Russian Empire at the 1912 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:RU1
Nocname:Russian Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:1912
Flagcaption:Flag of the Russian Empire
Location:Stockholm
Competitors:159
Sports:15
Rank:16
Gold:0
Silver:2
Bronze:3
Appearances:auto
See also: (1952–1988)
(1992)
(1994–)

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

Medalists

Silver

Bronze

Aquatics

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

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
SwimmerEventsHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Pavel Avksentyev400 m freestylealign=center colspan=2N/Aalign=center colspan=2Did not finishalign=center colspan=4Did not advance
1500 m freestylealign=center colspan=2N/Aalign=center colspan=2Did not finishalign=center colspan=4Did not advance
Georgy Baimakov200 m breaststrokealign=center colspan=2N/A3:29.05align=center colspan=4Did not advance
400 m breaststrokealign=center colspan=2N/A7:28.62 Qalign=center colspan=2Did not startalign=center colspan=2Did not advance
Herbert von Kuhlberg100 m freestyleUnknown4align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Nikolai Voronkov400 m freestylealign=center colspan=2N/Aalign=center colspan=2Did not finishalign=center colspan=4Did not advance

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

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.

AthleteEventsHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Aleksis Aide10 km walkalign=center colspan=2N/A59:24.49align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Alfreds AlslebensDecathlonalign=center colspan=4N/A5294.61512
Ulrich BaaschPole vaultalign=center colspan=2N/A3.4016align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Herberts Baumanis200 malign=center colspan=2Did not finishalign=center colspan=4Did not advance
Pyotr Gayevsky400 m?4align=center colspan=4Did not advance
Haralds Hahne200 m?4align=center colspan=4Did not advance
Arnolds Indriksons1500 malign=center colspan=2N/A?6align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Andrejs KapmalsMarathonalign=center colspan=4N/Aalign=center colspan=2Did not finish
Nikolay Khorkov1500 malign=center colspan=2N/A?7align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Marathonalign=center colspan=4N/Aalign=center colspan=2Did not start
Alexandre KrachenininMarathonalign=center colspan=4N/Aalign=center colspan=2Did not start
Andrejs Krūkliņš1500 malign=center colspan=2N/A?5-6align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Marathonalign=center colspan=4N/Aalign=center colspan=2Did not finish
Leopolds Lēvenšteins100 m?6align=center colspan=4Did not advance
Kaarel Lukk10 km walkalign=center colspan=2N/Aalign=center colspan=2Did not finishalign=center colspan=2Did not advance
Eduard Hermann[2] 10 km walkalign=center colspan=2N/Aalign=center colspan=2Disqualifiedalign=center colspan=2Did not advance
Johann MartinPole vaultalign=center colspan=2N/A1.7025align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Vasily Molokanov2 hand discusalign=center colspan=2N/A47.3719align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Dmitry Nazarov800 m?5align=center colspan=4Did not advance
1500 malign=center colspan=2N/Aalign=center colspan=2Did not finishalign=center colspan=2Did not advance
Nikolai NeklapayevDiscus throwalign=center colspan=2N/A32.5935align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Javelin throwalign=center colspan=2N/A44.9817align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Mikhail Nikolsky5000 malign=center colspan=2N/A17:21.74align=center colspan=2Did not advance
10000 malign=center colspan=2N/Aalign=center colspan=2Did not finishalign=center colspan=2Did not advance
Marathonalign=center colspan=4N/Aalign=center colspan=2Did not start
Arvīds Ozols-BerneShot putalign=center colspan=2N/A10.3321align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Yevgeni Petrov1500 malign=center colspan=2N/A?5align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Nikolajs RassoMarathonalign=center colspan=4N/Aalign=center colspan=2Did not finish
Elmar ReimanMarathonalign=center colspan=4N/A?35
Alfrēds Ruks1500 malign=center colspan=2N/A?7align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Alfred SchwarzStanding high jumpalign=center colspan=2N/A1.4013align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Richard Schwarz100 m?5align=center colspan=4Did not advance
Aleksandr SchultzLong jumpalign=center colspan=2N/A6.1522align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Decathlonalign=center colspan=4N/A6134.47011
Pavel Shtiglits100 m?4align=center colspan=4Did not advance
Nikolajs ŠvedrēvicsJavelin throwalign=center colspan=2N/A43.2120align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Aleksandrs UpmalsMarathonalign=center colspan=4N/Aalign=center colspan=2Did not finish
Ēriks VanagsShot putalign=center colspan=2N/A10.4420align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Discus throwalign=center colspan=2N/A31.3439align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Johannes Leopold Villemson800 malign=center colspan=2Did not finishalign=center colspan=4Did not advance
Rūdolfs Vītols1500 malign=center colspan=2N/A?4-5align=center colspan=2Did not advance
René WildeMarathonalign=center colspan=4N/Aalign=center colspan=2Did not start
Aleksandr Elizarov800 m?5-7align=center colspan=4Did not advance
1500 malign=center colspan=2N/A?6align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Joseph ZaitsevMarathonalign=center colspan=4N/Aalign=center colspan=2Did not start

