| Noc: | LAT |
| Nocname: | Latvian Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2004 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Athens |
| Competitors: | 32 |
| Sports: | 11 |
| Flagbearer: | Vadims Vasiļevskis |
| Rank: | 58 |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 4 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1924 |
| See also: | (1900–1912) (1952–1988) |
Latvia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's eighth appearance at the Summer Olympics.
The Latvian Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since the breakup of the Soviet Union. A total of 32 athletes, 22 men and 10 women, competed only in 11 sports. Fourteen athletes had previously competed in Sydney, including silver medalist Aigars Fadejevs in men's race walk, defending Olympic champion Igors Vihrovs in men's floor exercises, and judoka and bronze medalist Vsevolods Zeļonijs. Pistol shooter and former Olympic champion Afanasijs Kuzmins, the oldest of the team, at age 57, became the first Latvian athlete to compete in seven Olympic games (including three of his appearances under the Soviet Union). Meanwhile, javelin thrower and Latvia's top Olympic medal contender Vadims Vasiļevskis was appointed by the committee to become the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[1] [2]
Latvia left Athens with a total of four Olympic silver medals, surpassing a single short of the overall tally from Sydney. Three of these medals were awarded to the athletes for the first time in men's javelin throw, modern pentathlon, and weightlifting. Gymnast Jevgēņijs Saproņenko claimed another sporting medal for his team with a silver in the men's vault exercises, adding it to a prestigious gold from Igors Vihrovs in Sydney four years earlier.[3]
See main article: article and Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Latvian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).[4] [5]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Aigars Fadejevs | 20 km walk | 1:22:08 | 9 | ||||||
| 50 km walk | 3:52:52 | 11 | ||||||||
| Modris Liepiņš | 50 km walk | 4:04:26 | 25 | |||||||
| 800 m | 1:46.66 | =1 Q | 1:46.62 | 6 | Did not advance | |||||
| 110 m hurdles | 13.27 | 2 Q | 13.26 | 1 Q | 13.20 | 3 Q | 13.21 | 5 | ||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | |||
| Voldemārs Lūsis | align=left rowspan=3 | Javelin throw | 79.27 | 17 | Did not advance | |
| Ēriks Rags | 80.84 | 11 q | 83.14 | 7 | ||
| Vadims Vasiļevskis | 84.43 PB | 3 Q | 84.95 | |||
| Athlete | Event | 100 m | 400 m | 1500 m | Final | Rank | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jānis Karlivāns | Result | 11.33 | 7.26 | 13.30 | 1.97 | 50.54 | 14.98 | 45.10 | 4.50 | 52.92 | 4:38.67 | 6363 | 25 |
| Points | 789 | 876 | 686 | 776 | 790 | 852 | 733 | 760 | 632 | 689 |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Anita Liepiņa | 20 km walk | 1:39:54 | 45 | |||||
| 10000 m | 31:04.10 | 7 | ||||||
| 400 m hurdles | 56.21 | 4 | Did not advance | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | |||
| Valentīna Gotovska | Long jump | 6.41 | 23 | Did not advance | ||
| Javelin throw | 54.92 | 34 | Did not advance | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Ineta Radēviča | Long jump | 6.53 | 13 | Did not advance | |
| Triple jump | 14.12 | 20 | Did not advance | |||
| Dace Ruskule | Discus throw | 57.43 | 28 | Did not advance | ||
See main article: article and Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Dagnis Vinogradovs | Men's C-1 500 m | 1:50.776 | 2 q | 1:52.511 | 5 | Did not advance | |
| Men's C-1 1000 m | 3:57.070 | 4 q | 3:53.656 | 3 Q | 3:53.537 | 6 | ||
See main article: article and Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andris Naudužs | align=left rowspan=2 | Men's road race | Did not finish | |
| Romāns Vainšteins | 5:43:03 | 28 | ||
See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||||||
| Igors Vihrovs | All-around | 9.662 | 9.462 | 9.225 | 9.425 | 9.287 | 9.362 | 56.423 | 17 Q | 9.687 | 8.862 | 9.187 | 9.700 | 9.700 | 9.000 | 9.437 | 18 |
| Jevgēņijs Saproņenko | Vault | 9.650 | 9.650 | 7 Q | 9.706 | 9.706 | |||||||||||
See main article: article and Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
| 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 | 180 | 11 | 1096 | 19–13 | =2 | 916 | 2:09.00 | 17 | 1252 | 196 | 23 | 1004 | 9:38.77 | 3 | 1088 | 5356 | 4 | |
| Jeļena Rubļevska | Women's | 171 | 15 | 988 | 23–9 | 1 | 1028 | 2:26.96 | 21 | 1160 | 84 | 14 | 1116 | 10:58.00 | 4 | 1088 | 5380 | ||
See main article: article and Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Latvian sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.
See main article: article and Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Latvian swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Guntars Deičmans | 200 m individual medley | 2:03.68 | 25 | Did not advance | |||
| 400 m individual medley | 4:29.17 | 30 | Did not advance | |||||
| Andrejs Dūda | 100 m butterfly | 56.81 | 53 | Did not advance | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Romāns Miloslavskis | 100 m freestyle | 50.94 | 35 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m freestyle | 1:50.83 | 23 | Did not advance | |||||
| Pāvels Murāns | 100 m breaststroke | 1:06.45 | 51 | Did not advance | ||||
See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics. One Latvian weightlifter qualified for the following events:
See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Latvia has qualified the following quota places.
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