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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 Olympic Games. Russia's 542 total medals, including 193 gold medals, are ...
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 ...
Inside view (in 2014) of the Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle, where the final was played. The 1972 Olympic men's basketball final was the last game of that year’s Olympic basketball tournament, and became one of the most controversial events in Olympic history.
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 1980 Summer Olympics boycott was the largest boycott in Olympic history and one part of a number of actions initiated by the United States to protest against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. [1] The Soviet Union, which hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and its satellite states later boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los ...
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 ...
Russian Olympics may refer to: 1980 Summer Olympics , an Olympics held in Moscow, Russia, as well as Leningrad, Kiev, and Minsk 2014 Winter Olympics , an Olympics held in Sochi, Russia in 2014 and surrounding locales
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).