List of Olympic female artistic gymnasts for Russia

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The Russian team at the 2016 Olympics
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Svetlana Khorkina

Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896 [1] with Russian female gymnasts having participated in every Olympic Games since 1996. A total of 32 female artistic gymnasts have represented Russia or the Russian Olympic Committee and they have won 27 medals, [2] including a team gold in 2020. [3] As a team Russia has won one gold, three silvers, and one bronze. [4]

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The most decorated Russian females artistic gymnasts are Svetlana Khorkina (1996, 2000, 2004) [5] and Aliya Mustafina (2012, 2016) with seven Olympic medals each. Mustafina was the first Russian gymnast to defend two medals at consecutive games: she won bronze in all-around and gold on uneven bars in 2012 as well as the 2016 Summer Olympics. [6]

Gymnasts

Summer Olympics

The following only counts medals won by gymnasts when they represented Russia or the Russian Olympic Committee (Not the Unified Team or the Soviet Union). Example: Rozalia Galiyeva won a gold medal with the Unified Team in 1992, but only the silver medal she won in 1996 appears here.

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Anna Chepeleva
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Ksenia Semenova
GymnastYearsGoldSilverBronzeTotal medalsRef.
Ksenia Afanasyeva 2008, 20120101 [7]
Lilia Akhaimova 20201001 [8]
Anna Chepeleva 20000101 [9]
Elena Dolgopolova 19960101 [10]
Ludmila Ezhova 2004, 20080011 [11]
Rozalia Galiyeva 19960101 [12]
Elena Gerasimova 20200000 [13]
Anastasia Grishina 20120101 [14]
Elena Grosheva 19960101 [15]
Anastasia Ilyankova 20200101 [16]
Svetlana Khorkina 1996, 2000, 20042417 [5]
Dina Kochetkova 19960101 [17]
Anastasiya Kolesnikova 20000101 [18]
Viktoria Komova 20120202 [19]
Svetlana Klyukina 20080000 [20]
Ekaterina Kramarenko 20080000 [21]
Maria Kryuchkova 20040011 [22]
Yevgeniya Kuznetsova 19960101 [23]
Viktoria Listunova 20201001 [8]
Yekaterina Lobaznyuk 20000213 [24]
Oksana Lyapina 19960101 [25]
Angelina Melnikova 2016, 20201124 [26]
Aliya Mustafina 2012, 20162237 [6]
Maria Paseka 2012, 20160314 [27]
Anna Pavlova 2004, 20080022 [28]
Elena Produnova 20000112 [29]
Ksenia Semenova 20080000 [30]
Daria Spiridonova 20160101 [31]
Seda Tutkhalyan 20160101 [32]
Vladislava Urazova 20201001 [8]
Elena Zamolodchikova 2000, 20042114 [33]
Natalia Ziganshina 20040011 [34]

Youth Olympic Games

GymnastYearsGoldSilverBronzeTotal medalsRef.
Viktoria Komova 20103014 [35]
Seda Tutkhalyan 20142103 [36]
Ksenia Klimenko 20181102 [37]

Medalists

MedalNameYearEvent
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Dolgopolova, Galiyeva, Grosheva, Khorkina, Kochetkova, Kuznetsova, Liapina Flag of the United States.svg 1996 Atlanta Women's team
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Svetlana Khorkina Women's uneven bars
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Chepeleva, Khorkina, Kolesnikova, Lobaznyuk, Produnova, Zamolodchikova Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2000 Sydney Women's team
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Elena Zamolodchikova Women's vault
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Yekaterina Lobaznyuk Women's vault
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Svetlana Khorkina Women's uneven bars
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yekaterina Lobaznyuk Women's balance beam
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Elena Produnova Women's balance beam
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Elena Zamolodchikova Women's floor exercise
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Svetlana Khorkina Women's floor exercise
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ezhova, Khorkina, Krioutchkova, Pavlova, Zamolodchikova, Ziganshina Flag of Greece.svg 2004 Athens Women's team
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Svetlana Khorkina Women's all-around
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Anna Pavlova Women's vault
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Afanasyeva, Grishina, Komova,
Mustafina, Paseka
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2012 London Women's team
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Viktoria Komova Women's all-around
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Aliya Mustafina Women's all-around
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Maria Paseka Women's vault
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Aliya Mustafina Women's uneven bars
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Aliya Mustafina Women's floor exercise
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Melnikova, Mustafina, Paseka, Spiridonova, Tutkhalyan Flag of Brazil.svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Women's team
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Aliya Mustafina Women's all-around
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Maria Paseka Women's vault
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Aliya Mustafina Women's uneven bars
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Akhaimova, Listunova, Melnikova, Urazova ( Russian Olympic Committee flag.png ROC) Flag of Japan.svg 2020 Tokyo Women's team
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Angelina Melnikova ( Russian Olympic Committee flag.png ROC) Women's all-around
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Anastasia Ilyankova ( Russian Olympic Committee flag.png ROC) Women's uneven bars
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Angelina Melnikova ( Russian Olympic Committee flag.png ROC) Women's floor exercise

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