Russia at the Olympics
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| Russia at the Olympic Games | ||||||||||
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| Olympic history | ||||||||||
| Summer Games | ||||||||||
| 1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 | ||||||||||
| 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 | ||||||||||
| Winter Games | ||||||||||
| 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 | ||||||||||
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 Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992) |
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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 251 medals (243 since 1994) at the Summer Olympic Games and another 76 at the Winter Olympic Games. Over the most recent seven Games (since 1994), Russia's 319 total medals, including 118 gold medals, are second only to the United States (with 385 and 151, respectively).
The Russian Olympic Committee was created in 1989 and recognized in 1993.
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[edit] Medal tables
- See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count
[edit] Medals by Summer Games
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 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 |
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| 1992 Barcelona | as part of the Unified Team |
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| 1996 Atlanta | 26 | 21 | 16 | 63 |
| 2000 Sydney | 32 | 28 | 28 | 88 |
| 2004 Athens | 27 | 27 | 38 | 92 |
| Total | 86 | 80 | 85 | 251 |
[edit] Medals by Winter Games
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1924–1952 | did not participate | |||
| 1956–1988 | as part of the Soviet Union |
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| 1992 Albertville | as part of the Unified Team |
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| 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 |
[edit] Medals by summer sport
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| Wrestling | 15 | 8 | 6 | 29 |
| Gymnastics | 14 | 11 | 12 | 37 |
| Athletics | 12 | 17 | 13 | 42 |
| Fencing | 8 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| Shooting | 7 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| Boxing | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| Cycling | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| Swimming | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| Synchronized swimming | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Weightlifting | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| Diving | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| Modern pentathlon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Tennis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Rowing | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Handball | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Judo | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Volleyball | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Canoeing | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Water polo | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Sailing | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Taekwondo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Basketball | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 85 | 80 | 85 | 250 |
[edit] Medals by winter sport
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| Figure skating | 12 | 7 | 1 | 20 |
| Cross-country skiing | 12 | 6 | 6 | 24 |
| Biathlon | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| Speed skating | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Freestyle skiing | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Ice hockey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Alpine skiing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobsleigh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Luge | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nordic combined | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 34 | 24 | 19 | 77 |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2007-10-11.
- Russian Olympic Committee. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2007-10-11.
