Russia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's third consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics as an independent nation. The Russian Olympic Committee sent a total of 446 athletes to the Games, 244 men and 202 women, to compete in all sports, except baseball, field hockey, football, and softball.
Russia left Athens with a total of 90 Olympic medals – 28 golds, 26 silver, and 36 bronze – finishing second only to the United States in the overall medal standings, and third in the gold medal tally. The Russian delegation proved particularly successful in several sports, winning a total of nineteen medals in athletics, ten each in shooting and wrestling, seven in gymnastics and weightlifting, six in boxing, and five in cycling and judo. From the twenty-four sports played by the athletes, twelve of them won more than a single Olympic medal. Russian athletes dominated in rhythmic gymnastics and synchronized swimming, where they won gold medals in every event. Among Russia's team-based athletes, the indoor volleyball teams, along with men's handball and water polo and women's basketball, claimed Olympic medals in their respective tournaments.
Among the nation's medalists were synchronized swimming pair Anastasia Davydova and Anastasiya Yermakova, who both won gold in the women's duet and team routines, pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva, who later emerged as Russia's most promising track star in the decade, and Greco-Roman wrestler Khasan Baroev, who sought revenge for Russia on Aleksandr Karelin's defeat from Sydney to take home the super heavyweight title. Five-time Olympian Andrey Lavrov helped the men's handball team beat the Hungarians on his quest for the bronze medal and fourth medal overall in his fifth and final Olympic appearance.
As of 2021, this is Russia's best ever result in terms of overall medals and second-best result in terms of gold medals (after 2000).
Medalists
| style="text-align:left; width:72%; vertical-align:top;"| Medal Name Sport Event Date Shooting Men's trap Shooting Men's 50 m pistol Cycling Men's road time trial Fencing Women's team épée Shooting Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions Athletics Women's discus throw Rowing Men's quadruple sculls Athletics Women's pole vault Cycling Men's points race Weightlifting Men's 105 kg Athletics Women's hammer throw Cycling Women's points race Synchronized swimming Women's duet Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg Modern pentathlon Men's event Athletics Women's long jump Yelena Azarova Synchronized swimming Women's team Athletics Men's 800 m Athletics Women's high jump Boxing Featherweight Boxing Middleweight Gymnastics Women's rhythmic team all-around Wrestling Men's freestyle 55 kg Boxing Super heavyweight Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual all-around Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg Wrestling Men's freestyle 96 kg Diving Women's 3 m synchronized springboard Shooting Men's 10 m air pistol Shooting Women's 10 m air rifle Diving Women's 10 m synchronized platform Judo Men's 73 kg Gymnastics Women's artistic individual all-around Shooting Men's 10 m running target Judo Men's +100 kg Swimming Women's 200 m backstroke Weightlifting Women's 75 kg Gymnastics Men's trampoline Shooting Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol Athletics Women's 20 km walk Weightlifting Men's 94 kg Wrestling Women's freestyle 72 kg Athletics Women's pole vault Cycling Women's sprint Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg Athletics Men's 50 km walk Athletics Women's 4×100 metre relay Athletics Women's long jump Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 m Athletics Women's 1500 m Athletics Women's 4×400 metre relay Volleyball Women's tournament Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual all-around Shooting Men's 10 m air pistol Cycling Women's road race Fencing Men's épée Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-around Judo Men's 81 kg Judo Men's 90 kg Fencing Men's team sabre Shooting Men's 10 m running target Weightlifting Women's 69 kg Judo Women's +78 kg Weightlifting Women's 75 kg Fencing Men's team foil Shooting Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol Athletics Men's triple jump Gymnastics Women's vault Athletics Women's triple jump Weightlifting Men's 94 kg Athletics Women's 400 m Diving Men's 3 m springboard Weightlifting Men's 105 kg Diving Women's 3 m springboard Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg Athletics Men's 50 km walk Athletics Women's long jump Athletics Men's javelin throw Basketball Women's tournament Canoeing Men's C-1 500 m Canoeing Men's C-2 500 m Handball Men's tournament Wrestling Men's freestyle 66 kg Wrestling Men's freestyle 84 kg Boxing Light flyweight Boxing Lightweight Boxing Welterweight Volleyball Men's tournament Water polo Men's tournament | style="text-align:left; width:23%; vertical-align:top;"|
Medals by sportSport TotalAthletics 67619Wrestling 52310Shooting 34310Boxing 3036Cycling 3115Gymnastics 2327Synchronized swimming 2002Weightlifting 1248Fencing 1034Modern pentathlon 1001Rowing 1001Judo 0235Diving 0224Canoeing 0123Swimming 0101Volleyball 0112Basketball 0011Handball 0011Water polo 0011Total28263690
Archery
Five Russian archers (two men and three women) qualified each for the men's and women's individual archery, and a spot for the women's team.
