Latvia at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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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 nation at the Summer Olympic Games
. Latvian athletes competed for the Soviet Union
(USSR) from 1952
to 1988.
Athletics
Men's 110m Hurdles
Men's Pole Vault
Men's Triple Jump
Men's Javelin Throw
Women's 10.000 metres
Women's Discus Throw
Women's High Jump
Boxing
Men's Light-Middleweight
Canoeing
Men's C-1 500 metres
Men's C-1 1,000 metres
Women's K-1 Slalom
Modern Pentathlon
Men's Individual Competition:
Men's Team Competition:
Sailing
Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)
Women's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)
Swimming
Men's 100m Butterfly
Tennis
Women's Singles Competition
Weightlifting
Men's Middleweight
Men's Super-Heavyweight
Wrestling
Men's Freestyle Featherweight
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. It was the first time since 1936
Latvia at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Latvia competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. It would be the last time that Latvia would compete at the Summer Games as an independent nation until the 1992 Summer Olympics...
that the nation had competed as an independent nation at the Summer Olympic Games
Summer Olympic Games
The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that...
. Latvian athletes competed for the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
(USSR) from 1952
Soviet Union at the 1952 Summer Olympics
The Soviet Union competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. It was the first time for Russians to compete since 1912 as well as the first time for Armenians, Azerbaijanis, Georgians, Ukrainians and Uzbeks to do it ever...
to 1988.
Silver
- Ivans KlementjevsIvans KlementjevsIvan Klementjev is a Soviet-born Latvian politician and former sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1980s to the late 1990s. He won three Olympic medals in C-1 1000 m at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. The highlight was the gold medal in 1988, which he won as a competitor for the USSR...
— Canoeing, Men's C1 1.000 metres Canadian Singles
- Afanasijs KuzminsAfanasijs KuzminsAfanasijs Kuzmins is a Latvian shooter who won two Olympic medals in the 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol event; gold at the 1988 for the USSR and silver at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Latvia. He also won the 1986 World Championship in 25 m Standard Pistol...
— Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol
Bronze
- Dainis OzolsDainis OzolsDainis Ozols is a professional cyclist from Latvia. In the 1992 Summer Olympics he earned a bronze medal in the 194 km road race, finishing in 4:32:24, 3 seconds behind Erik Dekker of the Netherlands and 4 seconds behind the winner Fabio Casartelli of Italy.His surname is often misspelled as...
— Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
AthleticsAthletics at the 1992 Summer OlympicsAt the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 43 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 19 by women. The competition ran from July 31, 1992 to August 9, 1992. Fourteen world record-holders were among the contenders...
Men's 110m Hurdles
- Igors KazanovsIgors KazanovsIgors Kazanovs is a retired athlete who represented the USSR and later Latvia. He was a soldier in the Soviet army, but is best remembered for his achievements as a hurdler. His personal time was 13.26s, achieved at the 1993 World Championships where he finished 6th...
Men's Pole Vault
- Aleksandrs ObižājevsAleksandrs ObižajevsAleksandrs Obižajevs is a retired pole vaulter who represented the USSR and later Latvia. His personal best jump was 5.80 metres, achieved in July 1987 in Bryansk. His result of 5.74 metres in 1983 placed him second on the top performers list during the indoor season that year, behind American...
- Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's Triple Jump
- Māris BružiksMaris BružiksMāris Bružiks is a retired triple jumper who represented the USSR, and later, following its dissolution, Latvia....
- Qualification — 16.94 m
- Final — 16.80 m (→ 10th place)
Men's Javelin Throw
- Mārcis Štrobinders
- Qualification — 76.32 m (→ did not advance)
Women's 10.000 metres
- Anita Klapote
- Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)
Women's Discus Throw
- Ilga Bērtulsone
- Heat — 58.92m (→ did not advance)
Women's High Jump
- Valentīna GotovskaValentina GotovskaValentīna Gotovska is a retired Latvian long jumper.Her personal best jump is 6.91 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Tartu. In her earlier career she was a high jumper, with a personal best of 1.97 metres from 1990. Gotovska retired after the 2005 season.-Achievements:-External links:...
- Qualification — 1.92 m
- Final — 1.83 m (→ 13th place)
BoxingBoxing at the 1992 Summer OlympicsBoxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place in the old Pavelló Club Joventut de Badalona in Barcelona. The boxing schedule began on July 26 and ended on August 9...
