Latvia at the 2012 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	LAT
Nocname:	Latvian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2012
Website:
Location:	London
Competitors:	46
Sports:	12
Flagbearer:	Mārtiņš Pļaviņš (opening)^[1] Ineta Radēviča (closing)
Rank:	49
Gold:	1
Silver:	0
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1924
See also:	(1900–1912) (1952–1988)

Latvia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom from July 27 to August 12, 2012. This was the nation's tenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.

The Latvian Olympic Committee sent a total of 46 athletes to the Games, 32 men and 14 women, to compete in 12 sports. Sixteen athletes had competed in Beijing, including silver medalist Ainārs Kovals in the men's javelin throw, and defending Olympic champion Māris Štrombergs in men's BMX cycling. Pistol shooter and Olympic gold medalist Afanasijs Kuzmins, the oldest of the team, at age 65, became the first Latvian athlete to compete in nine Olympic games (including three of his appearances under the Soviet Union), tying the record set by Austria's Hubert Raudaschl. Meanwhile, Jeļena Rubļevska, who won silver in Athens, became the first female modern pentathlete to compete at four Olympics, since the sport's introduction to women in 2000. Among the twelve sports played by the athletes, Latvia marked its Olympic debut in table tennis.

Latvia left London with only one gold and one bronze medal. Māris Štrombergs, who managed to successfully defend his Olympic title in the men's BMX cycling, became the first Latvian athlete to win two Olympic gold medals in the post-Soviet era.^[2] Meanwhile, Mārtiņš Pļaviņš, who became Latvia's flag bearer at the opening ceremony, and his partner Jānis Šmēdiņš won the nation's first-ever Olympic medal in men's beach volleyball.

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2012 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):^[3]

Key

Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ronalds Arājs	100 m	Withdrew due to injury
Dmitrijs Jurkevičs	1500 m	3:41.40	9	Did not advance
Igors Kazakēvičs	50 km walk	4:06:47	45
Jānis Leitis	400 m	46.41	5	Did not advance
Arnis Rumbenieks	20 km walk	1:26:26	45
Valērijs Žolnerovičs	Marathon

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Mareks Ārents	Pole vault	5.35	22	Did not advance
Ainārs Kovals	align=left rowspan=2	Javelin throw	79.19	17	Did not advance
Zigismunds Sirmais		—	Did not advance
Igors Sokolovs	Hammer throw	72.76	21	Did not advance
Māris Urtāns	Shot put	19.13	27	Did not advance
Vadims Vasiļevskis	Javelin throw	72.81	38	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m				400 m					1500 m	Final	Rank
Edgars Eriņš	Result	10.99	6.98	13.45	1.93	50.62	15.22	45.10	4.50	57.35	4:35.88	7649	22
Points	863	809	695	740	786	823	769	760	698	706		7649	22

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Dace Lina	Marathon	2:47:47	98
Poļina Jeļizarova	3000 m steeplechase	9:27.21	4 Q	9:38.56	11
Agnese Pastare	20 km walk	1:31:54	24

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Lauma Grīva	Long jump	6.10	28	Did not advance
Līna Mūze	align=left rowspan=3	Javelin throw	59.91	13	Did not advance
Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala	58.86	20	Did not advance
Madara Palameika	60.62	10 q	60.73	8
Ineta Radēviča	Long jump	~~6.68~~ DQ	~~5 q~~ DQ	~~6.88~~ DQ	4 DQ

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event				200 m			800 m	Final	Rank
Aiga Grabuste	Result	13.65	1.77	13.52		—	—	—
Points	1028	941	762	0	—	—	—
Laura Ikauniece	Result	13.71	1.83	12.64	24.16	6.13	51.27	2:12.13	6414	7
Points	1020	1016	704	965	890	885	934		6414	7

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Sprint

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Māris Štrombergs	align=left rowspan=3	Men's BMX	38.697	11	8	2 Q	10	3 Q	37.576
Edžus Treimanis		32	12	2 Q	14	5	Did not advance
Rihards Veide	38.753	13	19	3 q	18	7	Did not advance
Sandra Aleksejeva	Women's BMX	41.752	13	19	7	Did not advance

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Men

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Konstantīns Ovčiņņikovs	Men's −81 kg	L 0002–0010	Did not advance
Jevgeņijs Borodavko	Men's −100 kg	W 0100–0000	L 0000–0011	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Total points	Final rank
Deniss Čerkovskis	Men's	23–12	4	952	2:10.78	28	1232	224	32	976	10:46.88	13	2416	5576	19
Jeļena Rubļevska	Women's	25–10	1	1000	2:26.93	32	1040	64	16	1136	12:17.22	15	2052	5228	8

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Men

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Latvian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[4]

Men

Women

Table tennis

See main article: article and Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Latvia has qualified the following players.

Volleyball

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Beach

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mārtiņš Pļaviņš Jānis Šmēdiņš	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	Pool E W 2 – 1 (19–21, 23–21, 15–9) W 2 – 0 (21–14, 21–16) W 2 – 0 (21–14, 21–18)	1 Q	W 2 – 0 (21–18, 21–16)	W 2 – 1 (19–21, 21–18, 15–11)	L 0 – 2 (15–21, 20–22)	W 2 – 1 (19–21, 21–19, 15–11)
Aleksandrs Samoilovs Ruslans Sorokins	Pool D W 2 – 1 (12–21, 21–15, 15–12) W 2 – 0 (21–13, 21–10) L 0 – 2 (10–21, 16–21)	3 Q	L 0 – 2 (12–21, 17–21)	Did not advance			9

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Latvia has qualified the following athletes.

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Latvia has qualified the following quota places.

Key

- Victory by Fall.
- Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
- Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Women's freestyle

External links

National Olympic committee of Latvia

Notes and References

Web site: Latvijas karogu olimpiādes atklāšanā nesīs Pļaviņš. July 17, 2012. Sportacentrs.com. lv. July 17, 2012.
Web site: Maris Strombergs repeats in BMX. ESPN. 11 August 2012. 26 August 2012.
Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. 4 June 2011.
Web site: Swimming World Rankings . FINA . 8 June 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110106131744/http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=805 . 6 January 2011 .