- Russia at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Infobox Olympics Russia
games=1912 Summer
competitors=
sports=
gold=0
silver=2
bronze=3
total=5
rank=16Russian Empire (Russia ) competed at the1912 Summer Olympics inStockholm ,Sweden .Medalists
Silver
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Amos Kash ,Nikolai Melnitsky ,Pavel Voyloshnikov andGrigori Panteleimonov — Shooting, Men's Team 30m military pistol
* Martin Klein — Wrestling, Greco-Roman middleweightBronze
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Mart Kuusik — Rowing, Men's single sculls
*Esper Beloselsky ,Ernest Brasche ,Nikolai Puschnitsky ,Aleksandr Rodionov ,Iosif Schomaker ,Philip Strauch andKarl Lindblom — Sailing, Men's 10m class
*Harry Blau — Shooting, Men'sTrap Athletics
35 athletes competed for Russia. It was the second appearance of the nation in athletics, after having a single marathon runner in 1908.
Aleksandr Schultz 's 11th-place finish in the decathlon was Russia's best placement.Ranks given are within that athlete's heat for running events.
Equestrian
; Dressage
Football
Quarterfinalsfootballbox
date =1912-06-30
team1 = fb-rt|FIN
score = 2 – 1
team2 = fb|RUS
goals1 = Wiberg goal|30
Öhman goal|80
goals2 = Butusov goal|72
stadium =Traneberg Stadium ,Stockholm
attendance = 300Consolation quarterfinalsfootballbox
date =1912-07-01
team1 = fb-rt|GER
score = 16 – 0
team2 = fb|RUS
goals1 = Fuchs goal|2 goal|9 goal|21 goal|28 goal|34 goal|46 goal|51 goal|55 goal|65 goal|69
Förderer goal|6 goal|27 goal|53 goal|66
Burger goal|30
Oberle goal|58
goals2 =
stadium =Råsunda Stadium ,Stockholm
attendance = 2,000;Final rank: 9th place
Gymnastics
Four gymnasts represented Russia. It was the debut of the nation in gymnastics. All four of the Russian gymnasts finished in the bottom five. Russia did not send any teams in the team competitions.
Artistic
Sailing
Seventeen sailors represented Russia. It was the nation's first appearance in sailing. Neither of Russia's eight metre boats were able to score any points, but the nation's ten metre boat finished in the top three of both races; that boat lost the race-off for second place and settled for the bronze medal.
(7 points for 1st in each race, 3 points for 2nd, 1 point for 3rd. Race-off to break ties in total points if necessary for medal standings.)
References
* [http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]
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