Russia at the
2008 Summer Olympics
IOC codeRUS
NOCRussian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.ru (in Russian)
in Beijing
Competitors455 in 23 sports
Flag bearers Andrei Kirilenko (opening)
Andrey Silnov (closing)
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
24
Silver
13
Bronze
23
Total
60
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1900–1912)
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)
 Unified Team (1992)
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (2018)
 ROC (2020)
 Individual Neutral Athletes (2024)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev with Russian medallists in the Kremlin in September 2008.

The Russian Federation competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, China, represented by the Russian Olympic Committee. Russia competed in all sports except baseball, field hockey, football, softball, and taekwondo. They ranked third in the medal table by golds (24) and overall (60). Russia also had 14 medals stripped for doping violations, the most of any nation at the 2008 Olympics.

Medalists

Competitors

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Balzhinima Tsyrempilov and Bair Badënov earned men's qualifying places for Russia at the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships, while Natalia Erdyniyeva and Miroslava Dagbaeva earned two spots for women.[1] Andrey Abramov placed second at the European qualifying tournament, giving Russia a third spot in the men's individual competition and allowing the nation to field a men's team.[2]

Men
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Andrey Abramov Individual 660 25  Johnson (USA) (40)
L 109 (25)–109 (26) 		Did not advance
Bair Badënov 658 31  Godfrey (GBR) (34)
W 114–109 		 Champia (IND) (2)
W 109–108 		 Lyon (CAN) (47)
W 115–110 		 Cheng C S (MAS) (26)
W 109–104 		 Ruban (UKR) (3)
L 112 (18)–112 (20) 		 Serrano (MEX) (1)
W 115–110 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Balzhinima Tsyrempilov 671 6  Pavlov (BUL) (59)
W 112–102 		 Chen S Y (TPE) (38)
W 109–101 		 Moriya (JPN) (22)
L 110–113 		Did not advance
Andrey Abramov
Bair Badënov
Balzhinima Tsyrempilov 		Team 1989 4 — Bye  China (CHN) (12)
L 208–217 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Miroslava Dagbaeva Individual 637 23  Puspitasari (INA) (42)
W 106 (10)–106 (9) 		 Rendón (COL) (10)
L 106–110 		Did not advance
Natalia Erdyniyeva 647 11  Dielen (SUI) (54)
W 107–102 		 Marcinkiewicz (POL) (43)
W 104–103 		 Zhang Jj (CHN) (27)
L 98–110 		Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Russia sent a team of 106 track and field athletes, 48 men and 58 women, to these games. On 31 July 2008, Yelena Soboleva, Tatyana Tomashova, Yuliya Fomenko, Darya Pishchalnikova, and Gulfiya Khanafeyeva were provisionally suspended by IAAF for doping offenses.[3] Nine medals won by Russians in athletics at the 2008 Olympics were later stripped due to doping violations.

Key
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Denis Alekseyev 400 m 45.52 DSQ[4] — Did not advance
Grigoriy Andreyev Marathon — 2:13:33 14
Dmitry Bogdanov 800 m 1:47.49 3 — Did not advance
Valeriy Borchin 20 km walk — 1:19:01 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Evgeniy Borisov 110 m hurdles 13.90 5 Did not advance
Yuriy Borzakovskiy 800 m 1:45.15 2 Q — 1:46.53 3 Did not advance
Aleksandr Derevyagin 400 m hurdles 49.19 5 q — 49.23 6 Did not advance
Maksim Dyldin 400 m 46.03 5 — Did not advance
Sergey Ivanov 10000 m — 28:34.72 30
Sergey Kirdyapkin 50 km walk — DNF
Oleg Kulkov Marathon — 2:18:11 29
Ilya Markov 20 km walk — 1:22:02 17
Ildar Minshin 3000 m steeplechase 8:26.85 6 — Did not advance
Denis Nizhegorodov 50 km walk — 3:40:14 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Igor Peremota 110 m hurdles 13.59 2 Q 13.70 7 Did not advance
Pavel Potapovich 3000 m steeplechase 8:36.29 10 — Did not advance
Vyacheslav Shabunin 1500 m 3:42.53 11 — Did not advance
Roman Smirnov 200 m 20.76 1 Q 20.62 6 Did not advance
Aleksey Sokolov Marathon — 2:15:57 21
Andrey Yepishin 100 m 10.34 2 Q 10.25 6 Did not advance
Denis Alekseyev
Maksim Dyldin
Vladislav Frolov
Anton Kokorin 		4 × 400 m relay 3:00.14 NR 2 Q — 2:58.06 NR DSQ[4]
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Danil Burkenya Triple jump 16.69 22 Did not advance
Kirill Ikonnikov Hammer throw 72.33 21 Did not advance
Alexandr Ivanov Javelin throw 79.27 14 Did not advance
Ilya Korotkov 83.33 2 Q 83.15 7
Anton Lyuboslavskiy Shot put 19.87 18 Did not advance
Yevgeny Lukyanenko Pole vault 5.65 =1 q 5.85 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Sergey Makarov Javelin throw 72.47 26 Did not advance
Vladimir Malyavin Long jump 7.35 37 Did not advance
Igor Pavlov Pole vault 5.65 =1 q 5.60 9
Aleksandr Petrenko Triple jump 16.97 17 Did not advance
Bogdan Pishchalnikov Discus throw 64.60 6 Q 65.88 6
Yaroslav Rybakov High jump 2.25 9 q 2.33 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Andrey Silnov 2.29 6 q 2.36 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Pavel Sofin Shot put 20.29 8 Q 20.42 7
Igor Spasovkhodskiy Triple jump 17.23 6 Q 16.79 9
Dmitry Starodubtsev Pole vault 5.65 11 q 5.70 5
Igor Vinichenko Hammer throw 72.05 22 Did not advance
Vyacheslav Voronin High jump 2.25 14 Did not advance
Ivan Yushkov Shot put 20.02 12 Q 19.67 DSQ[5]
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Aleksey Drozdov Result 11.02 7.23 16.26 2.02 51.56 15.51 47.43 5.10 62.57 4:41.34 8154 11
Points 856 869 867 822 744 789 817 941 777 672
Aleksandr Pogorelov Result 11.07 7.37 16.53 2.08 50.91 14.47 50.04 5.00 64.01 5:01.56 DSQ[5]
Points 845 903 884 878 773 915 871 910 798 551
Aleksey Sysoyev Result 11.03 6.77 15.42 2.11 50.71 DNF DNS — — — DNF
Points 854 760 816 906 782 0 0 — — —
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Inga Abitova 10000 m — 30:37.33 DSQ[4]
Anna Alminova 1500 m 4:04.66 5 q — 4:06.99 11
Tatyana Andrianova 800 m 2:00.31 2 Q — 1:58.16 3 q 2:02.63 8
Aleksandra Antonova 100 m hurdles 13.18 5 — Did not advance
Tatyana Aryasova 10000 m — 31:45.57 19
Yekaterina Bikert 400 m hurdles 55.15 1 Q — 54.38 4 Q 54.96 6
Galina Bogomolova Marathon — DNF
Yuliya Chermoshanskaya 200 m 22.98 4 Q 22.63 1 Q 22.57 5 Did not advance
Tatyana Dektyareva 100 m hurdles 13.05 5 — Did not advance
Aleksandra Fedoriva 200 m 23.29 4 Q 23.04 5 q 23.22 8 Did not advance
Tatyana Firova 400 m 50.59 2 Q — 50.31 3 q 50.11 6
Yuliya Gushchina 51.18 2 Q — 50.48 1 Q 50.01 4
Tatyana Kalmykova 20 km walk — DSQ
Olga Kaniskina — 1:26:31 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Anastasiya Kapachinskaya 400 m 51.32 1 Q — 50.30 2 Q 50.03 DSQ[5]
Svetlana Klyuka 800 m 2:01.67 1 Q — 1:58.31 1 Q 1:56.94 4
Yuliya Kondakova 100 m hurdles 13.07 4 — Did not advance
Mariya Konovalova 10000 m — 30:35.84 5
Yekaterina Kostetskaya 800 m 2:00.54 3 Q — 1:58.33 3 Did not advance
Natalya Murinovich 100 m 11.55 5 q 11.51 7 Did not advance
Irina Obedina 400 m hurdles 55.71 2 Q — 55.69 6 Did not advance
Anastasiya Ott 55.34 2 Q — 54.74 6 Did not advance
Tatyana Petrova 3000 m steeplechase 9:28.85 1 Q — 9:12.33 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Yevgeniya Polyakova 100 m 11.24 1 Q 11.13 2 Q 11.38 7 Did not advance
Natalya Rusakova 100 m 11.61 5 q 11.49 6 Did not advance
200 m 23.21 3 Q 23.28 6 Did not advance
Gulnara Samitova-Galkina 5000 m 15:11.46 5 Q — 15:56.97 12
3000 m steeplechase 9:15.17 1 Q — 8:58.81 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Liliya Shobukhova 5000 m 14:57.77 3 Q — 15:46.62 6
Tatyana Sibileva 20 km walk — 1:28:28 11
Irina Timofeyeva Marathon — 2:27:31 7
Yekaterina Volkova 3000 m steeplechase 9:23.06 3 Q — 9:07.64 DSQ
Yelena Zadorozhnaya 5000 m DNF — Did not advance
Svetlana Zakharova Marathon — 2:32:16 22
Yuliya Chermoshanskaya
Aleksandra Fedoriva
Yuliya Gushchina
Yevgeniya Polyakova 		4 × 100 m relay 42.87 2 Q — 42.31 DSQ
Tatyana Firova
Yuliya Gushchina
Anastasiya Kapachinskaya
Lyudmila Litvinova
Yelena Migunova
Tatyana Veshkurova 		4 × 400 m relay 3:23.71 1 Q — 3:18.82 DSQ[5]
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Mariya Abakumova Javelin throw 63.48 4 Q 70.78 NR DSQ[4]
Anna Bulgakova Hammer throw 68.04 20 Did not advance
Anna Chicherova High jump 1.93 12 q 2.03 DSQ
Svetlana Feofanova Pole vault 4.50 6 q 4.75 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Yuliya Golubchikova 4.50 10 q 4.75 4
Viktoriya Gurova Triple jump 14.78 3 Q 14.77 7
Yelena Isinbayeva Pole vault 4.60 1 Q 5.05 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Olga Ivanova Shot put 18.46 15 Q 18.44 9
Irina Khudoroshkina 16.84 25 Did not advance
Yelena Konevtseva Hammer throw 67.83 22 Did not advance
Tatyana Kotova Long jump 6.57 14 Did not advance
Tatyana Lebedeva Long jump 6.70 4 q 7.03 DSQ
Triple jump 14.55 5 Q 15.32 DSQ
Anna Omarova Shot put 18.74 8 Q 19.08 6
Yelena Priyma Hammer throw 70.69 9 q 69.72 10
Anna Pyatykh Triple jump 14.45 8 Q 14.73 8
Natalya Sadova Discus throw 58.11 25 Did not advance
Svetlana Saykina 59.48 16 Did not advance
Svetlana Shkolina High jump 1.93 8 q 1.93 14
Yelena Slesarenko 1.93 14 q 2.01 4
Oksana Udmurtova Long jump 6.63 7 q 6.70 6
Mariya Yakovenko Javelin throw 51.67 47 Did not advance
Oksana Esipchuk Discus throw 55.07 32 Did not advance
Combined events – Heptathlon
Athlete Event 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 m Final Rank
Anna Bogdanova Result 13.09 1.86 14.08 24.24 6.45 35.41 2:09.45 6465 PB 6*
Points 1111 1054 799 958 991 579 973
Tatyana Chernova Result 13.65 1.83 12.88 23.95 6.47 48.37 2:06.50 6591 DSQ
Points 1028 1016 719 986 997 829 1016
Olga Kurban Result 13.77 1.77 13.84 24.34 5.97 42.85 2:13.59 6192 13*
Points 1011 941 783 948 840 722 913

