Short track speed skater Vladimir Balbekov won the most medals in the first four days of the Spartakiad. Ekaterina Aldoshkina and Alexander Bolshunov earned three awards of the highest standard.

The start of the competition at the Sanki bobsleigh complex brought two golds each to the teams from Moscow and the Moscow region. The only winner of the day not from these teams was 36-year-old Nadezhda Sergeeva. In acrobatic events, Artyom Glushchenko presented a surprise, winning gold in moguls.