History

The Russian Federation made its first Summer Olympic appearance in 1996, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and has competed ever since. Prior to the Soviet Union they competed as the Russian Empire which the International Olympic Committee considers to be a different entity. The nation sends one of the largest delegations with over 400 athletes competing at most Olympics. The athletes compete in almost all sports available on the Olympic program.

In total Russia has won around 435 medals across 21 sports. They have constantly finished in the top 5 on the medal table. Their most successful sports include aquatics, athletics, gymnastics and wrestling. The most successful athlete is gymnast Alexei Nemov whom won 12 medals during the 1996 and 2000 Olympics. In 1996 he won two golds (team all-around & vault), one silver (individual all-around) and three bronze (floor, high bar & pommel horse) and in 2000 he won two golds (individual all-around & high bar), one silver (floor) and three bronze (team all-around, pommel horse & parallel bars).

Qualified Quotas

Archery

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Individual	Elena Osipova
	Ksenia Perova
	Inna Stepanova
Women’s Team	Elena Osipova Ksenia Perova Inna Stepanova

Artistic Swimming

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Team	Anastasiia Arkhipovskaia Vlada Chigireva Mayya Dorochko Marina Goliadkina Mikhaela Kalancha Veronika Kalinina Polina Komar Alla Shishkina Mariia Shurochkina Varvara Subbotina
Women’s Duet	From Team Quota

Athletics

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 1500m	Vladimir Nikitin
Men’s 110m Hurdles	Sergey Shubenkov
Men’s 20km Walk	Over 3 Eligible Athletes
Men’s 50km Walk	Sergey Sharypov
	Nikolay Sergeyev
Men’s High Jump	Ilya Ivanyuk
	Mikhail Akimenko
Men’s Triple Jump	Dmitriy Sorokin
Men’s Hammer Throw	Valeriy Lukyankov
	Denis Lukyanov
Men’s Javelin Throw	Dmitriy Tarabin
Men’s Decathlon	Ilya Shkurenyov

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 400m	Polina Miller
	Antonina Krivoshapka
Women’s 20km Walk	Over 3 Eligible Athletes
Women’s Marathon	Marina Lasitskene
Women’s High Jump	Mariya Lasitskene
	Anna Chicherova
Women’s Pole Vault	Anzhelika Sidorova
Women’s Long Jump	Darya Klishina
Women’s Triple Jump	Yekaterina Koneva
	Darya Nidbaykina
Women’s Discus Throw	Yekaterina Strokova

Canoeing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s K1 Slalom	Pavel Eigel
Women’s K1 Slalom	Alsu Minazova
Men’s K1 1000m	Maxim Spesivtsev
Men’s K4 500m	Aleksandr Sergeev Oleg Gusev Vitaly Ershov Artem Kuzakhmetov
Women’s K4 500m	Anastasia Panchenko Kira Stepanova Kristina Kovnir Anastasiia Dolgova
Women’s C1 200m	Olesia Romasenko
Men’s C2 1000m	Ilya Pervukhin Kirill Shamshurin

Diving

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 3m Springboard	Nikita Shleikher
	Evgenii Kuznetsov
Women’s 3m Springboard	Kristina Ilinykh
Men’s 10m Platform (1) (2)	Aleksandr Bondar
	Ruslan Ternovoi
Men’s 10m Synchronized Platform	Aleksandr Bondar Viktor Minibaev

Equestrian

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Individual Dressage	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
Team Dressage	Evgenija Davydoa Horse: Awakening Regina Isachkina Horse: Sun of May Life Tatyana Kosterina Horse: Diavolessa Elena Sidneva Horse: Fuhur

Gymnastics

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Artistic Individual Events	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
Women’s Artistic Individual Events	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
	From Team Quota
Men’s Artistic Team All-Around	David Belyavskiy Artur Dalaloyan Nikolai Kuksenkov Dmitrii Lankin Nikita Nagornyy
Women’s Artistic Team All-Around	Liliia Akhaimova Irina Alekseeva Angelina Melnikova Aliia Mustafina Angelina Simakova
Women’s Rhythmic Individual All-Around	Dina Averina
	Arina Averina
Women’s Rhythmic Group All-Around	Mariia Kravtsova Evgeniia Levanova Kseniia Poliakova Anastasia Shishmakova Anastasiia Tatareva Maria Tolkacheva

Modern Pentathlon

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Individual	Alexander Lifanov
Women’s Individual	Adelina Ibatullina

Sailing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s RS:X	Stefania Elfutina
Men’s Laser	Sergey Komissarov
Women’s Laser Radial	Ekaterina Zyuzina
Men’s 470	Pavel Sozykin Denis Gribanov