* On 16 August 2016, the Russian women's 4 × 100 metres relay team was disqualified for doping. The Russian team members were stripped of their gold Olympic medals, as Yuliya Chermoshanskaya had her samples reanalyzed and tested positive for two prohibited substances.[6]
The IOC requested that the IAAF modify the results, and the medals were redistributed accordingly.[7][8]

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Stanislav Pukhov Men's singles Bye  Navickas (LTU)
L 12–21, 17–21 		Did not advance
Ella Diehl Women's singles  Nehwal (IND)
L 9–21, 8–21 		Did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Russia qualified both its men's and women's basketball teams for the Olympic tournament when each took first place at their respective continental tournaments (EuroBasket 2007 and EuroBasket Women 2007). Of the four tournaments since Russia began competing separately, 2008 was the second appearance of the Russian men's team and the fourth of the women's team, which took bronze in 2004.

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Roster

The following is the Russia roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[9]

Russia men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
F 4 Andrey Vorontsevich 21 – (1987-07-17)July 17, 1987 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) CSKA Moscow Russia
PG 5 Jon Robert Holden 31 – (1976-08-10)August 10, 1976 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) CSKA Moscow Russia
G 6 Sergei Bykov 25 – (1983-02-26)February 26, 1983 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Dynamo Moscow Russia
F 7 Andrei Kirilenko (C) 27 – (1981-02-18)February 18, 1981 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Utah Jazz United States
C 8 Nikita Morgunov 33 – (1975-06-29)June 29, 1975 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Lokomotiv Rostov Russia
PG 9 Petr Samoylenko 31 – (1977-02-07)February 7, 1977 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Dynamo Moscow Russia
F 10 Victor Khryapa 26 – (1982-08-03)August 3, 1982 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) CSKA Moscow Russia
SG 11 Zakhar Pashutin 34 – (1974-05-03)May 3, 1974 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Spartak Saint Petersburg Russia
SF 12 Sergei Monia 25 – (1983-04-15)April 15, 1983 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Dynamo Moscow Russia
SG 13 Vitaly Fridzon 22 – (1985-10-14)October 14, 1985 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) BC Khimki Russia
C 14 Aleksey Savrasenko 29 – (1979-02-28)February 28, 1979 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) CSKA Moscow Russia
SF 15 Viktor Keirou 24 – (1984-01-31)January 31, 1984 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) CSKA Moscow Russia
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on August 9, 2008
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Lithuania 5 4 1 425 400 +25 9[a] Quarterfinals
2  Argentina 5 4 1 425 361 +64 9[a]
3  Croatia 5 3 2 399 380 +19 8[b]
4  Australia 5 3 2 457 405 +52 8[b]
5  Russia 5 1 4 387 406 −19 6
6  Iran 5 0 5 323 464 −141 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Lithuania 1–0 Argentina
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Croatia 1–0 Australia
10 August 2008
09:00
Russia  71–49  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 24–5, 14–17, 8–16, 25–11
Pts: Holden 19
Rebs: Monia 6
Asts: Savrasenko 4		 Pts: Nikkhah 16
Rebs: Haddadi 8
Asts: Kamrani 3
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)
12 August 2008
11:15
Croatia  85–78  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 26–19, 18–15, 25–27
Pts: Popović 22
Rebs: Barać 7
Asts: Popović, Lončar 3		 Pts: Kirilenko 18
Rebs: Kirilenko 6
Asts: Kirilenko, Bikov 3
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)
14 August 2008
16:45
Lithuania  86–79  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 23–24, 21–17, 25–21, 17–17
Pts: Kaukėnas 20
Rebs: Kleiza 11
Asts: Jasikevičius 5		 Pts: Holden 25
Rebs: Khriapa 9
Asts: Kirilenko 6
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)
16 August 2008
11:15
Russia  80–95  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 17–22, 22–20, 25–26
Pts: Khriapa 21
Rebs: Khriapa 9
Asts: Holden 6		 Pts: Bogut, Bruton 22
Rebs: Bogut 8
Asts: Bruton 6
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN)
18 August 2008
22:15
Argentina  91–79  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 27–16, 18–23, 27–25, 19–15
Pts: Scola 37
Rebs: Nocioni 9
Asts: Prigioni 10		 Pts: Kirilenko 23
Rebs: Kirilenko 9
Asts: Holden 5
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)

Women's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Roster

The following is the Russia roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[10]

