Russia at the 2012 Summer Olympics
The Russian Federation competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's fifth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics as an independent nation. The Russian Olympic Committee sent a total of 436 athletes to the Games, 208 men and 228 women, to compete in 24 sports. For the first time in its Olympic history, Russia was represented by more female than male athletes.
Aleksey Reunkov in the men's marathon
Mariya Savinova and Ekaterina Poistogova initially won gold and bronze, respectively, in the women's 800 metres. Savinova was later disqualified and stripped of her medal; Poistogova was awarded silver.
Tatiana Antoshina in the women's road time trial
Evgeniy Pechenin in the men's cross-country race
Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's singles
The men's singles table tennis event was part of the table tennis programme at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The event took place from Saturday 28 July to Thursday 2 August 2012 at ExCeL London. The tournament was a single elimination tournament with a third place playoff played between the two losing semi-finalists. In the 2008 event all three medals were won by Chinese athletes with Ma Lin taking gold.
Jörgen Persson against Segun Toriola in the first round
