Latvia at the 2014 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	LAT
Nocname:	Latvian Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	2014
Website:
Location:	Sochi
Competitors:	58
Sports:	9
Flagbearer:	Sandis Ozoliņš (opening)^[1] ^[2] Daumants Dreiškens (closing)^[3]
Rank:	19
Gold:	1
Silver:	1
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto
See also:	(1900–1912) (1952–1988)

Latvia competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. The Latvian team consisted of 58 athletes in nine sports. These were the third consecutive games the country qualified to send 58 athletes.^[4]

Ice hockey player Vitalijs Pavlovs tested positive for methylhexaneamine and was thrown out of the Olympics.^[5]

Latvia originally won two silver medals and two bronze medals. In November 2017, the Russian Bobsleigh teams that came first and fourth in the four-man event, was disqualified. In addition, the Russian Bobsleigh teams that came first and fourth in the two-man event, was also disqualified. This meant Latvia moved from the original 5th place to the bronze medal position in the two-man event and from the original silver medal to the gold medal position in the four-man event respectively.^{[6] [7] [8]} The IOC requested that the FIBT modify the results, and the medals were redistributed accordingly.^{[9] [10]} Also, the gold medal in the four-man Bobsleigh event is Latvia's first Winter Olympic gold medal.^[11]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				23 February
				15 February
					12 February
					13 February
				17 February

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics. According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Latvia had five athletes in qualification position.^[12]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Mārtiņš Onskulis	Men's giant slalom
Men's slalom	56.16	61	1:01.44	24	1:57.60	27
align=left rowspan=3	Roberts Rode	Men's downhill	2:17.50	47
Men's slalom
Men's super-G
align=left rowspan=2	Kristaps Zvejnieks	Men's giant slalom	1:27.80	47	1:29.50	46	2:57.30	43
Men's slalom
align=left rowspan=3	Agnese Āboltiņa	Women's giant slalom	1:31.85	61
Women's slalom	1:05.44	49	1:01.18	35	2:06.62	37
Women's super-G	1:36.10	31
align=left rowspan=2	Lelde Gasūna	Women's giant slalom
Women's slalom	1:00.47	37	56.82	30	1:57.29	30

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships, Latvia qualified 1 man and 1 woman.^[13]

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
align=left rowspan=4	Andrejs Rastorgujevs	Men's sprint	25:20.2	1 (1+0)	17
Men's pursuit	34:36.9	1 (0+0+1+0)	9
Men's individual	53:18.9	3 (0+1+0+2)	33
Men's mass start	43:53.1	3 (0+1+1+1)	14
align=left rowspan=2	Žanna Juškāne	Women's sprint	25:36.5	6 (2+4)	79
Women's individual		6 (2+2+2)

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics. The team consisted of the following athletes:^[4]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Daumants Dreiškens Oskars Melbārdis	align=left rowspan=2	Two-man	56.62 SR	8	56.68	=3	56.43	5	56.75	8	3:46.48
Oskars Ķibermanis Vairis Leiboms	57.11	15	57.22	19	57.00	15	57.19	19	3:48.52	16
Raivis Broks Oskars Ķibermanis Vairis Leiboms Helvijs Lūsis	align=left rowspan=2	Four-man	55.68	15	55.52	13	55.97	=17	55.81	16	3:42.98	14
Daumants Dreiškens Oskars Melbārdis Jānis Strenga Arvis Vilkaste	55.10	5	55.13	1	55.15	2	55.31	3	3:40.69

* – Denotes the driver of each sled

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics. According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Latvia had three athletes in qualification position.^[12]

Distance

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Arvis Liepiņš	Men's 15 km classical	45:36.2	+7:06.5	73
Men's 30 km skiathlon	40:44.1	64	38:39.9	66	1:20:00.1	+11:44.7	66
Men's 50 km freestyle	2:04:45.6	+17:50.4	59
Jānis Paipals	Men's 15 km classical
Inga Dauškāne	Women's 10 km classical	36:13.1	+7:55.3	65

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Arvis Liepiņš	align=left rowspan=2	Men's sprint	3:49.28	61	Did not advance
Jānis Paipals	3:56.21	71	Did not advance
Inga Dauškāne	Women's sprint	2:53.90	59	Did not advance