Russia women's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
F/C 4 Marina Kuzina 23 – (1985-07-19)July 19, 1985 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) UMMC Ekaterinburg Russia
PG 5 Oxana Rakhmatulina 31 – (1976-12-07)December 7, 1976 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) UMMC Ekaterinburg Russia
F 6 Natalia Vodopyanova 27 – (1981-06-04)June 4, 1981 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UMMC Ekaterinburg Russia
PG 7 Becky Hammon 31 – (1977-03-11)March 11, 1977 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) San Antonio Silver Stars United States
SG 8 Marina Karpunina 24 – (1984-03-21)March 21, 1984 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Spartak Moscow Region Russia
PF 9 Tatiana Shchegoleva 26 – (1982-02-09)February 9, 1982 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Spartak Moscow Region Russia
SG 10 Ilona Korstin 28 – (1980-05-30)May 30, 1980 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) CSKA Moscow Russia
C 11 Maria Stepanova 29 – (1979-02-23)February 23, 1979 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) CSKA Moscow Russia
C 12 Ekaterina Lisina 20 – (1987-10-15)October 15, 1987 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) CSKA Moscow Russia
F 13 Irina Sokolovskaya (C) 25 – (1983-01-03)January 3, 1983 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) CSKA Moscow Russia
G/F 14 Svetlana Abrosimova 28 – (1980-07-09)July 9, 1980 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UMMC Ekaterinburg Russia
F/C 15 Irina Osipova 27 – (1981-06-25)June 25, 1981 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Spartak Moscow Region Russia
Head coach
  • Russia Igor Grudin
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on August 9, 2008
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 5 5 0 424 319 +105 10 Quarterfinals
2  Russia 5 4 1 339 333 +6 9
3  Belarus 5 2 3 324 332 −8 7[a]
4  South Korea 5 2 3 327 360 −33 7[a]
5  Latvia 5 1 4 334 387 −53 6[b]
6  Brazil 5 1 4 337 354 −17 6[b]
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Belarus 1–0 South Korea
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Latvia 1–0 Brazil
9 August 2008
22:15
Latvia  57–62  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 7–14, 24–15, 17–12, 9–21
Pts: Jansone 24
Rebs: Tamane 6, Kubliņa 6
Asts: Jēkabsone-Žogota 6		 Pts: Shchegoleva 12, Korstin 12
Rebs: Shchegoleva 12
Asts: Rakhmatulina 5
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Pablo Estevez (ARG)
11 August 2008
14:30
South Korea  72–77  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 20–13, 24–21, 13–19
Pts: Choi 13
Rebs: Sin 3
Asts: Jung 6		 Pts: Korstin, Shchegoleva 13
Rebs: Osipova 9
Asts: Rakhmatulina 5
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK)
13 August 2008
09:00
Belarus  65–71  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 8–15, 13–17, 25–19
Pts: Marchanka 16
Rebs: Leuchanka 12
Asts: Leuchanka 4		 Pts: Stepanova 13
Rebs: Abrosimova 10
Asts: Korstin 2
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Eddie Rush (USA)
15 August 2008
14:30
Russia  74–64  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 21–26, 14–15, 19–15, 20–8
Pts: Shchegoleva 14
Rebs: Korstin 10
Asts: Korstin 5		 Pts: Pinto 21
Rebs: Zakrzeski 5
Asts: Pinto 6
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA)
17 August 2008
11:15
Australia  75–55  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 10–18, 30–10, 20–8
Pts: Snell, Jackson 16
Rebs: Jackson 14
Asts: Harrower 7		 Pts: Hammon 20
Rebs: Abrosimova, Osipova 9
Asts: Karpunina 2
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Pablo Estevez (ARG)
Quarterfinals
19 August 2008
22:15
Russia  84–65  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 10–21, 22–19, 24–15, 28–10
Pts: Shchegoleva 19
Rebs: Stepanova 10
Asts: Rakhmatulina 4		 Pts: Valdemoro 16
Rebs: Pascua 6
Asts: Valdemoro, Palau, Torrens 1
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Ilija Belosevic (SRB)
Semifinals
21 August 2008
20:00
Russia  52–67  United States
Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 16–20, 8–15, 12–19
Pts: Stepanova 14
Rebs: Korstin 8
Asts: Six-way tie 1		 Pts: Taurasi 21
Rebs: Fowles 10
Asts: Smith 3
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA)
Bronze medal match
23 August 2008
19:30
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Russia  94–81  China
Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 28–16, 20–18, 22–24
Pts: Hammon 22
Rebs: Stepanova 9
Asts: Karpunina 5		 Pts: Chen 26
Rebs: Bian, Sui 6
Asts: Song 7
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Scott Butler (AUS)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Russia qualified eleven boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament, the maximum possible. Russia was the only nation to qualify a boxer in each weight class. Nine boxers qualified at the World Championships.[11] Ayrapetyan qualified at the first European qualifying tournament.[12] Balanov filled out the Russian team, earning a welterweight spot at the second European continental qualifying tournament.[13]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
David Ayrapetyan Light flyweight  Chygayev (UKR)
L 11–13 		Did not advance
Georgy Balakshin Flyweight Bye  Sarsembayev (KAZ)
W 12–4 		 Kumar (IND)
W 15–11 		 Laffita (CUB)
L 8–9 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sergey Vodopyanov Bantamweight  Arroyo (PUR)
W 10–5 		 Kumar (IND)
L 9–9+ 		Did not advance
Albert Selimov Featherweight  Lomachenko (UKR)
L 7–14 		Did not advance
Aleksei Tishchenko Lightweight  Nejmaoui (TUN)
W 10–2 		 Little (AUS)
W 11–3 		 Pérez (COL)
W 13–5 		 Javakhyan (ARM)
W 10–5 		 Sow (FRA)
W 11–9 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Gennady Kovalev Light welterweight  Qiong (CHN)
W 15–8 		 Colin (MRI)
W 15–4 		 Iglesias (CUB)
L 2–5 		Did not advance
Andrey Balanov Welterweight  Kasuto (NAM)
W 8–5 		 Andrade (USA)
L 3–14 		Did not advance
Matvey Korobov Middleweight  Terbunja (SWE)
W 18–6 		 Artayev (KAZ)
L 7–10 		Did not advance
Artur Beterbiev Light heavyweight  Katende (SWE)
W 15–3 		 Zhang Xp (CHN)
L 2–8 		Did not advance
Rakhim Chakhkiev Heavyweight —  Mazaheri (IRI)
W 7–3 		 M'Bumba (FRA)
W 18–9 		 Acosta (CUB)
W 10–5 		 Russo (ITA)
W 4–2 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Islam Timurziev Super heavyweight —  Price (GBR)
L RSC 		Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Total Rank Time Rank Time Rank Total Rank
Alexander Lipatov Men's C-1 87.65 5 90.51 11 178.16 9 Q 94.16 10 Did not advance
Mikhail Kuznetsov
Dmitry Larionov 		Men's C-2 98.43 7 97.65 6 196.08 6 Q 98.57 4 Q 98.80 4 197.37 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Aleksandra Perova Women's K-1 93.41 2 166.04 21 259.45 18 Did not advance

Sprint

Men
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Viktor Melantyev C-1 1000 m 4:03.316 5 QS 4:02.854 4 Did not advance
Maksim Opalev C-1 500 m 1:47.849 1 QF Bye 1:47.140 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Anton Ryakhov K-1 500 m 1:37.666 2 QS 1:42.968 2 Q 1:38.187 5
K-1 1000 m 3:38.381 4 QS 3:37.017 5 Did not advance
Aleksandr Kostoglod
Sergey Ulegin 		C-2 500 m 1:41.241 2 QF Bye 1:41.282 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
C-2 1000 m 3:41.291 3 QF Bye 3:44.669 8
Ilya Medvedev
Yevgeny Salakhov
Anton Vasilev
Konstantin Vishnyakov 		K-4 1000 m 2:59.518 4 QS 3:00.459 1 Q 3:00.654 8
Women
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Yuliana Salakhova K-1 500 m 1:51.628 5 QS 1:53.603 2 Q 1:53.973 9

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Road

Alexandr Kolobnev finished fourth in the men's road race, but as Italian Davide Rebellin, who won the silver medal, was stripped of that medal for testing positive for CERA after the event, the possibility exists for Kolobnev's placing to be upgraded.[14]

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Vladimir Efimkin Road race Did not finish
Sergei Ivanov 6:39:42 77
Vladimir Karpets Road race 6:24:59 18
Time trial 1:05:52 18
Alexandr Kolobnev Road race 6:23:49 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Denis Menchov Road race 6:34:26 59
Time trial 1:06:10 20
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Natalia Boyarskaya Road race 3:33:45 40
Time trial 37:14.65 16
Alexandra Burchenkova Road race 3:36:32 43
Yuliya Martisova 3:32:45 12

Track

Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Repechage 1 Round 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank
Denis Dmitriev Men's sprint 10.565
68.149 		18 Q  Hoy (GBR)
L 		 Mulder (NED)
 French (AUS)
L 		Did not advance
Denis Dmitriev
Sergey Kucherov
Sergey Polynskiy 		Men's team sprint 45.964
58.741 		12 Did not advance
Svetlana Grankovskaya Women's sprint 11.544
62.370 		11  Guo S (CHN)
L 		 Krupeckaitė (LTU)
 Hijgenaar (NED)
L 		— Did not advance 9th place final
 Guerra (CUB)
 Hijgenaar (NED)
 Tsukuda (JPN)
W 12.192 		9
Pursuit
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinals Final
Time Rank Opponent
Results 		Rank Opponent
Results 		Rank
Alexei Markov Men's individual pursuit 4:21.498 3 Q  Tauler (ESP)
4:22.308 		4 Q  Burke (GBR)
4:24.149 		4
Alexander Serov 4:23.732 8 Q  Wiggins (GBR)
4:25.391 		7 Did not advance
Alexei Markov
Alexander Petrovskiy
Alexander Serov
Nikolay Trusov
Evgeny Kovalev 		Men's team pursuit 4:06.518 8 Q  Great Britain (GBR)
LAP 		– Did not advance
Keirin
Athlete Event 1st round Repechage 2nd round Finals
Rank Rank Rank Rank
Denis Dmitriev Men's keirin 6 R 3 Did not advance
Sergey Polynskiy 5 R 4 Did not advance
Omnium
Athlete Event Points Laps Rank
Mikhail Ignatiev Men's points race 4 0 17
Olga Slyusareva Women's points race 8 0 8
Mikhail Ignatiev
Alexei Markov 		Men's madison 6 0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Mountain biking

Athlete Event Time Rank
Yuri Trofimov Men's cross-country LAP (2 laps) 41
Vera Andreeva Women's cross-country LAP (2 laps) 23
Irina Kalentieva 1:46:28 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Events Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Aleksandr Dobroskok 3 m springboard 431.15 17 Q 412.00 17 Did not advance
Dmitri Sautin 474.85 4 Q 476.35 8 Q 512.65 4
Gleb Galperin 10 m platform 499.95 3 Q 508.95 4 Q 525.80 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Oleg Vikulov 375.40 27 Did not advance
Yuriy Kunakov
Dmitri Sautin 		3 m synchronized springboard — 421.98 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Dmitry Dobroskok
Gleb Galperin 		10 m synchronized platform — 445.26 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Events Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Svetlana Filippova 3 m springboard 274.20 19 Did not advance
Yuliya Pakhalina 358.15 2 Q 383.50 2 Q 398.60 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Natalia Goncharova 10 m platform 240.45 28 Did not advance
Yuliya Pakhalina
Anastasia Pozdniakova 		3 m synchronized springboard — 323.61 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Athlete Horse Event Grand Prix Grand Prix Special Grand Prix Freestyle Overall
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Alexandra Korelova Balagur Individual 68.500 15 Q 71.400 5 Q 73.850 8 72.625 6
Tatiana Miloserdova Wat A Feeling 61.875 37 Did not advance

Eventing

Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Qualifier Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
Igor Atrokhov Elkasar Individual 65.20 64 Eliminated Did not advance
Valery Martyshev Kinzhal 64.40 62 60.40 124.80 52 12.00 136.80 48 Did not advance 136.80 48

Show jumping

Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final Total
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round A Round B
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
Lyubov Kochetova Ilion Kilen Individual 8 49 33 41 61 Did not advance 41 61

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

In men's team sabre, Russia lost in the semi-finals to the USA 45–44 as Stanislav Pozdnyakov failed to win a bout against the Americans; the United States had been losing to Russia 40-35, before Keeth Smart outscored Pozdnyakov 10-4 for the win.[15][16][17] Then Russia also lost its bronze medal match.[17] Pozdnyakov subsequently retired.

