Former long jump world champion Aleksandr Menkov is among 16 Russian athletes who have been cleared to compete as neutrals, the governing body for athletics (IAAF) said on Sunday.
IAAF said the athletes had met the "exceptional eligibility criteria" required to compete while Russia remain suspended from the sport.
The announcement takes to 41 the number of Russians allowed to compete internationally.
Menkov won gold at the world championships in 2013 in Moscow.
The other male athletes cleared were discus thrower Viktor Butenko, hammer thrower Danil Danilov, triple jumper Alexey Fedorov, shot putters Aleksandr Lesnoy and Konstantin Lyadusov, decathlete Ilya Shkurenev, middle distance runner Valentin Smirnov and sprinters Timofey Chalyy and Vyacheslav Kolesnichenko.
The female athletes cleared were Iuliia Maltseva (discus), triple jumpers Viktoria Prokopenko and Irina Gemeniuk, high jumper Irina Gordeeva and sprinter Alena Mamina.
Walker Olga Eliseeva was cleared to take part at the European Under-20 championships only.
"It is important to reiterate that this review process is about ensuring there is a level playing field in which the world's clean athletes have confidence," IAAF president Sebastian Coe said.
The IAAF said the participation of all athletes was still subject to formalities and acceptance by individual meeting organisers.
The Russian national athletics federation (RUSAF) is suspended as a result of widespread and systematic doping, meaning the majority of Russian athletes will miss next month's world championships in London.
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