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395,983 medals, every one searchable. Filter by nation, championship, event and year, count a country’s haul edition by edition, or set two championships side by side.

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Soviet Union ’s medals at every Olympic Games

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Turkey · Balkan Athletics Championships

Cuba · Pan American Games

Kenya · Olympic Games

Jamaica · World Championships

All-time haul

214 medals

71 gold 66 silver 77 bronze

Relays count once.

On the podium

10 of 31 editions since 1896

First medal

1952 Helsinki · Galina Zybina, shot put gold

First gold

1952 Helsinki · Galina Zybina, shot put

Best edition

Moscow 1980 41 medals, 15 of them gold

All-time table

2nd of 100 nations, ranked by golds

Every edition, 1896–2028

Bars grow with the medals won · empty column = no medal · click a year

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Edition by edition

Year	Edition	Medals	G	S	B	Total
2024	Paris 31st edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
2021	Tokyo 30th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
2016	Rio de Janeiro 29th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
2012	London 28th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
2008	Beijing 27th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
2004	Athens 26th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
2000	Sydney 25th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1996	Atlanta 24th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1992	Barcelona 23rd edition		7	11	3	21
1988	Seoul 22nd edition		10	6	10	26
1984	Los Angeles 21st edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1980	Moscow 20th edition		15	14	12	41
1976	Montreal 19th edition		4	4	10	18
1972	Munich 18th edition		9	7	1	17
1968	Mexico City ↗ 17th edition		3	2	8	13
1964	Tokyo 16th edition		5	2	11	18
1960	Rome 15th edition		11	5	5	21
1956	Melbourne 14th edition		5	7	10	22
1952	Helsinki 13th edition		2	8	7	17
1948	London 12th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1936	Berlin 11th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1932	Los Angeles 10th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1928	Amsterdam 9th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1924	Paris 8th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1920	Antwerp 7th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1912	Stockholm 6th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1908	London 5th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1906	Athens 4th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1904	St. Louis 3rd edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1900	Paris 2nd edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1896	Athens 1st edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
Total	10 of 31 editions on the podium		71	66	77	214