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Anton Avdeev Individual épée Bye  Robeiri (FRA)
L 11–15 		Did not advance
Nikolay Kovalev Individual sabre  O'Connell (GBR)
W 15–14 		 Martí (ESP)
L 12–15 		Did not advance
Stanislav Pozdnyakov Bye  Lopez (FRA)
L 8–15 		Did not advance
Aleksey Yakimenko Bye  Buikevich (BLR)
L 9–15 		Did not advance
Nikolay Kovalev
Stanislav Pozdnyakov
Aleksey Yakimenko 		Team sabre —  China (CHN)
W 45–36 		 United States (USA)
L 44–45 		 Italy (ITA)
L 44–45 		4
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Tatiana Logunova Individual épée —  Samuelsson (SWE)
L 6–15 		Did not advance
Lyubov Shutova — Bye  Szász (HUN)
W 15–12 		 Brânză (ROU)
L 13–15 		Did not advance
Aida Shanayeva Individual foil Bye  Gruchała (POL)
W 12–11 		 Trillini (ITA)
L 3–15 		Did not advance
Yevgeniya Lamonova Bye  Schache (GER)
W 15–2 		 Mohamed (HUN)
W 15–5 		 Granbassi (ITA)
L 7–12 		Did not advance
Viktoria Nikishina Bye  Hatuel (ISR)
W 10–9 		 Granbassi (ITA)
L 4–11 		Did not advance
Svetlana Boyko
Aida Shanayeva
Yevgeniya Lamonova
Viktoria Nikishina 		Team foil —  Egypt (EGY)
W 45–23 		 Italy (ITA)
W 22–21 		 United States (USA)
W 28–21 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Yekaterina Dyachenko Individual sabre Bye  Hisagae (JPN)
W 15–10 		 Khomrova (UKR)
L 14–15 		Did not advance
Yelena Nechayeva Bye  Wieckowska (POL)
L 12–15 		Did not advance
Sofiya Velikaya Bye  Pundyk (UKR)
W 15–7 		 Bianco (ITA)
W 15–6 		 Xue T (CHN)
W 15–9 		 Jacobson (USA)
L 11–15 		 Ward (USA)
L 14–15 		4
Yekaterina Dyachenko
Yekaterina Fedorkina
Yelena Nechayeva
Sofiya Velikaya 		Team sabre —  Ukraine (UKR)
L 34–45 		Classification semi-final
 South Africa (RSA)
W 45–13 		5th place final
 Poland (POL)
W 45–36 		5

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men
Team
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Maksim Devyatovskiy Team 15.300 13.300 15.375 15.825 15.425 15.125 90.350 14 Q 15.175 13.575 15.450 15.525 — 14.325 —
Anton Golotsutskov 15.300 Q 12.325 15.075 16.550 Q — 14.300 — 15.650 — 16.575 —
Sergey Khorokhordin 14.975 14.800 15.075 15.725 15.875 15.350 91.800 7 Q 15.225 13.825 — 15.675 14.575 —
Nikolai Kryukov — 14.850 — 16.200 16.175 Q 15.050 — — 15.475 — 16.050 16.150 —
Konstantin Pluzhnikov 14.450 — 14.275 — 14.950 — — 15.250 —
Yuri Ryazanov 14.600 14.450 15.100 15.550 15.625 14.800 90.125 17* — 15.250 — 15.475 15.075 —
Total 60.475 57.400 60.625 64.300 63.100 60.325 366.225 3 Q 46.050 42.875 45.950 48.150 47.300 43.975 274.300 6

* Only two gymnasts per country may advance to a final.

Individual finals
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB
Maksim Devyatovskiy All-around 15.225 15.200 15.625 15.225 15.325 15.100 91.700 6
Anton Golotsutskov Floor 15.725 — 15.725 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Vault — 16.475 — 16.475 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sergey Khorokhordin All-around 15.150 15.100 15.400 15.300 15.700 15.050 91.700 5
Nikolai Kryukov Parallel bars — 15.150 — 15.150 8
Women
Team
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F V UB BB F V UB BB
Ksenia Afanasyeva Team 15.025 15.175 14.825 15.775 Q 60.800 6* 15.075 14.925 14.375 —
Lyudmila Grebenkova — 14.600 — — 14.575 —
Svetlana Klyukina 13.950 15.175 14.975 — — 15.150 —
Ekaterina Kramarenko 15.150 Q 15.150 15.500 14.625 60.425 10* 15.125 — 15.575 —
Anna Pavlova 15.125 15.350 Q 14.600 Q 15.825 Q 60.900 5 Q 13.850 15.200 — 15.100 —
Ksenia Semyonova 14.472 14.750 16.425 15.775 61.475 4 Q — 16.450 15.225 —
Total 59.775 60.850 61.775 62.000 244.400 3 Q 43.350 45.425 46.950 44.900 180.625 4

* Only two gymnasts per country may advance to a final.

Individual finals
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
F V UB BB
Ksenia Afanasyeva Balance beam — 14.825 14.825 7
Ekaterina Kramarenko Floor 15.025 — 15.025 5
Anna Pavlova All-around 15.050 15.275 14.525 15.975 60.825 7
Floor 14.125 — 14.125 8
Vault — 7.812 — 7.812 8
Balance beam — 15.900 15.900 4
Ksenia Semyonova All-around 14.775 14.850 16.475 15.925 61.925 4
Uneven bars — 16.325 — 16.325 6

Rhythmic

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Rope Hoop Clubs Ribbon Total Rank Rope Hoop Clubs Ribbon Total Rank
Evgeniya Kanaeva Individual 17.850 18.700 18.700 18.825 74.075 1 Q 18.850 18.850 18.950 18.850 75.500 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Olga Kapranova 18.350 18.475 18.200 17.875 72.900 2 Q 18.200 18.500 16.950 18.050 71.700 4
Athlete Event Qualification Final
5 ropes 3 hoops
2 clubs 		Total Rank 5 ropes 3 hoops
2 clubs 		Total Rank
Margarita Aliychuk
Anna Gavrilenko
Tatiana Gorbunova
Yelena Posevina
Daria Shkurikhina
Natalia Zuyeva 		Team 17.000 17.700 34.700 2 Q 17.750 17.800 35.550 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Trampoline

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Alexander Rusakov Men's 69.90 6 Q 38.50 7
Dmitry Ushakov 71.50 3 Q 38.80 6
Natalia Chernova Women's 63.00 11 Did not advance
Irina Karavayeva 66.40 2 Q 36.20 5

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Roster

The following is the Russia roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[18][19]

Head coach: Vladimir Maksimov

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Oleg Grams (1984-02-20)20 February 1984 (aged 24) 2.01 m 33 0 Russia Chekhovskiye Medvedi
2 CB Vasily Filippov (1981-01-18)18 January 1981 (aged 27) 1.83 m 69 152 Russia Chekhovskiye Medvedi
6 RB Denis Krivoshlykov (1971-05-10)10 May 1971 (aged 37) 1.80 m 170 468 Spain CB Ademar León
8 P Egor Evdokimov (1982-03-09)9 March 1982 (aged 26) 2.03 m 69 103 Russia Chekhovskiye Medvedi
10 P Alexander Chernoivanov (1979-02-13)13 February 1979 (aged 29) 2.01 m 48 80 Russia Chekhovskiye Medvedi
15 LB Alexey Rastvortsev (1978-08-12)12 August 1978 (aged 29) 2.01 m 181 703 Russia Chekhovskiye Medvedi
16 GK Alexey Kostygov (1973-07-05)5 July 1973 (aged 35) 1.91 m 103 0 Russia Chekhovskiye Medvedi
17 RB Alexey Kamanin (1978-06-06)6 June 1978 (aged 30) 1.98 m 148 319 Russia Chekhovskiye Medvedi
19 LB Samvel Aslanyan (1986-02-23)23 February 1986 (aged 22) 1.88 m 14 15 Russia Chekhovskiye Medvedi
23 LW Eduard Kokcharov (1975-12-04)4 December 1975 (aged 32) 1.85 m 199 1023 Slovenia Celje Pivovarna Laško
25 RW Dmitry Kovalev (1982-05-15)15 May 1982 (aged 26) 1.80 m 64 131 Russia Chekhovskiye Medvedi
31 LW Timur Dibirov (1983-07-30)30 July 1983 (aged 25) 1.80 m 51 133 Russia Chekhovskiye Medvedi
35 RB Konstantin Igropulo (1985-04-14)14 April 1985 (aged 23) 1.91 m 45 182 Russia Chekhovskiye Medvedi
77 CB Vitali Ivanov (1976-02-03)3 February 1976 (aged 32) 1.93 m 180 443 Russia Chekhovskiye Medvedi
Group play
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 South Korea 5 3 0 2 122 129 −7 6 Qualified for the quarterfinals
 Denmark 5 2 2 1 137 131 +6 6
 Iceland 5 2 2 1 151 146 +5 6
 Russia 5 2 1 2 136 131 +5 5
 Germany 5 2 1 2 126 130 −4 5
 Egypt 5 0 2 3 127 132 −5 2
Source:[citation needed]
10 August 2008
10:45 		Russia  31 – 33  Iceland Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
Igropulo 9 (16–19) Guðjónsson 12
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12 August 2008
10:45 		Egypt  27 – 28  Russia Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Liudowyk, Vakula (UKR)
El Ahmar 10 (14–14) Rastvortsev 8
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14 August 2008
19:00 		Denmark  25 – 24  Russia Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
Christiansen 6 (10–10) Chernoivanov, Igropulo 6
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16 August 2008
15:45 		Russia  24 – 24  Germany Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Filippov 6 (11–10) Kraus 6
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18 August 2008
14:00 		Russia  29 – 22  South Korea Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
Rastvortsev 6 (17–12) Yoon Kyung-shin 7
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Quarterfinal
20 August 2008
12:00 		France  27 – 24  Russia Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
Narcisse 9 (13–10) Kokcharov 5
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Classification semifinal
22 August 2008
12:00 		Russia  28 – 27  Denmark Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Elmoamli, Shaban Ali (EGY)
Dibirov 8 (17–14) Christiansen 8
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5th–6th place
24 August 2008
10:15 		Russia  28 – 29  Poland Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRI)
Kokcharov 10 (15–14) Jurasik 6
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Women's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Roster

