Latvia at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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Latvia at the Olympic Games
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At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin
Competitors	24
Medals Rank: 24	Gold 0	Silver 1	Bronze 1	Total 2
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936
1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008
Winter Games
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936
1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006
Other related appearances
Russia (1912) Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Latvia competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. It would be the last time that Latvia would compete at the Summer Games as an independent nation until the 1992 Summer Olympics. After the nation was annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940, Latvian athletes would compete at the Olympic Games as part of the USSR delegations.

[edit] Medals

[edit] Silver

• Edvins Bietags — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight

[edit] Bronze

• Adalberts Bubenko — Athletics, Men's 50km Walk

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