History
United States-Soviet Union Dual Track Meet was an athletics competition between two political rivals during Cold War. It was started in 1958 and held 19 times in both countries - except last edition hosted by Tokyo, Japan. Many star names of both teams have participated to the meet through the years as the competition staged for 18 world records (see below). The competition points calculated as 5-3-2-1 in every event as both nation contested with two athletes.
Soviet Union edged the United States team 15-3 for overall titles and 18-1 in the women's side. US athletes produced 13-6 led over the Soviet rivals in the men's standings.
GENERAL SCORES
1958: URS wins 172-170 (Men USA 126-109 / Women URS 63-44)
1959: URS wins 175-167 (Men USA 127-108 / Women URS 67-40)
1961: URS wins 179-163 (Men USA 124-111 / Women URS 68-39)
1962: URS wins 173-169 (Men USA 128-107 / Women URS 66-41)
1963: URS wins 189-147 (Men USA 119-114 / Women URS 75-28)
1964: USA wins 187-156 (Men USA 139-97 / Women URS 59-48)
1965: URS wins 181,5-155,5 (Men URS 118-112 / Women URS 63,4-43,5)
1969: USA wins 195-177 (Men USA 125-110 / Women USA 70-67)
1970: URS wins 200-173 (Men URS 122-114 / Women URS 78-59)
1971: Draw 186-186 (Men USA 126-110 / Women URS 76-60)
1973: URS wins 216-163 (Men URS 121-112 / Women URS 95-51)
1974: URS wins 192-184 (Men USA 117-102 / Women URS 90-67)
1975: URS wins 225-138 (Men URS 129-89 / Women URS 96-49)
1976: URS wins 211-157 (Men USA 115-107 / Women URS 104-42)
1977: URS wins 207-171 (Men URS 129-89 / Women URS 89-66)
1978: USA wins 190-177 (Men USA 119-102 / Women URS 75-71)
1981: URS wins 204-178 (Men USA 118-105 / Women URS 99-60)
1982: URS wins 207-167 (Men URS 118-100 / Women URS 89-67)
1985: URS wins 221-164 (Men USA 114-104 / Women URS 117-50)
Overall titles: USSR 15, USA 3 (one series - draw)
Men titles: USA 13, USSR 6
Women titles: USSR 18, USA 1
Highest scores overall: USSR - 225 (1975), USA - 195 (1969)
Lowest scores overall: USSR - 156 (1964), USA - 138 (1975)
Biggest gap: 87 points by USSR (1975)
WORLD RECORDS BREAKDOWN IN THE SERIES
1958 (2) - Oleg Ryakhovskiy -(TJ) Rafter Johnson (Decathlon)
1959 (1) - Parry O'Brien (SP)
1961 (7) - Valeriy Brumel (HJ), Ralph Boston (LJ), US Men (4x100), Wilma Rudolph (100m), Tatyana Shchelkanova (LJ), Tamara Press (DT), Soviet Union Women (4x100)
1962 (1) - Valeriy Brumel (HJ), Harold Connolly (HT)
1963 (1) - Valeriy Brumel (HJ)
1964 (2) - Fred Hansen (PV), Dallas Long (SP)
1971 (1) - Pat Matzdorf (HJ)
1974 (2) - Lyudmila Bragina (3000m), Soviet Union Women (4x400)
1976 (1) - Lyudmila Bragina (3000m)
NUMBERS OF CONTESTED EVENTS
32 events (1958-1965)
35 events (1969-70) Women 400m, 1500m, 4x400 added. (80H replaced by 100H).
34 events (1971) - Women pentathlon is out.
35 events (1973) - Women pentathlon is back.
36 events (1974) - Women 3000m added. Men's decathlon is out.
35 events (1975-78) - Both multi events are out.
36 events (1981-82) - Women 400H added.
37 events (1985) - Women 10,000m added.
MOST SUCCESSFUL ATHLETES
(Only individual wins)
Tamara Press (URS) 11-0-1
Faina Melnik (URS) 7-2-1
Viktor Saneyev (URS) 7-1-0
Viktor Golubnichiy (URS) 6-1-0
Nadezha Chizhova (URS) 6-1-0
Taisiya Chechnik (URS) 6-0-1
Janis Lusis (URS) 5-3-2
Tatyana Shchelkanova (URS) 5-1-0
Elvira Ozolina (URS) 5-0-1
Valeriy Brumel (URS) 5-0-0
