Armed Forces (sports society)
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Central Sports Klub of the Army or (CSKA
CSKA
CSKA refers to military sports teams in several east European countries:Bulgaria* CSKA Sofia ** PBC CSKA Sofia, a basketball club...

) is the Russian sports society and the successor of the Soviet CSKA.

Overview

The society was one of the largest sports societies in the USSR. In the Soviet era all CSKA
CSKA
CSKA refers to military sports teams in several east European countries:Bulgaria* CSKA Sofia ** PBC CSKA Sofia, a basketball club...

 and SKA teams that resided in the Soviet Union belonged to the Armed Forces sports society. There was one SKA club in each Military district
Military district (Soviet Union)
In the Soviet Union, a military district was a territorial association of military units, formations, military schools, and various local military administrative establishments...

 and naval fleet
Naval fleet
A fleet, or naval fleet, is a large formation of warships, and the largest formation in any navy. A fleet at sea is the direct equivalent of an army on land....

 of the USSR, and a central club - CSKA. SKAs maintained several teams for different sports disciplines, as did CSKA. Armed Forces sports society functioned under the leadership of the Sports Committee of the Ministry of Defence of the USSR and sports committees of military districts and naval fleets.

Members of the society at Olympics

City represented and sports discipline are given in parentheses.

1952 Summer Olympics

  1. Yuriy Lituyev (Leningrad
    Saint Petersburg
    Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

    , athletics)
  2. Boris Tokarev (Leningrad
    Saint Petersburg
    Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

    , athletics)
  3. Anatoly Konev
    Anatoly Konev
    Anatoly Konstantinovich Konev was a Russian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He trained at Armed Forces sports society in Moscow and was a player of CSKA Moscow....

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , basketball
    Basketball
    Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

    )
  4. Aleksandr Moiseyev
    Aleksandr Moiseyev
    Aleksandr Ivanovich Moiseyev was a Russian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was Jewish, and trained at Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. and played for CSKA Moscow....

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , basketball
    Basketball
    Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

    )
  5. Arkady Vorobyov
    Arkady Vorobyov
    Arkady Nikitich Vorobyov was a Russian Soviet middle-heavyweight, who won two Olympic gold medals in weightlifting.Arkady Vorobyov took part in the German-Soviet War, serving in the Marines. After the war he worked on the restoration of the Odessa sea port and cleared the adjoining area of water...

     (Sverdlovsk
    Yekaterinburg
    Yekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District with a population of 1,350,136 , making it Russia's...

    , weightlifting)

1956 Summer Olympics

  1. Yuriy Lituyev (Moscow
    Moscow
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    , athletics)
  2. Yevgeniy Maskinskov (Saransk
    Saransk
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    , athletics)
  3. Semyon Rzhishchin
    Semyon Rzhishchin
    Semyon Ivanovich Rzhishchin was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metre steeple chase. He trained in Moscow at the Armed Forces sports society....

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , athletics)
  4. Boris Tokarev (Moscow
    Moscow
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    , athletics)
  5. Viktor Tsybulenko
    Viktor Tsybulenko
    Viktor Sergeevich Tsybulenko was a Soviet athlete of Ukrainian descent who competed mainly in the javelin throw, training at the Armed Forces sports society in Kiev....

     (Kiev
    Kiev
    Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

    , athletics)
  6. Vladimir Safronov
    Vladimir Safronov
    Vladimir Konstantinovich Safronov was a featherweight amateur boxer.Safronov trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Chita, Irkutsk, Moscow. He became the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1957 and was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor in the same year...

     (Chita, boxing)
  7. Arkady Vorobyov
    Arkady Vorobyov
    Arkady Nikitich Vorobyov was a Russian Soviet middle-heavyweight, who won two Olympic gold medals in weightlifting.Arkady Vorobyov took part in the German-Soviet War, serving in the Marines. After the war he worked on the restoration of the Odessa sea port and cleared the adjoining area of water...

     (Sverdlovsk
    Yekaterinburg
    Yekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District with a population of 1,350,136 , making it Russia's...

