Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An zaɓi Botvinnik don ƙungiyar Olympiad ta Soviet daga 1954 zuwa 1964 tare, kuma ya taimaka wa tawagarsa ta kammala lambar zinare a kowane ɗayan waɗannan lokutan shida. A cikin
Amsterdam 1954 ya kasance a kan jirgin daya kuma ya lashe lambar zinare tare da 81⁄2/11. Sannan a gida don Moscow 1956, ya sake zama kwamitin ɗaya, kuma ya ci 91⁄2/13 don lambar tagulla. Don Munich 1958, ya ci 9/12 don lambar azurfa a kan jirgin ɗaya. A Leipzig 1960, ya buga kwamitin biyu a bayan Mikhail Tal, bayan da ya rasa kambinsa ga Tal a farkon wannan shekarar, amma ya lashe lambar zinare biyu tare da 101⁄2/13. Ya dawo a jirgin daya don Varna 1962, ya ci 8/12, amma ya kasa lashe lambar yabo a karo na farko a gasar Olympics. Wasannin Olympics na karshe shi ne Tel Aviv 1964, inda ya lashe tagulla tare da 9/12, yana wasa da kwamitin 2 kamar yadda ya rasa taken sa ga Petrosian. Gabaɗaya, a wasannin Olympics shida, ya ci 541⁄2/73 don fitaccen