Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	RUS
NOC	Russian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ru (in Russian)
in Beijing
Competitors	455 in 23 sports
Flag bearers	Andrei Kirilenko (opening) Andrey Silnov (closing)
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 24 Silver 13 Bronze 23 Total 60
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020–2024
Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912)  Soviet Union (1952–1988)  Unified Team (1992)  Olympic Athletes from Russia (2018)  ROC (2020)  Individual Neutral Athletes (2024)

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. They ranked third in the medal table by golds (24) and overall (60). Russia also had 14 medals stripped for doping violations, the most of any nation at the 2008 Olympics.

Medalists[edit]

Competitors[edit]

Archery[edit]

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Andrey Abramov	Individual	660	25	Johnson (USA) (40) L 109 (25)–109 (26)	Did not advance
Bair Badënov		658	31	Godfrey (GBR) (34) W 114–109	Champia (IND) (2) W 109–108	Lyon (CAN) (47) W 115–110	Cheng C S (MAS) (26) W 109–104	Ruban (UKR) (3) L 112 (18)–112 (20)	Serrano (MEX) (1) W 115–110
Balzhinima Tsyrempilov		671	6	Pavlov (BUL) (59) W 112–102	Chen S Y (TPE) (38) W 109–101	Moriya (JPN) (22) L 110–113	Did not advance
Andrey Abramov Bair Badënov Balzhinima Tsyrempilov	Team	1989	4	—		Bye	China (CHN) (12) L 208–217	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Miroslava Dagbaeva	Individual	637	23	Puspitasari (INA) (42) W 106 (10)–106 (9)	Rendón (COL) (10) L 106–110	Did not advance
Natalia Erdyniyeva		647	11	Dielen (SUI) (54) W 107–102	Marcinkiewicz (POL) (43) W 104–103	Zhang Jj (CHN) (27) L 98–110	Did not advance

Athletics[edit]

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.^[3] Nine medals won by Russians in athletics at the 2008 Olympics were later stripped due to doping violations.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Denis Alekseyev	400 m	45.52	DSQ[4]	—		Did not advance
Grigoriy Andreyev	Marathon	—						2:13:33	14
Dmitry Bogdanov	800 m	1:47.49	3	—		Did not advance
Valeriy Borchin	20 km walk	—						1:19:01
Evgeniy Borisov	110 m hurdles	13.90	5	Did not advance
Yuriy Borzakovskiy	800 m	1:45.15	2 Q	—		1:46.53	3	Did not advance
Aleksandr Derevyagin	400 m hurdles	49.19	5 q	—		49.23	6	Did not advance
Maksim Dyldin	400 m	46.03	5	—		Did not advance
Sergey Ivanov	10000 m	—						28:34.72	30
Sergey Kirdyapkin	50 km walk	—						DNF
Oleg Kulkov	Marathon	—						2:18:11	29
Ilya Markov	20 km walk	—						1:22:02	17
Ildar Minshin	3000 m steeplechase	8:26.85	6	—				Did not advance
Denis Nizhegorodov	50 km walk	—						3:40:14
Igor Peremota	110 m hurdles	13.59	2 Q	13.70	7	Did not advance
Pavel Potapovich	3000 m steeplechase	8:36.29	10	—				Did not advance
Vyacheslav Shabunin	1500 m	3:42.53	11	—		Did not advance
Roman Smirnov	200 m	20.76	1 Q	20.62	6	Did not advance
Aleksey Sokolov	Marathon	—						2:15:57	21
Andrey Yepishin	100 m	10.34	2 Q	10.25	6	Did not advance
Denis Alekseyev Maksim Dyldin Vladislav Frolov Anton Kokorin	4 × 400 m relay	3:00.14 NR	2 Q	—				2:58.06 NR	DSQ[4]

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Danil Burkenya	Triple jump	16.69	22	Did not advance
Kirill Ikonnikov	Hammer throw	72.33	21	Did not advance
Alexandr Ivanov	Javelin throw	79.27	14	Did not advance
Ilya Korotkov		83.33	2 Q	83.15	7
Anton Lyuboslavskiy	Shot put	19.87	18	Did not advance
Yevgeny Lukyanenko	Pole vault	5.65	=1 q	5.85
Sergey Makarov	Javelin throw	72.47	26	Did not advance
Vladimir Malyavin	Long jump	7.35	37	Did not advance
Igor Pavlov	Pole vault	5.65	=1 q	5.60	9
Aleksandr Petrenko	Triple jump	16.97	17	Did not advance
Bogdan Pishchalnikov	Discus throw	64.60	6 Q	65.88	6
Yaroslav Rybakov	High jump	2.25	9 q	2.33
Andrey Silnov		2.29	6 q	2.36
Pavel Sofin	Shot put	20.29	8 Q	20.42	7
Igor Spasovkhodskiy	Triple jump	17.23	6 Q	16.79	9
Dmitry Starodubtsev	Pole vault	5.65	11 q	5.70	5
Igor Vinichenko	Hammer throw	72.05	22	Did not advance
Vyacheslav Voronin	High jump	2.25	14	Did not advance
Ivan Yushkov	Shot put	20.02	12 Q	19.67	DSQ[5]

