Russia at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Russia at the 2004 Summer Olympics
IOC code	RUS
NOC	Russian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ru (in Russian)
in Athens
Competitors	446 in 27 sports
Flag bearers	Alexander Popov (opening)[1] Andrey Moiseyev (closing)
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 28 Silver 26 Bronze 36 Total 90
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020–2024
Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912)  Soviet Union (1952–1988)  Unified Team (1992)  Olympic Athletes from Russia (2018)  ROC (2020)  Individual Neutral Athletes (2024)

Russia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's third consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics as an independent nation. The Russian Olympic Committee sent a total of 446 athletes to the Games, 244 men and 202 women, to compete in all sports, except baseball, field hockey, football, and softball.

Russia left Athens with a total of 90 Olympic medals – 28 golds, 26 silver, and 36 bronze – finishing second only to the United States in the overall medal standings, and third in the gold medal tally.^[2] The Russian delegation proved particularly successful in several sports, winning a total of nineteen medals in athletics, ten each in shooting and wrestling, seven in gymnastics and weightlifting, six in boxing, and five in cycling and judo. From the twenty-four sports played by the athletes, twelve of them won more than a single Olympic medal. Russian athletes dominated in rhythmic gymnastics and synchronized swimming, where they won gold medals in every event. Among Russia's team-based athletes, the indoor volleyball teams, along with men's handball and water polo and women's basketball, claimed Olympic medals in their respective tournaments.

Among the nation's medalists were synchronized swimming pair Anastasia Davydova and Anastasiya Yermakova, who both won gold in the women's duet and team routines,^[3] pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva, who later emerged as Russia's most promising track star in the decade,^[4] and Greco-Roman wrestler Khasan Baroev, who sought revenge for Russia on Aleksandr Karelin's defeat from Sydney to take home the super heavyweight title.^[5] Five-time Olympian Andrey Lavrov helped the men's handball team beat the Hungarians on his quest for the bronze medal and fourth medal overall in his fifth and final Olympic appearance.^[6]

As of 2021, this is Russia's best ever result in terms of overall medals and second-best result in terms of gold medals (after 2000).

Medalists[edit]

