Russia at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Russia participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

In summary, the country's participants earned 15 medals: 3 gold, 5 silver and 7 bronze. The 3 gold medals was the worst ever result for Russia since competing after the breakup of the Soviet Union, while the 15 total medals were the country's second lowest output after the 2002 Winter Games. This was seen as a national humiliation considering that Russia would host the next Winter Games at Sochi.^[1]

In contrast to the 2002 team where the public blamed Russia's disappointments on biased judges and officiating, athletes from the 2010 team were criticized for performing below expectations, particularly after the men's hockey team was eliminated 7–3 in the quarterfinals. There was some controversy over judging at the men's skating competition, where Evan Lysacek of the United States defeated Evgeni Plushenko; Lysacek skated a cleaner long program but did not have a quadruple jump compared to Plushenko.

According to Dr. Maxim Titorenko, a Russian psychoanalyst and anthropologist,"the reasons for failures were to a large extent psychological. By receiving advance rewards [from the government] for something they were expected to do in future, the sportsmen lost all psychological incentive for further achievements.”^[1] The comparatively poor result generated a "chorus of criticism" in Russia, and President Dmitry Medvedev demanded the resignation of Russian Olympic officials and ordered an audit.^[2] Corruption and lack of training infrastructure, as well as cronyism and apathy of Russian sports managers, was criticized.^[3] It was later learned that Russia's performance at the Olympics followed widespread misspending by sports officials and a dysfunctional bureaucracy, according to government auditors. Russia spent $186 million for the games, including preparations. The audit cited dozens of examples of money being wasted, saying the figure ran into millions of dollars.^[2]

By contrast, Russia performed well at the Paralympics, also hosted in Vancouver, the following month. This led the media to highlight the contrast between the achievements of the country's Olympic and Paralympic delegations, despite the greater attention awarded to the Olympics.^[4]^[5]

With Sochi being the host city of the 2014 Winter Olympics, a Russian segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Nikita Kriukov	Cross-country skiing	Men's sprint
Gold	Evgeny Ustyugov	Biathlon	Men's mass start
Gold	Svetlana Sleptsova Anna Bogaliy-Titovets Olga Medvedtseva Olga Zaitseva	Biathlon	Women's relay
Silver	Alexander Panzhinskiy	Cross-country skiing	Men's sprint
Silver	Evgeni Plushenko	Figure skating	Men's singles
Silver	Olga Zaitseva	Biathlon	Women's mass start
Silver	Ivan Skobrev	Speed skating	Men's 10000 metres
Silver	Ekaterina Ilyukhina	Snowboarding	Women's parallel giant slalom
Bronze	Ivan Skobrev	Speed skating	Men's 5000 metres
Bronze	Aleksandr Tretyakov	Skeleton	Men's skeleton
Bronze	Alexandr Zubkov Alexey Voyevoda	Bobsleigh	Two-man
Bronze	Irina Khazova Natalya Korostelyova	Cross-country skiing	Women's team sprint
Bronze	Nikolay Morilov Alexey Petukhov	Cross-country skiing	Men's team sprint
Bronze	Oksana Domnina Maxim Shabalin	Figure skating	Ice dancing
Bronze	Ivan Tcherezov Anton Shipulin Maxim Tchoudov Evgeny Ustyugov	Biathlon	Men's relay

Sport	Men	Women	Total	Competed	Total	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sport	Athletes			Events		Gold	Silver	Bronze
Alpine skiing	3	2	5	10	10
Biathlon	5	6	11	10	10	2	1	1
Bobsleigh	13	4	17	3	3			1
Cross-country skiing	11	8	19	12	12	1	1	2
Curling		5	5	1	2
Figure skating	8	8	16	4	4		1	1
Freestyle skiing	7	5	12	5	6
Ice hockey	23	21	44	2	2
Luge	7	3	10	3	3
Nordic combined	2		2	2	3
Short track speed skating	2	3	5	6	8
Skeleton	2	2	4	2	2			1
Ski jumping	4		4	3	3
Snowboarding	2	4	6	3	6		1
Speed skating	7	10	17	11	12		1	1
TOTAL	96	81	177	77	86	3	5	7

