Russian athletes at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Russia was expected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, now postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] It would have been the country's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics as an independent nation. However, on 9 December 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Russia from all international sport for four years, after it was found that data provided by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency had been manipulated by Russian authorities with a goal of protecting athletes involved in its state-sponsored doping scheme. As at the 2018 Winter Olympics, WADA will allow individual cleared Russian athletes to compete neutrally under a title to be determined (which may not include the name "Russia", unlike the use of "Olympic Athletes from Russia" in 2018).[2]

Independent Olympic Participants at the 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IOP
in Tokyo, Japan
Competitors	171 in 18 sports
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1992 1996 2000 2004–2008 2012 2016 2020
Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912)  Soviet Union (1952–1988)  Unified Team (1992)  Russia (1994–2016)  Olympic Athletes from Russia (2018)

Russia later filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the WADA decision.[3] On December 17, 2020, the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that Russian athletes would not be allowed to use their country's name, flag, or anthem at any Olympics or World Championships for two years (until December 16, 2022, half of WADA's proposed four years). Russian athletes would, however, be allowed to use their country's name, flag, and colors on their uniforms as long as "Neutral Athlete" or "Neutral Team" are present with equal prominence. They are also not allowed to host or bid for any major event during this period. Russia can appeal the decision.[4]

Archery

Three Russian archers qualified for the women's events by reaching the quarterfinal stage of the women's team recurve at the 2019 World Archery Championships in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.[5]

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
	Women's individual
	Women's team			N/A

Artistic swimming

Russia fielded a squad of eight artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet and team events, by winning the 2019 LEN European Champions Cup.[6]

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
	Duet
	Team			N/A

Basketball

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Russia men's 3×3	Men's 3×3 tournament
Russia women's 3×3	Women's 3×3 tournament

Men's tournament

Russia men's national 3x3 team qualified directly for the Olympics by securing an outright berth, as one of the three highest-ranked squads, in the men's category of the FIBA rankings.[7]

Team roster

• Men's team event – 1 team of 4 players

Women's tournament

Russia women's national 3x3 team qualified directly for the Olympics by securing an outright berth, as one of the four highest-ranked squads, in the women's category of the FIBA rankings.[7]

Team roster

• Women's team event – 1 team of 4 players

Boxing

Russia entered one male boxer into the Olympic tournament. Albert Batyrgaziev scored a round-of-16 victory to secure a spot in the men's featherweight division at the 2020 European Qualification Tournament in London, United Kingdom.[8]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Albert Batyrgaziev	Men's featherweight

Canoeing

Slalom

Russian canoeists qualified one boat for each of the following classes through the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain.[9]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Men's K-1
	Women's K-1

Sprint

Russian canoeists qualified five boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.[10]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	C-2 1000 m
	K-1 1000 m
	K-4 500 m			N/A

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	C-1 200 m
	K-4 500 m			N/A

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

Russia entered a squad of four riders (three men and one woman) to compete in their respective Olympic road races, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) and her top 100 individual finish (for women) in the UCI World Ranking.[11]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's road race
	Men's time trial
	Men's road race
	Women's road race

Track

Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Russian riders accumulated spots for both men and women in team sprint, as well as the women's omnium and madison, based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings. As a result of their place in the men's and women's team sprint, Russia won its right to enter two riders in both men's and women's sprint and men's and women's keirin.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	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)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
	Men's sprint
	Women's sprint

Team sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
	Men's team sprint
	Women's team sprint

Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	3rd Round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
	Men's keirin
	Women's keirin

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch Race		Tempo Race		Elimination Race		Points Race		Total points	Rank
		Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
	Women's omnium

Madison

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
	Women's madison

Diving

Russian divers qualified for five individual spots and a synchronized team at the Olympics through the 2019 FINA World Championships and the 2019 European Championships.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	3 m springboard
	10 m platform
	10 m synchronized platform	N/A

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	3 m springboard

Equestrian

Russia fielded a squad of three equestrian riders into the Olympic team dressage competition by securing an outright berth as the top-ranked nation at the International Equestrian Federation (FEI)-designated Olympic qualifier for Group C (Central and Eastern Europe) in Moscow.[12] Meanwhile, two eventing spots were awarded to the Russian equestrians based on the results in the individual FEI Olympic rankings for Group C (Central and Eastern Europe).[13]

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
		Individual			N/A
	See above	Team					N/A

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
		Individual

Gymnastics

Artistic

Russia fielded a full squad of four gymnasts each in both the men's and women's artistic gymnastics events by virtue of a top three finish in the team all-around at the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Doha, Qatar.[14][15]

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
	Team															N/A
Total

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
	Team											N/A
Total

Rhythmic

Russia qualified a squad of rhythmic gymnasts for the group all-around by virtue of a top-three finish at the 2018 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.[16] Two more rhythmic gymnasts were added to the roster by finishing in the top sixteen of the individual all-around at the 2019 World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.[17]

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
	Individual

Athletes	Event	Qualification				Final
		5 apps	3+2 apps	Total	Rank	5 apps.	3+2 apps	Total	Rank
	Group

Trampoline

Russia qualified one gymnast each for the men's and women's trampoline by finishing in the top eight, respectively, at the 2019 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[18]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
	Men's
	Women's

