Latvia At The 2000 Summer Olympics
Latvia competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Latvia won their first summer Olympic gold medal at these games. 45 competitors, 30 men and 15 women, took part in 47 events in 13 sports.
| Latvia at the 2000 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | LAT |
| NOC | Latvian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Sydney | |
| Competitors | 45 (30 men, 15 women) in 13 sports |
| Flag bearer | Voldemārs Lūsis |
| Medals Ranked 44th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Russian Empire (1908–1912) Soviet Union (1952–1988) | |
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Igors Vihrovs | Gymnastics | Men's floor exercises |
 Silver | Aigars Fadejevs | Athletics | Men's 50 km walk |
 Bronze | Vsevolods Zeļonijs | Judo | Men's lightweight |
Athletics
- Men
- Track & road events
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Uģis Brūvelis | 50 km walk | — | 4:11:41 | 35 | |||||
| Aigars Fadejevs | 20 km walk | — | 1:22:43 | 14 | |||||
| 50 km walk | — | 3:43:40 |  | ||||||
| Viktors Lācis | 800 m | 1:46.94 | 3 q | — | 1:47.24 | 6 | Did not advance | ||
| Modris Liepiņš | 50 km walk | — | 3:48:36 | 9 | |||||
| Staņislavs Olijars | 110 m hurdles | 13.56 | 2 Q | 13.34 | 3 Q | 13.50 | 4 | Did not advance | |
| Māris Putenis | 20 km walk | — | DQ | AC | |||||
- Field events
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Voldemārs Lūsis | Javelin throw | 80.08 | 18 | Did not advance | |
| Ēriks Rags | 75.75 | 26 | Did not advance | ||
- Women
- Track & road events
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Jeļena Čelnova-Prokopčuka | 5000 m | 15:09.45 | 4 Q | — | 14:55.46 | 9 | |||
| 10000 m | 32:32.87 | 8 Q | — | 32:17.72 | 19 | ||||
| Jolanta Dukure | 20 km walk | — | 1:36.54 | 30 | |||||
| Irina Latve | 800 m | 2:06:05 | 29 | Did not advance | |||||
| Anita Liepiņa | 20 km walk | — | 1:39.17 | 37 | |||||
| Anita Trumpe | 100 m hurdles | 13.77 | 33 | Did not advance | |||||
| Irēna Žauna | 400 m hurdles | 57.79 | 23 | Did not advance | |||||
- Field events
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Valentīna Gotovska | Long jump | 6.47 | 19 | Did not advance | |
| Līga Kļaviņa | High Jump | NM | AC | Did not advance | |
| Inga Kožarenoka | Javelin Throw | 53.83 | 30 | Did not advance | |
Canoeing
Sprint
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechages | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Jefimijs Klementjevs | C-1 1000 m | 3:58.840 | 4 QS | — | 4:01.300 | 2 Q | 4:00.931 | 7 | |
Cycling
Road
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raivis Belohvoščiks | Men's road race | DNF | |
| Men's time trial | 59:57 | 15 | |
| Andris Naudužs | Men's road race | DNF | |
| Dainis Ozols | Men's road race | DNF | |
| Men's time trial | 1:00:46 | 21 | |
| Arvis Piziks | Men's road race | 5:30:46 | 22 |
| Andris Reiss | 5:42:01 | 81 | |
Track
- 1000m time trial
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gvido Miezis | Men's 1000m time trial | 1:08.113 | 16 |
- Men's Sprint
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying round | 1/16 | 1/16 repechage | 1/8 final | 1/8 repechage | Classification 9-12 | Quarter-finals | Classification 5–8 | Semi-finals | Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Viesturs Bērziņš | Men's sprint | 10.343 | 5 Q |  Ota (JPN)W 11.008 | BYE |  van Eijden (GER)L 10.682 |  MacLean (GBR) Arrue (USA)L |  Buráň (CZE) Arrue (USA) Hill (AUS)L | Did not advance | 10 | |||
- Team sprint
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | First round | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | ||||
| Viesturs Bērziņš Ainārs Ķiksis Ivo Lakučs | Men's team sprint | 45.589 59.225 | 6 Q | Australia (AUS) L 46.625 58.033 | 8 | Did not advance | |||
- Men's Keirin
| Athlete | Event | First round | First repechage | Second round | Finals | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||||||
| Ainārs Ķiksis | Men's keirin | DNF | AC | 1 Q | DNF | Did not advance | |||||||
Fencing
One female fencer represented Latvia in 2000.
