Latvia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Latvia at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg
IOC code LAT
NOC Latvian Olympic Committee
Website www.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
Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire (1908–1912)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union (1952–1988)

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]

Contents

Medalists

Silver

Athletics

Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Aigars Fadejevs 20 km walk 1:20:476
Sergejs Inšakovs 100 m 10.425did not advance
200 m 20.412 Q20.584 Q20.487did not advance
Igors Kazanovs 110 m hurdles 13.7427 q13.428 Q14.137did not advance
Modris Liepiņš 50 km walk 4:01:1223
Guntis Peders 110 m hurdles 13.7225 Q13.5919did not advance
Aleksandrs Prokopčuks Marathon 2:21.5051
Einārs Tupurītis 800 m 1:45.882 Q1:46.414did not advance
Egīls Tēbelis 400 m hurdles 50.734did not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Aleksandrs Obižajevs Pole vault 5.4027did not advance
Combined events – Decathlon
AthleteEvent100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 mFinalRank
Rojs Piziks Result11.406.8614.602.1651.4815.2045.905.0058.404:30.88799423
Points774781765953748825785910714739
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Jeļena Čelnova 5000 m 15:59.0012did not advance
Lana Jēkabsone 400 m hurdles 56.185did not advance
Anita Liepiņa 10 km walk 45:3522
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Jeļena Blaževiča Triple jump 14.2410 Q14.128
Valentīna Gotovska Long jump 6.0827did not advance
Gundega Sproģe Triple jump 13.6719did not advance

Boxing

Men
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Romāns Kukļins Heavyweight Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Serguei Dychkov  (BLR)
L 6-16
did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

AthleteEventPreliminaryFinal
Run 1RankRun 2RankBestRank
Aldis Kļaviņš Men's K-1 166.0825152.6715152.6721
Dzintra Blūma Women's K-1 DNFAC372.8128372.8130

Sprint

Men
AthleteEventHeatsRepechagesSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Ivans Klementyev C-1 1000 m 4:24.6783 QS4:10.4551 Q3:54.954 Silver medal.svg

Cycling

Road

AthleteEventTimeRank
Kaspars Ozers Men's road race 04:56:4322
Dainis Ozols 04:56:5192
Arvis Piziks 04:56:3318
Juris Silovs 04:56:4431
Romāns Vainšteins 04:56:54106

Track

Time trial
AthleteEventTimeRank
Ainārs Ķiksis Men's time trial 1:05.4578
Sprint
AthleteEventQualification1st roundRepechage2nd roundRepechage3rd roundRepechageQuarterfinalsClassification 5-8SemifinalsFinal
TimeRankOpposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Viesturs Bērziņš Men's sprint 10.4639 QFlag of Slovakia.svg  Martin Hrbacek  (SVK)
W 11.008
BYEFlag of Italy.svg  Roberto Chiappa  (ITA)
W 11.044
BYEFlag of Germany.svg  Jens Fiedler  (GER)
L 10.808
Flag of France.svg  Frédéric Magné  (FRA)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Pavel Buráň  (CZE)
L 10.808
did not advance

Gymnastics

Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
V UB BB F V UB BB F
Ludmila Prince Individual all-around 9.475 9.5379.000 9.1508.412 8.7009.362 9.55073.18658did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Men
AthleteEventShooting
(10 m air pistol)
Swimming
(200 m freestyle)
Fencing
(épée one touch)
Riding
(show jumping)
Running
(3000 m)
Total pointsFinal rank
PointsRankMP PointsTimeRankMP pointsWinsRankMP pointsPenaltiesRankMP pointsTimeRankMP Points
Vjačeslavs Duhanovs Men's 1732010123:23.2917124815187901501895013:13.380171186518622

Rowing

Men
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinals C-DSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Uģis Lasmanis
Andris Reinholds
Double sculls 6:52.802 R6:51.191 SA/B6:40.685 FB6:20.829
Women
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinals C-DSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Sanita Ozoliņa
Liene Lutere
Double sculls 7:36.184 R7:48.022 SA/B7:32.006 FB7:06.4711

Sailing

Men
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
123456789
Ansis Dāle Mistral 24252920622242913134.020
Women
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
123456789
Ilona Dzelme Mistral 20192015172517178113.018

Shooting

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ScoreRankScoreRank
Afanasijs Kuzmins 25 m rapid fire pistol 58510did not advance
10 m air pistol 57429did not advance
Boriss Timofejevs Skeet 1226 Q1456

Swimming

Men
AthleteEventHeatFinal BFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Artūrs Jakovļevs 100 m butterfly 56.6249did not advance
Valērijs Kalmikovs 200 m breaststroke 2:17.0717 q2:16.2313did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:06.1621did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:28.0418did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatFinal BFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Margarita Kalmikova 200 m breaststroke 2:39.6331did not advance
Agnese Ozoliņa 50 m freestyle 27.6547did not advance

Weightlifting

Men
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Vladimirs Morozovs −54 kg 100.019122.519222.519
Dainis Zīlītis −83 kg 145.015167.515312.515
Ivars Zdanovskis −99 kg 150.022187.519337.520
Viktors Ščerbatihs −108 kg 177.512212.511390.010
Raimonds Bergmanis +108 kg 177.512225.010402.59

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman
AthleteEventElimination PoolFinal round
Round 1
Result
Round 2
Result
Round 3
Result
Round 4
Result
Round 5
Result
Round 6
Result
RankFinal round
Result
Rank
Aigars Jansons −57 kg Flag of Poland.svg  Stanisław Pawłowski  (POL)
W 4-3
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Sheng Zetian  (CHN)
L 1-7
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  Park Chi-ho  (KOR)
W 9-2
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ruslan Khakymov  (UKR)
L 4-9
9did not advance

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References

  1. "Latvia at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2020-01-03.