Latvia at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Latvia at the
1992 Summer Olympics

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
Medals
Ranked 40th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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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]

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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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

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

Sport  | Men  | Women  | Total

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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

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Main article: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men
Track & road events
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final

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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

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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

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Anita Klapote | 10000 m | —  | DNF

Field events
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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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

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Main article: Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | 1 Round  | 2 Round  | 3 Round  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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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

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Main article: Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

### Slalom

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Athlete  | Event  | Preliminary  | Final

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Run 1  | Rank  | Run 2  | Rank  | Best  | Rank
Dzintra Blūma | Women's K-1 | 173.37  | 23  | 160.83  | 20  | 160.83  | 24

### Sprint

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Men
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Repechages  | Semifinals  | Final

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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

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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

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Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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Dainis Ozols | Men's road race | 4:35:24  |
Arvis Piziks | 4:35:56  | 8
Arnolds Ūdris | 4:35:56  | 53

### Track

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Time trial
Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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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

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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

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Points  | Laps  | Rank  | Points  | Laps  | Rank
Arnolds Ūdris | Men's points race | 10  | 1  | 28  | did not advance

## Judo

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Main article: Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Repechage  | Semifinals C-D  | Semifinals  | Final

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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

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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

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Main article: Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Race  | Net points  | Final rank

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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

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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

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Main article: Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Semifinal  | Final

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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

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Score  | Rank  | Score  | Rank  | Score  | Rank
Boriss Timofejevs | Skeet | 148  | 10 Q | 197  | 11  | did not advance

## Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Final B  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Artūrs Jakovļevs | 100 m butterfly | 55.95  | 33  | did not advance

## Tennis

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Main article: Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Round of 64  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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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

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Snatch  | Clean & Jerk  | Total  | Rank

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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

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's freestyle
Athlete  | Event  | Elimination Pool  | Final round

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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

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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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