Helsinki Summer Games Russian athletes participate for the first time in forty years. Soviet Maria Gorokhovskaya—unhindered by the limits set on female competitors at earlier Games—sets a record for most medals won by a woman in one Olympics, with two golds and five silvers The U.S. edges out the U.S.S.R. in the overall medal count, 76-71. Czechoslovakian Emil Zátopek sets Olympic records in the 5,000 meter race, 10,000 meter race, and the marathon, an event he'd never run before.
