The Russian Federation competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's fifth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics as an independent nation. The Russian Olympic Committee sent a total of 436 athletes to the Games, 208 men and 228 women, to compete in 24 sports. For the first time in its Olympic history, Russia was represented by more female than male athletes.
Russia left London with a total of 82 medals (24 gold, 27 silver, and 31 bronze), finishing fourth in the overall medal standings, but was later stripped of 20 medals (7 gold, 9 silver, 4 bronze) for doping violations. The 20 stripped medals are the most ever stripped from one nation at an Olympic Games. Most of the medals won by Russia were awarded to the team in gymnastics, wrestling, athletics, and boxing. Of the twenty-four sports played by the Russian athletes, at least a single Olympic medal was won in sixteen of them. Russian athletes dominated in rhythmic gymnastics and synchronized swimming, where they won gold medals in all the events. Nine Russian athletes won more than a single Olympic medal in London. Russia's team-sport athletes also proved successful at these games, as the men's volleyball and basketball teams won gold and bronze medals, respectively. For the first time in its history, Russia won Olympic gold medals in judo, winning three golds in the men's events. The success was attributed to an increased investment in the sport by the government and Vladimir Putin's personal interest.
Among the nation's medalists were Aliya Mustafina, who emerged as one of the most successful Russian gymnasts in history, with a total of four Olympic medals at a single games, and Maria Sharapova, who won silver in the women's tennis singles against United States' Serena Williams. Anastasia Davydova became the most successful synchronized swimmer in Olympic history, with a total of five gold medals, while her compatriots Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina managed to win gold medals in both duet and team events. Olga Zabelinskaya became the first Russian female cyclist to win two Olympic medals in road events. Diver Ilya Zakharov recaptured Russia's success in his sport after 12 years, as he won its first ever gold medal in men's springboard. Rhythmic gymnast Evgeniya Kanaeva made history by becoming the first back-to-back Olympic champion in the individual all-around event, while the Russian group in rhythmic gymnastics defended their Olympic title for the fourth consecutive time in the group all-around.
Medalists
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Medal Name Sport Event Date Judo Men's 60 kg Judo Men's 73 kg Judo Men's 100 kg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg Gymnastics Women's uneven bars Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg Svetlana Romashina Synchronized swimming Women's duet Diving Men's 3 m springboard Wrestling Women's freestyle 72 kg Maria GromovaNatalia IschenkoElvira KhasyanovaDaria KorobovaAlexandra PatskevichSvetlana RomashinaAlla ShishkinaAngelika Timanina Synchronized swimming Women's team Wrestling Men's freestyle 55 kg Alexander Dyachenko Canoeing Men's K-2 200 m Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual all-around Athletics Women's high jump Wrestling Men's freestyle 120 kg Boxing Men's light heavyweight Uliana DonskovaKsenia DudkinaAlina MakarenkoAnastasia NazarenkoKarolina Sevastyanova Gymnastics Women's rhythmic group all-around Volleyball Men's tournament Anastasia GrishinaViktoria KomovaAliya MustafinaMaria Paseka Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-around Evgeny Kuznetsov Diving Men's 3 m synchronized springboard Fencing Women's sabre Gymnastics Women's artistic individual all-around Inna DeriglazovaKamilla GafurzianovaLarisa Korobeynikova Fencing Women's team foil Gymnastics Men's trampoline Judo Men's +100 kg Swimming Women's 200m backstroke