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Successful Winter Olympics Russia and the USSR
Russian and Soviet athletes took part in the Winter Olympics 15 times. The first winter medal for Russia won skater Nikolai Panin in London in 1908. The Soviet Union began to participate in the Winter Olympics until 1956 at the Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
Key team triumphs occurred in the period 1956-1980-ies. In the last three Olympic Games - Turin, Salt Lake City and Vancouver - the Russians did not even make the top three (the sixth, fifth and sixth place again).
To discover the most successful Winter Olympics in the history of the USSR and Russia
Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy)
When held: January 26 - February 5, 1956
Sets played out: 24
We won 16 medals - seven gold, three silver and six bronze
The first Olympic Games, which arrived the USSR national team, it was attended by all 32 countries represented 821 athlete. The Soviet team won first place in the team - both on the total number of medals and awards for gold.
The first gold medal in the race of ten kilometers in women won skier Love Kozyrev. Ski men's team won the 4x10 km relay.
The main heroes of the Games became the skaters who are ahead of recognized favorites - Norwegians. Two-time Olympic champion Yevgeny Grishin began at distances of 500 and 1,500 m, the "gold" took Yuri Mikhailov (1500 m) and Boris Shilakov (5000 m). Soviet national hockey team won in all the meetings, including the teams of Canada (2: 0) and the US (4: 0). Best player of hockey tournament was named Vsevolod Bobrov.
Squaw Valley (USA)
When it held 18 - 28 February 1960
Point guard sets: 27
We won 21 medals - seven gold, five silver and nine bronze
In 1960, the Soviet Union was first released series of stamps dedicated to the Winter Olympics, the opening ceremony of which are ready to Walt Disney. Due to lack of track at the Games were not held competitions in bobsled, but the program was first included the biathlon.
Sovetskaya athletes twice for the hosts surpassed the number of medals won (the US was winning 10 - 3-4-3), setting a new record. Almost all Soviet skaters took medals - six gold, three silver and three bronze. Two gold medals were Yevgeny Grishin (500 and 1,500 meters) and Lydia Skoblikova (a world record in the 1500 meters and an Olympic - at a distance of 3000 m). Distinguished as Victor Kosichkin (5000 m) and Klara Guseva (1000 m).
Not only speed skating gold team has brought Soviet skier Maria Gusakova, won the race by 10 kilometers. Soviet national hockey team already without Vsevolod Bobrov, but with Viktor Yakushev, took the bronze.
Innsbruck (Austria)
When I held January 29 - February 9, 1964
Point guard sets: 34
We won 25 medals - 11 gold, eight silver and six bronze
The competition in Innsbruck on the verge of collapse because of the atypical for the region thaw. Organizers had to produce snow for the ski slopes in the mountain hollows to save the Olympics. For the first time participate in the Winter Games took China, India and Mongolia, attended by all the athletes from 36 countries.
Nine of the 12 medals won among women athletes of the USSR. Triumphant again became Soviet skaters. Four gold medals took home Lydia Skoblikov, set three Olympic records. The men in the distance of 1500 m has won Ants Antson. Soviet skiers took three gold medals, two of them - Claudia Boyarskikh. The first gold at biathlon won Vladimir Melanin, won the race by 20 kilometers.
In the competition of sports pairs figure skating gold medal went to the Soviet Union for the first time thanks to Lyudmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov. Hockey team with brothers Mayorov and Vyacheslav Starshinov won all the matches of the tournament.
Sapporo (Japan)
When I held: 3 - February 13, 1972
Point guard sets: 35
We won 16 medals - eight gold, five silver and three bronze
At the Games in Grenoble in 1968, the Soviet team lost the first place to the Norwegians, so the Games in Sapporo (the first held in Asia) in the USSR, it was decided to go with the responsibility. As a result, Soviet athletes outperformed rivals in the number of gold medals won - eight against four teams of the GDR (4-3-7), Switzerland (4-3-3) and the Netherlands (4-3-2).
The main hero of the 1972 Sapporo was the Soviet skier Galina Kulakova (three gold medals). Skier Vyacheslav Vedenin gold and bronze added bright gold in the relay. At the last stage a distance of 10 km, and he played a minute ahead of rival Norway by nine seconds. Produced gold and the men's relay biathlon team.
In the first place in the competition of sports pairs skaters rose duo Irina Rodnina and Alexei Ulanov. Home Games medal ice hockey team won with Vladislav Tretiak, Igor Ramishevskim, Valery Kharlamov, Alexander Maltsev and Anatoly Firsov, Alexander Yakushev, Vladimir Petrov and Boris Mikhailov.
