Prior to the 2019 decision by the

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(WADA), Russia was expected to compete at the

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, which took place from 23 July to 8 August 2021 because of the

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. It would have been the country's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics as an independent nation, but their athletes were entered by and representing the "

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", using the acronym "ROC" for a country name. This was the outcome of a decision by the

(WADA) on 9 December 2019 banning Russia from all international sport for four years, after it was found that data provided by the

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had been manipulated by Russian authorities with a goal of protecting athletes involved in its state-sponsored doping scheme. As at the

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, WADA would 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). Russia later filed an appeal to the

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(CAS) against the WADA decision. The Court of Arbitration for Sport, on review of Russia's appeal of its case from WADA, ruled on 17 December 2020 to reduce the penalty that WADA had placed. Instead of banning Russia from sporting events, the ruling allowed Russia to participate at the Olympics and other international events, but for a period of two years, the team cannot use the Russian name, flag, or anthem and must present themselves as "Neutral Athlete" or "Neutral Team". The ruling does allow for team uniforms to display "Russia" on the uniform as well as the use of the Russian flag colors within the uniform's design, although the name should be up to equal predominance as the "Neutral Athlete/Team" designation. Russia can appeal the decision. On 19 February 2021, it was announced that Russia would compete under the acronym "ROC", after the name of the

. On aftermatch, the IOC announced that the Russian national flag would be substituted by the flag of the Russian Olympic Committee. It would also be allowed to use team uniforms featuring the logo of the Russian Olympic Committee, or the acronym "ROC" would be added. On 15 April 2021, the uniforms for the Russian Olympic Committee athletes were unveiled, featuring the colours of the Russian flag. On 22 April 2021, the replacement for Russia's anthem was approved by the IOC, after an earlier choice of the patriotic Russian

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" Katyusha" was rejected. A fragment of

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's Piano Concerto No. 1 is used. On 23 July 2021, the Russian Olympic Committee athletes appeared at the

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of the

. With the usage of traditional

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order, named ''

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'', ROC is not translated into Japanese script and was pronounced ''āru ō shī'', so it placed 77th in the

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, and not as scheduled just after the

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(''ai ō shī'') as had been announced. Representatives of the Russian Olympic Committee did not have Japanese transcription on the back of their nametag, which was carried in front. Channel 1, which was broadcasting the ceremonies, attributed this to the inability to display the name "ROC" in Japanese characters. The opening ceremony flag-bearers for the ROC are fencer Sofya Velikaya and

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player

Maksim Mikhaylov Maxim Mikhaylovich Mikhaylov ( rus, Максим Михайлович Михайлов, , mɐˈksʲim mʲɪˈxaɪ̯ɫəf; born 19 March 1988) is a Russian volleyball player, a member of the Russia men's national volleyball team and Russian club ...

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Abdulrashid Sadulaev Abdulrashid Bulachevich Sadulaev ( rus, Абдулрашид Булачевич Садулаев, , ɐbdʊɫrɐˈʂɨts sədʊˈɫa(ɪ̯)ɪf, av, ГІабдулрашид Булачил Садулаев; born 9 May 1996) is a Russian freestyle ...

is the flag-bearer for the

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Medalists

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Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

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

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, Netherlands.

Artistic swimming

ROC 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.

Athletics

No more than 10

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will be granted by

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to the

. On 1 May 2021, only four Russian athletes were granted this status. On 22 May 2021, 23 Russian athletes were granted this status. On 27 June 2021, 123 Russian athletes were granted this status. ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Combined events – Men's decathlon

Badminton

Four Russian badminton players have been entered in the following events into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Tokyo Rankings.

Basketball

3×3 basketball

;Summary

Men's tournament

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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. ;Team roster * Ilia Karpenkov * Kirill Pisklov * Stanislav Sharov * Alexander Zuev ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Gold medal match

Women's tournament

Russia women's national 3x3 team The Russia women's national 3x3 team is a national basketball team of Russia, administered by the Russian Basketball Federation.

