Soviet Union at the Paralympics

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 Union at the
Paralympics
Flag of the Soviet Union
IPC codeURS
Medals
Gold
21
Silver
20
Bronze
17
Total
58
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
  • 1976
  • 1980
  • 1984
  • 1988
  • 1992
  • 1994
  • 1998
  • 2002
  • 2006
  • 2010
  • 2014
  • 2018
  • 2022
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)

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
 GoldVictor RiabochtanAthleticsMen's 100m B1
 GoldAlexandre MokhirAthleticsMen's 100m B2
 GoldVictor RiabochtanAthleticsMen's 400m B1
 GoldVadim KalmykovAthleticsMen's high jump B2
 GoldOleg ChepelAthleticsMen's high jump B3
 GoldVadim KalmykovAthleticsMen's long jump B2
 GoldOleg ChepelAthleticsMen's long jump B3
 GoldVadim KalmykovAthleticsMen's triple jump B2
 GoldVitautas GuirnusAthleticsMen's javelin throw B1
 GoldAlexandre MokhirAthleticsMen's javelin throw B2
 GoldVitautas GuirnusAthleticsMen's pentathlon B1
 GoldVadim KalmykovAthleticsMen's pentathlon B2
 GoldOleg ChepelAthleticsMen's pentathlon B3
 GoldRaissa JouravliovaAthleticsWomen's 100m B2
 GoldTamara PankovaAthleticsWomen's 400m B1
 GoldRima BatalovaAthleticsWomen's 400m B2
 GoldTamara PankovaAthleticsWomen's 800m B1
 GoldRima BatalovaAthleticsWomen's 800m B2
 GoldTamara PankovaAthleticsWomen's 1500m B1
 GoldRaissa JouravliovaAthleticsWomen's long jump B2
 GoldRaissa JouravliovaAthleticsWomen's pentathlon B2
 SilverSergei SevastianovAthleticsMen's 100m B1
 SilverAnatoly PomykalovAthleticsMen's 800m B2
 SilverFarzat TimerboulatovAthleticsMen's 800m B3
 SilverFarzat TimerboulatovAthleticsMen's 1500m B3
 SilverSergei SevastianovAthleticsMen's triple jump B1
 SilverSergei SevastianovAthleticsMen's pentathlon B1
 SilverAlexandre MokhirAthleticsMen's pentathlon B2
 SilverDanute ChmidekAthleticsWomen's 800m B3
 SilverRaissa JouravliovaAthleticsWomen's discus throw B2
 SilverOleg CherSwimmingMen's 50m freestyle B1
 SilverOleg CherSwimmingMen's 100m freestyle B1
 SilverOleg CherSwimmingMen's 100m backstroke B1
 SilverAlexandre GaponSwimmingMen's 100m breaststroke B2
 SilverVladimir SigidovSwimmingMen's 200m breaststroke B1
 SilverAlexandre GaponSwimmingMen's 200m breaststroke B2
 SilverOleg CherSwimmingMen's 200m individual medley B1
 SilverMen's relay teamSwimmingMen's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay B1-B3
 SilverMen's relay teamSwimmingMen's 4 × 100 m medley relay B1-B3
 SilverNadezda MaksimovaSwimmingWomen's 50m freestyle B3
 SilverTatiana ChipovalovaSwimmingWomen's 50m breaststroke B2
 BronzeAnatoly PomykalovAthleticsMen's 400m B2
 BronzeAnatoly PomykalovAthleticsMen's 5000m B2
 BronzeVictor RiabochtanAthleticsMen's long jump B1
 BronzeAndrei KolyvanovAthleticsMen's javelin throw B3
 BronzeRima BatalovaAthleticsWomen's 100m B2
 BronzeDanute ChmidekAthleticsWomen's 400m B3
 BronzeMikhail KapitonovSwimmingMen's 50m freestyle B2
 BronzeOleg CherSwimmingMen's 400m freestyle B1
 BronzeVladimir SigidovSwimmingMen's 100m breaststroke B1
 BronzeTatiana ChipovalovaSwimmingWomen's 50m freestyle B2
 BronzeTatiana ChipovalovaSwimmingWomen's 100m freestyle B2
 BronzeNadezda MaksimovaSwimmingWomen's 100m freestyle B3
 BronzeTatiana ChipovalovaSwimmingWomen's 100m breaststroke B2
 BronzeTatiana ChipovalovaSwimmingWomen's 200m breaststroke B2
 BronzeTatiana ChipovalovaSwimmingWomen's 400m individual medley B2

Winter Games
Medal Name Sport Event
 BronzeValentina GrigoryevaCross-country skiingWomen's B1 5 km
 BronzeValentina GrigoryevaCross-country skiingWomen's B1 10 km

See also

References
  1. Soviet Union at the Paralympics on paralympic.org
  2. Soviet Union at the Paralympics on paralympic.org
  3. Soviet Union at the Paralympics on paralympic.org
  4. Soviet Union at the Paralympics on paralympic.org


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