Russia at the Olympics

Russia at the Olympics
IOC code	RUS
NOC	Russian Olympic Committee
Website	www.roc.ru (Russian)
Medals	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 0 0
Summer appearances
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Winter appearances
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 Russian Olympic Committee was created in 1991 and recognized in 1993. The Soviet Union hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and Russia hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

In six appearances Russian athletes have won a total of 432 medals at the Summer Olympic Games and another 124 at the Winter Olympic Games. Over the most recent twelve Games (since 1994), Russia's 556 total medals, including 197 gold medals, are second only to the United States.

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.

Hosted Games

Russia has hosted the Games on one occasion.

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 22 17 23 62 3 2012 London 436 21 20 31 72 4 2016 Rio de Janeiro 291 19 18 19 56 4 2020 Tokyo Future event Total 148 130 154 432 10

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 Future event 2022 Beijing Future event Total 49 40 35 124 9

Medals by summer sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Wrestling 29 12 15 56 Athletics 22 22 21 65 Gymnastics 22 21 21 64 Fencing 13 5 8 26 Boxing 10 6 15 31 Synchronized swimming 10 0 0 10 Shooting 7 13 11 31 Swimming 5 9 9 23 Cycling 5 5 9 19 Judo 5 4 7 16 Diving 4 8 6 18 Modern pentathlon 4 1 0 5 Weightlifting 3 9 7 19 Tennis 3 3 2 8 Canoeing 2 3 7 12 Handball 2 1 1 4 Volleyball 1 3 2 6 Rowing 1 0 2 3 Taekwondo 0 2 2 4 Water polo 0 1 3 4 Archery 0 1 1 2 Sailing 0 1 1 2 Basketball 0 0 3 3 Badminton 0 0 1 1 Total 148 130 154 432    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 21 August 2016, the Russian group of rhythmic gymnastics won their fifth title in a row at the group all around competition.
• On 19 August 2016, both the Russian duet and team of synchronized swimming won their fifth title in a row at the duet and group events.
• On 9 February 2014, Russia captured the inaugural gold medal in the team figure skating event at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.^[1] Yulia Lipnitskaya, at 15, becomes the youngest Russian Winter Olympic medalist.^[2]
• 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.^[3]
• 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.^[4]
• On 20 February 2014, Adelina Sotnikova won the first ever Russian ladies figure skating gold medal.^[2]

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
• 2016 Rio de Janeiro - Sergey Tetyukhin

See also

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

References

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. 

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