - were contested . The events began on 30 January 1964 in Seefeld , Austria . The women 's 5 km race debuted at this Olympics .
Alevtina Pavlovna Kolchina ( Russian : Алевти́на Па́вловна Ко́лчина alternate spelling : Alevtina Koltsjina ; born 11 November 1930 ) is a former Soviet cross-country skier who competed during the 1950s and 1960s for Burevestnik and later for Dynamo sports societies . She competed in four Winter Olympics , earning a total of five medals . Kolchina also competed several times at the Holmenkollen ski festival , winning three times at 10 km ( 1961-1963 ) and once at 5 km ( 1966 ) . Kolchina was born in the village of Pavlovsk , Ochyorsky District , Perm Oblast . She was married to four-time Olympic cross country medalist Pavel Kolchin until his 2010 death . Kolchina 's biggest success was at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships , where she won 3 medals in 10 km ( golds in 1958 and 1962 , silver in 1966 ) , 3 medals in the 3 x 5 km relay ( golds in 1958 , 1962 , and 1966 ) , and 2 medals in 5 km ( golds in 1962 and 1966 ) . For her successes in the world championships and at the Holmenkollen , Kolchina received the Holmenkollen medal in 1963 ( shared with her husband , Astrid Sandvik , and Torbjørn Yggeseth ) . Kolchina is the third woman , first Soviet/Russian , and first female Nordic skier to ever win the Holmenkollen medal . Kolchina and her husband are the first husband and wife team to ever win the Holmenkollen Medal .
Yevdokiya Panteleyevna Mekshilo ( Russian : Евдокия Пантелеевна Мекшило ) ( 23 March 1931 - 16 January 2013 ) was a female Soviet cross-country skier who competed in the 1960s for Armed Forces sports society . At the 1964 Winter Olympics , she won a gold in the 3x5 km and a silver in the 10 km event . She was born in Gorno-Altaysk .
Ludmila Yevgenyevna Belousova ( Russian : Людмила Евгеньевна Белоусова ; 22 November 1935 - 26 September 2017 ) was a Russian pair skater who represented the Soviet Union . With her partner and husband Oleg Protopopov she was a two-time Olympic champion ( 1964 , 1968 ) and four-time World champion ( 1965-1968 ) . In 1979 , the pair defected to Switzerland and became Swiss citizens in 1995 . They continued to skate at ice shows and exhibitions through their seventies .
Oleg Alekseyevich Protopopov ( Russian : Оле́г Алексе́евич Протопо́пов ; born 16 July 1932 ) is a former Russian pair skater who represented the Soviet Union . With his wife Ludmila Belousova he is a two-time Olympic champion ( 1964 , 1968 ) and four-time World champion ( 1965-1968 ) . In 1979 , the pair defected to Switzerland and became Swiss citizens in 1995 . They continued to skate at ice shows and exhibitions through their seventies .
Figure skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics took place at the Olympiahalle in Innsbruck , Austria . There were three events contested : men 's singles , ladies ' singles , and pair skating .
The Soviet national ice hockey team ( Russian : Сборная СССР по хоккею с шайбой ) was the national ice hockey team of the Soviet Union . The team won nearly every world championship and Olympic tournament between 1954 and 1991 and never failed to medal in any International Ice Hockey Federation ( IIHF ) tournament they competed in . After 1991 , the Soviet team competed as the Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics and as the Commonwealth of Independent States at the 1992 World Championship . In 1993 , it was replaced by national teams for Belarus , Estonia , Kazakhstan , Latvia , Lithuania , Russia and Ukraine . The IIHF recognized the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia as the successor to the Soviet Union hockey federation and passed its ranking on to Russia . The other national hockey teams were considered new and sent to compete in Pool C. The IIHF Centennial All-Star Team included four Soviet-Russian players out of a team of six : goalie Vladislav Tretiak , defenseman Vyacheslav Fetisov and forwards Valeri Kharlamov and Sergei Makarov who played for the Soviet teams in the 1970s and the 1980s were selected for the team in 2008 .