The following is the Russia roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[20]

Head coach: Yevgeni Trefilov

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Inna Suslina (1979-01-05)5 January 1979 (aged 29) 1.83 m Russia Zvezda Zvenigorod
3 CB Irina Poltoratskaya (1979-03-02)2 March 1979 (aged 29) 1.78 m Russia Zvezda Zvenigorod
4 P Oxana Romenskaya (1976-06-06)6 June 1976 (aged 32) 1.91 m Russia Zvezda Zvenigorod
5 RB Lyudmila Postnova (1984-08-11)11 August 1984 (aged 23) 1.80 m Russia Lada Togliatti
6 LB Anna Kareyeva (1977-05-10)10 May 1977 (aged 31) 1.85 m Russia Zvezda Zvenigorod
8 CB Yekaterina Andryushina (1985-08-17)17 August 1985 (aged 22) 1.85 m Russia Zvezda Zvenigorod
9 LW Yana Uskova (1985-09-28)28 September 1985 (aged 22) 1.68 m Slovenia Krim Ljubljana
10 RB Yelena Polenova (1983-08-20)20 August 1983 (aged 24) 1.98 m Russia Zvezda Zvenigorod
11 LW Emiliia Turei (1984-10-06)6 October 1984 (aged 23) 1.74 m Denmark Slagelse Dream Team
12 P Natalia Shipilova (1979-12-31)31 December 1979 (aged 28) 1.81 m Russia Zvezda Zvenigorod
16 GK Maria Sidorova (1979-11-21)21 November 1979 (aged 28) 1.78 m Russia Lada Togliatti
17 LW Yekaterina Marennikova (1982-04-29)29 April 1982 (aged 26) 1.73 m Russia Lada Togliatti
19 LW Yelena Dmitriyeva (1983-07-01)1 July 1983 (aged 25) 1.75 m Russia Zvezda Zvenigorod
24 RB Irina Bliznova (1986-10-06)6 October 1986 (aged 21) 1.80 m Russia Lada Togliatti
Group play
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Russia 5 4 1 0 148 125 +23 9 Qualified for the quarterfinals
 South Korea 5 3 1 1 155 127 +28 7
 Hungary 5 2 1 2 129 142 −13 5
 Sweden 5 2 0 3 123 137 −14 4
 Brazil 5 1 1 3 124 137 −13 3
 Germany 5 1 0 4 123 134 −11 2
Source:[citation needed]
9 August 2008
15:45 		Russia  29 – 29  South Korea Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Marennikova 6 (16–13) Kim On-a 7
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11 August 2008
20:45 		Sweden  24 – 28  Russia Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
Wiel Fredén 6 (12–14) Turei 6
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13 August 2008
09:00 		Russia  28 – 19  Brazil Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Licis, Stolarovs (LAT)
Poltoratskaya 6 (12–10) Nascimento 5
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15 August 2008
20:45 		Hungary  24 – 33  Russia Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
Görbicz 6 (15–16) Postnova 8
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17 August 2008
19:00 		Russia  30 – 29  Germany Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
Postnova 8 (16–14) Wörz 8
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Quarterfinal
19 August 2008
20:15 		Russia  32 – 31 (ET)  France Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Liu S, Liu F (CHN)
Bliznova 6 (12–16) Signaté 7
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FT: 24–24 ET: 4–4, 4–3

Semifinal
21 August 2008
20:15 		Hungary  20 – 22  Russia Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Baum, Goralczyk (POL)
Tóth 5 (9–14) Bliznova 7
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Gold medal game
23 August 2008
15:45 		Norway  34 – 27  Russia Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
Riegelhuth 9 (18–13) Bliznova 6
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Final rank

 Silver

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Preliminary Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Ruslan Kishmakov −60 kg Bye  Khousrof (YEM)
W 0200–0000 		 Liu (CHN)
W 0100–0000 		 Dragin (FRA)
L 0000–0002 		Did not advance Bye  Yekutiel (ISR)
L 0000–0001 		Did not advance
Alim Gadanov −66 kg Bye  Gasimov (AZE)
W 0120–0101 		 Ungvári (HUN)
W 0011–0002 		 Darbelet (FRA)
L 0010–1010 		Did not advance Bye  Mehmedovic (CAN)
W 1000–0000 		 Casale (ITA)
W 1002–0010 		 Arencibia (CUB)
L 0001–0010 		5
Salamu Mezhidov −73 kg —  Bilodid (UKR)
L 0000–1000 		Did not advance
Alibek Bashkaev −81 kg Bye  Attaf (MAR)
L 0001–1000 		Did not advance
Ivan Pershin −90 kg —  Trezise (RSA)
W 1000–0000 		 Rosati (ARG)
W 1000–0000 		 Kazusionak (BLR)
W 1010–0000 		 Tsirekidze (GEO)
L 0000–1002 		Bye  Aschwanden (SUI)
L 0020–1000 		5
Ruslan Gasymov −100 kg —  Behrla (GER)
L 0001–1100 		Did not advance
Tamerlan Tmenov +100 kg Bye  van der Geest (NED)
W 0101–0000 		 Pan S (CHN)
W 0200–0000 		 Ishii (JPN)
L 0000–1100 		Did not advance Bye  Bianchessi (ITA)
W 0010–0000 		 Roudaki (IRI)
L 0001–1010 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Lyudmila Bogdanova −48 kg Bye  Bermoy (CUB)
L 0001–0010 		Did not advance  Miranda (ECU)
W 1000–0010 		 Baschin (GER)
W 0001–0000 		 Hormigo (POR)
W 0100–0001 		 Tani (JPN)
L 0000–0001 		5
Anna Kharitonova −52 kg Bye  Monteiro (POR)
L 0000–0211 		Did not advance
Vera Koval −63 kg  Willeboordse (NED)
L 0010–0012 		Did not advance
Yulia Kuzina −70 kg Bye  Mészáros (HUN)
L 0002–0010 		Did not advance
Vera Moskalyuk −78 kg  San Miguel (ESP)
L 0000–0002 		Did not advance  Silva (BRA)
L 0000–0021 		Did not advance
Tea Donguzashvili +78 kg  Tong W (CHN)
L 0000–1000 		Did not advance  Prokof'yeva (UKR)
W 0100–0000 		 Kim N-Y (KOR)
L 0000–1000 		Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Shooting
(10 m air pistol) 		Fencing
(épée one touch) 		Swimming
(200 m freestyle) 		Riding
(show jumping) 		Running
(3000 m) 		Total points Final rank
Points Rank MP Points Results Rank MP points Time Rank MP points Penalties Rank MP points Time Rank MP Points
Ilia Frolov Men's 178 22 1072 18–17 13 832 2:04.01 11 1312 372 28 828 9:04.95 2 1224 5268 20
Andrey Moiseev 186 5 1168 26–9 1 1024 2:02.55 6 1332 140 15 1060 9:48.75 27 1048 5632 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Evdokia Gretchichnikova Women's 178 15 1072 20–15 =11 880 2:26.37 29 1164 224 32 976 10:43.65 15 1148 5240 25
Tatiana Mouratova 179 14 1084 22–13 =5 928 2:22.98 26 1208 92 19 1108 10:49.35 =18 1124 5452 12

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Aleksandr Kornilov
Aleksey Svirin 		Double sculls 6:44.46 4 R 6:23.52 1 SA/B 6:27.75 5 FB 6:49.84 11
Sergey Fedorovtsev
Nikita Morgachyov
Igor Salov
Nikolay Spinyov 		Quadruple sculls 5:39.18 3 SA/B Bye 5:59.56 5 FB 5:46.17 7
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Oksana Dorodnova
Yuliya Kalinovskaya
Yuliya Levina
Larisa Merk 		Quadruple sculls 6:26.21 4 R 6:51.14 5 FB 6:28.10 7

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Alexey Tokarev RS:X 33 31 35 32 32 27 30 31 33 30 EL 279 34
Igor Lisovenko Laser 11 14 4 8 7 26 37 20 7 CAN EL 93 11
Maksim Sheremetyev
Mikhail Sheremetyev 		470 27 21 22 21 24 12 11 11 18 17 EL 157 20
Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Tatiana Bazyuk RS:X 24 23 24 19 21 20 22 21 25 24 EL 198 24
Anastasiya Chernova Laser Radial 7 28 26 16 18 23 24 26 28 CAN EL 168 27
Natalia Ivanova
Diana Krutskikh
Ekaterina Skudina 		Yngling 3 8 12 10 15 1 6 6 CAN CAN 12 58 6
Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Eduard Skornyakov Finn 24 20 17 13 8 18 12 14 CAN CAN EL 102 17