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Aleksey Drozdov	Result	11.02	7.23	16.26	2.02	51.56	15.51	47.43	5.10	62.57	4:41.34	8154	11
	Points	856	869	867	822	744	789	817	941	777	672
Aleksandr Pogorelov	Result	11.07	7.37	16.53	2.08	50.91	14.47	50.04	5.00	64.01	5:01.56	DSQ[5]
	Points	845	903	884	878	773	915	871	910	798	551
Aleksey Sysoyev	Result	11.03	6.77	15.42	2.11	50.71	DNF	DNS	—	—	—	DNF
	Points	854	760	816	906	782	0	0	—	—	—

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Inga Abitova	10000 m	—						30:37.33	DSQ[4]
Anna Alminova	1500 m	4:04.66	5 q	—				4:06.99	11
Tatyana Andrianova	800 m	2:00.31	2 Q	—		1:58.16	3 q	2:02.63	8
Aleksandra Antonova	100 m hurdles	13.18	5	—		Did not advance
Tatyana Aryasova	10000 m	—						31:45.57	19
Yekaterina Bikert	400 m hurdles	55.15	1 Q	—		54.38	4 Q	54.96	6
Galina Bogomolova	Marathon	—						DNF
Yuliya Chermoshanskaya	200 m	22.98	4 Q	22.63	1 Q	22.57	5	Did not advance
Tatyana Dektyareva	100 m hurdles	13.05	5	—		Did not advance
Aleksandra Fedoriva	200 m	23.29	4 Q	23.04	5 q	23.22	8	Did not advance
Tatyana Firova	400 m	50.59	2 Q	—		50.31	3 q	50.11	6
Yuliya Gushchina		51.18	2 Q	—		50.48	1 Q	50.01	4
Tatyana Kalmykova	20 km walk	—						DSQ
Olga Kaniskina		—						1:26:31 OR
Anastasiya Kapachinskaya	400 m	51.32	1 Q	—		50.30	2 Q	50.03	DSQ[5]
Svetlana Klyuka	800 m	2:01.67	1 Q	—		1:58.31	1 Q	1:56.94	4
Yuliya Kondakova	100 m hurdles	13.07	4	—		Did not advance
Mariya Konovalova	10000 m	—						30:35.84	5
Yekaterina Kostetskaya	800 m	2:00.54	3 Q	—		1:58.33	3	Did not advance
Natalya Murinovich	100 m	11.55	5 q	11.51	7	Did not advance
Irina Obedina	400 m hurdles	55.71	2 Q	—		55.69	6	Did not advance
Anastasiya Ott		55.34	2 Q	—		54.74	6	Did not advance
Tatyana Petrova	3000 m steeplechase	9:28.85	1 Q	—				9:12.33
Yevgeniya Polyakova	100 m	11.24	1 Q	11.13	2 Q	11.38	7	Did not advance
Natalya Rusakova	100 m	11.61	5 q	11.49	6	Did not advance
	200 m	23.21	3 Q	23.28	6	Did not advance
Gulnara Samitova-Galkina	5000 m	15:11.46	5 Q	—				15:56.97	12
	3000 m steeplechase	9:15.17	1 Q	—				8:58.81 WR
Liliya Shobukhova	5000 m	14:57.77	3 Q	—				15:46.62	6
Tatyana Sibileva	20 km walk	—						1:28:28	11
Irina Timofeyeva	Marathon	—						2:27:31	7
Yekaterina Volkova	3000 m steeplechase	9:23.06	3 Q	—				9:07.64	DSQ
Yelena Zadorozhnaya	5000 m	DNF		—				Did not advance
Svetlana Zakharova	Marathon	—						2:32:16	22
Yuliya Chermoshanskaya Aleksandra Fedoriva Yuliya Gushchina Yevgeniya Polyakova	4 × 100 m relay	42.87	2 Q	—				42.31	DSQ
Tatyana Firova Yuliya Gushchina Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Lyudmila Litvinova Yelena Migunova Tatyana Veshkurova	4 × 400 m relay	3:23.71	1 Q	—				3:18.82	DSQ[5]

