| 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]
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.
| Swimmer | Events | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Pavel Avksentyev | 400 m freestyle | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | align=center colspan=2 | Did not finish | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | ||
| 1500 m freestyle | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | align=center colspan=2 | Did not finish | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | |||
| Georgy Baimakov | 200 m breaststroke | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | 3:29.0 | 5 | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | ||
| 400 m breaststroke | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | 7:28.6 | 2 Q | align=center colspan=2 | Did not start | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance | |
| Herbert von Kuhlberg | 100 m freestyle | Unknown | 4 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Nikolai Voronkov | 400 m freestyle | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | align=center colspan=2 | Did not finish | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | ||
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.
| Athlete | Events | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Aleksis Aide | 10 km walk | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | 59:24.4 | 9 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance |
| Alfreds Alslebens | Decathlon | align=center colspan=4 | N/A | 5294.615 | 12 | ||
| Ulrich Baasch | Pole vault | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | 3.40 | 16 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance |
| Herberts Baumanis | 200 m | align=center colspan=2 | Did not finish | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | ||
| Pyotr Gayevsky | 400 m | ? | 4 | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | ||
| Haralds Hahne | 200 m | ? | 4 | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | ||
| Arnolds Indriksons | 1500 m | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | ? | 6 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance |
| Andrejs Kapmals | Marathon | align=center colspan=4 | N/A | align=center colspan=2 | Did not finish | ||
| Nikolay Khorkov | 1500 m | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | ? | 7 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance |
| Marathon | align=center colspan=4 | N/A | align=center colspan=2 | Did not start | |||
| Alexandre Kracheninin | Marathon | align=center colspan=4 | N/A | align=center colspan=2 | Did not start | ||
| Andrejs Krūkliņš | 1500 m | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | ? | 5-6 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance |
| Marathon | align=center colspan=4 | N/A | align=center colspan=2 | Did not finish | |||
| Leopolds Lēvenšteins | 100 m | ? | 6 | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | ||
| Kaarel Lukk | 10 km walk | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | align=center colspan=2 | Did not finish | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance |
| Eduard Hermann[2] | 10 km walk | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | align=center colspan=2 | Disqualified | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance |
| Johann Martin | Pole vault | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | 1.70 | 25 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance |
| Vasily Molokanov | 2 hand discus | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | 47.37 | 19 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance |
| Dmitry Nazarov | 800 m | ? | 5 | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | ||
| 1500 m | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | align=center colspan=2 | Did not finish | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance | |
| Nikolai Neklapayev | Discus throw | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | 32.59 | 35 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance |
| Javelin throw | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | 44.98 | 17 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance | |
| Mikhail Nikolsky | 5000 m | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | 17:21.7 | 4 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance |
| 10000 m | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | align=center colspan=2 | Did not finish | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance | |
| Marathon | align=center colspan=4 | N/A | align=center colspan=2 | Did not start | |||
| Arvīds Ozols-Berne | Shot put | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | 10.33 | 21 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance |
| Yevgeni Petrov | 1500 m | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | ? | 5 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance |
| Nikolajs Rasso | Marathon | align=center colspan=4 | N/A | align=center colspan=2 | Did not finish | ||
| Elmar Reiman | Marathon | align=center colspan=4 | N/A | ? | 35 | ||
| Alfrēds Ruks | 1500 m | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | ? | 7 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance |
| Alfred Schwarz | Standing high jump | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | 1.40 | 13 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance |
| Richard Schwarz | 100 m | ? | 5 | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | ||
| Aleksandr Schultz | Long jump | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | 6.15 | 22 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance |
| Decathlon | align=center colspan=4 | N/A | 6134.470 | 11 | |||
| Pavel Shtiglits | 100 m | ? | 4 | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | ||
| Nikolajs Švedrēvics | Javelin throw | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | 43.21 | 20 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance |
| Aleksandrs Upmals | Marathon | align=center colspan=4 | N/A | align=center colspan=2 | Did not finish | ||
| Ēriks Vanags | Shot put | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | 10.44 | 20 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance |
| Discus throw | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | 31.34 | 39 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance | |
| Johannes Leopold Villemson | 800 m | align=center colspan=2 | Did not finish | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | ||
| Rūdolfs Vītols | 1500 m | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | ? | 4-5 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance |
| René Wilde | Marathon | align=center colspan=4 | N/A | align=center colspan=2 | Did not start | ||
| Aleksandr Elizarov | 800 m | ? | 5-7 | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | ||
| 1500 m | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | ? | 6 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance | |
| Joseph Zaitsev | Marathon | align=center colspan=4 | N/A | align=center colspan=2 | Did not start | ||
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.