    , weightlifting)

1960 Summer Olympics

  1. Gusman Kosanov
    Gusman Kosanov
    Gusman Kosanov was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He trained in Kishinev and later in Alma-ata at the Armed Forces Sports Society....

     (Kishinev
    Chisinau
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    , athletics)
  2. Semyon Rzhishchin
    Semyon Rzhishchin
    Semyon Ivanovich Rzhishchin was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metre steeple chase. He trained in Moscow at the Armed Forces sports society....

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , athletics)
  3. Viktor Tsybulenko
    Viktor Tsybulenko
    Viktor Sergeevich Tsybulenko was a Soviet athlete of Ukrainian descent who competed mainly in the javelin throw, training at the Armed Forces sports society in Kiev....

     (Kiev
    Kiev
    Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

    , athletics)
  4. Yury Vlasov
    Yury Vlasov
    Yury Petrovich Vlasov is a former Olympic heavyweight weightlifter for the Soviet Union, a writer and a politician.- Biography :...

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , weightlifting)
  5. Arkady Vorobyov
    Arkady Vorobyov
    Arkady Nikitich Vorobyov was a Russian Soviet middle-heavyweight, who won two Olympic gold medals in weightlifting.Arkady Vorobyov took part in the German-Soviet War, serving in the Marines. After the war he worked on the restoration of the Odessa sea port and cleared the adjoining area of water...

     (Sverdlovsk
    Yekaterinburg
    Yekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District with a population of 1,350,136 , making it Russia's...

    , weightlifting)

1964 Summer Olympics

  1. Oleg Fyodoseyev (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , athletics)
  2. Gusman Kosanov
    Gusman Kosanov
    Gusman Kosanov was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He trained in Kishinev and later in Alma-ata at the Armed Forces Sports Society....

     (Alma-Ata
    Almaty
    Almaty , also known by its former names Verny and Alma-Ata , is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500...

    , athletics)
  3. Edvin Ozolin (Leningrad
    Saint Petersburg
    Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

    , athletics)
  4. Oleg Grigoryev
    Oleg Grigoryev
    Oleg Georgievich Grigoryev was a bantamweight boxer from the Soviet Union, who won the gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics. In the finale he defeated Italian Primo Zamparini, who won the silver....

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , boxing
    Boxing
    Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

    )
  5. Stanislav Stepashkin
    Stanislav Stepashkin
    Stanislav Ivanovich Stepashkin is an amateur boxer from the Soviet Union.Stepashkin trained at Trudovye Rezervy until 1963 and then at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. He became the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1964 and was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor in the...

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , boxing
    Boxing
    Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

    )
  6. Volodymyr Morozov (Krasnovodsk, canoeing
    Canoeing
    Canoeing is an outdoor activity that involves a special kind of canoe.Open canoes may be 'poled' , sailed, 'lined and tracked' or even 'gunnel-bobbed'....

    )
  7. Grigory Kriss
    Grigory Kriss
    Grigori Yakovlevich Kriss was a Soviet Russian world champion epee fencer.-Fencing career:He trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Kiev...

     (Kiev
    Kiev
    Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

    , fencing
    Fencing
    Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...

    )
  8. Oleg Stepanov
    Oleg Stepanov (judoka)
    Oleg Sergeevich Stepanov was a Russian judoka who represented the USSR.Stepanov among with Vladimir Pankratov , Genrikh Shults and Durmishkhan Beruashvili took part in the pre-Olympics Soviet-Japanese Judo tournament in Japan ....

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , judo
    Judo
    is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...

    )
  9. Yury Vlasov
    Yury Vlasov
    Yury Petrovich Vlasov is a former Olympic heavyweight weightlifter for the Soviet Union, a writer and a politician.- Biography :...

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , weightlifting)
  10. Leonid Zhabotinsky
    Leonid Zhabotinsky
    Leonid Ivanovych Zhabotynsky was a former Soviet Union weightlifter who set 17 world records in the superheavyweight class, and won gold medals at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics.-Early Life:...

