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== Medal tables == == Medal tables ==

Revision as of 07:13, 21 August 2016

Template:Infobox Olympics Russia 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.

Russian athletes have won a total of 395 medals at the Summer Olympic Games and another 124 at the Winter Olympic Games. Over the most recent ten Games (since 1994), Russia's 519 total medals, including 181 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.

Medal tables

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

Medals by Summer Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1900–1912 as part of the  Russian Empire (RU1)
1920–1948 did not participate
1952–1988 as part of the  Soviet Union (URS)
1992 Barcelona as part of the  Unified Team (EUN)
1996 Atlanta 390 26 21 16 63 2
2000 Sydney 435 32 28 29 89 2
2004 Athens 446 28 26 36 90 3
2008 Beijing 455 22 21 29 72 3
2012 London 436 22 25 32 79 4
2016 Rio de Janeiro 282 12 12 14 38 4
2020 Tokyo Future event
Total 138 130 150 418 12

Medals by Winter Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1924–1952 did not participate
1956–1988 as part of the  Soviet Union (URS)
1992 Albertville as part of the  Unified Team (EUN)
1994 Lillehammer 113 11 8 4 23 1
1998 Nagano 122 9 6 3 18 3
2002 Salt Lake City 151 5 4 4 13 5
2006 Turin 190 8 6 8 22 4
2010 Vancouver 177 3 5 7 15 11
2014 Sochi 232 13 11 9 33 1
2018 Pyeongchang Future event
2022 Beijing Future event
Total 49 40 35 124 9

Medals by summer sport

 Athletics 24 26 25 76
 Wrestling 25 10 13 48
 Gymnastics 19 16 18 53
 Boxing 9 5 12 26
 Fencing 9 4 6 19
 Synchronized swimming 8 0 0 8
 Shooting 7 11 9 27
 Swimming 5 7 7 19
 Cycling 5 3 8 16
 Diving 4 8 6 18
 Weightlifting 3 13 10 26
 Judo 3 4 6 13
 Modern pentathlon 3 1 0 4
 Canoeing 2 3 6 11
 Tennis 2 3 2 7
 Volleyball 1 3 2 6
 Handball 1 1 1 3
 Rowing 1 0 2 3
 Taekwondo 0 1 2 3
 Water polo 0 1 2 3
 Sailing 0 1 0 1
 Basketball 0 0 3 3
 Archery 0 0 1 1
 Badminton 0 0 1 1
Total 131 121 142 394
   Leading in that sport

Medals by winter sport

 Cross country skiing 14 10 9 33
 Figure skating 14 9 3 26
 Biathlon 10 6 8 24
 Speed skating 3 5 5 13
 Short track speed skating 3 1 1 5
 Snowboarding 2 2 1 5
 Bobsleigh 2 1 1 4
 Skeleton 1 0 2 3
 Luge 0 3 0 3
 Freestyle skiing 0 1 3 4
 Ice hockey 0 1 1 2
 Alpine skiing 0 1 0 1
 Nordic combined 0 0 1 1
Total 49 40 35 124

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 12 August 2012, the Russian group of rhythmic gymnastics won their fourth title in a row at the group all around.
  • On 9 February 2014, Russia captured the inaugural gold medal in the team figure skating event at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Yulia Lipnitskaya, at 15, becomes the youngest Russian Winter Olympic medalist.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • On 20 February 2014, Adelina Sotnikova won the first ever Russian ladies figure skating gold medal.

Flag bearers

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

See also

References

  1. Alice Park (20 February 2014). "Russia Has Its First Ladies Figure Skating Gold Medalist, But It's Not Lipnitskaya". Time.
  2. ^ "Sochi 2014: Adelina Sotnikova wins Russia's first-ever women's figure skating gold". RT. 20 February 2014.
  3. Mark Zeigler (10 February 2014). "Viktor Ahn: For Russia, with love". U-T San Diego.
  4. Beth Harris (15 February 2014). "Viktor Ahn wins 1st Olympic gold and 2nd short track medal for his adopted Russia". Associated Press. Yahoo Sports.

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