Russian Empire at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Russian Empire at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Russian Empire
IOC code	RU1
NOC	Russian Olympic Committee
in Stockholm
Competitors	159 in 15 sports
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 3 Total 5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1900 1904 1908 1912
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Soviet Union (1952–1988)  Unified Team (1992)  Russia (1994–2016)  ROC (2020)  Individual Neutral Athletes (2024)

The Russian Empire (Russia) competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. 159 competitors took part in 62 events in 15 sports.^[1]

• Amos Kash, Nikolai Melnitsky, Pavel Voyloshnikov and Grigori Panteleimonov — Shooting, Men's Team 30m rapid fire pistol
• Martin Klein — Wrestling, Greco-Roman middleweight

• Mart Kuusik — Rowing, Men's single sculls
• Esper Beloselsky, Ernest Brasche, Nikolai Puschnitsky, Aleksandr Rodionov, Joseph Schomacker, Philipp Strauch and Karl Lindholm — Sailing, Men's 10m class
• Haralds Blaus — Shooting, Men's Trap

Four swimmers competed for Russia at the 1912 Games. It was the nation's debut in swimming. None of the Russian swimmers took part in the semifinals of any event; Baimakov had advanced unopposed from the quarterfinals in the 400 metre breaststroke, but did not start in the semifinals.

Ranks given for each swimmer are within the heat.

Men

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.

Ten cyclists represented Russia. It was the first appearance of the nation in cycling. Andrejs Apsītis was the only cyclist to finish the time trial, the only race held, placing 60th. Because only Apsītis finished the time trial, the team received no ranking in the four-man team competition.

A single diver represented Russia. It was Russia's debut in diving. Viktor Baranov, the sole Russian diver, did not finish the competition in the first round of the plain high diving event.

Rankings given are within the diver's heat.

Dressage

Jumping

(Team score is the sum of the top three individual scores.)

Twenty-four fencers represented Russia. It was the second appearance of the nation in fencing, which had previously competed in 1900. Because both fencers in 1900 had been professionals, the 1912 team was the first Russian team to feature amateurs. None of the Russian fencers in 1912 advanced to the finals, though four sabrists reached the semifinals.

Quarterfinals

1912-06-30

Finland	2 – 1	Russian Empire
Wiberg 30' Öhman 80'		Butusov 72'

Traneberg Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 300

Consolation quarterfinals

1912-07-01

Germany	16 – 0	Russian Empire
Fuchs 2' 9' 21' 28' 34' 46' 51' 55' 65' 69' Förderer 6' 27' 53' 66' Burger 30' Oberle 58'

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 2,000

Final rank

9th place

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.

Russia had five competitors in the first Olympic pentathlon competition. Two of the Russians were among the ten pentathletes to retire early. The others placed 15th, 20th, and 21st among the 22 finishers.

(The scoring system was point-for-place in each of the five events, with the smallest point total winning.)

One rower represented Russia. It was the nation's first appearance in rowing. Kuusik advanced to the semifinals in the single sculls before being defeated, taking the bronze medal.

(Ranks given are within each crew's heat.)

Rower	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mart Kuusik	Single sculls	7:45.2	1 Q	7:45.0	1 Q	Unknown	2	Did not advance ()

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.)

Sailors	Event	Race 1			Race 2			Total
		Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Race-off	Rank
Johan Farber Vladimir Ilyevich Vladimir Lurasov Nikolay Podgornov Herman von Adlerberg	8 metre class	2:27:59	0	7	2:21:43	0	7	0	N/A	5
Yevgeny Kuhn Ventseslav Kuzmichev Yevgeny Lomach Viktor Markov Pavel Pavlov	8 metre class	2:18:52	0	4	2:16:15	0	5	0	N/A	5
Esper Beloselsky Ernest Brasche Karl Lindblom Nikolay Pushnitsky Aleksandr Rodionov Iosif Shomaker Philipp Strauch	10 metre class	3:59:20	1	3	3:45:38	3	2	4	4:23:17

Twenty six shooters competed for Russia. It was the first appearance of the nation in shooting. The Russian shooters won a pair of medals—a silver in the team rapid fire pistol and Blau's bronze in the trap—in their debut performance in the sport.