     (Zaporozhye, weightlifting)

1968 Summer Olympics

  1. Gennadiy Bliznetsov
    Gennadiy Bliznetsov
    Gennady Alexeyevich Bliznetsov is a retired pole vaulter who represented the USSR. He trained at Burevestnik and later at the Armed Forces sports society in Kharkov. -Achievements:-References:...

     (Kharkov
    Kharkiv
    Kharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was...

    , athletics)
  2. Galina Bukharina
    Galina Bukharina
    Galina Petrovna Bukharina is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.Bukharina trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. She competed for Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the bronze medal with her...

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , athletics)
  3. Romuald Klim
    Romuald Klim
    Romuald Iosifovich Klim was a Soviet hammer thrower.Klim was born in the village of Khvoevo, Niasviž District, Minsk Province. He trained at VSS Сhervony Stsyag in Vitebsk and later at the Armed Forces sports society in Minsk.He competed for the USSR in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo,...

     (Minsk
    Minsk
    - Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...

    , athletics)
  4. Jānis Lūsis
    Janis Lusis
    Jānis Lūsis is a Latvian athlete who competed in javelin throw.Lūsis trained at Daugava Voluntary Sports Society and later at Armed Forces sports society...

     (Riga
    Riga
    Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...

    , athletics)
  5. Volodymyr Morozov (Kiev
    Kiev
    Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

    , canoeing
    Canoeing
    Canoeing is an outdoor activity that involves a special kind of canoe.Open canoes may be 'poled' , sailed, 'lined and tracked' or even 'gunnel-bobbed'....

    )
  6. Valery Yardy
    Valery Yardy
    Valery Nikolayevich Yardy was a Chuvash Olympic cyclist, who won a gold medal in the team race at the 1972 Summer Olympics for the USSR. He trained at the Armed Forces sports society...

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , cycling
    Cycling
    Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...

    )
  7. Grigory Kriss
    Grigory Kriss
    Grigori Yakovlevich Kriss was a Soviet Russian world champion epee fencer.-Fencing career:He trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Kiev...

     (Kiev
    Kiev
    Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

    , fencing
    Fencing
    Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...

    )
  8. Viktor Sidyak (Lvov
    Lviv
    Lviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...

    , fencing
    Fencing
    Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...

    )
  9. Leonid Zhabotinsky
    Leonid Zhabotinsky
    Leonid Ivanovych Zhabotynsky was a former Soviet Union weightlifter who set 17 world records in the superheavyweight class, and won gold medals at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics.-Early Life:...

     (Kiev
    Kiev
    Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

    , weightlifting)

1972 Summer Olympics

  1. Nadezhda Besfamilnaya
    Nadezhda Besfamilnaya
    Nadezhda Besfamilnaya is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.Besfamilnaya trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow...

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , athletics)
  2. Galina Bukharina
    Galina Bukharina
    Galina Petrovna Bukharina is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.Bukharina trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. She competed for Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the bronze medal with her...

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , athletics)
  3. Jānis Lūsis
    Janis Lusis
    Jānis Lūsis is a Latvian athlete who competed in javelin throw.Lūsis trained at Daugava Voluntary Sports Society and later at Armed Forces sports society...

     (Riga
    Riga
    Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...

    , athletics)
  4. Veniamin Soldatenko
    Veniamin Soldatenko
    Veniamin Vasilievich Soldatenko is a former Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 50 km walk. He trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Alma-Ata...

     (Alma-Ata
    Almaty
    Almaty , also known by its former names Verny and Alma-Ata , is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500...

    , athletics)
  5. Sergei Belov
    Sergei Belov
    Sergei Alexandrovich Belov is a former basketball player, most notably playing for the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. He trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society and later at Armed Forces sports society.- Career :...

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , basketball
    Basketball
    Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

    )
  6. Ivan Edeshko
    Ivan Edeshko
    Ivan Ivanovich Edeshko is a retired Belarusian professional basketball player who won gold with the Soviet national team in the 1972 Olympics, in which his all court inbound pass led to Alexander Belov's game-winning basket with no time left in the gold medal game against the American national...

