Latvia at the Olympics

Latvia at the
Olympics

IOC code

LAT

NOC

Latvian Olympic Committee

Website

www.olimpiade.lv (in Latvian) (in English)

Medals

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
3	15	8	26

Summer appearances

Winter appearances

Other related appearances

Russian Empire (1900–1912)

Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Latvia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1924. After the nation was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940, Latvian athletes competed for the Soviet Union at the Olympics between 1952 and 1988. After the independence of Latvia and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the nation returned to the Olympic Games in 1992 and has competed at every Games since then.

Latvian athletes have won a total of nineteen medals at the Summer Olympic Games and seven medals at the Winter Olympic Games. They have won a remarkably high proportion of silver medals, with three gold medals. These totals do not include medals won by Latvian athletes while competing for the Soviet Union.

The National Olympic Committee for Latvia was first created in 1922. The current NOC is the Latvian Olympic Committee, which was recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1991.

Olympic success aside, Kristaps Porzingis' win in the 2017 Taco Bell Skills Challenge is widely considered the proudest moment in Latvian sports history.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Total		3	11	5	19	67
Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1900–1912	as part of the Russian Empire (RU1)
1920 Antwerp	did not participate
1924 Paris	36	0	0	0	0	–
1928 Amsterdam	17	0	0	0	0	–
1932 Los Angeles	4	0	1	0	1	22
1936 Berlin	17	0	1	1	2	24
1948 London	did not participate
1952–1988	as part of the Soviet Union (URS)
1992 Barcelona	31	0	2	1	3	40
1996 Atlanta	47	0	1	0	1	61
2000 Sydney	45	1	1	1	3	44
2004 Athens	31	0	4	0	4	58
2008 Beijing	50	1	1	1	3	45
2012 London	46	1	0	1	2	49
2016 Rio de Janeiro	34	0	0	0	0	-
2020 Tokyo	Future event

Medals by Winter Games

Total		0	4	3	7	40
Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1924 Chamonix	1	0	0	0	0	–
1928 St. Moritz	2	0	0	0	0	–
1932 Lake Placid	did not participate
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	26	0	0	0	0	–
1948 St. Moritz	did not participate
1952–1988	as part of the Soviet Union (URS)
1992 Albertville	23	0	0	0	0	–
1994 Lillehammer	27	0	0	0	0	–
1998 Nagano	29	0	0	0	0	–
2002 Salt Lake City	47	0	0	0	0	–
2006 Turin	57	0	0	1	1	26
2010 Vancouver	58	0	2	0	2	23
2014 Sochi	58	0	2	2	4	23
2018 Pyeongchang	Future event
2022 Beijing	Future event

Medals by summer sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Cycling	2	0	1	3
Gymnastics	1	1	0	2
Athletics	0	4	1	5
Canoeing	0	2	0	2
Weightlifting	0	1	1	2
Modern pentathlon	0	1	0	1
Shooting	0	1	0	1
Wrestling	0	1	0	1
Beach volleyball	0	0	1	1
Judo	0	0	1	1
Total	3	11	5	19

Medals by winter sport

Sport	Silver	Bronze	Total
Skeleton	2	0	2
Luge	1	3	4
Bobsleigh	1	0	1
Total	4	3	7

List of medalists

Summer Olympics

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
02 ! Silver	Daliņš, JānisJānis Daliņš	1932 Los Angeles	Athletics	Men's 50 km walk
02 ! Silver	Bietags, EdvīnsEdvīns Bietags	1936 Berlin	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight
03 ! Bronze	Bubenko, AdalbertsAdalberts Bubenko	1936 Berlin	Athletics	Men's 50 km walk
02 ! Silver	Klementjevs, IvansIvans Klementjevs	1992 Barcelona	Canoeing	Men's C-1 1000 metres
02 ! Silver	Kuzmins, AfanasijsAfanasijs Kuzmins	1992 Barcelona	Shooting	Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol
03 ! Bronze	Ozols, DainisDainis Ozols	1992 Barcelona	Cycling (Road)	Men's individual race
02 ! Silver	Klementjevs, IvansIvans Klementjevs	1996 Atlanta	Canoeing	Men's C-1 1000 metres
01 ! Gold	Vihrovs, IgorsIgors Vihrovs	2000 Sydney	Gymnastics	Men's floor exercises
02 ! Silver	Fadejevs, AigarsAigars Fadejevs	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's 50 km walk
03 ! Bronze	Zeļonijs, VsevolodsVsevolods Zeļonijs	2000 Sydney	Judo	Men's lightweight
02 ! Silver	Vasiļevskis, VadimsVadims Vasiļevskis	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's javelin throw
02 ! Silver	Saproņenko, JevgēņijsJevgēņijs Saproņenko	2004 Athens	Gymnastics	Men's vault
02 ! Silver	Rubļevska, JeļenaJeļena Rubļevska	2004 Athens	Modern pentathlon	Women's individual
02 ! Silver	ScerbatihsViktors Ščerbatihs	2004 Athens	Weightlifting	Men's super heavyweight
01 ! Gold	Štrombergs, MārisMāris Štrombergs	2008 Beijing	Cycling (BMX)	Men's BMX
02 ! Silver	Kovals, AinārsAinārs Kovals	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's javelin throw
03 ! Bronze	Viktors Ščerbatihs	2008 Beijing	Weightlifting	Men's super heavyweight
01 ! Gold	Štrombergs, MārisMāris Štrombergs	2012 London	Cycling (BMX)	Men's BMX
03 ! Bronze	Mārtiņš Pļaviņš Jānis Šmēdiņš	2012 London	Beach volleyball	Men's tournament

