Latvia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Latvia at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Latvia at the; 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	LAT
NOC	Latvian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpiade.lv (in Latvian and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors	47 (34 men and 13 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Einārs Tupurītis
Medals; Ranked 61st	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948–1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	Russian Empire (1908–1912); Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Latvia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 47 competitors, 34 men and 13 women, took part in 47 events in 12 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Silver

Ivans Klementjevs — Canoeing, Men's C-1 1000 metres

Athletics

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Aigars Fadejevs	20 km walk	—						1:20:47	6
Sergejs Inšakovs	100 m	10.42	5	did not advance
Sergejs Inšakovs	200 m	20.41	2 Q	20.58	4 Q	20.48	7	did not advance
Igors Kazanovs	110 m hurdles	13.74	27 q	13.42	8 Q	14.13	7	did not advance
Modris Liepiņš	50 km walk	—						4:01:12	23
Guntis Peders	110 m hurdles	13.72	25 Q	13.59	19	did not advance
Aleksandrs Prokopčuks	Marathon	—						2:21.50	51
Einārs Tupurītis	800 m	1:45.88	2 Q	—		1:46.41	4	did not advance
Egīls Tēbelis	400 m hurdles	50.73	4	did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Aleksandrs Obižajevs	Pole vault	5.40	27	did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Rojs Piziks	Result	11.40	6.86	14.60	2.16	51.48	15.20	45.90	5.00	58.40	4:30.88	7994	23
Rojs Piziks	Points	774	781	765	953	748	825	785	910	714	739	7994	23

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jeļena Čelnova	5000 m	15:59.00	12	did not advance
Lana Jēkabsone	400 m hurdles	56.18	5	did not advance
Anita Liepiņa	10 km walk	—						45:35	22

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Jeļena Blaževiča	Triple jump	14.24	10 Q	14.12	8
Valentīna Gotovska	Long jump	6.08	27	did not advance
Gundega Sproģe	Triple jump	13.67	19	did not advance

Boxing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Romāns Kukļins	Heavyweight	Serguei Dychkov (BLR) L 6-16	did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary				Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank
Aldis Kļaviņš	Men's K-1	166.08	25	152.67	15	152.67	21
Dzintra Blūma	Women's K-1	DNF	AC	372.81	28	372.81	30

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ivans Klementyev	C-1 1000 m	4:24.678	3 QS	—		4:10.455	1 Q	3:54.954

Cycling

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kaspars Ozers	Men's road race	04:56:43	22
Dainis Ozols		04:56:51	92
Arvis Piziks		04:56:33	18
Juris Silovs		04:56:44	31
Romāns Vainšteins		04:56:54	106

Track

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ainārs Ķiksis	Men's time trial	1:05.457	8

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Repechage	3rd round	Repechage	Quarterfinals	Classification 5-8	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Viesturs Bērziņš	Men's sprint	10.463	9 Q	Martin Hrbacek (SVK) W 11.008	BYE	Roberto Chiappa (ITA) W 11.044	BYE	Jens Fiedler (GER) L 10.808	Frédéric Magné (FRA) Pavel Buráň (CZE) L 10.808	did not advance

Gymnastics

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Ludmila Prince	Individual all-around	9.475 9.537	9.000 9.150	8.412 8.700	9.362 9.550	73.186	58	did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Men

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	MP Points	Time	Rank	MP points	Wins	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Total points	Final rank
Vjačeslavs Duhanovs	Men's	173	20	1012	3:23.29	17	1248	15	18	790	150	18	950	13:13.380	17	1186	5186	22

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals C-D		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Uģis Lasmanis Andris Reinholds	Double sculls	6:52.80	2 R	6:51.19	1 SA/B	—		6:40.68	5 FB	6:20.82	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals C-D		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sanita Ozoliņa Liene Lutere	Double sculls	7:36.18	4 R	7:48.02	2 SA/B	—		7:32.00	6 FB	7:06.47	11

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race									Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Net points	Final rank
Ansis Dāle	Mistral	24	25	29	20	6	22	24	29	13	134.0	20

Women

Athlete	Event	Race									Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Net points	Final rank
Ilona Dzelme	Mistral	20	19	20	15	17	25	17	17	8	113.0	18

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Afanasijs Kuzmins	25 m rapid fire pistol	585	10	did not advance
Afanasijs Kuzmins	10 m air pistol	574	29	did not advance
Boriss Timofejevs	Skeet	122	6 Q	145	6

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final B		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Artūrs Jakovļevs	100 m butterfly	56.62	49	did not advance
Valērijs Kalmikovs	200 m breaststroke	2:17.07	17 q	2:16.23	13	did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:06.16	21	did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:28.04	18	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final B		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Margarita Kalmikova	200 m breaststroke	2:39.63	31	did not advance
Agnese Ozoliņa	50 m freestyle	27.65	47	did not advance

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Vladimirs Morozovs	−54 kg	100.0	19	122.5	19	222.5	19
Dainis Zīlītis	−83 kg	145.0	15	167.5	15	312.5	15
Ivars Zdanovskis	−99 kg	150.0	22	187.5	19	337.5	20
Viktors Ščerbatihs	−108 kg	177.5	12	212.5	11	390.0	10
Raimonds Bergmanis	+108 kg	177.5	12	225.0	10	402.5	9

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool							Final round
Athlete	Event	Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 Result	Round 5 Result	Round 6 Result	Rank	Final round Result	Rank
Aigars Jansons	−57 kg	Stanisław Pawłowski (POL) W 4-3	Sheng Zetian (CHN) L 1-7	Park Chi-ho (KOR) W 9-2	Ruslan Khakymov (UKR) L 4-9	—		9	did not advance

References

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