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Russian Empire at the 1912 Summer Olympics

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Russian Empire at the
1912 Summer Olympics
IOC codeRU1
NOCRussian Olympic Committee
in Stockholm
Competitors159 in 15 sports
Medals
Ranked 16th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
3
Total
5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)
 Unified Team (1992)
 Russia (1994–2016)
 ROC (2020)
 Individual Neutral Athletes (2024)
The team of Russia at the opening ceremony.

The Russian Empire (Russia) competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. 159 competitors took part in 62 events in 15 sports.[1]

Medalists

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Silver

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Bronze

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Aquatics

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Swimming

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Four swimmers competed for Russia at the 1912 Games. It was the nation's debut in swimming. None of the Russian swimmers took part in the semifinals of any event; Baimakov had advanced unopposed from the quarterfinals in the 400 metre breaststroke, but did not start in the semifinals.

Ranks given for each swimmer are within the heat.

Men
Swimmer Events Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Pavel Avksentyev 400 m freestyle N/A Did not finish Did not advance
1500 m freestyle N/A Did not finish Did not advance
Georgy Baimakov 200 m breaststroke N/A 3:29.0 5 Did not advance
400 m breaststroke N/A 7:28.6 2 Q Did not start Did not advance
Herbert von Kuhlberg 100 m freestyle Unknown 4 Did not advance
Nikolai Voronkov 400 m freestyle N/A Did not finish Did not advance

Athletics

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35 athletes competed for Russia. It was the second appearance of the nation in athletics, after having a single marathon runner in 1908. Aleksandr Schultz's 11th-place finish in the decathlon was Russia's best placement.

Ranks given are within that athlete's heat for running events.

Athlete Events Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Aleksis Aide 10 km walk N/A 59:24.4 9 Did not advance
Alfreds Alslebens Decathlon N/A 5294.615 12
Ulrich Baasch Pole vault N/A 3.40 16 Did not advance
Herberts Baumanis 200 m Did not finish Did not advance
Pyotr Gayevsky 400 m ? 4 Did not advance
Haralds Hahne 200 m ? 4 Did not advance
Arnolds Indriksons 1500 m N/A ? 6 Did not advance
Andrejs Kapmals Marathon N/A Did not finish
Nikolay Khorkov 1500 m N/A ? 7 Did not advance
Marathon N/A Did not start
Alexandre Kracheninin Marathon N/A Did not start
Andrejs Krūkliņš 1500 m N/A ? 5-6 Did not advance
Marathon N/A Did not finish
Leopolds Lēvenšteins 100 m ? 6 Did not advance
Kaarel Lukk 10 km walk N/A Did not finish Did not advance
Eduard Hermann[2] 10 km walk N/A Disqualified Did not advance
Johann Martin Pole vault N/A 1.70 25 Did not advance
Vasily Molokanov 2 hand discus N/A 47.37 19 Did not advance
Dmitry Nazarov 800 m ? 5 Did not advance
1500 m N/A Did not finish Did not advance
Nikolai Neklapayev Discus throw N/A 32.59 35 Did not advance
Javelin throw N/A 44.98 17 Did not advance
Mikhail Nikolsky 5000 m N/A 17:21.7 4 Did not advance
10000 m N/A Did not finish Did not advance
Marathon N/A Did not start
Arvīds Ozols-Berne Shot put N/A 10.33 21 Did not advance
Yevgeni Petrov 1500 m N/A ? 5 Did not advance
Nikolajs Rasso Marathon N/A Did not finish
Elmar Reiman Marathon N/A ? 35
Alfrēds Ruks 1500 m N/A ? 7 Did not advance
Alfred Schwarz Standing high jump N/A 1.40 13 Did not advance
Richard Schwarz 100 m ? 5 Did not advance
Aleksandr Schultz Long jump N/A 6.15 22 Did not advance
Decathlon N/A 6134.470 11
Pavel Shtiglits 100 m ? 4 Did not advance
Nikolajs Švedrēvics Javelin throw N/A 43.21 20 Did not advance
Aleksandrs Upmals Marathon N/A Did not finish
Ēriks Vanags Shot put N/A 10.44 20 Did not advance
Discus throw N/A 31.34 39 Did not advance
Johannes Leopold Villemson 800 m Did not finish Did not advance
Rūdolfs Vītols 1500 m N/A ? 4-5 Did not advance
René Wilde Marathon N/A Did not start
Aleksandr Elizarov 800 m ? 5-7 Did not advance
1500 m N/A ? 6 Did not advance
Joseph Zaitsev Marathon N/A Did not start

