Russia was one of the original six countries to participate in the IOL, and has competed in 18 olympiads. They most recently competed in 2021. They have sent 156 participants in 39 teams.
In competition, teams from Russia have brought home 88 medals (17 gold, 31 silver and 40 bronze), 15 trophies (2 gold, 7 silver and 6 bronze), 2 first-place team cups, 27 best-solution prizes, 21 honorable mentions and 2 team contest honorable mentions.
In addition, Russia has sent 17 Repeat Medalists and 5 Dream Teams to the Hall of Fame.
Team Russia is chosen through Moscow Traditional Olympiad in Linguistics (Московская традиционная олимпиада по лингвистике).
Individual Contest Medalists
| Year |
Medal |
Name |
Team |
| 2021 |
Gold |
Elvira Ageeva |
Russia Strelka |
| 2016 |
Gold |
Ekaterina Voloshinova |
Russia Belka |
| 2016 |
Gold |
Ivan Samodelkin |
Russia Belka |
| 2016 |
Gold |
Polina Nasledskova |
Russia Strelka |
| 2014 |
Gold |
Anastasiia Dmitrieva |
Russia 1 |
| 2014 |
Gold |
Danila Shumskiy |
Russia 2 |
| 2013 |
Gold |
Anton Sokolov |
St. Petersburg |
| 2012 |
Gold |
Anton Sokolov |
St. Petersburg |
| 2012 |
Gold |
Vadim Tukh |
St. Petersburg |
| 2011 |
Gold |
Daria Vasilyeva |
St. Petersburg |
| 2011 |
Gold |
Aleksey Kozlov |
Moscow |
| 2010 |
Gold |
Andrey Nikulin |
Moscow |
| 2010 |
Gold |
Vadim Tukh |
St. Petersburg |
| 2006 |
Gold |
Maria Kholodilova |
St. Petersburg |
| 2004 |
Gold |
Alexander Piperski |
Russia-Moscow 1 |
| 2003 |
Gold |
Alexandra Petrova |
Russia-St. Petersburg |
| 2003 |
Gold |
Boris Turovsky |
Russia-Moscow |
| 2021 |
Silver |
Aleksandra Limonova |
Russia Belka |
| 2021 |
Silver |
Leonid Zaitsev |
Russia Belka |
| 2021 |
Silver |
Grigorii Solnyshkin |
Russia Strelka |
| 2021 |
Silver |
Artem Borisov |
Russia Strelka |
| 2021 |
Silver |
Olga Zinovyeva |
Russia Strelka |
| 2019 |
Silver |
Denis Korotchenko |
Russia Strelka |
| 2019 |
Silver |
Maxim Barganov |
Russia Strelka |
| 2018 |
Silver |
Tatiana Romanova |
Russia Strelka |
| 2017 |
Silver |
Daniel Vedeneev |
Russia Strelka |
| 2016 |
Silver |
Anna Tatarenko |
Russia Strelka |
| 2016 |
Silver |
Julia Panchenko |
Russia Belka |
| 2016 |
Silver |
Maria Aristova |
Russia Strelka |
| 2015 |
Silver |
Daniel Vedeneev |
Russia 2 |
| 2013 |
Silver |
Polina Pleshak |
St. Petersburg |
| 2013 |
Silver |
Kuzma Smirnov |
St. Petersburg |
| 2013 |
Silver |
Ivan Zverev |
Russia 2 |
| 2012 |
Silver |
Ilya Pogodaev |
St. Petersburg |
| 2011 |
Silver |
Anton Sokolov |
St. Petersburg |
| 2010 |
Silver |
Daria Vasilyeva |
St. Petersburg |
| 2009 |
Silver |
Vitaly Pavlenko |
Moscow |
| 2009 |
Silver |
Andrey Nikulin |
Moscow |
| 2008 |
Silver |
Dmitry Perevozchikov |
Moscow |
| 2008 |
Silver |
Andrey Nikulin |
Moscow |
| 2007 |
Silver |
Kira Kiranova |
Moscow |
| 2007 |
Silver |
Arseniy Vetushko-Kalevich |
St. Petersburg 1 |
| 2006 |
Silver |
Eleonora Glazova |
St. Petersburg |
| 2006 |
Silver |
Daniil Zorin |
Moscow |
| 2006 |
Silver |
Sergey Malyshev |
Moscow |
| 2005 |
Silver |
Eleonora Glazova |
St. Petersburg |
| 2004 |
Silver |
Maria Mamykina |
Russia-Moscow 2 |
| 2003 |
Silver |
Maria Shkapa |
Russia-Moscow |
| 2021 |
Bronze |
Ilya Tarasov |
Russia Belka |
| 2019 |
Bronze |
Tatiana Romanova |
Russia Strelka |
| 2019 |
Bronze |
Ekaterina Kozlova |
Russia Strelka |
| 2019 |
Bronze |
Stanislava Khizhniakova |
Russia Belka |
| 2019 |
Bronze |
Ekaterina Kropanina |
Russia Belka |
| 2019 |
Bronze |
Kristina Vashpanova |
Russia Belka |
| 2018 |
Bronze |
Yana Shishkina |
Russia Belka |
| 2018 |
Bronze |
Ekaterina Voloshinova |
Russia Strelka |
| 2018 |
Bronze |
Kristina Vashpanova |
Russia Belka |
| 2018 |
Bronze |
Danyar Kasenov |
Russia Strelka |
| 2017 |
Bronze |
Ekaterina Voloshinova |
Russia Strelka |
