Athletics

Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...

• Egils Tebelis
• Heat — 50.73s (→ did not advance)

• Rojs Piziks
  Rojs Piziks
  Rojs Piziks is a retired male decathlete and high jumper from Latvia, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He set his personal best score in the men's decathlon on June 16, 1996 at a meet in Riga...
  
  
• Final Result — 7994 points (→ 23rd place)

• Aleksandrs Prokopčuks — 2:21.50 (→ 51st place)

• Modris Liepiņš
  Modris Liepinš
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   — 4:01:12 (→ 23rd place)

• Collin Ray — 65.79 (→ 4th place)

• Lana Jekabsone
• Heat — 56.18 (→ did not advance)

• Valentīna Gotovska
  Valentina Gotovska
  Valentīna 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 — 6.08m (→ did not advance)

• Jelena Blazevica
  Jelena Blaževica
  Jeļena Blaževiča is a retired Latvian triple jumper. Her personal best jump was 14.55 metres, achieved in June 1996 in Riga.-Achievements:-References:...
  
  
• Qualification — 14.24m
• Final — 14.12m (→ 9th place)

• Gundega Sproge
  Gundega Sproge
  Gundega Sproģe is a retired Latvian triple jumper.She finished ninth at the 1997 World Championships. She also competed at the 1996 Olympic Games and the 1997 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final round....
  
  
• Qualification — 13.67m (→ did not advance)

• Anita Liepina
  Anita Liepiņa
  Anita Liepiņa is a former Latvian race walker and long-distance runner.Her career highlights include participation at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.She is married to Modris Liepiņš.-Achievements:-References:...
  
   — 45:35 (→ 22nd place)

Boxing

Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

-Qualification:The following tournaments were used as qualification tournaments for boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Africa* All-Africa Games in Harare, Zimbabwe from September 13 to September 23, 1995* Qualification Tournament in April/May? 1996...

• Romans Kuklins
• First Round — Lost to Serguei Dychkov (Belarus), 6-16

Modern pentathlon

Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Team events were eliminated from the 1996 Olympics.-Medal Summary:Individual:-Final Results:-References:*...

• Vjačeslavs Duhanovs → 22nd place (5.186 pts)

Swimming

Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States, which was built for the Games...

• Artur Jakovlevs
• Heat — 56.62 (→ did not advance, 49th place)

• Valeri Kalmikovs
• Heat — 2:17.07
• B-Final — 2:16.23 (→ 13th place)

• Valeri Kalmikovs
• Heat — 2:06.16 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

• Valeri Kalmikovs
• Heat — 4:28.04 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

• Margarita Kalmikova
• Heat — 2:39.63 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Weightlifting

Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The weightlifting competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta consisted of ten weight classes, for men only. The range of each weight class was adjusted by 1–4 kg for these Games, marking the first redefinition of Olympic weightlifting weight classes since they were introduced in...

• Dainis Zilitis
• Final — 145.0 + 167.5 = 312.5 (→ 15th place)