Latvia at the 1992 Summer Olympics (original) (raw)
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Sporting event delegation
| Latvia at the1992 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | LAT |
| NOC | Latvian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www.olimpiade.lv (in Latvian and English) |
| in Barcelona | |
| Competitors | 34 (25 men and 9 women) in 13 sports |
| Flag bearer | Raimonds Bergmanis |
| MedalsRanked 40th | Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 3 |
| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| 19241928193219361948–1988199219962000200420082012201620202024 | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Russian Empire (1908–1912) Soviet Union (1952–1988) |
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]
| 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 |
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 |
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 |
Men
| Athlete | Event | 1 Round | 2 Round | 3 Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OppositionResult | OppositionResult | OppositionResult | OppositionResult | OppositionResult | Rank | ||
| Igors Šaplavskis | Light Middleweight | BYE |  Joseph Marwa (TAN)W 14-8 |
— |  Juan Carlos Lemus (CUB)L 2-12 |
Did not advance | 5 |
| 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 |
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 |  |
Five cyclists, all men, represented Latvia in 1992. Dainis Ozols won bronze in the road race.
| 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 |
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 | OppositionTime | OppositionTime | OppositionTime | OppositionTime | OppositionTime | OppositionTime | OppositionTime | OppositionTime | 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 |
Men
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Repechage Final | Final / BM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OppositionResult | OppositionResult | OppositionResult | OppositionResult | OppositionResult | OppositionResult | OppositionResult | OppositionResult | OppositionResult | OppositionResult | 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 |
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 DobrotovskisVjačeslavs DuhanovsKirils Medjancevs | Team | 2507 | 3636 | 2970 | 2748 | 1892 | 13753 | 17 |
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 SastapaGunta Lamasa | Coxless pair | 8:04.79 | 2 Q | — | 7:37.18 | 5 FB | 7:33.72 | 11 |
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 | 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 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 223.0 | 21 |
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 |
Men
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final B | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Artūrs Jakovļevs | 100 m butterfly | 55.95 | 33 | did not advance |
Women
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OppositionScore | OppositionScore | OppositionScore | OppositionScore | OppositionScore | OppositionScore | 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 BlumbergaLarisa Savchenko | Doubles | — |  Petra RitterJudith Wiesner (AUT)L 4–6, 7–5, 3–6 |
did not advance |
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 |
Men's freestyle
| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Final round | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1Result | Round 2Result | Round 3Result | Round 4Result | Round 5Result | Round 6Result | Rank | Final roundResult | 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 |
- ^ "Latvia at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
- ^ Latvia at the 1992 Summer Olympics