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Mariya Abakumova	Javelin throw	63.48	4 Q	70.78 NR	DSQ[4]
Anna Bulgakova	Hammer throw	68.04	20	Did not advance
Anna Chicherova	High jump	1.93	12 q	2.03	DSQ
Svetlana Feofanova	Pole vault	4.50	6 q	4.75
Yuliya Golubchikova		4.50	10 q	4.75	4
Viktoriya Gurova	Triple jump	14.78	3 Q	14.77	7
Yelena Isinbayeva	Pole vault	4.60	1 Q	5.05 WR
Olga Ivanova	Shot put	18.46	15 Q	18.44	9
Irina Khudoroshkina		16.84	25	Did not advance
Yelena Konevtseva	Hammer throw	67.83	22	Did not advance
Tatyana Kotova	Long jump	6.57	14	Did not advance
Tatyana Lebedeva	Long jump	6.70	4 q	7.03	DSQ
	Triple jump	14.55	5 Q	15.32	DSQ
Anna Omarova	Shot put	18.74	8 Q	19.08	6
Yelena Priyma	Hammer throw	70.69	9 q	69.72	10
Anna Pyatykh	Triple jump	14.45	8 Q	14.73	8
Natalya Sadova	Discus throw	58.11	25	Did not advance
Svetlana Saykina		59.48	16	Did not advance
Svetlana Shkolina	High jump	1.93	8 q	1.93	14
Yelena Slesarenko		1.93	14 q	2.01	4
Oksana Udmurtova	Long jump	6.63	7 q	6.70	6
Mariya Yakovenko	Javelin throw	51.67	47	Did not advance
Oksana Esipchuk	Discus throw	55.07	32	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Anna Bogdanova	Result	13.09	1.86	14.08	24.24	6.45	35.41	2:09.45	6465 PB	6*
	Points	1111	1054	799	958	991	579	973
Tatyana Chernova	Result	13.65	1.83	12.88	23.95	6.47	48.37	2:06.50	6591	DSQ
	Points	1028	1016	719	986	997	829	1016
Olga Kurban	Result	13.77	1.77	13.84	24.34	5.97	42.85	2:13.59	6192	13*
	Points	1011	941	783	948	840	722	913

* 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.^[6]
The IOC requested that the IAAF modify the results, and the medals were redistributed accordingly.^[7][8]

Badminton[edit]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Stanislav Pukhov	Men's singles	Bye	Navickas (LTU) L 12–21, 17–21	Did not advance
Ella Diehl	Women's singles	Nehwal (IND) L 9–21, 8–21	Did not advance

Basketball[edit]

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 was 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[edit]

Roster

The following is the Russia roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[9]

Russia men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. F 4 Andrey Vorontsevich 21 – (1987-07-17)July 17, 1987 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) CSKA Moscow PG 5 Jon Robert Holden 31 – (1976-08-10)August 10, 1976 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) CSKA Moscow G 6 Sergei Bykov 25 – (1983-02-26)February 26, 1983 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Dynamo Moscow F 7 Andrei Kirilenko (C) 27 – (1981-02-18)February 18, 1981 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Utah Jazz C 8 Nikita Morgunov 33 – (1975-06-29)June 29, 1975 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Lokomotiv Rostov PG 9 Petr Samoylenko 31 – (1977-02-07)February 7, 1977 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Dynamo Moscow F 10 Victor Khryapa 26 – (1982-08-03)August 3, 1982 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) CSKA Moscow SG 11 Zakhar Pashutin 34 – (1974-05-03)May 3, 1974 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Spartak Saint Petersburg SF 12 Sergei Monia 25 – (1983-04-15)April 15, 1983 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Dynamo Moscow SG 13 Vitaly Fridzon 22 – (1985-10-14)October 14, 1985 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) BC Khimki C 14 Aleksey Savrasenko 29 – (1979-02-28)February 28, 1979 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) CSKA Moscow SF 15 Viktor Keirou 24 – (1984-01-31)January 31, 1984 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) CSKA Moscow	Head coach David Blatt Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 9, 2008

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lithuania	5	4	1	425	400	+25	9[a]	Quarterfinals
2	Argentina	5	4	1	425	361	+64	9[a]
3	Croatia	5	3	2	399	380	+19	8[b]
4	Australia	5	3	2	457	405	+52	8[b]
5	Russia	5	1	4	387	406	−19	6
6	Iran	5	0	5	323	464	−141	5

Women's tournament[edit]

Roster

The following is the Russia roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[10]

