from 01.01.1997 until now
St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
CSCSTI 77.29
The purpose of this work was to analyze the state of modern athletics in the post-Soviet space from the point of view of the successful performance of athletes at the Olympic Games and World Cup and compare the results of the Soviet and post-Soviet periods. The results of the study revealed the continuity of Soviet trends with a large advantage in the success of female sports over male ones in all countries of the former USSR, except for the Baltic countries. At the same time, the competitiveness of world-class athletes can be stated only in 7 countries of the former USSR out of 15. After the collapse of the USSR, the active development of high-class athletics is observed only in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the Baltic countries and partly in Kazakhstan. The track and field athletes of the remaining post-Soviet republics are absolutely uncompetitive on the world stage and over the past 30 years have been represented by a maximum of 1-2 athletes.
athletics, countries of the former USSR, Olympic Games, World Championships
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