| Noc: | LAT |
| Nocname: | Latvian Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Competitors: | 33 |
| Sports: | 14 |
| Flagbearer Open: | Agnis Čavars Jeļena Ostapenko |
| Flagbearer Close: | Pāvels Švecovs |
| Rank: | 59 |
| Gold: | 1 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 1 |
| Appearances: | auto |
Latvia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] It was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Games and twelfth overall in Summer Olympic history.
After finishing with no medals five years prior, Latvia won two medals in Tokyo, with one of them being gold.
The following Latvian competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia men's national 3x3 team | Basketball | Men's 3×3 tournament | |||
| Artūrs Plēsnieks | Weightlifting | Men's 109 kg |
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| Basketball | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Canoeing | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Cycling | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Equestrian | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Judo | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Karate | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Modern pentathlon | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Shooting | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Tennis | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Volleyball | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Weightlifting | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Wrestling | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 20 | 13 | 33 |
See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Latvian athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[2] [3]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Arnis Rumbenieks | align=left rowspan="2" | Men's 50 km walk | 4:13:33 | 37 | ||||
| Ruslans Smolonskis | ||||||||
| Līga Velvere | Women's 800 m | Did not advance | ||||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | |||
| Gatis Čakšs | Men's javelin throw | 78.73 | 18 | Did not advance | ||
| Anete Kociņa | align=left rowspan="3" | Women's javelin throw | 58.84 | 22 | Did not advance | |
| Līna Mūze | 57.33 | 26 | Did not advance | |||
| Madara Palameika | 60.94 | 12 q | 58.70 | 11 | ||
| Laura Igaune | Women's hammer throw | 68.53 | 20 | Did not advance | ||
See main article: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 3x3 tournament. Latvia men's national 3x3 team qualified for the Games by winning a bronze medal at the 2021 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[4]
See main article: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.
Latvia qualified a single boat (men's K-1 200 m) for the Games with a top-two finish at the 2021 European Canoe Sprint Qualification Regatta in Szeged, Hungary.[6]
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)See main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.
Latvia entered two riders to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of their top 32 national finish (for men) in the UCI World Ranking.[7]
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krists Neilands | Men's road race | 6:15:38 | 33 | |
| align=left rowspan=2 | Toms Skujiņš | Men's road race | 6:11:46 | 22 |
| Men's time trial | 1:02:04.93 | 30 |
Latvia received two quota places (one per gender) for BMX at the Olympics by topping the field of nations vying for qualification in the men's race at the 2019 UCI BMX World Championships and by finishing among the top three nations for women in the UCI BMX Individual Ranking List of June 1, 2021.[8] [9]
| Athlete | Event | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Helvijs Babris | Men's race | 15 | 5 | Did not advance | ||||
| Vineta Pētersone | Women's race | 16 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||
See main article: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Latvia entered one jumping rider into the Olympic competition by finishing in the top two, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Group C (Central and Eastern Europe), marking the country's debut in the sport.[10]
See main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Latvia qualified one judoka for the men's half-heavyweight category (100 kg) at the Games. Two-time Olympian Jevgeņijs Borodavko accepted a continental berth from the European zone as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021.[11]
See main article: Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Latvia entered one karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. 2019 European Games champion Kalvis Kalniņš secured a place in the men's kumite 67-kg category, as the highest-ranked karateka vying for qualification from the European zone based on the WKD Olympic Rankings.[12]
See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Latvia entered one modern pentathlete into the Olympic competition. Pāvels Švecovs finished last of the top eight modern pentathletes vying for qualification in the men's event based on the UIPM World Rankings of June 1, 2021.[13]
See main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Latvia granted an invitation from ISSF to send 2014 Youth Olympic bronze medalist Agate Rašmane (women's 25 m pistol) to the rescheduled Games as the highest-ranked shooter vying for qualification in the ISSF World Olympic Rankings of 6 June 2021.[14] [15]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Agate Rašmane | Women's 10 m air pistol | 573 | 19 | Did not advance | |
| Women's 25 m pistol | 569 | 37 | Did not advance | |||
See main article: article, Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Latvia received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.[16]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Daniils Bobrovs | Men's 200 m breaststroke | 2:14.25 | 31 | Did not advance | ||||
| align=left rowspan="2" | Ieva Maļuka | Women's 100 m freestyle | 56.39 | 37 | Did not advance | |||
| Women's 200 m freestyle | 2:03.75 | 24 | Did not advance | |||||
See main article: article, Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Latvia entered two tennis players into the Olympic tournament. Rio 2016 Olympian Jeļena Ostapenko (world no. 43) and rookie Anastasija Sevastova (world no. 57) qualified directly among the top 56 eligible players for the women's singles based on the WTA World Rankings of June 13, 2021.[17] [18]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |||
| Jeļena Ostapenko | align=left rowspan=2 | Women's singles | L 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 4–6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Anastasija Sevastova | L 6–2, 4–6, 2–6 | Did not advance | |||||||
| Jeļena Ostapenko Anastasija Sevastova | Women's doubles | L 6–4, 1–6, [5–10] | Did not advance | ||||||
See main article: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Latvia men's and women's beach volleyball pairs qualified for the Games by advancing to the final match and securing an outright berth at the 2019 FIVB World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Haiyang, China.[19] [20]
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Repechage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |||
| Mārtiņš Pļaviņš Edgars Točs | Men's | W (21–0, 21–0) | W (13–21, 21–19, 15–11) | L (18–21, 16–21) | 2 Q | W (21–19, 21–18) | W (21–16, 21–19) | L (15–21, 16–21) | L (12–21, 18–21) | 4 | ||
| Women's | L (13–21, 21–16, 11–15) | W (21–15, 12–21, 15–12) | W (21–6, 21–14) | 2 Q | W (16–21, 21–17, 15–13) | W (21–13, 18–21, 15–11) | L (21–23, 13–21) | L (19–21, 15–21) | 4 | |||
See main article: Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Latvia entered two weightlifters into the Olympic competition. 2018 junior world champion Ritvars Suharevs (men's 81 kg) and two-time Olympian Artūrs Plēsnieks (men's 109 kg) secured one of the top eight slots each in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Absolute World Rankings.[21]
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||||
| Ritvars Suharevs | Men's –81 kg | 163 | 5 | 195 | 6 | 358 | 6 | |
| Artūrs Plēsnieks | Men's –109 kg | 180 | 7 | 230 | 2 | 410 | ||
See main article: Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Latvia qualified one wrestler for the women's freestyle 62 kg into the Olympic competition, by progressing to the top two finals at the 2021 European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary.[22]