Russian Empire at the Olympics

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.

Russian Empire at the
Olympics
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)

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

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Medals by Summer Games

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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

Summary by sport

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Equestrian

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  • "Olympic Results". International Olympic Committee.
  • "Russia". Olympedia.com.
  • "Olympic Analytics/RU1". olympanalyt.com.
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. (London 1908)
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. (Stockholm 1912)