Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	RUS
NOC	Russian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ru  (in Russian)
in Beijing
Competitors	455 in 23 sports
Flag bearers	Andrei Kirilenko (opening) Andrey Silnov (closing)
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 24 Silver 13 Bronze 23 Total 60
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev with Russian medallists in the Kremlin in September 2008.

The Russian Federation competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics , held in Beijing, China, represented by the Russian Olympic Committee. Russia competed in all sports except baseball, field hockey, football, softball, and taekwondo. They ranked third in the medal table by golds (24) and overall (60). Russia also had 14 medals stripped for doping violations, the most of any nation at the 2008 Olympics.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event  Gold Nazyr Mankiev Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg  Gold Islambek Albiev Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg  Gold Aslanbek Khushtov Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg  Gold Valeriy Borchin Athletics Men's 20 km walk  Gold Svetlana Boyko Aida Shanayeva Yevgeniya Lamonova Viktoria Nikishina Fencing Women's team foil  Gold Elena Dementieva Tennis Women's singles  Gold Gulnara Samitova-Galkina Athletics Women's 3000 m steeplechase  Gold Yelena Isinbayeva Athletics Women's pole vault  Gold Mavlet Batirov Wrestling Men's freestyle 60 kg  Gold Andrey Silnov Athletics Men's high jump  Gold Larisa Ilchenko Swimming Women's 10 km open water  Gold Anastasia Davydova Anastasiya Yermakova Synchronized swimming Women's duet  Gold Buvaisar Saitiev Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg  Gold Olga Kaniskina Athletics Women's 20 km walk  Gold Shirvani Muradov Wrestling Men's freestyle 96 kg  Gold Andrey Moiseev Modern pentathlon Men's event  Gold Maksim Opalev Canoeing Men's C-1 500 m  Gold Anastasia Davydova Anastasiya Yermakova Maria Gromova Natalia Ishchenko Elvira Khasyanova Olga Kuzhela Yelena Ovchinnikova Anna Shorina Svetlana Romashina Synchronized swimming Women's team  Gold Evgeniya Kanaeva Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual all-around  Gold Rakhim Chakhkiev Boxing Heavyweight  Gold Margarita Aliychuk Anna Gavrilenko Tatiana Gorbunova Yelena Posevina Daria Shkurikhina Natalia Zuyeva Gymnastics Women's rhythmic team all-around  Gold Aleksei Tishchenko Boxing Lightweight  Gold Oxana Slivenko Weightlifting Women's 69 kg  Gold Bakhtiyar Akhmedov Wrestling Men's freestyle 120 kg  Silver Dmitri Sautin Yuriy Kunakov Diving Men's 3 m synchronized springboard  Silver Yuliya Pakhalina Anastasia Pozdniakova Diving Women's 3 m synchronized springboard  Silver Lioubov Galkina Shooting Women's 10 m air rifle  Silver Natalia Paderina Shooting Women's 10 m air pistol  Silver Danila Izotov Yevgeny Lagunov Nikita Lobintsev Alexander Sukhorukov Mikhail Polischuk* Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay  Silver Dinara Safina Tennis Women's singles  Silver Alena Kartashova Wrestling Women's freestyle 63 kg  Silver Yuliya Pakhalina Diving Women's 3 m springboard  Silver Dmitry Klokov Weightlifting Men's 105 kg  Silver Evgeny Chigishev Weightlifting Men's +105 kg  Silver Yevgeny Lukyanenko Athletics Men's pole vault  Silver Aleksandr Kostoglod Sergey Ulegin Canoeing Men's C-2 500 m  Silver Russia women's national handball team Inna Suslina Mariya Sidorova Yana Uskova Yekaterina Marennikova Emilia Turey Yelena Dmitriyeva Anna Kareeva Liudmila Postnova Irina Bliznova Yelena Polenova Oksana Romenskaya Natalya Shipilova Yekaterina Andryushina Irina Poltoratskaya Handball Women's tournament  Bronze Dmitry Dobroskok Gleb Galperin Diving Men's 10 m synchronized platform  Bronze Aleksey Alipov Shooting Men's trap  Bronze Arkady Vyatchanin Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke  Bronze Arkady Vyatchanin Swimming Men's 200 m backstroke  Bronze Vladimir Isakov Shooting Men's 50 m pistol  Bronze Mikhail Kuznetsov Dmitry Larionov Canoeing Men's slalom C-2  Bronze Bair Badënov Archery Men's individual  Bronze Vera Zvonareva Tennis Women's singles  Bronze Anton Golotsutskov Gymnastics Men's floor  Bronze Anton Golotsutskov Gymnastics Men's vault  Bronze Svetlana Feofanova Athletics Women's pole vault  Bronze Besik Kudukhov Wrestling Men's freestyle 55 kg  Bronze Mikhail Ignatiev Alexei Markov Cycling Men's madison  Bronze Yaroslav Rybakov Athletics Men's high jump  Bronze Georgy Ketoev Wrestling Men's freestyle 84 kg  Bronze Denis Nizhegorodov Athletics Men's 50 km walk  Bronze Georgy Balakshin Boxing Flyweight  Bronze Irina Kalentieva Cycling Women's cross-country  Bronze Russia women's national basketball team Svetlana Abrosimova Becky Hammon Marina Karpunina Ilona Korstin Marina Kuzina Yekaterina Lisina Irina Osipova Oxana Rakhmatulina Tatiana Shchegoleva Irina Sokolovskaya Maria Stepanova Natalia Vodopyanova Basketball Women's tournament  Bronze Gleb Galperin Diving Men's 10 m platform  Bronze Russia men's national volleyball team Aleksandr Korneev Semyon Poltavskiy Aleksandr Kosarev Sergey Grankin Sergey Tetyukhin Vadim Khamuttskikh Yury Berezhko Aleksey Ostapenko Aleksandr Volkov Aleksey Verbov Maxim Mikhaylov Alexey Kuleshov Volleyball Men's tournament  Bronze Alexandr Kolobnev Cycling Men's road race  Bronze Tatyana Petrova Athletics 3000 m steeplechase

Sport Total Archery 0 0 1 1 Athletics 5 1 4 10 Basketball 0 0 1 1 Boxing 2 0 1 3 Canoeing 1 1 1 3 Cycling 0 0 3 3 Diving 0 3 2 5 Fencing 1 0 0 1 Gymnastics 2 0 2 4 Handball 0 1 0 1 Modern pentathlon 1 0 0 1 Shooting 0 2 2 4 Swimming 1 1 2 4 Synchronized swimming 2 0 0 2 Tennis 1 1 1 3 Volleyball 0 0 1 1 Weightlifting 1 2 0 3 Wrestling 7 1 2 10 Total 24 13 23 60

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games: Sport Men Women Total Archery 3 2 5 Athletics 44 60 104 Badminton 1 1 2 Basketball 12 12 24 Boxing 11 0 11 Canoeing 12 2 14 Cycling 15 7 22 Diving 6 4 10 Equestrian 2 3 5 Fencing 4 10 14 Gymnastics 8 16 24 Handball 14 14 28 Judo 7 6 13 Modern pentathlon 2 2 4 Rowing 6 4 10 Sailing 5 5 10 Shooting 14 8 22 Swimming 21 14 35 Synchronised swimming 0 9 9 Table tennis 3 3 6 Tennis 4 5 9 Triathlon 3 2 5 Volleyball 14 14 28 Water polo 0 13 13 Weightlifting 6 4 10 Wrestling 14 4 18 Total 231 224 455

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Balzhinima Tsyrempilov and Bair Badënov earned men's qualifying places for Russia at the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships, while Natalia Erdyniyeva and Miroslava Dagbaeva earned two spots for women. ^[1] Andrey Abramov placed second at the European qualifying tournament, giving Russia a third spot in the men's individual competition and allowing the nation to field a men's team. ^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Andrey Abramov	Individual	660	25	Johnson  (USA) (40) L 109 (25)–109 (26)	Did not advance
Bair Badënov		658	31	Godfrey  (GBR) (34) W 114–109	Champia  (IND) (2) W 109–108	Lyon  (CAN) (47) W 115–110	Cheng C S  (MAS) (26) W 109–104	Ruban  (UKR) (3) L 112 (18)–112 (20)	Serrano  (MEX) (1) W 115–110
Balzhinima Tsyrempilov		671	6	Pavlov  (BUL) (59) W 112–102	Chen S Y  (TPE) (38) W 109–101	Moriya  (JPN) (22) L 110–113	Did not advance
Andrey Abramov Bair Badënov Balzhinima Tsyrempilov	Team	1989	4	—		Bye	China  (CHN) (12) L 208–217	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Miroslava Dagbaeva	Individual	637	23	Puspitasari  (INA) (42) W 106 (10)–106 (9)	Rendón  (COL) (10) L 106–110	Did not advance
Natalia Erdyniyeva		647	11	Dielen  (SUI) (54) W 107–102	Marcinkiewicz  (POL) (43) W 104–103	Zhang Jj  (CHN) (27) L 98–110	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Russia sent a team of 106 track and field athletes, 48 men and 58 women, to these games. On 31 July 2008, Yelena Soboleva, Tatyana Tomashova, Yuliya Fomenko, Darya Pishchalnikova, and Gulfiya Khanafeyeva were provisionally suspended by IAAF for doping offenses. ^[3] Nine medals won by Russians in athletics at the 2008 Olympics were later stripped due to doping violations.

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Denis Alekseyev	400 m	45.52	DSQ [4]	—		Did not advance
Grigoriy Andreyev	Marathon	—						2:13:33	14
Dmitry Bogdanov	800 m	1:47.49	3	—		Did not advance
Valeriy Borchin	20 km walk	—						1:19:01
Evgeniy Borisov	110 m hurdles	13.90	5	Did not advance
Yuriy Borzakovskiy	800 m	1:45.15	2 Q	—		1:46.53	3	Did not advance
Aleksandr Derevyagin	400 m hurdles	49.19	5 q	—		49.23	6	Did not advance
Maksim Dyldin	400 m	46.03	5	—		Did not advance
Sergey Ivanov	10000 m	—						28:34.72	30
Sergey Kirdyapkin	50 km walk	—						DNF
Oleg Kulkov	Marathon	—						2:18:11	29
Ilya Markov	20 km walk	—						1:22:02	17
Ildar Minshin	3000 m steeplechase	8:26.85	6	—				Did not advance
Denis Nizhegorodov	50 km walk	—						3:40:14
Igor Peremota	110 m hurdles	13.59	2 Q	13.70	7	Did not advance
Pavel Potapovich	3000 m steeplechase	8:36.29	10	—				Did not advance
Vyacheslav Shabunin	1500 m	3:42.53	11	—		Did not advance
Roman Smirnov	200 m	20.76	1 Q	20.62	6	Did not advance
Aleksey Sokolov	Marathon	—						2:15:57	21
Andrey Yepishin	100 m	10.34	2 Q	10.25	6	Did not advance
Denis Alekseyev Maksim Dyldin Vladislav Frolov Anton Kokorin	4 × 400 m relay	3:00.14 NR	2 Q	—				2:58.06 NR	DSQ [4]

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Danil Burkenya	Triple jump	16.69	22	Did not advance
Kirill Ikonnikov	Hammer throw	72.33	21	Did not advance
Alexandr Ivanov	Javelin throw	79.27	14	Did not advance
Ilya Korotkov		83.33	2 Q	83.15	7
Anton Lyuboslavskiy	Shot put	19.87	18	Did not advance
Yevgeny Lukyanenko	Pole vault	5.65	=1 q	5.85
Sergey Makarov	Javelin throw	72.47	26	Did not advance
Vladimir Malyavin	Long jump	7.35	37	Did not advance
Igor Pavlov	Pole vault	5.65	=1 q	5.60	9
Aleksandr Petrenko	Triple jump	16.97	17	Did not advance
Bogdan Pishchalnikov	Discus throw	64.60	6 Q	65.88	6
Yaroslav Rybakov	High jump	2.25	9 q	2.33
Andrey Silnov		2.29	6 q	2.36
Pavel Sofin	Shot put	20.29	8 Q	20.42	7
Igor Spasovkhodskiy	Triple jump	17.23	6 Q	16.79	9
Dmitry Starodubtsev	Pole vault	5.65	11 q	5.70	5
Igor Vinichenko	Hammer throw	72.05	22	Did not advance
Vyacheslav Voronin	High jump	2.25	14	Did not advance
Ivan Yushkov	Shot put	20.02	12 Q	19.67	DSQ [5]

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Aleksey Drozdov	Result	11.02	7.23	16.26	2.02	51.56	15.51	47.43	5.10	62.57	4:41.34	8154	11
	Points	856	869	867	822	744	789	817	941	777	672
Aleksandr Pogorelov	Result	11.07	7.37	16.53	2.08	50.91	14.47	50.04	5.00	64.01	5:01.56	DSQ [5]
	Points	845	903	884	878	773	915	871	910	798	551
Aleksey Sysoyev	Result	11.03	6.77	15.42	2.11	50.71	DNF	DNS	—	—	—	DNF
	Points	854	760	816	906	782	0	0	—	—	—

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Inga Abitova	10000 m	—						30:37.33	DSQ [4]
Anna Alminova	1500 m	4:04.66	5 q	—				4:06.99	11
Tatyana Andrianova	800 m	2:00.31	2 Q	—		1:58.16	3 q	2:02.63	8
Aleksandra Antonova	100 m hurdles	13.18	5	—		Did not advance
Tatyana Aryasova	10000 m	—						31:45.57	19
Yekaterina Bikert	400 m hurdles	55.15	1 Q	—		54.38	4 Q	54.96	6
Galina Bogomolova	Marathon	—						DNF
Yuliya Chermoshanskaya	200 m	22.98	4 Q	22.63	1 Q	22.57	5	Did not advance
Tatyana Dektyareva	100 m hurdles	13.05	5	—		Did not advance
Aleksandra Fedoriva	200 m	23.29	4 Q	23.04	5 q	23.22	8	Did not advance
Tatyana Firova	400 m	50.59	2 Q	—		50.31	3 q	50.11	6
Yuliya Gushchina		51.18	2 Q	—		50.48	1 Q	50.01	4
Tatyana Kalmykova	20 km walk	—						DSQ
Olga Kaniskina		—						1:26:31 OR
Anastasiya Kapachinskaya	400 m	51.32	1 Q	—		50.30	2 Q	50.03	DSQ [5]
Svetlana Klyuka	800 m	2:01.67	1 Q	—		1:58.31	1 Q	1:56.94	4
Yuliya Kondakova	100 m hurdles	13.07	4	—		Did not advance
Mariya Konovalova	10000 m	—						30:35.84	5
Yekaterina Kostetskaya	800 m	2:00.54	3 Q	—		1:58.33	3	Did not advance
Natalya Murinovich	100 m	11.55	5 q	11.51	7	Did not advance
Irina Obedina	400 m hurdles	55.71	2 Q	—		55.69	6	Did not advance
Anastasiya Ott		55.34	2 Q	—		54.74	6	Did not advance
Tatyana Petrova	3000 m steeplechase	9:28.85	1 Q	—				9:12.33
Yevgeniya Polyakova	100 m	11.24	1 Q	11.13	2 Q	11.38	7	Did not advance
Natalya Rusakova	100 m	11.61	5 q	11.49	6	Did not advance
	200 m	23.21	3 Q	23.28	6	Did not advance
Gulnara Samitova-Galkina	5000 m	15:11.46	5 Q	—				15:56.97	12
	3000 m steeplechase	9:15.17	1 Q	—				8:58.81 WR
Liliya Shobukhova	5000 m	14:57.77	3 Q	—				15:46.62	6
Tatyana Sibileva	20 km walk	—						1:28:28	11
Irina Timofeyeva	Marathon	—						2:27:31	7
Yekaterina Volkova	3000 m steeplechase	9:23.06	3 Q	—				9:07.64	DSQ
Yelena Zadorozhnaya	5000 m	DNF		—				Did not advance
Svetlana Zakharova	Marathon	—						2:32:16	22
Yuliya Chermoshanskaya Aleksandra Fedoriva Yuliya Gushchina Yevgeniya Polyakova	4 × 100 m relay	42.87	2 Q	—				42.31	DSQ
Tatyana Firova Yuliya Gushchina Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Lyudmila Litvinova Yelena Migunova Tatyana Veshkurova	4 × 400 m relay	3:23.71	1 Q	—				3:18.82	DSQ [5]

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Mariya Abakumova	Javelin throw	63.48	4 Q	70.78 NR	DSQ [4]
Anna Bulgakova	Hammer throw	68.04	20	Did not advance
Anna Chicherova	High jump	1.93	12 q	2.03	DSQ
Svetlana Feofanova	Pole vault	4.50	6 q	4.75
Yuliya Golubchikova		4.50	10 q	4.75	4
Viktoriya Gurova	Triple jump	14.78	3 Q	14.77	7
Yelena Isinbayeva	Pole vault	4.60	1 Q	5.05 WR
Olga Ivanova	Shot put	18.46	15 Q	18.44	9
Irina Khudoroshkina		16.84	25	Did not advance
Yelena Konevtseva	Hammer throw	67.83	22	Did not advance
Tatyana Kotova	Long jump	6.57	14	Did not advance
Tatyana Lebedeva	Long jump	6.70	4 q	7.03	DSQ
	Triple jump	14.55	5 Q	15.32	DSQ
Anna Omarova	Shot put	18.74	8 Q	19.08	6
Yelena Priyma	Hammer throw	70.69	9 q	69.72	10
Anna Pyatykh	Triple jump	14.45	8 Q	14.73	8
Natalya Sadova	Discus throw	58.11	25	Did not advance
Svetlana Saykina		59.48	16	Did not advance
Svetlana Shkolina	High jump	1.93	8 q	1.93	14
Yelena Slesarenko		1.93	14 q	2.01	4
Oksana Udmurtova	Long jump	6.63	7 q	6.70	6
Mariya Yakovenko	Javelin throw	51.67	47	Did not advance
Oksana Esipchuk	Discus throw	55.07	32	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Anna Bogdanova	Result	13.09	1.86	14.08	24.24	6.45	35.41	2:09.45	6465 PB	6*
	Points	1111	1054	799	958	991	579	973
Tatyana Chernova	Result	13.65	1.83	12.88	23.95	6.47	48.37	2:06.50	6591	DSQ
	Points	1028	1016	719	986	997	829	1016
Olga Kurban	Result	13.77	1.77	13.84	24.34	5.97	42.85	2:13.59	6192	13*
	Points	1011	941	783	948	840	722	913

* On 16 August 2016, the Russian women's 4 × 100 metres relay team was disqualified for doping. The Russian team members were stripped of their gold Olympic medals, as Yuliya Chermoshanskaya had her samples reanalyzed and tested positive for two prohibited substances. ^[6]
The IOC requested that the IAAF modify the results, and the medals were redistributed accordingly. ^{[7] [8]}

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Stanislav Pukhov	Men's singles	Bye	Navickas  (LTU) L 12–21, 17–21	Did not advance
Ella Diehl	Women's singles	Nehwal  (IND) L 9–21, 8–21	Did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Russia qualified both its men's and women's basketball teams for the Olympic tournament when each took first place at their respective continental tournaments (EuroBasket 2007 and EuroBasket Women 2007). Of the four tournaments since Russia began competing separately, 2008 was the second appearance of the Russian men's team and the fourth of the women's team, which took bronze in 2004.