Innsbruck (Austria)
When I held: 4 - February 14, 1976
Point guard sets: 34
We won 27 medals - 13 gold, six silver and eight bronze
USSR squad won a record in the history of the Winter Olympics amount of points - 192. Located on the second place of the athletes from the GDR took 135 points and 19 medals (7-5-7). The US team took the third place: 73 points, ten medals (3-3-4).
In Innsbruck 1976 program figure skating competition first appeared ice dancing. Gold medal in the conquered Soviet figure skaters Lyudmila Pakhomov and Alexander Gorshkov. Irina Rodnina and Alexander Zaitsev again won the pairs figure skating.
Soviet national hockey team, which included shone Tretiak, Kharlamov, Petrov, Mikhailov and Yakushev, once again proved to be the strongest at the Olympics.
Four gold medals were won by skiers Nikolay Bazhukov (15 kilometers), Sergey Saveliev (30 kilometers), Raisa Smetanin (10 kilometers) and the relay team (Nina Baldycheva, Zinaida Amosova, Raisa Smetanin, Galina Kulakova). In speed skating four of the nine gold medals won the Soviet athletes. In the individual race at 20 kilometers biathlete defeated Nikolay Kruglov, complementing private gold in the relay team.
Lake Placid (USA)
When I held 13 - 24 February 1980
Point guard sets: 38
We won 22 medals - 10 gold, six silver and six bronze
Lake Placid for the second time after 1932 took the Winter Olympics. Organization summed up: many sports facilities were not completed, the athletes had to live in the building of the prison, the first time in the history of artificial snow was used, as the organizers have not been able to stock up on this.
USSR squad won the unofficial medal standings, but lost to East Germany, which has won more than one award - 23 medals (9-7-7).
Just four gold medals took skiers, and three of them - the young Nicholas jammed, which became the main sensation of the Olympic Games. Athlete unexpectedly won the race by 30 and 50 km, and contributed to the relay. At a distance of 5 km again distinguished Raisa Smetanin. In luge first gold in singles competition won Vera Zozulya. Irina Rodnina paired with Alexander Zaitsev took his third consecutive gold in the competitions of sports pairs. Among the dance duo excelled Natalia Linichuk and Gennady Karponosov.
Two biathletes won gold - Anatoly Alyabiev (race 20 km) and in the relay. Take part in it, Alexander Tikhonov took Olympic gold in the relay for the fourth time in a row.
Calgary (Canada)
When I held 13 - 28 February 1988
Point guard sets: 46
We won 29 medals - 11 gold, nine silver and nine bronze
Canadian Calgary Olympics got to the seventh attempt. Here, the USSR national team won the unofficial team event, only slightly ahead of rivals from the GDR (25 medals: 9-10-6).
Calgary particularly distinguished Soviet skiers - won 15 medals, including five gold. For women, in addition to the relay squad, 1, 5 minutes to get ahead of the Norwegians, gold took Vida Vintsene (10 kms) and Tamara Tikhonova (20 km). Men have excelled Prosecutors Alex (30 km) and Michael Devetyarov (15 km). In biathlon Soviet athletes won four medals from a possible nine. The competition bobsleigh sensation presented Janis Kipurs and Vladimir Kozlov, who in "two" managed to surpass the masters of the GDR.
In figure skating, Soviet athletes again was not equal. In ice dancing were the best Bestemyanova Natalia and Andrei Bukin. Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko were second. Among the sports duo celebrated the victory of Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov, Elena Valova and Oleg Vasiliev took second place.
Olympic champion in hockey began to Vyacheslav Fetisov, Alexander Kozhevnikov, Alexei Kasatonov, Igor Larionov, Vladimir Krutov, Valeri Kamensky, Vyacheslav Bykov and Alexander Grave.
Lillehammer (Norway)
When I held 12 - 27 February 1994
Point guard sets: 61
We won 23 medals - 11 gold, 8 silver and 4 bronze
The first and so far the last Olympic Winter Games, which won the Russian national team. The competition was attended by 1923 athletes from 67 countries, a record. However, this achievement was due to the arbitrary and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Norway lost to Russia in the number of gold medals, but surpassed the total number - 25 Awards (05.11.10). But if you add up all the awards the former Soviet republics participating in the 1994 Games, the unconditional victory - 31 medals (14-12-5).
Three gold medals brought biathletes. Sergei and Sergei Tarasov Chepikov won the sprint and the individual race, women's relay team of more than four minutes ahead of rivals from Germany. Lyubov Yegorova won three gold medals in the races 5 and 10 km, and in the women's relay.
In the men's singles figure skating Alexei Urmanov won in Lillehammer. In the competition of sports pairs were again the first to Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov, and ice dancing gold won Oksana Grischuk and Evgeny Platov. Suddenly completed competitions in skating - gold medals from Alexander Golubev (500 meters) and Svetlana Bazhanova (3000 meters) no one expected.