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. ;Team roster *

Evgeniia Frolkina Evgeniia Eduardovna Frolkina ( rus, Евгения Эдуардовна Фролкина, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪjə ˈfrolkʲɪnə; born 28 July 1997) is a Russian basketball player. She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics. Her twin sister Olga Fro ...

Olga Frolkina Olga Eduardovna Frolkina ( rus, Ольга Эдуардовна Фролкина, , ˈolʲɡə ˈfroɫkʲɪnə; born 28 July 1997) is a Russian basketball player for Dynamo Kursk and the Russian national team. Her twin sister Evgeniia is also ...

* Yulia Kozik *

Anastasia Logunova Anastasia Yuryevna Logunova ( rus, Анастасия Юрьевна Логунова, , ɐnəstɐˈsʲiɪ̯ə ɫəɡʊˈnovə; born 20 July 1990) is a Russian basketball player. She qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics, playing in a team wit ...

;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Semifinal ;Gold medal match

Boxing

One Russian boxer entered 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

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, United Kingdom. ;Men ;Women

Canoeing

Slalom

Russian canoeists qualified one boat for each of the following classes through the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in

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, Spain.

Sprint

Russian canoeists qualified five boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the

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, Hungary. Meanwhile, two additional boats were awarded to the Russian squad each in the men's K-1 200 m and women's C-2 500 m, respectively, with a top-two national finish at the 2021 European Canoe Sprint Qualifying Regatta. ;Men ;Women Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

ROC has 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

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Track

Following the completion of the

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, Russian riders accumulated spots for both men and women in the 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 the men's and women's sprint and men's and women's keirin. ;Sprint ;Team sprint Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final ;Keirin ;Omnium ;Madison

Mountain biking

Two Russian mountain bikers, one male and one female, qualified based on the 2019 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships and UCI Olympic Mountain Biking rankings.

BMX

Russian riders qualified for three quota place (one men and two women) for BMX at the Olympics, as a result in the UCI BMX Olympic Qualification Ranking List of 1 June 2021. ;Race ;Freestyle

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 ;Women

Equestrian

ROC is fielding 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

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. 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). The Russian equestrian team was announced on 30 June 2021.

Dressage

Maria Shuvalova and Ilyumzhinov Famous Cross have been named the traveling alternates. Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

Eventing

Fencing

Russian fencers qualified a full squad each in the men's and women's team foil, women's team épée, and women's team sabre at the Games by finishing among the top four nations in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings, while the remaining men's teams claimed the spot each as the highest-ranked nation from Europe outside the world's top four. ;Men ;Women

Gymnastics

Artistic

ROC are fielding 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

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. Both teams were announced on 10 June 2021. ;Men ;Team ;Individual ;Women ;Team ;Individual

Rhythmic

ROC qualified a squad of rhythmic gymnasts for the group all-around by virtue of a top-three finish at the 2018 World Championships in

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, Bulgaria. 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

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Trampoline

ROC 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

, Japan. They qualified an additional spot for the men's and women's trampoline during the 2019–2020 Trampoline World Cup series.

Handball

;Summary

Women's tournament

ROC's handball team qualified for the Olympics by securing a top-two finish at the

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leg of the 2020 IHF Olympic Qualification Tournament. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Gold medal game

Judo

;Men ;Women ;Mixed

Karate

One Russian karateka entered into the inaugural Olympic tournament:

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qualified directly for the women's kumite 55 kg category by finishing top three at 2021 World Olympic Qualification Tournament in

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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.

Rowing

ROC qualified seven boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta. Rowing crews in the women's single sculls and women's lightweight double sculls confirmed Olympic places for their boats at the 2021 FISA European Olympic Qualification Regatta in

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. Meanwhile, four more crews (men's single sculls, men's double sculls, women's double sculls, and women's pair) were added to the Russian roster with their top-two finish at the 2021 FISA Final Qualification Regatta in

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Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. ;Men ;Women Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Rugby sevens

;Summary

Women's tournament

The Russian women's rugby sevens team qualified by securing a spot in the final repechage tournament on 20 June 2021. ;Team roster * Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players ;Squad ;Group play ;Group stage ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;5–8th place semifinal ;Seventh place match

Sailing

Russian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the

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, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas. 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. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed

Sport climbing

ROC has entered three sport climbers into the Olympic tournament.