Men AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankDmitry NevmerzhitskyIndividual63944L 135–140Did not advanceBalzhinima Tsyrempilov6687W 148–133W 162–160L 161–169Did not advance
Women AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankNatalia BolotovaIndividual62533W 154–143L 148–165Did not advanceElena Dostay60950L 136–153Did not advanceMargarita Galinovskaya63915W 153–136W 158–156L 154–165Did not advanceNatalia BolotovaElena DostayMargarita GalinovskayaTeam187311colspan=2 L 234–238Did not advance
Athletics
Russian athletes achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard). On 23 August 2004, shot putter Irina Korzhanenko was stripped of her gold medal and received a lifetime ban by the International Olympic Committee after she tested positive for the steroid stanozolol. On 5 December 2012, Korzhanenko's teammate Svetlana Krivelyova was ordered to hand back her bronze, as the drug re-testings of her samples were positive.
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankGrigoriy AndreyevMarathoncolspan=6 2:16:5519Vladimir Andreyev20 km walkcolspan=6 1:21:53 7Yuriy Andronov50 km walkcolspan=6 3:50:28 9Ramil Aritkulov800 m1:49.257colspan=2 Did not advanceDmitriy Bogdanov1:47.034colspan=2 Did not advanceYuriy Borzakovskiy1:46.201 Qcolspan=2 1:44.292 Q1:44.45Viktor Burayev20 km walkcolspan=6 1:25:36 22Dmitry BurmakinMarathoncolspan=6 2:31:51 73Sergey Chepiga110 m hurdles13.595 q13.555Did not advanceAnton Galkin400 m45.431 Qcolspan=2 45.34Did not advanceBoris Gorban400 m hurdles49.254 Qcolspan=2 49.467Did not advanceAleksandr Krivchinkov1500 m3:41.3710colspan=2 Did not advanceMikhail Lipsky400 m hurdles49.003 Qcolspan=2 49.106Did not advanceOleg Mishukov400 m46.416colspan=2 Did not advanceDenis Nizhegorodov50 km walkcolspan=6 3:42:50 Vladimir Parvatkin20 km walkcolspan=6 1:31:1338Evgeny Pechonkin110 m hurdles13.644 Q13.535Did not advanceIgor Peremota13.544 Q13.647Did not advancePavel Potapovich3000 m steeplechase8:52.6511colspan=4 Did not advanceOleg Sergeyev200 m20.956Did not advanceLeonid ShvetsovMarathoncolspan=6 2:15:2813Roman Usov3000 m steeplechase8:24.197colspan=4 Did not advanceAleksey Voyevodin50 km walkcolspan=6 3:43:34 Andrey Yepishin100 m10.295 q10.297Did not advanceSergey BychkovAleksandr RyabovOleg SergeyevAndrey Yepishin4 × 100 m relay39.198colspan=4 Did not advanceAleksandr LarinRuslan MashchenkoOleg MishukovAndrey Rudnitskiy4 × 400 m relay3:03.35 4colspan=4 Did not advance
