Soviet Union at the Paralympics

Soviet Union at the Paralympics
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IPC code	URS
Medals	Gold 21 Silver 20 Bronze 17 Total 58
Summer appearances
1988
Other related appearances
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 (2020-2022)

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[]

Summer Games[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold		Athletics	Men's 100m B1
Gold		Athletics	Men's 100m B2
Gold		Athletics	Men's 400m B1
Gold	Vadim Kalmykov	Athletics	Men's high jump B2
Gold		Athletics	Men's high jump B3
Gold	Vadim Kalmykov	Athletics	Men's long jump B2
Gold		Athletics	Men's long jump B3
Gold	Vadim Kalmykov	Athletics	Men's triple jump B2
Gold		Athletics	Men's javelin throw B1
Gold		Athletics	Men's javelin throw B2
Gold		Athletics	Men's pentathlon B1
Gold	Vadim Kalmykov	Athletics	Men's pentathlon B2
Gold		Athletics	Men's pentathlon B3
Gold		Athletics	Women's 100m B2
Gold		Athletics	Women's 400m B1
Gold	Rima Batalova	Athletics	Women's 400m B2
Gold		Athletics	Women's 800m B1
Gold	Rima Batalova	Athletics	Women's 800m B2
Gold		Athletics	Women's 1500m B1
Gold		Athletics	Women's long jump B2
Gold		Athletics	Women's pentathlon B2
Silver	Sergei Sevastianov	Athletics	Men's 100m B1
Silver		Athletics	Men's 800m B2
Silver		Athletics	Men's 800m B3
Silver		Athletics	Men's 1500m B3
Silver	Sergei Sevastianov	Athletics	Men's triple jump B1
Silver	Sergei Sevastianov	Athletics	Men's pentathlon B1
Silver		Athletics	Men's pentathlon B2
Silver		Athletics	Women's 800m B3
Silver		Athletics	Women's discus throw B2
Silver		Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle B1
Silver		Swimming	Men's 100m freestyle B1
Silver		Swimming	Men's 100m backstroke B1
Silver		Swimming	Men's 100m breaststroke B2
Silver		Swimming	Men's 200m breaststroke B1
Silver		Swimming	Men's 200m breaststroke B2
Silver		Swimming	Men's 200m individual medley B1
Silver	Men's relay team	Swimming	Men's 4x100m freestyle relay B1-B3
Silver	Men's relay team	Swimming	Men's 4x100m medley relay B1-B3
Silver		Swimming	Women's 50m freestyle B3
Silver		Swimming	Women's 50m breaststroke B2
Bronze		Athletics	Men's 400m B2
Bronze		Athletics	Men's 5000m B2
Bronze		Athletics	Men's long jump B1
Bronze		Athletics	Men's javelin throw B3
Bronze	Rima Batalova	Athletics	Women's 100m B2
Bronze		Athletics	Women's 400m B3
Bronze		Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle B2
Bronze		Swimming	Men's 400m freestyle B1
Bronze		Swimming	Men's 100m breaststroke B1
Bronze		Swimming	Women's 50m freestyle B2
Bronze		Swimming	Women's 100m freestyle B2
Bronze		Swimming	Women's 100m freestyle B3
Bronze		Swimming	Women's 100m breaststroke B2
Bronze		Swimming	Women's 200m breaststroke B2
Bronze		Swimming	Women's 400m individual medley B2

Winter Games[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Bronze	Valentina Grigoryeva	Cross-country skiing	Women's B1 5km
Bronze	Valentina Grigoryeva	Cross-country skiing	Women's B1 10km

See also[]

• Soviet Union at the Olympics

References[]

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