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Alexey Alipov Shooting Men's trap August 15  Gold Mikhail Nestruyev Shooting Men's 50 m pistol August 17  Gold Viatcheslav Ekimov Cycling Men's road time trial August 18  Gold Karina Aznavourian Oksana Yermakova Tatiana Logounova Anna Sivkova Fencing Women's team épée August 20  Gold Lioubov Galkina Shooting Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions August 20  Gold Natalya Sadova Athletics Women's discus throw August 21  Gold Sergey Fedorovtsev Igor Kravtsov Nikolay Spinyov Aleksey Svirin Rowing Men's quadruple sculls August 22  Gold Yelena Isinbayeva Athletics Women's pole vault August 24  Gold Mikhail Ignatiev Cycling Men's points race August 24  Gold Dmitry Berestov Weightlifting Men's 105 kg August 24  Gold Olga Kuzenkova Athletics Women's hammer throw August 25  Gold Olga Slyusareva Cycling Women's points race August 25  Gold Anastasia Davydova Anastasiya Yermakova Synchronized swimming Women's duet August 25  Gold Alexei Mishin Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg August 25  Gold Khasan Baroev Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg August 25  Gold Andrey Moiseev Modern pentathlon Men's event August 26  Gold Tatyana Lebedeva Athletics Women's long jump August 27  Gold Yelena Azarova Olga Brusnikina Anastasia Davydova Maria Gromova Mariya Kiselyova Olga Novokshchenova Anna Shorina Anastasiya Yermakova Synchronized swimming Women's team August 27  Gold Yuriy Borzakovskiy Athletics Men's 800 m August 28  Gold Yelena Slesarenko Athletics Women's high jump August 28  Gold Aleksei Tishchenko Boxing Featherweight August 28  Gold Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov Boxing Middleweight August 28  Gold Olesya Belugina Olga Glatskikh Tatiana Kurbakova Natalia Lavrova Elena Murzina Yelena Posevina Gymnastics Women's rhythmic team all-around August 28  Gold Mavlet Batirov Wrestling Men's freestyle 55 kg August 28  Gold Alexander Povetkin Boxing Super heavyweight August 29  Gold Alina Kabaeva Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual all-around August 29  Gold Buvaisar Saitiev Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg August 29  Gold Khadzhimurat Gatsalov Wrestling Men's freestyle 96 kg August 29  Silver Vera Ilyina Yuliya Pakhalina Diving Women's 3 m synchronized springboard August 14  Silver Mikhail Nestruyev Shooting Men's 10 m air pistol August 14  Silver Lioubov Galkina Shooting Women's 10 m air rifle August 14  Silver Natalia Goncharova Yulia Koltunova Diving Women's 10 m synchronized platform August 16  Silver Vitaliy Makarov Judo Men's 73 kg August 16  Silver Svetlana Khorkina Gymnastics Women's artistic individual all-around August 19  Silver Aleksandr Blinov Shooting Men's 10 m running target August 19  Silver Tamerlan Tmenov Judo Men's +100 kg August 20  Silver Stanislava Komarova Swimming Women's 200 m backstroke August 20  Silver Natalia Zabolotnaya Weightlifting Women's 75 kg August 20  Silver Alexander Moskalenko Gymnastics Men's trampoline August 21  Silver Sergei Polyakov Shooting Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol August 21  Silver Olimpiada Ivanova Athletics Women's 20 km walk August 23  Silver Khadzhimurat Akkayev Weightlifting Men's 94 kg August 23  Silver Guzel Manyurova Wrestling Women's freestyle 72 kg August 23  Silver Svetlana Feofanova Athletics Women's pole vault August 24  Silver Tamilla Abbasova Cycling Women's sprint August 24  Silver Geidar Mamedaliyev Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg August 25  Silver Denis Nizhegorodov Athletics Men's 50 km walk August 27  Silver Olga Fyodorova Irina Khabarova Larisa Kruglova Yuliya Tabakova Athletics Women's 4×100 metre relay August 27  Silver Irina Simagina Athletics Women's long jump August 27  Silver Aleksandr Kostoglod Aleksandr Kovalyov Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 m August 27  Silver Tatyana Tomashova Athletics Women's 1500 m August 28  Silver Natalya Antyukh Tatyana Firova Natalya Ivanova Olesya Krasnomovets Natalya Nazarova Olesya Zykina Athletics Women's 4×400 metre relay August 28  Silver Russia women's national volleyball team Yevgeniya Artamonova Olga Chukanova Yekaterina Gamova Aleksandra Korukovets Olga Nikolaeva Yelena Plotnikova Natalya Safronova Lioubov Shashkova Marina Sheshenina Irina Tebenikhina Yelizaveta Tishchenko Yelena Tyurina Volleyball Women's tournament August 28  Silver Irina Tchachina Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual all-around August 29  Bronze Vladimir Isakov Shooting Men's 10 m air pistol August 14  Bronze Olga Slyusareva Cycling Women's road race August 15  Bronze Pavel Kolobkov Fencing Men's épée August 17  Bronze Ludmila Ezhova Svetlana Khorkina Maria Kryuchkova Anna Pavlova Elena Zamolodchikova Natalia Ziganshina Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-around August 17  Bronze Dmitri Nossov Judo Men's 81 kg August 17  Bronze Khasanbi Taov Judo Men's 90 kg August 18  Bronze Aleksey Dyachenko Stanislav Pozdnyakov Sergey Sharikov Alexey Yakimenko Fencing Men's team sabre August 19  Bronze Dimitri Lykin Shooting Men's 10 m running target August 19  Bronze Zarema Kasaeva Weightlifting Women's 69 kg August 19  Bronze Tea Donguzashvili Judo Women's +78 kg August 20  Bronze Valentina Popova Weightlifting Women's 75 kg August 20  Bronze Renal Ganeyev Youri Moltchan Ruslan Nasibulin Vyacheslav Pozdnyakov Fencing Men's team foil August 21  Bronze Sergei Alifirenko Shooting Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol August 21  Bronze Danil Burkenya Athletics Men's triple jump August 22  Bronze Anna Pavlova Gymnastics Women's vault August 22  Bronze Tatyana Lebedeva Athletics Women's triple jump August 23  Bronze Eduard Tyukin Weightlifting Men's 94 kg August 23  Bronze Natalya Antyukh Athletics Women's 400 m August 24  Bronze Dmitri Sautin Diving Men's 3 m springboard August 24  Bronze Gleb Pisarevskiy Weightlifting Men's 105 kg August 24  Bronze Yuliya Pakhalina Diving Women's 3 m springboard August 26  Bronze Varteres Samurgashev Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg August 26  Bronze Aleksey Voyevodin Athletics Men's 50 km walk August 27  Bronze Tatyana Kotova Athletics Women's long jump August 27  Bronze Sergey Makarov Athletics Men's javelin throw August 28  Bronze Russia women's national basketball team Anna Arkhipova Olga Arteshina Elena Baranova Diana Goustilina Maria Kalmykova Elena Karpova Ilona Korstin Irina Osipova Oxana Rakhmatulina Tatiana Shchegoleva Maria Stepanova Natalia Vodopyanova Basketball Women's tournament August 28  Bronze Maxim Opalev Canoeing Men's C-1 500 m August 28  Bronze Aleksandr Kostoglod Aleksandr Kovalyov Canoeing Men's C-2 500 m August 28  Bronze Russia men's national handball team Pavel Bashkin Mikhail Chipurin Aleksandr Gorbatikov Vyacheslav Gorpishin Vitali Ivanov Eduard Koksharov Alexey Kostygov Denis Krivoshlykov Vasily Kudinov Oleg Kuleshov Andrey Lavrov Sergey Pogorelov Alexey Rastvortsev Dmitri Torgovanov Aleksandr Tuchkin Handball Men's tournament August 28  Bronze Makhach Murtazaliev Wrestling Men's freestyle 66 kg August 28  Bronze Sazhid Sazhidov Wrestling Men's freestyle 84 kg August 28  Bronze Sergey Kazakov Boxing Light flyweight August 29  Bronze Murat Khrachev Boxing Lightweight August 29  Bronze Oleg Saitov Boxing Welterweight August 29  Bronze Russia men's national volleyball team Pavel Abramov Sergei Baranov Stanislav Dineykin Andrey Egorchev Aleksey Kazakov Vadim Khamuttskikh Taras Khtey Aleksandr Kosarev Aleksey Kuleshov Sergey Tetyukhin Konstantin Ushakov Aleksey Verbov Volleyball Men's tournament August 29  Bronze Russia men's national water polo team Roman Balashov Aleksandr Fyodorov Sergey Garbuzov Dmitry Gorshkov Nikolay Kozlov Nikolay Maksimov Andrei Rekechinski Dmitri Stratan Revaz Chomakhidze Aleksandr Yeryshov Vitaly Yurchik Marat Zakirov Irek Zinnurov Water polo Men's tournament August 29

