Latvia at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Latvia competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. The nation returned to the Winter Games after having missed the 1932 Winter Olympics. These Games would be the last time that Latvia would compete at the Winter Games as an independent nation until the 1992 Winter Olympics. After the nation was annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940, Latvian athletes would compete at the Olympic Games as part of the USSR delegations.

Latvia at the 1936 Winter Olympics
IOC code	LAT
NOC	Latvian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpiade.lv (in Latvian and English)
in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Competitors	26 (23 men, 3 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Leonīds Vedējs[1]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948–1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1956–1988)

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Downhill		Slalom			Total
		Time	Rank	Time 1	Time 2	Rank	Total points	Rank
Askolds Hermanovskis	Combined	13:22.4	56	3:18.0 (+0:12)	DSQ	–	DNF	–
Herberts Bērtulsons		13:00.6	55	3:06.1	DSQ	–	DNF	–

Women

Athlete	Event	Downhill		Slalom			Total
		Time	Rank	Time 1	Time 2	Rank	Total points	Rank
Mirdza Martinsone	Combined	15:21.6	36	3:08.3 (+0:12)	DSQ	–	DNF	–

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
18 km	Kārlis Bukass	1'42:57	69
	Alberts Riekstiņš	1'42:16	67
	Herberts Dāboliņš	1'34:20	58
	Pauls Kaņeps	1'31:44	50

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Herberts Dāboliņš Pauls Kaņeps Edgars Gruzītis Alberts Riekstiņš	3'26:08	13

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Places	Points	Final rank
Verners Auls	Men's singles	25	25	175	222.6	25

Women

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Places	Points	Final rank
Alise Dzeguze	Women's singles	24	23	161	280.9	23

Pairs

Athletes	Points	Score	Final rank
Hildegarde Švarce-Gešela Eduards Gešels	149	7.5	17

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Group A

Top two teams advanced to semifinals

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Canada	3	3	0	0	24	3	6
Austria	3	2	1	0	11	7	4
Poland	3	1	2	0	11	12	2
Latvia	3	0	3	0	3	27	0

7 February	Canada	11-0 (2-0,3-0,6-0)	Latvia
8 February	Poland	9-2 (1-0,4-0,4-2)	Latvia
9 February	Austria	7-1 (4-0,0-0,3-1)	Latvia

Contestants Aleksejs Auziņš Reinis Bluķis Arvīds Jurgens Herberts Kušķis Roberts Lapainis Kārlis Paegle Arvīds Petersons Ādolfs Petrovskis Jānis Rozīte Leonīds Vedējs Jānis Bebris

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Events:

• 18 km cross-country skiing
• normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.

Athlete	Event	Cross-country			Ski Jumping				Total
		Time	Points	Rank	Distance 1	Distance 2	Total points	Rank	Points	Rank
Edgars Gruzītis	Individual	1'35:22	134.6	44	35.0	36.5	148.1	43	282.7	42

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Jānis Andriksons	45.9	16
	Alfons Bērziņš	45.7	14
1500 m	Jānis Andriksons	2:28.9	23
	Alfons Bērziņš	2:25.8	18
5000 m	Jānis Andriksons	9:15.0	30
	Arvids Lejnieks	9:11.9	29
	Alfons Bērziņš	8:53.4	18
10,000 m	Arvids Lejnieks	18:41.2	23
	Alfons Bērziņš	18:22.5	19