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Athletes of our country took part in the 16th Summer Olympic Games, but at different times they represented different states - the Russian Empire, the USSR, the Russian Federation, and also in 1992, the athletes performed under the flag of a united team consisting of representatives of the former countries of the Union. Let's try to figure out what place Russia occupied at the Summer Olympic Games, who became the first Olympic champion from our country in summer events.

RUSSIAN EMPIRE

The Russian Empire first took part in the Olympic Games in 1900 in Paris, but the athletes did not win a single medal. At the London Olympics(1908) Russia won its first medals in summer sports (Greco-Roman wrestlers became silver medalists Nikolai Orlov and Alexander Petrov) and took 14th place in the team standings. It is worth noting that in the same Games Russia acquired its first Olympic champion - in figure skating, because until 1924 the program of all tournaments consisted of both summer and winter sports. They became Nikolai Panin-Kolomenkin.

On the V Olympic Games in Stockholm (Sweden) in 1912 The Russian national team, which consisted of 178 people (according to some sources - 181 people), fought for medals in 14 sports. Two silver (shooting, Greco-Roman wrestling) and three bronze (rowing, shooting, sailing) medals were won. As a result, Russia shared 15th place with Austria.

The next four-year starts - in 1916 were canceled due to the First World War. And the events in Russia after October 1917, the formation of a new state - the USSR, did not allow Russian (later - Soviet) athletes to compete for Olympic medals until the middle of the 20th century.

USSR

AT 1952 The Soviet Union took part in the Summer Olympics for the first time. which took place in Helsinki (Finland). A team of 295 athletes participated in all types of the program, except for field hockey, finishing second in the overall standings. Our athletes have won 71 awards (22 gold, 30 silver, 19 bronze). The first domestic Olympic champion in summer events was Nina Ponomareva-Romashkova(discus throw).

AT 1956 at the XVI Summer Olympic Games in Melbourne (Australia) the Soviet team won 37 gold, 29 silver and 32 bronze medals, taking first place in the team event, overtaking athletes from the USA and Australia. For the first time, the USSR national football team won Olympic gold.

At the Summer Games in Rome (Italy) in 1960 the Union team also won the team event, winning 103 medals (43-29-31). Soviet athletes became the heroines of the tournament, winning 15 out of 16 possible medals in artistic gymnastics.

At the Olympics in Tokyo, Japan in 1964 In 2010, the athletes of the USSR, in comparison with the teams of other participating countries, won the largest number of medals - 96, but lost to the US team in the number of gold medals (30 versus 36). It was in that year that the South Ural athlete climbed to the third step of the Olympic podium Taisiya Chenchik(High jump).

At the Summer Games in Mexico City (Mexico, 1968) the USSR national team won 91 medals (29-32-30) and took second place in the team standings after the USA. Soviet athletes won competitions in boxing, wrestling, volleyball, artistic gymnastics, shooting, track and field athletics, rowing, fencing, and equestrian sports. South Ural runner Vera Popkova became the bronze medalist of the Games (4x100 relay).

On the XX Summer Olympic Games in Munich (Germany) in 1972 Soviet athletes again became the strongest, winning 50 gold, 27 silver and 22 bronze medals. The sensation at those Games was the defeat in basketball of the American team in the match with the USSR national team.

Athletes from the USSR and in 1976 at the Olympics in Montreal (Canada). Their result: 49 gold, 41 silver and 35 bronze medals. It was then that women's basketball was included in the program for the first time, and Soviet basketball players became the first Olympic champions in history.

At the "home" Olympics-80 (Moscow) the hosts topped the list of team standings - 80 gold, 69 silver and 46 bronze medals. Alexander Dityatin became the only gymnast in the world to have medals in all evaluated exercises in one competition. And in the "golden" volleyball team played in the main tournament of the four-year anniversary Chelyabinsk Svetlana Kunysheva (Nikishina).

AT 1984 Soviet Union did not take part in the Olympics, which took place in Los Angeles (USA), but already in 1988 won in the overall standings at the Games in Seoul (South Korea). The result of the athletes is 132 awards (55-31-46). Again, the "gold" of the Olympics in football went to the USSR team. Basketball players also climbed to the top of the podium.

In this way, from 1952 to 1988 the USSR national team was one of the strongest in the world, not falling below the second team place. Soviet athletes were leaders in light and weightlifting, freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling, artistic gymnastics, fencing, rowing and canoeing, shooting, volleyball. The largest number of medals belongs to Larisa Latynina, which won in 1956, 1960 and 1964 18 Olympic medals (9-5-4).

UNITED TEAM

United team - the official name of the team, which included athletes from the former republics of the USSR on 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona (Spain). Team athletes won 45 gold, 38 silver and 29 bronze medals, taking first place in the team standings, pushing the US and united Germany teams to second and third places, respectively. For the second time in a row, the South Uralian became the Olympic champion in handball Valery Gopin.

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

The first Games for the Russian team were held in 1996 in Atlanta (USA). Our compatriots took second place in the team standings, winning 26 gold, 21 silver and 16 bronze medals, a total of 63 awards (against 101 for the US team, which took first place).

The second team place was taken by the Olympians from Russia and at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney (Australia) with 89 medals (32-28-29). The most successful Russian athletes performed in artistic gymnastics - five gold medals. South Ural athletes performed at a high level (athletes who give credit to the region, and natives of the South Urals, and athletes who were not born in the Chelyabinsk region, but at different times were pupils of South Ural schools). It: Elena Yelesina(athletics) and Stanislav Kulinchenko(handball) - "gold", Ekaterina Gamova and Vadim Khamuttskikh(both - volleyball) - "silver", Yuri Styopkin(judo), Sofia Konukh(water polo) - "bronze".

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens (Greece) the Russian national team for the first time let the Chinese team ahead of itself in the team standings, taking third place (the first - the United States). Russian athletes won 27 gold, 27 silver and 38 bronze medals. Victory was an unexpected joy Igor Kravtsov(Magnitogorsk), Alexey Svirin, Nikolai Spinev, Sergei Fedorovtsev(academic rowing). Chelyabinsk judoka Vitaly Makarov became a silver medalist. Vadim Khamuttskikh As part of the national volleyball team, he won a bronze medal.

In Beijing (China, 2008) the Russian team remained in the top three leaders of the team standings, having won 72 awards (23-21-29). The list was topped by the hosts of the tournament, and the second line - the Americans. The Russian Olympic team that competed in Beijing is the youngest in the history of Russian sports. In tennis, the victory was celebrated by Russian athletes who took the entire podium ( Elena Dementieva, Dinara Safina, Vera Zvonareva respectively). Russian wrestlers and athletes strengthened their positions among the strongest in the world, winning six awards of the highest value in competitions.

London Olympics (UK) The start for the Russian team was difficult: in the first week of the competition, the Russians won 17 awards (3-6-8). But according to the results of the 2012 Games, Russia rose to fourth place in the team standings, earning 24 gold, 26 silver and 32 bronze medals. A total of 82 medals, 10 more than in Beijing in 2008. At the Olympics in London, the leading positions in synchronized swimming, rhythmic gymnastics, and athletics were maintained. Experts noted the rise in such sports as judo, rowing and canoeing, badminton. Some athletes showed unpredictable results at the Games. So, few people believed in the victory of Russian volleyball players in the final, but the team won over the Brazilians, despite the fact that they lost the first two games to them. Sports “abandoned” from the point of view of the attention of the authorities and financial injections were also revealed - such as handball and water polo, the performances in which turned out to be a failure.

22 South Ural athletes participated in different national teams, three of whom returned "home" with awards: an athlete climbed to the highest step of the podium Maria Farnosova (Savinova) and judoka Mansur Isaev, a taekwondo player won a bronze medal Anastasia Baryshnikova.

The next Games will be held in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. We wish our athletes new victories and new achievements!

