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Russia At The 1996 Summer Olympics
The Russian Federation competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. It was the first time since 1912 that the nation participated separately from the other former countries of the Soviet Union. Russia had been a member of the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics together with 11 post-Soviet states. 390 competitors, 232 men and 158 women, took part in 212 events in 25 sports. Medalists Results by event Archery The highest-placing archer was Rita Galinovskaya, at 14th place. ;;Men ;;Women Athletics ;;Men ;;Women Badminton ;Men ;Women ;Mixed Basketball Women's tournament ;Roster ;Preliminary round ;Quarterfinal ;Classification 5-8 ;Final 5-6 Boxing Canoeing Slalom ;;Men Flatwater ;Men ;Women Cycling Mountain biking ;Women Road ;Men ;Women Track ;;Time trials ;;Sprints ;;Pursuits ;;Points Races Diving ;Men ;Women Fencing Fifteen fencers, nine men and six women, represented Russia in 1996. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Olympic Committee
The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC; russian: Олимпийский комитет России (ОКР), Olimpiyskiy komitet Rossii (OKR); Full name: All-Russian united social union "Olympic Committee of Russia", russian: Общероссийский союз общественных объединений «Олимпийский комитет России», Obshcherossiyskiy soyuz obshchestvennykh ob"yedineniy «Olimpiyskiy komitet Rossii») is the National Olympic Committee representing Russia. History Russia's Olympic Committee was founded in 1911 by representatives of Russian Sports Societies at a meeting in Saint Petersburg, in the premises of the Imperial Russian Society for Saving on the Water (Sadovaya Street 50), when the Statute was adopted and members of the committee were elected. The first chairman of the Russian Olympic Committee was Vyacheslav Sreznevsky. By decision of the Constituent Assembly on 1 December 1989, the All-Russian Olympic Committee was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diving At The 1996 Summer Olympics
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, from 26 July to 2 August, comprising a total of 122 divers from 39 nations. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Participating nations Here are listed the nations that were represented in the diving events and, in brackets, the number of national competitors. See also * Diving at the 1994 Commonwealth Games * Diving at the 1995 Pan American Games * Diving at the 1998 Commonwealth Games References Sources * * {{Diving at the Summer Olympics 1996 Summer Olympics events 1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ... 1996 in water sports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitri Trush
Dmitri Vladimirovich Trush (russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Труш, pronounced as ''Troosh''; born 8 February 1973 in Voronezh) is a former Olympic gymnast who competed for Russia in the 1996 Olympic Games. He won gold medal in the team competition. See also *List of Olympic male artistic gymnasts for Russia Russian male artistic gymnasts have competed at every Olympic Games since 1996. In total, there have been 29 Russian male gymnasts who have competed at the Olympics. Gymnasts ''Note:'' The following only counts medals won by gymnasts when they ... External links * * 1973 births Living people Russian male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Russia Olympic gold medalists for Russia Sportspeople from Voronezh Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics 20th-century Russian people Competitors at the 1993 Summer Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yevgeni Podgorny
Yevgeni Anatolyevich Podgorny (russian: Евгений Анатольевич Подгорный; born 9 July 1977 in Novosibirsk) is a former Olympic gymnast who competed for Russia in the two Olympic Games. He won a gold medal in the 1996 and a bronze medal in the 2000 Olympic Games. See also *List of Olympic male artistic gymnasts for Russia Russian male artistic gymnasts have competed at every Olympic Games since 1996. In total, there have been 29 Russian male gymnasts who have competed at the Olympics. Gymnasts ''Note:'' The following only counts medals won by gymnasts when they ... External links Yevgeny Podgorny Bio, Stats, and Results , Olympics at Sports-Reference.com , Wayback Machine 1977 births Living people Russian male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1996 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Russia Olympic gold medalists for Russia Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Sportspeople from Novosibirsk Medalist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexei Nemov
Alexei Yurievich Nemov (russian: link=no, Алексей Юрьевич Немов; born 28 May 1976 in Barashevo, Mordovia) is a former artistic gymnast from Russia. Nemov is most celebrated gymnasts of all time. During his career, he won five world championships, three European championships and twelve Olympic medals. Early life Alexei Nemov grew up in Tolyatti on the Volga River. His father left him and his mother when Nemov was just a baby, and Nemov has never seen him since. Alexei started gymnastics at age five. Gymnastics career Nemov made his debut at the 1993 World Championships at the age of sixteen, placing fifth in the floor event. The following year, he stamped himself as a true all-around contender, winning his qualifying session at the Worlds. He later faltered and dropped to twelfth overall. He won his first major all-around title at the Goodwill Games in Saint-Petersburg, beating his second-place teammate and World Silver Medalist Aleksei Voropaev by over o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolai Kryukov (gymnast)