Cycling

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Ten cyclists represented Russia. It was the first appearance of the nation in cycling. Andrejs Apsītis was the only cyclist to finish the time trial, the only race held, placing 60th. Because only Apsītis finished the time trial, the team received no ranking in the four-man team competition.

Road cycling

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Cyclist Events Final
Result Rank
Andrejs Apsītis Ind. time trial 12:18:20.6 60
Fiodor Borisow Ind. time trial Did not finish
Fridrihs Bošs Ind. time trial Did not finish
Jēkabs Bukse Ind. time trial Did not finish
Augusts Kepke Ind. time trial Did not finish
Kārlis Kepke Ind. time trial Did not finish
Jānis Līvens Ind. time trial Did not finish
Sergey Pesteryev Ind. time trial Did not finish
Jānis Prātnieks Ind. time trial Did not finish
Edgars Rihters Ind. time trial Did not finish
Andrejs Apsītis
No other finishers
Team time trial Did not finish

Diving

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A single diver represented Russia. It was Russia's debut in diving. Viktor Baranov, the sole Russian diver, did not finish the competition in the first round of the plain high diving event.

Rankings given are within the diver's heat.

Diver Events Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Viktor Baranov Plain high diving Did not finish Did not advance

Equestrian

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Dressage
Rider Horse Event Final
Penalties Rank
Mikhail Yekimov Tritonych Individual 62 9
Jumping

(Team score is the sum of the top three individual scores.)

Rider Horse Event Final
Penalties Rank
Dmitri Pavlovich Unité Individual 10 9
Mikhail Plechkov Yvette Individual 17 21
Aleksandr Rodzyanko Eros Individual 14 16
Karol Rómmel Siablik Individual 12 15
Sergey Zagorsky Bandoura Individual 16 18
Aleksey Selikhov Tugela Individual 20 22
Mikhail Plechkov
Aleksandr Rodzyanko
Aleksey Selikhov
Dmitri Pavlovich
Yvette
Eros
Tugela
Unité
Team 50 5

Fencing

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Twenty-four fencers represented Russia. It was the second appearance of the nation in fencing, which had previously competed in 1900. Because both fencers in 1900 had been professionals, the 1912 team was the first Russian team to feature amateurs. None of the Russian fencers in 1912 advanced to the finals, though four sabrists reached the semifinals.

Fencer Event Round 1 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Record Rank Record Rank Record Rank Record Rank
Vladimir Andreyev Sabre 2 wins 3 Q 2 losses 3 Q Did not start Did not advance
Boris Arsenyev Sabre Bye 2 losses 3 Q 1 win 5 Did not advance
Gavriil Bertrain Foil 2 losses 4 Did not advance
Épée 1 loss 2 Q 4 losses 5 Did not advance
Vladimir Danich Sabre 1 win 3 Q Did not start Did not advance
Pavel Filatov Sabre 1 win 4 Did not advance
Nikolay Goredetsky Foil 6 losses 7 Did not advance
Leonid Grinev Foil 4 losses 5 Did not advance
Apollon Guiber von Greifenfels Sabre Bye 2 losses 2 Q 2 wins 4 Did not advance
Pavel Guvorsky Foil 4 losses 5 Did not advance
Épée 6 losses 7 Did not advance
Anatoly Zhakovlev Foil 4 losses 5 Did not advance
Vladimir Keyser Foil 5 losses 7 Did not advance
Épée 4 losses 4 Did not advance
Dmitry Knyazhevich Foil 3 losses 4 Did not advance
Nikolay Kuznetsov Sabre Bye 3 losses 4 Did not advance
Feliks Leparsky Foil 3 losses 4 Did not advance
Lev Martyushev Foil 3 losses 4 Did not advance
Épée 4 losses 5 Did not advance
Aleksandr Mordovin Foil 3 losses 4 Did not advance
Sabre 1 win 4 Did not advance
Boris Nepokupnoy Sabre 0 wins 4 Did not advance
Georgy Zakyrich Sabre 1 win 4 Did not advance
Vladimir Samoylov Foil 4 losses 5 Did not advance
Vladimir de Sarnavsky Foil 4 losses 5 Did not advance
Épée 4 losses 4 Did not advance
Aleksandr Shkylev Sabre 1 win 4 Did not advance
Aleksandr Soldatenkov Épée 4 losses 5 Did not advance
Anatoly Timofeyev Sabre 1 win 3 Q 2 losses 3 Q Did not start Did not advance
Konstantin Vaterkampf Sabre 1 win 4 Did not advance
Gavril Bertrain
Pavel Guvorsky
Vladimir Keyser
Dmitry Knyazhevich
Lev Martyushev
Vladimir Sarnavsky
Aleksandr Soldatenkov
Team épée N/A 0–2 3 Did not advance
Vladimir Andreyev
Vladimir Danich
Apollon Guiber von Greifenfels
Nikolay Kuznetsov
Aleksandr Mordovin
Georgy Zakyrich
Aleksandr Shkylev
Anatoly Timofeyev
Team sabre N/A 0–2 3 Did not advance