Swimming Men's 100m butterfly Tennis Women's singles Weightlifting Women's +75 kg Gymnastics Men's vault Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg Athletics Women's long jump Boxing Women's lightweight Boxing Women's middleweight Canoeing Men's C-1 200 m Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual all-around Wrestling Men's freestyle 60 kg Fencing Men's sabre Andrey GrechinDanila IzotovYevgeny LagunovNikita LobintsevVladimir Morozov Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Cycling Women's road race Judo Men's 81 kg Cycling Women's time trial Shooting Men's double trap Gymnastics Women's artistic individual all-around Swimming Women's 200 m breaststroke Nina Vislova Badminton Women's doubles Athletics Women's marathon Gymnastics Men's floor Gymnastics Women's vault Nadia Petrova Tennis Women's doubles Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg Athletics Women's pole vault Gymnastics Women's floor Wrestling Women's freestyle 63 kg Taekwondo Men's 58 kg Ilya Pervukhin Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 m Boxing Men's light flyweight Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg Boxing Men's flyweight Boxing Men's welterweight Taekwondo Women's +67 kg Basketball Men's team | width="22%" align="left" valign="top" |
Medals by sportSport TotalWrestling52411Gymnastics35412Judo3115Synchronized swimming2002Athletics1124Boxing1236Diving1102Canoeing1113Volleyball1001Swimming0224Fencing0213Tennis0112Weightlifting0101Cycling0022Taekwondo0022Badminton0011Basketball0011Shooting0011Total18192663 Medals by dateDayDate TotalDay 128 July1001Day 229 July0033Day 330 July1001Day 431 July0112Day 51 August0213Day 62 August123 6Day 73 August0404Day 84 August0112Day 95 August1157Day 106 August2125Day 117 August2114Day 128 August0123Day 139 August1214Day 1410 August2147Day 1511 August4217Day 1612 August3014Total18192663
Competitors The Russian Olympic Committee selected a team of 436 athletes, 208 men and 228 women, to compete in all sports except field hockey and football; it was the nation's third-largest team sent to the Olympics, tying its record with Sydney in 2000. Athletics was the nation's largest team by sport, with a total of 104 competitors.
The Russian team featured 12 defending champions from Beijing, including pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva (who competed at her fourth Olympics), synchronized swimmer Anastasia Davydova, race walkers Olga Kaniskina and Valeriy Borchin, modern pentathlete Andrey Moiseyev and rhythmic gymnast Evgeniya Kanaeva. Among these champions, Isinbayeva, Davydova and Kanaeva managed to defend their Olympic titles for the second consecutive time in their events. Kanaeva became the first rhythmic gymnast to win back to back gold medal at the Olympics. Volleyballer Yevgeniya Estes became the first Russian athlete to compete in six Olympic Games, although she first appeared as part of the Unified Team. Meanwhile, rifle shooters Artyom Khadjibekov and Sergei Kovalenko, and volleyballer Sergey Tetyukhin made their fifth Olympic appearance. Equestrian show jumper Vladimir Tuganov, at age 51, was the oldest athlete of the team, while relay swimmer Mariya Baklakova was the youngest at age 15.
Other notable Russian athletes featured NBA basketball players Andrei Kirilenko and Timofey Mozgov, high jumpers Ivan Ukhov and Anna Chicherova, US-based swimmers Vladimir Morozov and Arkady Vyatchanin, and gymnast and world individual all-around champion Aliya Mustafina. World number-one female tennis player Maria Sharapova, who competed at her first Olympics, became Russia's first female flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
