Soviet Union at the 1956 Winter Olympics |
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IOC code | URS | ||||||||
NOC | Soviet Olympic Committee | ||||||||
in Cortina d'Ampezzo | |||||||||
Competitors | 53 (47 men, 6 women) in 6 sports | ||||||||
Flag bearer | Oleg Goncharenko | ||||||||
Medals Ranked 1st |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |||||||||
Other related appearances | |||||||||
Russian Empire (1900–1912) Estonia (1920–1936, 1992–) Latvia (1924–1936, 1992–) Lithuania (1924–1928, 1992–) Unified Team (1992) Armenia (1994–) Belarus (1994–) Georgia (1994–) Kazakhstan (1994–) Kyrgyzstan (1994–) Moldova (1994–) Russia (1994–) Ukraine (1994–) Uzbekistan (1994–) Azerbaijan (1996–) Tajikistan (1996–) Turkmenistan (1996–) |
The Soviet Union (USSR) competed in the Winter Olympic Games for the first time at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.