| Cyclist | Events | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | |||
| Andrejs Apsītis | Ind. time trial | 12:18:20.6 | 60 | |
| Fiodor Borisow | Ind. time trial | align=center colspan=2 | Did not finish | |
| Fridrihs Bošs | Ind. time trial | align=center colspan=2 | Did not finish | |
| Jēkabs Bukse | Ind. time trial | align=center colspan=2 | Did not finish | |
| Augusts Kepke | Ind. time trial | align=center colspan=2 | Did not finish | |
| Kārlis Kepke | Ind. time trial | align=center colspan=2 | Did not finish | |
| Jānis Līvens | Ind. time trial | align=center colspan=2 | Did not finish | |
| Sergey Pesteryev | Ind. time trial | align=center colspan=2 | Did not finish | |
| Jānis Prātnieks | Ind. time trial | align=center colspan=2 | Did not finish | |
| Edgars Rihters | Ind. time trial | align=center colspan=2 | Did not finish | |
| Andrejs Apsītis No other finishers | Team time trial | align=center colspan=2 | Did not finish | |
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.
See main article: article and Equestrian at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
| Rider | Horse | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penalties | Rank | ||||
| Dmitri Pavlovich | Unité | Individual | 10 | 9 | |
| Mikhail Plechkov | Yvette | Individual | 17 | 21 | |
| Aleksandr Rodzyanko | Eros | Individual | 14 | 16 | |
| Karol Rómmel | Siablik | Individual | 12 | 15 | |
| Sergey Zagorsky | Bandoura | Individual | 16 | 18 | |
| Aleksey Selikhov | Tugela | Individual | 20 | 22 | |
| Mikhail Plechkov Aleksandr Rodzyanko Aleksey Selikhov Dmitri Pavlovich | Yvette Eros Tugela Unité | Team | 50 | 5 | |
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.
| Fencer | Event | Round 1 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Rank | Record | Rank | Record | Rank | Record | Rank | ||
| Vladimir Andreyev | Sabre | 2 wins | 3 Q | 2 losses | 3 Q | align=center colspan=2 | Did not start | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance |
| Boris Arsenyev | Sabre | align=center colspan=2 | Bye | 2 losses | 3 Q | 1 win | 5 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance |
| Gavriil Bertrain | Foil | 2 losses | 4 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Épée | 1 loss | 2 Q | 4 losses | 5 | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | |||
| Vladimir Danich | Sabre | 1 win | 3 Q | align=center colspan=2 | Did not start | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | ||
| Pavel Filatov | Sabre | 1 win | 4 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Nikolay Goredetsky | Foil | 6 losses | 7 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Leonid Grinev | Foil | 4 losses | 5 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Apollon Guiber von Greifenfels | Sabre | align=center colspan=2 | Bye | 2 losses | 2 Q | 2 wins | 4 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance |
| Pavel Guvorsky | Foil | 4 losses | 5 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Épée | 6 losses | 7 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Anatoly Zhakovlev | Foil | 4 losses | 5 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Vladimir Keyser | Foil | 5 losses | 7 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Épée | 4 losses | 4 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Dmitry Knyazhevich | Foil | 3 losses | 4 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Nikolay Kuznetsov | Sabre | align=center colspan=2 | Bye | 3 losses | 4 | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | ||
| Feliks Leparsky | Foil | 3 losses | 4 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Lev Martyushev | Foil | 3 losses | 4 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Épée | 4 losses | 5 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Aleksandr Mordovin | Foil | 3 losses | 4 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Sabre | 1 win | 4 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Boris Nepokupnoy | Sabre | 0 wins | 4 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Georgy Zakyrich | Sabre | 1 win | 4 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Vladimir Samoylov | Foil | 4 losses | 5 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Vladimir de Sarnavsky | Foil | 4 losses | 5 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Épée | 4 losses | 4 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Aleksandr Shkylev | Sabre | 1 win | 4 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Aleksandr Soldatenkov | Épée | 4 losses | 5 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Anatoly Timofeyev | Sabre | 1 win | 3 Q | 2 losses | 3 Q | align=center colspan=2 | Did not start | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance |
| Konstantin Vaterkampf | Sabre | 1 win | 4 | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Gavril Bertrain Pavel Guvorsky Vladimir Keyser Dmitry Knyazhevich Lev Martyushev Vladimir Sarnavsky Aleksandr Soldatenkov | Team épée | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | 0–2 | 3 | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | ||
| Vladimir Andreyev Vladimir Danich Apollon Guiber von Greifenfels Nikolay Kuznetsov Aleksandr Mordovin Georgy Zakyrich Aleksandr Shkylev Anatoly Timofeyev | Team sabre | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | 0–2 | 3 | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | ||
See main article: article and Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Quarterfinals
Consolation quarterfinals
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.