Viktor Sergeevich Konovalenko ( 11 March 1938 - 20 February 1996 ) was a Soviet ice hockey goaltender . He led the Soviet team to the Olympics gold medals in 1964 and 1968 , to the IIHF World Championships title in 1963-1968 , 1970 and 1971 , and to the European title in 1963-68 and 1970 . He was named the most valuable player in the Soviet league in 1970 and was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2007 . Konovalenko played his entire career from 1956-72 for Torpedo Gorky ( now Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod ) ; he never won a national title , and once placed second ( in 1961 ) . As a goaltender of the Soviet team he replaced Nikolai Puchkov , and in 1971 , he was succeeded by Vladislav Tretyak . In retirement he worked as a goaltender coach with Torpedo Gorky and later became director of the Torpedo Gorky sports arena , which was renamed to the Konovalenko Sports Palace after his death .
Boris Mikhaylovich Zaytsev ( Russian : Бори́с Миха́йлович За́йцев ; 23 March 1937 - 24 February 2000 ) was a soviet ice hockey goaltender who competed in the 1964 Winter Olympics . He was born in Moscow , Soviet Union . In 1964 he won the gold medal as member of the Soviet team in the Olympic tournament . Zaytsev played for HC Dynamo Moscow in the Soviet Hockey League . He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1964 .
Vitali Semenovich Davydov ( born 1 April 1939 ) is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League . He was born in Moscow , and played his entire club career for HC Dynamo Moscow . He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1963 .
Eduard Georgievich Ivanov ( April 25 , 1938 - January 15 , 2012 ) was a Russian ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League . Ivanov was born in Moscow , Soviet Union . He played for HC CSKA Moscow and appeared in 300 games . In international play , Ivanov appeared in 79 games over his career . He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1963 . After his playing career Ivanov became a coach with SKA Moskva Oblast and director of CSKA Moskva sports school from 1979 to 1988 .
Alexander Pavlovich Rags Ragulin ( Russian : Александр Павлович Рагулин ; 5 May 1941 - 17 November 2004 ) was a Russian ice hockey player . He is considered as one of the best defensemen in Soviet ice hockey history , winning three Olympic gold medals and ten world titles .
Viktor Grigorievich Kuzkin ( July 6 , 1940 - June 24 , 2008 ) was an ice hockey defender who played in the Soviet Hockey League . He played for HC CSKA Moscow . He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1963 . He was born in Moscow , Soviet Union . Kuzkin won three gold medals in ice hockey at the Winter Olympics , winning them from 1964 to 1972 . He died after suffering a heart attack whilst diving in Sochi , Russia .
Konstantin Borisovich Loktev ( April 16 , 1933 - November 4 , 1996 ) was a Soviet ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League . He played for HC CSKA Moscow . He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1964 . He was born and died in Moscow .
Alexander Davletovich Almetov ( Russian : Александр Давлетович Альметов , January 18 , 1940 - September 21 , 1992 ) was an ice hockey player who played as a forward for HC CSKA Moscow and for the USSR Team .
Veniamin Veniaminovich Alexandrov ( Russian : Вениамин Вениаминович Александров ; April 18 , 1937 - November 3 , 1991 ) was a Soviet professional ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League . He played for HC CSKA Moscow . He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1963 .
Yevgeni Aleksandrovich Mayorov ( Russian : Евгений Александрович Майоров ; 11 February 1938 - 10 December 1997 ) was an ice hockey forward who played in the Soviet Hockey League for HC Spartak Moscow . He won the world title in 1963 and an Olympic gold medal in 1964 . In 1963 he was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame . Mayorov started playing for Spartak in 1956 , together with his twin brother Boris . They won two Soviet titles , in 1962 and 1967 . In 1967 , Yevgeny retired from competitions to become a coach with Spartak , but returned to play for the Finnish club Vehmaisten Urheilijat Tampere in the 1968-69 season . In 1969-1976 he headed Spartak Moscow , and since late 1960s also worked as a sports commentator on television . From 1982 , until his death in 1997 , he was a full-time hockey commentator and journalist with Gosteleradio , the Soviet national broadcasting company . In 1998 he was named the best sports commentator of the year .
Vyacheslav Ivanovich Starshinov ( Russian : Вячеслав Иванович Старшинов ; born May 6 , 1940 in Moscow , Soviet Union ) is a Russian former ice hockey player , coach and executive . Starshinov played in the Soviet Hockey League for HC Spartak Moscow , scoring 405 goals in 540 league games . He led the league in goals in 1966-67 , 1967-68 , and 1968-69 . Starshinov also scored 149 goals in 182 international games with the Soviet national team , and was named top forward at the IIHF World Championships in 1965 . He also played for the Japanese hockey team Oji Eagles in 1976-1978 . He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1963 and the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 2007 .
