ussr at the winter olympics

USSR (IOC country code:URS) participated at the Winter Olympics eight times. At six Winter Olympics USSR was on the first place by total number of gold medals won, at two Winter 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. 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo became the first Winter Olympic Games for the Soviet athletes. There the first Winter Olympic gold medal in the history of Soviet sport was won by Lyubov Kozyreva in women's Cross country skiing 10 km race event. 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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1956	\|7	3	6	16
1960	\|7	5	9	21
1964	\|11	8	6	25
1968	\|5	5	3	13
1972	\|8	5	3	16
1976	\|13	6	8	27
1980	\|10	6	6	22
1984	\|6	10	9	25
1988	\|11	9	9	29
Total	\|78	57	59	194
Average per Games	\|10	7	7	24

Sports	bgcolor="gold" \| Gold	bgcolor="silver" \|Silver	bgcolor="CC9966" \|Bronze	Total
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Nordic skiing	26	23	23	72
Speed skating	24	17	19	60
Figure Skating	10	9	5	24
Biathlon	9	5	5	19
Ice hockey	7	1	1	9
Luge	1	2	3	6
Bobsleigh	1	0	2	3
Alpine skiing	0	0	1	1
Total	\|78	57	59	194