What is Soviet Union at the Olympics?
{{infobox country at games | NOC = URS | NOCname = [[Soviet Olympic Committee]] | games = Olympics | year = | flagcaption = [[Flag of the Soviet Union]] | oldcode = | website = | location = | competitors = | sports = | flagbearer = | rank = | gold = 473 | silver = 376 | bronze = 355 | officials = | appearances = | app_begin_year = | app_end_year = | summerappearances = {{Team appearances list|team=Soviet Union|competition=Summer Olympics|begin_year=1952|end_year=1988 }} | winterappearances = {{Team appearances list|team=Soviet Union|competition=Winter Olympics|begin_year=1956|end_year=1988 }} | seealso = {{flagIOC|RU1}} (1900–1912)<br/>{{flagIOC|EST}} (1920–1936, 1992–)<br/>{{flagIOC|LAT}} (1924–1936, 1992–)<br/>{{flagIOC|LTU}} (1924–1928, 1992–)<br/>{{flagIOC|EUN}} (1992)<br/>{{flagIOC|ARM}} (1994–)<br/>{{flagIOC|BLR}} (1994–)<br/>{{flagIOC|GEO}} (1994–)<br/>{{flagIOC|KAZ}} (1994–)<br/>{{flagIOC|KGZ}} (1994–)<br/>{{flagIOC|MDA}} (1994–)<br/>{{flagIOC|RUS}} (1994–2016)<br/>{{flagIOC|UKR}} (1994–)<br/>{{flagIOC|UZB}} (1994–)<br/>{{flagIOC|AZE}} (1996–)<br/>{{flagIOC|TJK}} (1996–)<br/>{{flagIOC|TKM}} (1996–)<br/>{{flagIOC|OAR|2018 Winter}} (2018W) }} The '''[[Soviet Union]]''' sent [[Sportsperson|athletes]] to the '''[[Olympic Games]]''' for the first time in 1952. They sent teams to the Games 18 simes since then. At six of the nine times at the [[Summer Olympic Games]], the team [[wikt:rank|was ranked]] first in the medal standings. It was ranked second at the other three Games. The team was ranked first seven times and second twice in nine times they sent teams to the [[Winter Olympic Games]]. ''The Olympic Committee of the USSR'' was created on April 21, 1951. It was accepted by the [[International Olympic Committee|IOC]] on May 7, 1951. The [[1952 Summer Olympics]] in [[Helsinki]] was first Olympic Games for Soviet athletes. On July 20, 1952, the first Olympic gold medal for the [[country]] was won by [[Nina Romashkova]] in the women's [[discus throw]]. Romashkova set the new Olympic [[World reco