1992 Summer Olympics / Participant (Latvia)

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Latvia took part in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona with a delegation of 34 athletes (25 men and nine women) in 31 competitions in thirteen sports. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union , it was the country's first participation as an independent nation since 1936. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was weightlifter Raimonds Bergmanis .

Medalist

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Ivans Klementjevs	canoe	Men, single canoes, 1000 meters
Afanasijs Kuzmins	shoot	Men, rapid fire pistol

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Dainis Ozols	Cycling	Men, street races

Participants by sport

Boxing

Men

• Igors Šaplavskis

  Light Middleweight: Quarter Finals

Weightlifting

Men

• Raimonds Bergmanis

  Super heavyweight: 14th place

• Aleksandrs Žerebkovs

  Middleweight: 14th place

Judo

Men

• Vadims Voinovs

  Light Heavyweight: 21st place

• Vsevolods Zeļonijs

  Half light weight: 24th place

canoe

Men Ivans Klementjevs Canoe single, 1000 meters: silver Efimijs Klementjevs Canoe singles, 500 meters: semi-finals

Women Dzintra Blūma Kayak single, slalom: 24th place

athletics

Men Māris Bružiks Triple jump: 10th place Igors Kazanovs 110 meter hurdles: semi-finals Aleksandrs Obižajevs Pole vault. Not a valid attempt in qualification Mārcis Štrobinders Javelin throw: 19th place in qualification

Women Ilga Bartulsone Discus throw: 19th place in qualification Valentina Gotovska High jump: 13th place Anita Klapote 10,000 meters: DNF

Modern pentathlon

Men

• Staņislavs Dobrotovskis

  Individual: 52nd place

  Team: 17th place

• Vjačeslavs Duhanovs

  Singles: 64th place

  Team: 17th place

• Kirils Medjancevs

  Singles: 26th place

  Team: 17th place

Cycling

Men

• Ainārs Ķiksis

  Sprint: 5th lap

• Dainis Ozols

  Road race: bronze

• Arvis Piziks

  Road race: 8th place

• Arnold's Ūdris

  Road race: 53rd place

  Points race: preliminary round

• Ingus Veips

  1000 meter time trial: 11th place

Wrestling

Men

• Eduards Žukovs

  Featherweight, freestyle: 4th round

rowing

Men Uģis Lasmanis One: 9th place

Women Gunta Lamaša & Liene Sastapa Two without a helmsman: 11th place

shoot

Men Afanasijs Kuzmins Rapid fire pistol: silver

Open class Boriss Timofejevs Skeet: 11th place

swim

Men

• Artūrs Jakovļevs

  100 meter butterfly: 33rd place

sailing

Men Ansis Dāle Windsurfing: 29th place

Women Ilona Dzelme Windsurfing: 21st place

tennis

Women

• Agnese Gustmane

  Singles: 2nd round

  Doubles: 1st round

• Larisa Neiland

  Singles: 1st round

  Doubles: 1st round

Web links

• Latvian Olympic team from 1992 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )