The Russian Federation competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, China, represented by the Russian Olympic Committee. Russia competed in all sports except baseball, field hockey, football, softball, and taekwondo. It ranked third in the medal table by the number of gold (24) and overall (60) medals. Russia also had 14 medals stripped for doping violations, the most of any nation at the 2008 Olympics, although in terms of gold medals it got a net positive of +1 (from 23 to 24).
Medalists
| width=78% align=left valign=top | Medal Name Sport Event Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg Athletics Men's 20 km walk Svetlana BoykoAida ShanayevaYevgeniya LamonovaViktoria Nikishina Fencing Women's team foil Tennis Women's singles Athletics Women's 3000 m steeplechase Yelena Isinbayeva Athletics Women's pole vault Wrestling Men's freestyle 60 kg Athletics Men's high jump Swimming Women's 10 km open water Anastasia DavydovaAnastasiya Yermakova Synchronized swimming Women's duet Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg Athletics Women's 20 km walk Wrestling Men's freestyle 96 kg Modern pentathlon Men's event Canoeing Men's C-1 500 m Anastasia DavydovaAnastasiya YermakovaMaria GromovaNatalia IshchenkoElvira KhasyanovaOlga KuzhelaYelena OvchinnikovaAnna ShorinaSvetlana Romashina Synchronized swimming Women's team Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual all-around Boxing Heavyweight Margarita AliychukAnna GavrilenkoTatiana GorbunovaYelena PosevinaDaria ShkurikhinaNatalia Zuyeva Gymnastics Women's rhythmic team all-around Boxing Lightweight Weightlifting Women's 69 kg Wrestling Men's freestyle 120 kg Dmitri SautinYuriy Kunakov Diving Men's 3 m synchronized springboard Anastasia Pozdniakova Diving Women's 3 m synchronized springboard Shooting Women's 10 m air rifle Shooting Women's 10 m air pistol Danila IzotovYevgeny LagunovNikita Lobintsev Alexander SukhorukovMikhail Polischuk* Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay TennisWomen's singles Wrestling Women's freestyle 63 kg Diving Women's 3 m springboard Weightlifting Men's 105 kg Weightlifting Men's +105 kg Athletics Men's pole vault Aleksandr KostoglodSergey Ulegin Canoeing Men's C-2 500 m Handball Women's tournament Gleb Galperin Diving Men's 10 m synchronized platform Shooting Men's trap Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke Swimming Men's 200 m backstroke Shooting Men's 50 m pistol Mikhail KuznetsovDmitry Larionov Canoeing Men's slalom C-2 Archery Men's individual Tennis Women's singles Gymnastics Men's floor Gymnastics Men's vault Svetlana Feofanova Athletics Women's pole vault Wrestling Men's freestyle 55 kg Alexei Markov Cycling Men's madison Athletics Men's high jump Wrestling Men's freestyle 84 kg Athletics Men's 50 km walk Boxing Flyweight Cycling Women's cross-country Basketball Women's tournament Diving Men's 10 m platform Volleyball Men's tournament Cycling Men's road race Athletics 3000 m steeplechase | width="22%" align="left" valign="top" |
Sport TotalArchery0011Athletics51410Basketball0011Boxing2013Canoeing1113Cycling0033Diving0325Fencing1001Gymnastics2024Handball0101Modern pentathlon1001Shooting0224Swimming1124Synchronized swimming2002Tennis1113Volleyball0011Weightlifting1203Wrestling71210Total24132360
Competitors
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The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games: SportMenWomenTotalArchery 3 2 5Athletics 44 60 104Badminton 1 1 2Basketball 12 12 24Boxing 11 0 11Canoeing 12 2 14Cycling 15 7 22Diving 6 4 10Equestrian 2 3 5Fencing 4 10 14Gymnastics 8 16 24Handball 14 14 28Judo 7 6 13Modern pentathlon 2 2 4Rowing 6 4 10Sailing 5 5 10Shooting 14 8 22Swimming 21 14 35Synchronised swimming 0 9 9Table tennis 3 3 6Tennis 4 5 9Triathlon 3 2 5Volleyball 14 14 28Water polo 0 13 13Weightlifting 6 4 10Wrestling 14 4 18 Total 231 224 455 | width=22% align=left valign=top |
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.2007 World Outdoor Target Championship Results 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 AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankAndrey AbramovIndividual66025 (40)L 109 (25)–109 (26)Did not advanceBair Badënov65831 (34)W 114–109 (2)W 109–108 (47)W 115–110 (26)W 109–104 (3)L 112 (18)–112 (20) (1)W 115–110Balzhinima Tsyrempilov6716 (59)W 112–102 (38)W 109–101 (22)L 110–113Did not advanceAndrey AbramovBair BadënovBalzhinima TsyrempilovTeam19894colspan=2 (12)L 208–217Did not advance
Women AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMiroslava DagbaevaIndividual63723 (42)W 106 (10)–106 (9) (10)L 106–110Did not advanceNatalia Erdyniyeva64711 (54)W 107–102 (43)W 104–103 (27)L 98–110Did not advance
Athletics
Russia sent a 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 were provisionally suspended by IAAF for doping offenses. Nine medals won by Russians in athletics at the 2008 Olympics were later stripped due to doping violations.
