| Russian Empire at the 1908 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | RU1 |
| NOC | Russian Olympic Committee |
| inLondon | |
| Competitors | 6 in 3 sports |
| Medals Ranked 12th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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| Other related appearances | |
 Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992) Russia (1994–2016) Olympic Athletes from Russia (2018) | |
Russian Empire (Russia) competed at the 1908 Summer OlympicsinLondon, England. It was the second appearance of the European nation, after having missed the 1904 Games.
Some sources claim that the Russian shooting team was 13 days late to the Olympics due to the Russian Empire still using the Julian calendar as opposed to the rest of Europe, which used the Gregorian system.[1] The official report does not mention Russia, and it does mention Italy and Australia as "absent"[2]. Other authors doubt of this claim , and underlie that Russia had been living next to Gregorian-calendar Europe for two centuries and was used to the difference [3]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold
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Nikolai Panin | Figure skating | Men's special figures | October 29 |
 Silver
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Nikolay Orlov | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman lightweight | July 25 |
| Silver
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Aleksandr Petrov | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman super heavyweight | July 24 |
Russia had one track & field athlete compete in 1908. Lind took 19th place of 27 finishers in the marathon.
| Event | Place | Athlete | Heats | Semifinals | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's marathon | 19th | Georg Lind[4] | None held | 3:26:38.8 | |
| Event | Place | Skater | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's individual | — | Nikolai Panin | Did not finish |
| Men's special figures | 1st | Nikolai Panin | 43.8 |
| Event | Place | Wrestler | Round of 32 |
Round of 16 |
Quarter- finals |
Semi- finals |
Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greco-Roman lightweight | 2nd | Nikolay Orlov | Bye | Defeated Lund |
Defeated Radvány |
Defeated Lindén |
Lost to Porro |
| Greco-Roman middleweight | 9th | Georgy Demin | Bye | Lost to Frank |
Did not advance | ||
| Greco-Roman light heavyweight | 9th | Yevgeny Zamotin | Bye | Lost to Payr |
Did not advance | ||
| Greco-Roman heavyweight | 2nd | Aleksandr Petrov | None held | Defeated Humphreys |
Defeated Payr |
Lost to Weisz | |
| Opponent nation | Wins | Losses | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Hungary | 2 | 2 | .500 |
| Italy | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Total | 5 | 4 | .556 |
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