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Russia at the
Olympics
IOC codeRUS
NOCRussian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.roc.ru Template:Ru icon
Medals
Gold
198
Silver
163
Bronze
190
Total
551
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1900–1912)
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)
 Unified Team (1992)
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (2018)
 ROC (2020–2022)
 Individual Neutral Athletes (2024)

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 451 medals at the Summer Olympic Games and another 124 at the Winter Olympic Games. Over the most recent twelve Games (since 1994), Russia's 575 total medals, including 200 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.

Games Host city Dates Nations Participants Events
2014 Winter Olympics Sochi 7–23 February 88 2,873 98

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count
*Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

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]

Stripped Olympic medals

See also: List of stripped Olympic medals

Due to doping violations, Russia has been stripped of 37 Olympic medals – the most of any country and four times the number for the second nation. It was the leading country in terms of the number of medals removed due to doping at the 2002 Winter Olympics (5 medals), the 2008 Summer Olympics (14 medals), and the 2012 Summer Olympics (13 medals).

Olympics Athlete Medal Event Ref
2002 Winter Olympics Olga Danilova Gold Cross-country skiing, women's 5 km + 5 km combined pursuit [5]
Silver Cross-country skiing, women's 10 km classical [5]
Larisa Lazutina Gold Cross-country skiing, women's 30 km classical [5][6]
Silver Cross-country skiing, women's 15 km freestyle [7]
Silver Cross-country skiing, women's 5 km + 5 km combined pursuit [7]
2004 Summer Olympics Irina Korzhanenko Gold Athletics, women's shot put [8]
Svetlana Krivelyova Bronze Athletics, women's shot put [9]
Oleg Perepetchenov Bronze Weightlifting, men's 77 kg [10]
2006 Winter Olympics Olga Pyleva Silver Biathlon, women's individual [11]
2008 Summer Olympics Relay team (Yuliya Chermoshanskaya) Gold Athletics, women's 4 × 100 m relay [12]
Relay team
(Anastasiya Kapachinskaya, Tatyana Firova) 		Silver Athletics, women's 4 × 400 m relay [14]
Maria Abakumova Silver Athletics, women's javelin throw [15]
Relay team (Denis Alexeev) Bronze Athletics, men's 4 × 400 m relay [15]
Yekaterina Volkova Bronze Athletics, women's 3000 m steeplechase [17]
Anna Chicherova Bronze Athletics, women's high jump [19]
Khadzhimurat Akkayev Bronze Weightlifting, men's 94 kg [20]
Dmitry Lapikov Bronze Weightlifting, men's 105 kg [20]
Marina Shainova Silver Weightlifting, women's 58 kg [14]
Nadezhda Evstyukhina Bronze Weightlifting, women's 75 kg [14]
Khasan Baroyev Silver Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman 120 kg [20]
Tatyana Lebedeva Silver Athletics, women's triple jump [21]
Tatyana Lebedeva Silver Athletics, women's long jump [21]
Tatyana Chernova Bronze Athletics, Women's heptathlon [22]
2012 Summer Olympics Tatyana Lysenko Gold Athletics, women's hammer throw [23]
Yuliya Zaripova Gold Athletics, women's 3000 m steeplechase [24][25]
Sergey Kirdyapkin Gold Athletics, men's 50 km walk [26]
Tatyana Chernova Bronze Athletics, women's heptathlon [27]
Darya Pishchalnikova Silver Athletics, women's discus throw [28]
Yevgeniya Kolodko Silver Athletics, women's shot put [29]
Olga Kaniskina Silver Athletics, women's 20 km walk [30]
Apti Aukhadov Silver Weightlifting, men's 85 kg [31]
Aleksandr Ivanov Silver Weightlifting, men's 94 kg [25]
Natalia Zabolotnaya Silver Weightlifting, women's 75 kg [25]
Svetlana Tsarukayeva Silver Weightlifting, women's 63 kg
Antonina Krivoshapka Silver Athletics, women's 4 × 400 m relay [32]
2016 Summer Olympics Mikhail Aloyan Silver Boxing, men's flyweight [33]

2016 Summer Olympics partical ban and 2018 Winter Olympics possible ban

The IOC's decision on 24 July 2016 was widely criticized by both athletes[34][35][36] and writers,[37][38][39] as well as members of the Olympic Committee. A member of the IOC Athletes' Commission, Hayley Wickenheiser, wrote, "I ask myself if we were not dealing with Russia would this decision to ban a nation [have] been an easier one? I fear the answer is yes".[35] Writing for Deutsche Welle in Germany, Olivia Gerstenberger said that the head of the IOC, Thomas Bach had "flunked" his first serious test, adding, "With this decision, the credibility of the organization is shattered once more, while that of state-sponsored doping actually receives a minor boost".[40] Bild (Germany) described Bach as "Putin's poodle".[41]

After the IOC's decision not to ban Russia from the competition, Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko said it was "a just and fair decision and we hope every federation will take the same kind of decision. Doping is a worldwide evil, not only of Russia".[42] The Russian media's reaction was "nearly euphoric at points".[43]

On 30 July 2016 the IOC announced that a final decision on each athlete would be made by a newly established IOC panel consisting of Ugur Erdener, Claudia Bokel, and Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr.[44] Originally Russia submitted a list of 389 athletes for competition. On 7 August 2016, the IOC cleared 278 athletes to compete, while 111 were removed because of the scandal.[45][46]

Russia possibly banned for participation, or only neutral participation 2018 Winter Olympics due to a serious doping scandal at 2014 Winter Olympics.[47]

Flag bearers

Main article: List of flag bearers for Russia at the Olympics

See also

References

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