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankDenis Alekseyev400 m45.52DSQ colspan=2 Did not advanceGrigoriy AndreyevMarathoncolspan=6 2:13:3314Dmitry Bogdanov800 m1:47.493colspan=2 Did not advanceValeriy Borchin20 km walkcolspan=6 1:19:01Evgeniy Borisov110 m hurdles13.905Did not advanceYuriy Borzakovskiy800 m1:45.152 Qcolspan=2 1:46.533Did not advanceAleksandr Derevyagin400 m hurdles49.195 qcolspan=2 49.236Did not advanceMaksim Dyldin400 m46.035colspan=2 Did not advanceSergey Ivanov10000 mcolspan=6 28:34.7230Sergey Kirdyapkin50 km walkcolspan=6 Oleg KulkovMarathoncolspan=6 2:18:1129Ilya Markov20 km walkcolspan=6 1:22:0217Ildar Minshin3000 m steeplechase8:26.856colspan=4 Did not advanceDenis Nizhegorodov50 km walkcolspan=6 3:40:14Igor Peremota110 m hurdles13.592 Q13.707Did not advancePavel Potapovich3000 m steeplechase8:36.2910colspan=4 Did not advanceVyacheslav Shabunin1500 m3:42.5311colspan=2 Did not advanceRoman Smirnov200 m20.761 Q20.626Did not advanceAleksey SokolovMarathoncolspan=6 2:15:5721Andrey Yepishin100 m10.342 Q10.256Did not advanceDenis AlekseyevMaksim DyldinVladislav FrolovAnton Kokorin4 × 400 m relay3:00.14 NR2 Qcolspan=4 2:58.06 NRDSQ
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionDanil BurkenyaTriple jump16.6922Did not advanceKirill IkonnikovHammer throw72.3321Did not advanceAlexandr IvanovJavelin throw79.2714Did not advanceIlya Korotkov83.332 Q83.157Anton LyuboslavskiyShot put19.8718Did not advanceYevgeny LukyanenkoPole vault5.65=1 q5.85Sergey MakarovJavelin throw72.4726Did not advanceVladimir MalyavinLong jump7.3537Did not advanceIgor PavlovPole vault5.65=1 q5.609Aleksandr PetrenkoTriple jump16.9717Did not advanceBogdan PishchalnikovDiscus throw64.606 Q65.886Yaroslav RybakovHigh jump2.259 q2.33Andrey Silnov2.296 q2.36Pavel SofinShot put20.298 Q20.427Igor SpasovkhodskiyTriple jump17.236 Q16.799Dmitry StarodubtsevPole vault5.6511 q5.705Igor VinichenkoHammer throw72.0522Did not advanceVyacheslav VoroninHigh jump2.2514Did not advanceIvan YushkovShot put20.0212 Q19.67
Combined events – Decathlon AthleteEvent 100 m 400 m 1500 mFinalRankAleksey DrozdovResult11.027.2316.262.0251.5615.5147.435.1062.574:41.34815411Points856869867822744789817941777672Aleksandr PogorelovResult11.077.3716.532.0850.9114.4750.045.0064.015:01.56Points845903884878773915871910798551Aleksey SysoyevResult11.036.7715.422.1150.71———Points85476081690678200———
Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankInga Abitova10000 mcolspan=6 30:37.33DSQAnna Alminova1500 m4:04.665 qcolspan=4 4:06.9911Tatyana Andrianova800 m2:00.312 Qcolspan=2 1:58.163 q2:02.638Aleksandra Antonova100 m hurdles13.185colspan=2 Did not advanceTatyana Aryasova10000 mcolspan=6 31:45.5719Yekaterina Bikert400 m hurdles55.151 Qcolspan=2 54.384 Q54.966Galina BogomolovaMarathoncolspan=6 Yuliya Chermoshanskaya200 m22.984 Q22.631 Q22.575Did not advanceTatyana Dektyareva100 m hurdles13.055colspan=2 Did not advanceAleksandra Fedoriva200 m23.294 Q23.045 q23.228Did not advanceTatyana Firova400 m50.592 Qcolspan=2 50.313 q50.116Yuliya Gushchina51.182 Qcolspan=2 50.481 Q50.014Tatyana