Latvia at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	LAT
Nocname:	Latvian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2008
Website:
Location:	Beijing
Competitors:	50
Sports:	11
Flagbearer:	Vadims Vasiļevskis (opening) Māris Štrombergs (closing)
Rank:	45
Gold:	1
Silver:	1
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1924
See also:	(1900–1912) (1952–1988)

Latvia competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. It was Latvia's 9th appearance in Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's BMX
			Men's javelin throw
			Men's +105 kg

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ronalds Arājs	200 m	21.22	5	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Ingus Janevics	20 km walk
50 km walk	4:12:45	42
Igors Kazakēvičs	50 km walk	3:52:38	16
Dmitrijs Miļkevičs	800 m	1:47.12	4	Did not advance
Staņislavs Olijars	110 m hurdles			Did not advance
Valērijs Žolnerovičs	3000 m steeplechase	8:37.65	10	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ainārs Kovals	align=left rowspan=2	Javelin throw	80.15	7 q	86.64
Ēriks Rags	79.33	13	Did not advance
Igors Sokolovs	Hammer throw	73.72	19	Did not advance
Māris Urtāns	Shot put	19.57	25	Did not advance
Vadims Vasiļevskis	Javelin throw	83.51	1 Q	81.32	9

Combined 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		—	—
Points	782	876	780	661	742	816	757	0	—	—

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jolanta Dukure	20 km walk	1:41:03	41
Inna Poluškina	3000 m steeplechase	10:18.60	14	Did not advance
Ieva Zunda	400 m hurdles	57.43	5	Did not advance

Field events

Combined 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.^[1] Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and Grabuste moved up a position.

Basketball

See main article: article and Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Miķelis Ežmalis	Men's C-1 500 m	1:54.890	6 QS	1:56.907	6	Did not advance
Men's C-1 1000 m	4:13.777	4 QS	4:16.820	9	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Krists Straume Kristaps Zaļupe	Men's K-2 500 m	1:31.020	4 QS	1:32.649	4	Did not advance
Men's K-2 1000 m	3:23.198	5 QS	3:23.408	1 Q	3:19.387	7

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Raivis Belohvoščiks	Men's road race	Did not finish
Men's time trial	1:08:54	36
Gatis Smukulis	Men's road race	6:36:48	68

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Ivo Lakučs	align=left rowspan=3	Men's BMX	36.509	16	21	8	Did not advance
Artūrs Matisons	36.072	4	6	2 Q	22	7	Did not advance
Māris Štrombergs	35.910	2	7	1 Q	3	1 Q	36.190

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vsevolods Zeļonijs	Men's −73 kg	L 0010–0020	Did not advance
Jevgeņijs Borodavko	Men's −90 kg	L 0010–0100	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 2008 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	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

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Andrejs Dūda	100 m butterfly	55.20	59	Did not advance
200 m individual medley	2:04.18	38	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Romāns Miloslavskis	100 m freestyle	50.40	46	Did not advance
200 m freestyle	1:48.41	25	Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Volleyball

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Beach

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Official page of 2008 Latvian Olympic team

Notes and References

1. Web site: Blonska thrown out of long jump . 2008-08-21 . . 2008-08-21 .