Latvia at the 1936 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:LAT
Nocname:Latvian Olympic Committee
Games:Winter Olympics
Year:1936
Website: 
Location:Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Competitors:26 (23 men, 3 women)
Sports:6
Flagbearer:Leonīds Vedējs[1]
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
See also: (1900–1912)
(1952–1988)

Latvia competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. The nation returned to the Winter Games after having missed the 1932 Winter Olympics. These Games would be the last time that Latvia would compete at the Winter Games as an independent nation until the 1992 Winter Olympics. After the nation was annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940, Latvian athletes would compete at the Olympic Games as part of the USSR delegations.

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics.

Men
AthleteEventDownhillSlalomTotal
TimeRankTime 1Time 2RankTotal pointsRank
Askolds HermanovskisCombined13:22.4563:18.0 (+0:12)DSQ - DNF -
Herberts Bērtulsons13:00.6553:06.1DSQ - DNF -
Women

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics.

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
18 kmKārlis Bukass1'42:5769
Alberts Riekstiņš1'42:1667
Herberts Dāboliņš1'34:2058
Pauls Kaņeps1'31:4450
Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics.

Men
Women
Pairs

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics.

Group A

Top two teams advanced to semifinals

PldWLTGFGAPts
33002436
32101174
312011122
30303270
7 February11-0
(2-0,3-0,6-0)
8 February9-2
(1-0,4-0,4-2)
9 February7-1
(4-0,0-0,3-1)
Contestants
Aleksejs Auziņš
Reinis Bluķis
Arvīds Jurgens
Herberts Kušķis
Roberts Lapainis
Kārlis Paegle
Arvīds Petersons
Ādolfs Petrovskis
Jānis Rozīte
Leonīds Vedējs
Jānis Bebris

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1936 Winter Olympics.

Events:

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics.

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 mJānis Andriksons45.916
Alfons Bērziņš45.714
1500 mJānis Andriksons2:28.923
Alfons Bērziņš2:25.818
5000 mJānis Andriksons9:15.030
Arvids Lejnieks9:11.929
Alfons Bērziņš8:53.418
10,000 mArvids Lejnieks18:41.223
Alfons Bērziņš18:22.519

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leonīds Vedējs . olympedia.org . 31 December 2023.