The Sports Clubs of the Armed Forces, Physical Culture and Sports Association of the Soviet Armed Forces (russian: спортивные клубы Армии �КА} ''sportivnye kluby Armiy, SKA''; russian: Физкультурно-спортивное объединение Вооружённых Сил СССР, ''Fizkulturno-sportivnoe obyedinenie Vooruzhonnykh Sil SSSR''), also called the Sports Clubs of the Soviet Ministry of Defense or simply Armed Forces or Army were a system of departmental

sports club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

s and one of the largest sports societies in the

USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...

. Established at first within officers' clubs of the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army ( Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, afte ...

, after the Second World War they were reformed into sports clubs for all ranks in the armed forces. All the sports clubs were supervised by the Sports Committee of the Ministry of Defence of the USSR and the sports committees of

military district Military districts (also called military regions) are formations of a state's armed forces (often of the Army) which are responsible for a certain area of territory. They are often more responsible for administrative than operational matters, and ...

s and

naval fleet A fleet or naval fleet is a large formation of warships – the largest formation in any navy – controlled by one leader. A fleet at sea is the direct equivalent of an army on land. Purpose In the modern sense, fleets are usually, but not ne ...

s, with each district and fleet having its own club. The army clubs were often abbreviated as SKA and previously as SKVO and DO. The largest club was located in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...

CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet era, it was a central piece of the big So ...

("C" standing for Central). The military sports clubs had an opportunity to enlist all top athletes of a country due to the mandatory conscription policies in force then. Alongside the SKA teams in the Soviet Army, each service branch of the Armed Forces maintained service-wide clubs, with component teams coming under district or fleet club supervision. Following the

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

, there was an acute competitiveness in all types of sports (i.e. football, ice hockey, basketball, etc.) between the Soviet Armed Forces Sports Association clubs and the clubs of the

Dynamo "Dynamo Electric Machine" (end view, partly section, ) A dynamo is an electrical generator that creates direct current using a commutator. Dynamos were the first electrical generators capable of delivering power for industry, and the foundati ...

representing Soviet security forces (

MVD The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (MVD; russian: Министерство внутренних дел (МВД), ''Ministerstvo vnutrennikh del'') is the interior ministry of Russia. The MVD is responsible for law enfor ...

and

KGB The KGB (russian: links=no, lit=Committee for State Security, Комитет государственной безопасности (КГБ), a=ru-KGB.ogg, p=kəmʲɪˈtʲet ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)əj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ, Komitet gosud ...

Regional multi-sport clubs

("central"

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club of the army) ** football section as PFC CSKA in Soviet Top League ** ice hockey section as HC CSKA in Soviet Higher League *

VVS Moscow VVS Moscow (russian: Военно-Воздушные Силы (Москва) / in English: ''Moscow Military Air Force'') was a Soviet sports club representing the Soviet Air Force. Among the sports the club participated in were football, ice hock ...

(smaller Moscow club of the Air Forces) ** football section ** basketball section, won the 1951–52 Soviet Top League in basketball * SKA Leningrad **

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice h ...

section * Rostov-on-Don ( football) * Khabarovsk ( bandy) * Yekaterinburg ( bandy) * SKA Kiev, converted to the

Central Sports Club of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Central Sports Club of the Armed Forces of Ukraine ( uk, Центральний Спортивний Клуб Збройних Сил України, transliteration: ''Tsentralnyi Sportyvnyi Klub Zbroinykh Syl Ukrayiny'') or CSK ZSU ( uk, ЦСК ...

** football section, contributed to appearance of

FC Arsenal Kyiv Football Club Arsenal Kyiv () is a Ukrainian football club based in Kyiv. In 2019, the club's professional team was dissolved, but its junior teams continue to compete in city competitions. The club claims to be a successor of Kyiv Arsenal fac ...

, disbanded in 2009 * SKA Odessa, converted to the

Odesa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrati ...

city's sport club in 1992 ** football section, merged with

FC Chornomorets Odesa FC Chornomorets Odesa ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Odesa. The club's home ground is the 34,164 capacity Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 a ...

* SKA Lvov, disbanded ** football section, moved to

Drohobych Drohobych ( uk, Дрого́бич, ; pl, Drohobycz; yi, דראָהאָביטש;) is a city of regional significance in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Drohobych Raion and hosts the administration of Drohobych urban h ...

and transformed into

FC Halychyna Drohobych FC Halychyna Drohobych ( uk, Галичина (Дрогобич)) is an amateur football club from Drohobych, Ukraine. The club was created in place of SKA Karpaty Lviv and amateur club Avanhard Drohobych on December 2, 1989 as SFC Drohobych. ...

