Russian Empire at the 1912 Summer Olympics

The Russian Empire (Russia) competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. 159 competitors took part in 62 events in 15 sports.^[1]

Russian Empire at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Russian Empire
IOC code	RU1
NOC	Russian Olympic Committee
in Stockholm
Competitors	159 in 15 sports
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 3 Total 5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1900 1904 1908 1912
Other related appearances
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The team of Russia at the opening ceremony.

Medalists

Silver

• Amos Kash, Nikolai Melnitsky, Pavel Voyloshnikov and Grigori Panteleimonov — Shooting, Men's Team 30m rapid fire pistol
• Martin Klein — Wrestling, Greco-Roman middleweight

Bronze

• Mart Kuusik — Rowing, Men's single sculls
• Esper Beloselsky, Ernest Brasche, Nikolai Puschnitsky, Aleksandr Rodionov, Joseph Schomacker, Philipp Strauch and Karl Lindholm — Sailing, Men's 10m class
• Haralds Blaus — Shooting, Men's Trap

Aquatics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Four swimmers competed for Russia at the 1912 Games. It was the nation's debut in swimming. None of the Russian swimmers took part in the semifinals of any event; Baimakov had advanced unopposed from the quarterfinals in the 400 metre breaststroke, but did not start in the semifinals.

Ranks given for each swimmer are within the heat.

Men

Swimmer	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Pavel Avksentyev	400 m freestyle	N/A		Did not finish		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	N/A		Did not finish		Did not advance
Georgy Baimakov	200 m breaststroke	N/A		3:29.0	5	Did not advance
	400 m breaststroke	N/A		7:28.6	2 Q	Did not start		Did not advance
Herbert von Kuhlberg	100 m freestyle	Unknown	4	Did not advance
Nikolai Voronkov	400 m freestyle	N/A		Did not finish		Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics

35 athletes competed for Russia. It was the second appearance of the nation in athletics, after having a single marathon runner in 1908. Aleksandr Schultz's 11th-place finish in the decathlon was Russia's best placement.

Ranks given are within that athlete's heat for running events.

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Aleksis Aide	10 km walk	N/A		59:24.4	9	Did not advance
Alfreds Alslebens	Decathlon	N/A				5294.615	12
Ulrich Baasch	Pole vault	N/A		3.40	16	Did not advance
Herberts Baumanis	200 m	Did not finish		Did not advance
Pyotr Gayevsky	400 m	?	4	Did not advance
Haralds Hahne	200 m	?	4	Did not advance
Arnolds Indriksons	1500 m	N/A		?	6	Did not advance
Andrejs Kapmals	Marathon	N/A				Did not finish
Nikolay Khorkov	1500 m	N/A		?	7	Did not advance
	Marathon	N/A				Did not start
Alexandre Kracheninin	Marathon	N/A				Did not start
Andrejs Krūkliņš	1500 m	N/A		?	5-6	Did not advance
	Marathon	N/A				Did not finish
Leopolds Lēvenšteins	100 m	?	6	Did not advance
Kaarel Lukk	10 km walk	N/A		Did not finish		Did not advance
Eduard Hermann[2]	10 km walk	N/A		Disqualified		Did not advance
Johann Martin	Pole vault	N/A		1.70	25	Did not advance
Vasily Molokanov	2 hand discus	N/A		47.37	19	Did not advance
Dmitry Nazarov	800 m	?	5	Did not advance
	1500 m	N/A		Did not finish		Did not advance
Nikolai Neklapayev	Discus throw	N/A		32.59	35	Did not advance
	Javelin throw	N/A		44.98	17	Did not advance
Mikhail Nikolsky	5000 m	N/A		17:21.7	4	Did not advance
	10000 m	N/A		Did not finish		Did not advance
	Marathon	N/A				Did not start
Arvīds Ozols-Berne	Shot put	N/A		10.33	21	Did not advance
Yevgeni Petrov	1500 m	N/A		?	5	Did not advance
Nikolajs Rasso	Marathon	N/A				Did not finish
Elmar Reiman	Marathon	N/A				?	35
Alfrēds Ruks	1500 m	N/A		?	7	Did not advance
Alfred Schwarz	Standing high jump	N/A		1.40	13	Did not advance
Richard Schwarz	100 m	?	5	Did not advance
Aleksandr Schultz	Long jump	N/A		6.15	22	Did not advance
	Decathlon	N/A				6134.470	11
Pavel Shtiglits	100 m	?	4	Did not advance
Nikolajs Švedrēvics	Javelin throw	N/A		43.21	20	Did not advance
Aleksandrs Upmals	Marathon	N/A				Did not finish
Ēriks Vanags	Shot put	N/A		10.44	20	Did not advance
	Discus throw	N/A		31.34	39	Did not advance
Johannes Leopold Villemson	800 m	Did not finish		Did not advance
Rūdolfs Vītols	1500 m	N/A		?	4-5	Did not advance
René Wilde	Marathon	N/A				Did not start
Aleksandr Elizarov	800 m	?	5-7	Did not advance
	1500 m	N/A		?	6	Did not advance
Joseph Zaitsev	Marathon	N/A				Did not start

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Ten cyclists represented Russia. It was the first appearance of the nation in cycling. Andrejs Apsītis was the only cyclist to finish the time trial, the only race held, placing 60th. Because only Apsītis finished the time trial, the team received no ranking in the four-man team competition.

Road cycling

Cyclist	Events	Final
		Result	Rank
Andrejs Apsītis	Ind. time trial	12:18:20.6	60
Fiodor Borisow	Ind. time trial	Did not finish
Fridrihs Bošs	Ind. time trial	Did not finish
Jēkabs Bukse	Ind. time trial	Did not finish
Augusts Kepke	Ind. time trial	Did not finish
Kārlis Kepke	Ind. time trial	Did not finish
Jānis Līvens	Ind. time trial	Did not finish
Sergey Pesteryev	Ind. time trial	Did not finish
Jānis Prātnieks	Ind. time trial	Did not finish
Edgars Rihters	Ind. time trial	Did not finish
Andrejs Apsītis No other finishers	Team time trial	Did not finish

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1912 Summer Olympics

A single diver represented Russia. It was Russia's debut in diving. Viktor Baranov, the sole Russian diver, did not finish the competition in the first round of the plain high diving event.

Rankings given are within the diver's heat.

Diver	Events	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Viktor Baranov	Plain high diving	Did not finish		Did not advance

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Rider	Horse	Event	Final
			Penalties	Rank
Mikhail Yekimov	Tritonych	Individual	62	9

Jumping

(Team score is the sum of the top three individual scores.)

Rider	Horse	Event	Final
			Penalties	Rank
Dmitri Pavlovich	Unité	Individual	10	9
Mikhail Plechkov	Yvette	Individual	17	21
Aleksandr Rodzyanko	Eros	Individual	14	16
Karol Rómmel	Siablik	Individual	12	15
Sergey Zagorsky	Bandoura	Individual	16	18
Aleksey Selikhov	Tugela	Individual	20	22
Mikhail Plechkov Aleksandr Rodzyanko Aleksey Selikhov Dmitri Pavlovich	Yvette Eros Tugela Unité	Team	50	5

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Twenty-four fencers represented Russia. It was the second appearance of the nation in fencing, which had previously competed in 1900. Because both fencers in 1900 had been professionals, the 1912 team was the first Russian team to feature amateurs. None of the Russian fencers in 1912 advanced to the finals, though four sabrists reached the semifinals.