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Russia roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. ^[9]

Russia men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. F 4 Andrey Vorontsevich 21 – (1987-07-17)July 17, 1987 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) CSKA Moscow PG 5 Jon Robert Holden 31 – (1976-08-10)August 10, 1976 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) CSKA Moscow G 6 Sergei Bykov 25 – (1983-02-26)February 26, 1983 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Dynamo Moscow F 7 Andrei Kirilenko  (C) 27 – (1981-02-18)February 18, 1981 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Utah Jazz C 8 Nikita Morgunov 33 – (1975-06-29)June 29, 1975 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Lokomotiv Rostov PG 9 Petr Samoylenko 31 – (1977-02-07)February 7, 1977 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Dynamo Moscow F 10 Victor Khryapa 26 – (1982-08-03)August 3, 1982 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) CSKA Moscow SG 11 Zakhar Pashutin 34 – (1974-05-03)May 3, 1974 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Spartak Saint Petersburg SF 12 Sergei Monia 25 – (1983-04-15)April 15, 1983 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Dynamo Moscow SG 13 Vitaly Fridzon 22 – (1985-10-14)October 14, 1985 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) BC Khimki C 14 Aleksey Savrasenko 29 – (1979-02-28)February 28, 1979 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) CSKA Moscow SF 15 Viktor Keirou 24 – (1984-01-31)January 31, 1984 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) CSKA Moscow	Head coach David Blatt Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 9, 2008

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lithuania	5	4	1	425	400	+25	9 [lower-alpha 1]	Quarterfinals
2	Argentina	5	4	1	425	361	+64	9 [lower-alpha 1]
3	Croatia	5	3	2	399	380	+19	8 [lower-alpha 2]
4	Australia	5	3	2	457	405	+52	8 [lower-alpha 2]
5	Russia	5	1	4	387	406	−19	6
6	Iran	5	0	5	323	464	−141	5

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Lithuania 1–0 Argentina
2. Head-to-head record: Croatia 1–0 Australia

10 August 2008 09:00

Report

Russia	71–49	Iran
Scoring by quarter:24–5, 14–17, 8–16, 25–11
Pts: Holden 19 Rebs: Monia 6 Asts: Savrasenko 4		Pts: Nikkhah 16 Rebs: Haddadi 8 Asts: Kamrani 3

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)

12 August 2008 11:15

Report

Croatia	85–78	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 26–19, 18–15, 25–27
Pts: Popović 22 Rebs: Barać 7 Asts: Popović, Lončar 3		Pts: Kirilenko 18 Rebs: Kirilenko 6 Asts: Kirilenko, Bikov 3

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)

14 August 2008 16:45

Report

Lithuania	86–79	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 23–24, 21–17, 25–21, 17–17
Pts: Kaukėnas 20 Rebs: Kleiza 11 Asts: Jasikevičius 5		Pts: Holden 25 Rebs: Khriapa 9 Asts: Kirilenko 6

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)

16 August 2008 11:15

Report

Russia	80–95	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 17–22, 22–20, 25–26
Pts: Khriapa 21 Rebs: Khriapa 9 Asts: Holden 6		Pts: Bogut, Bruton 22 Rebs: Bogut 8 Asts: Bruton 6

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

18 August 2008 22:15

Report

Argentina	91–79	Russia
Scoring by quarter:27–16, 18–23, 27–25, 19–15
Pts: Scola 37 Rebs: Nocioni 9 Asts: Prigioni 10		Pts: Kirilenko 23 Rebs: Kirilenko 9 Asts: Holden 5

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)

Women's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Russia roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. ^[10]

Russia women's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. F/C 4 Marina Kuzina 23 – (1985-07-19)July 19, 1985 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) UMMC Ekaterinburg PG 5 Oxana Rakhmatulina 31 – (1976-12-07)December 7, 1976 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) UMMC Ekaterinburg F 6 Natalia Vodopyanova 27 – (1981-06-04)June 4, 1981 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UMMC Ekaterinburg PG 7 Becky Hammon 31 – (1977-03-11)March 11, 1977 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) San Antonio Silver Stars SG 8 Marina Karpunina 24 – (1984-03-21)March 21, 1984 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Spartak Moscow Region PF 9 Tatiana Shchegoleva 26 – (1982-02-09)February 9, 1982 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Spartak Moscow Region SG 10 Ilona Korstin 28 – (1980-05-30)May 30, 1980 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) CSKA Moscow C 11 Maria Stepanova 29 – (1979-02-23)February 23, 1979 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) CSKA Moscow C 12 Ekaterina Lisina 20 – (1987-10-15)October 15, 1987 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) CSKA Moscow F 13 Irina Sokolovskaya  (C) 25 – (1983-01-03)January 3, 1983 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) CSKA Moscow G/F 14 Svetlana Abrosimova 28 – (1980-07-09)July 9, 1980 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UMMC Ekaterinburg F/C 15 Irina Osipova 27 – (1981-06-25)June 25, 1981 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Spartak Moscow Region	Head coach Igor Grudin Assistant coach(es) Natália Hejková Boris Sokolovsky Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 9, 2008

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	5	0	424	319	+105	10	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	5	4	1	339	333	+6	9
3	Belarus	5	2	3	324	332	−8	7 [lower-alpha 1]
4	South Korea	5	2	3	327	360	−33	7 [lower-alpha 1]
5	Latvia	5	1	4	334	387	−53	6 [lower-alpha 2]
6	Brazil	5	1	4	337	354	−17	6 [lower-alpha 2]

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Belarus 1–0 South Korea
2. Head-to-head record: Latvia 1–0 Brazil

9 August 2008 22:15

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Latvia	57–62	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 7–14, 24–15, 17–12, 9–21
Pts: Jansone 24 Rebs: Tamane 6, Kubliņa 6 Asts: Jēkabsone-Žogota 6		Pts: Shchegoleva 12, Korstin 12 Rebs: Shchegoleva 12 Asts: Rakhmatulina 5

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Pablo Estevez (ARG)

11 August 2008 14:30

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South Korea	72–77	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 20–13, 24–21, 13–19
Pts: Choi 13 Rebs: Sin 3 Asts: Jung 6		Pts: Korstin, Shchegoleva 13 Rebs: Osipova 9 Asts: Rakhmatulina 5

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Petr Sudek (SVK)

13 August 2008 09:00

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Belarus	65–71	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 8–15, 13–17, 25–19
Pts: Marchanka 16 Rebs: Leuchanka 12 Asts: Leuchanka 4		Pts: Stepanova 13 Rebs: Abrosimova 10 Asts: Korstin 2

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Eddie Rush (USA)

15 August 2008 14:30

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Russia	74–64	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 21–26, 14–15, 19–15, 20–8
Pts: Shchegoleva 14 Rebs: Korstin 10 Asts: Korstin 5		Pts: Pinto 21 Rebs: Zakrzeski 5 Asts: Pinto 6

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA)

17 August 2008 11:15

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Australia	75–55	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 10–18, 30–10, 20–8
Pts: Snell, Jackson 16 Rebs: Jackson 14 Asts: Harrower 7		Pts: Hammon 20 Rebs: Abrosimova, Osipova 9 Asts: Karpunina 2

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Pablo Estevez (ARG)

Quarterfinals

19 August 2008 22:15

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Russia	84–65	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 10–21, 22–19, 24–15, 28–10
Pts: Shchegoleva 19 Rebs: Stepanova 10 Asts: Rakhmatulina 4		Pts: Valdemoro 16 Rebs: Pascua 6 Asts: Valdemoro, Palau, Torrens 1

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Ilija Belosevic (SRB)

Semifinals

21 August 2008 20:00

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Russia	52–67	United States
Scoring by quarter:16–13, 16–20, 8–15, 12–19
Pts: Stepanova 14 Rebs: Korstin 8 Asts: Six-way tie 1		Pts: Taurasi 21 Rebs: Fowles 10 Asts: Smith 3

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA)

Bronze medal match

23 August 2008 19:30

Report

Russia	94–81	China
Scoring by quarter:24–23, 28–16, 20–18, 22–24
Pts: Hammon 22 Rebs: Stepanova 9 Asts: Karpunina 5		Pts: Chen 26 Rebs: Bian, Sui 6 Asts: Song 7

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Scott Butler (AUS)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Russia qualified eleven boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament, the maximum possible. Russia was the only nation to qualify a boxer in each weight class. Nine boxers qualified at the World Championships. ^[11] Ayrapetyan qualified at the first European qualifying tournament. ^[12] Balanov filled out the Russian team, earning a welterweight spot at the second European continental qualifying tournament. ^[13]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
David Ayrapetyan	Light flyweight	Chygayev  (UKR) L 11–13	Did not advance
Georgy Balakshin	Flyweight	Bye	Sarsembayev  (KAZ) W 12–4	Kumar  (IND) W 15–11	Laffita  (CUB) L 8–9	Did not advance
Sergey Vodopyanov	Bantamweight	Arroyo  (PUR) W 10–5	Kumar  (IND) L 9–9+	Did not advance
Albert Selimov	Featherweight	Lomachenko  (UKR) L 7–14	Did not advance
Aleksei Tishchenko	Lightweight	Nejmaoui  (TUN) W 10–2	Little  (AUS) W 11–3	Pérez  (COL) W 13–5	Javakhyan  (ARM) W 10–5	Sow  (FRA) W 11–9
Gennady Kovalev	Light welterweight	Qiong  (CHN) W 15–8	Colin  (MRI) W 15–4	Iglesias  (CUB) L 2–5	Did not advance
Andrey Balanov	Welterweight	Kasuto  (NAM) W 8–5	Andrade  (USA) L 3–14	Did not advance
Matvey Korobov	Middleweight	Terbunja  (SWE) W 18–6	Artayev  (KAZ) L 7–10	Did not advance
Artur Beterbiev	Light heavyweight	Katende  (SWE) W 15–3	Zhang Xp  (CHN) L 2–8	Did not advance
Rakhim Chakhkiev	Heavyweight	—	Mazaheri  (IRI) W 7–3	M'Bumba  (FRA) W 18–9	Acosta  (CUB) W 10–5	Russo  (ITA) W 4–2
Islam Timurziev	Super heavyweight	—	Price  (GBR) LRSC	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Alexander Lipatov	Men's C-1	87.65	5	90.51	11	178.16	9 Q	94.16	10	Did not advance
Mikhail Kuznetsov Dmitry Larionov	Men's C-2	98.43	7	97.65	6	196.08	6 Q	98.57	4 Q	98.80	4	197.37
Aleksandra Perova	Women's K-1	93.41	2	166.04	21	259.45	18	Did not advance

