The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics competed for the only time at the Summer Paralympic Games in 1988. The country also competed for the only time at the Winter Paralympic Games that same year.^[1]

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Soviet Union at the Paralympics
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IPC code	URS
Medals	Gold 21 Silver 20 Bronze 17 Total 58
Summer appearances
1988
Winter appearances
1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
Unified Team (1992)  Estonia (1992–)  Latvia (1992–)  Lithuania (1992–)  Belarus (1994–)  Kazakhstan (1994–)  Russia (1994–2014)  Armenia (1996–)  Azerbaijan (1996–)  Kyrgyzstan (1996–)  Moldova (1996–)  Ukraine (1996–)  Turkmenistan (2000–)  Tajikistan (2004–)  Uzbekistan (2004–)  Georgia (2008–)  Neutral Paralympic Athletes (2018)  RPC (2020)

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Soviet athletes won 21 gold medals, 20 silver and 15 bronze at the Summer Games, as well as two bronze medals at the Winter Games.^[2] The USSR's most successful Paralympian was Vadim Kalmykov, with four gold medals in track and field.^[3]

The only athlete to win a Paralympic medal for the USSR at the Winter Games was Valentina Grigoryeva, who won two bronze medals in cross-country skiing.^[4]

• Soviet Union at the Olympics