Russia women's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. F/C 4 Marina Kuzina 23 – (1985-07-19)July 19, 1985 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) UMMC Ekaterinburg PG 5 Oxana Rakhmatulina 31 – (1976-12-07)December 7, 1976 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) UMMC Ekaterinburg F 6 Natalia Vodopyanova 27 – (1981-06-04)June 4, 1981 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UMMC Ekaterinburg PG 7 Becky Hammon 31 – (1977-03-11)March 11, 1977 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) San Antonio Silver Stars SG 8 Marina Karpunina 24 – (1984-03-21)March 21, 1984 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Spartak Moscow Region PF 9 Tatiana Shchegoleva 26 – (1982-02-09)February 9, 1982 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Spartak Moscow Region SG 10 Ilona Korstin 28 – (1980-05-30)May 30, 1980 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) CSKA Moscow C 11 Maria Stepanova 29 – (1979-02-23)February 23, 1979 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) CSKA Moscow C 12 Ekaterina Lisina 20 – (1987-10-15)October 15, 1987 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) CSKA Moscow F 13 Irina Sokolovskaya (C) 25 – (1983-01-03)January 3, 1983 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) CSKA Moscow G/F 14 Svetlana Abrosimova 28 – (1980-07-09)July 9, 1980 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UMMC Ekaterinburg F/C 15 Irina Osipova 27 – (1981-06-25)June 25, 1981 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Spartak Moscow Region	Head coach Igor Grudin Assistant coach(es) Natália Hejková Boris Sokolovsky Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 9, 2008

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	5	0	424	319	+105	10	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	5	4	1	339	333	+6	9
3	Belarus	5	2	3	324	332	−8	7[a]
4	South Korea	5	2	3	327	360	−33	7[a]
5	Latvia	5	1	4	334	387	−53	6[b]
6	Brazil	5	1	4	337	354	−17	6[b]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal match

Boxing[edit]

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.^[11] Ayrapetyan qualified at the first European qualifying tournament.^[12] Balanov filled out the Russian team, earning a welterweight spot at the second European continental qualifying tournament.^[13]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
David Ayrapetyan	Light flyweight	Chygayev (UKR) L 11–13	Did not advance
Georgy Balakshin	Flyweight	Bye	Sarsembayev (KAZ) W 12–4	Kumar (IND) W 15–11	Laffita (CUB) L 8–9	Did not advance
Sergey Vodopyanov	Bantamweight	Arroyo (PUR) W 10–5	Kumar (IND) L 9–9+	Did not advance
Albert Selimov	Featherweight	Lomachenko (UKR) L 7–14	Did not advance
Aleksei Tishchenko	Lightweight	Nejmaoui (TUN) W 10–2	Little (AUS) W 11–3	Pérez (COL) W 13–5	Javakhyan (ARM) W 10–5	Sow (FRA) W 11–9
Gennady Kovalev	Light welterweight	Qiong (CHN) W 15–8	Colin (MRI) W 15–4	Iglesias (CUB) L 2–5	Did not advance
Andrey Balanov	Welterweight	Kasuto (NAM) W 8–5	Andrade (USA) L 3–14	Did not advance
Matvey Korobov	Middleweight	Terbunja (SWE) W 18–6	Artayev (KAZ) L 7–10	Did not advance
Artur Beterbiev	Light heavyweight	Katende (SWE) W 15–3	Zhang Xp (CHN) L 2–8	Did not advance
Rakhim Chakhkiev	Heavyweight	—	Mazaheri (IRI) W 7–3	M'Bumba (FRA) W 18–9	Acosta (CUB) W 10–5	Russo (ITA) W 4–2
Islam Timurziev	Super heavyweight	—	Price (GBR) L RSC	Did not advance

Canoeing[edit]

Slalom[edit]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Alexander Lipatov	Men's C-1	87.65	5	90.51	11	178.16	9 Q	94.16	10	Did not advance
Mikhail Kuznetsov Dmitry Larionov	Men's C-2	98.43	7	97.65	6	196.08	6 Q	98.57	4 Q	98.80	4	197.37
Aleksandra Perova	Women's K-1	93.41	2	166.04	21	259.45	18	Did not advance

Sprint[edit]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Viktor Melantyev	C-1 1000 m	4:03.316	5 QS	4:02.854	4	Did not advance
Maksim Opalev	C-1 500 m	1:47.849	1 QF	Bye		1:47.140
Anton Ryakhov	K-1 500 m	1:37.666	2 QS	1:42.968	2 Q	1:38.187	5
	K-1 1000 m	3:38.381	4 QS	3:37.017	5	Did not advance
Aleksandr Kostoglod Sergey Ulegin	C-2 500 m	1:41.241	2 QF	Bye		1:41.282
	C-2 1000 m	3:41.291	3 QF	Bye		3:44.669	8
Ilya Medvedev Yevgeny Salakhov Anton Vasilev Konstantin Vishnyakov	K-4 1000 m	2:59.518	4 QS	3:00.459	1 Q	3:00.654	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yuliana Salakhova	K-1 500 m	1:51.628	5 QS	1:53.603	2 Q	1:53.973	9

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

Cycling[edit]

Road[edit]

