Olympic Medals
Germany
335
Gold
331
Silver
331
Bronze
997
Total Medals
☀ Summer: 704
❄ Winter: 293
Russia
192
Gold
164
Silver
184
Bronze
540
Total Medals
☀ Summer: 422
❄ Winter: 118
Medals by Games Year — Gold, Silver, Bronze & Total
Stacked bars show gold, silver, and bronze each Games year (Summer + Winter combined). Lines track total medals per country.
Medals vs Population & GDP (by Games Year)
Each point is one Olympic year: medals won that year divided by that year’s population or GDP (not all-time totals). Years before our historical series (~1973) are omitted.
Medals per 10M People
Medals per $100B GDP
All-Time Totals — Head to Head
Gold Medals (All-Time)
Silver Medals (All-Time)
Bronze Medals (All-Time)
Total Medals (All-Time)
Summer Games — Medals by Olympics
| Games |
Germany
|
Russia
|
|---|---|---|
| G S B · Total | G S B · Total | |
| 2024 | 12 · 13 · 8 · 33 | — |
| 2020 | 10 · 11 · 16 · 37 | — |
| 2016 | 17 · 10 · 15 · 42 | 19 · 17 · 20 · 56 |
| 2012 | 11 · 20 · 13 · 44 | 18 · 20 · 26 · 64 |
| 2008 | 16 · 11 · 14 · 41 | 24 · 13 · 23 · 60 |
| 2004 | 13 · 16 · 20 · 49 | 28 · 26 · 36 · 90 |
| 2000 | 13 · 17 · 26 · 56 | 32 · 28 · 29 · 89 |
| 1996 | 20 · 18 · 27 · 65 | 26 · 21 · 16 · 63 |
| 1992 | 33 · 21 · 28 · 82 | — |
| 1952 | 0 · 7 · 17 · 24 | — |
| 1936 | 38 · 31 · 32 · 101 | — |
| 1932 | 5 · 12 · 7 · 24 | — |
| 1928 | 10 · 7 · 14 · 31 | — |
| 1912 | 6 · 13 · 7 · 26 | — |
| 1908 | 3 · 5 · 5 · 13 | — |
| 1904 | 5 · 4 · 5 · 14 | — |
| 1900 | 4 · 3 · 2 · 9 | — |
| 1896 | 6 · 5 · 2 · 13 | — |
Winter Games — Medals by Olympics
| Games |
Germany
|
Russia
|
|---|---|---|
| G S B · Total | G S B · Total | |
| 2026 | 8 · 10 · 8 · 26 | — |
| 2022 | 12 · 10 · 5 · 27 | — |
| 2018 | 14 · 10 · 7 · 31 | — |
| 2014 | 9 · 5 · 5 · 19 | 10 · 10 · 9 · 29 |
| 2010 | 10 · 13 · 7 · 30 | 2 · 5 · 6 · 13 |
| 2006 | 11 · 12 · 6 · 29 | 8 · 6 · 8 · 22 |
| 2002 | 12 · 16 · 8 · 36 | 5 · 4 · 4 · 13 |
| 1998 | 12 · 9 · 8 · 29 | 9 · 6 · 3 · 18 |
| 1994 | 9 · 7 · 8 · 24 | 11 · 8 · 4 · 23 |
| 1992 | 10 · 10 · 6 · 26 | — |
| 1952 | 3 · 2 · 2 · 7 | — |
| 1936 | 3 · 3 · 0 · 6 | — |
| 1932 | 0 · 0 · 2 · 2 | — |
| 1928 | 0 · 0 · 1 · 1 | — |
See economy, military, demographics, and more for this comparison.
View full Germany vs Russia comparison →
Data compiled from World Bank, IMF, Global Firepower, SIPRI, Numbeo, and Pew Research.
Last updated June 2026.
Sources & methodology