* SKA Alma-Ata, disbanded ** basketball section, moved to Samara and merged with a local club into

CSK VVS Samara BC Samara (russian: БК Самара) is a Russian professional basketball team that is based in Samara, Russia. History BC Samara (1976–2002) Club was founded in Tolyatti as BC Azot. Club was a silver medalist of the Russian Super League ...

Medal recipients of the Armed Forces sports society at Olympics

City represented and sports discipline are given in parentheses.

Summer Olympics

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

Yuriy Lituyev Yuriy Nikolaevich Lituyev (russian: Юрий Николаевич Литуев) (April 11, 1925 – March 2, 2000) was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metre hurdles. He trained in Leningrad and later in Moscow at the Armed ...

(

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competi ...

) # Boris Tokarev (

, athletics) #

Anatoly Konev Anatoly Konstantinovich Konev (russian: Анатолий Константинович Конев; January 10, 1921 – November 9, 1965) was a Russian basketball player. He trained at the Armed Forces sports society, in Moscow. Club career Konev ...

(

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

) # Aleksandr Moiseyev (

) #

Arkady Vorobyov Arkady Nikitich Vorobyov (russian: Аркадий Никитич Воробьёв; 3 October 1924 – 22 December 2012) was a Soviet and Russian weightlifter, weightlifting coach, scientist and writer. He competed at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olym ...

( Sverdlovsk,

weightlifting Weightlifting generally refers to activities in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells or barbells. People lift various kinds of weights for a variety of different reasons. These may include various types of competition; promo ...

) *

Dmytro Leonkin Dmytro Leonkin (16 December 1928 – 1980) was a Soviet gymnast who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and presented athletes of the Ukrainian SSR. Dmytro Leonkin was born in Ryazan Governorate, Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federa ...

Lviv Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukrain ...

(

, ''gymnastics'') *

(

, ''gymnastics'')

1956 Summer Olympics

(

, athletics) # Yevgeniy Maskinskov (

Saransk Saransk (russian: Саранск, p=sɐˈransk; mdf, Саранск ошсь, Saransk oš; myv, Саран ош, Saran oš) is the capital city of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia, as well as its financial and economic centre. It is located ...

, athletics) #

Semyon Rzhishchin Semyon Ivanovich Rzhishchin (russian: Семен Иванович Ржищин) (15 February 1933 - 27 December 1986) was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metre steeple chase. He was born in Ryazan Oblast and trained in Moscow at ...

(

, athletics) # Boris Tokarev (

, athletics) # Viktor Tsybulenko ( Kiev, athletics) #

Vladimir Safronov Vladimir Konstantinovich Safronov (russian: Владимир Константинович Сафронов) (29 December 1934 in Ulan-Ude, Buryat-Mongol ASSR — 26 December 1979) was a featherweight amateur boxer. Safronov traine ...

( Chita, boxing) #

( Sverdlovsk,

) * Ivan Deriuhin, Kiev *

Vitali Romanenko Vitali Romanenko (13 July 1926 – 3 October 2010) was a Ukrainian sport shooter. He was born in Kyiv. Competing for the Soviet Union, he won a gold medal in 100 metre running deer at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne Melbourne ( ...

Poltava Oblast Poltava Oblast ( uk, Полта́вська о́бласть, translit=Poltavska oblast; also referred to as Poltavshchyna – uk, Полта́вщина, literally 'Poltava Country') is an oblast (province) of central Ukraine. The administrative ...

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

Gusman Kosanov Gusman Sittykovich Kosanov ( kk, Ғұсман Сыйттықұлы Қосанов, russian: Гусман Ситтыкович Косанов; 25 May 1935 – 19 July 1990) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Kazakhs, Kazakh sprinter. He competed for t ...

( Kishinev, athletics) #

(

, athletics) # Viktor Tsybulenko ( Kiev, athletics) #

Yury Vlasov Yury Petrovich Vlasov (russian: Юрий Петрович Власов; 5 December 1935 – 13 February 2021) was a Russian heavyweight weightlifter, writer and politician. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1960 a ...

