sov">Sergey Tarasov</a> was the only individual to win three medals, while <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myriam_B%C3%A9dard" title="Myriam Bédard">Myriam Bédard</a> led the individual medal table with two gold medals.</p>
<p>Bédard's pair of gold medals were the first won an athlete from outside Europe or the Soviet Union. In addition, <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentyna_Tserbe-Nessina" title="Valentyna Tserbe-Nessina">Valentyna Tserbe-Nessina</a> became the first Olympic medalist from Ukraine,