Winter Olympics

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
03 ! Bronze	Rubenis, MārtiņšMārtiņš Rubenis	2006 Turin	Luge	Men's singles
02 ! Silver	Andris Šics Juris Šics	2010 Vancouver	Luge	Doubles
02 ! Silver	Martins Dukurs	2010 Vancouver	Skeleton	Men's
02 ! Silver	Daumants Dreiškens Oskars Melbārdis Jānis Strenga Arvis Vilkaste	2014 Sochi	Bobsleigh	Four-man
02 ! Silver	Martins Dukurs	2014 Sochi	Skeleton	Men's
03 ! Bronze	Andris Šics Juris Šics	2014 Sochi	Luge	Doubles
03 ! Bronze	Mārtiņš Rubenis Elīza Tīruma Andris Šics Juris Šics	2014 Sochi	Luge	Team relay

List of gold medal winners

No.	Name	Sport	Year
In the Soviet Union
1	Inese Jaunzeme	Javelin throw	1956
2	Elvīra Ozoliņa	Javelin throw	1960
3	Ivans Bugajenkovs	Volleyball	1964
4	Staņislavs Lugailo	Volleyball	1964
5	Ivans Bugajenkovs	Volleyball	1968
6	Oļegs Antropovs	Volleyball	1968
7	Jānis Lūsis	Javelin throw	1968
8	Tatjana Veinberga	Volleyball	1968
9	Uļjana Semjonova	Basketball	1976
10	Tamāra Dauniene	Basketball	1976
11	Vera Zozuļa	Luge	1980
12	Uļjana Semjonova	Basketball	1980
13	Dainis Kūla	Javelin throw	1980
14	Pāvels Seļivanovs	Volleyball	1980
15	Aleksandrs Muzičenko	Sailing	1980
16	Jānis Ķipurs	Boblsleigh	1988
17	Vitālijs Samoilovs	Ice hockey	1988
18	Afanasijs Kuzmins	Shooting	1988
19	Ivans Klementjevs	Canoeing	1988
20	Natālija Laščonova	Gymnastics	1988
21	Igors Miglinieks	Basketball	1988
Independent Latvia
22	Igors Vihrovs	Gymnastics	2000
23	Māris Štrombergs	BMX	2008
24	Māris Štrombergs	BMX	2012

Notes

At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Haralds Silovs became the first athlete in Olympic history to participate in both short track (1500m) and long track (5000m) speed skating, and the first to compete in two different disciplines on the same day.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

↑ "Latvia's quick-change artist makes Olympic history". Toronto Star. 2010-02-14. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
↑ Harris, Beth (2010-02-13). "Latvian speedskater is 1st to do double duty". Washington Post. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
↑ CTV Olympics, "Latvian skater makes Olympic history", Agence France Press, 14 February 2010 . Retrieved 18 February 2010.
↑ New York Times, "Crosstown Ride to a Speedskating First", Associated Press, 30 January 2010 . Retrieved 18 February 2010.

External links

"Latvia". International Olympic Committee.
"Results and Medalists". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee.
"Latvia". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.

Nations that have competed at the Olympic Games
Participated at the Summer Olympic Games • Participated at the Winter Olympic Games • Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics
Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo DR Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Americas	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil British Virgin Islands Canada Summer Winter Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela Virgin Islands
Asia	Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Chinese Taipei Tajikistan Thailand East Timor Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
Europe	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Summer Winter Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel¹ Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Oceania	American Samoa Australia Winter Cook Islands Fiji Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu
Other	Independent Olympians Refugee Olympic Team
Historical	Australasia Bohemia British West Indies Republic of China Czechoslovakia East Germany Mixed teams Netherlands Antilles North Borneo North Yemen Rhodesia Russian Empire Saar Serbia and Montenegro South Yemen Soviet Union Unified Team United Team of Germany West Germany Yugoslavia
¹ Israel has been a member of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) since 1994.

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