Fencer	Event	Round 1		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Record	Rank	Record	Rank	Record	Rank	Record	Rank
Vladimir Andreyev	Sabre	2 wins	3 Q	2 losses	3 Q	Did not start		Did not advance
Boris Arsenyev	Sabre	Bye		2 losses	3 Q	1 win	5	Did not advance
Gavriil Bertrain	Foil	2 losses	4	Did not advance
	Épée	1 loss	2 Q	4 losses	5	Did not advance
Vladimir Danich	Sabre	1 win	3 Q	Did not start		Did not advance
Pavel Filatov	Sabre	1 win	4	Did not advance
Nikolay Goredetsky	Foil	6 losses	7	Did not advance
Leonid Grinev	Foil	4 losses	5	Did not advance
Apollon Guiber von Greifenfels	Sabre	Bye		2 losses	2 Q	2 wins	4	Did not advance
Pavel Guvorsky	Foil	4 losses	5	Did not advance
	Épée	6 losses	7	Did not advance
Anatoly Zhakovlev	Foil	4 losses	5	Did not advance
Vladimir Keyser	Foil	5 losses	7	Did not advance
	Épée	4 losses	4	Did not advance
Dmitry Knyazhevich	Foil	3 losses	4	Did not advance
Nikolay Kuznetsov	Sabre	Bye		3 losses	4	Did not advance
Feliks Leparsky	Foil	3 losses	4	Did not advance
Lev Martyushev	Foil	3 losses	4	Did not advance
	Épée	4 losses	5	Did not advance
Aleksandr Mordovin	Foil	3 losses	4	Did not advance
	Sabre	1 win	4	Did not advance
Boris Nepokupnoy	Sabre	0 wins	4	Did not advance
Georgy Zakyrich	Sabre	1 win	4	Did not advance
Vladimir Samoylov	Foil	4 losses	5	Did not advance
Vladimir de Sarnavsky	Foil	4 losses	5	Did not advance
	Épée	4 losses	4	Did not advance
Aleksandr Shkylev	Sabre	1 win	4	Did not advance
Aleksandr Soldatenkov	Épée	4 losses	5	Did not advance
Anatoly Timofeyev	Sabre	1 win	3 Q	2 losses	3 Q	Did not start		Did not advance
Konstantin Vaterkampf	Sabre	1 win	4	Did not advance
Gavril Bertrain Pavel Guvorsky Vladimir Keyser Dmitry Knyazhevich Lev Martyushev Vladimir Sarnavsky Aleksandr Soldatenkov	Team épée	N/A		0–2	3	Did not advance
Vladimir Andreyev Vladimir Danich Apollon Guiber von Greifenfels Nikolay Kuznetsov Aleksandr Mordovin Georgy Zakyrich Aleksandr Shkylev Anatoly Timofeyev	Team sabre	N/A		0–2	3	Did not advance

Football

Main article: Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Quarterfinals

Finland	2 – 1	Russian Empire
Wiberg 30' Öhman 80'		Butusov 72'

1912-06-30

Traneberg Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 300

Consolation quarterfinals

Germany	16 – 0	Russian Empire
Fuchs 2' 9' 21' 28' 34' 46' 51' 55' 65' 69' Förderer 6' 27' 53' 66' Burger 30' Oberle 58'

1912-07-01

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 2,000

Final rank

9th place

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Four gymnasts represented Russia. It was the debut of the nation in gymnastics. All four of the Russian gymnasts finished in the bottom five. Russia did not send any teams in the team competitions.

Artistic

Gymnast	Events	Final
		Result	Rank
Aleksandr Akhun	All-around	87.75	39
Semyon Kulikov	All-around	79.50	41
Pavel Kushnikov	All-around	90.00	38
Fyodor Zabelin	All-around	76.25	42

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Russia had five competitors in the first Olympic pentathlon competition. Two of the Russians were among the ten pentathletes to retire early. The others placed 15th, 20th, and 21st among the 22 finishers.

(The scoring system was point-for-place in each of the five events, with the smallest point total winning.)

Athlete	Shooting		Swimming		Fencing			Riding			Running		Total points	Rank
	Score	Points	Time	Points	Wins	Touches	Points	Penalties	Time	Points	Time	Points
Carl Aejemelaeus	151	19	8:59.8	25	Did not start			Retired					Did not finish
Aarno Almqvist	143	24	6:06.0	11	3	?	27	0	12:03.4	13	23:16.1	16	90	20
Weli Hohenthal	159	17	7:38.8	19	5	7	25	2	11:11.8	16	23:28.6	17	94	21
Boris Nepokupnoy	185	6	8:16.6	24	Did not start			Retired					Did not finish
Oskar Wilkman	176	11	8:11.6	23	7	7	20	0	10:34.2	5	22:57.8	15	73	15

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics

One rower represented Russia. It was the nation's first appearance in rowing. Kuusik advanced to the semifinals in the single sculls before being defeated, taking the bronze medal.

(Ranks given are within each crew's heat.)

