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The Russian Olympic Committee was created in 1991 and recognized in 1993. The Soviet Union hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and the Russian Federation hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. In twelve appearances from 1994 to 2016, Russian athletes won a total of 422 medals at the Summer Olympic Games and another 120 at the Winter ...
Russia has competed at the modern Olympic Games on many occasions, but as different nations in its history. As the Russian Empire, the nation first competed at the 1900 Games, and returned again in 1908 and 1912. In the Grand Duchy of Finland, which was an autonomous part of the Russian Empire until 1917, a separate National Olympic Committee ...
The 1980 Summer Olympics (Russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, romanized: Letnije Olimpijskije igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (Russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, romanized: Igry XXII Olimpiady) and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (Russian: Москва 1980, romanized: Moskva 1980), were an international multi-sport event held ...
The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) [a] is the National Olympic Committee representing Russia. Its current president during IOC suspension is Mikhail Degtyarev . The membership of ROC is currently suspended by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) since 12 October 2023.
In 2018, the Russian Olympic Committee was reinstated, but because of the outcome of a decision by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the subsequent decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), [2] Russian athletes participated at the 2020 Summer Games and 2022 Winter Games under the flag of the Russian Olympic Committee and the ...
The Goodwill Games were an international sports competition created by Ted Turner in reaction to the political troubles surrounding the Olympic Games of the 1980s. [1] In 1979, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan caused the United States and other Western countries to boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, an act reciprocated when the Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries (with the ...
Russian Empire at the 1908 Summer Olympics; Russian Empire at the 1912 Summer Olympics; Russia at the 1996 Summer Olympics; Russia at the 2000 Summer Olympics; Russia at the 2004 Summer Olympics; Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics; Russia at the 2012 Summer Olympics; Russia at the 2016 Summer Olympics; Russian Olympic Committee athletes at the ...
Russia competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 435 competitors, 241 men and 194 women, took part in 238 events in 30 sports. [1] As of 2021, this is Russia's best ever result in terms of gold medals and the second best in terms of overall medals (after 2004).