Soviet Union at the Paralympics
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| Soviet Union at the Paralympics | |
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 Unified Team (1992) Estonia (1992–) Latvia (1992–) Lithuania (1992–) Belarus (1994–) Kazakhstan (1994–) Russia (1994–2014) Armenia (1996–) Azerbaijan (1996–) Kyrgyzstan (1996–) Moldova (1996–) Ukraine (1996–) Turkmenistan (2000–) Tajikistan (2004–) Uzbekistan (2004–) Georgia (2008–) Neutral Paralympic Athletes (2018) RPC (2020) | |
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics competed for the only time at the Summer Paralympic Games in 1988. The country also competed for the only time at the Winter Paralympic Games that same year.[1]
Soviet athletes won 21 gold medals, 20 silver and 15 bronze at the Summer Games, as well as two bronze medals at the Winter Games.[2] The USSR's most successful Paralympian was Vadim Kalmykov, with four gold medals in track and field.[3]
The only athlete to win a Paralympic medal for the USSR at the Winter Games was Valentina Grigoryeva, who won two bronze medals in cross-country skiing.[4]
Medalists
[edit]Summer Games
[edit]| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Victor Riabochtan | Athletics | Men's 100m B1 |
| Gold | Alexandre Mokhir | Athletics | Men's 100m B2 |
| Gold | Victor Riabochtan | Athletics | Men's 400m B1 |
| Gold | Vadim Kalmykov | Athletics | Men's high jump B2 |
| Gold | Oleg Chepel | Athletics | Men's high jump B3 |
| Gold | Vadim Kalmykov | Athletics | Men's long jump B2 |
| Gold | Oleg Chepel | Athletics | Men's long jump B3 |
| Gold | Vadim Kalmykov | Athletics | Men's triple jump B2 |
| Gold | Vitautas Guirnus | Athletics | Men's javelin throw B1 |
| Gold | Alexandre Mokhir | Athletics | Men's javelin throw B2 |
| Gold | Vitautas Guirnus | Athletics | Men's pentathlon B1 |
| Gold | Vadim Kalmykov | Athletics | Men's pentathlon B2 |
| Gold | Oleg Chepel | Athletics | Men's pentathlon B3 |
| Gold | Raissa Jouravliova | Athletics | Women's 100m B2 |
| Gold | Tamara Pankova | Athletics | Women's 400m B1 |
| Gold | Rima Batalova | Athletics | Women's 400m B2 |
| Gold | Tamara Pankova | Athletics | Women's 800m B1 |
| Gold | Rima Batalova | Athletics | Women's 800m B2 |
| Gold | Tamara Pankova | Athletics | Women's 1500m B1 |
| Gold | Raissa Jouravliova | Athletics | Women's long jump B2 |
| Gold | Raissa Jouravliova | Athletics | Women's pentathlon B2 |
 Silver | Sergei Sevastianov | Athletics | Men's 100m B1 |
| Silver | Anatoly Pomykalov | Athletics | Men's 800m B2 |
| Silver | Farzat Timerboulatov | Athletics | Men's 800m B3 |
| Silver | Farzat Timerboulatov | Athletics | Men's 1500m B3 |
| Silver | Sergei Sevastianov | Athletics | Men's triple jump B1 |
| Silver | Sergei Sevastianov | Athletics | Men's pentathlon B1 |
| Silver | Alexandre Mokhir | Athletics | Men's pentathlon B2 |
| Silver | Danute Chmidek | Athletics | Women's 800m B3 |
| Silver | Raissa Jouravliova | Athletics | Women's discus throw B2 |
| Silver | Oleg Cher | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle B1 |
| Silver | Oleg Cher | Swimming | Men's 100m freestyle B1 |
| Silver | Oleg Cher | Swimming | Men's 100m backstroke B1 |
| Silver | Alexandre Gapon | Swimming | Men's 100m breaststroke B2 |
| Silver | Vladimir Sigidov | Swimming | Men's 200m breaststroke B1 |
| Silver | Alexandre Gapon | Swimming | Men's 200m breaststroke B2 |
| Silver | Oleg Cher | Swimming | Men's 200m individual medley B1 |
| Silver | Men's relay team | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay B1-B3 |
| Silver | Men's relay team | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay B1-B3 |
| Silver | Nadezda Maksimova | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle B3 |
| Silver | Tatiana Chipovalova | Swimming | Women's 50m breaststroke B2 |
 Bronze | Anatoly Pomykalov | Athletics | Men's 400m B2 |
| Bronze | Anatoly Pomykalov | Athletics | Men's 5000m B2 |
| Bronze | Victor Riabochtan | Athletics | Men's long jump B1 |
| Bronze | Andrei Kolyvanov | Athletics | Men's javelin throw B3 |
| Bronze | Rima Batalova | Athletics | Women's 100m B2 |
| Bronze | Danute Chmidek | Athletics | Women's 400m B3 |
| Bronze | Mikhail Kapitonov | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle B2 |
| Bronze | Oleg Cher | Swimming | Men's 400m freestyle B1 |
| Bronze | Vladimir Sigidov | Swimming | Men's 100m breaststroke B1 |
| Bronze | Tatiana Chipovalova | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle B2 |
| Bronze | Tatiana Chipovalova | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle B2 |
| Bronze | Nadezda Maksimova | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle B3 |
| Bronze | Tatiana Chipovalova | Swimming | Women's 100m breaststroke B2 |
| Bronze | Tatiana Chipovalova | Swimming | Women's 200m breaststroke B2 |
| Bronze | Tatiana Chipovalova | Swimming | Women's 400m individual medley B2 |
Winter Games
[edit]| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze | Valentina Grigoryeva | Cross-country skiing | Women's B1 5 km |
| Bronze | Valentina Grigoryeva | Cross-country skiing | Women's B1 10 km |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Soviet Union at the Paralympics on paralympic.org
- ^ Soviet Union at the Paralympics on paralympic.org
- ^ Soviet Union at the Paralympics on paralympic.org
- ^ Soviet Union at the Paralympics on paralympic.org
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