Nikolai Vyacheslavovich Kryukov (russian: Николай Вячеславович Крюков; born 11 November 1978 in Voronezh) is a Russian artistic gymnast. A three-time Olympian,> he was also the all-around champion at the 1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tianjin. See also *List of Olympic male artistic gymnasts for Russia Russian male artistic gymnasts have competed at every Olympic Games since 1996. In total, there have been 29 Russian male gymnasts who have competed at the Olympics. Gymnasts ''Note:'' The following only counts medals won by gymnasts when they ... References External links * * 1978 births Living people Russian male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1996 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 2000 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of Russia Olympic gold medalists for Russia Olympic bronze medalists for Russia World champion gymnasts Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics At The 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's Vault
The men's vault competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The qualification and final rounds took place on July 20, 22 and 29th at the Georgia Dome. There were 105 competitors from 31 nations, with nations in the team event having up to 7 gymnasts (under the "7-6-5" system unique to 1996, teams had 7 gymnasts, designated 6 for each apparatus with 5 to count; however, all 7 could compete on each apparatus for individual purposes) and other nations having up to 3 gymnasts. The event was won by Alexei Nemov of Russia, the nation's first victory in the men's vault after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Yeo Hong-Chul gave South Korea its third consecutive podium appearance in the event, this time with silver. Vitaly Scherbo of Belarus was the fifth man to win multiple medals in the vault, adding bronze to his 1992 gold. Background This was the 19th appearance of the event, which is one of the five app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics At The 1996 Summer Olympics
At the 1996 Summer Olympics, two different gymnastics disciplines were contested: artistic gymnastics and rhythmic gymnastics. The artistic gymnastics events were held at the Georgia Dome from July 20–25 and July 28–29. The rhythmic gymnastics events were held at Stegeman Coliseum in nearby Athens, on the campus of the University of Georgia from August 1–4. The women's rhythmic group all-around was contested for the first time at these Games. This marked the second time that a women's only sport was introduced to the Games. Artistic gymnastics Format of competition The gymnastics competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was carried out in three stages: *Competition I - The team competition/qualification round in which gymnasts, including those who were not part of a team, performed both compulsory and optional exercises. Six of the seven team members performed on each apparatus, while only the five highest scores during each rotation were used to determine the overall t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Sharikov
Sergey Aleksandrovich Sharikov (russian: Сергей Александрович Шариков, 18 June 1974 – 6 June 2015), also known as Serguei/Sergei Charikov, was a left-handed Russian Olympic champion sabre fencer. In the Olympics he won two gold medals, a silver medal, and a bronze medal. Early life Sharikov was born in Moscow, Russia, and was Jewish. Fencing career One of the best sabre fencers in the world, Sharikov began fencing at the age of 12. He was a protege of sabre fencer David Tyshler. Sharikov was on the Russian national fencing team from 1994 to 2005. World University Games At the 1997 Summer Universiade and 1999 Summer Universiade, he won bronze medals at the World University Games in sabre. In 2001, while ranked second in the world in sabre, he won the 21st World University Games sabre championship and was part of the Russian team that won the team gold (beating Hungary, 45–37). European Championships He won the 2000 European Fencing Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanislav Pozdnyakov
Stanislav Alekseyevich Pozdnyakov ( rus, Станислав Алексеевич Поздняков, , stənʲɪˈslaf pəzʲnʲɪˈkof; born 27 September 1973) is a Russian former fencer, a five-time Olympian (1992–2008) and five-time Olympic medalist in the sabre competitions. He was also a ten-time world champion, winning in 1994–2007. He currently serves as the president of the Russian Olympic Committee. In June 2022, he was removed from his position as European Fencing Confederation (EFC) President at an Extraordinary Congress following a unanimous vote of no confidence in Pozdnyakov in March 2022, due to his conduct in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. His daughter Sofia Pozdniakova is also a fencer and was gold medalist of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Women's Individual Sabre event. Career Pozdnyakov won the World Fencing Championships ten times; five times in the team event and five times in the individual event. He also won five silver and two bronze medal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitriy Shevchenko (fencer)
Dmitriy Stepanovich Shevchenko (also spelled Chevtchenko, russian: Дмитрий Степанович Шевченко, born 13 November 1967 in Moscow) is a Russian fencer, who won a gold Olympic medal in the team foil competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and bronze Olympic medal in the individual foil competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain .... References External links * * * 1967 births Living people Martial artists from Moscow Soviet male fencers Russian male fencers Fencers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers for the Unified Team Olympic fencers for Russia Olympic gold medalists for Russia Olympic bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladislav Pavlovich
Vladislav Yuryevich Pavlovich (russian: Владислав Юрьевич Павлович, also spelled Pavlovitch, born 17 March 1971) is a former Russian fencer, who won a gold Olympic medal in the team foil competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 .... References External links * * 1971 births Living people Russian male fencers Fencers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers for Russia Olympic gold medalists for Russia Martial artists from Moscow Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics 20th-century Russian people {{russia-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
