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.
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).
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Athletics Men's high jump Athletics Women's 400 metre hurdles Athletics Women's high jump Boxing Welterweight Boxing Light heavyweight Cycling Men's time trial Dmitri Sautin Diving Men's synchronized 10 metre platform Yuliya Pakhalina Diving Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard Fencing Men's individual épée Aleksey FrosinStanislav Pozdnyakov Fencing Men's team sabre , Oxana ErmakovaTatiana Logounova, Maria Mazina Fencing Women's team épée Gymnastics Men's individual all-around Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar Gymnastics Women's uneven bars Gymnastics Women's vault Gymnastics Women's floor Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual all-around , Yelena ChalamovaNatalia Lavrova, Mariya NetesovaVyera Shimanskaya, Irina Zilber Gymnastics Women's rhythmic team all-around Gymnastics Men's trampoline Gymnastics Women's trampoline , Vyacheslav GorpishinOleg Khodkov, Eduard KoksharovDenis Krivoshlykov, Vasily KudinovStanislav Kulinchenko, Dmitry KuzelevAndrey Lavrov, Igor LavrovSergey Pogorelov, Pavel SukosyanDmitri Torgovanov, Aleksandr TuchkinLev Voronin Handball Men's handball Modern pentathlon Men's individual Shooting Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol Mariya Kiselyova Synchronized swimming Women's duet , Yelena Azarova, Olga Brusnikina, Mariya Kiselyova, Olga Novokshchenova, Irina Pershina, Yelena Soya, Yuliya Vasilyeva, Olga Vasyukova Synchronized swimming Women's team Tennis Men's singles Wrestling Men's freestyle 63 kg Wrestling Men's freestyle 85 kg Wrestling Men's freestyle 97 kg Wrestling Men's freestyle 130 kg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 63 kg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 76 kg Athletics Women's hammer throw Athletics Women's triple jump Athletics Women's shot put Athletics Women's heptathlon Boxing Bantamweight Boxing Middleweight Boxing Heavyweight Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 metres Cycling Women's sprint Dmitri Sautin Diving Men's synchronized 3 metre springboard Gymnastics Men's vault Gymnastics Men's floor Gymnastics Women's floor Gymnastics Women's balance beam , Svetlana KhorkinaAnastasiya Kolesnikova, Yekaterina LobaznyukYelena Produnova, Elena Zamolodchikova Gymnastics Women's team all-around Judo Women's 48 kg Shooting Men's 10 metre air rifle Shooting Women's skeet Shooting Women's 50 metre rifle three positions Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle Taekwondo Women's +67 kg Tennis Women's singles , Valeri GoryushevAleksey Kazakov, Vadim KhamuttskikhAleksey Kuleshov, Evgeni MitkovRuslan Olikhver, Ilya SavelevIgor Shulepov, Sergey TetyukhinKonstantin Ushakov, Roman Yakovlev Volleyball Men's volleyball , Anastasiya BelikovaLioubov Chachkova, Yekaterina GamovaYelena Godina, Tatyana GrachevaNatalya Morozova, Olga PotachovaInessa Sargsyan, Elizaveta TishchenkoElena Tyurina, Yelena Vasilevskaya Volleyball Women's volleyball , Dmitri Douguine Serguei Garbouzov, Dmitry GorshkovNikolay Kozlov, Nikolai Maximov Andrei Reketchinski, Dmitri Stratan Revaz Tchomakhidze, Yuri Yatsev Alexander Yerishev, Marat Zakirov Irek Zinnourov Water polo Men's water polo Weightlifting Women's 63 kg Wrestling Men's freestyle 69 kg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg Athletics Men's 20 km walk Athletics Men's triple jump Athletics Men's javelin throw Athletics Men's pole vault Athletics Women's long jump , Olga KotlyarovaNatalya Nazarova, Irina PrivalovaYuliya Sotnikova, Olesya Zykina Athletics Women's 4 x 400 metre relay Boxing Featherweight Boxing Lightweight Cycling Men's points race Cycling Women's points race Diving Men's 3 metre springboard Diving Men's 10 metre platform Fencing Men's foil individual Gymnastics Men's pommel horse Gymnastics Men's parallel bars , Alexei BondarenkoDmitri Drevin, Nikolai KryukovAlexei Nemov, Yevgeni Podgorny Gymnastics Men's team all-around Gymnastics Women's vault Gymnastics Women's balance beam Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual all-around Judo Men's 100 kg Judo Men's +100 kg , Irina FedotovaYuliya Levina, Larisa Merk Rowing Women's quadruple sculls Shooting Men's 10 metre air rifle Shooting Women's 50 metre rifle three positions Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke , Ekaterina Anikeeva Sofia Konukh, Maria Koroleva Natalia Kutuzova, Svetlana Kuzina Tatiana Petrova, Yuliya Petrova Galina Rytova, Elena Smurova Elena Tokun, Irina Tolkunova Ekaterina Vasilieva Water polo Women's water polo Weightlifting Men's 94 kg Weightlifting Men's +105 kg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 69 kg
Results by event
Archery
The Russian men came close to winning their first medal since beginning to compete individually when they won their semifinal in the team round and tied the United States in the bronze medal match. However, in the three-arrow tie-breaker, the Americans scored a 29 to the Russians' 26 to prevent them from winning a medal.
