Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Taimanov ya wakilci USSR a wasan kungiya na kasa da kasa tare da babbar nasara. A cikin
1956 Chess Olympiad a Moscow, a matsayin ajiyar farko ya zira kwallaye (+ 6−0 = 5), ya lashe lambar zinare da lambar tagulla. Wannan shi ne kawai bayyanarsa a gasar Olympics.