Alexandr Kolobnev finished fourth in the men's road race, but as Italian Davide Rebellin, who won the silver medal, was stripped of that medal for testing positive for CERA after the event, the possibility exists for Kolobnev's placing to be upgraded.^[14]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Vladimir Efimkin	Road race	Did not finish
Sergei Ivanov		6:39:42	77
Vladimir Karpets	Road race	6:24:59	18
	Time trial	1:05:52	18
Alexandr Kolobnev	Road race	6:23:49
Denis Menchov	Road race	6:34:26	59
	Time trial	1:06:10	20

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Natalia Boyarskaya	Road race	3:33:45	40
	Time trial	37:14.65	16
Alexandra Burchenkova	Road race	3:36:32	43
Yuliya Martisova		3:32:45	12

Track[edit]

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Denis Dmitriev	Men's sprint	10.565 68.149	18 Q	Hoy (GBR) L	Mulder (NED)  French (AUS) L	Did not advance
Denis Dmitriev Sergey Kucherov Sergey Polynskiy	Men's team sprint	45.964 58.741	12	Did not advance
Svetlana Grankovskaya	Women's sprint	11.544 62.370	11	Guo S (CHN) L	Krupeckaitė (LTU)  Hijgenaar (NED) L	—	Did not advance		9th place final  Guerra (CUB)  Hijgenaar (NED)  Tsukuda (JPN) W 12.192	9

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Alexei Markov	Men's individual pursuit	4:21.498	3 Q	Tauler (ESP) 4:22.308	4 Q	Burke (GBR) 4:24.149	4
Alexander Serov		4:23.732	8 Q	Wiggins (GBR) 4:25.391	7	Did not advance
Alexei Markov Alexander Petrovskiy Alexander Serov Nikolay Trusov Evgeny Kovalev	Men's team pursuit	4:06.518	8 Q	Great Britain (GBR) LAP	–	Did not advance

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Finals
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Denis Dmitriev	Men's keirin	6 R	3	Did not advance
Sergey Polynskiy		5 R	4	Did not advance

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Mikhail Ignatiev	Men's points race	4	0	17
Olga Slyusareva	Women's points race	8	0	8
Mikhail Ignatiev Alexei Markov	Men's madison	6	0

Mountain biking[edit]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Yuri Trofimov	Men's cross-country	LAP (2 laps)	41
Vera Andreeva	Women's cross-country	LAP (2 laps)	23
Irina Kalentieva		1:46:28

Diving[edit]

Men

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Aleksandr Dobroskok	3 m springboard	431.15	17 Q	412.00	17	Did not advance
Dmitri Sautin		474.85	4 Q	476.35	8 Q	512.65	4
Gleb Galperin	10 m platform	499.95	3 Q	508.95	4 Q	525.80
Oleg Vikulov		375.40	27	Did not advance
Yuriy Kunakov Dmitri Sautin	3 m synchronized springboard	—				421.98
Dmitry Dobroskok Gleb Galperin	10 m synchronized platform	—				445.26

Women

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Svetlana Filippova	3 m springboard	274.20	19	Did not advance
Yuliya Pakhalina		358.15	2 Q	383.50	2 Q	398.60
Natalia Goncharova	10 m platform	240.45	28	Did not advance
Yuliya Pakhalina Anastasia Pozdniakova	3 m synchronized springboard	—				323.61

Equestrian[edit]

Dressage[edit]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Alexandra Korelova	Balagur	Individual	68.500	15 Q	71.400	5 Q	73.850	8	72.625	6
Tatiana Miloserdova	Wat A Feeling		61.875	37	Did not advance

Eventing[edit]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Igor Atrokhov	Elkasar	Individual	65.20	64	Eliminated			Did not advance
Valery Martyshev	Kinzhal		64.40	62	60.40	124.80	52	12.00	136.80	48	Did not advance			136.80	48

Show jumping[edit]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Lyubov Kochetova	Ilion Kilen	Individual	8	49	33	41	61	Did not advance								41	61

Fencing[edit]