Men AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalBronze FinalScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankBair BadënovIndividual61839 (26)L 153–164Did not advance52Yuri LeontievIndividual61740 (25)L 163–171Did not advance34Balzhinima TsyrempilovIndividual63517 (48)W 168–147 (49)W 163–154 (1)W 167–164 (8)L 104–113Did not advance7Bair BadënovYuri LeontievBalzhinima Tsyrempilov Team187012 (5)W 248–241 (4)W 247–245 (1)L 229–240Bronze medal final (2)L 239(+26)–239(+29)4 Women AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalBronze FinalScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankNatalia BolotovaIndividual63421 (44)W 161–154 (12)W 158–157 (28)W 161–157 (4)L 105–110Did not advance6
Athletics
Men AthleteEventsHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankVladimir Andreyev 20 km walk 1:19.27Dmitriy Bogdanov 800 m 1:48.14 4did not advanceAleksandr Borichevskiy Discus throw 61.987did not advanceYuriy Borzakovskiy 800 m 1:45.39 1 Q1:44.33 2 Q1:45.83 6Pyotr Brayko High jump 2.1515did not advanceDanil Burkenya Long jump 7.7913did not advanceSergey Bychkov 100 m 10.686did not advancePavel Chumachenko Shot put 19.409did not advancePavel Gerasimov Pole vault 5.4013did not advanceDmitriy Golovastov 400 m 45.904 q45.665did not advanceBoris Gorban 400 m hurdles 49.442 Q49.295did not advanceDmitriy KapitonovMarathon 2:19:3834Denis Kapustin Triple jump 17.044 Q17.46Andrey Kislykh 110 m hurdles 13.772 Q14.035did not advanceSergey Klyugin High jump 2.273 q2.35Pavel KokinMarathon 2:18:0226Ilya Konovalov Hammer throw 77.076 q78.565Lev LobodinDecathlon 807113Sergey Makarov Javelin throw 85.603 Q88.67Dmitry Maksimov 10000 m 28:54.1516did not advanceVladimir Malyavin Long jump 8.035 q7.6712Gennadiy Markov Triple jump 16.3613did not advanceIlya Markov20 km walk 1:23.0315Ruslan Mashchenko 400 m hurdles 50.013 q48.943did not advanceArtem Mastrov 800 m 1:49.89 6did not advanceNikolay Matyukhin50 km walk 3:46.375Vladimir Ovchinnikov Javelin throw 82.107did not advanceEvgeny Pechenkin 110 m hurdles 13.562 Q13.634 Q13.627did not advanceVladimir Potemin50 km walk 4:02.3826Vladimir Pronin 3000 m steeplechase 8:57.6913did not advanceRoman Rasskazov20 km walk 1:20.576Roman RazbeykoDecathlon Did Not FinishAleksandr Ryabov 200 m 21.025did not advanceVyacheslav Shabunin 1500 m 3:41.529did not advanceDmitriy Shevchenko Discus throw 65.294 Q62.6511Vladislav Shiryayev 400 m hurdles 50.393did not advanceVasiliy Sidorenko Hammer throw 74.7210did not advanceVitaliy Sidorov Discus throw 60.6515did not advanceYevgeniy Smiryagin Pole vault 5.653 q5.5010Kirill Sosunov Long jump 7.9710did not advanceIgor Spasovkhodskiy Triple jump 15.7915did not advanceValeriy Spitsyn50 km walk Did Not FinishMaksim Tarasov Pole vault 5.655 q5.90Vyacheslav Voronin High jump 2.271 q2.2910Aleksey Zagornyi Hammer throw 74.6311did not advanceSergey BychkovAleksandr RyabovAleksandr SmirnovDmitri Vasilyev4 × 100 m relay 39.294did not advanceDmitriy BogdanovDmitriy GolovastovRuslan MashchenkoAndrey Semyonov4 × 400 m relay 3:05.372 Q3:02.284did not advance Women AthleteEventsHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankYelena BelyakovaPole vault No Markdid not advanceMadina BiktagirovaMarathon 2:26:335Lyudmila Biktasheva10000 