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

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.

Road cycling

CyclistEventsFinal
ResultRank
Andrejs ApsītisInd. time trial12:18:20.660
Fiodor BorisowInd. time trialalign=center colspan=2Did not finish
Fridrihs BošsInd. time trialalign=center colspan=2Did not finish
Jēkabs BukseInd. time trialalign=center colspan=2Did not finish
Augusts KepkeInd. time trialalign=center colspan=2Did not finish
Kārlis KepkeInd. time trialalign=center colspan=2Did not finish
Jānis LīvensInd. time trialalign=center colspan=2Did not finish
Sergey PesteryevInd. time trialalign=center colspan=2Did not finish
Jānis PrātnieksInd. time trialalign=center colspan=2Did not finish
Edgars RihtersInd. time trialalign=center colspan=2Did not finish
Andrejs Apsītis
No other finishers
Team time trialalign=center colspan=2Did not finish

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

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.

Equestrian

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Dressage
Jumping(Team score is the sum of the top three individual scores.)
RiderHorseEventFinal
PenaltiesRank
Dmitri PavlovichUnitéIndividual109
Mikhail PlechkovYvetteIndividual1721
Aleksandr RodzyankoErosIndividual1416
Karol RómmelSiablikIndividual1215
Sergey ZagorskyBandouraIndividual1618
Aleksey SelikhovTugelaIndividual2022
Mikhail Plechkov
Aleksandr Rodzyanko
Aleksey Selikhov
Dmitri Pavlovich
Yvette
Eros
Tugela
Unité
Team505

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

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.

FencerEventRound 1QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
RecordRankRecordRankRecordRankRecordRank
Vladimir AndreyevSabre2 wins3 Q2 losses3 Qalign=center colspan=2Did not startalign=center colspan=2Did not advance
Boris ArsenyevSabrealign=center colspan=2Bye2 losses3 Q1 win5align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Gavriil BertrainFoil2 losses4align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Épée1 loss2 Q4 losses5align=center colspan=4Did not advance
Vladimir DanichSabre1 win3 Qalign=center colspan=2Did not startalign=center colspan=4Did not advance
Pavel FilatovSabre1 win4align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Nikolay GoredetskyFoil6 losses7align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Leonid GrinevFoil4 losses5align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Apollon Guiber von GreifenfelsSabrealign=center colspan=2Bye2 losses2 Q2 wins4align=center colspan=2Did not advance
Pavel GuvorskyFoil4 losses5align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Épée6 losses7align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Anatoly ZhakovlevFoil4 losses5align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Vladimir KeyserFoil5 losses7align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Épée4 losses4align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Dmitry KnyazhevichFoil3 losses4align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Nikolay KuznetsovSabrealign=center colspan=2Bye3 losses4align=center colspan=4Did not advance
Feliks LeparskyFoil3 losses4align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Lev MartyushevFoil3 losses4align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Épée4 losses5align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Aleksandr MordovinFoil3 losses4align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Sabre1 win4align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Boris NepokupnoySabre0 wins4align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Georgy ZakyrichSabre1 win4align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Vladimir SamoylovFoil4 losses5align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Vladimir de SarnavskyFoil4 losses5align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Épée4 losses4align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Aleksandr ShkylevSabre1 win4align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Aleksandr SoldatenkovÉpée4 losses5align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Anatoly TimofeyevSabre1 win3 Q2 losses3 Qalign=center colspan=2Did not startalign=center colspan=2Did not advance
Konstantin VaterkampfSabre1 win4align=center colspan=6Did not advance
Gavril Bertrain
Pavel Guvorsky
Vladimir Keyser
Dmitry Knyazhevich
Lev Martyushev
Vladimir Sarnavsky
Aleksandr Soldatenkov
Team épéealign=center colspan=2N/A0–23align=center colspan=4Did not advance
Vladimir Andreyev
Vladimir Danich
Apollon Guiber von Greifenfels
Nikolay Kuznetsov
Aleksandr Mordovin
Georgy Zakyrich
Aleksandr Shkylev
Anatoly Timofeyev
Team sabrealign=center colspan=2N/A0–23align=center colspan=4Did not advance

