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The Olympic Committee of the USSR is formed
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USSR recognized by International Olympic Committee (IOC)
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Opening Ceremony, 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki
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USSR wins its first Olympic Gold Medal
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Opening Ceremony for Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics
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Opening Ceremony for Melbourne Summer Olympics
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"Blood in the Water" match: Capitalist Sador (Hungary) attacked by Communis Prokopov (Russia) in water polo
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Opening Ceremony for Squaw Valley Winter Olympics
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US Men's Ice Hockey beats USSR 3-2
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"Forgotten Miracle": US Men's Ice Hockey beats Czechoslovakia (Eastern bloc) 9-4; US wins their first Olympic Gold for Men's Ice Hockey
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Berlin Wall construction begins, countries refuse to give East German athletes visas to compete (this continues until 1968 when the IOC banned this)
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Opening Ceremony for Innsbruck, Austria: Final year that East and West Germany compete as one team
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Opening Cermony for Grenoble Winter Olympics; First Winter Olympics where East and West Germany are permitted to compete as separate teams
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Opening Ceremony for Mexico City Summer Olympics: First Summer Olympics where East and West Germany are permitted to compete as separate teams
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Opening Ceremony for Sapporo, Japan Winter Olympics: Canada refuses to send a Men's Ice Hockey team due to controversy over USSR's athletes getting compensation for competing
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Opening Ceremony for Munich Summer Olympics
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Munich Massacre: Palestinian terrorists raid Olympic Village and take nine Israeli athletes hostage, all were later killed
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USA-USSR Men's Basketball game controversy: US wins at first, clock reset to 0:03, USSR wins final
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Opening Ceremony for Innsbruck Winter Olympics: Canada still refuses to send a team
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Opening Ceremony for Montreal Summer Olympics
During these games, USSR athlete Boris Onishchenko was DQ'ed for rigging his sword to register a hit, when no hit had been administered -
USSR invades Afghanistan, beginning a nine-year proxy war (part of the Cold War)
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Opening Ceremony for Lake Placid, NY Winter Olympics
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"Miracle on Ice": US Men's Ice Hockey Team defeats USSR Men's Ice Hockey Team 4-3
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Opening Ceremony for Moscow Summer Olympics
The United States, along with 64 of its capitalist allies, boycotted these games due to the USSR's invasion of Afghanistan on Christmas Eve the year prior to the games. -
Opening Ceremony for Los Angeles, CA, USA Summer Olympics
The USSR and 14 other Eastern Bloc countries boycotted these games as a retaliation against the Moscow Olympics, which were boycotted by the capitalists in the previous Summer Games. -
Opening Ceremony for Seoul Summer Olympics
South Korea (cap.) denied North Korea's (comm.) bid to host as a joint nation as a result of Cold War tensions. -
USSR formally dissolved.
