Russia at the Olympics

Russia has been at the modern Olympic Games many times. They have been called different nations. As the Russian Empire, they were first at the 1900 Games. They returned again in 1908 and 1912. After the Russian revolution in 1917, and the establishment of the Soviet Union in 1922, they were not at the Olympics again until the 1952 Summer Olympics. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia competed as part of the Unified Team in 1992. They returned once again as Russia at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Russia at the Olympics
IOC code	RUS
NOC	Russian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ru (in Russian)
Medals	Gold 196 Silver 163 Bronze 189 Total 548
Summer appearances
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020–2024
Winter appearances
1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018–2022

The Soviet Union hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Russia has hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Since 2012, Russian athletes have won a total of 404 medals (399 since 1994) at the Summer Olympic Games. They have another 91 at the Winter Olympic Games. Over the most recent ten Games (since 1994), Russia's 495 total medals, including 170 gold medals, are second only to the United States (with 631 and 237, respectively).

The Russian Olympic Committee was formed in 1991 and recognized in 1993.

Medal tables

*Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Medals by Summer Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1900–1912 As part of the  Russian Empire (RU1) 1920–1948 Did not participate 1952–1988 As part of the  Soviet Union (URS) 1992 Barcelona As part of the  Unified Team (EUN) 1996 Atlanta 390 26 21 16 63 2 2000 Sydney 435 32 28 29 89 2 2004 Athens 446 28 26 36 90 3 2008 Beijing 455 24 13 23 60 3 2012 London 436 20 20 30 70 4 2016 Rio de Janeiro 2911 19 17 20 56 4 2020 Tokyo Future event 2024 Paris Future event 2028 Los Angeles Future event Total 149 125 154 428 10

Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1924–1952 Did not participate 1956–1988 As part of the  Soviet Union (URS) 1992 Albertville As part of the  Unified Team (EUN) 1994 Lillehammer 113 11 8 4 23 1 1998 Nagano 122 9 6 3 18 3 2002 Salt Lake City 151 5 4 4 13 5 2006 Turin 190 8 6 8 22 4 2010 Vancouver 177 3 5 7 15 11 2014 Sochi 232 11 9 9 29 1 2018 Pyeongchang As the  Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR)2 2022 Beijing Future event Total 47 38 35 120 9

Medals by summer sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Wrestling 30 11 15 56 Gymnastics 22 22 20 64 Athletics 21 20 21 62 Fencing 13 5 8 26 Boxing 10 5 15 30 Synchronized swimming 10 0 0 10 Shooting 7 13 11 31 Swimming 5 9 9 23 Cycling 5 5 9 19 Judo 5 4 7 16 Diving 4 8 6 18 Weightlifting 4 7 7 18 Modern pentathlon 4 1 0 5 Tennis 3 3 2 8 Canoeing 2 3 8 13 Handball 2 1 1 4 Volleyball 1 3 2 6 Rowing 1 0 2 3 Taekwondo 0 2 2 4 Water polo 0 1 3 4 Archery 0 1 1 2 Sailing 0 1 1 2 Basketball 0 0 3 3 Badminton 0 0 1 1 Total 149 125 154 428    Leading in that sport

Medals by winter sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Cross country skiing 14 10 9 33 Figure skating 14 9 3 26 Biathlon 10 4 8 22 Speed skating 3 5 5 13 Short track speed skating 3 1 1 5 Snowboarding 2 2 1 5 Skeleton 1 0 2 3 Freestyle skiing 0 1 3 4 Bobsleigh 0 1 1 2 Ice hockey 0 1 1 2 Alpine skiing 0 1 0 1 Luge 0 3 0 3 Nordic combined 0 0 1 1 Total 47 38 35 120

Notes

• ¹: partially banned due to the state-sponsored doping program.
• ²: banned due to the state-sponsored doping program.

Flag Bearers

• 1994 Winter Olympics - Sergey Chepikov
• 1996 Summer Olympics - Alexander Karelin
• 1998 Winter Olympics - Alexey Prokurorov
• 2000 Summer Olympics - Andrey Lavrov
• 2002 Winter Olympics - Alexey Prokurorov
• 2004 Summer Olympics - Alexander Popov
• 2006 Winter Olympics - Dmitry Dorofeev
• 2008 Summer Olympics - Andrei Kirilenko
• 2010 Winter Olympics - Aleksey Morozov
• 2012 Summer Olympics - Maria Sharapova

Related pages

• List of IOC country codes
• Soviet Union at the Olympics