Alpine skiing

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Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Aleksandr Khoroshilov^[6]	Men's downhill			1:59.21	45
	Men's super-G			1:32.84	28
	Men's combined	1:56.77	52.51	2:49.28	21
	Men's giant slalom	1:21.28	1:24.08	2:45.36	38
	Men's slalom	50.50	52.32	1:42.82	23
Sergei Maitakov	Men's super-G			Did not finish
	Men's giant slalom	1:21.13	1:24.53	2:45.66	42
	Men's slalom	DNF		Did not finish
Stepan Zuev	Men's downhill			2:00.58	54
	Men's super-G			1:34.13	36
	Men's combined	1:57.23	52.52	2:49.75	23
	Men's giant slalom	1:26.32	1:33.41	2:59.73	64
	Men's slalom	DNF		Did not finish
Elena Prosteva	Women's downhill			1:50.07	26
	Women's combined	DNF		Did not finish
	Women's super-G			1:24.43	24
	Women's giant slalom	DNF		Did not finish
	Women's slalom	54.20	54.14	1:48.34	28
Lyaysan Rayanova	Women's super-G			Did not finish
	Women's giant slalom	1:20.37	1:16.58	2:36.95	37
	Women's slalom	55.13	55.69	1:50.82	33

Biathlon

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Nikolay Kruglov	Individual	50:40.4	0	11
Anton Shipulin	Sprint	26:18.7	1	30
	Pursuit	35:34.4	3	20
	Individual	52:51.7	3	36
	Mass start	37:04.7	3	22
Ivan Tcherezov	Sprint	25:25.9	2	10
	Pursuit	34:29.6	2	6
	Individual	50:56.7	3	15
	Mass start	36:09.2	3	6
Maxim Tchoudov	Sprint	27:28.0	2	63
Evgeny Ustyugov	Sprint	25:47.9	2	15
	Pursuit	35:07.4	4	15
	Individual	49:11.8	1	4
	Mass start	35:35.7	0
Ivan Tcherezov Anton Shipulin Maxim Tchoudov Evgeny Ustyugov	Relay	1:22:16.9	0+4

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Anna Bogaliy-Titovets	Individual	43:46.3	3	25
Anna Boulygina	Sprint	20:07.5	0	4
	Pursuit	31:08.1	1	6
	Mass start	39:17.2	8	30
Olga Medvedtseva	Sprint	21:01.6	1	22
	Pursuit	32:31.9	3	20
	Individual	43:25.9	2	21
	Mass start	35:40.8	0	4
Iana Romanova	Individual	46:41.0	5	56
Svetlana Sleptsova	Sprint	20:43.1	0	13
	Pursuit	32:06.9	3	18
	Mass start	36:23.3	3	14
Olga Zaitseva	Sprint	20:23.4	0	7
	Pursuit	31:20.3	2	7
	Individual	43:46.8	3	26
	Mass start	35:25.1	1
Svetlana Sleptsova Anna Bogaliy-Titovets Olga Medvedtseva Olga Zaitseva	Relay	1:09:36.3	0+5

Bobsleigh

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Alexandr Zubkov Alexey Voyevoda	Two-man	51.79	52.02	51.80	51.90	3:27.51
Dmitry Abramovitch Sergey Prudnikov	Two-man	52.03	52.40	52.11	51.92	3:28.46	7
Olga Fyodorova Yulia Timofeeva	Two-woman	54.40	55.21	54.40	57.39	3:41.40	18
Anastasiya Skulkina Elena Doronina	Two-woman	54.38	53.64	54.08	53.83	3:35.93	9
Alexandr Zubkov Filipp Yegorov Petr Moiseev Dmitry Trunenkov	Four-man	52.52	DNS	Did not advance
Dmitry Abramovitch Roman Oreshnikov Sergey Prudnikov Dmitriy Stepushkin	Four-man	51.32	51.40	51.78	51.75	3:26.25	9
Yevgeni Popov Alexey Kireev Denis Moiseychenkov Andrey Yurkov	Four-man	51.49	51.16	51.67	51.81	3:26.13	8

