Claim: Having won nearly every world championship between 1954 and 1991, the Soviet Union national ice hockey team won a total of 20 golds in the Ice Hockey World Championships since 1954.
Evidence: 1954 Sweden 1963 Sweden 1965 Finland 1966 Yugoslavia 1967 Austria 1968 France 1969 Sweden 1970 Sweden 1971 Switzerland 1973 Soviet Union 1974 Finland 1975 West Germany 1978 Czechoslovakia 1979 Soviet Union 1981 Sweden 1982 Finland 1983 West Germany 1986 Soviet Union 1989 Sweden 1990 Switzerland Olympic medal record