Shooting

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions (1) (2)	Yulia Karimova
	Yuliya Zykova
Men’s 10m Air Rifle (1) (2)	Sergey Kamenskiy
	Grigory Shamakov
Mixed Team 10m Air Rifle	Anastasiia Galashina Vladimir Maslennikov
Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (1) (2)	Alexei Klimov
	Alexander Alifirenko
Women’s 25m Pistol	Vitalina Batsarashkina
Men’s 10m Air Pistol	Artem Chernousov
Mixed Team 10m Air Pistol	Vitalina Batsarashkina Artem Chernousov
Men’s Trap	Alexey Alipov
Women’s Trap	Daria Semianova
Mixed Team Trap (1) (2)	Ekaterina Rabaya Alexey Alipov
	Eligible to Compete
Women’s Skeet	Natalia Vinogradova

Swimming

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 50m Freestyle	Vladimir Morozov
Men’s 100m Freestyle	Over 2 Eligible Athletes
Men’s 200m Freestyle	Over 2 Eligible Athletes
Men’s 400m Freestyle	Aleksandr Krasnykh
Men’s 800m Freestyle	Over 2 Eligible Athletes
Men’s 100m Backstroke	Over 2 Eligible Athletes
Men’s 200m Backstroke	Evgeny Rylov
Men’s 100m Breaststroke	Kirill Prigoda
	Anton Chupkov
Men’s 200m Breaststroke	Over 2 Eligible Athletes
Men’s 100m Butterfly	Andrei Minakov
Men’s 200m Butterfly	Aleksandr Kudashev
Men’s 200m Individual Medley	Andrey Zhilkin
Men’s 400m Individual Medley	Maxim Stupin
Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay	Vladislav Grinev Vladimir Morozov Kliment Kolesnikov Evgeny Rylov Andrey Minakov
Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay	Mikhail Dovgalyuk Mikhail Vekovishchev Aleksandr Krasnykh Martin Malyutin Ivan Girev
Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay	Evgeny Rylov Kirill Prigoda Andrey Minakov Vladimir Morozov Kliment Kolesnikov Anton Chupkov Mikhail Vekovishchev Vladislav Grinev

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 50m Freestyle	Maria Kameneva
Women’s 100m Freestyle	Marian Kameneva
Women’s 200m Freestyle	Valeriia Salamatina
Women’s 400m Freestyle	Veronika Andrusenko
	Anna Egorova
Women’s 1500m Freestyle	Anastasia Kirpichnikova
Women’s 100m Backstroke	Daria Vaskina
	Anastasiia Fesikova
Women’s 200m Backstroke	Anastasiia Avdeeva
Women’s 100m Breaststroke	Yulia Yefimova
Women’s 200m Breaststroke	Over 2 Eligible Athletes
Women’s 100m Butterfly	Svetlana Chimrova
Women’s 200m Butterfly	Svetlana Chimrova
Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay	Daria Ustinova Maria Kameneva Sofya Lobova Arina Openysheva
Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay	Anna Egorova Anastasia Guzhenkova Valeriya Salamatina Veronika Andrusenko Daria Mullakaeva
Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay	Daria Vaskina Anna Belousova Svetlana Chimrova Daria Ustinova

Mixed Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay	Evgeny Rylov Kirill Prigoda Svetlana Chimrova Maria Kameneva Daria Vaskina Andrey Minakov

Volleyball

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Beach Volleyball	Viacheslav Krasilnikov Oleg Stoyanovskiy
Men’s Indoor Volleyball	Artem Volvich Dmitry Volkov Anton Semyshev Ivan Iakovlev Fedor Voronkov Alexander Butko Dmitriy Muserskiy Victor Poletaev Maxim Mikhaylov Egor Kliuka Ilyas Kurkaev Roman Martynyuk Igor Kobzar Valentin Golubev
Women’s Indoor Volleyball	Angelina Lazarenko Ekaterina Efimova Daria Chikrizova Irina Koroleva Tatiana Romanova Nataliya Goncharova Alla Galkina Margarita Kurilo Evgeniya Startseva Irina Fetisova Irina Voronkova Kseniia Parubets Mariia Khaletskaia Tatiana Iurinskaia

Wrestling

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Freestyle -57kg	Zaur Uguev
Men’s Freestyle -65kg	Gadzhimurad Rashidov
Men’s Freestyle -74kg	Zaurbek Sidakov
Men’s Freestyle -86kg	Artur Naifonov
Men’s Freestyle -97kg	Abdulrashid Sadulaev
Men’s Greco-Roman -60kg	Sergey Emelin
Men’s Greco-Roman -67kg	Artem Surkov
Men’s Greco-Roman -97kg	Musa Evloev
Women’s Freestyle -50kg	Ekaterina Poleshchuk