Soviet Union men's national artistic gymnastics team

The Soviet Union men's national artistic gymnastics team represented the Soviet Union in FIG international competitions. They, alongside Japan, were the dominant force in the sport from the 1950s until the Soviet Union's collapse. Nikolai Andrianov, who represented the Soviet Union at three Olympic Games, is the most decorated Olympic male gymnast, having won 15 medals.

History The Soviet Union won the team gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics – the first Olympics that the Soviet Union participated in. Throughout their existence the Soviet Union won four Olympic team golds and five Olympic team silvers, only ever losing to Japan. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, gymnasts from the former Soviet states competed at one last Olympic Games together as the Unified Team; they won team gold.

At the World Championships the Soviet Union won either gold or silver in the team event at every iteration that they competed in (1954–1991).

Team competition results Olympic Games 1952 — gold medal Vladimir Belyakov, Iosif Berdiev, Viktor Chukarin, Yevgeny Korolkov, Dmytro Leonkin, Valentin Muratov, Mikhail Perelman, Hrant Shahinyan 1956 — gold medal Albert Azaryan, Viktor Chukarin, Valentin Muratov, Boris Shakhlin, Pavel Stolbov, Yuri Titov 1960 — silver medal Albert Azaryan, Valery Kerdemilidi, Nikolai Miligulo, Vladimir Portnoi, Boris Shakhlin, Yuri Titov 1964 — silver medal Sergey Diomidov, Viktor Leontev, Viktor Lisitsky, Boris Shakhlin, Yuri Titov, Yuri Tsapenko 1968 — silver medal Sergei Diomidov, Valery Iljinykh, Valery Karasev, Viktor Klimenko, Victor Lisitsky, Mikhail Voronin 1972 — silver medal Nikolai Andrianov, Viktor Klimenko, Alexander Maleev, Edvard Mikaelian, Vladimir Schukin, Mikhail Voronin 1976 — silver medal Nikolai Andrianov, Alexander Dityatin, Gennady Krysin, Vladimir Marchenko, Vladimir Markelov, Vladimir Tikhonov 1980 — gold medal Nikolay Andrianov, Eduard Azaryan, Aleksandr Dityatin, Bogdan Makuts, Vladimir Markelov, Aleksandr Tkachyov 1984 — did not participate due to boycott 1988 — gold medal Vladimir Artemov, Dmitri Bilozertchev, Vladimir Gogoladze, Sergei Kharkov, Valeri Liukin, Vladimir Novikov 1992 — gold medal – participated as the Unified Team Valery Belenky, Igor Korobchinski, Grigory Misutin, Vitaly Scherbo, Rustam Sharipov, Alexei Voropaev

World Championships

1954 — gold medal Albert Azaryan, Viktor Chukarin, Sergei Dzhayani, Yevgeny Korolkov, Valentin Muratov, Hrant Shahinyan, Boris Shakhlin, Ivan Vostrikov 1958 — gold medal Albert Azaryan, Valentin Lipatov, Valentin Muratov, Boris Shakhlin, Pavel Stolbov, Yuri Titov 1962 — silver medal Valery Kerdemelidi, Viktor Leontyev, Viktor Lisitsky, Boris Shakhlin, Pavel Stolbov, Yuri Titov 1966 — silver medal Mikhail Voronin, Sergei Diomidov, Valery Kerdemelidi, Yuri Titov, Valery Karasev, Boris Shakhlin 1970 — silver medal Mikhail Voronin, Viktor Klimenko, Sergei Diomidov, Viktor Lisitsky, German Bogdanov, Valery Karasyov 1974 — silver medal Nikolai Andrianov, Edvard Mikaelian, Vladimir Marchenko, Paata Shamugiya, Vladimir Safronov, Viktor Klimenko 1978 — silver medal Nikolai Andrianov, Eduard Azarian, Alexander Dityatin, Gennady Krysin, Vladimir Markelov, Aleksandr Tkachyov 1979 — gold medal Alexander Dityatin, Aleksandr Tkachyov, Vladimir Markelov, Nikolai Andrianov, Bogdan Makuts, Artur Akopyan 1981 — gold medal Yuri Korolev, Bogdan Makuts, Alexander Dityatin, Aleksandr Tkachyov, Artur Akopyan, Pavel Sut 1983 — silver medal Dmitry Bilozerchev, Artur Akopyan, Alexander Pogorelov, Vladimir Artemov, Yury Korolev, Bogdan Makuts 1985 — gold medal Vladimir Artemov, Yuri Korolev, Valentin Mogilny, Yury Balabanov, Aleksei Tikhokikh, Aleksandr Tumilovich 1987 — gold medal Dmitry Bilozerchev, Valeri Liukin, Vladimir Artemov, Yuri Korolyov, Vladimir Novikov, Aleksei Tikhonkikh 1989 — gold medal Igor Korobchinsky, Vladimir Artemov, Valentin Mogilny, Vitaly Marinich, Valery Belenky, Vladimir Novikov 1991 — gold medal Vitaly Scherbo, Grigory Misutin, Valeri Liukin, Igor Korobchinsky, Valery Belenky, Alexei Voropaev

Most decorated gymnasts This list includes all Soviet male artistic gymnasts who have won at least four medals at the Olympic Games and the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships combined. This list does include medals won as the Unified Team at the Olympics and the Commonwealth of Independent States in 1992 but does not includes medals won under the flag of an independent nation after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Also not included are medals won at the 1984 Friendship Games (alternative Olympics).