Several cities claimed to host the 1996 Olympic Games: Athens, Belgrade, Manchester, Melbourne, Toronto and Atlanta. The favorites, of course, were Athens - the 100th anniversary of the first Olympics was planned and they wanted to hold it in Greece. But the members of the Atlanta Bid Committee were able to convince the IOC of the city's excellent and highest readiness for the Summer Games. As a result, on September 18, 1990, at the 96th session of the IOC, Atlanta was declared the capital of the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Mascot of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta

It was decided to generate it on a computer. As a result, the creature came out strange: barefoot without a nose and mouth. Designers tried to give Izzy a more attractive look: a big mouth, a tail studded with Olympic rings, funny boots and white gloves. Then I added sparkle-star eyes. The creature's name Izzy is short for Whatisit? ("What it is?"). He is considered one of the worst mascots of the Olympics.

Opening of the 1996 Olympics

The ceremony took place on July 19, 1996 at the Olympic Stadium in Atlanta. The broadcast was carried out by 170 television companies, and about 3.5 billion viewers watched it. The main themes of the presentation were the history of Atlanta and South America, as well as the 100th anniversary of the Olympic Movement.

The parade was attended by 10,700 athletes from 197 participating countries. The Russian Flag was carried at the ceremony by wrestler Alexander Karelin, who later won his third Olympic gold medal in Atlanta.

After a speech by IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch and Games Organizing Committee President Billy Payne, US President Bill Clinton declared the 1996 Olympics open. The Olympic flag was raised and the Flame lit, the torch was brought by swimmer Janet Evans and boxer Evander Holyfield, and lit by former boxer Muhammad Ali.

The culmination was the song "The Power of Dreams" performed by the famous singer Celine Dion, and then colorful fireworks.

Russia at the 1996 Olympics

The Russian team at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta for the first time performed as a separate country. According to the results of the medal count of the 1996 Olympics, the Russian team won second place after the US team. The Russians received 63 medals: 26 gold, 21 silver and 16 bronze.

Most of the winners were among swimmers, wrestlers, fencers and athletes. Swimmer Alexander Popov was able to win 4 medals: 2 gold and 2 silver, and became a four-time Olympic champion.

Criticism of the organization of the 1996 Olympics

Athletes, journalists and officials were very dissatisfied with the organization of the Games. There are many traffic problems, numerous failures in the operation of information systems, the unpreparedness of volunteers, the too strong commercialization of the Olympics in Atlanta.

But the most serious incident was the explosion in the Olympic Park on July 27 at night, in which 2 people died during the mass celebrations, 111 people were injured of varying severity. After many assurances from the organizers of increased security measures, the 1996 Summer Olympics decided to continue.

The offender was detained only a year later after several more terrorist attacks and was given four life sentences with deprivation of the right to parole.

Closing of the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the ceremony, Juan Antonio Samaranch, President of the IOC, for the first and last time did not say the phrase "These Games were the best in history."

The closing ceremony took place at the Olympic Stadium on August 4 and was attended by more than 85,000 people. Many American musicians took part in it. At the ceremony, the last awards of the Summer Olympics were presented to the winners in the men's marathon.

The final parade showed Olympic unity - all athletes walked together without separation by country.

In his speech, Juan Antonio Samaranch called to remember the victims of the Atlanta park bombing and the Israeli athletes who died in Munich in 1972.

The Olympic flag was lowered, and the banner was presented with the measure of Sydney, the capital of the next Games. It all ended with a magnificent fireworks display.

Doping scandal at the 1996 Games

On July 28, IOC officials announced that the tests of Russian athletes: swimmer Andrey Korneev, cyclist Rita Razmayte and wrestler Zafar Guliyev had tested positive for the banned drug bromantane.

Then bromantane was found: at the swimmer Nina Zhivanevskaya - on July 30, at the runner Marina Trandenkova - on August 1. All caught athletes were disqualified and the won medals were taken away. But after the arbitration court in Lausanne, when it was found out that the drug was banned during the Games, but not blacklisted, the results of the athletes were restored and the medals returned.