Soviet Union at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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Sporting event delegation

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 independently represented at subsequent Games.

The Soviet Union had its best showing at the Winter Olympics in terms of total medals (overtaking its 1976 result with 27 medals) and second-best in terms of gold medals (after the aforementioned 1976 result with 13 gold medals).

Medalists[edit]

Competitors[edit]

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[1]

Alpine skiing[edit]

Men

Men’s combined

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[edit]

Men
Men’s 4 x 7.5 km relay

Bobsleigh[edit]

Cross-country skiing[edit]

Men
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men’s 4 × 10 km relay
Women
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Women’s 4 × 5 km relay

Figure skating[edit]

Men
Women
Pairs
Ice dancing

Ice hockey[edit]

First round[edit]

Top three teams (shaded ones) advanced to the medal round.

  • 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[edit]

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.

  • Soviet Union 5-0 Canada
  • Soviet Union 7-1 Sweden
  • Finland 2-1 Soviet Union
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

Men’s doubles

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[edit]

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

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)

Ski jumping[edit]

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[edit]

Men
Women

References[edit]