Soviet Olympic Committee

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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. Until the 1940s, the Soviet Union boycotted the Olympics because they considered them too "bourgeois". From then on, the NOC first tried to secure successes before participating in the Games.

Presidents

Presidents	Term years
Konstantin Andrianov	1951–1977
Sergei Pavlov	1977–1983
Marat Gramov	1983–1990
Vitali Smirnov	1990–2001

Soviet members of the International Olympic Committee

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

See also

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

Sources

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.