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Latvia at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Latvia competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. It was the first time since 1936 that the nation had competed as an independent country at the Summer Olympic Games. Latvian athletes competed for the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1952 to 1988. 34 competitors, 25 men and 9 women, took part in 31 events in 13 sports.[1]

Latvia at the
1992 Summer Olympics
IOC codeLAT
NOCLatvian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olimpiade.lv (in Latvian and English)
in Barcelona
Competitors34 (25 men and 9 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer Raimonds Bergmanis
Medals
Ranked 40th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
1
Total
3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1908–1912)
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Medalists edit

Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Silver Afanasijs Kuzmins Shooting Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol 30 July
  Silver Ivans Klementjevs Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 metres 8 August
  Bronze Dainis Ozols Cycling Men's individual road race 2 August

Competitors edit

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 4 3 7
Boxing 1 – 1
Canoeing 2 1 3
Cycling 5 0 5
Judo 2 0 2
Modern pentathlon 3 – 3
Rowing 1 2 3
Sailing 1 1 2
Shooting 2 0 2
Swimming 1 0 1
Tennis 0 2 2
Weightlifting 2 – 2
Wrestling 1 – 1
Total 25 9 34

Athletics edit

Main article: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Igors Kazanovs 110 m hurdles 13.88 4 Q 13.76 4 Q 13.77 6 did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Māris Bružiks Triple jump 16.94 9 Q 16.80 10
Aleksandrs Obižājevs Pole vault NM did not advance
Mārcis Štrobinders Javelin throw 76.32 19 did not advance
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Anita Klapote 10000 m — DNF
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Ilga Bērtulsone Discus throw 58.92 19 did not advance
Valentīna Gotovska High jump 1.92 6 Q 1.83 13

Boxing edit

Main article: Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Igors Šaplavskis Light Middleweight BYE   Joseph Marwa (TAN)
W 14-8 		—   Juan Carlos Lemus (CUB)
L 2-12 		Did not advance 5

Canoeing edit

Main article: Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Slalom edit

Athlete Event Preliminary Final
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Best Rank
Dzintra Blūma Women's K-1 173.37 23 160.83 20 160.83 24

Sprint edit

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechages Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jefimijs Klementjevs C-1 500 m 1:56.53 3 Q BYE 1:56.96 6 did not advance
Ivans Klementyev C-1 1000 m 4:03.82 3 Q BYE 4:04.12 3 Q 4:06.60  

Cycling edit

Main article: Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Five cyclists, all men, represented Latvia in 1992. Dainis Ozols won bronze in the road race.

Road edit

Athlete Event Time Rank
Dainis Ozols Men's road race 4:35:24  
Arvis Piziks 4:35:56 8
Arnolds Ūdris 4:35:56 53

Track edit

Time trial
Athlete Event Time Rank
Ingus Veips Men's time trial 1:06.074 11
Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification 2nd round Repechage Repechage finals 3rd round Repechage Quarterfinals Classification 5-8 Semifinals Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Rank
Ainārs Ķiksis Men's sprint 10.749 8 Q   Erik Schoefs (BEL)
L 11.505 		  Sean Bloch (RSA)
W 11.327 		  Roberto Chiappa (ITA)
  Keiji Kojima (JPN)
L 11.264 		  Gary Neiwand (AUS)
  Frédéric Magné (FRA)
L 11.112 		  José Lovito (ARG)
L 11.266 		did not advance
Points race
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Laps Rank Points Laps Rank
Arnolds Ūdris Men's points race 10 1 28 did not advance

Judo edit

Main article: Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Preliminary Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Repechage Final Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Vsevolods Zeonijs −65 kg BYE   Sang-Mun Kim (KOR)
L 0000–1000 		did not advance
Vadims Voinovs −95 kg BYE   Dmitri Sergeyev (EUN)
L 0000–0010 		did not advance

Modern pentathlon edit

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Latvia in 1992.

Athlete Event Shooting
(10 m air pistol) 		Fencing
(épée one touch) 		Swimming
(200 m freestyle) 		Riding
(show jumping) 		Running
(3000 m) 		Total points Final rank
Points Points Points Points Points
Stanislavs Dobrotovskis Men's 762 1176 1075 931 852 4796 52
Vjačeslavs Duhanovs 796 1184 940 883 DSQ 3803 64
Kirils Medjancevs 949 1276 955 934 1040 5154 26
Stanislavs Dobrotovskis
Vjačeslavs Duhanovs
Kirils Medjancevs 		Team 2507 3636 2970 2748 1892 13753 17

Rowing edit

Main article: Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals C-D Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Uģis Lasmanis Single sculls 7:14.61 5 R 7:03.27 2 Q — 7:10.69 10 FB 7:01.54 9
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals C-D Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Liene Sastapa
Gunta Lamasa 		Coxless pair 8:04.79 2 Q — 7:37.18 5 FB 7:33.72 11

Sailing edit

Main article: Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ansis Dāle Lechner A-390 24 23 RET 27 35 13 26 32 21 32 287.0 29
Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ilona Dzelme Lechner A-390 21 22 19 20 17 22 19 20 19 12 223.0 21

Shooting edit

Main article: Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Afanasijs Kuzmins 25 m rapid fire pistol 590 5 Q 785 3 882  
Open
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Boriss Timofejevs Skeet 148 10 Q 197 11 did not advance

Swimming edit

Main article: Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heat Final B Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Artūrs Jakovļevs 100 m butterfly 55.95 33 did not advance

Tennis edit

Main article: Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Agnese Blumberga Singles   Christina Papadáki (GRE)
W 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 		  Amanda Coetzer (RSA)
L 2–6, 4–6 		did not advance
Larisa Savchenko   Katerina Maleeva (BUL)
L 6–7, 2–6 		did not advance
Agnese Blumberga
Larisa Savchenko 		Doubles —   Petra Ritter
Judith Wiesner (AUT)
L 4–6, 7–5, 3–6 		did not advance

Weightlifting edit

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Aleksandrs Žerebkovs 75 kg 150.0 10 175.0 21 325.0 14
Raimonds Bergmanis 110 kg 162.5 15 200.0 13 362.5 14

Wrestling edit

Main article: Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Elimination Pool Final round
Round 1
Result 		Round 2
Result 		Round 3
Result 		Round 4
Result 		Round 5
Result 		Round 6
Result 		Rank Final round
Result 		Rank
Eduards Žukovs −62 kg   Musa Ilhan (AUS)
W 2-5 T 		  Dariusz Grzywiński (POL)
L 2-4 		  Askari Mohammadian (IRN)
L 0-11 		  Anibál Nieves (PUR)
L 1-6 		— 6 did not advance

References edit

  1. ^ "Latvia at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
  2. ^ Latvia at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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