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Russian Empire
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...

(Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

) competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics
1908 Summer Olympics
The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in 1908 in London, England, United Kingdom. These games were originally scheduled to be held in Rome. At the time they were the fifth modern Olympic games...

in London

London

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, England

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. It was the second appearance of the European nation, after having missed the 1904 Games

1904 Summer Olympics

The 1904 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the III Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States from 1 July 1904, to November 23, 1904, at what is now known as Francis Field on the campus of Washington University...

Gold

Nikolai Panin
Nikolai Panin
Nikolay Aleksandrovich Panin-Kolomenkin, was a Russian figure skater and coach. He won the gold medal in special figures in the 1908 Summer Olympics. Panin was Russia's first Olympic champion. He was inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2009.-Biography:Panin was born in...

— Figure skating, men's special figures

Silver

Nikolay Orlov — Wrestling, Greco-Roman lightweight
Aleksandr Petrov — Wrestling, Greco-Roman heavyweight

Athletics

Russia had one track & field athlete compete in 1908. Lind took 19th place of 27 finishers in the marathon.

Event	Place	Athlete	Heats	Semifinals	Final

Men's marathon Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon The men's marathon race was held at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. The race was held on July 24, 1908.The distance was the now-standard length of 26 miles, 385 yards . 75 competitors entered. 55 runners from 16 nations began the race, with 27 athletes finishing.The most famous incident of...	19th	Georg Lind	None held		3:26:38.8

Figure skating

Event	Place	Skater	Score

Men's individual Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's individual Sweden's Ulrich Salchow, who had won several World Figure Skating Championships, easily won the gold medal after his main rival, Russia's Nikolai Panin, withdrew in protest over what he considered unfair judging.-Results:Referee: Herbert G. Fowler...	—	Nikolai Panin Nikolai Panin Nikolay Aleksandrovich Panin-Kolomenkin, was a Russian figure skater and coach. He won the gold medal in special figures in the 1908 Summer Olympics. Panin was Russia's first Olympic champion. He was inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2009.-Biography:Panin was born in...	Did not finish

Men's special figures Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's special figures Gold medalist Nikolai Panin's real name was Nikolai Kolomenkin, but he competed under the pseudonym "Panin". Each competitor performed two figures.Referee: Herbert G. Fowler...	1st	Nikolai Panin	43.8

Wrestling

Event	Place	Wrestler	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Final

Greco-Roman lightweight Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Greco-Roman lightweight The Greco-Roman lightweight was one of four Greco-Roman wrestling weight classes contested on the Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Like all other wrestling events, it was open only to men...	2nd	Nikolay Orlov	Bye	Defeated Lund	Defeated Radvány	Defeated Lindén	Lost to Porro Enrico Porro Enrico Porro is an Italian wrestler of Armenian origin and Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Olympics:...

Greco-Roman middleweight Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Greco-Roman middleweight Jósepsson broke his arm in his semifinal and was forced to withdraw from the bronze medal match; Andersen received third place....	9th	Georgy Demin	Bye	Lost to Frank	Did not advance

Greco-Roman light heavyweight	9th	Yevgeny Zamotin	Bye	Lost to Payr	Did not advance

Greco-Roman heavyweight	2nd	Aleksandr Petrov	None held		Defeated Humphreys Frederick Humphreys (athlete) Frederick Harkness Humphreys was a British tug of war competitor and sport wrestler who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics, in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and in the 1920 Summer Olympics....	Defeated Payr	Lost to Weisz Richárd Weisz Richárd Weisz was a Hungarian sport wrestler who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics and in the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was born and died in Budapest....

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
Finland Finland at the 1908 Summer Olympics Finland competed at the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. The Grand Duchy of Finland was part of the Russian Empire at the time, but Finland's results are kept separate from those of Russia.Medalists=...	1	0	1.000
Great Britain	1	0	1.000
Hungary Hungary at the 1908 Summer Olympics Hungary competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. Austria and Hungary had separate NOCs, therefore results at Olympic Games are kept separate despite the union of the two nations as Austria-Hungary at the time.- Gold:...	2	2	.500
Italy Italy at the 1908 Summer Olympics Italy competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. It was the third appearance of the European nation, which had not competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics.-Athletics:...	0	1	.000
Sweden Sweden at the 1908 Summer Olympics Sweden competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. It was the third appearance of the European nation, which had missed only the 1904 Summer Olympics.-Medalists:-Athletics:...	1	1	.500

Total	5	4	.556

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