(

) #

( Sverdlovsk,

) *

Margarita Nikolaeva Margarita Nikolaeva (23 September 1935 – 21 December 1993) was a Soviet gymnast. She competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (leg ...

, Odessa *

Ivan Bohdan Ivan Havrylovych Bohdan ( uk, Іван Гаврилович Богдан; 29 February 1928 – 25 December 2020) was a Soviet and Ukrainian wrestler. He was born in Dmytro-Bilivka, Ukrainian SSR. He won an Olympic gold medal in Greco-Roman wrest ...

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyi ...

1964 Summer Olympics

Oleg Fyodoseyev Oleg Georgiyevich Fedoseyev (russian: Олег Георгиевич Федосеев, 4 June 1936 – 14 June 2001) was a Russian athlete. He was a Soviet champion in the long jump in 1956 and 1958, but finished only eighth at the 1956 Olympics an ...

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, athletics) #

(

Alma-Ata Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of t ...

, athletics) #

Edvin Ozolin Edvin Sigizmundovich Ozolin (russian: Эдвин Сигизмундович Озолин, born 12 February 1939) is a retired Soviet runner and athletics coach. He competed in various sprint events at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a silver m ...

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, athletics) #

Oleg Grigoryev Oleg Georgievich Grigoryev (russian: Олег Георгиевич Григорьев; born 25 December 1937) is a retired Russian Olympic bantamweight boxer. He won the European title in 1957, 1963 and 1965 and an Olympics gold medal in 1960. ...

(

boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermine ...

) # Stanislav Stepashkin (

) # Volodymyr Morozov ( Krasnovodsk, canoeing) #

Grigory Kriss Grigory Yakovlevich Kriss ( uk, Григорій Якович Крісс, russian: Григорий Яковлевич Крисс, born 24 December 1940) is a retired Soviet Union, Soviet Olympic épée fencer who won four Olympic medals. Early ...

( Kiev,

fencing Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also ''saber''); winning points are made through the weapon's contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, ...

) # Oleg Stepanov (

judo is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...

) #

(

) #

Leonid Zhabotinsky Leonid Ivanovich Zhabotinsky ( uk, Леонiд Іванович Жаботинський; 28 January 1938 – 14 January 2016) was a Soviet and Ukrainian weightlifter who set 19 world records in the superheavyweight class, and won gold medals ...

( Odessa,

)

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

Hennadiy Bleznitsov Hennadiy Bleznitsov ( uk, Геннадій Блезніцов; born on 6 January 1941 in Kharkiv) is a retired Ukrainian pole vaulter who represented the USSR. He trained at Burevestnik and later at the Armed Forces sports society in Kharkov. He r ...

(

Kharkov Kharkiv ( uk, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest city and municipality in Ukraine.

, athletics) #

Galina Bukharina Galina Petrovna Bukharina (russian: Галина Петровна Бухарина; born 14 February 1945) is a Soviet track athlete. She competed mainly in the 100 metres and 4 x 100 m relay. She is head coach of 400 m and relay athletes of Ind ...

(

, athletics) #

Romuald Klim Romuald Iosifovich Klim ( be, Рамуальд Язэпавіч Клім, russian: Ромуальд Иосифович Клим, 25 May 1933 – 28 May 2011) was a Soviet hammer thrower. He competed at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won a gold an ...

(

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

, athletics) #

Jānis Lūsis Jānis Lūsis (19 May 1939 – 29 April 2020) was a Latvian track and field athlete who competed in javelin throw. Biography Lūsis trained at Daugava Voluntary Sports Society and later at Armed Forces sports society. He competed in four Sum ...

( Riga, athletics) # Volodymyr Morozov ( Kiev, canoeing) # Valery Yardy (

cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from t ...

) #

( Kiev,

) # Viktor Sidyak (

Lvov Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukrain ...

) # Eduard Vinokurov (Leningrad,

) #

( Kiev,

)

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

Nadezhda Besfamilnaya Nadezhda Viktorovna Besfamilnaya (russian: Надежда Викторовна Бесфамильная) (born 27 December 1950) is a Soviet Union, Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. Besfamilnaya trained at the Armed Forces ...

(

, athletics) #

(

, athletics) #

( Riga, athletics) # Veniamin Soldatenko (

, athletics) #

Sergei Belov Sergei Alexandrovich Belov (russian: Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Бело́в; 23 January 1944 – 3 October 2013) was a Russian professional basketball player, most noted for playing for CSKA Moscow and the senior Sovi ...

