Soviet Olympic Committee

1951–1992 Soviet organization

NOC USSR

Country/Region|  Soviet Union
Code| URS
Created| May 7, 1951 (1951-05-07)
Recognized| 1951–1992
Continental
Association| EOC
Dissolved| March 12, 1992 (1992-03-12)
Headquarters| Moscow

The National Olympic Committee of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Russian: Национальный Олимпийский комитет Союза Советских Социалистических Республик – НОК СССР) was the government-funded organization representing the Soviet Union in the International Olympic Committee. The NOC USSR organized Soviet participation at the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee recognized the NOC USSR on 7 May 1951 at the 45th session of the IOC.[1] Until the 1950s, the Soviet Union boycotted the Olympics because they considered them too "bourgeois". From then on, the country realised the propaganda value the Games possess and joined the Olympic movement.[2]

## Presidents

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Presidents | Term years

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Konstantin Andrianov | 1951–1977
Sergei Pavlov | 1977–1983
Marat Gramov | 1983–1990
Vitali Smirnov | 1990–2001

## Soviet members of the International Olympic Committee

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Member | Term years

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Konstantin Andrianov | 1951–1988
Aleksei Osipowich Romanov | 1952–1971
Vitali Smirnov | 1971–2015
Marat Gramov | 1988–1992

## See also

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* Soviet Union at the Olympics
* Russian Olympic Committee
* Spartakiad

## Sources

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1. ^ Compare: History of Olympic Committee of USSR – ria.ru "Правопреемником ОК СССР стал Олимпийский комитет России (ОКР), образованный 1 декабря 1989 года."
2. ^ Mertin, Evelyn (2010). "Participation is not enough. The Soviet Union in the Olympic Movement". Cahiers de l'INSEP. 46 (1): 225–233\. doi:10.3406/insep.2010.1131.

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Sports governing bodies in the Soviet Union (URS)

Summer Olympic Sports|

* Aquatics
* Diving
* Swimming
* Synchronized Swimming
* Water Polo
* Archery
* Athletics
* Badminton
* Basketball
* Boxing
* Canoeing
* Cycling
* Equestrian
* Fencing
* Field Hockey
* Football
* Golf
* Gymnastics
* Handball
* Judo
* Modern Pentathlon
* Rugby 7's
* Rowing
* Sailing
* Shooting
* Practical Shooting
* Table Tennis
* Taekwondo
* Tennis
* Triathlon
* Volleyball
* inc. Beach Volleyball
* Weightlifting
* Wrestling

Winter Olympic Sports|

* Biathlon
* Bobsleigh
* Curling
* Skating (Figure, Speed & Short Track)
* Ice Hockey
* Luge
* Skeleton
* Skiing (Alpine, Cross Country, Nordic Combined, Freestyle & Jumping)
* Snowboarding

Other IOC Recognised Sports|

* Air sports
* Auto racing
* Bandy
* Baseball
* Billiard Sports
* Boules
* Bowling
* Bridge
* Chess
* Cricket
* Dance sport
* Floorball
* Karate
* Korfball
* Lifesaving
* Motorcycle racing
* Mountaineering and Climbing
* Netball
* Orienteering
* Pelota Vasca
* Polo
* Powerboating
* Racquetball
* Roller sports
* Rugby
* Softball
* Sport climbing
* Squash
* Sumo
* Surfing
* Tug of war
* Underwater sports
* Water Ski
* Wushu

Paralympics and Disabled Sports|

Others Sports|

* Rugby League
* Rugby Union

* Soviet Olympic Committee

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European Olympic Committees (EOC)

Current members|

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus1
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Kosovo
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia1
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine

1: National Olympic Committee is suspended by the International Olympic Committee

Former members|

* Czechoslovakia
* East Germany
* Serbia and Montenegro
* Soviet Union
* Yugoslavia

Authority control databases |

* VIAF

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