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , basketball
    Basketball
    Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

    )
  7. Alzhan Zharmukhamedov
    Alzhan Zharmukhamedov
    Alzhan Musurbekovich Zharmukhamedov is a retired Kazakh basketball player who won gold medal in 1972 Olympic Games while playing for the USSR basketball team. He can be considered as the first ethnic Kazakh to become an Olympic champion....

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , basketball
    Basketball
    Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

    )
  8. Vyacheslav Lemeshev
    Vyacheslav Lemeshev
    Vyacheslav Ivanovich Lemeshev is an amateur boxer from the USSR.Lemeshev trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. During his career Lemeshev won 103 fights out of 111. He won the gold medal in the middleweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich...

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , boxing
    Boxing
    Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

    )
  9. Volodymyr Morozov (Kiev
    Kiev
    Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

    , canoeing
    Canoeing
    Canoeing is an outdoor activity that involves a special kind of canoe.Open canoes may be 'poled' , sailed, 'lined and tracked' or even 'gunnel-bobbed'....

    )
  10. Valery Yardy
    Valery Yardy
    Valery Nikolayevich Yardy was a Chuvash Olympic cyclist, who won a gold medal in the team race at the 1972 Summer Olympics for the USSR. He trained at the Armed Forces sports society...

     (Cheboksary
    Cheboksary
    -Twin towns/sister cities:Cheboksary is twinned with: Eger in Hungary Antalya in Turkey Santa Clara in CubaAlso Partnerships are shown with: Rundu in Namibia -External links:****...

    , cycling
    Cycling
    Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...

    )
  11. Grigory Kriss
    Grigory Kriss
    Grigori Yakovlevich Kriss was a Soviet Russian world champion epee fencer.-Fencing career:He trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Kiev...

     (Kiev
    Kiev
    Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....

    , fencing
    Fencing
    Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...

    )
  12. Viktor Sidyak (Minsk
    Minsk
    - Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...

    , fencing
    Fencing
    Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...

    )
  13. Gennadiy Tsygankov
    Gennadiy Tsygankov
    Gennadiy Dmitrievich Tsygankov was a Soviet and Russian ice hockey player and coach. He trained at the Armed Forces sports society.-Career achievements:* Olympic champion, 1972* Olympic champion, 1976...

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , ice hockey
    Ice hockey
    Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

    )

1976 Summer Olympics

  1. Lidiya Alfeyeva (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , athletics)
  2. Vera Anisimova
    Vera Anisimova
    Vera Anisimova is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.Anisimova trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow...

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , athletics)
  3. Jānis Lūsis
    Janis Lusis
    Jānis Lūsis is a Latvian athlete who competed in javelin throw.Lūsis trained at Daugava Voluntary Sports Society and later at Armed Forces sports society...

     (Riga
    Riga
    Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...

    , athletics)
  4. Sergei Belov
    Sergei Belov
    Sergei Alexandrovich Belov is a former basketball player, most notably playing for the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. He trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society and later at Armed Forces sports society.- Career :...

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , basketball
    Basketball
    Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

    )
  5. Ivan Edeshko
    Ivan Edeshko
    Ivan Ivanovich Edeshko is a retired Belarusian professional basketball player who won gold with the Soviet national team in the 1972 Olympics, in which his all court inbound pass led to Alexander Belov's game-winning basket with no time left in the gold medal game against the American national...

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , basketball
    Basketball
    Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

    )
  6. Alzhan Zharmukhamedov
    Alzhan Zharmukhamedov
    Alzhan Musurbekovich Zharmukhamedov is a retired Kazakh basketball player who won gold medal in 1972 Olympic Games while playing for the USSR basketball team. He can be considered as the first ethnic Kazakh to become an Olympic champion....

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , basketball
    Basketball
    Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

    )
  7. Viktor Sidyak (Minsk
    Minsk
    - Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...

    , fencing
    Fencing
    Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...