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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

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, France. Meanwhile, Viktoria Meshkova and

Alexey Rubtsov Alexey Vyacheslavovich Rubtsov (russian: Алексей Вячеславович Рубцов; born 5 August 1988) is a Russian professional rock climber who specializes in competition bouldering. He has won the IFSC Climbing World Championships ...

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

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)): 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

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. Thirty-three swimmers (19 men and 14 women) were selected to the Russian roster at the end of the trials, with the Olympic medalists

Anastasia Fesikova Anastasia Valeryevna Fesikova (russian: Анастасия Валерьевна Фесикова; born 8 May 1990), née Anastasia Zuyeva, is a Russian Swimming (sport), swimmer who holds the Russian List of Russian records in swimming, national r ...

(women's backstroke double) and

Yuliya Yefimova Yuliya Andreyevna Yefimova (russian: Юлия Андреевна Ефимова, also romanized Efimova; born 3 April 1992) is a Russian competitive swimmer. She is the Russian record holder in the 200 metre individual medley (short course), ...

(women's breaststroke double) racing in the pool at their fourth consecutive Games. Notable swimmers also featured the reigning world champions

Evgeny Rylov Evgeny Mikhailovich Rylov ( rus, Евгений Михайлович Рылов, , ɪ̯ɪvˈɡʲenʲɪɪ̯ ˈrɨɫəf; born 23 September 1996) is a Russian competitive swimmer and Olympic champion specializing in backstroke events. He won three ...

in the men's backstroke double, world-record holder

Anton Chupkov Anton Mikhailovich Chupkov (russian: Антон Михайлович Чупков; born 22 February 1997) is a Russian competitive swimmer. He is the European record holder in the long course 200 metre breaststroke and the Russian record holde ...

in the men's breaststroke double, Youth Olympic champions Andrey Minakov (sprint freestyle and butterfly) and junior world-record holder

Kliment Kolesnikov Kliment Andreyevich Kolesnikov ( rus, Климент Андреевич Колесников, , klʲɪˈmʲent kɐˈlʲesʲnʲɪkəf; born 9 July 2000) is a Russian swimmer. He holds world junior records in eight events: 50/100/200 back in lo ...

(sprint freestyle and backstroke), and freestyle veteran and London 2012 bronze medalist Vladimir Morozov. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed Swimmers who participated in the heats only.

Table tennis

Three Russian athletes have been entered into the table tennis competition at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian Polina Mikhailova scored a third-match final triumph to secure one of the five available places in the women's singles, while

Kirill Skachkov Kirill Sergeyevich Skachkov (russian: Кирилл Сергеевич Скачков; born 6 August 1987 in Novokuznetsk) is a Russian table tennis player. In 2011 he won a silver medal in the doubles event in the Table Tennis European Champion ...

notched the last of four men's singles spots with a repechage final victory at the 2021 ITTF World Qualification Tournament in

. Meanwhile, London 2012 Olympian

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rounded out the nation's roster by winning the third-stage final match at the European Qualification Tournament in

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Taekwondo

Four ROC athletes have been entered into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Mikhail Artamonov (men's 58 kg),

Maksim Khramtsov Maksim Sergeyevich Khramtsov ( rus, Максим Сергеевич Храмцов, , mɐˈksʲim xrɐmˈtsof; born 12 January 1998), sometimes spelled as ''Khramtcov'', is a male Russian Taekwondo practitioner who won gold medals at the 2020 S ...

(men's 80 kg), defending world champion

Vladislav Larin Vladislav Vladimirovich Larin ( rus, Владислав Владимирович Ларин, , vlədʲɪˈslaf vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ ˈlarʲɪn; born 7 October 1995) is a Russian taekwondo fighter, World and European Champion and fivefold ...