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 6 7 6 19 Wrestling 5 2 3 10 Shooting 3 4 3 10 Boxing 3 0 3 6 Cycling 3 1 1 5 Gymnastics 2 3 2 7 Synchronized swimming 2 0 0 2 Weightlifting 1 2 4 8 Fencing 1 0 3 4 Modern pentathlon 1 0 0 1 Rowing 1 0 0 1 Judo 0 2 3 5 Diving 0 2 2 4 Canoeing 0 1 2 3 Swimming 0 1 0 1 Volleyball 0 1 1 2 Basketball 0 0 1 1 Handball 0 0 1 1 Water polo 0 0 1 1 Total 28 26 36 90

Archery[edit]

Five Russian archers (two men and three women) qualified each for the men's and women's individual archery, and a spot for the women's team.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Dmitry Nevmerzhitsky	Individual	639	44	Frankenberg (GER) L 135–140	Did not advance
Balzhinima Tsyrempilov		668	7	Kalogiannidis (GRE) W 148–133	Andersson (SWE) W 162–160	Chen S-Y (TPE) L 161–169	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Natalia Bolotova	Individual	625	33	Sut Txi (MAS) W 154–143	Park S-H (KOR) L 148-165	Did not advance
Elena Dostay		609	50	Galinovskaya (RUS) L 136–153	Did not advance
Margarita Galinovskaya		639	15	Dostay (RUS) W 153–136	Pfohl (GER) W 158–156	Lee S-J (KOR) L 154–165	Did not advance
Natalia Bolotova Elena Dostay Margarita Galinovskaya	Team	1873	11	—		Germany (GER) L 234–238	Did not advance

Athletics[edit]

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).^[7][8] On 23 August 2004, shot putter Irina Korzhanenko was stripped of her gold medal and received a lifetime ban by the International Olympic Committee after she tested positive for the steroid stanozolol.^[9] On 5 December 2012, Korzhanenko's teammate Svetlana Krivelyova was ordered to hand back her bronze, as the drug re-testings of her samples were positive.^[10]