| 2017 |
Bronze |
Aleksei Starchenko |
Russia Strelka |
| 2017 |
Bronze |
Tatiana Romanova |
Russia Strelka |
| 2016 |
Bronze |
Daniel Vedeneev |
Russia Strelka |
| 2016 |
Bronze |
Elena Shukshina |
Russia Belka |
| 2015 |
Bronze |
Anna Tatarenko |
Russia 2 |
| 2014 |
Bronze |
Dmitrii Zelenskii |
Russia 1 |
| 2014 |
Bronze |
Gleb Nikolaev |
Russia 2 |
| 2014 |
Bronze |
Maria Aristova |
Russia 2 |
| 2013 |
Bronze |
Ekaterina Novikova |
Russia 2 |
| 2012 |
Bronze |
Anna Sarukhanova |
Moscow |
| 2012 |
Bronze |
Anita Mudzhumdar |
Moscow |
| 2011 |
Bronze |
Elena Rykunova |
Moscow |
| 2011 |
Bronze |
Vadim Tukh |
St. Petersburg |
| 2010 |
Bronze |
Vitaly Pavlenko |
Moscow |
| 2010 |
Bronze |
Diana Glazova |
St. Petersburg |
| 2009 |
Bronze |
Elena Volkova |
Moscow |
| 2008 |
Bronze |
Tatyana Polevaya |
St. Petersburg |
| 2007 |
Bronze |
Anna Shlomina |
St. Petersburg 2 |
| 2007 |
Bronze |
Elizaveta Rebrova |
Moscow |
| 2007 |
Bronze |
Maria Kholodilova |
St. Petersburg 1 |
| 2006 |
Bronze |
Yulia Taran |
St. Petersburg |
| 2006 |
Bronze |
Nikita Medyankin |
Moscow |
| 2005 |
Bronze |
Nikita Medyankin |
Moscow |
| 2005 |
Bronze |
Alexander Piperski |
Moscow |
| 2004 |
Bronze |
Alexandra Zabelina |
Russia-Moscow 1 |
| 2004 |
Bronze |
Xenia Kuzmina |
Russia-Moscow 2 |
| 2004 |
Bronze |
Nikita Medyankin |
Russia-Moscow 1 |
| 2004 |
Bronze |
Sophia Oskolskaya |
Russia-St. Petersburg |
| 2003 |
Bronze |
Polina Oskolskaya |
Russia-St. Petersburg |
Honorable Mentions
| Year |
Award |
Name |
Team |
| 2019 |
HM |
Iakov Raskind |
Russia Belka |
| 2018 |
HM |
Ekaterina Kozlova |
Russia Belka |
| 2017 |
HM |
Arsenii Oleinik |
Russia Belka |
| 2017 |
HM |
Maria Ershova |
Russia Belka |
| 2017 |
HM |
Svetlana Baranova |
Russia Belka |
| 2015 |
HM |
Maria Aristova |
Russia 1 |
| 2015 |
HM |
Anastasia Golubeva |
Russia 1 |
| 2015 |
HM |
Elena Savinova |
Russia 1 |
| 2015 |
HM |
Anastasia Dmitrieva |
Russia 1 |
| 2014 |
HM |
Vlada Chernysheva |
Russia 1 |
| 2014 |
HM |
Ilia Makarchuk |
Russia 2 |
| 2014 |
HM |
Ivan Enshin |
Russia 1 |
| 2012 |
HM |
Zinaida Romashkina |
Moscow |
| 2012 |
HM |
Elena Rykunova |
Moscow |
| 2011 |
HM |
Anna Sarukhanova |
Moscow |
| 2011 |
HM |
Anton Kukhto |
Moscow |
| 2011 |
HM |
Kuzma Smirnov |
St. Petersburg |
| 2009 |
HM |
Diana Glazova |
St. Petersburg |
| 2009 |
HM |
Polina Loseva |
Moscow |
| 2005 |
HM |
Igor Vinogradov |
Moscow |
| 2005 |
HM |
Sofia Krasnoshchekova |
St. Petersburg |
Individual Contest Team Average Scores
| Year |
Place |
Team |
| 2012 |
1st Place |
St. Petersburg |
| 2009 |
1st Place |
Moscow |
| 2021 |
2nd Place |
Russia Strelka |
| 2016 |
2nd Place |
Russia Belka |
| 2013 |
2nd Place |
St. Petersburg |
| 2011 |
2nd Place |
St. Petersburg |
| 2010 |
2nd Place |
St. Petersburg |
| 2005 |
2nd Place |
Moscow |
| 2004 |
2nd Place |
Russia-Moscow 1 |
| 2003 |
2nd Place |
Russia-St. Petersburg |
| 2016 |
3rd Place |
Russia Strelka |
| 2007 |
3rd Place |
Moscow |
| 2006 |
3rd Place |
St. Petersburg |
| 2005 |
3rd Place |
St. Petersburg |
| 2004 |
3rd Place |
Russia-Moscow 2 |
| 2003 |
3rd Place |
Russia-Moscow |
Team Contest Trophies
| Year |
Trophy |
Team |
| 2007 |
Gold |
Moscow |
| 2004 |
Gold |
Russia-St. Petersburg |
| 2019 |
Silver |
Russia Strelka |
| 2014 |
Silver |
Russia 1 |
| 2013 |
Silver |
St. Petersburg |
| 2011 |
Silver |
St. Petersburg |
| 2010 |
Silver |
Moscow |
| 2005 |
Silver |
Moscow |
| 2003 |
Silver |
Russia-St. Petersburg |
| 2019 |
Bronze |
Russia Belka |
| 2014 |
Bronze |
Russia 2 |
| 2011 |
Bronze |
Moscow |
| 2009 |
Bronze |
Moscow |
| 2005 |
Bronze |
St. Petersburg |
| 2003 |
Bronze |
Russia-Moscow |
Team Contest Honorable Mentions
| Year |
Award |
Team |
| 2021 |
HM |
Russia Belka |
| 2016 |
HM |
Russia Belka |
