Soviet Union at the Olympics

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf national Olympic team performance
boycotted 1984 Summer Olympics
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
flagBearerTradition prominent athletes carried national flag at opening ceremony
governedBy State Committee for Physical Culture and Sport of the USSR
hostCity Moscow
hostCountry Soviet Union
hosted 1980 Summer Olympics
lastOlympicAppearance 1988 Summer Olympics
lastOlympicCity Seoul
notableAthletes Aleksandr Karelin
Irina Rodnina
Larisa Latynina
Nikolai Andrianov
Olga Korbut
Valeriy Borzov
Vladimir Salnikov
olympicCode URS
overallCombinedRank 2
overallSummerRank 2
overallWinterRank 2
participatedIn Summer Olympics
linked to: Olympic Games

Winter Olympics
participationPeriodEnd 1988
participationPeriodStart 1952
politicalContext Cold War sports rivalry with United States
politicalSystem socialist state
representedBy National Olympic Committee of the USSR
Soviet Olympic Committee
status defunct Olympic team
successorTeams Unified Team at the 1992 Olympics
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
usedFlag Flag of the Soviet Union
winterBronzeMedals 100
winterGamesParticipated 9
winterGoldMedals 73
winterSilverMedals 78
winterTotalMedals 251

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Unified Team predecessor Soviet Union at the Olympics
Larisa Latynina represented Soviet Union at the Olympic Games
subject linked to: Latynina
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Boris Shakhlin representedBy Soviet Union at the Olympic Games
subject linked to: Shakhlin
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Uljana Semjonova represented Soviet Union at the Olympic Games
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Unified Team of the Commonwealth of Independent States formedFrom Soviet Union Olympic team
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Equipe Unifiée de l’ex-URSS isTemporarySuccessorOf Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Olympic team
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Belarus at the Olympics hasPredecessorTeam Soviet Union at the Olympics
Georgia at the Olympics previouslyCompetedAsPartOf Soviet Union at the Olympics
Lithuania at the Olympic Games athletesCompetedUnder Soviet Union at the Olympic Games
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Moldova at the Olympic Games predecessorParticipation Soviet Union at the Olympic Games
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Tatyana Kazankina represented Soviet Union at the Olympic Games
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Ludmila Bragina represented Soviet Union at the Olympic Games
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Galina Kulakova represented Soviet Union at the Olympic Games
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Renald Knysh era Cold War sports era
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Konstantin Loktev representedTeam Soviet Union at the 1960 Winter Olympics
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Konstantin Loktev representedTeam Soviet Union at the 1968 Winter Olympics
linked to: Soviet Union at the Olympics
Maria Filatova represented Soviet Union at the Olympic Games
linked to: Soviet Union at the Olympics