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Grigoriy Andreyev	Marathon	—						2:16:55	19
Vladimir Andreyev	20 km walk	—						1:21:53	7
Yuriy Andronov	50 km walk	—						3:50:28	9
Ramil Aritkulov	800 m	1:49.25	7	—		Did not advance
Dmitriy Bogdanov		1:47.03	4	—		Did not advance
Yuriy Borzakovskiy		1:46.20	1 Q	—		1:44.29	2 Q	1:44.45
Viktor Burayev	20 km walk	—						1:25:36	22
Dmitry Burmakin	Marathon	—						2:31:51	73
Sergey Chepiga	110 m hurdles	13.59	5 q	13.55	5	Did not advance
Anton Galkin	400 m	45.43	1 Q	—		45.34	DSQ	Did not advance
Boris Gorban	400 m hurdles	49.25	4 Q	—		49.46	7	Did not advance
Aleksandr Krivchinkov	1500 m	3:41.37	10	—		Did not advance
Mikhail Lipsky	400 m hurdles	49.00	3 Q	—		49.10	6	Did not advance
Oleg Mishukov	400 m	46.41	6	—		Did not advance
Denis Nizhegorodov	50 km walk	—						3:42:50
Vladimir Parvatkin	20 km walk	—						1:31:13	38
Evgeny Pechonkin	110 m hurdles	13.64	4 Q	13.53	5	Did not advance
Igor Peremota		13.54	4 Q	13.64	7	Did not advance
Pavel Potapovich	3000 m steeplechase	8:52.65	11	—				Did not advance
Oleg Sergeyev	200 m	20.95	6	Did not advance
Leonid Shvetsov	Marathon	—						2:15:28	13
Roman Usov	3000 m steeplechase	8:24.19	7	—				Did not advance
Aleksey Voyevodin	50 km walk	—						3:43:34
Andrey Yepishin	100 m	10.29	5 q	10.29	7	Did not advance
Sergey Bychkov Aleksandr Ryabov Oleg Sergeyev Andrey Yepishin	4 × 100 m relay	39.19	8	—				Did not advance
Aleksandr Larin Ruslan Mashchenko Oleg Mishukov Andrey Rudnitskiy	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.35	4	—				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Aleksandr Borichevskiy	Discus throw	58.19	26	Did not advance
Pyotr Brayko	High jump	2.20	=25	Did not advance
Danil Burkenya	Triple jump	17.08	7 Q	17.48
Pavel Chumachenko	Shot put	19.38	23	Did not advance
Pavel Gerasimov	Pole vault	5.70	=1 Q	5.55	=13
Viktor Gushchinskiy	Triple jump	17.17	6 Q	17.17	7
Alexandr Ivanov	Javelin throw	82.18	6 Q	83.31	5
Sergey Kirmasov	Hammer throw	75.83	17	Did not advance
Ilya Konovalov		76.36	13	Did not advance
Sergey Makarov	Javelin throw	86.08	2 Q	84.84
Vitaliy Moskalenko	Triple jump	NM	—	Did not advance
Igor Pavlov	Pole vault	5.70	6 Q	5.80	4
Yaroslav Rybakov	High jump	2.28	8 Q	2.32	6
Dmitry Shevchenko	Discus throw	NM	—	Did not advance
Vitaliy Shkurlatov	Long jump	8.09	7 q	8.04	9
Pavel Sofin	Shot put	19.02	31	Did not advance
Kirill Sosunov	Long jump	7.94	16	Did not advance
Vadim Strogalev	Pole vault	NM	—	Did not advance
Vyacheslav Voronin	High jump	2.28	12 Q	2.29	9
Yuriy Voronkin	Hammer throw	73.47	25	Did not advance
Ivan Yushkov	Shot put	19.67	16	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Tatyana Andrianova	800 m	2:03.77	1 Q	—		1:58.41	2 Q	1:56.88	5
Natalya Antyukh	400 m	50.54	1 Q	—		50.04	2 Q	49.89
Yekaterina Bakhvalova	400 m hurdles	55.16	3 q	—		54.98	6	Did not advance
Yekaterina Bikert		54.95	2 Q	—		53.79	4 Q	54.18	6
Galina Bogomolova	10000 m	—						32:25.10	22
Yelena Bolsun	200 m	23.00	3 Q	23.26	6	Did not advance
Svetlana Cherkasova	800 m	2:03.60	1 Q	—		1:59.80	3	Did not advance
Lidiya Grigoryeva	10000 m	—						31:04.62	8
Albina Ivanova	Marathon	—						2:47:23	40
Olimpiada Ivanova	20 km walk	—						1:29:16
Irina Khabarova	100 m	11.32	2 Q	11.36	4	Did not advance
Natalya Khrushcheleva	800 m	2:00.56	4 q	—		2:00.68	5	Did not advance
Yekaterina Kondratyeva	200 m	23.03	3 Q	23.37	7	Did not advance
Mariya Koroteyeva	100 m hurdles	12.72	1 Q	—		12.60	4 Q	12.72	4
Larisa Kruglova	100 m	11.23	3 Q	11.32	5	Did not advance
Tatyana Levina	200 m	23.05	2 Q	23.23	5	Did not advance
Natalya Nazarova	400 m	50.82	1 Q	—		50.63	3 q	50.65	8
Yelena Nikolayeva	20 km walk	—						1:32:16	17
Yuliya Pechonkina	400 m hurdles	53.57	1 Q	—		53.31	1 Q	55.79	8
Lyudmila Petrova	Marathon	—						2:31:56	8
Natalia Rusakova	100 m hurdles	12.90	2 Q	—		12.76	5	Did not advance
Gulnara Samitova-Galkina	5000 m	15:05.78	8 q	—				15:02.30	6
Irina Shevchenko	100 m hurdles	12.82	2 Q	—		12.67	2 Q	DNF
Liliya Shobukhova	5000 m	15:01.86	4 Q	—				15:15.64	13
Yuliya Tabakova	100 m	11.22	1 Q	11.25	4 q	11.25	8	Did not advance
Tatyana Tomashova	1500 m	4:06.06	1 Q	—		4:06.80	3 Q	3:58.12
Yuliya Voyevodina	20 km walk	—						1:31:02	13
Olga Yegorova	1500 m	4:07.14	6 q	—		4:05.57	7 q	4:05.65	11
Natalya Yevdokimova		4:05.55	1 Q	—		4:04.66	1 Q	3:59.05	4
Yelena Zadorozhnaya	5000 m	15:01.77	3 Q	—				14:55.52	4
Svetlana Zakharova	Marathon	—						2:32:04	9
Olga Fyodorova Irina Khabarova Larisa Kruglova Yuliya Tabakova	4 × 100 m relay	42.12	1 Q	—				42.27
Natalya Antyukh Tatyana Firova* Natalya Ivanova* Olesya Krasnomovets Natalya Nazarova Olesya Zykina	4 × 400 m relay	3:23.52	1 Q	—				3:20.16