Football

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Quarterfinals

Finland 2 – 1Russian Empire
Wiberg 30'
Öhman 80'
Butusov 72'

Consolation quarterfinals

Germany 16 – 0Russian Empire
Fuchs 2' 9' 21' 28' 34' 46' 51' 55' 65' 69'
Förderer 6' 27' 53' 66'
Burger 30'
Oberle 58'
Attendance: 2,000
Final rank
9th place

Gymnastics

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Four gymnasts represented Russia. It was the debut of the nation in gymnastics. All four of the Russian gymnasts finished in the bottom five. Russia did not send any teams in the team competitions.

Artistic

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Gymnast Events Final
Result Rank
Aleksandr Akhun All-around 87.75 39
Semyon Kulikov All-around 79.50 41
Pavel Kushnikov All-around 90.00 38
Fyodor Zabelin All-around 76.25 42

Modern pentathlon

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Russia had five competitors in the first Olympic pentathlon competition. Two of the Russians were among the ten pentathletes to retire early. The others placed 15th, 20th, and 21st among the 22 finishers.

(The scoring system was point-for-place in each of the five events, with the smallest point total winning.)

Athlete Shooting Swimming Fencing Riding Running Total points Rank
Score Points Time Points Wins Touches Points Penalties Time Points Time Points
Carl Aejemelaeus 151 19 8:59.8 25 Did not start Retired Did not finish
Aarno Almqvist 143 24 6:06.0 11 3 ? 27 0 12:03.4 13 23:16.1 16 90 20
Weli Hohenthal 159 17 7:38.8 19 5 7 25 2 11:11.8 16 23:28.6 17 94 21
Boris Nepokupnoy 185 6 8:16.6 24 Did not start Retired Did not finish
Oskar Wilkman 176 11 8:11.6 23 7 7 20 0 10:34.2 5 22:57.8 15 73 15

Rowing

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One rower represented Russia. It was the nation's first appearance in rowing. Kuusik advanced to the semifinals in the single sculls before being defeated, taking the bronze medal.

(Ranks given are within each crew's heat.)

Rower Event Heats Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Mart Kuusik Single sculls 7:45.2 1 Q 7:45.0 1 Q Unknown 2 Did not advance (3rd place, bronze medalist(s))

Sailing

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Seventeen sailors represented Russia. It was the nation's first appearance in sailing. Neither of Russia's eight metre boats were able to score any points, but the nation's ten metre boat finished in the top three of both races; that boat lost the race-off for second place and settled for the bronze medal.

(7 points for 1st in each race, 3 points for 2nd, 1 point for 3rd. Race-off to break ties in total points if necessary for medal standings.)