(men's +80 kg), and

Tatiana Kudashova Tatiana Alexeyevna Minina ( rus, Татьяна Алексеевна Минина, , tɐˈtʲjanə ˈmʲinʲɪnə; née Kudashova; born 18 April 1997) is a Russian taekwondo athlete. She won the silver medal at the 2017 World Taekwondo Champions ...

(women's 57 kg) qualified directly for their respective weight classes by finishing among the top five taekwondo practitioners at the end of the World Taekwondo Olympic Rankings.

Tennis

ROC has entered eight tennis players (four men and four women) into the Olympic tournament.

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(world no. 2),

Andrey Rublev Andrey Andreyevich Rublev (russian: Андрей Андреевич Рублёв; born 20 October 1997) is a Russian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 5 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (AT ...

(world no. 7), Aslan Karatsev (world no. 24), and

Karen Khachanov Karen Abgarovich Khachanov (russian: Каре́н Абга́рович Хача́нов; born 21 May 1996) is a Russian professional tennis player. Khachanov has won four ATP Tour singles titles, including a Masters 1000 title at the 2018 Paris ...

(world no. 25) qualified directly for the men's singles as four of the top 58 eligible players in the ATP World Rankings, while

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Anastasia Sergeyevna "Nastia" Pavlyuchenkova (russian: Анастаси́я "Настя" Серге́евна Павлюче́нкова; born 3 July 1991) is an inactive Russian professional tennis player. A junior prodigy, Pavlyuchenkova won ...

(world no. 19),

Veronika Kudermetova Veronika Eduardovna Kudermetova; ; tt-Cyrl, Вероника Эдуард кызы Кадыйрмәтова, translit=Veronika Edward qızı Qadıyrmätova. (born 24 April 1997) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has a career-high si ...

(world no. 33),

Ekaterina Alexandrova Ekaterina Evgenyevna Alexandrova ( rus, Екатери́на Евге́ньевна Александро́ва, links=no; ; born 15 November 1994) is a Russian professional tennis player. She has won three WTA singles titles, three WTA 125 titl ...

(world no. 34), and

Elena Vesnina Elena Sergeyevna Vesnina (born 1 August 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player and a former world No. 1 in doubles. She is a four-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2013 French Open, 2014 US Open, and 2017 Wimbledon Cha ...

(former world no. 13, replace for world no. 31

Daria Kasatkina Daria Sergeyevna Kasatkina (born 7 May 1997) is a Russian professional tennis player. She is currently the Russian No. 1 player in singles. She made her top-ten debut in the WTA rankings towards the end of the 2018 season and has been ranked ...

after Daria withdrew in 15 July) did so for the women's singles based on their WTA World Rankings as of 24 June 2021. In women's doubles, the reigning Olympic champion Vesnina partnered Kudermetova. In men's doubles, Karatsev and Medvedev, Khachanov and Rublev partnered each other. In mixed double, Karatsev and Rublev took turns pairing with Vesnina and Pavlyuchenkova. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed

Triathlon

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Volleyball

Beach

Russian 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

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, Germany.

Indoor

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Men's tournament

The Russian 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

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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

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. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal

Water polo

;Summary

Women's tournament

The ROC women's water polo team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match and securing an outright berth at the 2020 European Championships in

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, Hungary. ;Team roster ;Group play ---- ---- ---- ;Quarterfinal ;Semifinal ;Bronze medal game

Weightlifting

After the International Weightlifting Federation imposed restrictions on the number of team places available to Russian athletes following large numbers of anti-doping rule violations failures by Russian weightlifters in the ten years preceding the 2020 Summer Olympics, only two athletes were permitted to represent Russia (one male athlete and one female athlete). The Russian Olympic Committee selected Kristina Sobol and Timur Naniev.

Wrestling

ROC qualified seventeen wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Nine of them 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, while four additional licenses were awarded to the Russian wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals of their respective weight categories at the 2021 European Qualification Tournament in

, Hungary. Four Russian wrestlers claimed one of the remaining slots in the men's freestyle 125 kg and women's freestyle events (53, 57, & 62 kg) to complete the nation's roster at the 2021 World Qualification Tournament in

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. ;Freestyle ;Greco-Roman

References

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