Russian Empire at the Olympics

Russian Empire at the
Olympics
Russian Empire at the; Olympics
	Flag of the Russian Empire
IOC code	RU1
NOC	Russian Olympic Committee
Medals; Ranked 97th	Gold 1 Silver 4 Bronze 3 Total 8
Summer appearances
	1900; 1904; 1908; 1912;
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

Medals by Summer Games

Total		1	4	3	8	97
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

Medals by summer sport


Sport	Silver	Bronze	Total
Wrestling	3	0	3
Shooting	1	1	2
Rowing	0	1	1
Sailing	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)	4	3	7

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

Medals by winter sport


Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Figure skating	1	0	0	1
Totals (1 entries)	1	0	0	1

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	Best finish
Individual jumping	2/25	1900	—	—	9th (1912)
High jump	1/1	1900	—	—	7–19 (1900)
Long jump	1/1	1900	—	—	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)

External links

"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)