Sailors Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Race-off Rank
Johan Farber
Vladimir Ilyevich
Vladimir Lurasov
Nikolay Podgornov
Herman von Adlerberg
8 metre class 2:27:59 0 7 2:21:43 0 7 0 N/A 5
Yevgeny Kuhn
Ventseslav Kuzmichev
Yevgeny Lomach
Viktor Markov
Pavel Pavlov
8 metre class 2:18:52 0 4 2:16:15 0 5 0 N/A 5
Esper Beloselsky
Ernest Brasche
Karl Lindblom
Nikolay Pushnitsky
Aleksandr Rodionov
Iosif Shomaker
Philipp Strauch
10 metre class 3:59:20 1 3 3:45:38 3 2 4 4:23:17 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Shooting

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Twenty six shooters competed for Russia. It was the first appearance of the nation in shooting. The Russian shooters won a pair of medals—a silver in the team rapid fire pistol and Blau's bronze in the trap—in their debut performance in the sport.

Shooter Event Final
Result Rank
Dmitri Barkov 100 m deer, single shots 23 31
100 m deer, double shots 39 19
Boris Belinsky 300 m rifle, 3 pos. 746 65
600 m free rifle 69 65
300 m military rifle, 3 pos. 78 46
Harry Blau 100 m deer, single shots 29 20
Trap 91 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Valter Bodneck Trap 36 35
Georgy de Davydov 300 m free rifle, 3 pos. 635 76
600 m free rifle 70 61
300 m military rifle, 3 pos. 68 68
Aleksandr Dobrzhansky 50 m rifle, prone 172 33
300 m free rifle, 3 pos. 463 78
600 m free rifle 61 71
300 m military rifle, 3 pos. 66 71
25 m small-bore rifle 190 26
100 m deer, single shots 22 33
Konstantin Kalinin 300 m free rifle, 3 pos. 736 68
600 m free rifle 77 39
300 m military rifle, 3 pos. 62 79
Amos Kash 50 m pistol 384 46
30 m rapid fire pistol 260 28
Dmitry Kuskov 300 m free rifle, 3 pos. 780 58
600 m free rifle 71 59
300 m military rifle, 3 pos. 77 49
50 m pistol 438 19
Feofan Lebedev 300 m free rifle, 3 pos. 806 54
600 m free rifle 59 74
300 m military rifle, 3 pos. 80 42
Pavel Lesh 300 m free rifle, 3 pos. 713 71
600 m free rifle 62 70
300 m military rifle, 3 pos. 83 30
Pavel Leith 100 m deer, single shots 10 34
Trap 12 51
Nikolai Melnitsky 50 m pistol 414 33
30 m rapid fire pistol 264 22
Nikolai Panin-Kolomenkin 50 m pistol 457 8
Grigori Panteleimonov 50 m pistol 442 17
30 m rapid fire pistol 265 14
Boris Pertel Trap 11 53
Vladimir Potekin 50 m rifle, prone 170 36
25 m small-bore rifle 171 32
Osvald Rechke 300 m free rifle, 3 pos. 699 73
600 m free rifle 71 58
300 m military rifle, 3 pos. 78 47
Grigori Shesterikov 50 m pistol 420 31
30 m rapid fire pistol 250 32
Vasily Skrotsky 100 m deer, single shots 31 15
100 m deer, double shots 32 20
Leonardus Syttin Trap 81 23
Aleksandr Tillo 300 m free rifle, 3 pos. 744 66
600 m free rifle 70 62
300 m military rifle, 3 pos. 76 51
Pavel Valden 300 m free rifle, 3 pos. 758 62
600 m free rifle 75 45
300 m military rifle, 3 pos. 89 11
Georgi Vishnyakov 600 m free rifle 56 77
300 m military rifle, 3 pos. 84 26
Pavel Voyloshnikov 50 m pistol 413 34
30 m rapid fire pistol 260 24
Dāvids Veiss 300 m free rifle, 3 pos. 623 77
600 m free rifle 73 51
300 m military rifle, 3 pos. 72 60
Dmitri Barkov
Harry Blau
Aleksandr Dobryansky
Vasily Skrotsky
100 m team deer, single shots 108 5
Amos Kash
Nikolai Melnitsky
Grigori Panteleimonov
Pavel Voyloshnikov
30 metre team rapid fire pistol 1091 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Nikolai Melnitsky
Nikolai Panin-Kolomenkin
Grigori Shesterikov
Pavel Voyloshnikov
50 m team pistol 1801 4
Georgi Davydov
Dmitry Kuskov
Feofan Lebedev
Aleksandr Tillo
Pavel Valden
Davids Weiss
Team rifle 1403 9
Feofan Lebedev
Pavel Lesh
Konstantin Kalinin
Dmitry Kuskov
Aleksandr Tillo
Pavel Valden
Team free rifle 4892 7

Tennis

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Two tennis players represented Russia at the 1912 Games. It was the nation's debut in tennis.

