Soviet Union men's national artistic gymnastics team
Continental union | European Union of Gymnastics |
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Olympic Games | |
Appearances | 9 |
Medals | ![]() ![]() |
World Championships | |
Appearances | 14 |
Medals | ![]() ![]() |
The Soviet Union men's national artistic gymnastics team represented the Soviet Union in FIG international competitions. They, alongside Japan, were the dominant force in the sport from the 1950s until the Soviet Union's collapse.[1] Nikolai Andrianov, who represented the Soviet Union at three Olympic Games, is the most decorated Olympic male gymnast, having won 15 medals.[2][3]
History
The Soviet Union won the team gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics – the first Olympics that the Soviet Union participated in.[4] Throughout their existence the Soviet Union won four Olympic team golds and five Olympic team silvers, only ever losing to Japan.[4] After the collapse of the Soviet Union, gymnasts from the former Soviet states competed at one last Olympic Games together as the Unified Team; they won team gold.[5]
At the World Championships the Soviet Union won either gold or silver in the team event at every iteration that they competed in (1954–1991).
Team competition results
Olympic Games
- 1952 —
gold medal
- 1956 —
gold medal
- 1960 —
silver medal
- 1964 —
silver medal
- 1968 —
silver medal
- 1972 —
silver medal
- 1976 —
silver medal
- 1980 —
gold medal
- 1984 — did not participate due to boycott
- 1988 —
gold medal
- 1992 —
gold medal – participated as the Unified Team
World Championships
- 1954 —
gold medal
- Albert Azaryan, Viktor Chukarin, Sergei Dzhayani, Yevgeny Korolkov, Valentin Muratov, Hrant Shahinyan, Boris Shakhlin, Ivan Vostrikov
- 1958 —
gold medal
- Albert Azaryan, Valentin Lipatov, Valentin Muratov, Boris Shakhlin, Pavel Stolbov, Yuri Titov
- 1962 —
silver medal
- 1966 —
silver medal
- 1970 —
silver medal
- Mikhail Voronin, Viktor Klimenko, Sergei Diomidov, Viktor Lisitsky, German Bogdanov, Valery Karasyov
- 1974 —
silver medal
- Nikolai Andrianov, Edvard Mikaelian, Vladimir Marchenko, Paata Shamugiya, Vladimir Safronov, Viktor Klimenko
- 1978 —
silver medal
- 1979 —
gold medal
- 1981 —
gold medal
- Yuri Korolev, Bogdan Makuts, Alexander Dityatin, Aleksandr Tkachyov, Artur Akopyan, Pavel Sut
- 1983 —
silver medal
- 1985 —
gold medal
- Vladimir Artemov, Yuri Korolev, Valentin Mogilny, Yury Balabanov, Aleksei Tikhokikh, Aleksandr Tumilovich
- 1987 —
gold medal
- Dmitry Bilozerchev, Valeri Liukin, Vladimir Artemov, Yuri Korolyov, Vladimir Novikov, Aleksei Tikhonkikh
- 1989 —
gold medal
- 1991 —
gold medal
Most decorated gymnasts
This list includes all Soviet male artistic gymnasts who have won at least four medals at the Olympic Games and the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships combined. This list does include medals won as the Unified Team at the Olympics and the Commonwealth of Independent States in 1992 but does not includes medals won under the flag of an independent nation after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Also not included are medals won at the 1984 Friendship Games (alternative Olympics).
See also
- Soviet Union women's national artistic gymnastics team
- Russia men's national artistic gymnastics team
- Soviet Union at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
References
- ^ "Men's Artistic Gymnastics History". International Gymnastics Federation.
- ^ "Nikolay Andrianov". Olympedia.
- ^ "Nikolay ANDRIANOV Olympic profile". International Olympic Committee.
- ^ a b "Looking back on Gymnastics at the early modern Olympic Games, 1948-1960". International Gymnastics Federation. July 10, 2020.
- ^ "Olympic lookback: The winds of change, Barcelona 1992". International Gymnastics Federation. February 5, 2021.
- ^ "Soviet Union in Artistic Gymnastics". Olympedia.