1928 Summer Olympics / Participant (Latvia)

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Latvia took part in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam , Netherlands , with a delegation of 15 athletes (13 men and two women).

Participants by sport

Weightlifting

• Kārlis Leilands

  Heavyweight: 4th place

athletics

• Staņislavs Petkēvičs

  5,000 meters: 7th place

  10,000 meters: 15th place

• Artūrs Motmillers

  Marathon: 38th place

• Vilis Cimmermanis

  Marathon: DNF

• Jānis Jordāns

  Discus throwing: 12th place in qualification

• Zinaida Liepiņa

  Women, 100 meters: heats

• Elfrīda Karlsone

  Women, discus throwing: 14th place

Cycling

• Roberts Plūme

  Sprint: 2nd round

• Roberts Ozols

  4,000 meters team pursuit: 5th place

• Zenons Popovs

  4,000 meters team pursuit: 5th place

• Ernests Mālers

  4,000 meters team pursuit: 5th place

• Fridrihs Ukstiņš

  4,000 meters team pursuit: 5th place

Wrestling

• Kārlis Pētersons

  Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 8th place

• Alberts Zvejnieks

  Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 9th place

sailing

• Kurt's Klāsens

  12-foot dinghy: 11th place

Web links

• Latvian Olympic team from 1928 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )