USSR at the Summer Olympics
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USSR (IOC country code:URS) participated at the Summer Olympics nine times. At six Summer Olympics USSR was on the first place by total number of gold medals won, at three Summer Olympics it was second by this count. USSR officially joined the Olympic Movement in 1951, when The Olympic Committee of the USSR was formed (April 21 1951) and was recognized by the IOC on its 45th session (May 7 1951). Since that time USSR was allowed to participate in Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics.
1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki became first Olympic Games for the Soviet athletes. July 20 1952 the first Olympic gold medal in the history of Soviet sport was won by Nina Romashkova in women's Discus Throwing event. Romashkova's result in this event (51.42 m) was the New Olympic Record at that time.
In 1980 USSR was the host of Summer Olympics.
Although the USSR ceased to exist on December 26 1991, The Olympic Committee of the USSR formally existed until March 12 1992, when it was self-disbanded.
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Medal tables
Medals by Year
| USSR at the Summer Olympics | Image:Olympic-rings.png | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1952 | 22 | 30 | 19 | 71 |
| 1956 | 37 | 29 | 32 | 98 |
| 1960 | 43 | 29 | 31 | 103 |
| 1964 | 30 | 31 | 35 | 96 |
| 1968 | 29 | 32 | 30 | 91 |
| 1972 | 50 | 27 | 22 | 99 |
| 1976 | 49 | 41 | 35 | 125 |
| 1980 | 80 | 69 | 46 | 195 |
| 1988 | 55 | 31 | 46 | 132 |
| Total | 395 | 319 | 296 | 1010 |
| Average per Games | 44 | 35 | 33 | 112 |
Medals by Sports
| USSR at the Summer Olympics | Image:Olympic-rings.png | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sports | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Gymnastics | 73 | 67 | 44 | 184 |
| Athletics | 65 | 55 | 75 | 195 |
| Wrestling | 62 | 31 | 23 | 116 |
| Weightlifting | 39 | 21 | 2 | 62 |
| Canoeing | 29 | 13 | 9 | 51 |
| Fencing | 18 | 15 | 16 | 49 |
| Shooting | 17 | 15 | 17 | 49 |
| Boxing | 14 | 19 | 18 | 51 |
| Swimming | 13 | 21 | 26 | 60 |
| Rowing | 12 | 20 | 10 | 42 |
| Cycling | 11 | 4 | 8 | 23 |
| Volleyball | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| Equestrian | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| Judo | 5 | 5 | 13 | 23 |
| Modern Pentathlon | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| Yachting | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| Basketball | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| Handball | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Diving | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| Water Polo | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Football | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Archery | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Hockey | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 395 | 319 | 296 | 1010 |
