Russian Empire at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Russia participated in the Olympic Summer Games 1908 in London, United Kingdom with a delegation of six athletes ( six men ) in seven competitions in three different sports part. A total of three medals ( one gold and two silver ) are obtained. It was after the Summer Olympics 1900, the second participation in the Olympic Summer Games for the country.

  • 2.1 Figure Skating
  • 2.2 Athletics
  • 2.3 rings

Medalist

Gold

Silver

Participants by sport

Figure skating

  • Nikolai Panin Special Figure: 1st place

Athletics

  • Georg Lind Marathon: Final, 3:26,38 hours (Rank 19)

Wrestling

Greek Roman

Lightweight

  • Nikolai Orlov Round one: bye
  • Round two: enforced against Carl Erik Lund from Sweden
  • Quarterfinals: enforced against Odon Radvány from Hungary
  • Semi-finals: enforced against Arvo Lindén from Finland
  • Final: knocked out by Enrico Porro of Italy
  • 2nd place

Middle-weight

  • Grigori Diomin Round one: bye
  • Round two: knocked out by Axel Frank from Sweden

Heavyweight

  • Alexander Petrov Round one: enforced against Frederick Humphreys from the UK
  • Semi-finals: enforced against Hugó payr from Hungary
  • Final: excreted against Richárd Weisz from Hungary
  • 2nd place
  • Yevgeny Zamotin Round one: bye
  • Round two: excreted against Hugó payr from Hungary
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