Key team triumphs occurred in the period 1956-1980-ies. In the last three Olympic Games - Turin, Salt Lake City and Vancouver - the Russians did not even make the top three (the sixth, fifth and sixth place again).
To discover the most successful Winter Olympics in the history of the USSR and Russia
Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy)
When held: January 26 - February 5, 1956
Sets played out: 24
We won 16 medals - seven gold, three silver and six bronze
The first Olympic Games, which arrived the USSR national team, it was attended by all 32 countries represented 821 athlete. The Soviet team won first place in the team - both on the total number of medals and awards for gold.
The first gold medal in the race of ten kilometers in women won skier Love Kozyrev. Ski men's team won the 4x10 km relay.
The main heroes of the Games became the skaters who are ahead of recognized favorites - Norwegians. Two-time Olympic champion Yevgeny Grishin began at distances of 500 and 1,500 m, the "gold" took Yuri Mikhailov (1500 m) and Boris Shilakov (5000 m). Soviet national hockey team won in all the meetings, including the teams of Canada (2: 0) and the US (4: 0). Best player of hockey tournament was named Vsevolod Bobrov.
Squaw Valley (USA)
When it held 18 - 28 February 1960
Point guard sets: 27
We won 21 medals - seven gold, five silver and nine bronze
In 1960, the Soviet Union was first released series of stamps dedicated to the Winter Olympics, the opening ceremony of which are ready to Walt Disney. Due to lack of track at the Games were not held competitions in bobsled, but the program was first included the biathlon.
Sovetskaya athletes twice for the hosts surpassed the number of medals won (the US was winning 10 - 3-4-3), setting a new record. Almost all Soviet skaters took medals - six gold, three silver and three bronze. Two gold medals were Yevgeny Grishin (500 and 1,500 meters) and Lydia Skoblikova (a world record in the 1500 meters and an Olympic - at a distance of 3000 m). Distinguished as Victor Kosichkin (5000 m) and Klara Guseva (1000 m).
Not only speed skating gold team has brought Soviet skier Maria Gusakova, won the race by 10 kilometers. Soviet national hockey team already without Vsevolod Bobrov, but with Viktor Yakushev, took the bronze.
Innsbruck (Austria)
When I held January 29 - February 9, 1964
Point guard sets: 34
We won 25 medals - 11 gold, eight silver and six bronze
The competition in Innsbruck on the verge of collapse because of the atypical for the region thaw. Organizers had to produce snow for the ski slopes in the mountain hollows to save the Olympics. For the first time participate in the Winter Games took China, India and Mongolia, attended by all the athletes from 36 countries.
Nine of the 12 medals won among women athletes of the USSR. Triumphant again became Soviet skaters. Four gold medals took home Lydia Skoblikov, set three Olympic records. The men in the distance of 1500 m has won Ants Antson. Soviet skiers took three gold medals, two of them - Claudia Boyarskikh. The first gold at biathlon won Vladimir Melanin, won the race by 20 kilometers.
In the competition of sports pairs figure skating gold medal went to the Soviet Union for the first time thanks to Lyudmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov. Hockey team with brothers Mayorov and Vyacheslav Starshinov won all the matches of the tournament.
Sapporo (Japan)
When I held: 3 - February 13, 1972
Point guard sets: 35
We won 16 medals - eight gold, five silver and three bronze
At the Games in Grenoble in 1968, the Soviet team lost the first place to the Norwegians, so the Games in Sapporo (the first held in Asia) in the USSR, it was decided to go with the responsibility. As a result, Soviet athletes outperformed rivals in the number of gold medals won - eight against four teams of the GDR (4-3-7), Switzerland (4-3-3) and the Netherlands (4-3-2).
The main hero of the 1972 Sapporo was the Soviet skier Galina Kulakova (three gold medals). Skier Vyacheslav Vedenin gold and bronze added bright gold in the relay. At the last stage a distance of 10 km, and he played a minute ahead of rival Norway by nine seconds. Produced gold and the men's relay biathlon team.
In the first place in the competition of sports pairs skaters rose duo Irina Rodnina and Alexei Ulanov. Home Games medal ice hockey team won with Vladislav Tretiak, Igor Ramishevskim, Valery Kharlamov, Alexander Maltsev and Anatoly Firsov, Alexander Yakushev, Vladimir Petrov and Boris Mikhailov.
Innsbruck (Austria)
When I held: 4 - February 14, 1976
Point guard sets: 34
We won 27 medals - 13 gold, six silver and eight bronze
USSR squad won a record in the history of the Winter Olympics amount of points - 192. Located on the second place of the athletes from the GDR took 135 points and 19 medals (7-5-7). The US team took the third place: 73 points, ten medals (3-3-4).