Rower	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mart Kuusik	Single sculls	7:45.2	1 Q	7:45.0	1 Q	Unknown	2	Did not advance ()

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Seventeen sailors represented Russia. It was the nation's first appearance in sailing. Neither of Russia's eight metre boats were able to score any points, but the nation's ten metre boat finished in the top three of both races; that boat lost the race-off for second place and settled for the bronze medal.

(7 points for 1st in each race, 3 points for 2nd, 1 point for 3rd. Race-off to break ties in total points if necessary for medal standings.)

Sailors	Event	Race 1			Race 2			Total
		Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Race-off	Rank
Johan Farber Vladimir Ilyevich Vladimir Lurasov Nikolay Podgornov Herman von Adlerberg	8 metre class	2:27:59	0	7	2:21:43	0	7	0	N/A	5
Yevgeny Kuhn Ventseslav Kuzmichev Yevgeny Lomach Viktor Markov Pavel Pavlov	8 metre class	2:18:52	0	4	2:16:15	0	5	0	N/A	5
Esper Beloselsky Ernest Brasche Karl Lindblom Nikolay Pushnitsky Aleksandr Rodionov Iosif Shomaker Philipp Strauch	10 metre class	3:59:20	1	3	3:45:38	3	2	4	4:23:17

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Twenty six shooters competed for Russia. It was the first appearance of the nation in shooting. The Russian shooters won a pair of medals—a silver in the team rapid fire pistol and Blau's bronze in the trap—in their debut performance in the sport.

Shooter	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Dmitri Barkov	100 m deer, single shots	23	31
	100 m deer, double shots	39	19
Boris Belinsky	300 m rifle, 3 pos.	746	65
	600 m free rifle	69	65
	300 m military rifle, 3 pos.	78	46
Harry Blau	100 m deer, single shots	29	20
	Trap	91
Valter Bodneck	Trap	36	35
Georgy de Davydov	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	635	76
	600 m free rifle	70	61
	300 m military rifle, 3 pos.	68	68
Aleksandr Dobrzhansky	50 m rifle, prone	172	33
	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	463	78
	600 m free rifle	61	71
	300 m military rifle, 3 pos.	66	71
	25 m small-bore rifle	190	26
	100 m deer, single shots	22	33
Konstantin Kalinin	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	736	68
	600 m free rifle	77	39
	300 m military rifle, 3 pos.	62	79
Amos Kash	50 m pistol	384	46
	30 m rapid fire pistol	260	28
Dmitry Kuskov	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	780	58
	600 m free rifle	71	59
	300 m military rifle, 3 pos.	77	49
	50 m pistol	438	19
Feofan Lebedev	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	806	54
	600 m free rifle	59	74
	300 m military rifle, 3 pos.	80	42
Pavel Lesh	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	713	71
	600 m free rifle	62	70
	300 m military rifle, 3 pos.	83	30
Pavel Leith	100 m deer, single shots	10	34
	Trap	12	51
Nikolai Melnitsky	50 m pistol	414	33
	30 m rapid fire pistol	264	22
Nikolai Panin-Kolomenkin	50 m pistol	457	8
Grigori Panteleimonov	50 m pistol	442	17
	30 m rapid fire pistol	265	14
Boris Pertel	Trap	11	53
Vladimir Potekin	50 m rifle, prone	170	36
	25 m small-bore rifle	171	32
Osvald Rechke	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	699	73
	600 m free rifle	71	58
	300 m military rifle, 3 pos.	78	47
Grigori Shesterikov	50 m pistol	420	31
	30 m rapid fire pistol	250	32
Vasily Skrotsky	100 m deer, single shots	31	15
	100 m deer, double shots	32	20
Leonardus Syttin	Trap	81	23
Aleksandr Tillo	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	744	66
	600 m free rifle	70	62
	300 m military rifle, 3 pos.	76	51
Pavel Valden	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	758	62
	600 m free rifle	75	45
	300 m military rifle, 3 pos.	89	11
Georgi Vishnyakov	600 m free rifle	56	77
	300 m military rifle, 3 pos.	84	26
Pavel Voyloshnikov	50 m pistol	413	34
	30 m rapid fire pistol	260	24
Dāvids Veiss	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	623	77
	600 m free rifle	73	51
	300 m military rifle, 3 pos.	72	60
Dmitri Barkov Harry Blau Aleksandr Dobryansky Vasily Skrotsky	100 m team deer, single shots	108	5
Amos Kash Nikolai Melnitsky Grigori Panteleimonov Pavel Voyloshnikov	30 metre team rapid fire pistol	1091
Nikolai Melnitsky Nikolai Panin-Kolomenkin Grigori Shesterikov Pavel Voyloshnikov	50 m team pistol	1801	4
Georgi Davydov Dmitry Kuskov Feofan Lebedev Aleksandr Tillo Pavel Valden Davids Weiss	Team rifle	1403	9
Feofan Lebedev Pavel Lesh Konstantin Kalinin Dmitry Kuskov Aleksandr Tillo Pavel Valden	Team free rifle	4892	7