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Latvia qualified a men's team by winning a qualification tournament.^[14]

Group stage--------

Qualification playoff

Quarterfinal

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Latvia achieved the following quota places:

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Inārs Kivlenieks	align=left rowspan=3	Singles	52.872	15	52.927	20	52.347	16	52.379	17	3:30.525	16
Kristaps Mauriņš	53.144	23	52.923	19	52.518	21	52.630	23	3:31.215	21
Mārtiņš Rubenis	52.775	=11	52.560	7	52.229	10	52.133	5	3:29.697	10
Oskars Gudramovičs Pēteris Kalniņš	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles	50.388	12	50.074	9	1:40.462	10
Andris Šics Juris Šics	49.880	5	49.910	3	1:39.790

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Elīza Tīruma	align=left rowspan=2	Singles	50.926	11	50.651	12	50.758	12	50.736	13	3:23.071	12
Ulla Zirne	51.125	15	51.159	21	51.054	15	51.347	21	3:24.685	18

Mixed team relay

Short track speed skating

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Men

Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

Skeleton

See main article: Skeleton at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Latvia had three athletes in qualification positions.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Martins Dukurs	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	56.18	2	56.37	2	56.26	1	56.29	2	3:45.10
Tomass Dukurs	57.03	6	57.06	12	56.75	5	56.74	=7	3:47.58	4
Lelde Priedulēna	Women's	59.73	16	59.31	11	58.73	12	58.51	10	3:56.28	14

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Haralds Silovs	500 m	36.12	39	36.32	38	72.44	37
1000 m	1:10.29	24
1500 m	1:46.79	14

External links

• Latvia at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Notes and References

1. News: Megnis . Ints . 29 January 2014 . Sandis Ozolins to carry Latvian flag at Sochi's Opening Ceremonies flagbearer . . . 29 January 2014 . 2 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202181950/http://www.leta.lv/eng/home/important/0EA9BB53-0646-42E9-A9A9-68ADC900BC63/ . dead .
2. Web site: Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony - Flagbearers . . 7 February 2014 . olympic.org . . 7 February 2014.
3. Web site: Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers. The International Olympic Committee (IOC). 23 February 2014. 23 February 2014.
4. News: 22 January 2014 . Latvia to be represented by 58 athletes at Sochi . Baltic Course. . 26 January 2014.
5. News: Sochi 2014: Ukraine's Marina Lisogor fails drugs test . BBC Sport . 22 February 2014.
6. Web site: Another Russian doping ban should mean another gold medal for Latvia . . 24 November 2017 . eng.lsm.lv . 12 November 2021 .
7. Web site: Latvia in line for yet another Olympic medal . . 30 November 2017 . eng.lsm.lv . 12 November 2021 .
8. Web site: Latvia awarded long-delayed Olympic gold . . 27 March 2019 . eng.lsm.lv . 12 November 2021 .
9. Web site: Olympic Winter Games 2014 4-man Bobsleigh . 2021-11-12 . 2019-04-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190401042818/https://www.ibsf.org/en/component/events/event/31548 . dead .
10. Web site: Olympic Winter Games 2014 2-man Bobsleig . 2021-11-12 . 2022-02-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220203110011/https://www.ibsf.org/en/component/events/event/31543 . dead .
11. Web site: Gold at last for Latvia's Sochi 2014 four-man bobsleigh champions . Browne, Ken . 19 February 2020 . . 12 November 2021 . 13 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211113001817/https://olympics.com/en/stories/news/amp/latvia-4man-bob-sochi-2014-olympic-gold-sigulda-ceremony/ . dead .
12. Web site: Summary of Quota allocation as per 20.01.2014 . 20 January 2014 . www.fis-ski.com . . 20 January 2014.
13. News: 2014 Winter Olympics Biathlon NOC quota. Real Biathlon. 16 March 2013.
14. Web site: Latvia bound for Games . February 2013 . . 11 February 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140106203708/http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/recap/7560.html?tx_ttnews=187&cHash=b4d5b0ee04 . 6 January 2014 .