Basketball at the Summer Olympics has been a sport for men consistently since 1936. Prior to its inclusion as a medal sport, basketball was held as an unofficial demonstration event in 1904 and 1924. Women's basketball made its debut in the Summer Olympics in 1976. FIBA organizes both the men's and women's FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments and the Summer Olympics basketball tournaments, which are sanctioned by the IOC.
Water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since the second games, in 1900. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2000 Summer Olympics. Hungary has been the most successful country in men's tournament, while the United States is the only team to win multiple times at the women's tournament since its introduction. Italy was the first to win both the men's and women's water polo tournaments.
Sergei Valerianovich Bazarevich is a Russian former professional basketball player and coach. At 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) and 175 lb (79 kg), he played at the point guard and shooting guard positions.
Boris Nikitich Popov is a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Tatyana Dshandshgava, néeShalimova is a Kazakhstani and Russian former handball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics, for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics, and for Austria in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Natalya Gennadyevna Morskova, née Kirtchik is a Russian former handball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics and for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Vladimir Grigorevich Kondra is a Russian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1972 Summer Olympics, in the 1976 Summer Olympics, and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. After his retirement, he became a successful volleyball coach, working most notably in CSKA Moscow, Olympiacos and the French men's national team.
Vladimir Dmitrievich Chernyshov was a Russian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Vladimir Vyacheslavovich Dorokhov is a Russian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
Yuri Cherednik is a Russian former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics and for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics. He is 203 cm tall. Later he was part of the Russia men's national volleyball team. He played for Lube Treia Italy.
Andrei Kuznetsov was a Russian volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics and for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics. He was born in Poltava, Ukraine and was 196 cm tall. In 1988 he was part of the Soviet team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all seven matches. Four years later he finished seventh with the Unified Team in the 1992 Olympic tournament. He played all eight matches.
Valery Losev is a Kyrgyzstani former volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He was a setter.
Igor Runov (‹See Tfd›Russian: Игорь Рунов; 8 February 1963 – 11 April 2011} was a Russian volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In 1988, he was part of the Soviet team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played four matches. Four years later, he finished seventh with the Unified Team in the 1992 Olympic tournament. He played six matches.
Evgeni Viktorovich Mitkov is a Russian volleyball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Ruslan Iosifovich Olikhver is a Russian former volleyball player of Latvian origin who competed for the Unified Team in the 1992 Summer Olympics, and for Russia in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Tatyana Ivanovna Sidorenko is a former Soviet, Russian and Croatian competitive volleyball player and Olympic gold medalist. Sidorenko won a gold medal with the Soviet team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and a silver medal with the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
Valeri Tikhonenko is a retired Soviet and Russian professional basketball player and coach. During his playing career, he played at the small forward and power forward positions, with power forward being his main position. He represented both the Soviet Union and Russia in national team competitions. With the Soviet Union, he won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Soviet Union men's national water polo team and the Unified Team men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