Football

See main article: article and Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Quarterfinals

Consolation quarterfinals

Final rank: 9th place

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

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

GymnastEventsFinal
ResultRank
Aleksandr AkhunAll-around87.7539
Semyon KulikovAll-around79.5041
Pavel KushnikovAll-around90.0038
Fyodor ZabelinAll-around76.2542

Modern pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

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.)

AthleteShootingSwimmingFencingRidingRunningTotal pointsRank
ScorePointsTimePointsWinsTouchesPointsPenaltiesTimePointsTimePoints
Carl Aejemelaeus151198:59.825align=center colspan=3Did not startalign=center colspan=5Retiredalign=center colspan=2Did not finish
Aarno Almqvist143246:06.0113?27012:03.41323:16.1169020
Weli Hohenthal159177:38.8195725211:11.81623:28.6179421
Boris Nepokupnoy18568:16.624align=center colspan=3Did not startalign=center colspan=5Retiredalign=center colspan=2Did not finish
Oskar Wilkman176118:11.6237720010:34.2522:57.8157315

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

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.)

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

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.)

SailorsEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimePointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRace-offRank
Johan Farber
Vladimir Ilyevich
Vladimir Lurasov
Nikolay Podgornov
Herman von Adlerberg
8 metre class2:27:59072:21:43070N/A5
Yevgeny Kuhn
Ventseslav Kuzmichev
Yevgeny Lomach
Viktor Markov
Pavel Pavlov
8 metre class2:18:52042:16:15050N/A5
Esper Beloselsky
Ernest Brasche
Karl Lindblom
Nikolay Pushnitsky
Aleksandr Rodionov
Iosif Shomaker
Philipp Strauch
10 metre class3:59:20133:45:383244:23:17

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

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.

