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Russian Empire at the 1908 Summer Olympics

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Russian Empire (Russia) competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. It was the second appearance of the European nation, after having missed the 1904 Games.

Medalists

Further information: 1908 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 1908 Summer Olympics medal winners
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Nikolai Panin Figure skating Men's special figures October 29
 Silver Nikolay Orlov Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman lightweight July 25
 Silver Aleksandr Petrov Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman super heavyweight July 24

Results by event

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Russia had one track & field athlete compete in 1908. Lind took 19th place of 27 finishers in the marathon.

Event Place Athlete Heats Semifinals Final
Men's marathon 19th Georg Lind [1] None held 3:26:38.8

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Event Place Skater Score
Men's individual — Nikolai Panin Did not finish
Men's special figures 1st Nikolai Panin 43.8

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Event Place Wrestler Round
of 32		 Round
of 16		 Quarter-
finals		 Semi-
finals		 Final
Greco-Roman lightweight 2nd Nikolay Orlov Bye Defeated
Lund		 Defeated
Radvány		 Defeated
Lindén		 Lost to
Porro
Greco-Roman middleweight 9th Georgy Demin Bye Lost to
Frank		 Did not advance
Greco-Roman light heavyweight 9th Yevgeny Zamotin Bye Lost to
Payr		 Did not advance
Greco-Roman heavyweight 2nd Aleksandr Petrov None held Defeated
Humphreys		 Defeated
Payr		 Lost to
Weisz
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent
Finland 1 0 1.000
Great Britain 1 0 1.000
Hungary 2 2 .500
Italy 0 1 .000
Sweden 1 1 .500
Total 5 4 .556

Notes

  1. ^ Georg Lind was actually an Estonian living in London.

Sources

  • Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
  • De Wael, Herman (2001). "Top London 1908 Olympians". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 10 June 2006.
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