Cross-country skiing

Distance
Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Alexander Legkov	15 km freestyle	34:51.1	15
	30 km pursuit	1:15:15.4	4
	50 km classical	2:05:53.3	14
Sergei Novikov	30 km pursuit	1:22:44.3	43
Nikolay Pankratov	30 km pursuit	1:19:48.9	32
Petr Sedov	15 km freestyle	35:06.2	26
Petr Sedov	50 km classical	2:07:35.4	24
Sergey Shiryayev	15 km freestyle	35:14.5	31
Sergey Shiryayev	50 km classical	Did not finish
Maxim Vylegzhanin	15 km freestyle	34:31.6	9
	30 km pursuit	1:17:04.2	17
	50 km classical	2:05:46.4	8
Nikolay Pankratov Petr Sedov Alexander Legkov Maxim Vylegzhanin	4 x 10 km relay	1:47:04.7	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Irina Khazova	10 km freestyle	26:08.7	20
Irina Khazova	15 km pursuit	41:56.1	13
Natalya Korostelyova	10 km freestyle	26:07.0	19
Yevgeniya Medvedeva	10 km freestyle	25:26.5	7
Yevgeniya Medvedeva	15 km pursuit	43:59.6	40
Olga Rocheva	15 km pursuit	42:30.5	26
Olga Rocheva	30 km classical	1:37:15.5	30
Olga Schuchkina	30 km classical	1:38:30.3	38
Olga Zavyalova	10 km freestyle	25:57.7	12
	15 km pursuit	41:38.3	12
	30 km classical	1:34:46.3	23
Olga Zavyalova Irina Khazova Yevgeniya Medvedeva Natalya Korostelyova	4 x 5 km relay	57:00.9	7

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Mikhail Devyatyarov	Men's sprint	3:38.82	16 Q	3:35.3	4 Q	3:37.6	4	Did not advance	8
Nikita Kriukov	Men's sprint	3:36.46	4 Q	3:37.2	2 Q	3:34.6	3 Q	3:36.3
Nikolay Morilov	Men's sprint	3:40.22	23 Q	3:40.2	6	Did not advance			26
Alexander Panzhinskiy	Men's sprint	3:34.57	1 Q	3:36.4	1 Q	3:34.3	1 Q	3:36.3
Natalya Korostelyova	Women's sprint	3:45.56	14 Q	3:42.9	2 Q	3:48.1	6	Did not advance	12
Olga Rocheva	Women's sprint	3:53.87	40	Did not advance					40
Yevgeniya Shapovalova	Women's sprint	3:49.52	26 Q	3:43.2	6	Did not advance			28
Elena Turysheva	Women's sprint	3:51.99	35	Did not advance					35
Nikolay Morilov Alexey Petukhov	Men's team sprint					18:47.6	1 Q	19:02.5
Irina Khazova Natalya Korostelyova	Women's team sprint					18:48.0 q	5	18:07.7

Curling

Women's tournament

Team:
Skip: Ludmila Privivkova
Third: Anna Sidorova
Second: Nkeiruka Ezekh
Lead: Ekaterina Galkina
Alternate: Margarita Fomina

Round-robin
Draw 1

Tuesday, 16 February, 2:00 PM Template:2010 Winter Olympics women's curling draw 1 sheet C

Draw 3

Wednesday, 17 February, 7:00 PM Template:2010 Winter Olympics women's curling draw 3 sheet A

