Olympic Winter Games 2018 / Participant (Latvia)

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Latvia participated in the 2018 Winter Olympics with 34 athletes in nine disciplines, including 25 men and 9 women. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the bobsledder Daumants Dreiškens . Oskars Melbārdis and Jānis Strenga won bronze in the two-man bobsleigh, the only medal for Latvia at the Games.

Participants by sport

biathlon

Athletes	Competitions	time	error	rank
Women
Baiba Bendika	7.5 km sprint	23: 14.6 min	4 (3 + 1)	39
	10 km pursuit	33: 59.4 min	3 (1 + 0 + 2 + 0)	33
	15 km individual	45: 32.8 min	4 (0 + 1 + 1 + 2)	39
Men
Oskars Muižnieks	10 km sprint	25: 56.3 min	2 (1 + 1)	66
	20 km individual	52: 06.0 min	3 (0 + 2 + 0 + 1)	42
Andrejs Rastorgujevs	10 km sprint	24: 34.4 min	3 (1 + 2)	24
	12.5 km pursuit	34: 29.3 min	4 (1 + 0 + 1 + 2)	12
	15 km mass start	38: 47.4 min	3 (0 + 1 + 0 + 2)	28
	20 km individual	53: 41.8 min	6 (1 + 1 + 3 + 1)	59

bob

Athletes	competition	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		total
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Men
Oskars Melbārdis Jānis Strenga	Two-man bobsleigh	49.08 s	1	49.54 s	10	49.08 s	2	49.21 s	1	3: 16.91 min	bronze
Oskars Ķibermanis Matīss Miknis	Two-man bobsleigh	49.21 s	4th	49.57 s	12	49.32 s	6th	49.70 s	14th	3: 17.80 min	9
Oskars Melbārdis Jānis Strenga Arvis Vilkaste Daumants Dreiškens	Four-man bobsleigh	48.82 s	4th	49.39 s	12	48.91 s	5	49.53 s	2	3: 16.65 min	5
Oskars Ķibermanis Helvijs Lūsis Jānis Jansons Matīss Miknis	Four-man bobsleigh	49.18 s	15th	49.26 s	7th	49.34 s	11	49.63 s	9	3: 17.41 min	10

figure skating

Athletes	Competitions	Short program / dance		Freestyle / freestyle dance		Total
		Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Diāna Ņikitina	singles	51.12	26th	Freestyle not achieved		51.12	26th
Men
Deniss Vasiļjevs	singles	79.52	21st	155.06	20th	234.58	19th

Speed ​​skating

Athletes	Competitions	time	total
Men
Haralds Silovs	1000 m	1: 09.50 min	15th
	1500 m	1: 45.25 min	4th

Athletes	Competitions	Semifinals		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Men
Haralds Silovs	Mass start	3	9	eliminated		17th

Luge

athlete	competition	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		total
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Kendija Aparjode	Single seater	48.103 s	27	46,927 s	21st	47.296 s	21st	eliminated		2: 22.326 min	22nd
Elīza Cauce	Single seater	47,458 s	25th	46.477 s	10	46.624 s	10	47.092 s	16	3: 07.651 min	16
Ulla Zirne	Single seater	46.471 s	9	46.409 s	7th	47.327 s	22nd	46.895 s	14th	3: 07.102 min	12
Men
Kristers Aparjods	Single seater	47.822 s	6th	47,834 s	6th	47.858 s	13	47,942 s	17th	3: 11.456 min	11
Artūrs Dārznieks	Single seater	48,305 s	22nd	48.671 s	29	48.602 s	28	eliminated			24
Inārs Kivlenieks	Single seater	48.274 s	21st	48.370 s	22nd	48.066 s	20th	48.112 s	20th	3: 12.822 min	20th
Andris Šics Juris Šics	Two-seater	46.336 s	9	46.106 s	4th	-				1: 32.442 min	6th
Oskars Gudramovičs Pēteris Kalniņš	Two-seater	46.890 s	17th	46.317 s	9	-				1: 33.207 min	14th
Mixed
Ulla Zirne Kristers Aparjods Andris Šics Juris Šics	Team relay	2: 25.315 min	6th	-						2: 25.315 min	6th

Short track

athlete	competition	leader		Quarter finals		Semifinals		Final A / B		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Men
Roberto Puķītis	1000 m	1: 31.635 min	2	1: 24.022 min	3	eliminated				11
	1500 m	2: 18.825 min	2	-		2: 11.165 min	4th	2: 26.525 min	4th	11
Roberts Zvejnieks	500 m	40,563 s	2	40.904 s	3	eliminated				10
	1000 m	1: 26.408 min	3	1: 24.306 min	4th	eliminated				15th

skeleton

athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		total
	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Lelde Priedulēna	52.14 s	7th	52.17 s	5	52.09 s	9	52.09 s	9	3: 28.49 min	7th
Men
Martin's course	50.85 s	5	50.38 s	2	50.32 s	2	50.76 s	5	3: 22.31 min	4th
Tomass Dukurs	50.88 s	7th	50.58 s	5	50.65 s	6th	50.63 s	4th	3: 22.74 min	5

Alpine skiing

Athletes	Competitions	1st run	2nd run	total
		time	time	time	rank
Women
Lelde Gasūna	Giant slalom	1: 18.65 min	1: 15.30 min	2: 33.95 min	43
	slalom	54.50 s	54.81 s	1: 49.31 min	37
Men
Kristaps Zvejnieks	Giant slalom	1: 13.81 min	1: 14.46 min	2: 28.27 min	35
	combination	1: 23.02 min	48.74 s	2: 11.76 min	26th

Cross-country skiing

Athletes	Competitions	qualification		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Patrīcija Eiduka	sprint	3: 49.70 min	62	eliminated						62
	10 km freestyle	-						28: 13.6 min	44	44
Inga Paškovska	10 km freestyle	-						31: 34.9 min	80	80
Men
Indulis Bikše	sprint	3: 30.53 min	63	eliminated						63
	15 km freestyle	-						37: 44.7 min	65	65
	50 km classic	-						2: 31: 07.5 h	57	57

Web links

• Latvia on the official website of the games