We decided to speak about Russia at the Olympics because it is an interesting topic and the information that we tried to find out is useful for our further education. Frankly speaking, it was quite difficult because there is little data about it. But still we managed to give some important facts about participation of Russia in modern Olympic games. The period of time that our work covers is from 1992 (first modern Russian sportsmen) till nowadays.

Nastya Makarova,

Vika Svirina

Olympic games in Barcelona

XXV Olympic Summer Games in

Barcelona (Spain) in 1992.

After the collapse of the USSR Russia became a part of the Unified team, a joint team consisting of twelve of the fifteen former Soviet republics, in order to take part in the Olympiad.

Results № Country Gold Silver Bronze All

1 Unified Team 45 38 29 112

2 USA 37 34 37 108

3 Germany 33 21 28 82

4 China 16 22 16 54

5 Cuba 14 6 11 31

Sergey Bubka (pole vaulter)

Aleksandr Karelin (wrestler)

Aleksandr Popov (swimmer)

Olympic games in Albertville

XVI Olympic Winter Games in

Albertville (France) in 1992.

Results № Country Gold Silver Bronze All

1 Germany 10 10 6 26

2 Unified Team 9 6 8 23

3 Norway 9 6 5 20

4 Austria 6 7 8 21

5 USA 5 4 2 11

Anfissa Reztsova (biathlon)

Yelena Vyalbe (skier)

Lubov Egorova (skier)

Olympic games in Lillehammer

Lillehammer

Russia participated in the Winter Olympics as a separate team for the first time.

Russia won the most gold medals, while Norway won the most medals overall.

Results № Country Gold Silver Bronze All

1 Russia 11 8 4 23

2 Norway 10 11 5 26

3 Germany 9 7 8 24

4 Italy 7 5 8 20

5 USA 6 5 2 13

Sergei Tchepikov (Biathlon)

Sergei Tarasov (Biathlon)

Lubov Egorova (skier)

Alexei Urmanov (skater)

Olympic games in Atlanta

XXVI Summer Olympic

Games in Atlanta, Georgia,

USA from July 19 through

August 4, 1996

Atlanta

Results № Country Gold Silver Bronze All

1 USA 44 32 25 101

2 Russia 26 21 16 63

3 Germany 20 18 27 65

4 China 16 22 12 50

5 France 15 7 15 37

Alexei Nemov (gymnast)

Alexander Popov (swimmer)

Denis Pankratov (swimmer)

Olympic games in Nagano

Results № Country Gold Silver Brone All

1 Germany 12 9 8 29

2 Norway 10 10 5 25

3 Russia 9 6 3 18

4 Canada 6 5 4 15

5 USA 6 3 4 13

Larissa Lazutina (skier)

Yulia Chepalova (skier)

Ilia Kulik (skater)

Olympic games in Sydney XXVII Summer Olympic Games

in Sydney (Australia) 2000

Results № Country Gold Silver Bronze All

1 USA 36 24 32 92

2 Russia 32 28 29 89

3 China 28 16 14 58

4 Australia 16 25 17 58

5 Germany 13 17 26 56

Irina Privalova (Athletics)

Yelena Zamolodchokova (Gymnast)

Alexei Nemov (Gymnast)

Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Tennis player)

Olympic games in Salt-Lake City

XIX Olympic Winter Games

were held from 8 to February

22, 2002 in Salt Lake City,

Utah (USA).

Results № Country Gold Silver Brone All

1 Norway 13 5 7 25

2 Germany 12 16 8 36

3 USA 10 13 11 34

4 Canada 7 3 7 17

5 Russia 5 4 4 13

Olga Pyleva (biathlon)

Irina Slutskaya (figure skater)

Alexei Yagudin (skater)

Evgeny Plushenko (skater)

Olympic games in Athens XXVIII Summer Olympic Games

in Athens (Greece) 2004

Results № Country Gold Silver Bronze All

1 USA 36 39 27 102

2 China 32 17 14 63

3 Russia 27 27 38 92

4 Australia 17 16 16 49

5 Japan 16 9 12 37

Yuriy Borzakovsky (Athletics)

Olga Slyusareva (Cycling)

Aleksandr Povetkin (Boxer)

Alina Kabayeva (Gymnast)

Olympic games in Torino XX Winter Olympic Games

in Torino (Italy) 2006

Results № Country Gold Silver Brone All

1 Germany 11 12 6 29

2 USA 9 9 7 25

3 Austria 9 7 7 23

4 Russia 8 6 8 22

5 Canada 7 10 7 24

Albina Ahatova (Biathlon)

Aleksandr Zubkov (Bobsleigh)

Evgeny Plushenko (skier)

Olympic games in Beijing

XXIX Summer Olympic Games

held in Beijing (China)

from 8 to August 24, 2008.

C h i n a

Beijing

Results № Country Gold Silver Bronze All

1 China 51 21 28 100

2 USA 36 38 36 110

3 Russia 23 21 29 73

4 Great Britain 19 13 15 47

5 Germany 16 10 15 41

Eugenia Kanaeva (artistic gymnast)

Elena Dementieva (tennis player)

Alexey Tishchenko (boxer)

Olympic games in Vancouver

XXI Winter Olympic Games

in Vancouver (Canada),

12-28February 2010.

Vancouver

The Russian team won the lowest place and won the least number of gold medals in the history

of participation in the Winter Olympics. ( 3-Gold, 5-Silver, 7-Bronze)

Results № Country Gold Silver Bronze All

1 Canada 14 7 5 26

2 Germany 10 13 7 30

3 USA 9 15 13 37

4 Norway 9 8 6 23

5 South Korea 6 6 2 14

… 11

… Russia

3

5

7

15

Olga Medvedtseva (biathlon)

Evgeny Plushenko (skater)

Olga Zaitseva (biathlon)