Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR

The Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR (Russian: Спартакиада народов СССР, Spartakiada narodov SSSR[1]) was a mass multi-sport event in the Soviet Union which lasted from 1956–1991. The competition was a descendant of the international Spartakiads, named after the classical escaped slave leader Spartacus. The USSR Spartakiad comprised two separate quadrennial competitions: the Summer Spartakiad and the Winter Spartakiad. The competitions were conducted between the constituent Republics of the Soviet Union.

Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR
First event1956
Occur every4 years
Last event1991
PurposeNational sports festival
HeadquartersMoscow, Soviet Union

In 1952 the Soviet Union decided to join the Olympic movement, and international Spartakiads ceased. However the term continued to exist for internal sports events in the Soviet Union of different levels, from local up to the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR. The first Soviet Spartakiad was held in 1956.[2] The competition had local level qualifying competitions, with the summer finals traditionally staged in the capital, Moscow, and the winter finals in Sverdlovsk.

Editions

A commemorative stamp for the 1956 Spartakiade, showing women's basketball

Summer

Edition Year City Nation Start Date End Date Teams Athletes Sports Events Top Placed Team
I1956 ()MoscowSoviet UnionAugustAugust
II1959 ()MoscowSoviet UnionAugustAugust
III1963 ()MoscowSoviet UnionAugustAugust
IV1967 ()MoscowSoviet UnionJulyAugust
V1971 ()MoscowSoviet UnionAugustAugust
VI1975 ()MoscowSoviet UnionMarchAugust
VII1979 ()MoscowSoviet UnionAugustAugust
VIII1983 ()MoscowSoviet UnionMayAugust
IX1986 ()MoscowSoviet UnionJuneSeptember
X1991 ()MoscowSoviet UnionMarchSeptember

Winter

1982 Winter Spartakiad (post stamp)
Edition Year City Nation Start Date End Date Teams Athletes Sports Events Top Placed Team
I1962 ()SverdlovskSoviet UnionMarchMarch
II1966 ()Sverdlovsk, Gorky, Terskol and KievSoviet UnionMarchMarch
III1974 ()SverdlovskSoviet UnionMarchMarch
IV1978 ()SverdlovskSoviet UnionMarchMarch
V1982 ()KrasnoyarskSoviet Union4 March16 March
VI1986 ()KrasnoyarskSoviet Union24 February11 March
VII1990 ()KievSoviet UnionMarchMarch

Sports

Summer

Sports 1956 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1986 1991 Total
Archery X X X X X X 6
Athletics () X X X X X X X X X X 10
Badminton X X 2
Basketball X X X X X X X X X 9
Boxing X X X X X X X X X X 10
Chess X X X X X X X X 8
Cycling (track) X X X X X X X X 8
Cycling (road) X X X X X X X X X X 10
Diving X X X X X X X X X X 10
Equestrian X X X X X X X X X X 10
Fencing X X X X X X X X X X 10
Field hockey X X X 3
Football () X X X X 4
Gorodki X X 2
Gymnastics (acrobatic) X X 2
Gymnastics (artistic) X X X X X X X X X X 10
Gymnastics (rhythmic) X X X X 4
Gymnastics (trampolining) X X 2
Handball X X X X X 5
Judo X X X X 4
Kayak and Canoe X X X X X X X X X X 10
Kettlebell lifting X 1
Modern pentathlon X X X X X X X X X 9
Motorcycle sport X 1
Rowing X X X X X X X X 8
Sailing X X X X X X 6
Sambo X X X X X X 6
Shooting X X X X X X X X X 9
Skeet shooting X X X X X X X X X 9
Swimming X X X X X X X X X X 10
Synchronized swimming X X X 3
Table tennis X X X X X 5
Tennis X X X X X X X X X 9
Underwater sports X 1
Volleyball (men) X X X X X X X X X X 10
Volleyball (women) X X X X X X X X X 9
Water polo X X X X X X X X X 9
Water skiing X 1
Weightlifting X X X X X X X X X X 10
Wrestling (freestyle) X X X X X X X X X X 10
Wrestling (Greco-Roman) X X X X X X X X X X 10
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References

  1. Ukrainian: Спартакіада народів СРСР; Lithuanian: TSRS tautų spartakiada; Latvian: PSRS tautu spartakiāda
  2. Catalogue of Postage Stamps of the USSR 1918–1974, “Soyuzpechat” Central Philatelic Agency (CPA) of the Ministry of Communications of the USSR publisher, Moscow, 1976. See also subsequent yearly catalogues.
  • Spartakiads at RSSSF
  • Spartakiad at Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia
  • Spartakiad in the Soviet Union
  • Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR in 1956 and 1959.
  • Kostenko, A. Summer spartakiads of peoples of the USSR. Blogs at sovsport.ru. 2011
  • Spartakiads of Peoples of the USSR. Dynamo Encyclopedia at Google Books. "OLMA Media Group", 2003. ISBN 9785224043996

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