(

) #

Ivan Edeshko Ivan Ivanovich Edeshko ( be, Іван Іванавіч Ядэшка; russian: Иван Иванович Едешко; born March 25, 1945 in Stetski village, Hrodna Voblast, Byelorussian SSR) is a retired Belarusian professional basketball player ...

(

) #

Alzhan Zharmukhamedov Alzhan Musurbekuly Zharmukhamedov (alternate spelling: Alzan Zarmuhamedov) ( kk, Әлжан Мүсірбекұлы Жармұхамедов, ''Áljan Músirbekuly Jarmuhamedov''; russian: Алжан Мусурбекович Жармухамедо ...

(

) #

Vyacheslav Lemeshev Vyacheslav Ivanovich Lemeshev (russian: Вячеслав Иванович Лемешев) (April 3, 1952 in Moscow — January 27, 1996) was an Olympic boxer from the USSR. Soviet physiologists, while examining Lemeshev abilities wit ...

(

) # Volodymyr Morozov ( Kiev, canoeing) # Valery Yardy (

Cheboksary Cheboksary (; russian: Чебокса́ры, r=Cheboksáry, p=tɕɪbɐˈksarɨ; cv, Шупашкар, ''Şupaşkar'') is the capital city of Chuvashia, Russia and a port on the Volga River. Geography The city is located in the Volga Upland reg ...

) #

( Kiev,

) # Viktor Sidyak (

) #

Gennadiy Tsygankov Gennadiy Dmitrievich Tsygankov (russian: Геннадий Дмитриевич Цыганков; 16 August 1947 in Vanino, Soviet Union – 16 February 2006 in Saint Petersburg) was a Soviet and Russian ice hockey player and coach. He trained at ...

(

) # Eduard Vinokurov (Leningrad,

)

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 P ...

Lidiya Alfeyeva Lidiya Nikolayevna Alfeyeva ( uk, Лiдiя Николiевна Алфеева, russian: Лидия Николаевна Алфеева; 17 January 1946 – 18 April 2022 Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...

, athletics) #

Vera Anisimova Vera Vasilyevna Anisimova (russian: Вера Васильевна Анисимова; born 25 May 1952 in Moscow) is a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. Anisimova trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. S ...

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, athletics) #

( Riga, athletics) #

(

) #

(

) #

(

) # Viktor Sidyak (

) # Yevgeni Chernyshov (

, handball) #

(

) #

Vladimir Bure Vladimir Valeryevich Bure (russian: Владимир Валерьевич Буре, born 4 December 1950) is a Russian former freestyle swimmer and a fitness coach for the New Jersey Devils of the NHL. Bure is the father of retired NHL players ...

(

swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

) # Oleg Moliboga (

Dnepropetrovsk Dnipro, previously called Dnipropetrovsk from 1926 until May 2016, is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper Rive ...

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

) # Eduard Vinokurov (Leningrad,

)

1980 Summer Olympics

# Yevgeni Chernyshov (

, handball) #

Anatoli Fedyukin Anatoli Viktorovich Fedyukin (russian: Анатолий Викторович Федюкин; 26 January 1952 in Voronezh Great Olympic Encyclopedia, vol.1-2, Moscow:Olympia Press Publisher, 2006, entry on "Федюкин", availablonline/ref> ...

(

, handball) * Oleg Moliboga, Dnipropetrovsk

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

Dmitry Bilozerchev Dmitry Vladimirovich Bilozerchev (russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Билозерчев, born 22 December 1966 in Moscow) is a Russian gymnastics coach and retired gymnast who represented the Soviet Union. One of the most accompl ...

(

artistic gymnastics Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

) # Hennadiy Avdyeyenko ( Odessa,

)

Olympians of the Unified Team

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

* Timur Taimazov ( Med 2

, ''weightlifting'')

Winter Olympics

1956 Winter Olympics

# Fyodor Terentyev (

, cross-country skiing) # Nikolay Gusakov (

Nordic combined Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first ever Winter Olympics in 1924, while the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup ...

)

1960 Winter Olympics

Vladimir Melanin Vladimir Mikhailovich Melanin (russian: Владимир Михайлович Меланьин; 1 December 1933 – 10 August 1994) was a Soviet biathlete. Life and career He won an Olympic gold medal for the USSR in the 20 km individual in ...

( Kirov,

biathlon The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not time ...