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Viktor Melantyev	C-1 1000 m	4:03.316	5 QS	4:02.854	4	Did not advance
Maksim Opalev	C-1 500 m	1:47.849	1 QF	Bye		1:47.140
Anton Ryakhov	K-1 500 m	1:37.666	2 QS	1:42.968	2 Q	1:38.187	5
	K-1 1000 m	3:38.381	4 QS	3:37.017	5	Did not advance
Aleksandr Kostoglod Sergey Ulegin	C-2 500 m	1:41.241	2 QF	Bye		1:41.282
	C-2 1000 m	3:41.291	3 QF	Bye		3:44.669	8
Ilya Medvedev Yevgeny Salakhov Anton Vasilev Konstantin Vishnyakov	K-4 1000 m	2:59.518	4 QS	3:00.459	1 Q	3:00.654	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yuliana Salakhova	K-1 500 m	1:51.628	5 QS	1:53.603	2 Q	1:53.973	9

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Road

Alexandr Kolobnev finished fourth in the men's road race, but as Italian Davide Rebellin, who won the silver medal, was stripped of that medal for testing positive for CERA after the event, the possibility exists for Kolobnev's placing to be upgraded. ^[14]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Vladimir Efimkin	Road race	Did not finish
Sergei Ivanov		6:39:42	77
Vladimir Karpets	Road race	6:24:59	18
	Time trial	1:05:52	18
Alexandr Kolobnev	Road race	6:23:49
Denis Menchov	Road race	6:34:26	59
	Time trial	1:06:10	20

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Natalia Boyarskaya	Road race	3:33:45	40
	Time trial	37:14.65	16
Alexandra Burchenkova	Road race	3:36:32	43
Yuliya Martisova		3:32:45	12

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Denis Dmitriev	Men's sprint	10.565 68.149	18 Q	Hoy  (GBR) L	Mulder  (NED)   French  (AUS) L	Did not advance
Denis Dmitriev Sergey Kucherov Sergey Polynskiy	Men's team sprint	45.964 58.741	12	Did not advance
Svetlana Grankovskaya	Women's sprint	11.544 62.370	11	Guo S  (CHN) L	Krupeckaitė  (LTU)   Hijgenaar  (NED) L	—	Did not advance		9th place final   Guerra  (CUB)   Hijgenaar  (NED)   Tsukuda  (JPN) W 12.192	9

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Alexei Markov	Men's individual pursuit	4:21.498	3 Q	Tauler  (ESP) 4:22.308	4 Q	Burke  (GBR) 4:24.149	4
Alexander Serov		4:23.732	8 Q	Wiggins  (GBR) 4:25.391	7	Did not advance
Alexei Markov Alexander Petrovskiy Alexander Serov Nikolay Trusov Evgeny Kovalev	Men's team pursuit	4:06.518	8 Q	Great Britain  (GBR) LAP	–	Did not advance

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Finals
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Denis Dmitriev	Men's keirin	6 R	3	Did not advance
Sergey Polynskiy		5 R	4	Did not advance

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Mikhail Ignatiev	Men's points race	4	0	17
Olga Slyusareva	Women's points race	8	0	8
Mikhail Ignatiev Alexei Markov	Men's madison	6	0

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Yuri Trofimov	Men's cross-country	LAP (2 laps)	41
Vera Andreeva	Women's cross-country	LAP (2 laps)	23
Irina Kalentieva		1:46:28

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Aleksandr Dobroskok	3 m springboard	431.15	17 Q	412.00	17	Did not advance
Dmitri Sautin		474.85	4 Q	476.35	8 Q	512.65	4
Gleb Galperin	10 m platform	499.95	3 Q	508.95	4 Q	525.80
Oleg Vikulov		375.40	27	Did not advance
Yuriy Kunakov Dmitri Sautin	3 m synchronized springboard	—				421.98
Dmitry Dobroskok Gleb Galperin	10 m synchronized platform	—				445.26

Women

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Svetlana Filippova	3 m springboard	274.20	19	Did not advance
Yuliya Pakhalina		358.15	2 Q	383.50	2 Q	398.60
Natalia Goncharova	10 m platform	240.45	28	Did not advance
Yuliya Pakhalina Anastasia Pozdniakova	3 m synchronized springboard	—				323.61

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Alexandra Korelova	Balagur	Individual	68.500	15 Q	71.400	5 Q	73.850	8	72.625	6
Tatiana Miloserdova	Wat A Feeling		61.875	37	Did not advance

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Igor Atrokhov	Elkasar	Individual	65.20	64	Eliminated			Did not advance
Valery Martyshev	Kinzhal		64.40	62	60.40	124.80	52	12.00	136.80	48	Did not advance			136.80	48

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Lyubov Kochetova	Ilion Kilen	Individual	8	49	33	41	61	Did not advance								41	61

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

In men's team sabre, Russia lost in the semi-finals to the USA 45–44 as Stanislav Pozdnyakov failed to win a bout against the Americans; the United States had been losing to Russia 40-35, before Keeth Smart outscored Pozdnyakov 10-4 for the win. ^{[15] [16] [17]} Then Russia also lost its bronze medal match. ^[17] Pozdnyakov subsequently retired.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Anton Avdeev	Individual épée	Bye	Robeiri  (FRA) L 11–15	Did not advance
Nikolay Kovalev	Individual sabre	O'Connell  (GBR) W 15–14	Martí  (ESP) L 12–15	Did not advance
Stanislav Pozdnyakov		Bye	Lopez  (FRA) L 8–15	Did not advance
Aleksey Yakimenko		Bye	Buikevich  (BLR) L 9–15	Did not advance
Nikolay Kovalev Stanislav Pozdnyakov Aleksey Yakimenko	Team sabre	—			China  (CHN) W 45–36	United States  (USA) L 44–45	Italy  (ITA) L 44–45	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tatiana Logunova	Individual épée	—	Samuelsson  (SWE) L 6–15	Did not advance
Lyubov Shutova		—	Bye	Szász  (HUN) W 15–12	Brânză  (ROU) L 13–15	Did not advance
Aida Shanayeva	Individual foil	Bye	Gruchała  (POL) W 12–11	Trillini  (ITA) L 3–15	Did not advance
Yevgeniya Lamonova		Bye	Schache  (GER) W 15–2	Mohamed  (HUN) W 15–5	Granbassi  (ITA) L 7–12	Did not advance
Viktoria Nikishina		Bye	Hatuel  (ISR) W 10–9	Granbassi  (ITA) L 4–11	Did not advance
Svetlana Boyko Aida Shanayeva Yevgeniya Lamonova Viktoria Nikishina	Team foil	—			Egypt  (EGY) W 45–23	Italy  (ITA) W 22–21	United States  (USA) W 28–21
Yekaterina Dyachenko	Individual sabre	Bye	Hisagae  (JPN) W 15–10	Khomrova  (UKR) L 14–15	Did not advance
Yelena Nechayeva		Bye	Wieckowska  (POL) L 12–15	Did not advance
Sofiya Velikaya		Bye	Pundyk  (UKR) W 15–7	Bianco  (ITA) W 15–6	Xue T  (CHN) W 15–9	Jacobson  (USA) L 11–15	Ward  (USA) L 14–15	4
Yekaterina Dyachenko Yekaterina Fedorkina Yelena Nechayeva Sofiya Velikaya	Team sabre	—			Ukraine  (UKR) L 34–45	Classification semi-final   South Africa  (RSA) W 45–13	5th place final   Poland  (POL) W 45–36	5

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Maksim Devyatovskiy	Team	15.300	13.300	15.375	15.825	15.425	15.125	90.350	14 Q	15.175	13.575	15.450	15.525	—	14.325	—
Anton Golotsutskov		15.300 Q	12.325	15.075	16.550 Q	—	14.300	—		15.650	—		16.575	—
Sergey Khorokhordin		14.975	14.800	15.075	15.725	15.875	15.350	91.800	7 Q	15.225	13.825	—		15.675	14.575	—
Nikolai Kryukov		—	14.850	—	16.200	16.175 Q	15.050	—		—	15.475	—	16.050	16.150	—
Konstantin Pluzhnikov		14.450	—	14.275	—	14.950	—			—		15.250	—
Yuri Ryazanov		14.600	14.450	15.100	15.550	15.625	14.800	90.125	17*	—		15.250	—	15.475	15.075	—
Total		60.475	57.400	60.625	64.300	63.100	60.325	366.225	3 Q	46.050	42.875	45.950	48.150	47.300	43.975	274.300	6

* Only two gymnasts per country may advance to a final.

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Maksim Devyatovskiy	All-around	15.225	15.200	15.625	15.225	15.325	15.100	91.700	6
Anton Golotsutskov	Floor	15.725	—					15.725
	Vault	—			16.475	—		16.475
Sergey Khorokhordin	All-around	15.150	15.100	15.400	15.300	15.700	15.050	91.700	5
Nikolai Kryukov	Parallel bars	—				15.150	—	15.150	8

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB			F	V	UB	BB
Ksenia Afanasyeva	Team	15.025	15.175	14.825	15.775 Q	60.800	6*	15.075	14.925	14.375	—
Lyudmila Grebenkova		—			14.600	—		—			14.575	—
Svetlana Klyukina		13.950	15.175	14.975	—			—	15.150	—
Ekaterina Kramarenko		15.150 Q	15.150	15.500	14.625	60.425	10*	15.125	—	15.575	—
Anna Pavlova		15.125	15.350 Q	14.600 Q	15.825 Q	60.900	5 Q	13.850	15.200	—	15.100	—
Ksenia Semyonova		14.472	14.750	16.425	15.775	61.475	4 Q	—		16.450	15.225	—
Total		59.775	60.850	61.775	62.000	244.400	3 Q	43.350	45.425	46.950	44.900	180.625	4

* Only two gymnasts per country may advance to a final.

