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Sports Deep Background: Reference Detail (1033 words) |
 | The Central Lenin Stadium, one of the largest sports complexes in the world, was constructed in 1955-1956 on a bend in the Moscow River near the center of Moscow. |
| From 1952 onwards, when the Soviets first sent a team to the Olympic Games, people in both countries enthusiastically kept track of whose athletes had won the most medals. |
| The final tallies for the rivalry are as follows: in the Summer Games between 1952 and 1992, the USSR won 445 gold, 356 silver, and 322 bronze medals for a total of 1123, while the USA won 410, 313, and 261, respectively, a total of 984. |
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