Kalmykova20 km walkcolspan=6 Olga Kaniskinacolspan=6 1:26:31 Anastasiya Kapachinskaya400 m51.321 Qcolspan=2 50.302 Q50.03DSQSvetlana Klyuka800 m2:01.671 Qcolspan=2 1:58.311 Q1:56.944Yuliya Kondakova100 m hurdles13.074colspan=2 Did not advanceMariya Konovalova10000 mcolspan=6 30:35.845Yekaterina Kostetskaya800 m2:00.543 Qcolspan=2 1:58.333Did not advanceNatalya Murinovich100 m11.555 q11.517Did not advanceIrina Obedina400 m hurdles55.712 Qcolspan=2 55.696Did not advanceAnastasiya Ott55.342 Qcolspan=2 54.746Did not advanceTatyana Petrova3000 m steeplechase9:28.851 Qcolspan=4 9:12.33Yevgeniya Polyakova100 m11.241 Q11.132 Q11.387Did not advanceNatalya Rusakova100 m11.615 q11.496Did not advance200 m23.213 Q23.286Did not advanceGulnara Samitova-Galkina5000 m15:11.465 Qcolspan=4 15:56.97123000 m steeplechase9:15.171 Qcolspan=4 8:58.81 Liliya Shobukhova5000 m14:57.773 Qcolspan=4 15:46.626Tatyana Sibileva20 km walkcolspan=6 1:28:2811Irina TimofeyevaMarathoncolspan=6 2:27:317Yekaterina Volkova3000 m steeplechase9:23.063 Qcolspan=4 9:07.64Yelena Zadorozhnaya5000 mcolspan=4 Did not advanceSvetlana ZakharovaMarathoncolspan=6 2:32:1622Yuliya ChermoshanskayaAleksandra FedorivaYuliya GushchinaYevgeniya Polyakova4 × 100 m relay42.872 Qcolspan=4 42.31Tatyana FirovaYuliya GushchinaAnastasiya KapachinskayaLyudmila LitvinovaYelena MigunovaTatyana Veshkurova4 × 400 m relay3:23.711 Qcolspan=4 3:18.82
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionMariya AbakumovaJavelin throw63.484 Q70.78 NRDSQAnna BulgakovaHammer throw68.0420Did not advanceAnna ChicherovaHigh jump1.9312 q2.03DSQSvetlana FeofanovaPole vault4.506 q4.75Yuliya Golubchikova4.5010 q4.754Viktoriya GurovaTriple jump14.783 Q14.777Yelena IsinbayevaPole vault4.601 Q5.05 Olga IvanovaShot put18.4615 Q18.449Irina Khudoroshkina16.8425Did not advanceYelena KonevtsevaHammer throw67.8322Did not advanceTatyana KotovaLong jump6.5714Did not advanceTatyana LebedevaLong jump6.704 q7.03DSQTriple jump14.555 Q15.32DSQAnna OmarovaShot put18.748 Q19.086Yelena PriymaHammer throw70.699 q69.7210Anna PyatykhTriple jump14.458 Q14.738Natalya SadovaDiscus throw58.1125Did not advanceSvetlana Saykina59.4816Did not advanceSvetlana ShkolinaHigh jump1.938 q1.9314Yelena Slesarenko1.9314 q2.014Oksana UdmurtovaLong jump6.637 q6.706Mariya YakovenkoJavelin throw51.6747Did not advanceOksana EsipchukDiscus throw55.0732Did not advance
Combined events – Heptathlon AthleteEvent 200 m 800 mFinalRankAnna BogdanovaResult13.091.8614.0824.246.4535.412:09.456465 PB6*Points11111054799958991579973Tatyana ChernovaResult13.651.8312.8823.956.4748.372:06.506591Points102810167199869978291016Olga KurbanResult13.771.7713.8424.345.9742.852:13.59619213*Points1011941783948840722913 * On 16 August 2016, the Russian women's 4 × 100 metres relay team was disqualified for doping. The Russian team members were stripped of their gold Olympic medals, as Yuliya Chermoshanskaya had her samples reanalyzed and tested positive for two prohibited substances.The IOC requested that the IAAF modify the results, and the medals were redistributed accordingly.
Badminton