Modern pentathlon

Russian athletes qualified for the following spots in the modern pentathlon at the Games. Alexander Lifanov and Adelina Ibatullina confirmed places each in the men's and women's event, respectively, with the former and the latter finishing seventh among those eligible for Olympic qualification at the 2019 European Championships in Bath, England.[19][20]

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)				Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)			Total points	Final rank
		RR	BR	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Alexander Lifanov	Men's
Adelina Ibatullina	Women's

Sailing

Russian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas.[21][22]

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
	Men's RS:X
	Men's Laser											N/A
	Men's 470											N/A
	Women's RS:X
	Women's Laser Radial											N/A

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Russian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.[23]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	10 m air rifle
	10 m air pistol
	25 m rapid fire pistol
	Trap

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	10 m air rifle
	50 m rifle 3 positions
	25 m pistol
	Trap
	Skeet

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	10 m air rifle team
	10 m air pistol team
	Trap team

Sport climbing

Russia entered three sport climbers into the Olympic tournament. Yulia Kaplina qualified directly for the women's combined event, by finishing in the top six of those eligible for qualification at the 2019 IFSC World Olympic Qualifying Event in Toulouse, France.[24] Meanwhile, Viktoria Meshkova and Alexey Rubtsov completed the Russian sport climbing roster for the rescheduled Games, by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the 2020 IFSC European Championships in Moscow.[25]

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Total		Final						Total
		Speed		Lead		Bouldering				Speed		Lead		Bouldering
		Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Alexey Rubtsov	Men's
Yulia Kaplina	Women's
Viktoria Meshkova

Swimming

Russian swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[26][27] To assure their selection to the Olympic team, swimmers must finish in the top two of each individual event with the federation's corresponding standard slightly faster than the FINA A-cut at the Russian Championships & Olympic Trials (April 3 to 9) in Kazan.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	4 × 100 m freestyle relay			N/A
	4 × 200 m freestyle relay			N/A
	4 × 100 m medley relay			N/A

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	4 × 100 m freestyle relay			N/A
	4 × 200 m freestyle relay			N/A
	4 × 100 m medley relay			N/A

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	4 × 100 m medley relay

Taekwondo

Russia entered four athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Mikhail Artamonov (men's 58 kg), Maksim Khramtsov (men's 80 kg), defending world champion Vladislav Larin (men's +80 kg), and Tatiana Kudashova (women's 57 kg) qualified directly for their respective weight classes by finishing among the top five taekwondo practitioners at the end of the WT Olympic Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mikhail Artamonov	Men's −58 kg
Maksim Khramtsov	Men's −80 kg
Vladislav Larin	Men's +80 kg
Tatiana Kudashova	Women's −57 kg

Volleyball

Beach

Russia men's beach volleyball pair qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the 2019 FIVB World Championships in Hamburg, Germany.[28]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Men's

Men's tournament

Russia men's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by securing an outright berth as the highest-ranked nation for pool E at the Intercontinental Olympic Qualification Tournament in Saint Petersburg.[29]

Team roster

• Men's team event – 1 team of 12 players

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	Quarterfinals
2	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
3	Russia	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
4	Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
5	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
6	Tunisia	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2020. Source: FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

24 July 2021 14:20 v	Russia	v	Argentina	Ariake Arena, Tokyo

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26 July 2021 11:05 v	United States	v	Russia	Ariake Arena, Tokyo

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28 July 2021 21:45 v	Brazil	v	Russia	Ariake Arena, Tokyo

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30 July 2021 21:45 v	Russia	v	France	Ariake Arena, Tokyo

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1 August 2021 14:20 v	Russia	v	Tunisia	Ariake Arena, Tokyo

Women's tournament

Russia women's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by securing an outright berth as the highest-ranked nation for pool E at the Intercontinental Olympic Qualification Tournament in Kaliningrad.[30]

Team roster

• Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	China	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	Quarter-finals
2	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
3	Russia	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
4	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
5	Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
6	Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—

Source: FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

25 July 2021 09:00 v	Russia	v	Italy	Ariake Arena, Tokyo

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27 July 2021 09:00 v	Russia	v	Argentina	Ariake Arena, Tokyo

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29 July 2021 16:25 v	China	v	Russia	Ariake Arena, Tokyo

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31 July 2021 11:05 v	United States	v	Russia	Ariake Arena, Tokyo

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2 August 2021 14:20 v	Russia	v	Turkey	Ariake Arena, Tokyo

Water polo

Women's tournament

Russia women's national water polo team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match and securing an outright berth at the 2020 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary.[31]

Team roster

• Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players (initially the IOC approved teams of only 11 players, but they agreed FINA on expanding them up to 12 players in November 2019)

Wrestling

Russia qualified nine wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition; all of whom finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's freestyle (all classes except 125 kg), men's Greco-Roman (60, 67 and 97 kg), and women's freestyle 50 kg at the 2019 World Championships.[32]

Key:

• VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
• VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
• PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Zaur Uguev	−57 kg
Gadzhimurad Rashidov	−65 kg
Zaurbek Sidakov	−74 kg
Artur Naifonov	−86 kg
Abdulrashid Sadulaev	−97 kg

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sergey Emelin	−60 kg
Artem Surkov	−67 kg
Musa Evloev	−97 kg

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ekaterina Poleshchuk	−50 kg

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