URS Europe

Soviet Union

international medals: 3,882
of them gold: 1,355
national titles: 1,947

+++ DISSOLVED IN 1991 +++
In 1992 Olympics, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) competed for a replacement of the Soviet Union. It was included to URS in our data.

SAF
Soviet Athletics Federation (1920-1991)

Affiliation
World Athletics (?)

Foundation: 1920
National CH start: 1920
Olympics debut: 1952

Medals

25 championships · senior, age-group, multi-sport and road

International · all levels

G 1,355

S 1,382

B 1,145

By level Bar length is total medals (square-root scale). Pick a level to filter the table.

National titles 1,947

ChampionshipGSBTotal

Global 506 · 486 · 446

Olympic Games 71 66 77 214 World Championships 23 27 28 78 World Indoor Championships 21 17 16 54 World Cross Country Champs 9 15 13 37 World U20 CH 22 18 27 67 Universiade 148 113 102 363 Continental Cup 20 48 33 101 Gymnasiade – 1 3 4 Goodwill Games 31 41 33 105 International Universities Champs 148 119 100 367 World Race Walking Cup 13 21 14 48

Continental 484 · 488 · 415

European Championships 120 110 101 331 European Indoor 128 114 113 355 European Cup Finals 101 115 83 299 European Cup Combined Events 12 15 9 36 European U20 Athletics Championships 119 133 109 361 European Youth Olympics (EYOF) 4 1 – 5

Regional & multi-sport 364 · 404 · 282

USA vs USSR Series 351 391 269 1,011 Spartakiad USSR 13 13 13 39

Road races 1 · 4 · 2

London Marathon 1 – 1 2 Chicago Marathon – 2 – 2 New York Marathon – 1 – 1 Amsterdam Marathon – – 1 1 Istanbul Marathon – 1 – 1

National 1,947 · 1,949 · 1,940

Soviet Athletics Championships 1,947 1,949 1,940 5,836

Most decorated

International medals

1 Tamara Press Women · Shot put, Discus throw Gold 27 Silver 3 Bronze 3
2 Nadezhda Chizhova Women · Shot put, Discus throw Gold 23 Silver 4 Bronze 2
3 Valeriy Borzov Men · 50m, 60m +3 Gold 22 Silver 14 Bronze 4
4 Viktor Saneyev Men · Long jump, Triple jump Gold 22 Silver 9 Bronze 0
5 Tatyana Shchelkanova Women · 100m, 80m hurdles +3 Gold 18 Silver 2 Bronze 1
6 Lyudmila Zharkova-Maslakova Women · 100m, 200m +1 Gold 16 Silver 10 Bronze 5
7 Natalya Lisovskaya Women · Shot put Gold 16 Silver 3 Bronze 2
8 Vera Krepkina Women · 100m, 200m +2 Gold 15 Silver 6 Bronze 2
9 Faina Melnik Women · Shot put, Discus throw Gold 15 Silver 2 Bronze 2
10 Janis Lusis Men · Javelin throw Gold 14 Silver 6 Bronze 3
11 Aleksandra Chudina Women · 80m hurdles, High jump +5 Gold 14 Silver 6 Bronze 3
12 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Men · Long jump, relays Gold 12 Silver 13 Bronze 2