Soviet Union at the Olympics

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national Olympic team performance

The Soviet Union at the Olympics refers to the participation and dominance of Soviet athletes in the Olympic Games from 1952 until the country's dissolution in 1991, during which it was one of the leading medal-winning nations.

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Soviet Union at the Olympic Games 3

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national Olympic team performance ⓘ
boycotted 1984 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED ⓘ
boycottReason retaliation for 1980 Moscow boycott ⓘ
continent Europe and Asia ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
dominantSports artistic gymnastics ⓘ
athletics ⓘ
cross-country skiing ⓘ
figure skating ⓘ
ice hockey ⓘ
weightlifting ⓘ
wrestling ⓘ
endCause dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 ⓘ
firstOlympicAppearance 1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ
firstOlympicCity Helsinki NERFINISHED ⓘ
flagBearerTradition prominent athletes carried national flag at opening ceremony ⓘ
governedBy State Committee for Physical Culture and Sport of the USSR NERFINISHED ⓘ
hostCity Moscow NERFINISHED ⓘ
hostCountry Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
hosted 1980 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED ⓘ
lastOlympicAppearance 1988 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED ⓘ
lastOlympicCity Seoul NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAthletes Aleksandr Karelin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Irina Rodnina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Larisa Latynina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nikolai Andrianov NERFINISHED ⓘ
Olga Korbut NERFINISHED ⓘ
Valeriy Borzov NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vladimir Salnikov NERFINISHED ⓘ
olympicCode URS NERFINISHED ⓘ
overallCombinedRank 2 ⓘ
overallSummerRank 2 ⓘ
overallWinterRank 2 ⓘ
participatedIn Summer Olympics NERFINISHED ⓘ
Winter Olympics NERFINISHED ⓘ
participationPeriodEnd 1988 ⓘ
participationPeriodStart 1952 ⓘ
politicalContext Cold War sports rivalry with United States ⓘ
politicalSystem socialist state ⓘ
representedBy National Olympic Committee of the USSR NERFINISHED ⓘ
Soviet Olympic Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ
status defunct Olympic team ⓘ
successorTeams Unified Team at the 1992 Olympics NERFINISHED ⓘ
national Olympic teams of post-Soviet states ⓘ
summerBronzeMedals 196 ⓘ
summerGamesParticipated 9 ⓘ
summerGoldMedals 322 ⓘ
summerSilverMedals 241 ⓘ
summerTotalMedals 759 ⓘ
totalBronzeMedals 296 ⓘ
totalGoldMedals 395 ⓘ
totalOlympicMedals 1010 ⓘ
totalSilverMedals 319 ⓘ
usedAnthem State Anthem of the Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFlag Flag of the Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
winterBronzeMedals 100 ⓘ
winterGamesParticipated 9 ⓘ
winterGoldMedals 73 ⓘ
winterSilverMedals 78 ⓘ
winterTotalMedals 251 ⓘ

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Unified Team → predecessor → Soviet Union at the Olympics ⓘ
Latynina → represented → Soviet Union at the Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: Larisa Latynina
this entity surface form: Soviet Union at the Olympic Games
Uljana Semjonova → represented → Soviet Union at the Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet Union at the Olympic Games
Shakhlin → representedBy → Soviet Union at the Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: Boris Shakhlin
this entity surface form: Soviet Union at the Olympic Games