Russia at the Olympics

Russia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Russia IOC code  RUS NOC Russian Olympic Committee Website www.roc.ru (Russian)
Olympic history
Summer Games
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Winter Games
1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912) Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992)

Russia has competed at the modern Olympic Games on many occasions, but as different nations in its history. As the Russian Empire, the nation first competed at the 1900 Games, and returned again in 1908 and 1912. After the Russian revolution in 1917, and the subsequent establishment of the Soviet Union in 1922, it would be thirty years until Russian athletes once again competed at the Olympics, as the Soviet Union at the 1952 Summer Olympics. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia competed as part of the Unified Team in 1992, and finally returned once again as Russia at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

The Soviet Union hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and Russia hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Russian athletes have won a total of 397 medals at the Summer Olympic Games and another 124 at the Winter Olympic Games. Over the most recent ten Games (since 1994), Russia's 488 total medals, including 169 gold medals, are second only to the United States (with 631 and 237, respectively).

The Russian Olympic Committee was created in 1991 and recognized in 1993.

In November 2015, Russia was suspended from all international athletic competitions, including the athletics events in the 2016 Summer Olympics, by the IAAF following a World Anti-Doping Agency report into doping in athletics.^[1]

All Summer and Winter Olympic medals of the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire were inherited by Russia, but not combined together with the medal count of the Russian Federation.

Medal tables

*Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Medals by Summer Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1900–1912 as part of the  Russian Empire (RU1) 1920–1948 did not participate 1952–1988 as part of the  Soviet Union (URS) 1992 Barcelona as part of the  Unified Team (EUN) 1996 Atlanta 390 26 21 16 63 2 2000 Sydney 435 32 28 29 89 2 2004 Athens 446 28 26 36 90 3 2008 Beijing 455 23 21 29 73 3 2012 London 436 24 25 32 81 4 2016 Rio de Janeiro 2020 Tokyo Total 133 121 142 396 12

Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1924–1952 did not participate 1956–1988 as part of the  Soviet Union (URS) 1992 Albertville as part of the  Unified Team (EUN) 1994 Lillehammer 113 11 8 4 23 1 1998 Nagano 122 9 6 3 18 3 2002 Salt Lake City 151 5 4 4 13 5 2006 Turin 190 8 6 8 22 4 2010 Vancouver 177 3 5 7 15 11 2014 Sochi 232 13 11 9 33 1 2018 Pyeongchang Total 49 40 35 124 9

Medals by summer sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Athletics 26 26 25 77 Wrestling 25 10 13 48 Gymnastics 19 16 18 53 Boxing 9 5 12 26 Fencing 9 4 6 19 Synchronized swimming 8 0 0 8 Shooting 7 11 9 27 Swimming 5 7 7 19 Cycling 5 3 8 16 Diving 4 8 6 18 Weightlifting 3 13 10 26 Judo 3 4 6 13 Modern pentathlon 3 1 0 4 Canoeing 2 3 6 11 Tennis 2 3 2 7 Volleyball 1 3 2 6 Handball 1 1 1 3 Rowing 1 0 2 3 Taekwondo 0 1 2 3 Water polo 0 1 2 3 Sailing 0 1 0 1 Basketball 0 0 3 3 Archery 0 0 1 1 Badminton 0 0 1 1 Total 133 121 142 396    Leading in that sport

Medals by winter sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Cross country skiing 14 10 9 33 Figure skating 14 9 3 26 Biathlon 10 6 8 24 Speed skating 3 5 5 13 Short track speed skating 3 1 1 5 Snowboarding 2 2 1 5 Bobsleigh 2 1 1 4 Skeleton 1 0 2 3 Luge 0 3 0 3 Freestyle skiing 0 1 3 4 Ice hockey 0 1 1 2 Alpine skiing 0 1 0 1 Nordic combined 0 0 1 1 Total 49 40 35 124

Notes

• On 11 August 2012, Evgeniya Kanaeva made history by becoming the first individual back to back olympic champion in rhythmic gymnastics at the individual all around event.
• On 12 August 2012, the Russian group of rhythmic gymnastics won their fourth title in a row at the group all around.
• On 9 February 2014, Russia captured the inaugural gold medal in the team figure skating event at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.^[2] Yulia Lipnitskaya, at 15, becomes the youngest Russian Winter Olympic medalist.^[3]
• On 10 February 2014, Viktor Ahn won the first short track speedskating medal for Russia competing as Russia. He won the bronze medal in the 1500m short track speedskating event at the 2014 Sochi winter Olympics.^[4]
• On 15 February 2014, Ahn won the second Russian gold medal in the 1000m short track speedskating event, leading the first Russian 1-2 finish in short track, with Vladimir Grigorev winning silver. At 31 years and 191 days, Grigorev also became the oldest man to win a short track Olympic medal.^[5]
• On 20 February 2014, Adelina Sotnikova won the first ever Russian ladies figure skating gold medal.^[3]

Flag bearers

• 1994 Lillehammer - Sergei Tchepikov
• 1996 Atlanta - Aleksandr Karelin
• 1998 Nagano - Alexey Prokurorov
• 2000 Sydney - Andrey Lavrov
• 2002 Salt Lake City - Alexey Prokurorov
• 2004 Athens - Alexander Popov
• 2006 Turin - Dmitry Dorofeyev
• 2008 Beijing - Andrei Kirilenko
• 2010 Vancouver - Aleksey Morozov
• 2012 London - Maria Sharapova
• 2014 Sochi - Alexander Zubkov

See also

• Category:Olympic competitors for Russia
• Russia at the Paralympics

References

1. "Athletics doping: Russia provisionally suspended by IAAF". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
2. Alice Park (20 February 2014). "Russia Has Its First Ladies Figure Skating Gold Medalist, But It’s Not Lipnitskaya". Time.
3. "Sochi 2014: Adelina Sotnikova wins Russia’s first-ever women's figure skating gold". RT. 20 February 2014.
4. Mark Zeigler (10 February 2014). "Viktor Ahn: For Russia, with love". U-T San Diego.
5. Beth Harris (15 February 2014). "Viktor Ahn wins 1st Olympic gold and 2nd short track medal for his adopted Russia". Associated Press (Yahoo Sports).

External links

• "Russian Federation". International Olympic Committee.
• "Results and Medalists". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee.
• "Russia". Sports-Reference.com.