Men's Light-Middleweight
- Igors Šaplavskis
CanoeingCanoeing at the 1992 Summer OlympicsThe canoeing competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona was composed of 16 events in two disciplines, slalom and sprint. The slalom events returned to the Olympic program after a 20 year absence, since the 1972 Munich Games...
Men's C-1 500 metres
- Ivans KlementjevsIvans KlementjevsIvan Klementjev is a Soviet-born Latvian politician and former sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1980s to the late 1990s. He won three Olympic medals in C-1 1000 m at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. The highlight was the gold medal in 1988, which he won as a competitor for the USSR...
Men's C-1 1,000 metres
- Ivans KlementjevsIvans KlementjevsIvan Klementjev is a Soviet-born Latvian politician and former sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1980s to the late 1990s. He won three Olympic medals in C-1 1000 m at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. The highlight was the gold medal in 1988, which he won as a competitor for the USSR...
Women's K-1 Slalom
- Dzintra BlūmaDzintra BlūmaDzintra Blūma is a Latvian slalom canoer who competed in the early to mid 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she earned her best finish of 24th in the K-1 event at Barcelona in 1992.-References:*...
Modern PentathlonModern pentathlon at the 1992 Summer OlympicsThe modern pentathlon at the 1992 Summer Olympics was represented by two events : Individual competition and Team competition...
Men's Individual Competition:
- Kirils Medjancevs → 26th place (5154 points)
- Stanislavs Dobrotvorskis → 52nd place (4796 points)
- Vjaceslavs Duhanovs → 64th place (3803 points)
Men's Team Competition:
- Medjancevs, Dobrotvorskis, and Duhanovs → 17th place (13753 points)
SailingSailing at the 1992 Summer OlympicsSailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....
Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)
- Ansis Dāle
- Final Ranking — 284.0 points (→ 29th place)
Women's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)
- Ilona Dzelme
- Final Ranking — 223.0 points (→ 21st place)
SwimmingSwimming at the 1992 Summer OlympicsAt the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, 31 swimming events were contested. There was a total of 641 participants from 92 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals....
Men's 100m Butterfly
- Artūrs Jakovļevs
- Heat – 55.95 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
TennisTennis at the 1992 Summer OlympicsThese are the final results for the tennis competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.American teenager Jennifer Capriati stunned German Steffi Graf in the women's singles final to win the gold medal...
Women's Singles Competition
- Agnese Blumberga
- First Round — Defeated Christina PapadákiChristína PapadákiChristína Papadáki is a former tennis player from Greece who turned professional in 1990.Papadaki's biggest career achievement was reaching the final of the Copa Colsanitas Seguros Bolivar tournament in 1999, losing to Fabiola Zuluaga and winning the doubles title with Seda Noorlander in the...
(Greece) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 - Second Round — Lost to Amanda CoetzerAmanda CoetzerAmanda Coetzer is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.Coetzer turned professional in 1988 and retired in 2004...
(South Africa) 2-6, 4-6
- First Round — Defeated Christina Papadáki
- Larisa NeilandLarisa NeilandLarisa Savchenko Neiland is a former tennis player who represented Latvia. A former number-one ranked doubles player, Neiland won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won two singles titles and sixty-five doubles titles.-Career:Neiland turned professional in 1983...
- First Round — Lost to Katerina MaleevaKaterina MaleevaKaterina Maleeva is a Bulgarian tennis player. She played in the WTA tour, competing in singles, doubles and mixed doubles between 1984 and 1997. Her best position in the WTA rank list was number 6 in 1990.-Biography:...
(Bulgaria) 6-7, 2-6
- First Round — Lost to Katerina Maleeva
WeightliftingWeightlifting at the 1992 Summer OlympicsThe Weightlifting Competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona consisted of ten weight classes, for men only.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:*...
Men's Middleweight
- Aleksandrs Žerebkovs
Men's Super-Heavyweight
- Raimonds BergmanisRaimonds BergmanisRaimonds Bergmanis is a fomer Olympic weightlifting champion and retired strongman competitor from Latvia....
WrestlingWrestling at the 1992 Summer OlympicsAt the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 20 wrestling events were contested, for men only. There were 10 weight classes in each of the freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling disciplines.-Freestyle:-Greco-Roman:-Medal table:...
Men's Freestyle Featherweight
- Eduards Žukovs