| Gymnast | Events | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | |||
| Aleksandr Akhun | All-around | 87.75 | 39 | |
| Semyon Kulikov | All-around | 79.50 | 41 | |
| Pavel Kushnikov | All-around | 90.00 | 38 | |
| Fyodor Zabelin | All-around | 76.25 | 42 | |
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.)
| Athlete | Shooting | Swimming | Fencing | Riding | Running | Total points | Rank | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Points | Time | Points | Wins | Touches | Points | Penalties | Time | Points | Time | Points | ||||
| Carl Aejemelaeus | 151 | 19 | 8:59.8 | 25 | align=center colspan=3 | Did not start | align=center colspan=5 | Retired | align=center colspan=2 | Did not finish | |||||
| Aarno Almqvist | 143 | 24 | 6:06.0 | 11 | 3 | ? | 27 | 0 | 12:03.4 | 13 | 23:16.1 | 16 | 90 | 20 | |
| Weli Hohenthal | 159 | 17 | 7:38.8 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 2 | 11:11.8 | 16 | 23:28.6 | 17 | 94 | 21 | |
| Boris Nepokupnoy | 185 | 6 | 8:16.6 | 24 | align=center colspan=3 | Did not start | align=center colspan=5 | Retired | align=center colspan=2 | Did not finish | |||||
| Oskar Wilkman | 176 | 11 | 8:11.6 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 10:34.2 | 5 | 22:57.8 | 15 | 73 | 15 | |
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.)
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.)
| 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 | ||
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.
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.
| 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 | W 6-2, 6-3, 11-13, 6-2 | L 6-2, 10-12, 6-4, 6-0 | align=center colspan=3 | Did not advance | 9 | ||
| Aleksandr Alejnicyn Mikhaił Sumarakow-Elston | Outdoor doubles | align=center colspan=2 | N/A | Bye | W 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 | L 6-3, 6-0, 6-1 | align=center colspan=2 | Did not advance | 5 | |
See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
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 | L | W | L | align=center colspan=7 | Did not advance | 19 | |||||
| Georg Baumann | Lightweight | L | L | align=center colspan=8 | Did not advance | 31 | ||||||
| Nikolajs Farnest | Heavyweight | L | L | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | N/A | align=center colspan=3 | Did not advance | 12 | |||
| Oskar Kaplur | Lightweight | W | W | W | L | W | L | align=center colspan=4 | Did not advance | 6 | ||
| August Kippasto | Lightweight | L | L | align=center colspan=8 | Did not advance | 31 | ||||||
| Martin Klein | Middleweight | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | Bye | L/WO | |
| Aleksanders Meesits | Featherweight | L | L | align=center colspan=8 | Did not advance | 26 | ||||||
| Paweł Pawłowicz | Featherweight | W | W | L | L | align=center colspan=6 | Did not advance | 12 | ||||
| Augusts Pikker | Light heavyweight | W | L | Did not start | align=center colspan=3 | Did not advance | N/A | align=center colspan=3 | Did not advance | 19 | ||
| Jānis Polis | Middleweight | W | L | L | align=center colspan=7 | Did not advance | 20 | |||||
| Aleksandr Siewierow | Middleweight | L | W | L | align=center colspan=7 | Did not advance | 20 | |||||
See main article: article and Art competitions at the 1912 Summer Olympics.