    )
  8. Yevgeni Chernyshov (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , handball
    Team handball
    Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

    )
  9. Gennadiy Tsygankov
    Gennadiy Tsygankov
    Gennadiy Dmitrievich Tsygankov was a Soviet and Russian ice hockey player and coach. He trained at the Armed Forces sports society.-Career achievements:* Olympic champion, 1972* Olympic champion, 1976...

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , ice hockey
    Ice hockey
    Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

    )
  10. Vladimir Bure
    Vladimir Bure
    Vladimir Valeryevich Bure is a retired Soviet Olympic swimmer and a fitness coach for the New Jersey Devils of the NHL. Bure is the father of NHL players Pavel and Valeri Bure.-USSR:...

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , swimming
    Swimming (sport)
    Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

    )
  11. Oleg Moliboga
    Oleg Moliboga
    Oleg Alekseyevich Moliboga is a former Soviet volleyball player who participated in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics, and later Russian volleyball coach.He was born in Dnipropetrovsk....

     (Dnepropetrovsk
    Dnipropetrovsk
    Dnipropetrovsk or Dnepropetrovsk formerly Yekaterinoslav is Ukraine's third largest city with one million inhabitants. It is located southeast of Ukraine's capital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the south-central region of the country...

    , volleyball
    Volleyball
    Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

    )

1980 Summer Olympics

  1. Yevgeni Chernyshov (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , handball
    Team handball
    Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

    )
  2. Anatoli Fedyukin
    Anatoli Fedyukin
    Anatoli Viktorovich Fedyukin is a former Soviet/Russian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics....

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , handball
    Team handball
    Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

    )

1988 Summer Olympics

  1. Dmitry Bilozerchev
    Dmitry Bilozerchev
    Dmitry Vladimirovich Bilozerchev is a Soviet/Russian gymnast. One of the most accomplished gymnasts in history, he is a two-time World All-Around Champion and three-time Olympic Champion. He trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow....

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , artistic gymnastics
    Artistic gymnastics
    Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite...

    )
  2. Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (Odessa
    Odessa
    Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...

    , athletics)

1956 Winter Olympics

  1. Fyodor Terentyev
    Fyodor Terentyev
    Fyodor Mikhaylovich Terentyev was a former Soviet cross-country skier who competed during the 1950s, training at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow...

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , cross-country skiing
    Cross-country skiing
    Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...

    )
  2. Nikolay Gusakov (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , nordic combined
    Nordic combined
    The Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping.- History :While Norwegian soldiers are known to have been competing in Nordic skiing since the 19th century, the first major competition in Nordic combined was held in 1892 in Oslo at the...

    )

1960 Winter Olympics

  1. Vladimir Melanin
    Vladimir Melanin
    Vladimir Mikhailovich Melanin was a Soviet/Russian biathlete.He was born in Balyik.Melanin trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Kirov. He won an Olympic gold medal for the USSR in the 20 km individual in the 1964 Olympics in Innsbruck ahead of his fellow Soviet Aleksandr Privalov and...

     (Kirov
    Kirov, Kirov Oblast
    Kirov , formerly known as Vyatka and Khlynov, is a city in northeastern European Russia, on the Vyatka River, and the administrative center of Kirov Oblast. Population: -History:...

    , biathlon
    Biathlon
    Biathlon is a term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines. However, biathlon usually refers specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting...

    )
  2. Gennady Vaganov (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , cross-country skiing
    Cross-country skiing
    Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...

    )
  3. Nikolay Gusakov (Leningrad
    Saint Petersburg
    Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

    , nordic combined
    Nordic combined
    The Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping.- History :While Norwegian soldiers are known to have been competing in Nordic skiing since the 19th century, the first major competition in Nordic combined was held in 1892 in Oslo at the...

    )

1964 Winter Olympics

  1. Vladimir Melanin
    Vladimir Melanin
    Vladimir Mikhailovich Melanin was a Soviet/Russian biathlete.He was born in Balyik.Melanin trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Kirov. He won an Olympic gold medal for the USSR in the 20 km individual in the 1964 Olympics in Innsbruck ahead of his fellow Soviet Aleksandr Privalov and...