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Olga Chernyavskaya	Discus throw	58.64	21	Did not advance
Anna Chicherova	High jump	1.95	=4 Q	1.96	6
Svetlana Feofanova	Pole vault	4.40	=4 q	4.75
Viktoriya Gurova	Triple jump	14.04	21	Did not advance
Yelena Isinbayeva	Pole vault	4.40	=4 q	4.91 WR
Yekaterina Ivakina	Javelin throw	NM	—	Did not advance
Anastasiya Ivanova	Pole vault	4.30	18	Did not advance
Yelena Konevtseva	Hammer throw	67.83	16	Did not advance
Irina Korzhanenko	Shot put	19.43	2 Q	21.06	DSQ
Tatyana Kotova	Long jump	6.79	3 Q	7.05
Svetlana Krivelyova	Shot put	18.57	7 Q	19.49	DSQ
Olga Kuzenkova	Hammer throw	73.71 OR	1 Q	75.02 OR
Tatyana Lebedeva	Long jump	6.95	1 Q	7.07
	Triple jump	14.71	5 Q	15.14
Tatyana Lysenko	Hammer throw	66.82	19	Did not advance
Tatyana Novoseltseva	High jump	1.92	13	Did not advance
Anna Pyatykh	Triple jump	14.62	8 Q	14.79	8
Olga Ryabinkina	Shot put	18.00	14	Did not advance
Natalya Sadova	Discus throw	64.33	2 Q	67.02
Irina Simagina	Long jump	6.75	4 Q	7.05
Yelena Slesarenko	High jump	1.95	=4 Q	2.06 OR
Oksana Yarygina	Javelin throw	57.57	26	Did not advance
Oksana Yesipchuk	Discus throw	57.27	30	Did not advance
Valeriya Zabruskova	Javelin throw	57.53	27	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Badminton[edit]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Marina Yakusheva Nikolai Zuyev	Mixed doubles	Bye	Nugroho / Widiowati (INA) L 15–12, 7–15, 5–15	Did not advance

Basketball[edit]

Women's tournament[edit]

Roster

The following is the Russia roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[11]

Russia women's national basketball team – 2004 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. F 4 Olga Arteshina 21 – (1982-11-27)27 November 1982 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) VBM-SGAU Samara G 5 Oxana Rakhmatulina 27 – (1976-12-07)7 December 1976 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) VBM-SGAU Samara F 6 Natalia Vodopyanova 23 – (1981-06-04)4 June 1981 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Lotos VBW Clima Gdynia G 7 Diana Goustilina 30 – (1974-04-21)21 April 1974 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) UMMC Ekaterinburg F 8 Elena Baranova (C) 32 – (1972-01-28)28 January 1972 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) UMMC Ekaterinburg C 9 Tatiana Shchegoleva 22 – (1982-02-09)9 February 1982 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) VBM-SGAU Samara G 10 Ilona Korstin 24 – (1980-05-30)30 May 1980 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) VBM-SGAU Samara C 11 Maria Stepanova 25 – (1979-02-23)23 February 1979 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) VBM-SGAU Samara C 12 Maria Kalmykova 26 – (1978-01-14)14 January 1978 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Dynamo Novosibirsk F 13 Elena Karpova 24 – (1980-06-14)14 June 1980 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Lattes-Maurin Montpellier F 14 Irina Osipova 23 – (1981-06-25)25 June 1981 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) UMMC Ekaterinburg G 15 Anna Arkhipova 31 – (1973-07-27)27 July 1973 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) UMMC Ekaterinburg	Head coach Vadim Kapranov Assistant coach(es) Valeriy Lunichkin Legend (C) Team captain nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age as of August 13, 2004

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	5	0	418	313	+105	10	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	5	4	1	389	333	+56	9
3	Brazil	5	3	2	430	361	+69	8
4	Greece (H)	5	2	3	353	392	−39	7
5	Japan	5	1	4	381	485	−104	6
6	Nigeria	5	0	5	335	422	−87	5

14 August 2004 20:00

Greece	62–69	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 18–19, 9–25, 19–13
Pts: Kostaki 17 Rebs: Kligkopoulou, Samoroukova 7 Asts: Kostaki 5		Pts: Baranova 16 Rebs: Baranova 12 Asts: Arkhipova, Rakhmatulina 2

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 1,488 Referees: Sean Corbin (United States) Alejandro Chiti (Argentina)

16 August 2004 22:15

Russia	56–75	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 21–15, 15–16, 8–23
Pts: Korstin 12 Rebs: Korstin 9 Asts: Osipova, Rakhmatulina 3		Pts: Taylor 26 Rebs: Jackson, Taylor 10 Asts: Harrower 4

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 2,430 Referees: Reynaldo Mercedes Sanchez (Dom. Republic) Nancy Ethier (Canada)

18 August 2004 20:00

Brazil	67–77	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 11–25, 20–17, 19–14
Pts: Arcain 19 Rebs: Oliveira 8 Asts: Luz 5		Pts: Arkhipova 20 Rebs: Stepanova 9 Asts: Arkhipova 3

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 1,350 Referees: Jose Carrión (Puerto Rico) Chantal Julien (France)

20 August 2004 9:00

Russia	94–71	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 29–21, 21–15, 24–15, 20–20
Pts: Baranova 22 Rebs: Stepanova 12 Asts: Shchegoleva 3		Pts: Hamaguchi 14 Rebs: Yabuuchi 4 Asts: Oyama, Tachikawa 2

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 185 Referees: Abdelillah Chlif (Morocco) Kim Ja Ok (South Korea)

22 August 2004 11:15

Nigeria	58–93	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 17–20, 15–21, 12–29
Pts: Udoka 19 Rebs: Mohammed 8 Asts: Akiode, Umoh 3		Pts: Rakhmatulina 15 Rebs: Baranova 8 Asts: Karpova, Rakhmatulina 3

