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Sporting event delegation
Russian Empire at the
Olympics
Flag of the Russian Empire
IOC codeRU1
NOCRussian Olympic Committee
Medals
Ranked 97th
Gold
1
Silver
4
Bronze
3
Total
8
Summer appearances
Other related appearances
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)
 Unified Team (1992)
 Russia (1994–2016)
 ROC (2020)
 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.

In the Grand Duchy of Finland, which was an autonomous part of the Russian Empire until 1917, a separate National Olympic Committee was created in 1907. Finland's own team thus participated already in the Olympic Games of 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 again competed at the Olympics, as the Soviet Union at the 1952 Summer Olympics. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the new country of the Russian Federation competed as part of the Unified Team in 1992, and finally returned again as Russia for the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table

Medals by Summer Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1900 Paris 5 0 0 0 0 –
1904 St. Louis did not participate
1908 London 6 1 2 0 3 12
1912 Stockholm 159 0 2 3 5 16
Total 1 4 3 8 97

Medals by summer sport

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Wrestling0303
 Shooting0112
 Rowing0011
 Sailing0011
Totals (4 entries)0437

This table does not include the gold medal won in Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Medals by winter sport

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Figure skating1001
Totals (1 entries)1001

This table includes the gold medal won in Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics.

Summary by sport

Equestrian

The Russian Empire competed in equestrian at the first Games in which the sport was held, in Paris 1900. Two riders competed in all five of the events, but did not win medals.

Games Riders Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1900 Paris 2 5/5 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0

Jumping

Event No. of
appearances		 First
appearance		 First
medal		 First
gold medal		 Gold Silver Bronze Total Best finish
Individual jumping 2/25 1900 — — 0 0 0 0 9th (1912)
High jump 1/1 1900 — — 0 0 0 0 7–19 (1900)
Long jump 1/1 1900 — — 0 0 0 0 9–17 (1900)

Driving

Event No. of
appearances		 First
appearance		 First
medal		 First
gold medal		 Gold Silver Bronze Total Best finish
Hacks and hunter combined 1/1 1900 — — 0 0 0 0 5–51 (1900)
Mail coach 1/1 1900 — — 0 0 0 0 5–31 (1900)

Fencing

The Russian Empire's 1900 Olympic debut included two fencers in the men's masters sabre event; they placed 5th and 7th.

Games Fencers Events Gold Silver Bronze Total
1900 Paris 2 1/7 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0
Event No. of
appearances		 First
appearance		 First
medal		 First
gold medal		 Gold Silver Bronze Total Best finish
Men's masters sabre 1/1 1900 — — 0 0 0 0 5th (1900)

See also

External links

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