Men
Athlete Event Round of 128 Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Mikhaił Sumarakow-Elston Outdoor singles Bye Bye  Setterwall (SWE)
W 6-2, 6-3, 11-13, 6-2
 Kreuzer (GER)
L 6-2, 10-12, 6-4, 6-0
Did not advance 9
Aleksandr Alejnicyn
Mikhaił Sumarakow-Elston
Outdoor doubles N/A Bye  Hansen & Rovsing (DEN)
W 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-3
 Canet & Mény (FRA)
L 6-3, 6-0, 6-1
Did not advance 5

Wrestling

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Greco-Roman

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Russia was represented by 11 wrestlers at its second Olympic wrestling appearance. Klein was able to match Russia's best performance from 1908, taking the silver medal in the middleweight class. The team went a combined 17–22.

The bout between Klein and Asikainen turned out to be the last match, which lasted 11 hours and forty minutes, which is the world's longest wrestling match.[3][4]

After Klein finally claimed victory, he was completely exhausted and was ruled unfit to compete in the final. Thus Johanson, whose only loss in the elimination rounds had been via a double loss to Asikainen, became the gold medalist.

Wrestler Class First round Second round Third round Fourth round Fifth round Sixth round Seventh round Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Match A
Opposition
Result
Match B
Opposition
Result
Match C
Opposition
Result
Rank
Aleksandr Ankondinow Featherweight  Kangas (FIN)
L
 Stein (GER)
W
 Larsson (SWE)
L
Did not advance 19
Georg Baumann Lightweight  Väre (FIN)
L
 Salonen (FIN)
L
Did not advance 31
Nikolajs Farnest Heavyweight  Neser (GER)
L
 Barrett (GBR)
L
Did not advance N/A Did not advance 12
Oskar Kaplur Lightweight  Hayes (GBR)
W
 Covre (ITA)
W
 Salonen (FIN)
W
 Väre (FIN)
L
 Tanttu (FIN)
W
 Kolehmainen (FIN)
L
Did not advance 6
August Kippasto Lightweight  Radvány (HUN)
L
 Halík (BOH)
L
Did not advance 31
Martin Klein Middleweight  Somogyi (HUN)
W
 Bergqvist (SWE)
W
 Miskey (HUN)
W
 Merkle (GER)
W
 Westerlund (FIN)
L
 Åberg (FIN)
W
 Jokinen (FIN)
W
 Asikainen (FIN)
W
Bye  Johansson (SWE)
L/WO
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Aleksanders Meesits Featherweight  MacKenzie (GBR)
L
 Hetmar (DEN)
L
Did not advance 26
Paweł Pawłowicz Featherweight  Karlsson (SWE)
W
 Arneson (NOR)
W
 Beránek (BOH)
L
 Öberg (SWE)
L
Did not advance 12
Augusts Pikker Light heavyweight  Barl (AUT)
W
 Andersson (SWE)
L
Did not start Did not advance N/A Did not advance 19
Jānis Polis Middleweight  Bacon (GBR)
W
 Jokinen (FIN)
L
 Kokotowitsch (AUT)
L
Did not advance 20
Aleksandr Siewierow Middleweight  Frank (SWE)
L
 Dahlberg (SWE)
W
 Johansson (SWE)
L
Did not advance 20

Art Competitions

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References

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  1. ^ "Russia at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-06-24.
  2. ^ Mens Kilometres Walk Round One at Sports Reference
  3. ^ Ancient art back in Athens BBC story, 16 March 2004
  4. ^ The World's Longest Wrestling Match Archived 2009-12-31 at the Wayback Machine (thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com)
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