In men's team sabre, Russia lost in the semi-finals to the USA 45–44 as Stanislav Pozdnyakov failed to win a bout against the Americans; the United States had been losing to Russia 40-35, before Keeth Smart outscored Pozdnyakov 10-4 for the win.^[15][16][17] Then Russia also lost its bronze medal match.^[17] Pozdnyakov subsequently retired.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Anton Avdeev	Individual épée	Bye	Robeiri (FRA) L 11–15	Did not advance
Nikolay Kovalev	Individual sabre	O'Connell (GBR) W 15–14	Martí (ESP) L 12–15	Did not advance
Stanislav Pozdnyakov		Bye	Lopez (FRA) L 8–15	Did not advance
Aleksey Yakimenko		Bye	Buikevich (BLR) L 9–15	Did not advance
Nikolay Kovalev Stanislav Pozdnyakov Aleksey Yakimenko	Team sabre	—			China (CHN) W 45–36	United States (USA) L 44–45	Italy (ITA) L 44–45	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tatiana Logunova	Individual épée	—	Samuelsson (SWE) L 6–15	Did not advance
Lyubov Shutova		—	Bye	Szász (HUN) W 15–12	Brânză (ROU) L 13–15	Did not advance
Aida Shanayeva	Individual foil	Bye	Gruchała (POL) W 12–11	Trillini (ITA) L 3–15	Did not advance
Yevgeniya Lamonova		Bye	Schache (GER) W 15–2	Mohamed (HUN) W 15–5	Granbassi (ITA) L 7–12	Did not advance
Viktoria Nikishina		Bye	Hatuel (ISR) W 10–9	Granbassi (ITA) L 4–11	Did not advance
Svetlana Boyko Aida Shanayeva Yevgeniya Lamonova Viktoria Nikishina	Team foil	—			Egypt (EGY) W 45–23	Italy (ITA) W 22–21	United States (USA) W 28–21
Yekaterina Dyachenko	Individual sabre	Bye	Hisagae (JPN) W 15–10	Khomrova (UKR) L 14–15	Did not advance
Yelena Nechayeva		Bye	Wieckowska (POL) L 12–15	Did not advance
Sofiya Velikaya		Bye	Pundyk (UKR) W 15–7	Bianco (ITA) W 15–6	Xue T (CHN) W 15–9	Jacobson (USA) L 11–15	Ward (USA) L 14–15	4
Yekaterina Dyachenko Yekaterina Fedorkina Yelena Nechayeva Sofiya Velikaya	Team sabre	—			Ukraine (UKR) L 34–45	Classification semi-final  South Africa (RSA) W 45–13	5th place final  Poland (POL) W 45–36	5

Gymnastics[edit]

Artistic[edit]

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Maksim Devyatovskiy	Team	15.300	13.300	15.375	15.825	15.425	15.125	90.350	14 Q	15.175	13.575	15.450	15.525	—	14.325	—
Anton Golotsutskov		15.300 Q	12.325	15.075	16.550 Q	—	14.300	—		15.650	—		16.575	—
Sergey Khorokhordin		14.975	14.800	15.075	15.725	15.875	15.350	91.800	7 Q	15.225	13.825	—		15.675	14.575	—
Nikolai Kryukov		—	14.850	—	16.200	16.175 Q	15.050	—		—	15.475	—	16.050	16.150	—
Konstantin Pluzhnikov		14.450	—	14.275	—	14.950	—			—		15.250	—
Yuri Ryazanov		14.600	14.450	15.100	15.550	15.625	14.800	90.125	17*	—		15.250	—	15.475	15.075	—
Total		60.475	57.400	60.625	64.300	63.100	60.325	366.225	3 Q	46.050	42.875	45.950	48.150	47.300	43.975	274.300	6

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

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Maksim Devyatovskiy	All-around	15.225	15.200	15.625	15.225	15.325	15.100	91.700	6
Anton Golotsutskov	Floor	15.725	—					15.725
	Vault	—			16.475	—		16.475
Sergey Khorokhordin	All-around	15.150	15.100	15.400	15.300	15.700	15.050	91.700	5
Nikolai Kryukov	Parallel bars	—				15.150	—	15.150	8

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB			F	V	UB	BB
Ksenia Afanasyeva	Team	15.025	15.175	14.825	15.775 Q	60.800	6*	15.075	14.925	14.375	—
Lyudmila Grebenkova		—			14.600	—		—			14.575	—
Svetlana Klyukina		13.950	15.175	14.975	—			—	15.150	—
Ekaterina Kramarenko		15.150 Q	15.150	15.500	14.625	60.425	10*	15.125	—	15.575	—
Anna Pavlova		15.125	15.350 Q	14.600 Q	15.825 Q	60.900	5 Q	13.850	15.200	—	15.100	—
Ksenia Semyonova		14.472	14.750	16.425	15.775	61.475	4 Q	—		16.450	15.225	—
Total		59.775	60.850	61.775	62.000	244.400	3 Q	43.350	45.425	46.950	44.900	180.625	4

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

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB
Ksenia Afanasyeva	Balance beam	—			14.825	14.825	7
Ekaterina Kramarenko	Floor	15.025	—			15.025	5
Anna Pavlova	All-around	15.050	15.275	14.525	15.975	60.825	7
	Floor	14.125	—			14.125	8
	Vault	—	7.812	—		7.812	8
	Balance beam	—			15.900	15.900	4
Ksenia Semyonova	All-around	14.775	14.850	16.475	15.925	61.925	4
	Uneven bars	—		16.325	—	16.325	6

Rhythmic[edit]

