Athletics at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR

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Athletics was one of the sports at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR , and featured on the programme at all ten editions of the competition from 1956 to 1991. The competition was incorporated into the annual Soviet Athletics Championships in 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983 and 1991. [1] The 1986 edition was not incorporated into the senior national championship as the Spartakiad imposed an upper age limit of 23 years for competitors that year. The results of the 1986 men's 10,000 metres were excluded from the Spartakiad rankings due to the slow finishing times achieved in the 30 degree heat. [2]

The team competitions were generally staged between the Republics of the Soviet Union plus separate teams for Moscow and Leningrad, although foreign athletes competed in 1979 and 1983, and the team competition was abolished for the final edition.

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EditionYearVenueCityNationStart DateEnd DateAthletesTeamsEventsTop Placed Team
I1956 ( details ) Central Lenin Stadium Moscow Soviet Union5 August16 August36Flag of Moscow, Russia.svg  Moscow
II1959 ( details ) Central Lenin Stadium Moscow Soviet Union9 August14 August13431738Flag of Leningrad Oblast.svg  Leningrad
III1963 ( details ) Central Lenin Stadium Moscow Soviet Union9 August15 August37Flag of Moscow, Russia.svg  Moscow
IV1967 ( details ) Central Lenin Stadium Moscow Soviet Union28 July1 August41Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR
V1971 ( details ) Central Lenin Stadium Moscow Soviet Union16 July19 July41Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg  Ukrainian SSR
VI1975 ( details ) Central Lenin Stadium Moscow Soviet Union27 July30 July39Flag of Moscow, Russia.svg  Moscow
VII1979 ( details ) Central Lenin Stadium Moscow Soviet Union21 July29 Julyover 1500 (including 200 foreign)42Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR
VIII1983 ( details ) Central Lenin Stadium Moscow Soviet Union18 June22 Juneover 1500 (including foreign)32 (countries)39Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR
IX1986 ( details ) Pakhtakor Central Stadium Tashkent Soviet Union16 September20 September42Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg  Ukrainian SSR
X1991 ( details ) Republican Stadium Kyiv Soviet Union10 July13 July44None

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References

  1. Soviet Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  2. Панорама спортивного года, 1986 / Сост. Андрианов В. М.. — М.: Физкультура и спорт, 1987. — С. 249—255. (in Russian)
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