Russia at the Olympics

Russia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Russia IOC code  RUS NOC Russian Olympic Committee external link (Russian)
Olympic history
Summer Games
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912
1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008
Winter Games
1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006
Other related appearances
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 forty years until Russian athletes once again competed at the Olympics, as part of 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 will host the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Russian athletes have won a total of 324 medals (316 since 1994) at the Summer Olympic Games and another 76 at the Winter Olympic Games. Over the most recent eight Games (since 1994), Russia's 392 total medals, including 141 gold medals, are second only to the United States (with 489 and 183, respectively).

The Russian Olympic Committee was created in 1989 and recognized in 1993.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1900 Paris	0	0	0	0
1904 St. Louis	did not participate
1908 London	1	2	0	3
1912 Stockholm	0	2	3	5
1920–1948	did not participate
1952–1988	as part of the Soviet Union
1992 Barcelona	as part of the Unified Team
1996 Atlanta	26	21	16	63
2000 Sydney	32	28	28	88
2004 Athens	27	27	38	92
2008 Beijing	23	21	29	73
Total*	109	101	114	324

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1924–1952	did not participate
1956–1988	as part of the Soviet Union
1992 Albertville	as part of the Unified Team
1994 Lillehammer	11	8	4	23
1998 Nagano	9	6	3	18
2002 Salt Lake City	5	4	4	13
2006 Turin	8	6	8	22
Total*	33	24	19	76

Medals by summer sport

Medals by winter sport

*Total medal counts include a gold medal awarded in the figure skating events at the 1908 Summer Olympics. This medal is included in the summer games medal totals and the winter sport medal totals. This is why the totals for summer and winter games do not match the totals for summer and winter sports.

Flag Bearers

• 1994 Winter Olympics - Sergey Chepikov
• 1996 Summer Olympics - Alexander Karelin
• 1998 Winter Olympics - Alexey Prokurorov
• 2000 Summer Olympics - Andrey Lavrov
• 2002 Winter Olympics - Alexey Prokurorov
• 2004 Summer Olympics - Alexander Popov
• 2006 Winter Olympics - Dmitry Dorofeev
• 2008 Summer Olympics - Andrei Kirilenko

See also

• Category:Olympic competitors for Russia

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp. Retrieved 2007-10-11. 
• "Russian Olympic Committee". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=RUS. Retrieved 2007-10-11.