| width=78% align=left valign=top | The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games: SportMenWomenTotalArchery 0 3 3Athletics 43 61 104Badminton 3 3 6Basketball 12 12 24Boxing 7 3 10Canoeing 15 6 21Cycling 11 7 18Diving 4 3 7Equestrian 3 0 3Fencing 7 8 15Gymnastics 7 14 21Handball 0 14 14Judo 7 5 12Modern pentathlon 2 2 4Rowing 4 1 5Sailing 5 5 10Shooting 14 8 22Swimming 19 16 35Synchronised swimming 0 9 9Table tennis 3 2 5Taekwondo 2 2 4Tennis 4 6 10Triathlon 3 2 5Volleyball 14 16 30Water polo 0 13 13Weightlifting 6 4 10Wrestling 13 3 16 Total 208 228 436
Archery
Russian athletes qualified a team of 3 through 2011 World Archery Championships.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankKsenia PerovaWomen's individual6599 (56)W 6–0 (24)W 6–2 (40)W 6–5 (1)L 4–6did not advanceInna Stepanova65317 (48)W 7–1 (16)L 3–7did not advanceKristina Timofeeva65023 (42) L 4–6did not advanceKsenia PerovaInna StepanovaKristina TimofeevaWomen's team19626colspan=2 W 215–208W 216 (28)–216 (26)L 207–208L 207–2094
Athletics
Russian athletes achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard): 26 Russian track and field athletes failed doping tests in the aftermath of the London Olympics, and 11 medals were rescinded. On 1 May 2013, discus thrower Darya Pishchalnikova was stripped of her silver medal and received a 10-year ban by the International Olympic Committee for a positive doping test on oxandrolone. On January 30, 2015, 3000 m steeplechaser Yuliya Zaripova received a 2 years and 6 months ban from the Russian Anti-Doping Agency after a positive doping test for blood doping. Afterwards, it was that said Russia "sabotaged" the 2012 Olympics by allowing athletes who should have been banned for doping violations to compete in the London Olympics, with RUSADA covering up positive tests and punishing only those athletes who would have been banned anyway. Although Ekaterina Poistogova successfully evaded having her medal stripped in 2017, despite confirmed doping use during the Olympics, and even saw bronze upgraded to silver, Ekaterina Poistogova's 2024 ban confirmed beyond reasonable doubt her involvement with Russia's state-sponsored doping during the 2012 Olympics. The IOC disqualified Poistogova's results in 2026. Pamela Jelimo of Kenya was upgraded to silver, and Alysia Montano of the United States to bronze. Key
Men Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankGrigoriy AndreyevMarathoncolspan=4 2:18:2037Sergey Bakulin50 km walk colspan=4 3:38:55 SB Valeriy Borchin20 km walkcolspan=4 Yuriy Borzakovskiy800 m1:46.295 q1:45.09 SB5did not advanceNikolay Chavkin3000 m steeplechase8:29.725colspan=2 did not advanceAleksey Dremin110 m hurdles13.75 SB7did not advanceMaksim Dyldin400 m45.523 Q45.395DSQVladimir Kanaykin20 km walkcolspan=4 Sergey Kirdyapkin50 km walkcolspan=4 3:35:59 Andrey Krivov20 km walkcolspan=4 1:24:17DSQYegor Nikolayev1500 m3:38.92 SB11 q3:37.28 PB10did not advanceAleksey ReunkovMarathoncolspan=4 2:13:4914Dmitriy Safronovcolspan=4 2:16:0423Viacheslav Sakaev400 m hurdles50.367did not advanceKonstantin Shabanov110 m hurdles13.633 Q13.658did not advanceSergey Shubenkov13.26 1 Q13.416did not advancePavel Trenikhin400 m45.00 PB3 Q45.357did not advanceIvan Tukhtachev800 m1:49.776did not advanceIgor Yerokhin50 km walkcolspan=4 3:37:54 PBDenis AlekseyevMaksim DyldinVladimir KrasnovPavel Trenikhin4 × 400 m relay3:02.013 Qcolspan=2 3:00.09
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionLyukman AdamsTriple jump16.886 q16.78Kirill IkonnikovHammer throw76.856 q77.86Ilya KorotkovJavelin throw75.6833did not advanceSergey KucheryanuPole vault5.5016did not advanceYevgeny Lukyanenko5.604 q5.75 SB5Aleksandr MenkovLong jump8.093 q7.7811Sergey Morgunov7.8716did not advanceAleksandr Petrov7.8915did not advanceBogdan PishchalnikovDiscus throw63.1515did not advanceAleksandr ShustovHigh jump2.2616did not advanceMaksim SidorovShot put20.4010 q20.4111Andrey SilnovHigh jump2.268 q2.2512Dmitry StarodubtsevPole vault5.607 q5.75Soslan TsirikhovShot put20.1713did not advanceIvan UkhovHigh jump2.292 q2.38Aleksey ZagorniyHammer throw72.5223did not advance
Combined events – Decathlon