ShooterEventFinal
ResultRank
Dmitri Barkov100 m deer, single shots2331
100 m deer, double shots3919
Boris Belinsky300 m rifle, 3 pos.74665
600 m free rifle6965
300 m military rifle, 3 pos.7846
Harry Blau100 m deer, single shots2920
Trap91
Valter BodneckTrap3635
Georgy de Davydov300 m free rifle, 3 pos.63576
600 m free rifle7061
300 m military rifle, 3 pos.6868
Aleksandr Dobrzhansky50 m rifle, prone17233
300 m free rifle, 3 pos.46378
600 m free rifle6171
300 m military rifle, 3 pos.6671
25 m small-bore rifle19026
100 m deer, single shots2233
Konstantin Kalinin300 m free rifle, 3 pos.73668
600 m free rifle7739
300 m military rifle, 3 pos.6279
Amos Kash50 m pistol38446
30 m rapid fire pistol26028
Dmitry Kuskov300 m free rifle, 3 pos.78058
600 m free rifle7159
300 m military rifle, 3 pos.7749
50 m pistol43819
Feofan Lebedev300 m free rifle, 3 pos.80654
600 m free rifle5974
300 m military rifle, 3 pos.8042
Pavel Lesh300 m free rifle, 3 pos.71371
600 m free rifle6270
300 m military rifle, 3 pos.8330
Pavel Leith100 m deer, single shots1034
Trap1251
Nikolai Melnitsky50 m pistol41433
30 m rapid fire pistol26422
Nikolai Panin-Kolomenkin50 m pistol4578
Grigori Panteleimonov50 m pistol44217
30 m rapid fire pistol26514
Boris PertelTrap1153
Vladimir Potekin50 m rifle, prone17036
25 m small-bore rifle17132
Osvald Rechke300 m free rifle, 3 pos.69973
600 m free rifle7158
300 m military rifle, 3 pos.7847
Grigori Shesterikov50 m pistol42031
30 m rapid fire pistol25032
Vasily Skrotsky100 m deer, single shots3115
100 m deer, double shots3220
Leonardus SyttinTrap8123
Aleksandr Tillo300 m free rifle, 3 pos.74466
600 m free rifle7062
300 m military rifle, 3 pos.7651
Pavel Valden300 m free rifle, 3 pos.75862
600 m free rifle7545
300 m military rifle, 3 pos.8911
Georgi Vishnyakov600 m free rifle5677
300 m military rifle, 3 pos.8426
Pavel Voyloshnikov50 m pistol41334
30 m rapid fire pistol26024
Dāvids Veiss300 m free rifle, 3 pos.62377
600 m free rifle7351
300 m military rifle, 3 pos.7260
Dmitri Barkov
Harry Blau
Aleksandr Dobryansky
Vasily Skrotsky
100 m team deer, single shots1085
Amos Kash
Nikolai Melnitsky
Grigori Panteleimonov
Pavel Voyloshnikov
30 metre team rapid fire pistol1091
Nikolai Melnitsky
Nikolai Panin-Kolomenkin
Grigori Shesterikov
Pavel Voyloshnikov
50 m team pistol18014
Georgi Davydov
Dmitry Kuskov
Feofan Lebedev
Aleksandr Tillo
Pavel Valden
Davids Weiss
Team rifle14039
Feofan Lebedev
Pavel Lesh
Konstantin Kalinin
Dmitry Kuskov
Aleksandr Tillo
Pavel Valden
Team free rifle48927

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

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

Men
AthleteEventRound of 128Round of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Mikhaił Sumarakow-ElstonOutdoor singlesByeBye
W 6-2, 6-3, 11-13, 6-2

L 6-2, 10-12, 6-4, 6-0
align=center colspan=3Did not advance9
Aleksandr Alejnicyn
Mikhaił Sumarakow-Elston
Outdoor doublesalign=center colspan=2N/ABye
W 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-3

L 6-3, 6-0, 6-1
align=center colspan=2Did not advance5

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Greco-Roman

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.

WrestlerClassFirst roundSecond roundThird roundFourth roundFifth roundSixth roundSeventh roundFinal
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 AnkondinowFeatherweight
L

W

L
align=center colspan=7Did not advance19
Georg BaumannLightweight
L

L
align=center colspan=8Did not advance31
Nikolajs FarnestHeavyweight
L

L
align=center colspan=4Did not advanceN/Aalign=center colspan=3Did not advance12
Oskar KaplurLightweight
W

W

W

L

W

L
align=center colspan=4Did not advance6
August KippastoLightweight
L

L
align=center colspan=8Did not advance31
Martin KleinMiddleweight
W

W

W

W

L

W

W

W
Bye
L/WO
Aleksanders MeesitsFeatherweight
L

L
align=center colspan=8Did not advance26
Paweł PawłowiczFeatherweight
W

W

L

L
align=center colspan=6Did not advance12
Augusts PikkerLight heavyweight
W

L
Did not startalign=center colspan=3Did not advanceN/Aalign=center colspan=3Did not advance19
Jānis PolisMiddleweight
W

L

L
align=center colspan=7Did not advance20
Aleksandr SiewierowMiddleweight
L

W

L
align=center colspan=7Did not advance20

Art Competitions

See main article: article and Art competitions at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Russia at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417041311/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/RUS/summer/1912/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2012-06-24 . sports-reference.com.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417101446/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1912/ATH/mens-10-kilometres-walk-round-one.html Mens Kilometres Walk Round One at Sports Reference
  3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/wrestling/history/default.stm Ancient art back in Athens
  4. http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/long358.html The World's Longest Wrestling Match