Boris Aleksandrovich Mayorov ( born February 11 , 1938 in Moscow , Soviet Union ) is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League . He played for HC Spartak Moscow . He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1963 . His twin brother Yevgeni Mayorov was an international ice hockey player as well .
Leonid Ivanovich Volkov ( Russian : Леонид Иванович Волков ; December 9 , 1934 - May 17 , 1995 ) was an ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League . Born in Gorky , Soviet Union , he played for Torpedo Gorky and HC CSKA Moscow . He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1964 .
Viktor Prokhorovich Yakushev ( November 16 , 1937 - July 7 , 2001 ) was an ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League . He played for Lokomotiv Moscow . He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1963 . He was born and died in Moscow .
Anatoli Vasilievich Firsov ( 1 February 1941 - 24 July 2000 ) was a Russian ice hockey left wing and center , who competed internationally for the USSR . In the IIHF World Championships , he won the scoring title four times and was named the best forward three times . He was also named the most valuable player in the Soviet hockey league three times . Between 1964 and 1972 , Firsov played 166 games for the national team . He scored 134 goals , and won three Olympic and eight world titles . Firsov played in HC CSKA Moscow . He eventually would become one of the best forwards in Soviet hockey . Despite this he would not participate in the 1972 Summit Series against Canada . Many believe this was a result of Anatoli Tarasov 's exclusion from the coaching staff . In 1972 , while still playing for CSKA Moscow , Firsov began working as an assistant coach for the club . Between 1976 and 77 he was the head coach of the Soviet junior team , which won a bronze medal at the 1977 World Championships . From 1977 and until his death he worked as a children 's hockey coach .
Oleg Alekseevich Zaytsev ( born August 4 , 1939 in Moscow , Soviet Union - d. March 1 , 1993 ) was an ice hockey defenceman who played in the Soviet Hockey League . He played for HC CSKA Moscow . He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1966 . He won two Olympic gold medals competing for the Soviet Union hockey team in 1964 and 1968 .
Stanislav Afanasievich Petukhov ( born August 19 , 1937 in Moscow , Soviet Union ) is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League . He played for HC Dynamo Moscow . He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1963 .
The men 's ice hockey tournament at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck , Austria , was the 10th Olympic Championship , also serving as the 31st World Championships and the 42nd European Championships . The games were held at the Olympiahalle Innsbruck . The Soviet Union won its second Olympic gold medal , fourth World Championship and eighth European Championship . Canada , represented for the first time by a purpose built national team organized and coached by Father David Bauer , was shut out of the medals for the first time in Olympic ice hockey history - still in contention for the gold medal on the last day until a loss to the Soviets , the Canadians were controversially denied a bronze medal as the rules were hastily changed by the IIHF late in the final period of the final game , where the Czechoslovakians were being dramatically outscored by Sweden just minutes prior to the medals presentation .
Ants Antson ( 11 November 1938 - 31 October 2015 ) was an Estonian speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union .
Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics , was held from 30 January to 7 February . Eight events were contested at the Eisschnelllaufbahn Innsbruck .
Lidiya Pavlovna Skoblikova ( Russian : Лидия Павловна Скобликова ; born 8 March 1939 ) is a retired Russian speed skater and coach . She represented the USSR Olympic team during the Olympic Winter Games in 1960 , 1964 and 1968 , and won a total of six gold medals , which is still a record for a speed skater . She also won 25 gold medals at the world championships and 15 gold medals at the USSR National Championships in several distances . She was also the first athlete to earn six gold medals in the Winter Olympics and the first to earn four gold medals at a single Olympic Winter Games . She was the most successful athlete at the 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympics , sharing the honour for 1960 Games with her compatriot Yevgeny Grishin .
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Privalov ( Russian : Александр Васильевич Привалов ; born 6 August 1933 ) is a former Soviet biathlete . He received a bronze medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley . He received a silver medal at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck .
Nikolay Fyodorovich Kiselyov ( Russian : Никола́й Фёдорович Киселёв ; 25 October 1939 - 2005 ) was a Soviet Nordic combined athlete , Master of Sports of the USSR , International Class . He trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Leningrad . His best finish was a silver medal at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck in the individual event .
Nordic combined at the 1964 Winter Olympics consisted of one event , held 2-3 February at Seefeld in Tirol .
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Orlov ( Russian : Владимир Александрович Орлов , born December 2 , 1938 ) is a Russian speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Winter Olympics . He was born in Moscow . In 1964 he won the silver medal in the 500 metres event .