RankGymnastYearsTeamAAFXPHSRVTPBHBOlympic TotalWorld TotalTotal 1 Nikolai Andrianov 1972–1980 1980 1972 1976 1979 1974 1978 1976 1980 1978 1974 1972 1976 1980 1976 1974 1976 1974 1978 1976 1980 1972 1974 1978 1979 1976 1974 1978 1980 15 13 28 2 Boris Shakhlin 1954–1966 1956 1960 1964 1954 1958 1962 1966 1960 1964 1958 1962 1956 1960 1958 1962 1960 1964 1962 1960 1962 1960 1958 1962 1964 1960 1958 1954 13 14 27 3 Alexander Dityatin 1976–1981 1980 1976 1979 1981 1978 1980 1979 1978 1980 1978 1980 1980 1976 1979 1981 1978 1980 1979 1980 1981 1980 1979 10 12 22 4 Yuri Titov 1956–1966 1956 1960 1964 1958 1962 1966 1956 1960 1962 1958 1960 1958 1962 1958 1956 1958 1956 1964 1958 9 10 19 5 Vladimir Artemov 1983–1989 1988 1985 1987 1989 1983 1988 1985 1987 1988 1987 1989 1989 1988 1983 1987 1989 1988 1989 5 13 18 6 Mikhail Voronin 1966–1972 1968 1972 1966 1970 1968 1966 1968 1966 1968 1972 1966 1970 1968 1968 1966 1970 1968 9 8 17 7 Dmitry Bilozerchev 1983–1988 1988 1987 1983 1988 1983 1987 1983 1988 1983 1987 1988 1983 1987 1987 1983 1987 4 12 16 8 Viktor Chukarin 1952–1956 1952 1956 1954 1952 1956 1954 1956 1952 1956 1954 1952 1952 1956 1952 1954 11 4 15 9 Vitaly Scherbo 1991–1992 1992 1991 1992 1991 1991 1992 1992 1992 1992 1992 1992 1991 1992 1991 6 8 14 10 Yuri Korolyov 1981–1987 1981 1985 1987 1983 1981 1985 1987 1981 1985 1981 1985 1987 1985 0 13 13 11 Aleksandr Tkachyov 1978–1981 1980 1979 1981 1978 1979 1979 1980 1979 1980 1979 1981 1979 3 9 12 12 Valentin Muratov 1952–1958 1952 1956 1954 1958 1954 1956 1954 1956 1954 1956 1954 5 6 11 13 Ihor Korobchynskyi 1989–1992 1992 1989 1991 1989 1989 1991 1992 1992 1992 1991 1992 2 9 11 14 Hrihoriy Misyutin 1991–1992 1992 1991 1992 1991 1992 1991 1992 1992 1992 1992 5 5 10 15 Albert Azaryan 1954–1960 1956 1960 1954 1958 1956 1960 1954 1958 1958 4 5 9 16 Viktor Klimenko 1968–1974 1968 1972 1970 1974 1972 1970 1972 1970 1968 5 4 9 17 Valeri Liukin 1987–1991 1988 1987 1991 1988 1991 1988 1988 4 3 7 Hrant Shahinyan 1952–1954 1952 1954 1952 1954 1952 1954 1952 4 3 7 19 Artur Akopyan 1979–1983 1979 1981 1983 1983 1983 1981 1981 0 7 7 20 Viktor Lisitsky 1962–1970 1964 1968 1962 1970 1964 1964 1964 5 2 7 21 Valeri Belenki 1989–1992 1992 1989 1991 1992 1991 1992 2 4 6 22 Pavel Stolbov 1956–1962 1956 1958 1962 1958 1958 1962 1 5 6 23 Sergey Diomidov 1964–1970 1964 1968 1966 1970 1968 1966 3 3 6 24 Yevgeny Korolkov 1952–1954 1952 1954 1952 1954 2 2 4 Vladimir Markelov 1976–1980 1980 1976 1979 1978 2 2 4 26 Vladimir Marchenko 1974–1976 1976 1974 1976 1974 2 2 4

See also Soviet Union women's national artistic gymnastics team Russia men's national artistic gymnastics team Soviet Union at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

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