m 32:52.009 q 31:47.1013Galina Bogomolova10000 m 34:06.2116did not advanceNatalia Chulkova400 m hurdles Did Not Finishdid not advanceAlla DavydovaHammer throw 60.8610did not advanceOxana Ekk200 m 23.17 4 Q23.176did not advanceOksana EsipchukDiscus throw 59.518did not advanceSvetlana FeofanovaPole vault No Markdid not advanceLyudmila GalkinaLong jump 6.625 q6.569Natalya Gorelova1500 m 4:12.84 10did not advanceYuliya Graudyn100 m hurdles 12.98 4 QDid Not Finishdid not advanceLidiya Grigoryeva10000 m 32:44.439 q 31:21.279 Tatyana Gudkova20 km walk 1:32.358Natalya Ignatova100 m 11.54 3 Q11.47 6did not advanceYelena IsinbayevaPole vault No Markdid not advanceYekaterina IvakinaJavelin throw 55.5810did not advanceIrina Khabarova200 m 23.21 3 Q23.276did not advanceTatyana KonstantinovaHammer throw 61.488did not advanceDiana KoritskayaHeptathlon 597515Larisa KorotkevichDiscus throw 58.8110did not advanceOlga Kotlyarova400 m 51.99 2 Q50.973 Q51.214 Q51.048Tatyana KotovaLong jump 6.665 q6.83Svetlana KrivelyovaShot put 18.563 Q19.374Marina KuptsovaHigh jump 1.8513did not advanceOlga KuzenkovaHammer throw 70.601 Q69.77Svetlana LapinaHigh jump 1.928did not advanceInna LasovskayaTriple jump 13.759did not advanceSvetlana Laukhova100 m hurdles 12.98 3 Q12.964 Q12.955did not advanceTatyana LebedevaTriple jump 14.911 Q15.00Svetlana Masterkova1500 m Did Not Finish did not advanceIrina Mistyukevich800 m 1:59.73 2 Q2:02.95 7did not advanceLyubov MorgunovaMarathon 2:32:3523Natalya Nazarova400 m 52.05 2 Q51.444 Q51.836did not advanceYuliya Nosova400 m hurdles 56.11 4 q56.58 8did not advanceLarisa PeleshenkoShot put 19.083 Q19.92 Olga Polyakova20 km walk Did Not FinishSvetlana Pospelova400 m 53.34 4did not advanceIrina Privalova400 m hurdles 55.89 1 Q54.02 1 Q53.02 Yelena ProkhorovaHeptathlon 6531Olga Raspopova800 m 2:01.95 3did not advanceLyudmila Rogachova1500 m 4:09.81 9 q4:09.18 9did not advanceOksana RogovaTriple jump 14.254 Q13.978Natalya RoshchupkinaHeptathlon 62376Olga RublyovaLong jump 6.656 q6.795Olga RyabinkinaShot put 19.202 Q17.8510Natalya SadovaDiscus throw 64.621 Q65.004Natalya Shekhodanova100 m hurdles 13.15 3 Q12.964 Q12.925did not advanceTatyana ShikolenkoJavelin throw 61.543 Q62.917Irina Stankina20 km walk Did Not FinishTatyana Tomashova5000 m 15:08.92 3 Q 15:01.2813Marina Trandenkova100 m 11.51 4did not advance200 m 23.31 4 Q23.105did not advanceNatalya Tsyganova800 m 2:02.26 3did not advanceNatalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova100 m 11.47 4did not advanceOlga Yegorova5000 m 15:14.34 3 Q 14:50.31 8Valentina YegorovaMarathon Did Not FinishYelena YelesinaHigh jump 1.941 Q2.01Natalya IgnatovaIrina KhabarovaMarina KislovaMarina TrandenkovaNatalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova4 × 100 m relay 43.15 2 Q42.84 4 q43.02 5Svetlana GoncharenkoOlga KotlyarovaNatalya NazarovaIrina PrivalovaYuliya SotnikovaOlesya Zykina4 × 400 m relay 3:26.053 q3:23.46
Badminton
Women AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMarina YakushevaSingles (8)L 10–11, 6–11Did not advanceElla KarachkovaSingles (3)L 3–11, 5–11Did not advanceIrina RuslyakovaMarina YakushevaDoubles W 15–9, 15–11 (5)L 16–17, 5–15Did not advance
Basketball
Men's team
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