VII Winter Olympic Games ( Italy ) Soviet Union team won
7 golden, 3 silver and 6 bronze medals. E. Grishin set a new world record
in 500 m running with the result 40, 2.
XV Olympic Games (Helsinki, 1952)
Team of the Soviet Union took part for the first time. 71 golden,
30 silver and 19 bronze medals were won. N . Romashkova became the first Soviet
Olympic champion.
X VI Olympic Games (Melbourne, Australia, 1956 )
Our team was the most successful with 37 golden, 29 silver and 32
bronze medals. Larisa Latynina won 4 golden medals. She won 5 golden medal
on the next games and is considered the owner of the largest number of Olympic
medals.
X VII Olympic Games (Rome, 1960) Our country
was represented by such famous sportsmen as Larisa Latynina, B. Shachlin,
V. Kapitonov, P. Bolotnykov. U. Vlasov was called the best sportsman.
Continued
History of Russian participation in Olympic Games
IV Olympic Games ( London , 1908)
It was the first time for Russia to take part in Olympic Games. The country was represented by 5 sportsmen. One golden and two silver medals were won.
V Olympic Games ( Stockholm , 1912)
Russian team took part for the first time officially. It consisted of 178 people but showed rather low results.