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Aleksey Alipov Trap 121 1 Q 142 S/O 3 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Leonid Ekimov 10 m air pistol 582 5 Q 680.5 5
25 m rapid fire pistol 581 2 Q 778.2 4
Vitaly Fokeev Double trap 130 16 Did not advance
Pavel Gurkin Trap 116 11 Did not advance
Vladimir Isakov 50 m pistol 563 5 Q 659.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Artem Khadjibekov 50 m rifle prone 594 13 Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 1167 14 Did not advance
Alexei Klimov 25 m rapid fire pistol 577 8 Did not advance
Sergei Kovalenko 50 m rifle 3 positions 1166 18 Did not advance
Sergei Kruglov 10 m air rifle 595 5 Q 697.0 8
Vasily Mosin Double trap 131 14 Did not advance
Mikhail Nestruyev 10 m air pistol 575 29 Did not advance
50 m pistol 552 24 Did not advance
Konstantin Prikhodtchenko 10 m air rifle 595 7 Q 698.4 5
50 m rifle prone 595 7 Q 699.0 5
Valeriy Shomin Skeet 115 19 Did not advance
Konstantin Tsuranov 113 23 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Yuliya Alipova 25 m pistol 579 18 Did not advance
Svetlana Demina Skeet 66 12 Did not advance
Olga Desyatskaya 10 m air rifle 394 18 Did not advance
Lioubov Galkina 10 m air rifle 399 2 Q 502.1 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
50 m rifle 3 positions 585 8 Q 687.6 4
Tatiana Goldobina 50 m rifle 3 positions 578 18 Did not advance
Irina Laricheva Trap 64 9 Did not advance
Natalia Paderina 10 m air pistol 391 OR 1 Q 489.1 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
25 m pistol 579 19 Did not advance
Svetlana Smirnova 10 m air pistol 383 9 Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Stanislav Donets 100 m backstroke 54.18 11 Q 54.57 14 Did not advance
200 m backstroke 1:58.68 14 Q 1:59.87 16 Did not advance
Evgeny Drattsev 10 km open water — 1:52:08.9 5
Vladimir Dyatchin — DSQ
Grigory Falko 200 m breaststroke 2:11.88 23 Did not advance
Andrey Grechin 50 m freestyle 22.20 17 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 48.50 14 Q 48.71 14 Did not advance
Danila Izotov 200 m freestyle 1:46.80 7 Q 1:47.24 9 Did not advance
Dmitry Komornikov 100 m breaststroke 1:01.82 34 Did not advance
Yevgeny Korotyshkin 100 m butterfly 52.30 24 Did not advance
Andrey Krylov 400 m individual medley 4:14.55 13 — Did not advance
Yevgeny Lagunov 50 m freestyle 22.30 18 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 48.59 21 Did not advance
Nikita Lobintsev 400 m freestyle 3:43.45 4 Q — 3:48.29 8
1500 m freestyle 15:35.47 31 — Did not advance
Yury Prilukov 400 m freestyle 3:44.82 8 Q — 3:43.97 7
1500 m freestyle 14:41.13 EU 3 Q — 14:43.21 4
Nikolay Skvortsov 100 m butterfly 52.26 20 Did not advance
200 m butterfly 1:55.33 6 Q 1:54.31 3 Q 1:55.14 8
Roman Sludnov 100 m breaststroke 1:00.20 7 Q 1:00.10 6 Q 59.87 6
Alexander Sukhorukov 200 m freestyle 1:47.97 19 Did not advance
Alexander Tikhonov 200 m individual medley 2:01.21 22 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:16.49 16 — Did not advance
Arkady Vyatchanin 100 m backstroke 53.64 2 Q 53.06 EU 3 Q 53.18 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
200 m backstroke 1:56.97 4 Q 1:56.85 =8 Q 1:54.93 EU 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Alexey Zinovyev 200 m breaststroke 2:16.40 45 Did not advance
Sergey Fesikov
Andrey Grechin
Andrey Kapralov
Yevgeny Lagunov 		4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:14.07 9 — Did not advance
Danila Izotov
Yevgeny Lagunov
Nikita Lobintsev
Mikhail Polishchuk*
Alexander Sukhorukov 		4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:07.86 3 Q — 7:03.70 EU 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Andrey Grechin
Yevgeny Korotyshkin
Yevgeny Lagunov
Nikolay Skvortsov
Roman Sludnov
Arkady Vyatchanin 		4 × 100 m medley relay 3:33.59 EU 4 Q — 3:31.92 EU 4
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Anastasia Aksenova 50 m freestyle 25.51 28 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 55.29 25 Did not advance
Daria Belyakina 200 m freestyle 1:59.72 20 Did not advance
400 m freestyle 4:16.21 28 — Did not advance
Irina Bespalova 100 m butterfly 58.92 22 Did not advance
Yelena Bogomazova 100 m breaststroke 1:08.63 18 Did not advance
Olga Detenyuk 200 m breaststroke 2:27.87 20 Did not advance
Larisa Ilchenko 10 km open water — 1:59:27.7 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Svetlana Karpeeva 200 m individual medley 2:12.94 16 Q 2:13.26 13 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:50.22 31 — Did not advance
Stanislava Komarova 200 m backstroke 2:09.93 13 Q 2:10.50 14 Did not advance
Yana Martynova 200 m butterfly 2:12.47 25 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:36.25 5 Q — 4:40.04 7
Kseniya Moskvina 100 m backstroke 1:00.70 16 Q 1:01.06 14 Did not advance
Yelena Sokolova 800 m freestyle 8:23.07 6 Q — 8:29.79 7
Natalya Sutyagina 100 m butterfly 58.32 11 Q 59.07 14 Did not advance
Yuliya Yefimova 100 m breaststroke 1:06.08 EU 2 Q 1:07.50 5 Q 1:07.43 4
200 m breaststroke 2:25.07 8 Q 2:24.00 6 Q 2:23.76 5
Anastasia Zuyeva 100 m backstroke 59.61 3 Q 59.77 4 Q 59.40 5
200 m backstroke 2:09.01 5 Q 2:09.07 8 Q 2:07.88 4
Anastasia Aksenova
Daria Belyakina
Svetlana Karpeeva
Yelena Sokolova 		4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:42.52 12 — Did not advance
Anastasia Aksenova
Kseniya Moskvina
Natalya Sutyagina
Yuliya Yefimova
Anastasia Zuyeva 		4 × 100 m medley relay 3:59.66 5 Q — 3:57.84 5

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Technical routine Free routine (preliminary) Free routine (final)
Points Rank Points Total (technical + free) Rank Points Total (technical + free) Rank
Anastasia Davydova
Anastasiya Yermakova 		Duet 49.334 1 49.500 98.834 1 Q 49.917 99.251 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Anastasia Davydova
Anastasiya Yermakova
Maria Gromova
Natalia Ishchenko
Elvira Khasyanova
Olga Kuzhela
Yelena Ovchinnikova
Anna Shorina
Svetlana Romashina 		Team 49.500 1 — 50.000 99.500 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Singles
Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Fedor Kuzmin Men's singles Bye  Bobocica (ITA)
L 1–4 		Did not advance
Alexey Smirnov Bye  Doan (VIE)
W 4–1 		 Kan (JPN)
L 1–4 		Did not advance
Oksana Fadeyeva Women's singles Bye  Stefanova (ITA)
L 0–4 		Did not advance
Svetlana Ganina Bye  Sang Xu (AUS)
L WO 		Did not advance
Irina Kotikhina Bye  Miao (AUS)
L 3–4 		Did not advance
Team
Athlete Event Group round Semifinals Bronze playoff 1 Bronze playoff 2 Bronze medal Final
Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Fedor Kuzmin
Dmitry Mazunov
Alexey Smirnov 		Men's team Group D
 Japan (JPN)
L 0 – 3
 Hong Kong (HKG)
L 1 – 3
 Nigeria (NGR)
L 2 – 3 		4 Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Igor Andreev Singles  Querrey (USA)
W 6–4, 6–4 		 Llodra (FRA)
W 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 		 Nadal (ESP)
L 4–6, 2–6 		Did not advance
Nikolay Davydenko  Gulbis (LAT)
W 6–4, 6–2 		 Mathieu (FRA)
L 5–7, 3–6 		Did not advance
Dmitry Tursunov  Federer (SUI)
L 4–6, 2–6 		Did not advance
Mikhail Youzhny  Vaněk (CZE)
W 6–4, 6–1 		 Johansson (SWE)
W 7–5, 6–2 		 Đokovic (SRB)
L 6–7(3–7), 3–6 		Did not advance
Igor Andreev
Nikolay Davydenko 		Doubles —  Blake /
Querrey (USA)
W 6–3, 6–4 		 Darcis /
Rochus (BEL)
W 7–6(8–6), 6–2 		 Clément /
Llodra (FRA)
L 2–6, 7–6(7–4), 4–6 		Did not advance
Dmitry Tursunov
Mikhail Youzhny 		—  González /
Massú (CHI)
W 7–6(7–5), 6–4 		 Federer /
Wawrinka (SUI)
L 4–6, 3–6 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Elena Dementieva Singles  K Bondarenko (UKR)
W 6–1, 6–4 		 Arvidsson (SWE)
W 6–3, 6–4 		 Wozniacki (DEN)
W 7–6(7–3), 6–2 		 S Williams (USA)
W 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 		 Zvonareva (RUS)
W 6–3, 7–6(7–3) 		 Safina (RUS)
W 3–6, 7–5, 6–3 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Svetlana Kuznetsova  Li N (CHN)
L 6–7(5–7), 4–6 		Did not advance
Dinara Safina  Santangelo (ITA)
W 6–3, 7–6(7–1) 		 Martínez Sánchez (ESP)
W 7–6(7–3), 6–1 		 Zheng J (CHN)
W 6–4, 6–3 		 Janković (SRB)
W 6–2, 5–7, 6–3 		 Li N (CHN)
W 7–6(7–3), 7–5 		 Dementieva (RUS)
L 6–3, 5–7, 3–6 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Vera Zvonareva  Yan Z (CHN)
W 6–0, 6–2 		 Pe'er (ISR)
W 6–3, 7–6(7–4) 		 Schiavone (ITA)
W 7–6(7–4), 6–4 		 Bammer (AUT)
W 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 		 Dementieva (RUS)
L 3–6, 6–7(7–3) 		 Li N (CHN)
W 6–0, 7–5 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Dinara Safina 		Doubles —  Santangelo /
Vinci (ITA)
W 6–1, 3–6, 7–5 		 Mirza /
Rao (IND)
W 6–4, 6–4 		 Yan Z /
Zheng J (CHN)
L 3–6, 7–5, 8–10 		Did not advance
Elena Vesnina
Vera Zvonareva 		—  Llagostera Vives /
Martínez Sánchez (ESP)
W 2–6, 6–1, 6–3 		 Dulko /
Jozami (ARG)
W 6–2, 6–3 		 S Williams /
V Williams (USA)
L 4–6, 0–6 		Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Time Rank
Alexander Bryukhankov Men's 18:10 0:30 59:08 0:33 33:01 1:51:22.59 24
Dmitry Polyanski 18:15 0:27 59:07 0:29 32:53 1:51:11.61 22
Igor Sysoyev 18:02 0:32 59:15 0:29 31:41 1:49:59.38 9
Irina Abysova Women's 20:26 0:30 Did not finish
Olga Zausaylova 20:58 0:30 1:26:52 0:31 39:01 2:06:24.26 36