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Jūlija Vansoviča | Women's épée |  Bravo (CHI)W 15–5 |  Szalay-Horváth (HUN)W 15–13 | Nagy (HUN) L 10–15 | Did not advance | 16 | ||
Gymnastics
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||||||
| F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||||
| Igors Vihrovs | Floor Exercise | 9.662Q | 8.462 | 9.375 | 9.587 | 9.500 | 9.600 | 56.186 | 26 Q | 9.812 | — | 9.812 |  | ||||
Judo
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Vsevolods Zeļonijs | −73 kg | BYE |  Laraque (HAI)W 1001–0000 |  Shturbabin (UZB)W 1010–0000 |  Maddaloni (ITA)L 0001–0011 | — | BYE |  Moussa (TUN)W 1000–0010 |  Kheder (FRA)W 1110–0100 |  Yong-sin (KOR)W 1000–0000 |  |
Modern pentathlon
| 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 | Time | Rank | MP points | Wins | Rank | MP points | Penalties | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP Points | ||||
| Deniss Čerkovskis | Men's | 174 | 19 | 1024 | 6 | 24 | 600 | 2:12.04 | 19 | 1180 | 133 | 12 | 967 | 9:27.35 | 7 | 1132 | 4903 | 18 |
| Jeļena Rubļevska | Women's | 169 | 18 | 964 | 15 | 2 | 960 | 2:29.07 | 20 | 1110 | 145 | 14 | 955 | 11:04.81 | 8 | 1062 | 5051 | 8 |
Rowing
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals C-D | Semifinals | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Andris Reinholds | Single sculls | 7:06.28 | 3 R | 7:06.40 | 1 SA/B | — | 7:15.04 | 4 FB | DQ | AC | |
Sailing
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
| Vita Matīse | Mistral | 18 | 19 | 17 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 23 | 18 | 20 | 170.0 | 22 | ||
| Žaklīna Litauniece | Europe | 24 | 26 | 24 | 20 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 218 | 27 | ||
Shooting
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Rank | ||
| Afanasijs Kuzmins | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 585 | 6 Q | 681.3 | 8 |
| Boriss Timofejevs | Skeet | 122 | 12 | Did not advance | |
Swimming
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Artūrs Jakovļevs | 100 m butterfly | 56.63 | 56 | Did not advance | |||
| Valērijs Kalmikovs | 100 m breaststroke | 1:04.02 | 34 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:16.21 | 19 | Did not advance | ||||
| 200 m individual medley | 2:04.18 | 24 | Did not advance | ||||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Margarita Kalmikova | 200 m breaststroke | 2:35.69 | 28 | Did not advance | |||
| Agnese Ozoliņa | 50 m freestyle | 27.28 | 44 | Did not advance | |||
| 100 m freestyle | 59.28 | 45 | Did not advance | ||||
Weightlifting
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Sergejs Lazovskis | −94 kg | 155.0 | 18 | 200.0 | 16 | 355.0 | 18 |
| Raimonds Bergmanis | +105 kg | DNF | — | — | — | DNF | |
| Viktors Ščerbatihs | 202.5 | 5 | 250.0 | 6 | 452.5 | 6 | |
Wrestling
- Men's freestyle
| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Final round Result | Rank | ||
| Igors Samušonoks | −85 kg |  Justin Abdou (CAN)L 2–3 |  Yoel Romero (CUB)L 0–3 |  Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ)W 7–6 | 3 | Did not advance | 11 | ||
Notes
- Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
- International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
- Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
- Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
- Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
- International Olympic Committee Web Site
References
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