The Soviet Union (USSR) competed, for the last time before its dissolution, at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. 481 competitors, 319 men and 162 women, took part in 221 events in 27 sports. Athletes from 12 of the ex-Soviet republics would compete as the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics, and each nation would field independent teams in subsequent Games. The Soviet Union utterly dominated the medal count, winning 55 gold and 132 total medals. Currently, China's 48 gold medals in 2008 and USA's 121 total medals in 2016 are the closest results to USSR's 1988 performance. The Soviet Union medal tally currently ranks fourth both in terms of gold and total medals, after USA's 1984 performance, USSR's 1980 performance, USA's 1904 performance, and Britain's 1908 performance. Medalists Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Archery Women's Individual Competition: Lioudmila Arjannikova – final, 4th place T. Mountain – final, 8th place N. Boutouzova – quarterfinal, 18th place Men's Individual Competition: Vladimir Echeev – final, bronze medal K. Chkolny – 1/8 final, 20th place Juri Leontiev – preliminary round, 29th place Women's tournament: Arjannikova, Mountain and Boutouzova – final, 4th place Men's tournament: Echeev, Chkolny and Leontiev – final, 5th place Athletics Men's competition Men's Marathon Ravil Kashapov Final — 2:13.49 (→ 10th place) Men's long jump Leonid Volochine Qualification — 7.89m Final — 7.89m (→ 8th place) Robert Emmiyan Qualification — DNF (→ did not advance) Vladimir Otchkan Qualification — DNS (→ did not advance) Men's discus throw Romas Ubartas Qualification – 65.58m Final – 67.48m (→ Silver medal) Yuriy Dumchev Qualification – 62.08m Final – 66.42m (→ 4th place) Vaclavas Kidykas Qualification – 60.88m (→ did not advance) Men's shot put Sergey Smirnov Qualification — 20.48m Final — 20.36m (→ 8th place) Men's Hammer Throw Sergey Litvinov Qualification — 81.24m Final — 84.80m (→ Gold medal) Yuriy Sedykh Qualification — 78.48m Final — 83.76m (→ Silver medal) Jüri Tamm Qualification — 69.68m Final — 81.16m (→ Bronze medal) Men's javelin throw Viktor Yevsyukov Qualification — 79.26m Final — 82.32m (→ 5th place) Vladimir Ovchinnikov Qualification — 80.26m Final — 79.12m (→ 7th place) Men's decathlon Pavel Tarnovetsky — 8167 points (→ 10th place) 100 metres — 11.23s Long Jump — 7.28m Shot Put — 15.25m High Jump — 1.97m 400 metres — 48.60s 110m Hurdles — 14.76s Discus Throw — 48.02m