Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Archery

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. 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.

Men

Women

Athletics

Russia sent a strong 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 had been provisionally suspended by IAAF

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only

Q = Qualified for the next round

q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target

NR = National record

N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Field events

Combined events – Decathlon

Women

Track & road events

Field events

Combined events – Heptathlon

* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of the Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance. Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and all Russian heptathletes moved up a position. Tatyana Chernova was upgraded to bronze.

Basketball

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 will be 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

Roster

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

Group play

Women's tournament

Roster

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

Group play

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Boxing

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. Ayrapetyan qualified at the first European qualifying tournament. Balanov fill out the Russian team, earning a welterweight spot at the second European continental qualifying tournament.

Sprint

Men

Women

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

Road

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

Men

Women

Track

Sprint

Pursuit

Keirin

Omnium

Diving

Men

Women

Fencing

Men

Women

Artistic

Men

Team

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

Individual finals

Women

Team

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

Individual finals

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Russia roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. ‹See Tfd›

Head coach: Vladimir Maksimov

Group play

Quarterfinal

Classification semifinal

5th–6th place

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Russia roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. ‹See Tfd›

Head coach: Yevgeni Trefilov

Group play

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Gold medal game

Final rank

02 ! Silver

Judo

Men

Women

Rowing

Men

Women

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

Men

Women

Open

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

Shooting

Men

Women

Swimming

Men

Women

Table tennis

Singles

Team

Tennis

Men

Women

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

Roster

The following is the Russian roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. ‹See Tfd›

Preliminary round

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal match

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Russian roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. ‹See Tfd›

Preliminary round

Quarterfinal

Women's tournament

Roster

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

Group play

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

Classification round (7th–8th place)

Weightlifting

Men

Women

Wrestling

Key:

VT - Victory by Fall.

PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.

PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Men's Greco-Roman

Women's freestyle