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Soviet Union

URS Soviet Union: Summer Sports / Winter Sports

Games: 19 games in 14 countries
Events: 314 distinct events in 37 sports

Participants: 2,948 (2,234 men and 714 women)
Youngest Participant: Yelena Vodorezova (12 years, 266 days), 1976 Winter Games
Oldest Participant: Ivan Kalita (49 years, 197 days), 1976 Summer Games
Most Medals (Athlete): Larysa Latynina (18 medals)

19 Games

Rk Games Flag Bearer Participants Men Women Sports Gold Silver Bronze Total Top Medalist(s)
1 1988 Summer Aleksandr Karelin 481 319 162 27 55 31 46 132 Vladimir Artyomov (5 medals)
2 1988 Winter Andrey Bukin 101 78 23 10 11 9 9 29 3 athletes with 3 medals
3 1984 Winter Vladislav Tretyak 99 74 25 10 6 10 9 25 6 athletes with 2 medals
4 1980 Summer Nikolay Balboshin 489 340 149 23 80 69 46 195 Aleksandr Dityatin (8 medals)
5 1980 Winter Aleksandr Tikhonov 86 63 23 9 10 6 6 22 Anatoly Alyabyev and Nikolay Zimyatov (3 medals)
6 1976 Summer Vasily Alekseyev 410 285 125 22 49 41 35 125 Nikolay Andrianov (7 medals)
7 1976 Winter Vladislav Tretyak 79 59 20 9 13 6 8 27 Tatyana Averina-Barabash (4 medals)
8 1972 Summer Aleksandr Medved 371 298 73 22 50 27 22 99 3 athletes with 4 medals
9 1972 Winter Vyacheslav Vedenin 76 55 21 9 8 5 3 16 Galina Kulakova and Vyacheslav Vedenin (3 medals)
10 1968 Summer Leonid Zhabotynskiy 312 246 66 18 29 32 30 91 Mikhail Voronin (7 medals)
11 1968 Winter Viktor Mamatov 74 54 20 8 5 5 3 13 5 athletes with 2 medals
12 1964 Summer Yury Vlasov 317 254 63 19 30 31 35 96 Larysa Latynina (6 medals)
13 1964 Winter Yevgeny Grishin 69 53 16 8 11 8 6 25 Lidiya Skoblikova (4 medals)
14 1960 Summer Yury Vlasov 283 233 50 17 43 29 31 103 Borys Shakhlin (7 medals)
15 1960 Winter Nikolay Sologubov 62 48 14 8 7 5 9 21 7 athletes with 2 medals
16 1956 Summer Aleksey Medvedev 272 233 39 17 37 29 32 98 Larysa Latynina (6 medals)
17 1956 Winter Oleg Goncharenko 53 47 6 6 7 3 6 16 Pavel Kolchin (3 medals)
18 1956 Equestrian Nikolay Sitko 9 9 0 1
19 1952 Summer Yakov Kucenko 295 255 40 18 22 30 19 71 Mariya Horokhovska (7 medals)