Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics
| Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics |
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| IOC code | RUS | ||||||||
| NOC | Russian Olympic Committee | ||||||||
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| in Beijing | |||||||||
| Competitors | 455 in 23 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer |
Andrei Kirilenko (opening) Andrey Silnov (closing) |
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Medals Ranked 3rd |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |||||||||
| Other related appearances | |||||||||
 Russian Empire (1900–1912) Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992) |
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| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| Qualified for the quarterfinals | |
| Eliminated |
| Qualified for the semifinals | |
| Qualified for the quarterfinals | |
| Will play for places 7–8 |
Russia competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China, represented by the Russian Olympic Committee. Russia competed in all sports except baseball, football, field hockey, softball and taekwondo.
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
Balzhinima Tsyrempilov and Bair Badënov earned men's qualifying places for Russia at the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships, while Natalia Erdyniyeva and Miroslava Dagbaeva earned two spots for women.Andrey Abramov placed second at the European qualifying tournament, giving Russia a third spot in the men's individual competition and allowing the nation to field a men's team.
Russia sent a strong team of 106 track and field athletes, 48 men and 58 women, to these games. On 31 July 2008, Yelena Soboleva, Tatyana Tomashova, Yuliya Fomenko, Darya Pishchalnikova, and Gulfiya Khanafeyeva had been provisionally suspended by IAAF
* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of the Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance. Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and all Russian heptathletes moved up a position. Tatyana Chernova was upgraded to bronze.
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