Olympic history of Latvia
LAT
Latvia first took part in the 1924 Winter Olympics. After the nation was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940, the Latvian athletes ran for the Soviet Union in the Olympic Games between 1952 and 1988. Only after their dissolution and the independence of Latvia in 1991 did the nation return to the Games in 1992 and have taken part in all Games since then. In total, the Latvian athletes won 19 medals in the Summer Games and 9 medals in the Winter Games (Soviet-Latvian athletes excluded)
The Latvijas Olimpiskā Komiteja was first established in 1922 and recognized again in 1991 by the International Olympic Committee.
Latvia has never applied to host the Olympic Games.
Latvian participants in the Olympic Games
Summer games
year | Athletes | sports | Medals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ges. | rank | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1924 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4th | 10 | 4th | 6th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |||||||||||||
1928 | 15th | 13 | 2 | 1 | 6th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ||||||||||||||
1932 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22nd | ||||||||||||||||||
1936 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 7th | 7th | 4th | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24 | ||||||||||||||
1992 | 34 | 25th | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7th | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 40 | ||||||
1996 | 47 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 7th | 1 | 4th | 2 | 4th | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 61 | |||||||
2000 | 45 | 30th | 15th | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17th | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4th | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 44 | ||||||
2004 | 32 | 22nd | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15th | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4th | 0 | 4th | 58 | ||||||||
2008 | 47 | 29 | 18th | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 46 | ||||||||
2012 | 45 | 31 | 14th | 4th | 1 | 2 | 2 | 22nd | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 48 | |||||||
2016 | 32 | 19th | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 4th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |||||||
total | 3 | 11 | 5 | 19th | 66 |
Winter games
year | Athletes | sports | Medals | |||||||||||||||||
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Ges. | rank | |||||||||||||||||||
1924 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ||||||||||
1928 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |||||||||||
1932 | not participated | |||||||||||||||||||
1936 | 26th | 23 | 3 | 11 | 4th | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ||||||
1992 | 23 | 19th | 4th | 4th | 8th | 2 | 2 | 6th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ||||||
1994 | 27 | 20th | 7th | 5 | 8th | 3 | 1 | 8th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ||||||
1998 | 29 | 21st | 8th | 5 | 6th | 1 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ||||||
2002 | 47 | 42 | 5 | 5 | 8th | 22nd | 1 | 8th | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ||||
2006 | 57 | 49 | 8th | 9 | 9 | 23 | 8th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4th | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26th | ||||
2010 | 53 | 44 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 21st | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23 | |||
2014 | 56 | 49 | 7th | 2 | 8th | 24 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 19th | |||
2018 | 32 | 19th | 13 | 3 | 8th | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | |||
total | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 29 |
Summer youth games
Winter youth games
year | Athletes | sports | Medals | |||||||||||||||
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Ges. | rank | |||||||||||||||||
2012 | 16 | 12 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 17th | |||
2016 | 16 | 9 | 7th | 2 | 2 | 4th | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | |||
2020 | 30th | 14th | 16 | 6th | 2 | 4th | 1 | 7th | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4th | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | |
sports | 3 | 4th | 3 | 10 | 17th |
Medalist
→ See: List of Olympic medalists from Latvia
List of gold medalists
literature
- Ošiņš, Ivars: Latvijas olimpiskais zelts, sudrabs, bronza, Lauku avīze 2008, pages 14–17. ISBN 978-9984-827-07-0
Web link
- Latvia in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Latvia on Olympic.org - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)