The Russian Federation competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was Russia's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics as an independent
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The 2016 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeir
Russia at the 2016 Summer Olympics
…in Russian) in Rio de Janeiro Competitors 282 in 26 sports Flag bearers Sergey Tetyukhin (opening) Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina (closing) Medals Ranked 4th Gold 19 Silver 17 Bronze 20 Total 56 Summer Olympics appearances (overview) 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020–2024 Other related appearances…
Michael Phelps (pictured) won six medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the most of any competing athlete.
The American final team, after winning the men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 2016 Olympics. From left to right: Nathan Adrian, Ryan Held, Michael Phelps, and Caeleb Dressel.
Medalists in the men's 85 kg weightlifting event. From left to right: Tian Tao (China, silver), Kianoush Rostami (Iran, gold), and Gabriel Sîncrăian (Romania, bronze, later disqualified).
Women's 57 kg taekwondo medalists at the 2016 games. From left to right: Eva Calvo (Spain, silver), Jade Jones (Great Britain, gold), Kimia Alizadeh (Iran, bronze), and Hedaya Malak (Egypt, bronze).