     (Kirov
    Kirov, Kirov Oblast
    Kirov , formerly known as Vyatka and Khlynov, is a city in northeastern European Russia, on the Vyatka River, and the administrative center of Kirov Oblast. Population: -History:...

    , biathlon
    Biathlon
    Biathlon is a term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines. However, biathlon usually refers specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting...

    )
  2. Rita Achkina
    Rita Achkina
    Rita Nikolayevna Achkina was a Soviet cross country skier who competed during the 1960s. Achkina trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow...

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , cross-country skiing
    Cross-country skiing
    Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...

    )
  3. Yevdokiya Mekshilo
    Yevdokiya Mekshilo
    Yevdokiya Panteleyevna Mekshilo was a former female Soviet cross country skier who competed in the 1960s for Armed Forces sports society. At the 1964 Winter Olympics, she won a gold in the 3x5 km and a silver in the 10 km event.-External links:...

     (Leningrad
    Saint Petersburg
    Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

    , cross-country skiing
    Cross-country skiing
    Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...

    )
  4. Gennady Vaganov (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , cross-country skiing
    Cross-country skiing
    Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...

    )
  5. Nikolay Gusakov (Leningrad
    Saint Petersburg
    Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

    , nordic combined
    Nordic combined
    The Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping.- History :While Norwegian soldiers are known to have been competing in Nordic skiing since the 19th century, the first major competition in Nordic combined was held in 1892 in Oslo at the...

    )
  6. Nikolay Fyodorovich Kiselyov (Leningrad
    Saint Petersburg
    Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

    , nordic combined
    Nordic combined
    The Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping.- History :While Norwegian soldiers are known to have been competing in Nordic skiing since the 19th century, the first major competition in Nordic combined was held in 1892 in Oslo at the...

    )

1968 Winter Olympics

  1. Rita Achkina
    Rita Achkina
    Rita Nikolayevna Achkina was a Soviet cross country skier who competed during the 1960s. Achkina trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow...

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , cross-country skiing
    Cross-country skiing
    Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...

    )
  2. Vladimir Voronkov
    Vladimir Voronkov
    Vladimir Petrovich Voronkov was a Soviet/Russian cross country skier who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, training at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. He won the 4 x 10 km gold at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo for the USSR...

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , cross-country skiing
    Cross-country skiing
    Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...

    )
  3. Vladimir Belussov (Leningrad Oblast
    Leningrad Oblast
    Leningrad Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . It was established on August 1, 1927, although it was not until 1946 that the oblast's borders had been mostly settled in their present position...

    , ski jumping
    Ski jumping
    Ski jumping is a sport in which skiers go down a take-off ramp, jump and attempt to land as far as possible down the hill below. In addition to the length of the jump, judges give points for style. The skis used for ski jumping are wide and long...

    )

1972 Winter Olympics

  1. Vladimir Voronkov
    Vladimir Voronkov
    Vladimir Petrovich Voronkov was a Soviet/Russian cross country skier who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, training at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. He won the 4 x 10 km gold at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo for the USSR...

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , cross-country skiing
    Cross-country skiing
    Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...

    )
  2. Irina Rodnina
    Irina Rodnina
    Irina Konstantinovna Rodnina is one of the most successful figure skaters ever and the only pair skater to win 10 successive World Championships and three successive Olympic gold medals . She initially competed with Alexei Ulanov and later teamed up with Alexander Zaitsev...

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , figure skating
    Figure skating
    Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...

    )
  3. Alexei Ulanov
    Alexei Ulanov
    Alexei Nikolaevich Ulanov is a retired pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With Irina Rodnina, he is the 1972 Olympic champion and a four-time World champion. They were coached by Stanislav Zhuk and trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. He later competed with wife...

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , figure skating
    Figure skating
    Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...

    )

1976 Winter Olympics

  1. Zinaida Amosova
    Zinaida Amosova
    Zinaida Stepanovna Amosova was a former Soviet cross country skier who competed from 1976 to 1983, training at the Armed Forces sports society in Novosibirsk...