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Beach

Athlete Event Preliminary round Standing Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Dmitri Barsuk
Igor Kolodinsky 		Men's Pool D
 Doppler – Gartmayer (AUT)
L 1 – 2 (16–21, 21–18, 14–16)
 Amore – Lione (ITA)
W 2 – 0 (21–17, 21–13)
 Araújo - Luiz (BRA)
L 0 – 2 (22–24, 17–21) 		3 Q  Emanuel –
Ricardo (BRA)
L 1 – 2 (21–18, 23–25, 12–15) 		Did not advance
Alexandra Shiryayeva
Natalya Uryadova 		Women's Pool C
 Barnett – Cook (AUS)
L 1 – 2 (8–21, 21–19, 12–15)
 Ana Paula – Larissa (BRA)
L 1 – 2 (21–19, 12–21, 13–15)
 Rtvelo – Saka (GEO)
L 1 – 2 (21–10, 20–22, 12–15 		4 Did not advance

Indoor

Russia qualified both a men's team and a women's team in the indoor tournaments. The men's team won all their group games but one, thereby advancing to the final round. There, they won the quarterfinal, lost the semifinal, and won the bronze medal game. The women's team won three games and lost two, and also advanced to the final round, where they lost the quarterfinal.

Men's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Roster

The following is the Russian roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[21]

Head Coach: Vladimir Alekno

№ Name Date of birth Height Weight Spike Block 2008 club
1 Aleksandr Korneev 11 September 1980 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 348 cm (137 in) 339 cm (133 in) Russia Zenit Kazan
2 Semen Poltavskiy 8 February 1981 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 346 cm (136 in) 338 cm (133 in) Russia Dynamo Moscow
3 Aleksandr Kosarev 30 September 1977 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 339 cm (133 in) 328 cm (129 in) Russia Lokomotiv-Belogorie
6 Sergey Grankin 21 January 1985 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 351 cm (138 in) 320 cm (130 in) Russia Dynamo Moscow
8 Sergey Tetyukhin 23 September 1975 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 89 kg (196 lb) 345 cm (136 in) 338 cm (133 in) Russia Lokomotiv-Belogorie
9 Vadim Khamuttskikh (c) 26 November 1969 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 342 cm (135 in) 331 cm (130 in) Russia Lokomotiv-Belogorie
10 Yury Berezhko 27 January 1984 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 90 kg (200 lb) 346 cm (136 in) 338 cm (133 in) Russia Dynamo Moscow
13 Aleksey Ostapenko 26 May 1986 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 355 cm (140 in) 340 cm (130 in) Russia Dynamo Moscow
15 Aleksandr Volkov 14 February 1985 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 90 kg (200 lb) 355 cm (140 in) 335 cm (132 in) Russia Dynamo Moscow
16 Aleksey Verbov (L) 31 January 1982 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 77 kg (170 lb) 315 cm (124 in) 310 cm (120 in) Russia Iskra Odintsovo
17 Maxim Mikhaylov 19 March 1988 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 345 cm (136 in) 330 cm (130 in) Russia Yaroslavich
18 Aleksey Kuleshov 24 February 1979 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 96 kg (212 lb) 353 cm (139 in) 344 cm (135 in) Russia Iskra Odintsovo
Preliminary round
Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SPW SPL SPR SW SL SR Qualification
1  Brazil 5 4 1 9 427 373 1.145 13 4 3.250 Quarterfinals
2  Russia 5 4 1 9 496 447 1.110 14 7 2.000
3  Poland 5 4 1 9 434 404 1.074 12 6 2.000
4  Serbia 5 2 3 7 440 439 1.002 9 10 0.900
5  Germany 5 1 4 6 418 440 0.950 6 12 0.500
6  Egypt 5 0 5 5 267 379 0.704 0 15 0.000
Source:[citation needed]
10 August 2008
10:00 		Serbia  1–3  Russia Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing
Attendance: 3,100
Referees: Bela Hobor (HUN), Osamu Sakaide (JPN)
(25–20, 21–25, 22–25, 14–25)
result statistics
12 August 2008
10:00 		Russia  3–2  Germany Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Patrick Deregnaucourt (FRA), Bela Hobor (HUN)
(25–27, 25–21, 21–25, 25–23, 16–14)
result statistics
14 August 2008
12:30 		Brazil  1–3  Russia Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Victor Rodriguez (PUR), Ning Wang (CHN)
(25–22, 24–26, 29–31, 19–25)
result statistics
16 August 2008
12:00 		Russia  3–0  Egypt Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing
Attendance: 3,200
Referees: Jiang Liu (CHN), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)
(25–19, 25–14, 25–18)
result statistics
18 August 2008
12:30 		Poland  3–2  Russia Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Frans Loderus (NED), Frank Leuthauser (GER)
(17–25, 26–24, 24–26, 25–23, 15–12)
result statistics
Quarterfinal
20 August 2008
10:00 		Bulgaria  1–3  Russia Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,500
Referees: Bela Hobor (HUN), Frans Loderus (NED)
(25–20, 16–25, 22–25, 21–25)
result statistics
Semifinal
22 August 2008
12:35 		United States  3–2  Russia Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12,500
Referees: Osamu Sakaide (JPN), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)
(25–22, 25–21, 25–27, 22–25, 15–13)
result statistics
Bronze medal match
24 August 2008
10:00 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Russia  3–0  Italy Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,500
Referees: Frank Leuthauser (GER), Dejan Jovanovic (SRB)
(25–22, 25–19, 25–23)
result statistics

Women's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Roster

The following is the Russian roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[22]

Head Coach: Italy Giovanni Caprara

№ Name Date of birth Height Weight Spike Block 2008 club
1 Maria Borodakova 8 March 1986 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 80 kg (180 lb) 312 cm (123 in) 308 cm (121 in) Russia Dynamo Moscow
3 Natalia Alimova 9 December 1978 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 315 cm (124 in) 308 cm (121 in) Russia Leningradka
4 Olga Fateeva 4 May 1985 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 310 cm (120 in) 303 cm (119 in) Russia Zarechie Odintsovo
5 Lioubov Sokolova 4 December 1977 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 315 cm (124 in) 307 cm (121 in) Russia Zarechie Odintsovo
6 Yelena Godina 17 September 1977 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 317 cm (125 in) 310 cm (120 in) Russia Dynamo Moscow
8 Yevgeniya Estes 17 July 1975 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 315 cm (124 in) 306 cm (120 in) Russia Uralochka
11 Yekaterina Gamova 17 October 1980 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 80 kg (180 lb) 321 cm (126 in) 310 cm (120 in) Russia Dynamo Moscow
12 Marina Sheshenina 26 June 1985 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 62 kg (137 lb) 302 cm (119 in) 295 cm (116 in) Russia Uralochka
14 Ekaterina Kabeshova 5 August 1986 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 62 kg (137 lb) 298 cm (117 in) 290 cm (110 in) Russia Leningradka
15 Aleksandra Pasynkova 14 April 1987 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 292 cm (115 in) 287 cm (113 in) Russia Uralochka
16 Yulia Merkulova 17 February 1984 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 317 cm (125 in) 308 cm (121 in) Russia Zarechie Odintsovo
18 Marina Akulova 13 December 1985 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 70 kg (150 lb) 303 cm (119 in) 290 cm (110 in) Russia Samorodok Khabarovsk
Preliminary round
Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SPW SPL SPR SW SL SR Qualification
1  Brazil 5 5 0 10 377 226 1.668 15 0 MAX Quarterfinals
2  Italy 5 4 1 9 372 315 1.181 12 4 3.000
3  Russia 5 3 2 8 353 312 1.131 10 6 1.667
4  Serbia 5 2 3 7 343 349 0.983 6 10 0.600
5  Kazakhstan 5 1 4 6 323 404 0.800 4 13 0.308 Eliminated
6  Algeria 5 0 5 5 230 392 0.587 1 15 0.067
Source:[citation needed]
9 August 2008
10:00 		Italy  3–1  Russia Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium
Attendance: 3,100
Referees: Frank Leuthauser (Germany), Karin Zahorcova (Czech Republic)
(25–20, 17–25, 25–16, 25–23)
result statistics
11 August 2008
14:30 		Brazil  3–0  Russia Capital Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Osamu Sakaide (Japan), Wang Ning (China)
(25–14, 25–14, 25–16)
result statistics
13 August 2008
12:30 		Russia  3–0  Kazakhstan Capital Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Liu Jiang (China), Patricia Salvatore (United States)
(25–19, 25–18, 25–11)
result statistics
15 August 2008
10:00 		Algeria  0–3  Russia Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Patricia Salvatore (United States), Osamu Sakaide (Japan)
(11–25, 19–25, 10–25)
result statistics
17 August 2008
22:00 		Russia  3–0  Serbia Capital Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referees: Osamu Sakaide (Japan), Karin Zahorcova (Czech Republic)
(25–21, 25–16, 25–20)
result statistics
Quarterfinal
19 August 2008
20:00 		China  3–0  Russia Capital Indoor Stadium
Attendance: 13,000
Referees: Humberto Salas (Mexico), Victor Manuel Rodriguez (Puerto Rico)
(25–22, 27–25, 25–19)
result statistics

