Russia at the Summer Olympics
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| Russia at the Olympic Games | ||||
 Flag of Russia |
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| IOC code: | RUS | |||
| NOC: | Russian Olympic Committee external link (Russian) |
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| Summer Olympic Games appearances | ||||
| 1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912
1996 • 2000 • 2004 |
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| Winter Olympic Games appearances | ||||
| 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 | ||||
| Other related appearances | ||||
 Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992) |
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Russia has competed at many Summer Olympic Games, first appearing in the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
After the 1916 Summer Olympics were interrupted by World War I, Russia became part of the Soviet Union, which would not return to the Olympic Games until 1952. The USSR would compete in every Olympic Games from then on, except for 1984, which they boycotted to protest the host country, the United States, boycotting the 1980 Summer Olympics, which the USSR hosted.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia and the other component states of the Commonwealth of Independent States competed together as a Unified Team in 1992. Since 1996, Russia has once more competed independently.
| Year | Sports | Competitors | Events | Medals | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |||||
| 1900 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1904 | Did not compete | |||||||
| 1908 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12th |
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[edit] Athletics
Russia's Olympic athletics debut was in 1908.
| Year | Athletes | Events | Medals | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | ||||
| 1908 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
[edit] Equestrian
Russia had two competitors at the first Olympic equestrian competitions, in the same year that Russia first appeared at the Olympics in 1900.
| Year | Equestrians | Events | Medals | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | ||||
| 1900 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1904 | Nation did not appear | ||||||
| 1908 | Did not compete | ||||||
[edit] Fencing
Russia had two competitors in fencing when the nation first appeared at the Olympics.
| Year | Fencers | Events | Medals | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | ||||
| 1900 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1904 | Nation did not appear | ||||||
| 1908 | Did not compete | ||||||
[edit] Figure skating
Russia competed in the first Olympic figure skating contests.
| Year | Skaters | Events | Medals | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | ||||
| 1908 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4th |
[edit] Wrestling
Russia's Olympic wrestling debut was in 1908.
| Year | Wrestlers | Events | Medals | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | ||||
| 1908 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7th |