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 382 Referees: Dallas Pickering (New Zealand) Shoko Suguro (Japan)

Quarterfinals

25 August 2004 16:45

Russia	70–49	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 19–6, 18–14, 19–10, 14–19
Pts: Korstin 21 Rebs: Korstin, Stepanova 7 Asts: Arkhipova 4		Pts: Kulichová 9 Rebs: Veselá 9 Asts: Hamzová 3

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 5,200 Referees: Jorge Vazquez (Puerto Rico) Scott Butler (Australia)

Semifinals

27 August 2004 14:30

Russia	62–66	United States
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 18–21, 11–14, 18–15
Pts: Shchegoleva 13 Rebs: Baranova, Stepanova 8 Asts: Baranova 6		Pts: Thompson 14 Rebs: Griffit, Leslie 7 Asts: Leslie 3

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 3,740 Referees: Pablo Estevez (Argentina) Christos Christodoulou (Greece)

Bronze medal game

28 August 2004 14:00

Russia	71–62	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 14–12, 15–14, 24–16
Pts: Goustilina 12 Rebs: Osipova 10 Asts: Arkhipova, Baranova 4		Pts: Castro Marques 16 Rebs: Oliveira 9 Asts: Castro Marques 6

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 7,250 Referees: Corbin Sean (United States) Nancy Ethier (Canada)

Won bronze medal

Boxing[edit]

Russia sent eleven boxers to Athens. With three gold medals and three bronze medals, Russia was the second most successful nation at boxing in Athens, behind only Cuba. Like Cuba, Russia sent a boxer to Athens in each of the eleven weight classes. Only one of the Russians came away without any victories, as he faced a Cuban in the first round. In all, four Russian boxers fell to the Cuban team while only one Russian was able to win against the Cubans. In addition to the six medallists (the three gold medallists were undefeated while the three bronze medallists lost their semifinal bouts), three more Russians made it to the quarterfinals.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sergey Kazakov	Light flyweight	Calero (ECU) W 20–8	Castañeda (MEX) W 41–16	Jermia (NAM) W 18–11	Yalçınkaya (TUR) L 20–26	Did not advance
Georgy Balakshin	Flyweight	Soltani (ALG) W 26–15	Rakhimzhanov (KAZ) W 29–20	Gamboa (CUB) L 18–26	Did not advance
Gennady Kovalev	Bantamweight	Bye	Bouziane (ALG) W 23–20	Rigondeaux (CUB) L 5–20	Did not advance
Aleksei Tishchenko	Featherweight	Belkheir (ALG) W 37–17	Imranov (AZE) W RSC	Jafarov (KAZ) W 36–26	Jo S-H (KOR) W 45–25	Kim S-G (PRK) W 39–17
Murat Khrachev	Lightweight	Chen Tz (CHN) W 40–29	Little (AUS) W RSC	Rukundo (UGA) W 31–18	Kindelán (CUB) L 10–20	Did not advance
Alexander Maletin	Light welterweight	Khoulef (EGY) W RSC	Blain (FRA) L 20–28	Did not advance
Oleg Saitov	Welterweight	Miloud (MAR) W 30–15	Hikal (EGY) W 18–17	Husanov (UZB) W 22–14	Artayev (KAZ) L 18–20	Did not advance
Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov	Middleweight	Camat (PHI) W 35–13	Abdurahmonov (UZB) W 33–19	N'Jikam (CMR) W 26–13	Prasathinphimai (THA) W 24–18	Golovkin (KAZ) W 28–18
Evgeny Makarenko	Light heavyweight	Bye	Hernández (CUB) W 30–18	Ward (USA) L 16–23	Did not advance
Aleksandr Alekseyev	Heavyweight	—	Solís (CUB) L 21–24	Did not advance
Alexander Povetkin	Super heavyweight	—	Rozhnov (BUL) W RSC	Dildabekov (KAZ) W 31–15	Cammarelle (ITA) W 31–19	Aly (EGY) W WO

Canoeing[edit]

Sprint[edit]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Konstantin Fomichev	C-1 1000 m	3.48.690	1 Q	Bye		3:55.773	9
Maxim Opalev	C-1 500 m	1:48.144	1 Q	Bye		1:47.767
Andrey Shkiotov	K-1 500 m	1:40.809	7 q	1:40.765	7	Did not advance
	K-1 1000 m	3:35.708	4 q	3:35.349	7	Did not advance
Vladimir Grushikhin Anatoly Tishchenko	K-2 500 m	1:30.761	3 q	1:31.786	2 Q	1:31.048	9
	K-2 1000 m	3:22.332	8 q	3:14.089	5	Did not advance
Aleksandr Kostoglod Aleksandr Kovalyov	C-2 500 m	1:40.128	3 Q	Bye		1:40.442
	C-2 1000 m	3:31.023	2 Q	Bye		3:42.990

Women

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling[edit]

Road[edit]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Viatcheslav Ekimov	Road race	Did not finish
	Time trial	57:50.58
Vladimir Karpets	Road race	Did not finish
Alexandr Kolobnev		5:41:56	10
Denis Menchov		Did not finish
Evgeni Petrov	Road race	5:41:56	37
	Time trial	1:02:50.32	29