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB
Ksenia Afanasyeva	Balance beam	—			14.825	14.825	7
Ekaterina Kramarenko	Floor	15.025	—			15.025	5
Anna Pavlova	All-around	15.050	15.275	14.525	15.975	60.825	7
	Floor	14.125	—			14.125	8
	Vault	—	7.812	—		7.812	8
	Balance beam	—			15.900	15.900	4
Ksenia Semyonova	All-around	14.775	14.850	16.475	15.925	61.925	4
	Uneven bars	—		16.325	—	16.325	6

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Evgeniya Kanaeva	Individual	17.850	18.700	18.700	18.825	74.075	1 Q	18.850	18.850	18.950	18.850	75.500
Olga Kapranova		18.350	18.475	18.200	17.875	72.900	2 Q	18.200	18.500	16.950	18.050	71.700	4

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		5 ropes	3 hoops 2 clubs	Total	Rank	5 ropes	3 hoops 2 clubs	Total	Rank
Margarita Aliychuk Anna Gavrilenko Tatiana Gorbunova Yelena Posevina Daria Shkurikhina Natalia Zuyeva	Team	17.000	17.700	34.700	2 Q	17.750	17.800	35.550

Trampoline

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Alexander Rusakov	Men's	69.90	6 Q	38.50	7
Dmitry Ushakov		71.50	3 Q	38.80	6
Natalia Chernova	Women's	63.00	11	Did not advance
Irina Karavayeva		66.40	2 Q	36.20	5

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Russia roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. ^{[18] [19]}

Head coach: Vladimir Maksimov

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Oleg Grams (1984-02-20)20 February 1984 (aged 24) 2.01 m 33 0 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 2 CB Vasily Filippov (1981-01-18)18 January 1981 (aged 27) 1.83 m 69 152 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 6 RB Denis Krivoshlykov (1971-05-10)10 May 1971 (aged 37) 1.80 m 170 468 CB Ademar León 8 P Egor Evdokimov (1982-03-09)9 March 1982 (aged 26) 2.03 m 69 103 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 10 P Alexander Chernoivanov (1979-02-13)13 February 1979 (aged 29) 2.01 m 48 80 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 15 LB Alexey Rastvortsev (1978-08-12)12 August 1978 (aged 29) 2.01 m 181 703 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 16 GK Alexey Kostygov (1973-07-05)5 July 1973 (aged 35) 1.91 m 103 0 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 17 RB Alexey Kamanin (1978-06-06)6 June 1978 (aged 30) 1.98 m 148 319 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 19 LB Samvel Aslanyan (1986-02-23)23 February 1986 (aged 22) 1.88 m 14 15 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 23 LW Eduard Kokcharov (1975-12-04)4 December 1975 (aged 32) 1.85 m 199 1023 Celje Pivovarna Laško 25 RW Dmitry Kovalev (1982-05-15)15 May 1982 (aged 26) 1.80 m 64 131 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 31 LW Timur Dibirov (1983-07-30)30 July 1983 (aged 25) 1.80 m 51 133 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 35 RB Konstantin Igropulo (1985-04-14)14 April 1985 (aged 23) 1.91 m 45 182 Chekhovskiye Medvedi 77 CB Vitali Ivanov (1976-02-03)3 February 1976 (aged 32) 1.93 m 180 443 Chekhovskiye Medvedi

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
South Korea	5	3	0	2	122	129	−7	6	Qualified for the quarterfinals
Denmark	5	2	2	1	137	131	+6	6
Iceland	5	2	2	1	151	146	+5	6
Russia	5	2	1	2	136	131	+5	5
Germany	5	2	1	2	126	130	−4	5
Egypt	5	0	2	3	127	132	−5	2

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

10 August 2008 10:45	Russia	31 – 33	Iceland	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
	Igropulo 9	(16–19)	Guðjónsson 12
	3× 6×	Report	3× 3×

12 August 2008 10:45	Egypt	27 – 28	Russia	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Liudowyk, Vakula (UKR)
	El Ahmar 10	(14–14)	Rastvortsev 8
	3× 4×	Report	3× 4×

14 August 2008 19:00	Denmark	25 – 24	Russia	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
	Christiansen 6	(10–10)	Chernoivanov, Igropulo 6
	2× 3×	Report	3× 4×

16 August 2008 15:45	Russia	24 – 24	Germany	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Filippov 6	(11–10)	Kraus 6
	1× 6× 1×	Report	4× 3×

18 August 2008 14:00	Russia	29 – 22	South Korea	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Rastvortsev 6	(17–12)	Yoon Kyung-shin 7
	3× 4×	Report	1× 1×

Quarterfinal

20 August 2008 12:00	France	27 – 24	Russia	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Narcisse 9	(13–10)	Kokcharov 5
	4× 2×	Report	3× 2×

Classification semifinal

22 August 2008 12:00	Russia	28 – 27	Denmark	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Elmoamli, Shaban Ali (EGY)
	Dibirov 8	(17–14)	Christiansen 8
	4× 2×	Report	4× 5× 1×

5th–6th place

24 August 2008 10:15	Russia	28 – 29	Poland	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRI)
	Kokcharov 10	(15–14)	Jurasik 6
	4× 5×	Report	4× 4×

Women's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Russia roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. ^[20]

Head coach: Yevgeni Trefilov

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Inna Suslina (1979-01-05)5 January 1979 (aged 29) 1.83 m Zvezda Zvenigorod 3 CB Irina Poltoratskaya (1979-03-02)2 March 1979 (aged 29) 1.78 m Zvezda Zvenigorod 4 P Oxana Romenskaya (1976-06-06)6 June 1976 (aged 32) 1.91 m Zvezda Zvenigorod 5 RB Lyudmila Postnova (1984-08-11)11 August 1984 (aged 23) 1.80 m Lada Togliatti 6 LB Anna Kareyeva (1977-05-10)10 May 1977 (aged 31) 1.85 m Zvezda Zvenigorod 8 CB Yekaterina Andryushina (1985-08-17)17 August 1985 (aged 22) 1.85 m Zvezda Zvenigorod 9 LW Yana Uskova (1985-09-28)28 September 1985 (aged 22) 1.68 m Krim Ljubljana 10 RB Yelena Polenova (1983-08-20)20 August 1983 (aged 24) 1.98 m Zvezda Zvenigorod 11 LW Emiliia Turei (1984-10-06)6 October 1984 (aged 23) 1.74 m Slagelse Dream Team 12 P Natalia Shipilova (1979-12-31)31 December 1979 (aged 28) 1.81 m Zvezda Zvenigorod 16 GK Maria Sidorova (1979-11-21)21 November 1979 (aged 28) 1.78 m Lada Togliatti 17 LW Yekaterina Marennikova (1982-04-29)29 April 1982 (aged 26) 1.73 m Lada Togliatti 19 LW Yelena Dmitriyeva (1983-07-01)1 July 1983 (aged 25) 1.75 m Zvezda Zvenigorod 24 RB Irina Bliznova (1986-10-06)6 October 1986 (aged 21) 1.80 m Lada Togliatti

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Russia	5	4	1	0	148	125	+23	9	Qualified for the quarterfinals
South Korea	5	3	1	1	155	127	+28	7
Hungary	5	2	1	2	129	142	−13	5
Sweden	5	2	0	3	123	137	−14	4
Brazil	5	1	1	3	124	137	−13	3
Germany	5	1	0	4	123	134	−11	2

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

9 August 2008 15:45	Russia	29 – 29	South Korea	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Marennikova 6	(16–13)	Kim On-a 7
	3× 5×	Report	2× 2×

11 August 2008 20:45	Sweden	24 – 28	Russia	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
	Wiel Fredén 6	(12–14)	Turei 6
	4× 4×	Report	3× 4×

13 August 2008 09:00	Russia	28 – 19	Brazil	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Licis, Stolarovs (LAT)
	Poltoratskaya 6	(12–10)	Nascimento 5
	2× 4×	Report	3× 2×

15 August 2008 20:45	Hungary	24 – 33	Russia	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
	Görbicz 6	(15–16)	Postnova 8
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

17 August 2008 19:00	Russia	30 – 29	Germany	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Postnova 8	(16–14)	Wörz 8
	2× 4×	Report	3× 3×

Quarterfinal

19 August 2008 20:15	Russia	32 – 31 (ET)	France	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Liu S, Liu F (CHN)
	Bliznova 6	(12–16)	Signaté 7
	4× 2×	Report	4× 4×
	FT: 24–24  ET: 4–4, 4–3

Semifinal

21 August 2008 20:15	Hungary	20 – 22	Russia	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Baum, Goralczyk (POL)
	Tóth 5	(9–14)	Bliznova 7
	4× 6×	Report	3× 7× 1×

Gold medal game

23 August 2008 15:45	Norway	34 – 27	Russia	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Riegelhuth 9	(18–13)	Bliznova 6
	3× 3×	Report	2× 2×