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Evgeniya Kanaeva	Individual	17.850	18.700	18.700	18.825	74.075	1 Q	18.850	18.850	18.950	18.850	75.500
Olga Kapranova		18.350	18.475	18.200	17.875	72.900	2 Q	18.200	18.500	16.950	18.050	71.700	4

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		5 ropes	3 hoops 2 clubs	Total	Rank	5 ropes	3 hoops 2 clubs	Total	Rank
Margarita Aliychuk Anna Gavrilenko Tatiana Gorbunova Yelena Posevina Daria Shkurikhina Natalia Zuyeva	Team	17.000	17.700	34.700	2 Q	17.750	17.800	35.550

Trampoline[edit]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Alexander Rusakov	Men's	69.90	6 Q	38.50	7
Dmitry Ushakov		71.50	3 Q	38.80	6
Natalia Chernova	Women's	63.00	11	Did not advance
Irina Karavayeva		66.40	2 Q	36.20	5

Handball[edit]

Men's tournament[edit]

Roster

The following is the Russia roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[18][19]

Head coach: Vladimir Maksimov

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Oleg Grams (1984-02-20)20 February 1984 (aged 24) 2.01 m 33 0 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 2 CB Vasily Filippov (1981-01-18)18 January 1981 (aged 27) 1.83 m 69 152 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 6 RB Denis Krivoshlykov (1971-05-10)10 May 1971 (aged 37) 1.80 m 170 468 CB Ademar León 8 P Egor Evdokimov (1982-03-09)9 March 1982 (aged 26) 2.03 m 69 103 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 10 P Alexander Chernoivanov (1979-02-13)13 February 1979 (aged 29) 2.01 m 48 80 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 15 LB Alexey Rastvortsev (1978-08-12)12 August 1978 (aged 29) 2.01 m 181 703 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 16 GK Alexey Kostygov (1973-07-05)5 July 1973 (aged 35) 1.91 m 103 0 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 17 RB Alexey Kamanin (1978-06-06)6 June 1978 (aged 30) 1.98 m 148 319 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 19 LB Samvel Aslanyan (1986-02-23)23 February 1986 (aged 22) 1.88 m 14 15 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 23 LW Eduard Kokcharov (1975-12-04)4 December 1975 (aged 32) 1.85 m 199 1023 Celje Pivovarna Laško 25 RW Dmitry Kovalev (1982-05-15)15 May 1982 (aged 26) 1.80 m 64 131 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 31 LW Timur Dibirov (1983-07-30)30 July 1983 (aged 25) 1.80 m 51 133 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 35 RB Konstantin Igropulo (1985-04-14)14 April 1985 (aged 23) 1.91 m 45 182 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 77 CB Vitali Ivanov (1976-02-03)3 February 1976 (aged 32) 1.93 m 180 443 Chekhovskiye Medvedi

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
South Korea	5	3	0	2	122	129	−7	6	Qualified for the quarterfinals
Denmark	5	2	2	1	137	131	+6	6
Iceland	5	2	2	1	151	146	+5	6
Russia	5	2	1	2	136	131	+5	5
Germany	5	2	1	2	126	130	−4	5
Egypt	5	0	2	3	127	132	−5	2

10 August 2008 10:45	Russia	31 – 33	Iceland	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
	Igropulo 9	(16–19)	Guðjónsson 12
	3× 6×	Report	3× 3×

12 August 2008 10:45	Egypt	27 – 28	Russia	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Liudowyk, Vakula (UKR)
	El Ahmar 10	(14–14)	Rastvortsev 8
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

14 August 2008 19:00	Denmark	25 – 24	Russia	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
	Christiansen 6	(10–10)	Chernoivanov, Igropulo 6
	2× 3×	Report	3× 4×

16 August 2008 15:45	Russia	24 – 24	Germany	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Filippov 6	(11–10)	Kraus 6
	1× 6× 1×	Report	4× 3×

18 August 2008 14:00	Russia	29 – 22	South Korea	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Rastvortsev 6	(17–12)	Yoon Kyung-shin 7
	3× 4×	Report	1× 1×

Quarterfinal

20 August 2008 12:00	France	27 – 24	Russia	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Narcisse 9	(13–10)	Kokcharov 5
	4× 2×	Report	3× 2×

Classification semifinal

22 August 2008 12:00	Russia	28 – 27	Denmark	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Elmoamli, Shaban Ali (EGY)
	Dibirov 8	(17–14)	Christiansen 8
	4× 2×	Report	4× 5× 1×

5th–6th place

24 August 2008 10:15	Russia	28 – 29	Poland	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRI)
	Kokcharov 10	(15–14)	Jurasik 6
	4× 5×	Report	4× 4×

Women's tournament[edit]

Roster

The following is the Russia roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[20]