Yevgeny Romanovich Grishin ( Russian : Евгений Романович Гришин ; 23 March 1931 - 9 July 2005 ) was a Russian speedskater . Grishin trained for the largest part of his speedskating career at CSKA Moscow . He became European Champion in 1956 , and won Olympic gold in the 500 meter and 1500 meter events in both 1956 and 1960 Winter Olympics ( sharing the 1500 meter victories with respectively Yuri Mikhaylov and Roald Aas ) , competing for the USSR team . Along with his compatriot Lidiya Skoblikova , he was the most successful athlete at the 1960 Winter Olympics . Grishin was the first to break the 40 second barrier on the 500 m , skating 39.6 in a test race in Squaw Valley in 1960 , just after the Winter Olympic Games at the same location . This result was not officially recognised as a world record . Three years later , on 27-28 January 1963 , he set officially ratified world records 39.6 and 39.5 at the Medeo track . He also won 2 bronze medals in the World Championships , in 1954 and 1956 . He had 12 single distance wins in his 14 starts in allround championships . Over the course of his career Grishin set seven world records ; the 1:22.8 time of the 1000 m lasted 12 years .
Irina Nikolayevna Yegorova ( Russian : Ирина Николаевна Егорова , born 8 April 1940 ) is a Russian speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union at the 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics . In 1964 she won the silver medal in the 500 and 1000 m events . Four years later she finished fifth in the 1000 m and ninth in the 500 m contest . Yegorova became known internationally in 1962-1963 , when she skated 500 m and 1000 m in world record times , even though her records were not officially recognised . In 1963 she won a silver medal in the 500 m at the world championships and finished fourth all-around . In 1964 , just a week after the Olympics , she won the 500 m at the world championships . She continued dominating sprint events at world all-around championships until 1967 , when she won silver in the 500 m , but she never finished within the podium overall . Domestically she won only one title , in 1963 ; she finished second in 1969 , but set a sprint all-around world record in late December . In 1963 Yegorova graduated from the Ivanovo Textile Institute , where she then worked until 1964 . Between 1964 and 1967 she was employed at a penal colony nearby , and after that coached speed skating in Ivanovo and Moscow . From 1989 to 2004 she worked as a school teacher in Ivanovo , and later resumed her coaching activities . In 1995 she won the national 500 m title in the masters division .
Valentina Sergeyevna Stenina ( Russian : Валентина Серге́евна Стенина ; born 29 December 1934 ) is a former speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union . Born Valentina Miloslavova in Babruysk ( which is now part of Belarus ) , she fled to Sverdlovsk - taken by her mother - in 1941 because of World War II . In Sverdlovsk , she took up speed skating , training at VSS Trud , and met and married fellow skater Boris Stenin . In 1959 , Stenina participated in her first World Allround Championships , held in her home town of Sverdlovsk , and she won silver . The next year , 1960 , was a very good year for Stenina : her husband Boris became Soviet Allround Champion , then Boris won silver at the European Allround Championships , then she herself became World Allround Champion , then Boris became World Allround Champion , and then at the 1960 Winter Olympics of Squaw Valley , she won silver on the 3,000 m behind Lidia Skoblikova , while Boris won bronze on the 1,500 m. In addition , Boris received the Oscar Mathisen Award that year . Valentina was not even considered for that award since women were not eligible to win it until 1987 . The following year ( 1961 ) , Stenina successfully defended her World Champion title in a grand way with victories in three distances and a second place in the fourth . Later that month , she won the Soviet National Championships - a title she would win a total number of four times in her career ( in 1961 , 1965 , 1966 , and 1967 ) . Stenina did not compete in 1962 but returned in 1963 , winning bronze at the World Championships . At the 1964 Winter Olympics of Innsbruck , she won another silver medal on the 3,000 m , again behind Skoblikova . Another silver medal at the World Championships would follow in 1965 and she became World Champion for the third and final time in 1966 , this time not winning any of the four distances . For her accomplishments , Stenina was awarded the title of Honorable Citizen of Sverdlovsk in 1967 - the year she won her third consecutive ( and fourth total ) Soviet National Championships title .
Igor Nikolaevich Voronchikin ( Russian : И́горь Николаевич Ворончи́хин ; born April 14 , 1938 ; died March 10 , 2009 ) was a Soviet cross-country skier who competed during the early 1960s , training at Burevestnik in Moscow . He earned two bronze medals in the 1964 Winter Olympics in the 30 km and the 4x10 km relay .