ussr at the summer olympics

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.

Medal tables

Year	bgcolor="gold" \| Gold	bgcolor="silver" \|Silver	bgcolor="CC9966" \|Bronze	Total
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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

Sports	bgcolor="gold" \| Gold	bgcolor="silver" \|Silver	bgcolor="CC9966" \|Bronze	Total
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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