Latvia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Latvia was represented at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States by the Latvian Olympic Committee.

Latvia at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	LAT
NOC	Latvian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpiade.lv (in Latvian and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors	47 (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)
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Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1908–1912)  Soviet Union (1952–1988)

In total, 47 athletes including 34 men and 13 women represented Latvia in 12 different sports including athletics, boxing, canoeing, cycling, gymnastics, modern pentathlon, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, weightlifting and wrestling. Latvia won one medal at the games after Ivans Klementjevs claimed silver in the canoeing men's C-1 1000 m.

Competitors

In total, 29 athletes represented Latvia at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States across 12 different sports.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletic	11	6	17
Boxing	1	0	1
Canoeing	2	1	3
Cycling	7	0	7
Gymnastics	0	1	1
Mondern pentathlon	1	0	1
Rowing	2	2	4
Sailing	1	1	2
Shooting	2	0	2
Swimming	2	2	4
Weightlifting	5	0	5
Wrestling	1	0	1
Total	34	13	47

Medalists

Latvia won one medal at the games when Ivans Klementjevs claimed silver in the canoeing men's C-1 1000 m.^[1]

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

In total, 17 Latvian athletes participated in the athletic events – Jeļena Blaževiča, Jeļena Čelnova, Aigars Fadejevs, Valentīna Gotovska, Sergejs Inšakovs, Lana Jēkabsone, Igors Kazanovs, Anita Liepiņa, Modris Liepiņš, Aleksandrs Obižajevs, Guntis Peders, Rojs Piziks, Aleksandrs Prokopčuks, Gundega Sproģe, Egīls Tēbelis and Einārs Tupurītis.^[1]

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

Source: ^[2]

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

One Latvian athlete participated in the boxing events – Romāns Kukļins.^[1]

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

Source: ^[2]

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Three Latvian athletes participated in the canoeing events – Dzintra Blūma, Aldis Kļaviņš and Ivans Klementjevs.^[1]

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

Source: ^[2]

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ivans Klementjevs	C-1 1000 m	4:24.678	3 QS	—		4:10.455	1 Q	3:54.954

Source: ^[2]

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Seven Latvian athletes participated in the cycling events – Viesturs Bērziņš, Ainārs Ķiksis, Kaspars Ozers, Dainis Ozols, Arvis Piziks, Juris Silovs and Romāns Vainšteins.^[1]

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

Source: ^[2]

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

Source: ^[2]

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

One Latvian athlete participated in the gymnastics events – Ludmila Prince.^[1]

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Ludmila Prince	Individual all-around	9.4759.537	9.0009.150	8.4128.700	9.3629.550	73.186	58	did not advance

Source: ^[2]

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics

One Latvian athlete participated in the modern pentathlon events – Vjačeslavs Duhanovs.^[1]

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

Source: ^[2]

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Four Latvian athletes participated in the rowing events – Uģis Lasmanis, Liene Lutere, Sanita Ozoliņa and Andris Reinholds.^[1]

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

Source: ^[2]

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Two Latvian athletes participated in the sailing events – Ansis Dāle and Ilona Dzelme.^[1]

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

Source: ^[2]

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Two Latvian athletes participated in the shooting events – Afanasijs Kuzmins and Boriss Timofejevs.^[1]

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

Source: ^[2]

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Four Latvian athletes participated in the swimming events – Artūrs Jakovļevs, Margarita Kalmikova, Valērijs Kalmikovs and Agnese Ozoliņa.^[1]

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

Source: ^[2]

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Five Latvian athletes participated in the weightlifting events – Raimonds Bergmanis, Vladimirs Morozovs, Viktors Ščerbatihs, Ivars Zdanovskis and Dainis Zīlītis.^[1]

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

Source: ^[2]

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

One Latvian athlete participated in the wrestling events – Aigars Jansons.^[1]

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

Source: ^[2]