Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSRFirst event | 1956 |
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Occur every | 4 years |
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Last event | 1991 |
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Purpose | National sports festival |
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Headquarters | Moscow, Soviet Union |
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The Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR (Russian: Спартакиада народов СССР, Spartakiada narodov SSSR[1]) was a mass multi-sport event in the Soviet Union which lasted from 1956–1991. The competition was a descendant of the international Spartakiads, named after the classical escaped slave leader Spartacus. The USSR Spartakiad comprised two separate quadrennial competitions: the Summer Spartakiad and the Winter Spartakiad. The competitions were conducted between the constituent Republics of the Soviet Union.
In 1952 the Soviet Union decided to join the Olympic movement, and international Spartakiads ceased. However the term continued to exist for internal sports events in the Soviet Union of different levels, from local up to the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR. The first Soviet Spartakiad was held in 1956.[2] The competition had local level qualifying competitions, with the summer finals traditionally staged in the capital, Moscow, and the winter finals in Sverdlovsk.
Editions
A commemorative stamp for the 1956 Spartakiade, showing women's basketball
Summer
Winter
1982 Winter Spartakiad (post stamp)
Sports
Summer
Sports
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1956
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1959
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1963
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1967
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1971
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1975
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1979
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1983
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1986
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1991
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Total
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Archery
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|
|
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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6
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Athletics (details)
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
|
X
|
10
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Badminton
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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X
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X
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2
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Basketball
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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|
9
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Boxing
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
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X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
X
|
10
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Chess
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|
X
|
X
|
X
|
|
X
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X
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X
|
X
|
X
|
8
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Cycling (track)
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X
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|
|
X
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X
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X
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X
|
X
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X
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X
|
8
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Cycling (road)
|
X
|
X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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10
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Diving
|
X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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10
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Equestrian
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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10
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Fencing
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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10
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Field hockey
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|
|
|
|
|
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X
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X
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X
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3
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Football (details)
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X
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|
|
|
|
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X
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X
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X
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4
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Gorodki
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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X
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X
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2
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Gymnastics (acrobatic)
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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X
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X
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2
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Gymnastics (artistic)
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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10
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Gymnastics (rhythmic)
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|
|
|
|
|
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X
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X
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X
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X
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4
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Gymnastics (trampolining)
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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X
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X
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2
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Handball
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|
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|
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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|
5
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Judo
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|
|
|
|
|
X
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X
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X
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X
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4
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Kayak and Canoe
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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10
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Kettlebell lifting
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
X
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1
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Modern pentathlon
|
X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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|
9
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Motorcycle sport
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X
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|
|
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|
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1
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Rowing
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|
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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8
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Sailing
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|
|
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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6
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Sambo
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|
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|
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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6
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Shooting
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
|
|
9
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Skeet shooting
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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|
9
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Swimming
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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10
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Synchronized swimming
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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X
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X
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X
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3
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Table tennis
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X
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X
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|
|
|
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X
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X
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X
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5
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Tennis
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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9
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Underwater sports
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
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X
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1
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Volleyball (men)
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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10
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Volleyball (women)
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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9
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Water polo
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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9
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Water skiing
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|
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X
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1
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Weightlifting
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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10
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Wrestling (freestyle)
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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10
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Wrestling (Greco-Roman)
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
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X
|
10
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