Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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, football, field hockey, softball and taekwondo.
Medalists
| 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 Boyko Aida Chanaeva Evgeniya Lamonova Victoria 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 Davydova Anastasia Ermakova | 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 Davydova Anastasia Ermakova Maria Gromova Natalia Ishchenko Elvira Khasyanova Olga Kuzhela Yelena Ovchinnikova Anna Shorina Svetlana Romashina | Synchronized swimming | Women's team | |
| Gymnastics | Women's rhythmic individual all-around | ||
| Boxing | Heavyweight | ||
| Margarita Aliychuk Anna Gavrilenko Tatiana Gorbunova Elena Posevina Darya Shkurihina Natalia Zueva | Gymnastics | Women's rhythmic team all-around | |
| Boxing | Lightweight | ||
| Weightlifting | Women's 69 kg | ||
| Wrestling | Men's freestyle 120 kg | ||
| Dmitri Sautin Yuriy Kunakov | Diving | Men's 3 m synchronized springboard | |
Anastasia Pozdnyakova | Diving | Women's 3 m synchronized springboard | |
| Shooting | Women's 10 m air rifle | ||
| Shooting | Women's 10 m air pistol | ||
| Danila Izotov Yevgeny Lagunov Nikita Lobintsev Alexander Sukhorukov Mikhail Polischuk* | Swimming | Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | |
| Tennis | Women'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 Kostoglod Sergey 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 Kuznetsov Dmitry 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 |
| Sport | Total | |||
| Archery | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Athletics | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| Basketball | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Boxing | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Canoeing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Cycling | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Diving | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Fencing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Handball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Modern pentathlon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Shooting | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Synchronized swimming | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tennis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Volleyball | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Wrestling | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Total | 24 | 13 | 23 | 60 |
Dmitry Medvedev with Russian medallists in the Kremlin in September 2008.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Archery | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Athletics | 44 | 60 | 104 |
| Badminton | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Basketball | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| Boxing | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Canoeing | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| Cycling | 15 | 7 | 22 |
| Diving | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Equestrian | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Fencing | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| Gymnastics | 8 | 16 | 24 |
| Handball | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| Judo | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| Modern pentathlon | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Rowing | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Sailing | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Shooting | 14 | 8 | 22 |
| Swimming | 21 | 14 | 35 |
| Synchronised swimming | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Table tennis | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Tennis | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Triathlon | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Volleyball | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| Water polo | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| Weightlifting | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Wrestling | 14 | 4 | 18 |
| Total | 231 | 224 | 455 |
Archery
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 for doping offenses.;Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events – Decathlon
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events – Heptathlon
| Athlete | Event | 200 m | 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* |
| Anna Bogdanova | Points | 1111 | 1054 | 799 | 958 | 991 | 579 | 973 | 6465 PB | 6* |
| Tatyana Chernova | Result | 13.65 | 1.83 | 12.88 | 23.95 | 6.47 | 48.37 | 2:06.50 | 6591 | |
| Tatyana Chernova | Points | 1028 | 1016 | 719 | 986 | 997 | 829 | 1016 | 6591 | |
| Olga Kurban | Result | 13.77 | 1.77 | 13.84 | 24.34 | 5.97 | 42.85 | 2:13.59 | 6192 | 13* |
| Olga Kurban | Points | 1011 | 941 | 783 | 948 | 840 | 722 | 913 | 6192 | 13* |
The IOC requested that the IAAF modify the results, and the medals were redistributed accordingly.
Badminton
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. 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;Group play
Women's tournament
;Roster;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.Canoeing
Slalom
Sprint
;Men;Women
Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final
Cycling
Road
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
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Natalia Boyarskaya | Road race | 3:33:45 | 40 |
| Natalia Boyarskaya | Time trial | 37:14.65 | 16 |
| Alexandra Burchenkova | Road race | 3:36:32 | 43 |
| Yuliya Martisova | Road race | 3:32:45 | 12 |
Track
;Sprint;Pursuit
;Keirin
;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
Diving
;Men;Women
Equestrian
Dressage
Eventing
Show jumping
Fencing
;Men;Women
Gymnastics
Artistic
;Men;Team
;Individual finals
;Women
;Team
;Individual finals
Rhythmic
Trampoline
Handball
Men's tournament
;Roster;Group play
;Quarterfinal
;Classification semifinal
;5th–6th place
Women's tournament
;Roster;Group play
;Quarterfinal
;Semifinal
;Gold medal game
;Final rank
Judo
;Men;Women
Modern pentathlon
Rowing
;Men;Women
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A ; FB=Final B ; FC=Final C ; FD=Final D ; FE=Final E ; FF=Final F ; 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
Synchronized swimming
Table tennis
;Singles;Team
Tennis
;Men;Women
Triathlon
Volleyball
Beach
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;Preliminary round
;Quarterfinal
;Semifinal
;Bronze medal match
Women's tournament
;Roster;Preliminary round
;Quarterfinal
Water polo
Women's tournament
;Roster;Group play
All times are China Standard Time.
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Weightlifting
;Men;Women
Wrestling
;Men's freestyle;Men's Greco-Roman
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