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Svetlana Bubnenkova	Road race	Did not finish
Olga Slyusareva	Road race	3:25:03
	Time trial	32:51.06	12
Zulfiya Zabirova	Road race	3:28:39	39
	Time trial	32:30.08	8

Track[edit]

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Tamilla Abbasova	Women's sprint	11.364 63.357	3	Pendleton (GBR) W 11.714 61.464	Bye	Krupeckaitė (LTU) W 11.993, L, W 11.914	Grankovskaya (RUS) L, W 11.965, W 11.894	Muenzer (CAN) L, L
Svetlana Grankovskaya		11.456 62.849	7	Krupeckaitė (LTU) L	Reed (USA)  Radanova (BUL) W 12.015 59.925	Tsylinskaya (BLR) W 11.945, W 12.085	Abbasova (RUS) W 11.893, L, L	Meares (AUS) L, L	4

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Alexei Markov	Men's individual pursuit	4:25.520	10	Did not advance
Olga Slyusareva	Women's individual pursuit	3:35.177	8 Q	Ulmer (NZL) 3:36.263	6	Did not advance
Elena Tchalykh		3:33.709	5 Q	Bates (AUS) 3:36.442	7	Did not advance
Vladislav Borisov Alexander Khatuntsev Alexei Markov Andrey Minashkin	Men's team pursuit	4:09.394	9	Did not advance

Time trial

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Mikhail Ignatiev	Men's points race	93	4
Olga Slyusareva	Women's points race	20	0
Oleg Grishkin Alexey Shmidt	Men's madison	1	−2	17

Mountain biking[edit]

Diving[edit]

Russian divers qualified for eight individual spots at the 2004 Olympic Games. Four Russian synchronized diving teams qualified through the 2004 FINA Diving World Cup.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Aleksandr Dobroskok	3 m springboard	489.75	3 Q	717.84	3 Q	697.29	7
Dmitri Sautin		450.06	6 Q	706.44	4 Q	753.27
Dmitriy Dobroskok	10 m platform	445.68	8 Q	635.55	8 Q	622.23	11
Gleb Galperin		427.68	13 Q	607.62	13	Did not advance
Aleksandr Dobroskok Dmitri Sautin	3 m synchronized springboard	—				312.24	7
Dmitriy Dobroskok Gleb Galperin	10 m synchronized platform	—				348.60	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Vera Ilyina	3 m springboard	311.97	4 Q	537.87	7 Q	589.11	4
Yuliya Pakhalina		347.04	1 Q	584.46	1 Q	610.62
Yulia Koltunova	10 m platform	257.55	27	Did not advance
Svetlana Timoshinina		289.68	19	Did not advance
Vera Ilyina Yuliya Pakhalina	3 m synchronized springboard	—				330.84
Natalia Goncharova Yulia Koltunova	10 m synchronized platform	—				340.92

Equestrian[edit]

Dressage[edit]

Show jumping[edit]

Fencing[edit]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Pavel Kolobkov	Individual épée	Bye	Robinson (AUS) W 15–5	Turchin (RUS) W 15–10	Thompson (USA) W 15–11	Wang L (CHN) L 10–15	Boisse (FRA) W 15–8
Sergey Kochetkov		Rami (MAR) W 15–6	Jeannet (FRA) L 11–15	Did not advance
Igor Turchin		Bye	Kelsey (USA) W 15–11	Kolobkov (RUS) L 10–15	Did not advance
Pavel Kolobkov Sergey Kochetkov Igor Turchin	Team épée	—			Egypt (EGY) W 41–30	Hungary (HUN) L 34–38	Germany (GER) L 29–37	4
Renal Ganeyev	Individual foil	Bye	Bißdorf (GER) W 15–11	Ota (JPN) W 15–8	Vanni (ITA) W 15–14	Sanzo (ITA) L 12–15	Cassarà (ITA) L 12–15	4
Youri Moltchan		Bye	Ha C-D (KOR) L 13–15	Did not advance
Ruslan Nasibulin		Bye	Choi B-C (KOR) L 12–15	Did not advance
Renal Ganeyev Youri Moltchan Ruslan Nasibulin Vyacheslav Pozdnyakov	Team foil	—			France (FRA) W 45–38	Italy (ITA) L 27–45	United States (USA) W 45–38
Aleksey Dyachenko	Individual sabre	Bye	Kaliuzhniy (UKR) L 10–15	Did not advance
Stanislav Pozdnyakov		Bye	Nagara (JPN) W 15–9	Lee (USA) W 15–9	Lapkes (BLR) L 9–15	Did not advance
Sergey Sharikov		Bye	Maya (CUB) W 15–13	Pillet (FRA) W 15–11	Montano (ITA) L 13–15	Did not advance
Aleksey Dyachenko Stanislav Pozdnyakov Sergey Sharikov Alexey Yakimenko	Team sabre	—			Greece (GRE) W 45–22	Italy (ITA) L 42–45	United States (USA) W 45–44

