Russian Empire at the 1908 Summer Olympics
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| NOC = RU1
| NOCname = Russian Olympic Committee
| games = Summer Olympics
| year = 1908
| flagcaption = Flag of the Russian Empire
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| location = London
| competitors = 6
| sports = 3
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| rank = 12
| gold = 1
| silver = 2
| bronze = 0
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| appearances = auto
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| seealso = {{flagIOC|URS}} (1952–1988)
{{flagIOC|EUN}} (1992)
{{flagIOC|RUS}} (1994–)
}}
The Russian Empire (Russia) competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. It was the second appearance of the European nation, after having missed the 1904 Games.
Late arrival of the shooting team
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.{{cite journal |last1=Keown |first1=Eric |editor1-last=Lemon |editor1-first=Mark |journal=Punch |date=1949 |volume=217 |page=35|title=[unknown]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=urkSAAAAIAAJ&q=%221908+the+Russian+team+arrived+several+days+late+for+the+Olympic+Games%22 |access-date=28 June 2024}}
The official report does not mention Russia, and it does mention Italy and Australia as "absent".{{Cite web|title=Official Report 1908 page 295|url=https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/8511/rec/6|access-date=2022-01-27|website=digital.la84.org|language=en}} 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
Medalists
{{further|1908 Summer Olympics medal table|List of 1908 Summer Olympics medal winners}}
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| Medal
!Name !Sport !Event !Date | ||
|---|---|---|
| {{gold medal}}
| {{Sortname|Nikolai|Panin}} | Figure skating
| {{dts | 10|29}} |
| {{silver medal}}
| {{Sortname|Nikolay|Orlov|Nikolay Orlov (wrestler)}} | Wrestling
| Men's Greco-Roman lightweight | {{dts | 7|25}} |
| {{silver medal}}
| {{Sortname|Aleksandr|Petrov|Aleksandr Petrov (wrestler)}} | Wrestling
| Men's Greco-Roman super heavyweight | {{dts | 7|24}} |
Results by event
=Athletics=
{{main article|Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics}}
Russia had one track & field athlete compete in 1908. Lind took 19th place of 27 finishers in the marathon.
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! Event | Place | Athlete | Heats | Semifinals | Final |
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|align=left| Men's marathon | 19th | align=left| Georg LindGeorg Lind was actually a Latvian living in London. | colspan=2 bgcolor=lightgray| None held | 3:26:38.8 | |
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=Figure skating=
{{main article|Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics}}
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! Event | Place | Skater | Score |
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|align=left| Men's individual | — | align=left| Nikolai Panin | Did not finish |
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|align=left| Men's special figures | bgcolor=gold| 1st | align=left| Nikolai Panin | 43.8 |
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=Wrestling=
{{Main article|Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics}}
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! Event | Place | Wrestler | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarter- finals | Semi- finals | Final |
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|align=left| Greco-Roman lightweight | bgcolor=silver| 2nd | align=left| Nikolay Orlov | Bye | Defeated Lund | Defeated Radvány | Defeated Lindén | Lost to Porro |
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|align=left| Greco-Roman middleweight | 9th | align=left| Georgy Demin | Bye | Lost to Frank | colspan=3 bgcolor=lightgray| Did not advance | ||
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|align=left| Greco-Roman light heavyweight | 9th | align=left| Yevgeny Zamotin | Bye | Lost to Payr | colspan=3 bgcolor=lightgray| Did not advance | ||
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|align=left| Greco-Roman heavyweight | bgcolor=silver| 2nd | align=left| Aleksandr Petrov | colspan=2 bgcolor=lightgray| None held | Defeated Humphreys | Defeated Payr | Lost to Weisz | |
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! Opponent nation | Wins | Losses | Percent |
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|align=left| Finland | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
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|align=left| Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
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|align=left| Hungary | 2 | 2 | .500 |
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|align=left| Italy | 0 | 1 | .000 |
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|align=left| Sweden | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Total || 5 || 4 || .556 |
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Notes
Sources
- {{cite book | last = Cook | first = Theodore Andrea | year = 1908 | title = The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report | publisher = British Olympic Association | location = London}}
- {{cite web | last = De Wael | first = Herman | year = 2001 | url = http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/toplon08.html | title = Top London 1908 Olympians | work = Herman's Full Olympians | accessdate = 10 June 2006 | archive-date = 12 July 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060712020925/http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/toplon08.html | url-status = dead }}
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