Russian Empire at the Olympics
Flag of the Russian Empire
IOC code	RU1
NOC	Russian Olympic Committee
Medals Ranked 99th	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)  Olympic Athletes from Russia (2018)

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 forty 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[edit] 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 Medals by summer sport[edit] Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Wrestling 0 3 0 3 Shooting 0 1 1 2 Rowing 0 0 1 1 Sailing 0 0 1 1 Totals (4 entries) 0 4 3 7 This table does not include the gold medal won in Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Medals by winter sport[edit] 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[edit] Equestrian[edit] 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[edit] 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[edit] 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[edit] 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[edit] List of flag bearers for Russia at the Olympics Category:Olympic competitors for Russia External links[edit] "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)