Latvia at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Latvia at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Latvia
games=1992 Summer
competitors=34 (25 men and 9 women)
sports=13
flagbearer=Raimonds Bergmanis
gold=0
silver=2
bronze=1
total=3
rank=40

Latvia competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. It was the first time since 1936 that the nation had competed as an independent nation at the Summer Olympic Games. Latvian athletes competed for the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1952 to 1988.

Medalists

Silver

* Ivans Klementjevs — Canoeing, Men's C1 1.000 metres Canadian Singles

* Afanasijs Kuzmins — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol

Bronze

* Dainis Ozols — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race

Results by event


=Athletics=

Men's 110m Hurdles
*Igors Kazanovs

Men's Pole Vault
*Aleksandrs Obižājevs :* Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's Triple Jump
*Māris Bružiks:* Qualification — 16.94 m:* Final — 16.80 m (→ 10th place)

Men's Javelin Throw
*Mārcis Štrobinders :* Qualification — 76.32 m (→ did not advance)

Women's 10.000 metres
*Anita Klapote:* Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw
* Ilga Bērtulsone:* Heat — 58.92m (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump
* Valentīna Gotovska :* Qualification — 1.92 m:* Final — 1.83 m (→ 13th place)


=Boxing=

Men's Light-Middleweight
*Igors Šaplavskis


=Canoeing=

Men's C-1 500 metres
*Ivans Klementjevs

Men's C-1 1,000 metres
*Ivans Klementjevs

Women's K-1 Slalom
*Dzintra Blūma


=Modern Pentathlon=

Men's Individual Competition:
* Kirils Medjancevs → 26th place (5154 points)
* Stanislavs Dobrotvorskis → 52nd place (4796 points)
* Vjaceslavs Duhanovs → 64th place (3803 points)

Men's Team Competition:
* Medjancevs, Dobrotvorskis, and Duhanovs → 17th place (13753 points)


=Sailing=

Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)
*Ansis Dāle:* Final Ranking — 284.0 points (→ 29th place)

Women's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)
*Ilona Dzelme:* Final Ranking — 223.0 points (→ 21st place)


=Swimming=

Men's 100m Butterfly
* Artūrs Jakovļevs:* Heat – 55.95 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)


=Tennis=

Women's Singles Competition
* Agnese Blumberga
*# First Round — Defeated Christina Papadaki (Greece) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
*# Second Round — Lost to Amanda Coetzer (South Africa) 2-6, 4-6

* Larisa Neiland
*# First Round — Lost to Katerina Maleeva (Bulgaria) 6-7, 2-6


=Weightlifting=

Men's Middleweight
*Aleksandrs Žerebkovs

Men's Super-Heavyweight
*Raimonds Bergmanis


=Wrestling=

Men's Freestyle Featherweight
*Eduards Žukovs

References

* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/LAT/summer/1992/ sports-reference]


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