USSR Olympic Team Flag Bearers
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USSR Olympic Team Flag Bearers were Soviet sportsmen, who bore the State Flag of the USSR at the Opening and Closing ceremonies of the Summer and Winter Olympics. Most of them were World and/or Olympic Champions.
[edit] Summer Olympics
| Games | Athlete | Sport |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Yakov Kutsenko | Weightlifting |
| 1956 | Aleksey Medvedev | Weightlifting |
| 1960 | Yury Vlasov | Weightlifting |
| 1964 | Yury Vlasov | Weightlifting |
| 1968 | Leonid Zhabotinsky | Weightlifting |
| 1972 | Alexander Medved | Wrestling |
| 1976 | Nikolai Balboshin | Wrestling |
| 1980 | Nikolai Balboshin | Wrestling |
| 1988 | Alexander Karelin | Wrestling |