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Two tennis players represented Russia at the 1912 Games. It was the nation's debut in tennis.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 128	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mikhaił Sumarakow-Elston	Outdoor singles	Bye	Bye	Setterwall (SWE) W 6-2, 6-3, 11-13, 6-2	Kreuzer (GER) L 6-2, 10-12, 6-4, 6-0	Did not advance			9
Aleksandr Alejnicyn Mikhaił Sumarakow-Elston	Outdoor doubles	N/A		Bye	Hansen & Rovsing (DEN) W 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-3	Canet & Mény (FRA) L 6-3, 6-0, 6-1	Did not advance		5

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Greco-Roman

Russia was represented by 11 wrestlers at its second Olympic wrestling appearance. Klein was able to match Russia's best performance from 1908, taking the silver medal in the middleweight class. The team went a combined 17–22.

The bout between Klein and Asikainen turned out to be the last match, which lasted 11 hours and forty minutes, which is the world's longest wrestling match.^[3][4]

After Klein finally claimed victory, he was completely exhausted and was ruled unfit to compete in the final. Thus Johanson, whose only loss in the elimination rounds had been via a double loss to Asikainen, became the gold medalist.

Wrestler	Class	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round	Fifth round	Sixth round	Seventh round	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Match A Opposition Result	Match B Opposition Result	Match C Opposition Result	Rank
Aleksandr Ankondinow	Featherweight	Kangas (FIN) L	Stein (GER) W	Larsson (SWE) L	Did not advance							19
Georg Baumann	Lightweight	Väre (FIN) L	Salonen (FIN) L	Did not advance								31
Nikolajs Farnest	Heavyweight	Neser (GER) L	Barrett (GBR) L	Did not advance				N/A	Did not advance			12
Oskar Kaplur	Lightweight	Hayes (GBR) W	Covre (ITA) W	Salonen (FIN) W	Väre (FIN) L	Tanttu (FIN) W	Kolehmainen (FIN) L	Did not advance				6
August Kippasto	Lightweight	Radvány (HUN) L	Halík (BOH) L	Did not advance								31
Martin Klein	Middleweight	Somogyi (HUN) W	Bergqvist (SWE) W	Miskey (HUN) W	Merkle (GER) W	Westerlund (FIN) L	Åberg (FIN) W	Jokinen (FIN) W	Asikainen (FIN) W	Bye	Johansson (SWE) L/WO
Aleksanders Meesits	Featherweight	MacKenzie (GBR) L	Hetmar (DEN) L	Did not advance								26
Paweł Pawłowicz	Featherweight	Karlsson (SWE) W	Arneson (NOR) W	Beránek (BOH) L	Öberg (SWE) L	Did not advance						12
Augusts Pikker	Light heavyweight	Barl (AUT) W	Andersson (SWE) L	Did not start	Did not advance			N/A	Did not advance			19
Jānis Polis	Middleweight	Bacon (GBR) W	Jokinen (FIN) L	Kokotowitsch (AUT) L	Did not advance							20
Aleksandr Siewierow	Middleweight	Frank (SWE) L	Dahlberg (SWE) W	Johansson (SWE) L	Did not advance							20

Art Competitions

Main article: Art competitions at the 1912 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Russia at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-06-24.
2. Mens Kilometres Walk Round One at Sports Reference
3. Ancient art back in Athens BBC story, 16 March 2004
4. The World's Longest Wrestling Match^[usurped] (thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com)

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database