Russian Empire at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Russian Empire (Russia) competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. It was the second appearance of the European nation, after having missed the 1904 Games.

Late arrival of the shooting team
Some sources claim that the Russian shooting team was 13 days late to the Olympics due to the Russian Empire still using the Julian calendar as opposed to the rest of Europe, which used the Gregorian system. The official report does not mention Russia, and it does mention Italy and Australia as "absent". Other authors doubt of this claim, and underlie that Russia had been living next to Gregorian-calendar Europe for two centuries and was used to the difference

Athletics
Russia had one track & field athlete compete in 1908. Lind took 19th place of 27 finishers in the marathon.