The Russian Empire (Russia) competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. It was the second appearance of the European nation, after having missed the 1904 Games.
Late arrival of the shooting team Some sources claim that the Russian shooting team was 13 days late to the Olympics due to the Russian Empire still using the Julian calendar as opposed to the rest of Europe, which used the Gregorian system. Other authors doubt this claim, and point out that Russia had been living next to Gregorian-calendar Europe for two centuries and was used to the difference. The official report does not mention Russia, despite mentioning Italy and Australia as "absent".
Medalists
MedalNameSportEventDate Figure skating Men's special figures Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman lightweight Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman super heavyweight
Results by event
Athletics
Russia had one track & field athlete compete in 1908. Lind took 19th place of 27 finishers in the marathon.
Event Place Athlete Heats Semifinals Final Men's marathon 19th Georg LindGeorg Lind was actually a Latvian living in London. None held 3:26:38.8
Figure skating
Event Place Skater Score Men's individual — Nikolai Panin Did not finish Men's special figures 1st Nikolai Panin 43.8
Wrestling
Event Place Wrestler Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Greco-Roman lightweight 2nd Nikolay Orlov Bye Defeated Lund Defeated Radvány Defeated Lindén Lost to Porro Greco-Roman middleweight 9th Georgy Demin Bye Lost to Frank Did not advance Greco-Roman light heavyweight 9th Yevgeny Zamotin Bye Lost to Payr Did not advance Greco-Roman heavyweight 2nd Aleksandr Petrov None held Defeated Humphreys Defeated Payr Lost to Weisz
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent Finland 1 0 1.000 Great Britain 1 0 1.000 Hungary 2 2 .500 Italy 0 1 .000 Sweden 1 1 .500 Total 5 4 .556
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