Final rank

 Silver

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ruslan Kishmakov	−60 kg	Bye	Khousrof  (YEM) W 0200–0000	Liu  (CHN) W 0100–0000	Dragin  (FRA) L 0000–0002	Did not advance	Bye	Yekutiel  (ISR) L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Alim Gadanov	−66 kg	Bye	Gasimov  (AZE) W 0120–0101	Ungvári  (HUN) W 0011–0002	Darbelet  (FRA) L 0010–1010	Did not advance	Bye	Mehmedovic  (CAN) W 1000–0000	Casale  (ITA) W 1002–0010	Arencibia  (CUB) L 0001–0010	5
Salamu Mezhidov	−73 kg	—	Bilodid  (UKR) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Alibek Bashkaev	−81 kg	Bye	Attaf  (MAR) L 0001–1000	Did not advance
Ivan Pershin	−90 kg	—	Trezise  (RSA) W 1000–0000	Rosati  (ARG) W 1000–0000	Kazusionak  (BLR) W 1010–0000	Tsirekidze  (GEO) L 0000–1002	Bye			Aschwanden  (SUI) L 0020–1000	5
Ruslan Gasymov	−100 kg	—	Behrla  (GER) L 0001–1100	Did not advance
Tamerlan Tmenov	+100 kg	Bye	van der Geest  (NED) W 0101–0000	Pan S  (CHN) W 0200–0000	Ishii  (JPN) L 0000–1100	Did not advance	Bye	Bianchessi  (ITA) W 0010–0000	Roudaki  (IRI) L 0001–1010	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lyudmila Bogdanova	−48 kg	Bye	Bermoy  (CUB) L 0001–0010	Did not advance		Miranda  (ECU) W 1000–0010	Baschin  (GER) W 0001–0000	Hormigo  (POR) W 0100–0001	Tani  (JPN) L 0000–0001	5
Anna Kharitonova	−52 kg	Bye	Monteiro  (POR) L 0000–0211	Did not advance
Vera Koval	−63 kg	Willeboordse  (NED) L 0010–0012	Did not advance
Yulia Kuzina	−70 kg	Bye	Mészáros  (HUN) L 0002–0010	Did not advance
Vera Moskalyuk	−78 kg	San Miguel  (ESP) L 0000–0002	Did not advance			Silva  (BRA) L 0000–0021	Did not advance
Tea Donguzashvili	+78 kg	Tong W  (CHN) L 0000–1000	Did not advance			Prokof'yeva  (UKR) W 0100–0000	Kim N-Y  (KOR) L 0000–1000	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Ilia Frolov	Men's	178	22	1072	18–17	13	832	2:04.01	11	1312	372	28	828	9:04.95	2	1224	5268	20
Andrey Moiseev		186	5	1168	26–9	1	1024	2:02.55	6	1332	140	15	1060	9:48.75	27	1048	5632
Evdokia Gretchichnikova	Women's	178	15	1072	20–15	=11	880	2:26.37	29	1164	224	32	976	10:43.65	15	1148	5240	25
Tatiana Mouratova		179	14	1084	22–13	=5	928	2:22.98	26	1208	92	19	1108	10:49.35	=18	1124	5452	12

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aleksandr Kornilov Aleksey Svirin	Double sculls	6:44.46	4 R	6:23.52	1 SA/B	6:27.75	5 FB	6:49.84	11
Sergey Fedorovtsev Nikita Morgachyov Igor Salov Nikolay Spinyov	Quadruple sculls	5:39.18	3 SA/B	Bye		5:59.56	5 FB	5:46.17	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Oksana Dorodnova Yuliya Kalinovskaya Yuliya Levina Larisa Merk	Quadruple sculls	6:26.21	4 R	6:51.14	5 FB	6:28.10	7

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Alexey Tokarev	RS:X	33	31	35	32	32	27	30	31	33	30	EL	279	34
Igor Lisovenko	Laser	11	14	4	8	7	26	37	20	7	CAN	EL	93	11
Maksim Sheremetyev Mikhail Sheremetyev	470	27	21	22	21	24	12	11	11	18	17	EL	157	20

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Tatiana Bazyuk	RS:X	24	23	24	19	21	20	22	21	25	24	EL	198	24
Anastasiya Chernova	Laser Radial	7	28	26	16	18	23	24	26	28	CAN	EL	168	27
Natalia Ivanova Diana Krutskikh Ekaterina Skudina	Yngling	3	8	12	10	15	1	6	6	CAN	CAN	12	58	6

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Eduard Skornyakov	Finn	24	20	17	13	8	18	12	14	CAN	CAN	EL	102	17

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Aleksey Alipov	Trap	121	1 Q	142 S/O 3
Leonid Ekimov	10 m air pistol	582	5 Q	680.5	5
	25 m rapid fire pistol	581	2 Q	778.2	4
Vitaly Fokeev	Double trap	130	16	Did not advance
Pavel Gurkin	Trap	116	11	Did not advance
Vladimir Isakov	50 m pistol	563	5 Q	659.5
Artem Khadjibekov	50 m rifle prone	594	13	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1167	14	Did not advance
Alexei Klimov	25 m rapid fire pistol	577	8	Did not advance
Sergei Kovalenko	50 m rifle 3 positions	1166	18	Did not advance
Sergei Kruglov	10 m air rifle	595	5 Q	697.0	8
Vasily Mosin	Double trap	131	14	Did not advance
Mikhail Nestruyev	10 m air pistol	575	29	Did not advance
	50 m pistol	552	24	Did not advance
Konstantin Prikhodtchenko	10 m air rifle	595	7 Q	698.4	5
	50 m rifle prone	595	7 Q	699.0	5
Valeriy Shomin	Skeet	115	19	Did not advance
Konstantin Tsuranov		113	23	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yuliya Alipova	25 m pistol	579	18	Did not advance
Svetlana Demina	Skeet	66	12	Did not advance
Olga Desyatskaya	10 m air rifle	394	18	Did not advance
Lioubov Galkina	10 m air rifle	399	2 Q	502.1
	50 m rifle 3 positions	585	8 Q	687.6	4
Tatiana Goldobina	50 m rifle 3 positions	578	18	Did not advance
Irina Laricheva	Trap	64	9	Did not advance
Natalia Paderina	10 m air pistol	391 OR	1 Q	489.1
	25 m pistol	579	19	Did not advance
Svetlana Smirnova	10 m air pistol	383	9	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Stanislav Donets	100 m backstroke	54.18	11 Q	54.57	14	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:58.68	14 Q	1:59.87	16	Did not advance
Evgeny Drattsev	10 km open water	—				1:52:08.9	5
Vladimir Dyatchin		—				DSQ
Grigory Falko	200 m breaststroke	2:11.88	23	Did not advance
Andrey Grechin	50 m freestyle	22.20	17	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	48.50	14 Q	48.71	14	Did not advance
Danila Izotov	200 m freestyle	1:46.80	7 Q	1:47.24	9	Did not advance
Dmitry Komornikov	100 m breaststroke	1:01.82	34	Did not advance
Yevgeny Korotyshkin	100 m butterfly	52.30	24	Did not advance
Andrey Krylov	400 m individual medley	4:14.55	13	—		Did not advance
Yevgeny Lagunov	50 m freestyle	22.30	18	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	48.59	21	Did not advance
Nikita Lobintsev	400 m freestyle	3:43.45	4 Q	—		3:48.29	8
	1500 m freestyle	15:35.47	31	—		Did not advance
Yury Prilukov	400 m freestyle	3:44.82	8 Q	—		3:43.97	7
	1500 m freestyle	14:41.13 EU	3 Q	—		14:43.21	4
Nikolay Skvortsov	100 m butterfly	52.26	20	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	1:55.33	6 Q	1:54.31	3 Q	1:55.14	8
Roman Sludnov	100 m breaststroke	1:00.20	7 Q	1:00.10	6 Q	59.87	6
Alexander Sukhorukov	200 m freestyle	1:47.97	19	Did not advance
Alexander Tikhonov	200 m individual medley	2:01.21	22	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:16.49	16	—		Did not advance
Arkady Vyatchanin	100 m backstroke	53.64	2 Q	53.06 EU	3 Q	53.18
	200 m backstroke	1:56.97	4 Q	1:56.85	=8 Q	1:54.93 EU
Alexey Zinovyev	200 m breaststroke	2:16.40	45	Did not advance
Sergey Fesikov Andrey Grechin Andrey Kapralov Yevgeny Lagunov	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:14.07	9	—		Did not advance
Danila Izotov Yevgeny Lagunov Nikita Lobintsev Mikhail Polishchuk* Alexander Sukhorukov	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:07.86	3 Q	—		7:03.70 EU
Andrey Grechin Yevgeny Korotyshkin Yevgeny Lagunov Nikolay Skvortsov Roman Sludnov Arkady Vyatchanin	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:33.59 EU	4 Q	—		3:31.92 EU	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anastasia Aksenova	50 m freestyle	25.51	28	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	55.29	25	Did not advance
Daria Belyakina	200 m freestyle	1:59.72	20	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:16.21	28	—		Did not advance
Irina Bespalova	100 m butterfly	58.92	22	Did not advance
Yelena Bogomazova	100 m breaststroke	1:08.63	18	Did not advance
Olga Detenyuk	200 m breaststroke	2:27.87	20	Did not advance
Larisa Ilchenko	10 km open water	—				1:59:27.7
Svetlana Karpeeva	200 m individual medley	2:12.94	16 Q	2:13.26	13	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:50.22	31	—		Did not advance
Stanislava Komarova	200 m backstroke	2:09.93	13 Q	2:10.50	14	Did not advance
Yana Martynova	200 m butterfly	2:12.47	25	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:36.25	5 Q	—		4:40.04	7
Kseniya Moskvina	100 m backstroke	1:00.70	16 Q	1:01.06	14	Did not advance
Yelena Sokolova	800 m freestyle	8:23.07	6 Q	—		8:29.79	7
Natalya Sutyagina	100 m butterfly	58.32	11 Q	59.07	14	Did not advance
Yuliya Yefimova	100 m breaststroke	1:06.08 EU	2 Q	1:07.50	5 Q	1:07.43	4
	200 m breaststroke	2:25.07	8 Q	2:24.00	6 Q	2:23.76	5
Anastasia Zuyeva	100 m backstroke	59.61	3 Q	59.77	4 Q	59.40	5
	200 m backstroke	2:09.01	5 Q	2:09.07	8 Q	2:07.88	4
Anastasia Aksenova Daria Belyakina Svetlana Karpeeva Yelena Sokolova	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:42.52	12	—		Did not advance
Anastasia Aksenova Kseniya Moskvina Natalya Sutyagina Yuliya Yefimova Anastasia Zuyeva	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:59.66	5 Q	—		3:57.84	5

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Anastasia Davydova Anastasiya Yermakova	Duet	49.334	1	49.500	98.834	1 Q	49.917	99.251
Anastasia Davydova Anastasiya Yermakova Maria Gromova Natalia Ishchenko Elvira Khasyanova Olga Kuzhela Yelena Ovchinnikova Anna Shorina Svetlana Romashina	Team	49.500	1	—			50.000	99.500