In Innsbruck 1976 program figure skating competition first appeared ice dancing. Gold medal in the conquered Soviet figure skaters Lyudmila Pakhomov and Alexander Gorshkov. Irina Rodnina and Alexander Zaitsev again won the pairs figure skating.
Soviet national hockey team, which included shone Tretiak, Kharlamov, Petrov, Mikhailov and Yakushev, once again proved to be the strongest at the Olympics.
Four gold medals were won by skiers Nikolay Bazhukov (15 kilometers), Sergey Saveliev (30 kilometers), Raisa Smetanin (10 kilometers) and the relay team (Nina Baldycheva, Zinaida Amosova, Raisa Smetanin, Galina Kulakova). In speed skating four of the nine gold medals won the Soviet athletes. In the individual race at 20 kilometers biathlete defeated Nikolay Kruglov, complementing private gold in the relay team.
Lake Placid (USA)
When I held 13 - 24 February 1980
Point guard sets: 38
We won 22 medals - 10 gold, six silver and six bronze
Lake Placid for the second time after 1932 took the Winter Olympics. Organization summed up: many sports facilities were not completed, the athletes had to live in the building of the prison, the first time in the history of artificial snow was used, as the organizers have not been able to stock up on this.
USSR squad won the unofficial medal standings, but lost to East Germany, which has won more than one award - 23 medals (9-7-7).
Just four gold medals took skiers, and three of them - the young Nicholas jammed, which became the main sensation of the Olympic Games. Athlete unexpectedly won the race by 30 and 50 km, and contributed to the relay. At a distance of 5 km again distinguished Raisa Smetanin. In luge first gold in singles competition won Vera Zozulya. Irina Rodnina paired with Alexander Zaitsev took his third consecutive gold in the competitions of sports pairs. Among the dance duo excelled Natalia Linichuk and Gennady Karponosov.
Two biathletes won gold - Anatoly Alyabiev (race 20 km) and in the relay. Take part in it, Alexander Tikhonov took Olympic gold in the relay for the fourth time in a row.
Calgary (Canada)
When I held 13 - 28 February 1988
Point guard sets: 46
We won 29 medals - 11 gold, nine silver and nine bronze
Canadian Calgary Olympics got to the seventh attempt. Here, the USSR national team won the unofficial team event, only slightly ahead of rivals from the GDR (25 medals: 9-10-6).
Calgary particularly distinguished Soviet skiers - won 15 medals, including five gold. For women, in addition to the relay squad, 1, 5 minutes to get ahead of the Norwegians, gold took Vida Vintsene (10 kms) and Tamara Tikhonova (20 km). Men have excelled Prosecutors Alex (30 km) and Michael Devetyarov (15 km). In biathlon Soviet athletes won four medals from a possible nine. The competition bobsleigh sensation presented Janis Kipurs and Vladimir Kozlov, who in "two" managed to surpass the masters of the GDR.
In figure skating, Soviet athletes again was not equal. In ice dancing were the best Bestemyanova Natalia and Andrei Bukin. Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko were second. Among the sports duo celebrated the victory of Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov, Elena Valova and Oleg Vasiliev took second place.
Olympic champion in hockey began to Vyacheslav Fetisov, Alexander Kozhevnikov, Alexei Kasatonov, Igor Larionov, Vladimir Krutov, Valeri Kamensky, Vyacheslav Bykov and Alexander Grave.
Lillehammer (Norway)
When I held 12 - 27 February 1994
Point guard sets: 61
We won 23 medals - 11 gold, 8 silver and 4 bronze
The first and so far the last Olympic Winter Games, which won the Russian national team. The competition was attended by 1923 athletes from 67 countries, a record. However, this achievement was due to the arbitrary and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Norway lost to Russia in the number of gold medals, but surpassed the total number - 25 Awards (05.11.10). But if you add up all the awards the former Soviet republics participating in the 1994 Games, the unconditional victory - 31 medals (14-12-5).
Three gold medals brought biathletes. Sergei and Sergei Tarasov Chepikov won the sprint and the individual race, women's relay team of more than four minutes ahead of rivals from Germany. Lyubov Yegorova won three gold medals in the races 5 and 10 km, and in the women's relay.
In the men's singles figure skating Alexei Urmanov won in Lillehammer. In the competition of sports pairs were again the first to Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov, and ice dancing gold won Oksana Grischuk and Evgeny Platov. Suddenly completed competitions in skating - gold medals from Alexander Golubev (500 meters) and Svetlana Bazhanova (3000 meters) no one expected.