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionAleksandr BorichevskiyDiscus throw58.1926Did not advancePyotr BraykoHigh jump2.20=25Did not advanceDanil BurkenyaTriple jump17.087 Q17.48Pavel ChumachenkoShot put19.38 23Did not advancePavel GerasimovPole vault5.70=1 Q5.55=13Viktor GushchinskiyTriple jump17.176 Q17.177Alexandr IvanovJavelin throw82.186 Q83.31 5Sergey KirmasovHammer throw75.8317Did not advanceIlya Konovalov76.3613Did not advanceSergey MakarovJavelin throw86.082 Q84.84 Vitaliy MoskalenkoTriple jump—Did not advanceIgor PavlovPole vault5.706 Q5.804Yaroslav RybakovHigh jump2.288 Q2.326Dmitry ShevchenkoDiscus throw—Did not advanceVitaliy ShkurlatovLong jump8.097 q8.049Pavel SofinShot put19.02 31Did not advanceKirill SosunovLong jump7.9416Did not advanceVadim StrogalevPole vault—Did not advanceVyacheslav VoroninHigh jump2.2812 Q2.299Yuriy VoronkinHammer throw73.4725Did not advanceIvan YushkovShot put19.67 16Did not advance
Combined events – Decathlon AthleteEvent 100 m 400 m 1500 mFinalRankNikolay AveryanovResult10.557.3414.441.9449.7214.3939.884.8054.514:31.02802115Points963896755749828925662849656738Lev LobodinResult11.056.86———————Points8507810———————Aleksandr PogorelovResult10.957.3115.102.0650.7914.2144.605.0053.454:47.63808411Points872888796859779948759910640633
Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankTatyana Andrianova800 m2:03.771 Qcolspan=2 1:58.412 Q1:56.88 5Natalya Antyukh400 m50.541 Qcolspan=2 50.042 Q49.89Yekaterina Bakhvalova400 m hurdles55.163 qcolspan=2 54.986Did not advanceYekaterina Bikert54.952 Qcolspan=2 53.794 Q54.186Galina Bogomolova10000 mcolspan=6 32:25.1022Yelena Bolsun200 m23.003 Q23.266Did not advanceSvetlana Cherkasova800 m2:03.601 Qcolspan=2 1:59.803Did not advanceLidiya Grigoryeva10000 mcolspan=6 31:04.628Albina IvanovaMarathoncolspan=6 2:47:23 40Olimpiada Ivanova20 km walkcolspan=6 1:29:16 Irina Khabarova100 m11.322 Q11.364Did not advanceNatalya Khrushcheleva800 m2:00.564 qcolspan=2 2:00.685Did not advanceYekaterina Kondratyeva200 m23.033 Q23.37 7Did not advanceMariya Koroteyeva100 m hurdles12.721 Qcolspan=2 12.604 Q12.724Larisa Kruglova100 m11.233 Q11.325Did not advanceTatyana Levina200 m23.052 Q23.235Did not advanceNatalya Nazarova400 m50.821 Qcolspan=2 50.633 q50.65 8Yelena Nikolayeva20 km walkcolspan=6 1:32:1617Yuliya Pechonkina400 m hurdles53.571 Qcolspan=2 53.311 Q55.79 8Lyudmila PetrovaMarathoncolspan=6 2:31:56 8Natalia Rusakova100 m hurdles12.902 Qcolspan=2 12.765Did not advanceGulnara Samitova-Galkina5000 m15:05.788 qcolspan=4 15:02.306Irina Shevchenko100 m hurdles12.822 Qcolspan=2 12.672 QLiliya Shobukhova5000 m15:01.864 Qcolspan=4 15:15.6413Yuliya Tabakova100 m11.221 Q11.254 q11.258Did not advanceTatyana Tomashova1500 m4:06.061 Qcolspan=2 4:06.803 Q3:58.12 Yuliya Voyevodina20 km walkcolspan=6 1:31:02 13Olga Yegorova1500 m4:07.146 qcolspan=2 4:05.577 q4:05.65 11Natalya Yevdokimova4:05.551 Qcolspan=2 4:04.661 Q3:59.054Yelena Zadorozhnaya5000 m15:01.773 Qcolspan=4 14:55.524Svetlana ZakharovaMarathoncolspan=6 2:32:049Olga FyodorovaIrina KhabarovaLarisa KruglovaYuliya Tabakova4 × 100 m relay42.121 Qcolspan=4 42.27 Natalya AntyukhTatyana Firova*Natalya Ivanova*Olesya KrasnomovetsNatalya NazarovaOlesya Zykina4 × 400 m relay3:23.521 Qcolspan=4 3:20.16
Field events