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Roster

The following is the Russian roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[23]

№ Name Pos. Height Weight Date of birth Club
1 Valentina Vorontsova GK 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) 65 kg (143 lb) 26 July 1982 Russia Kinef Kirishi
2 Natalia Shepelina D 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) 63 kg (139 lb) 24 February 1981 Russia Uralochka Zlatoust
3 Ekaterina Prokofyeva D 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) 63 kg (139 lb) 13 March 1991 Russia Yunost Volgograd
4 Sofia Konukh CB 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 61 kg (134 lb) 9 March 1980 Russia Kinef Kirishi
5 Alena Vylegzhanina CB 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 70 kg (150 lb) 14 August 1987 Russia Uralochka Zlatoust
6 Nadezda Glyzina D 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) 65 kg (143 lb) 20 May 1988 Russia Kinef Kirishi
7 Ekaterina Pantyulina D 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 62 kg (137 lb) 6 October 1989 Russia Kinef Kirishi
8 Evgenia Soboleva CB 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 70 kg (150 lb) 26 August 1988 Russia Kinef Kirishi
9 Oleksandra Karpovich CF 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) 55 kg (121 lb) 6 June 1986 Russia SKIF Moscow
10 Olga Belyaeva CF 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) 64 kg (141 lb) 18 March 1985 Russia Kinef Kirishi
11 Elena Smurova CB 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) 60 kg (130 lb) 18 January 1974 Russia Kinef Kirishi
12 Olga Turova CF 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 60 kg (130 lb) 13 March 1983 Russia Yunost Volgograd
13 Evgeniya Protsenko GK 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 64 kg (141 lb) 25 November 1983 Russia Uralochka Zlatoust
Head coach: Alexander Kleymenov
Group play
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 United States 3 2 1 0 33 27 +6 5 Qualified for semifinals
 Italy 3 2 1 0 28 26 +2 5 Qualified for quarterfinals
 China 3 1 0 2 33 33 0 2
 Russia 3 0 0 3 26 34 −8 0 Will play for places 7th–8th
Source:[citation needed]

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

11 August 2008
14:20 		Report Russia  8–9  Italy Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Gaetan Turcotte (CAN), Nikolaos Argyros (GRE)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–1, 2–3, 1–2
Smurova 2 Goals Miceli 2, di Mario 2
13 August 2008
17:00 		Report Russia  11–13  China Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Gaetan Turcotte (CAN), Torsten Bock (GER)
Score by quarters: 2–3, 5–4, 3–1, 1–5
Pantyulina 3, Vylegzhanina 2 Goals Sun Yu. 4, Gao 2, Sun H. 2
15 August 2008
14:20 		Report Russia  7–12  United States Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Jaime Moliner Molins (ESP), Ahmet Erhan Tulga (TUR)
Score by quarters: 0–5, 3–2, 2–4, 2–1
Konukh 2, Turova 2 Goals Golda 3, Villa 2, Gregorka 2
Classification round (7th–8th place)
17 August 2008
13:00 		Report Russia  12–6  Greece Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing
Referees:
Stephen Knights (NZL), Guy Pinker (RSA)
Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–1, 3–1, 2–2
Shepelina 3, Konukh 3, Pantyulina 2, Belyaeva 2 Goals Roumpesi 4

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Oleg Perepetchenov −77 kg 162 5 192 9 354 5
Khadzhimurat Akkayev −94 kg 185 1 217 4 402 DSQ
Roman Konstantinov 175 8 212 8 387 8
Dmitry Klokov −105 kg 193 3 230 3 423 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Dmitry Lapikov 190 5 230 2 420 DSQ
Evgeny Chigishev +105 kg 210 1 250 2 460 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Marina Shainova −58 kg 98 5 129 3 227 DSQ
Svetlana Tsarukayeva −63 kg 107 DNF — — — DNF
Oxana Slivenko −69 kg 115 2 140 2 255 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Nadezhda Evstyukhina −75 kg 117 3 147 2 264 DSQ

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Key:

Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Besik Kudukhov −55 kg Bye  Naranbaatar (MGL)
W 3–0 PO 		 Dabbaghi (IRI)
W 3–0 PO 		 Matsunaga (JPN)
L 0–5 VT 		Bye  Mansurov (UZB)
W 3–0 PO 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mavlet Batirov −60 kg  Huseynov (AZE)
W 3–0 PO 		 Quintana (CUB)
W 3–1 PP 		 Ramazanov (MKD)
W 3–0 PO 		 Mohammadi (IRI)
W 3–0 PO 		Bye  Fedoryshyn (UKR)
W 3–1 PP 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Irbek Farniev −66 kg  Markosyan (ARM)
W 3–1 PP 		 Batzorig (MGL)
W 3–1 PP 		 Spiridonov (KAZ)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 7
Buvaisar Saitiev −74 kg  Cho B-K (KOR)
W 3–1 PP 		 Gulhan (TUR)
W 3–0 PO 		 Fundora (CUB)
W 3–1 PP 		 Terziev (BUL)
W 5–0 VT 		Bye  Tigiev (UZB)
W 3–1 PP 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Georgy Ketoev −84 kg  Wang Y (CHN)
W 3–1 PP 		 Sokhiev (UZB)
W 3–1 PP 		 Temrezov (AZE)
W 3–1 PP 		 Mindorashvili (GEO)
L 0–5 VT 		Bye  Bichinashvili (GER)
W 3–1 PP 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Shirvani Muradov −96 kg Bye  Tibilov (UKR)
W 3–1 PP 		 Koç (TUR)
W 3–0 PO 		 Gazyumov (AZE)
W 3–1 PP 		Bye  Tigiyev (KAZ)
W 3–0 PO 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Bakhtiyar Akhmedov −120 kg  Boyadzhiev (BUL)
W 3–0 PO 		 Masoumi (IRI)
W 5–0 VT 		 Mocco (USA)
W 3–1 PP 		 Mutalimov (KAZ)
W 3–0 PO 		Bye  Taymazov (UZB)
L 0–3 PO 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Nazyr Mankiev −55 kg  Hafizov (UZB)
W 3–1 PP 		 Fris (SRB)
W 3–0 PO 		 Sourian (IRI)
W 3–1 PP 		 Park E-C (KOR)
W 3–1 PP 		Bye  Bayramov (AZE)
W 3–1 PP 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Islambek Albiev −60 kg Bye  Sucu (TUR)
W 3–0 PO 		 Monzón (CUB)
W 3–0 PO 		 Tyumenbayev (KGZ)
W 3–0 PO 		Bye  Rahimov (AZE)
W 3–0 PO 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Sergey Kovalenko −66 kg Bye  Serir (ALG)
W 3–0 PO 		 Gergov (BUL)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 7
Varteres Samurgashev −74 kg  Madsen (DEN)
W 3–1 PP 		 Abdulov (AZE)
W 5–0 VT 		 Bácsi (HUN)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 7
Aleksey Mishin −84 kg Bye  Samokhin (KAZ)
W 3–1 PP 		 Minguzzi (ITA)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance Bye  Noumonvi (FRA)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 9
Aslanbek Khushtov −96 kg  Mambetov (KAZ)
W 3–0 PO 		 Timoncini (ITA)
W 3–0 PO 		 Ežerskis (LTU)
W 3–0 PO 		 Švec (CZE)
W 5–0 VT 		Bye  Englich (GER)}
W 3–0 PO 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Khasan Baroyev −120 kg Bye  Hashemzadeh (IRI)
W 3–0 PO 		 Mizgaitis (LTU)
W 3–1 PP 		 Szczepaniak (FRA)
W 3–1 PP 		Bye  López (CUB)
L 1–3 PP 		DSQ
Women's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Zamira Rakhmanova −48 kg Bye  Boubryemm (FRA)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 11
Natalia Golts −55 kg —  Komarova (AZE)
W 3–0 PO 		 Yoshida (JPN)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance Bye  Nerell (SWE)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 8
Alena Kartashova −63 kg Bye  Shalygina (KAZ)
W 3–0 PO 		 Vaseva (BUL)
W 3–1 PP 		 Legrand (FRA)
W 3–1 PP 		Bye  Icho (JPN)
L 0–3 PO 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Elena Perepelkina −72 kg —  Hamaguchi (JPN)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 11

See also

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