Running 50 minutes this video is from the first part of the seventh tape from The Olympiad Greatest series. "They emerged as a sudden athletic power, one that could run, box, vault, swim, hurdle and slam dunk with equal ease. From their debut at the 1952 Helsinki Games through their final appearance as a single nation at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, Soviet athletes excelled in practically every Olympic event. Success has been there legacy. And this is their phenomenal story." Bud Greenspan originally told this story in 1976.