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Fedor Kuzmin	Men's singles	Bye	Bobocica  (ITA) L 1–4	Did not advance
Alexey Smirnov		Bye		Doan  (VIE) W 4–1	Kan  (JPN) L 1–4	Did not advance
Oksana Fadeyeva	Women's singles	Bye	Stefanova  (ITA) L 0–4	Did not advance
Svetlana Ganina		Bye	Sang Xu  (AUS) LWO	Did not advance
Irina Kotikhina		Bye	Miao  (AUS) L 3–4	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group round		Semifinals	Bronze playoff 1	Bronze playoff 2	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Fedor Kuzmin Dmitry Mazunov Alexey Smirnov	Men's team	Group D   Japan  (JPN) L 0 – 3   Hong Kong  (HKG) L 1 – 3   Nigeria  (NGR) L 2 – 3	4	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Igor Andreev	Singles	Querrey  (USA) W 6–4, 6–4	Llodra  (FRA) W 6–4, 3–6, 6–1	Nadal  (ESP) L 4–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Nikolay Davydenko		Gulbis  (LAT) W 6–4, 6–2	Mathieu  (FRA) L 5–7, 3–6	Did not advance
Dmitry Tursunov		Federer  (SUI) L 4–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Mikhail Youzhny		Vaněk  (CZE) W 6–4, 6–1	Johansson  (SWE) W 7–5, 6–2	Đokovic  (SRB) L 6–7(3–7), 3–6	Did not advance
Igor Andreev Nikolay Davydenko	Doubles	—	Blake / Querrey  (USA) W 6–3, 6–4	Darcis / Rochus  (BEL) W 7–6(8–6), 6–2	Clément / Llodra  (FRA) L 2–6, 7–6(7–4), 4–6	Did not advance
Dmitry Tursunov Mikhail Youzhny		—	González / Massú  (CHI) W 7–6(7–5), 6–4	Federer / Wawrinka  (SUI) L 4–6, 3–6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Elena Dementieva	Singles	K Bondarenko  (UKR) W 6–1, 6–4	Arvidsson  (SWE) W 6–3, 6–4	Wozniacki  (DEN) W 7–6(7–3), 6–2	S Williams  (USA) W 3–6, 6–4, 6–3	Zvonareva  (RUS) W 6–3, 7–6(7–3)	Safina  (RUS) W 3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Svetlana Kuznetsova		Li N  (CHN) L 6–7(5–7), 4–6	Did not advance
Dinara Safina		Santangelo  (ITA) W 6–3, 7–6(7–1)	Martínez Sánchez  (ESP) W 7–6(7–3), 6–1	Zheng J  (CHN) W 6–4, 6–3	Janković  (SRB) W 6–2, 5–7, 6–3	Li N  (CHN) W 7–6(7–3), 7–5	Dementieva  (RUS) L 6–3, 5–7, 3–6
Vera Zvonareva		Yan Z  (CHN) W 6–0, 6–2	Pe'er  (ISR) W 6–3, 7–6(7–4)	Schiavone  (ITA) W 7–6(7–4), 6–4	Bammer  (AUT) W 6–3, 3–6, 6–3	Dementieva  (RUS) L 3–6, 6–7(7–3)	Li N  (CHN) W 6–0, 7–5
Svetlana Kuznetsova Dinara Safina	Doubles	—	Santangelo / Vinci  (ITA) W 6–1, 3–6, 7–5	Mirza / Rao  (IND) W 6–4, 6–4	Yan Z / Zheng J  (CHN) L 3–6, 7–5, 8–10	Did not advance
Elena Vesnina Vera Zvonareva		—	Llagostera Vives / Martínez Sánchez  (ESP) W 2–6, 6–1, 6–3	Dulko / Jozami  (ARG) W 6–2, 6–3	S Williams / V Williams  (USA) L 4–6, 0–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Alexander Bryukhankov	Men's	18:10	0:30	59:08	0:33	33:01	1:51:22.59	24
Dmitry Polyanski		18:15	0:27	59:07	0:29	32:53	1:51:11.61	22
Igor Sysoyev		18:02	0:32	59:15	0:29	31:41	1:49:59.38	9
Irina Abysova	Women's	20:26	0:30	Did not finish
Olga Zausaylova		20:58	0:30	1:26:52	0:31	39:01	2:06:24.26	36

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Beach

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Dmitri Barsuk Igor Kolodinsky	Men's	Pool D   Doppler – Gartmayer  (AUT) L 1 – 2 (16–21, 21–18, 14–16)   Amore – Lione  (ITA) W 2 – 0 (21–17, 21–13)   Araújo - Luiz  (BRA) L 0 – 2 (22–24, 17–21)	3 Q	Emanuel – Ricardo  (BRA) L 1 – 2 (21–18, 23–25, 12–15)	Did not advance
Alexandra Shiryayeva Natalya Uryadova	Women's	Pool C   Barnett – Cook  (AUS) L 1 – 2 (8–21, 21–19, 12–15)   Ana Paula – Larissa  (BRA) L 1 – 2 (21–19, 12–21, 13–15)   Rtvelo – Saka  (GEO) L 1 – 2 (21–10, 20–22, 12–15	4	Did not advance

Indoor

Russia qualified both a men's team and a women's team in the indoor tournaments. The men's team won all their group games but one, thereby advancing to the final round. There, they won the quarterfinal, lost the semifinal, and won the bronze medal game. The women's team won three games and lost two, and also advanced to the final round, where they lost the quarterfinal.

Men's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Russian roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. ^[21]

Head Coach: Vladimir Alekno

№	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2008 club
1	Aleksandr Korneev	11 September 1980	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	348 cm (137 in)	339 cm (133 in)	Zenit Kazan
2	Semen Poltavskiy	8 February 1981	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	346 cm (136 in)	338 cm (133 in)	Dynamo Moscow
3	Aleksandr Kosarev	30 September 1977	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	339 cm (133 in)	328 cm (129 in)	Lokomotiv-Belogorie
6	Sergey Grankin	21 January 1985	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	351 cm (138 in)	320 cm (130 in)	Dynamo Moscow
8	Sergey Tetyukhin	23 September 1975	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	338 cm (133 in)	Lokomotiv-Belogorie
9	Vadim Khamuttskikh (c)	26 November 1969	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	342 cm (135 in)	331 cm (130 in)	Lokomotiv-Belogorie
10	Yury Berezhko	27 January 1984	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	346 cm (136 in)	338 cm (133 in)	Dynamo Moscow
13	Aleksey Ostapenko	26 May 1986	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	355 cm (140 in)	340 cm (130 in)	Dynamo Moscow
15	Aleksandr Volkov	14 February 1985	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	355 cm (140 in)	335 cm (132 in)	Dynamo Moscow
16	Aleksey Verbov (L)	31 January 1982	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	315 cm (124 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Iskra Odintsovo
17	Maxim Mikhaylov	19 March 1988	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	345 cm (136 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Yaroslavich
18	Aleksey Kuleshov	24 February 1979	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	353 cm (139 in)	344 cm (135 in)	Iskra Odintsovo

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	4	1	9	427	373	1.145	13	4	3.250	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	5	4	1	9	496	447	1.110	14	7	2.000
3	Poland	5	4	1	9	434	404	1.074	12	6	2.000
4	Serbia	5	2	3	7	440	439	1.002	9	10	0.900
5	Germany	5	1	4	6	418	440	0.950	6	12	0.500
6	Egypt	5	0	5	5	267	379	0.704	0	15	0.000

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

10 August 2008 10:00	Serbia	1–3	Russia	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing Attendance: 3,100 Referees: Bela Hobor (HUN), Osamu Sakaide (JPN)
	(25–20, 21–25, 22–25, 14–25) result statistics

12 August 2008 10:00	Russia	3–2	Germany	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Patrick Deregnaucourt (FRA), Bela Hobor (HUN)
	(25–27, 25–21, 21–25, 25–23, 16–14) result statistics

14 August 2008 12:30	Brazil	1–3	Russia	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Victor Rodriguez (PUR), Ning Wang (CHN)
	(25–22, 24–26, 29–31, 19–25) result statistics

16 August 2008 12:00	Russia	3–0	Egypt	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing Attendance: 3,200 Referees: Jiang Liu (CHN), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)
	(25–19, 25–14, 25–18) result statistics

18 August 2008 12:30	Poland	3–2	Russia	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Frans Loderus (NED), Frank Leuthauser (GER)
	(17–25, 26–24, 24–26, 25–23, 15–12) result statistics

Quarterfinal

20 August 2008 10:00	Bulgaria	1–3	Russia	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,500 Referees: Bela Hobor (HUN), Frans Loderus (NED)
	(25–20, 16–25, 22–25, 21–25) result statistics

Semifinal

22 August 2008 12:35	United States	3–2	Russia	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12,500 Referees: Osamu Sakaide (JPN), Ibrahim Al-Naama (QAT)
	(25–22, 25–21, 25–27, 22–25, 15–13) result statistics

Bronze medal match

24 August 2008 10:00	Russia	3–0	Italy	Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,500 Referees: Frank Leuthauser (GER), Dejan Jovanovic (SRB)
	(25–22, 25–19, 25–23) result statistics

Women's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Russian roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. ^[22]

Head Coach: Giovanni Caprara

№	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2008 club
1	Maria Borodakova	8 March 1986	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	312 cm (123 in)	308 cm (121 in)	Dynamo Moscow
3	Natalia Alimova	9 December 1978	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	315 cm (124 in)	308 cm (121 in)	Leningradka
4	Olga Fateeva	4 May 1985	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	303 cm (119 in)	Zarechie Odintsovo
5	Lioubov Sokolova	4 December 1977	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	315 cm (124 in)	307 cm (121 in)	Zarechie Odintsovo
6	Yelena Godina	17 September 1977	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	317 cm (125 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Dynamo Moscow
8	Yevgeniya Estes	17 July 1975	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	315 cm (124 in)	306 cm (120 in)	Uralochka
11	Yekaterina Gamova	17 October 1980	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	321 cm (126 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Dynamo Moscow
12	Marina Sheshenina	26 June 1985	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	302 cm (119 in)	295 cm (116 in)	Uralochka
14	Ekaterina Kabeshova	5 August 1986	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	298 cm (117 in)	290 cm (110 in)	Leningradka
15	Aleksandra Pasynkova	14 April 1987	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	292 cm (115 in)	287 cm (113 in)	Uralochka
16	Yulia Merkulova	17 February 1984	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	317 cm (125 in)	308 cm (121 in)	Zarechie Odintsovo
18	Marina Akulova	13 December 1985	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	303 cm (119 in)	290 cm (110 in)	Samorodok Khabarovsk

