[When do we get liberated?]

wow, the formerr soviet union would have had 43 gold, 42 silver and 66 bronze. I miss the us-ussr competition.

[kabar]

The former Soviet Union would be limited in the number of competitors per event. Lumping all the former countries into the total is deceptive because each country can enter its own slate of competitors. For example, the former Soviet Union could enter only three competitors in the 400 meter dash. You can multiple that number today by the number of former USSR countries --presuming they met the qualifying standard.

China will be the new USSR in the summer Olympics. The Soviets won the most medals in 1956, 1960, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1988 (East Germans were second), and 1992 (United Team). There really was no competition. The Soviets kicked our asses. We boycotted the Moscow games in 1980 and they boycotted LA in 1984.