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