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	10	377	226	1.668	15	0	MAX	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	5	4	1	9	372	315	1.181	12	4	3.000
3	Russia	5	3	2	8	353	312	1.131	10	6	1.667
4	Serbia	5	2	3	7	343	349	0.983	6	10	0.600
5	Kazakhstan	5	1	4	6	323	404	0.800	4	13	0.308	Eliminated
6	Algeria	5	0	5	5	230	392	0.587	1	15	0.067

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

9 August 2008 10:00	Italy	3–1	Russia	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,100 Referees: Frank Leuthauser (Germany), Karin Zahorcova (Czech Republic)
	(25–20, 17–25, 25–16, 25–23) result statistics

11 August 2008 14:30	Brazil	3–0	Russia	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Osamu Sakaide (Japan), Wang Ning (China)
	(25–14, 25–14, 25–16) result statistics

13 August 2008 12:30	Russia	3–0	Kazakhstan	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Liu Jiang (China), Patricia Salvatore (United States)
	(25–19, 25–18, 25–11) result statistics

15 August 2008 10:00	Algeria	0–3	Russia	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Patricia Salvatore (United States), Osamu Sakaide (Japan)
	(11–25, 19–25, 10–25) result statistics

17 August 2008 22:00	Russia	3–0	Serbia	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Osamu Sakaide (Japan), Karin Zahorcova (Czech Republic)
	(25–21, 25–16, 25–20) result statistics

Quarterfinal

19 August 2008 20:00	China	3–0	Russia	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Humberto Salas (Mexico), Victor Manuel Rodriguez (Puerto Rico)
	(25–22, 27–25, 25–19) result statistics

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Russian roster in the women's water polo tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. ^[22]

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Club
1	Valentina Vorontsova	GK	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	26 July 1982	Kinef Kirishi
2	Natalia Shepelina	D	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	24 February 1981	Uralochka Zlatoust
3	Ekaterina Prokofyeva	D	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	13 March 1991	Yunost Volgograd
4	Sofia Konukh	CB	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	61 kg (134 lb)	9 March 1980	Kinef Kirishi
5	Alena Vylegzhanina	CB	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	14 August 1987	Uralochka Zlatoust
6	Nadezda Glyzina	D	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	20 May 1988	Kinef Kirishi
7	Ekaterina Pantyulina	D	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	6 October 1989	Kinef Kirishi
8	Evgenia Soboleva	CB	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	26 August 1988	Kinef Kirishi
9	Oleksandra Karpovich	CF	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)	55 kg (121 lb)	6 June 1986	SKIF Moscow
10	Olga Belyaeva	CF	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	18 March 1985	Kinef Kirishi
11	Elena Smurova	CB	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	18 January 1974	Kinef Kirishi
12	Olga Turova	CF	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	13 March 1983	Yunost Volgograd
13	Evgeniya Protsenko	GK	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	25 November 1983	Uralochka Zlatoust

Head coach: Alexander Kleymenov

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
United States	3	2	1	0	33	27	+6	5	Qualified for semifinals
Italy	3	2	1	0	28	26	+2	5	Qualified for quarterfinals
China	3	1	0	2	33	33	0	2
Russia	3	0	0	3	26	34	−8	0	Will play for places 7th–8th

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

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11 August 2008 14:20	Report	Russia	8–9	Italy	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Gaetan Turcotte (CAN), Nikolaos Argyros (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–1, 2–3, 1–2
		Smurova  2	Goals	Miceli  2, di Mario  2

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13 August 2008 17:00	Report	Russia	11–13	China	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Gaetan Turcotte (CAN), Torsten Bock (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 5–4, 3–1, 1–5
		Pantyulina  3, Vylegzhanina  2	Goals	Sun Yu.  4, Gao  2, Sun H.  2

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15 August 2008 14:20	Report	Russia	7–12	United States	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Jaime Moliner Molins (ESP), Ahmet Erhan Tulga (TUR)
		Score by quarters: 0–5, 3–2, 2–4, 2–1
		Konukh  2, Turova  2	Goals	Golda  3, Villa  2, Gregorka  2

Classification round (7th–8th place)

17 August 2008 13:00	Report	Russia	12–6	Greece	Ying Tung Natatorium, Beijing Referees: Stephen Knights (NZL), Guy Pinker (RSA)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 4–1, 3–1, 2–2
		Shepelina  3, Konukh  3, Pantyulina  2, Belyaeva  2	Goals	Roumpesi  4

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Oleg Perepetchenov	−77 kg	162	5	192	9	354	5
Khadzhimurat Akkayev	−94 kg	185	1	217	4	402	DSQ
Roman Konstantinov		175	8	212	8	387	8
Dmitry Klokov	−105 kg	193	3	230	3	423
Dmitry Lapikov		190	5	230	2	420	DSQ
Evgeny Chigishev	+105 kg	210	1	250	2	460

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Marina Shainova	−58 kg	98	5	129	3	227	DSQ
Svetlana Tsarukayeva	−63 kg	107	DNF	—	—	—	DNF
Oxana Slivenko	−69 kg	115	2	140	2	255
Nadezhda Evstyukhina	−75 kg	117	3	147	2	264	DSQ

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Key:

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Besik Kudukhov	−55 kg	Bye	Naranbaatar  (MGL) W 3–0 PO	Dabbaghi  (IRI) W 3–0 PO	Matsunaga  (JPN) L 0–5 VT	Bye		Mansurov  (UZB) W 3–0 PO
Mavlet Batirov	−60 kg	Huseynov  (AZE) W 3–0 PO	Quintana  (CUB) W 3–1 PP	Ramazanov  (MKD) W 3–0 PO	Mohammadi  (IRI) W 3–0 PO	Bye		Fedoryshyn  (UKR) W 3–1 PP
Irbek Farniev	−66 kg	Markosyan  (ARM) W 3–1 PP	Batzorig  (MGL) W 3–1 PP	Spiridonov  (KAZ) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance				7
Buvaisar Saitiev	−74 kg	Cho B-K  (KOR) W 3–1 PP	Gulhan  (TUR) W 3–0 PO	Fundora  (CUB) W 3–1 PP	Terziev  (BUL) W 5–0 VT	Bye		Tigiev  (UZB) W 3–1 PP
Georgy Ketoev	−84 kg	Wang Y  (CHN) W 3–1 PP	Sokhiev  (UZB) W 3–1 PP	Temrezov  (AZE) W 3–1 PP	Mindorashvili  (GEO) L 0–5 VT	Bye		Bichinashvili  (GER) W 3–1 PP
Shirvani Muradov	−96 kg	Bye	Tibilov  (UKR) W 3–1 PP	Koç  (TUR) W 3–0 PO	Gazyumov  (AZE) W 3–1 PP	Bye		Tigiyev  (KAZ) W 3–0 PO
Bakhtiyar Akhmedov	−120 kg	Boyadzhiev  (BUL) W 3–0 PO	Masoumi  (IRI) W 5–0 VT	Mocco  (USA) W 3–1 PP	Mutalimov  (KAZ) W 3–0 PO	Bye		Taymazov  (UZB) L 0–3 PO

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nazyr Mankiev	−55 kg	Hafizov  (UZB) W 3–1 PP	Fris  (SRB) W 3–0 PO	Sourian  (IRI) W 3–1 PP	Park E-C  (KOR) W 3–1 PP	Bye		Bayramov  (AZE) W 3–1 PP
Islambek Albiev	−60 kg	Bye	Sucu  (TUR) W 3–0 PO	Monzón  (CUB) W 3–0 PO	Tyumenbayev  (KGZ) W 3–0 PO	Bye		Rahimov  (AZE) W 3–0 PO
Sergey Kovalenko	−66 kg	Bye	Serir  (ALG) W 3–0 PO	Gergov  (BUL) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance				7
Varteres Samurgashev	−74 kg	Madsen  (DEN) W 3–1 PP	Abdulov  (AZE) W 5–0 VT	Bácsi  (HUN) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance				7
Aleksey Mishin	−84 kg	Bye	Samokhin  (KAZ) W 3–1 PP	Minguzzi  (ITA) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance	Bye	Noumonvi  (FRA) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance	9
Aslanbek Khushtov	−96 kg	Mambetov  (KAZ) W 3–0 PO	Timoncini  (ITA) W 3–0 PO	Ežerskis  (LTU) W 3–0 PO	Švec  (CZE) W 5–0 VT	Bye		Englich  (GER)} W 3–0 PO
Khasan Baroyev	−120 kg	Bye	Hashemzadeh  (IRI) W 3–0 PO	Mizgaitis  (LTU) W 3–1 PP	Szczepaniak  (FRA) W 3–1 PP	Bye		López  (CUB) L 1–3 PP	DSQ

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Zamira Rakhmanova	−48 kg	Bye	Boubryemm  (FRA) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					11
Natalia Golts	−55 kg	—	Komarova  (AZE) W 3–0 PO	Yoshida  (JPN) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance	Bye	Nerell  (SWE) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance	8
Alena Kartashova	−63 kg	Bye	Shalygina  (KAZ) W 3–0 PO	Vaseva  (BUL) W 3–1 PP	Legrand  (FRA) W 3–1 PP	Bye		Icho  (JPN) L 0–3 PO
Elena Perepelkina	−72 kg	—	Hamaguchi  (JPN) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					11

See also

• Russia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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