Soviet athlete and Olympic champion Larisa Latynina (Diry) performs her uneven bars routine at the 14th World Artistic Gymnastics Championship. July 6-10, 1958.10.07.1958#5486578
Soviet athlete and Olympic champion Boris Shakhlin performs a still ring routin during the 14th World Artistic Gymnastics Championship. July 6-10, 1958.10.07.1958#5486588
Soviet national artistic gymnastics team, from left: P. Astakhova, R. Borisova, L. Latynina, T. Manina, L. Kalinina, S. Muratova at the 14th World Artistic Gymnastics Championship. July 6-10, 1958.10.07.1958#5486587
The 14th artistic gymnastics world championship in Moscow. The V. I. Lenin central stadium, July 6-10, 1958. Team USSR's athlete Albert Azaryan performs his program on pommel-horse.10.07.1958#3324714
The 14th artistic gymnastics world championship in Moscow. The V. I. Lenin central stadium, July 6-10, 1958. Team USSR's athlete Yuri Titov performs his program on parallel bars.10.07.1958#3324713
The USSR artistic gymnastics championship. Championship winners from the Ukrainian SSR team Boris Shakhlin, left, and Yuri Titov.01.06.1958#3324716
First USSR Summer Spartakiade (August 5-16, 1956) in Moscow. Vladimir Lenin Central Stadium (now Big Sports Arena at the Luzhniki Olympic Center). Long jumping sector. USSR champion, pentathlete Nina Vinogradova.10.08.1956#6401528
The XV Summer Olympic Games (July 19 - August 3, 1952) in Helsinki (Finland). In the discus thrower competition at the Helsinki Olympics, the entire podium was Soviet. The first Olympic gold medal was brought to the USSR national team by track and field athlete Nina Ponomareva-Romashkova. Three Soviet athletes are seen on the podium during the award ceremony, from left: Yelizaveta Bagryantseva (silver), Nina Ponomaryova-Romashkova (gold), and Nina Dumbadze (bronze).20.07.1952#8553071
Moscow's Dynamo Stadium hosts the Soviet Track and Field Championship, with Erik Veetyusme winning the 1,500-meter race.03.09.1949#3323673