Head coach: Yevgeni Trefilov

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Inna Suslina (1979-01-05)5 January 1979 (aged 29) 1.83 m Zvezda Zvenigorod 3 CB Irina Poltoratskaya (1979-03-02)2 March 1979 (aged 29) 1.78 m Zvezda Zvenigorod 4 P Oxana Romenskaya (1976-06-06)6 June 1976 (aged 32) 1.91 m Zvezda Zvenigorod 5 LB Lyudmila Postnova (1984-08-11)11 August 1984 (aged 23) 1.80 m Lada Togliatti 6 LB Anna Kareyeva (1977-05-10)10 May 1977 (aged 31) 1.85 m Zvezda Zvenigorod 8 CB Yekaterina Andryushina (1985-08-17)17 August 1985 (aged 22) 1.85 m Zvezda Zvenigorod 9 RW Yana Uskova (1985-09-28)28 September 1985 (aged 22) 1.68 m Krim Ljubljana 10 LB Yelena Polenova (1983-08-20)20 August 1983 (aged 24) 1.98 m × × €4.95 / month Favourites List Audio Listining Color Mode Monthly New Updates Fullname * Email * Credit or debit card Subscribe A PHP Error was encountered Severity: Notice Message: Undefined variable: userid Filename: user/popup_modal.php Line Number: 68 Backtrace: File: /home/ah0ejbmyowku/public_html/application/views/user/popup_modal.php Line: 68 Function: _error_handler File: /home/ah0ejbmyowku/public_html/application/views/page/index.php Line: 478 Function: view File: /home/ah0ejbmyowku/public_html/application/controllers/Main.php Line: 107 Function: view File: /home/ah0ejbmyowku/public_html/index.php Line: 315 Function: require_once "> Subscribe Now Premium Membership × €4.95 € 9.90 / month Create a Premium Account quick and easy Save your Favourite Pages Listen to any page in Audio Colour Night Mode Create your Account Modal title × Close Save changes Cancel Subscription × Russia_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" id="cancelSubscription" name="cancelSubscription" class="mb-0"> Are you sure you want to cancel your membership with us? A PHP Error was encountered Severity: Notice Message: Undefined variable: user_membership Filename: user/popup_modal.php Line Number: 192 Backtrace: File: /home/ah0ejbmyowku/public_html/application/views/user/popup_modal.php Line: 192 Function: _error_handler File: /home/ah0ejbmyowku/public_html/application/views/page/index.php Line: 478 Function: view File: /home/ah0ejbmyowku/public_html/application/controllers/Main.php Line: 107 Function: view File: /home/ah0ejbmyowku/public_html/index.php Line: 315 Function: require_once A PHP Error was encountered Severity: Warning Message: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() Filename: user/popup_modal.php Line Number: 192 Backtrace: File: /home/ah0ejbmyowku/public_html/application/views/user/popup_modal.php Line: 192 Function: _error_handler File: /home/ah0ejbmyowku/public_html/application/views/page/index.php Line: 478 Function: view File: /home/ah0ejbmyowku/public_html/application/controllers/Main.php Line: 107 Function: view File: /home/ah0ejbmyowku/public_html/index.php Line: 315 Function: require_once A PHP Error was encountered Severity: Notice Message: Undefined variable: userid Filename: user/popup_modal.php Line Number: 208 Backtrace: File: /home/ah0ejbmyowku/public_html/application/views/user/popup_modal.php Line: 208 Function: _error_handler File: /home/ah0ejbmyowku/public_html/application/views/page/index.php Line: 478 Function: view File: /home/ah0ejbmyowku/public_html/application/controllers/Main.php Line: 107 Function: view File: /home/ah0ejbmyowku/public_html/index.php Line: 315 Function: require_once "> Yes Cancel Continue Subscription Harry Potter Books × A PHP Error was encountered Severity: Notice Message: Undefined variable: products Filename: user/popup_harry_book.php Line Number: 24 Backtrace: File: /home/ah0ejbmyowku/public_html/application/views/user/popup_harry_book.php Line: 24 Function: _error_handler File: /home/ah0ejbmyowku/public_html/application/views/page/index.php Line: 479 Function: view File: /home/ah0ejbmyowku/public_html/application/controllers/Main.php Line: 107 Function: view File: /home/ah0ejbmyowku/public_html/index.php Line: 315 Function: require_once A PHP Error was encountered Severity: Warning Message: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() Filename: user/popup_harry_book.php Line Number: 24 Backtrace: File: /home/ah0ejbmyowku/public_html/application/views/user/popup_harry_book.php Line: 24 Function: _error_handler File: /home/ah0ejbmyowku/public_html/application/views/page/index.php Line: 479 Function: view File: /home/ah0ejbmyowku/public_html/application/controllers/Main.php Line: 107 Function: view File: /home/ah0ejbmyowku/public_html/index.php Line: 315 Function: require_once