Draw 4

Thursday, 18 February, 2:00 PM' Template:2010 Winter Olympics women's curling draw 4 sheet C

Draw 5

Friday, 19 February, 9:00 AM Template:2010 Winter Olympics women's curling draw 5 sheet B

Draw 6

Friday, 19 February, 7:00 PM Template:2010 Winter Olympics women's curling draw 6 sheet D

Draw 7

Saturday, 20 February, 2:00 PM Template:2010 Winter Olympics women's curling draw 7 sheet A

Draw 8

Sunday, 21 February, 9:00 AM Template:2010 Winter Olympics women's curling draw 8 sheet D

Draw 10

Monday, 22 February, 2:00 PM Template:2010 Winter Olympics women's curling draw 10 sheet A

Draw 12

Tuesday, 23 February, 7:00 PM Template:2010 Winter Olympics women's curling draw 12 sheet B

Standings

Template:2010 Winter Olympics women's curling standings

Figure skating

Russia has qualified two entrants in men's singles, two in ladies singles, three in pair skating, and three in ice dancing, for a total of 16 athletes.^[7]

Athlete(s)	Event	CD		SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
Athlete(s)	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Evgeni Plushenko^[8]	Men's			90.85	1	165.51	2	256.36
Artem Borodulin^[8]	Men's			72.24	13	137.92	12	210.16	13
Ksenia Makarova^[8]^[9]	Ladies'			59.22	12	112.69	9	171.91	10
Alena Leonova^[8]	Ladies'			62.14	8	110.32	10	172.46	9
Yuko Kavaguti & Alexander Smirnov^[8]	Pairs			74.16	3	120.61	7	194.77	4
Maria Mukhortova & Maxim Trankov^[8]	Pairs			63.44	8	122.35	5	185.79	7
Vera Bazarova & Yuri Larionov^[8]	Pairs			56.54	12	106.96	11	163.50	11
Oksana Domnina & Maxim Shabalin^[8]	Ice dancing	43.76	1	62.84	3	101.04	3	207.64
Ekaterina Bobrova & Dmitri Solovyev^[8]	Ice dancing	29.86	17	50.61	15	82.88	14	163.35	15
Jana Khokhlova & Sergei Novitski^[8]	Ice dancing	37.18	7	55.57	9	93.11	8	185.86	9

_{Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program}

Freestyle skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Alexandr Smyshlyaev	Moguls	23.65	14 Q	24.38	10
Andrey Volkov	Moguls	21.95	25	Did not advance
Denis Dolgodvorov	Moguls	23.09	18 Q	23.59	13
Sergey Volkov	Moguls	12.22	28	Did not advance
Dmitry Marushchak	Aerials	194.96	20	Did not advance
Yury Shapkin	Aerials	Did not start		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ekaterina Stolyarova	Moguls	23.01	10 Q	23.55	7
Regina Rakhimova	Moguls	21.01	19 Q	22.70	9
Marina Cherkasova	Moguls	20.92	20 Q	21.09	13
Daria Serova	Moguls	21.08	18 Q	20.84	15

Ski cross

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Egor Korotkov	Men's ski cross	1:14.54	20 Q	Audun Grønvold (NOR) (5) Scott Kneller (AUS) (12) Patrick Koller (AUS) (28) 3	Did not advance			25
Yulia Livinskaya	Women's ski cross	1:22.83	32 Q	Anna Holmlund (SWE) (1) Sasa Faric (SLO) (16) Julia Manhard (GER) (24) 4 DNF	Did not advance			32

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

Roster

Template:2010 Winter Olympics Russia men's ice hockey team roster

Group play

Russia played in Group B.

Round-robin

All times are local (UTC-8). Template:2010 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey game B1 Template:2010 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey game B3 Template:2010 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey game B6

Standings

Template:2010 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey group B standings

Final rounds

Quarterfinal

Template:2010 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey game E2