Shooter	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Dmitri Barkov	100 m deer, single shots	23	31
	100 m deer, double shots	39	19
Boris Belinsky	300 m rifle, 3 pos.	746	65
	600 m free rifle	69	65
	300 m military rifle, 3 pos.	78	46
Harry Blau	100 m deer, single shots	29	20
	Trap	91
Valter Bodneck	Trap	36	35
Georgy de Davydov	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	635	76
	600 m free rifle	70	61
	300 m military rifle, 3 pos.	68	68
Aleksandr Dobrzhansky	50 m rifle, prone	172	33
	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	463	78
	600 m free rifle	61	71
	300 m military rifle, 3 pos.	66	71
	25 m small-bore rifle	190	26
	100 m deer, single shots	22	33
Konstantin Kalinin	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	736	68
	600 m free rifle	77	39
	300 m military rifle, 3 pos.	62	79
Amos Kash	50 m pistol	384	46
	30 m rapid fire pistol	260	28
Dmitry Kuskov	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	780	58
	600 m free rifle	71	59
	300 m military rifle, 3 pos.	77	49
	50 m pistol	438	19
Feofan Lebedev	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	806	54
	600 m free rifle	59	74
	300 m military rifle, 3 pos.	80	42
Pavel Lesh	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	713	71
	600 m free rifle	62	70
	300 m military rifle, 3 pos.	83	30
Pavel Leith	100 m deer, single shots	10	34
	Trap	12	51
Nikolai Melnitsky	50 m pistol	414	33
	30 m rapid fire pistol	264	22
Nikolai Panin-Kolomenkin	50 m pistol	457	8
Grigori Panteleimonov	50 m pistol	442	17
	30 m rapid fire pistol	265	14
Boris Pertel	Trap	11	53
Vladimir Potekin	50 m rifle, prone	170	36
	25 m small-bore rifle	171	32
Osvald Rechke	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	699	73
	600 m free rifle	71	58
	300 m military rifle, 3 pos.	78	47
Grigori Shesterikov	50 m pistol	420	31
	30 m rapid fire pistol	250	32
Vasily Skrotsky	100 m deer, single shots	31	15
	100 m deer, double shots	32	20
Leonardus Syttin	Trap	81	23
Aleksandr Tillo	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	744	66
	600 m free rifle	70	62
	300 m military rifle, 3 pos.	76	51
Pavel Valden	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	758	62
	600 m free rifle	75	45
	300 m military rifle, 3 pos.	89	11
Georgi Vishnyakov	600 m free rifle	56	77
	300 m military rifle, 3 pos.	84	26
Pavel Voyloshnikov	50 m pistol	413	34
	30 m rapid fire pistol	260	24
Dāvids Veiss	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	623	77
	600 m free rifle	73	51
	300 m military rifle, 3 pos.	72	60
Dmitri Barkov Harry Blau Aleksandr Dobryansky Vasily Skrotsky	100 m team deer, single shots	108	5
Amos Kash Nikolai Melnitsky Grigori Panteleimonov Pavel Voyloshnikov	30 metre team rapid fire pistol	1091
Nikolai Melnitsky Nikolai Panin-Kolomenkin Grigori Shesterikov Pavel Voyloshnikov	50 m team pistol	1801	4
Georgi Davydov Dmitry Kuskov Feofan Lebedev Aleksandr Tillo Pavel Valden Davids Weiss	Team rifle	1403	9
Feofan Lebedev Pavel Lesh Konstantin Kalinin Dmitry Kuskov Aleksandr Tillo Pavel Valden	Team free rifle	4892	7

Two tennis players represented Russia at the 1912 Games. It was the nation's debut in tennis.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 128	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mikhaił Sumarakow-Elston	Outdoor singles	Bye	Bye	Setterwall (SWE) W 6-2, 6-3, 11-13, 6-2	Kreuzer (GER) L 6-2, 10-12, 6-4, 6-0	Did not advance			9
Aleksandr Alejnicyn Mikhaił Sumarakow-Elston	Outdoor doubles	N/A		Bye	Hansen & Rovsing (DEN) W 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-3	Canet & Mény (FRA) L 6-3, 6-0, 6-1	Did not advance		5

Russia was represented by 11 wrestlers at its second Olympic wrestling appearance. Klein was able to match Russia's best performance from 1908, taking the silver medal in the middleweight class. The team went a combined 17–22.

The bout between Klein and Asikainen turned out to be the last match, which lasted 11 hours and forty minutes, which is the world's longest wrestling match.^[3][4]

After Klein finally claimed victory, he was completely exhausted and was ruled unfit to compete in the final. Thus Johanson, whose only loss in the elimination rounds had been via a double loss to Asikainen, became the gold medalist.

Wrestler	Class	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round	Fifth round	Sixth round	Seventh round	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Match A Opposition Result	Match B Opposition Result	Match C Opposition Result	Rank
Aleksandr Ankondinow	Featherweight	Kangas (FIN) L	Stein (GER) W	Larsson (SWE) L	Did not advance							19
Georg Baumann	Lightweight	Väre (FIN) L	Salonen (FIN) L	Did not advance								31
Nikolajs Farnest	Heavyweight	Neser (GER) L	Barrett (GBR) L	Did not advance				N/A	Did not advance			12
Oskar Kaplur	Lightweight	Hayes (GBR) W	Covre (ITA) W	Salonen (FIN) W	Väre (FIN) L	Tanttu (FIN) W	Kolehmainen (FIN) L	Did not advance				6
August Kippasto	Lightweight	Radvány (HUN) L	Halík (BOH) L	Did not advance								31
Martin Klein	Middleweight	Somogyi (HUN) W	Bergqvist (SWE) W	Miskey (HUN) W	Merkle (GER) W	Westerlund (FIN) L	Åberg (FIN) W	Jokinen (FIN) W	Asikainen (FIN) W	Bye	Johansson (SWE) L/WO
Aleksanders Meesits	Featherweight	MacKenzie (GBR) L	Hetmar (DEN) L	Did not advance								26
Paweł Pawłowicz	Featherweight	Karlsson (SWE) W	Arneson (NOR) W	Beránek (BOH) L	Öberg (SWE) L	Did not advance						12
Augusts Pikker	Light heavyweight	Barl (AUT) W	Andersson (SWE) L	Did not start	Did not advance			N/A	Did not advance			19
Jānis Polis	Middleweight	Bacon (GBR) W	Jokinen (FIN) L	Kokotowitsch (AUT) L	Did not advance							20
Aleksandr Siewierow	Middleweight	Frank (SWE) L	Dahlberg (SWE) W	Johansson (SWE) L	Did not advance							20

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