     (Novosibirsk
    Novosibirsk
    Novosibirsk is the third-largest city in Russia, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and the largest city of Siberia, with a population of 1,473,737 . It is the administrative center of Novosibirsk Oblast as well as of the Siberian Federal District...

    , cross-country skiing
    Cross-country skiing
    Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...

    )
  2. Nikolay Bazhukov
    Nikolay Bazhukov
    Nikolay Serafimovich Bazhukov was a Soviet/Russian cross-country skier who competed from 1976 to 1980. He won the 15 km gold and the 4 x 10 km bronze at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, then followed it with a 4 x 10 km gold at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York...

     (Syktyvkar
    Syktyvkar
    -Twin towns/sister cities:Syktyvkar is twinned with the following sister cities: Cullera, Spain Debrecen, Hungary Los Altos, United States Lovech, Bulgaria Taiyuan, China-External links:* * * *...

    , cross-country skiing
    Cross-country skiing
    Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...

    )
  3. Sergey Savelyev
    Sergey Savelyev
    Sergey Petrovich Savelyev is a retired Russian cross country skier who represented the USSR.Savelyev trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. He won two medals a the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck with a gold in the 30 km and a bronze in the 4×10 km. Savelyev also won the...

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , cross-country skiing
    Cross-country skiing
    Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...

    )
  4. Irina Rodnina
    Irina Rodnina
    Irina Konstantinovna Rodnina is one of the most successful figure skaters ever and the only pair skater to win 10 successive World Championships and three successive Olympic gold medals . She initially competed with Alexei Ulanov and later teamed up with Alexander Zaitsev...

     (Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

    , figure skating
    Figure skating
    Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...

    )
  5. Valery Muratov
    Valery Muratov
    Valery Alekseyevich Muratov is a former ice speed skater from the USSR, who represented his native country in three consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1968 in Grenoble, France. He trained in Kolomna at Burevestnik and later at the Armed Forces sports society.In 1972 Muratov was awarded the...

     (Kolomna
    Kolomna
    Kolomna is an ancient city and the administrative center of Kolomensky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, situated at the confluence of the Moskva and Oka Rivers, southeast of Moscow. The area of the city is about . The city was founded in 1177...

    , speed skating
    Speed skating
    Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...

    )

Overall Olympic performance by the society

In the following table for team events number of team representatives, who received medals are counted, not "one medal for all the team", as usual. Because there were people from different sports societies in one team.

Summer Olympics

Olympics Athletes Total medals
1952
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics, which were cancelled due to World War II...

93 7 7 3 17
1956
1956 Summer Olympics
The 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne, Australia, in 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations...

80 12 11 15 38
1960
1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held from August 25 to September 11, 1960 in Rome, Italy...

66 14 15 6 35
1964
1964 Summer Olympics
The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. Tokyo had been awarded with the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's...

112 27 29 12 68
1968
1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico in October 1968. The 1968 Games were the first Olympic Games hosted by a developing country, and the first Games hosted by a Spanish-speaking country...

99 17 27 17 71
1972
1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....

104 33 18 18 69
1976
1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...

97 22 22 15 59

Winter Olympics

Olympics Athletes Total medals
1956
1956 Winter Olympics
The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. This celebration of the Games was held from 26 January to 5 February 1956. Cortina, which had originally been awarded the 1944 Winter Olympics, beat out...

20 13 1 1 15
1960
1960 Winter Olympics
The 1960 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VIII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event held between February 18 and 28, 1960 in Squaw Valley, California, United States. In 1955 at the 50th IOC meeting, the organizing committee made the surprise choice to award Squaw Valley as...

18 2 0 9 11
1964
1964 Winter Olympics
The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964...

24 11 3 1 15
1968
1968 Winter Olympics
The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1968 in Grenoble, France and opened on 6 February. Thirty-seven countries participated...

23 13 2 1 16
1972
1972 Winter Olympics
The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XI Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated from February 3 to February 13, 1972 in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan...

24 16 0 1 17
1976
1976 Winter Olympics
The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated February 4–15, 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria...

20 16 1 2 19

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