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Oksana Yermakova	Individual épée	Bye	Kim H-J (KOR) L 7–9	Did not advance
Tatiana Logounova		Bye	James (USA) W 15–11	Hristou (GRE) L 10–15	Did not advance
Anna Sivkova		Bye	Nagy (HUN) L 10–15	Did not advance
Karina Aznavourian Oksana Yermakova Tatiana Logounova Anna Sivkova	Team épée	—			South Korea (KOR) W 37–31	Canada (CAN) W 25–18	Germany (GER) W 34–28
Svetlana Boyko	Individual foil	—	El Gammal (EGY) W 13–7	Varga (HUN) L 9–15	Did not advance
Yekaterina Yusheva		—	Rentoumi (GRE) W 15–4	Mohamed (HUN) L 9–14	Did not advance
Elena Nechaeva	Individual sabre	—	Bye	Bond-Williams (GBR) W 15–12	Tan X (CHN) L 7–15	Did not advance

Gymnastics[edit]

Artistic[edit]

Men

Team

Individual finals

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Ludmila Ezhova	Team	—	9.475	9.462	—	—		—	9.437	9.437	—
Svetlana Khorkina		9.512	9.750 Q	9.137	9.437	37.836	5 Q	9.375	9.650	9.437	9.600	—
Maria Kryuchkova		9.200	—		7.975	—		Did not compete
Anna Pavlova		9.437 Q	9.237	9.637 Q	9.400	37.711	7 Q	9.425	—	9.637	9.275	—
Elena Zamolodchikova		9.462 Q	9.150	9.062	9.200	36.874	20	9.525	—		9.387	—
Natalia Ziganshina		9.375	9.087	8.962	8.687	36.111	32	—	9.050	—
Total		37.786	37.612	37.298	36.724	149.420	4 Q	28.325	28.137	28.511	28.262	113.325

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F
Svetlana Khorkina	All-around	9.462	9.725	9.462	9.562	38.211
	Uneven bars	—	8.925	—		8.925	8
Anna Pavlova	All-around	9.425	9.337	9.650	9.612	38.024	4
	Vault	9.475	—			9.475
	Balance beam	—		9.587	—	9.587	4
Elena Zamolodchikova	Vault	9.412	—			9.412	4

Rhythmic[edit]

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Alina Kabaeva	Individual	26.050	27.250	26.475	26.100	105.875	1 Q	26.800	27.350	27.150	27.100	108.400
Irina Tchachina		26.450	26.700	25.800	26.725	105.675	2 Q	27.100	27.100	26.825	26.300	107.325

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		5 ribbons	3 hoops 2 balls	Total	Rank	5 ribbons	3 hoops 2 balls	Total	Rank
Olesya Belugina Olga Glatskikh Tatiana Kurbakova Natalia Lavrova Elena Murzina Yelena Posevina	Team	24.700	25.175	49.875	1 Q	25.300	25.800	51.100

Trampoline[edit]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Alexander Moskalenko	Men's	68.90	4 Q	41.20
Alexander Rusakov		69.00	3 Q	40.20	5
Natalia Chernova	Women's	66.80	1 Q	38.60	4
Irina Karavayeva		39.90	15	Did not advance

Handball[edit]

Men's tournament[edit]

Roster

The following is the Russia roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[12]

Head coaches: Vladimir Maksimov

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Andrey Lavrov (1962-03-26)26 March 1962 (aged 42) 1.97 m SG Kronau/Östringen 3 CB Vitali Ivanov (1976-02-03)3 February 1976 (aged 28) 1.94 m Chekhovskiye Medvedi 5 CB Oleg Kuleshov (1974-04-15)15 April 1974 (aged 30) 1.84 m SC Magdeburg 6 RW Denis Krivoshlykov (1971-05-10)10 May 1971 (aged 33) 1.82 m CB Ademar León 8 RB Alexandre Tuchkin (1964-07-15)15 July 1964 (aged 40) 2.03 m Filippos Veria 9 LW Vasily Kudinov (1969-02-17)17 February 1969 (aged 35) 1.95 m Lukoil Dinamo 10 RW Pavel Bashkin (1978-09-01)1 September 1978 (aged 25) 1.87 m Lukoil Dinamo 11 P Dmitri Torgovanov (1972-01-05)5 January 1972 (aged 32) 2.00 m TUSEM Essen 13 CB Alexander Gorbatikov (1982-06-04)4 June 1982 (aged 22) 1.88 m Lukoil Dinamo 15 LB Alexey Rastvortsev (1978-08-08)8 August 1978 (aged 26) 2.00 m Chekhovskiye Medvedi 16 GK Alexey Kostygov (1973-07-05)5 July 1973 (aged 31) 1.92 m Chekhovskiye Medvedi 18 RB Vyacheslav Gorpishin (1970-01-20)20 January 1970 (aged 34) 2.00 m TSG Friesenheim 19 RB Sergey Pogorelov (1974-06-02)2 June 1974 (aged 30) 2.00 m BM Ciudad Real 20 P Mikhail Chipurin (1980-11-17)17 November 1980 (aged 23) 1.90 m Chekhovskiye Medvedi 23 LW Eduard Kokcharov (1975-11-04)4 November 1975 (aged 28) 1.85 m Celje Pivovarna Laško