Latvia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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]

Latvia at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codeLAT
NOCLatvian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olimpiade.lv (in Latvian and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors47 (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)
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1908–1912)
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Medalists

Silver

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
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
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
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
Points 774 781 765 953 748 825 785 910 714 739
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
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
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
Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Romāns Kukļins Heavyweight  Serguei Dychkov (BLR)
L 6-16		 did not advance

Canoeing
Main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Slalom
Athlete Event Preliminary Final
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
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
Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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
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
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
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
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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
Points Rank MP Points Time Rank MP points Wins Rank MP points Penalties Rank MP points Time Rank MP Points
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
Main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals C-D Semifinals Final
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
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
Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Ansis Dāle Mistral 24 25 29 20 6 22 24 29 13 134.0 20
Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Ilona Dzelme Mistral 20 19 20 15 17 25 17 17 8 113.0 18

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Afanasijs Kuzmins 25 m rapid fire pistol 585 10 did not advance
10 m air pistol 574 29 did not advance
Boriss Timofejevs Skeet 122 6 Q 145 6

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heat Final B Final
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
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
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result 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
Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men's Greco-Roman
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
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
  1. "Latvia at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2020-01-03.


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