Latvia at the 2008 Summer Olympics Last updated September 17, 2025
Sporting event delegation
Latvia was represented at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , China by the Latvian Olympic Committee .
In total, 47 athletes including 29 men and 18 women represented Latvia in 11 different sports including athletics, basketball, canoeing, cycling, judo, modern pentathlon, shooting, swimming, tennis, volleyball and weightlifting.
Latvia won a total three medals at the games after Māris Štrombergs won gold in the men's BMX , Ainārs Kovals won silver in the men's javelin throw and Viktors Ščerbatihs won bronze in the men's weightlifting.
Athletics In total, 17 Latvian athletes participated in the athletics events – Ronalds Arājs , Jolanta Dukure , Aiga Grabuste , Ingus Janevics , Jānis Karlivāns , Igors Kazakēvičs , Ainārs Kovals , Dmitrijs Miļkevičs , Staņislavs Olijars , Sinta Ozoliņa , Inna Poluškina , Ēriks Rags , Igors Sokolovs , Māris Urtāns , Vadims Vasiļevskis , Valērijs Žolnerovičs and Ieva Zunda . [ 1]
Men Track & road events Field events Decathlon Athlete Event 100 m 400 m 1500 m Final Rank Jānis Karlivāns Result 11.36 7.26 14.85 1.84 51.61 15.28 44.54 DNS — — DNF Points 782 876 780 661 742 816 757 0 — —
Women Track & road events Field events Heptathlon Athlete Event 200 m 800 m Final Rank Aiga Grabuste Result 13.78 1.77 12.70 24.71 6.36 39.02 2:16.87 6050 PB 19* Points 1010 941 707 914 962 649 867
* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of Ukraine , tested positive for a banned substance. [ 2] Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and Grabuste moved up a position.
Basketball In total, 12 Latvian athletes participated in the basketball events – Elīna Babkina , Gunta Baško , Aija Brumermane , Zane Eglīte , Anda Eibele , Liene Jansone , Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota , Dita Krūmberga , Ieva Kubliņ , Aija Putniņa , Zane Tamane and Ieva Tāre in the women's tournament . [ 1]
Group play Source:
FIBA archive Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
1 2 Head-to-head record: Belarus 1–0 South Korea 1 2 Head-to-head record: Latvia 1–0 Brazil
Modern pentathlon In total, two Latvian athletes participated in the modern pentathlon events – Deniss Čerkovskis in the men's competition and Jeļena Rubļevska in the women's competition . [ 1]
Athlete Event Shooting(10 m air pistol) Fencing(épée one touch) Swimming(200 m freestyle) Riding(show jumping) Running(3000 m) Total points Final rank Points Rank MP Points Results Rank MP points Time Rank MP points Penalties Rank MP points Time Rank MP Points Deniss Čerkovskis Men's 184 12 1144 15–20 24 760 2:10.46 29 1236 112 9 1088 9:29.96 13 1124 5352 11 Jeļena Rubļevska Women's 181 35 908 27–8 2 1048 2:22.94 25 1208 220 31 980 10:49.35 18 1124 5268 23
Tennis In total, one Latvian athletes participated in the tennis events – Ernests Gulbis in the men's singles . [ 1]
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Opposition Opposition Opposition Opposition Opposition Opposition Rank Ernests Gulbis Men's singles Davydenko (RUS ) L 4–6, 2–6Did not advance
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