) #

Gennady Vaganov Gennady Viktorovich Vaganov (russian: Генна́дий Ви́кторович Вага́нов; born November 25, 1930 in the village of Duvan, Duvansky District, Bashkir ASSR) was a Soviet cross-country skier who competed during t ...

(

, cross-country skiing) # Nikolay Gusakov (

)

1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr ...

( Kirov,

) #

Rita Achkina Rita Nikolayevna Achkina (russian: Рита Николаевна Ачкина; born 1 February 1938) is a retired Belarusian cross-country skier. In 1965 she won the 5 km, 10 km and 3 × 5 km relay events at the Soviet champions ...

(

, cross-country skiing) # Yevdokiya Mekshilo (

, cross-country skiing) #

(

, cross-country skiing) # Nikolay Gusakov (

) # Nikolay Kiselyov (

)

1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. Frenchm ...

(

, cross-country skiing) #

Vladimir Voronkov Vladimir Petrovich Voronkov (russian: Владимир Петрович Воронков; 20 March 1944 – 25 September 2018) was a Russian cross-country skier who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, training at the Armed Forces sport ...

(

, cross-country skiing) #

Vladimir Belussov Vladimir Pavlovich Belousov (russian: Владимир Павлович Белоусов; born 14 July 1946) is a Soviet Union, Soviet former ski jumper. He was the only Soviet ski jumper to medal at the Olympics and is the only person from the ...

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Leningrad Oblast Leningrad Oblast ( rus, Ленинградская область, Leningradskaya oblast’, lʲɪnʲɪnˈgratskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, , ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It was established on 1 August 1927, although it was not until 194 ...

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1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Euro ...

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Irina Rodnina Irina Konstantinovna Rodnina ( rus, Ирина Константиновна Роднина, p=ɪˈrʲinə kənstɐnˈtʲinəvnə rədʲnʲɪˈna; born 12 September 1949) is a Russian politician and retired figure skater, who is the only pair sk ...

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Alexei Ulanov Alexei Nikolaevich Ulanov (russian: Алексей Николаевич Уланов; born 4 November 1947) is a retired pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With Irina Rodnina, he is the 1972 Olympic champion and a four-time (1969–19 ...

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1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (german: XII. Olympische Winterspiele, french: XIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 ( bar, Innschbruck 1976, label= Austro-Bavarian), was a ...

Zinaida Amosova Zinaida Stepanovna Amosova (russian: Зинаида Степановна Амосова) (born 12 January 1950 in Krupskaya kolkhoz, Talaz District, Dzhambul Oblast, Kazakh SSR) is a former Soviet cross-country skier who competed from 1976 to 1 ...

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Nikolay Bazhukov Nikolay Serafimovich Bazhukov (russian: Николай Серафимович Бажуков) (born July 23, 1953 in Troitsko-Pechorsk, Komi ASSR) is a Soviet/Russian cross-country skier who competed from 1976 to 1980. He won the 15 ...

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1980 Winter Olympics The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States. Lake Placid was elected ...

1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...

1988 Winter Olympics

Vyacheslav Bykov Vyacheslav Arkadevich "Slava" Bykov (russian: Вячеслав Аркадьевич Быков, born 24 July 1960 in Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former Soviet and Russian ice hockey player and a former head coach of the ...

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Overall Olympic performance by the society

In the following table for team events number of team representatives, who received medals are counted, not "one medal for one team", as usual.

Summer Olympics

Winter Olympics

Sources

Bibliography

* - for tables and lists on 1952-1976 Olympics

External links

Official website

Sport committee of friendly armies
{{Sports Societies of the Soviet Union Sport societies in the Soviet Union Military sports clubs Multi-sport clubs in Russia

Regional multi-sport clubs

Medal recipients of the Armed Forces sports society at Olympics

Summer Olympics

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

1956 Summer Olympics

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

1964 Summer Olympics

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 P ...

1980 Summer Olympics

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

Olympians of the Unified Team

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

Winter Olympics

1956 Winter Olympics

1960 Winter Olympics

1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr ...

1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. Frenchm ...

1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Euro ...

1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (german: XII. Olympische Winterspiele, french: XIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 ( bar, Innschbruck 1976, label= Austro-Bavarian), was a ...

1980 Winter Olympics The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States. Lake Placid was elected ...

1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...

1988 Winter Olympics

Overall Olympic performance by the society

Summer Olympics

Winter Olympics

See also

Sources

Bibliography

External links