Latvia at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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| Latvia at the Olympic Games | ||||||||||
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| At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona | ||||||||||
| Competitors | 34 | |||||||||
| Medals Rank: 40 |
Gold 0 |
Silver 2 |
Bronze 1 |
Total 3 |
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| Olympic history (summary) | ||||||||||
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| 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 | ||||||||||
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| 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 | ||||||||||
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Latvia competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. It was the first time since 1936 that the nation had competed as an independent nation at the Summer Olympic Games. Latvian athletes competed for the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1952 to 1988.
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[edit] Medals
[edit] Silver
- Ivans Klementjevs — Canoeing, Men's C1 1.000 metres Canadian Singles
- Afanasijs Kuzmins — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol
[edit] Bronze
- Dainis Ozols — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
[edit] Results by event
[edit] Athletics
Men's Triple Jump
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- Qualification — 16.94 m
- Final — 16.80 m (→ 10th place)
Men's Javelin Throw
- Marcis Strobinders
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- Qualification — 76.32 m (→ did not advance)
Women's 10.000 metres
- Anita Klapote
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- Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)
Women's Discus Throw
- Ilga Bertulsone
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- Heat — 58.92m (→ did not advance)
Women's High Jump
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- Qualification — 1.92 m
- Final — 1.83 m (→ 13th place)
[edit] Modern pentathlon
Men's Individual Competition:
- Kirils Medjancevs → 26th place (5154 points)
- Stanislavs Dobrotvorskis → 52nd place (4796 points)
- Vjaceslavs Duhanovs → 64th place (3803 points)
Men's Team Competition:
- Medjancevs, Dobrotvorskis, and Duhanovs → 17th place (13753 points)
[edit] Swimming
Men's 100m Butterfly
- Artur Jakovlevs
- Heat – 55.95 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
[edit] Tennis
Women's Singles Competition
- Agnese Blumberga
- First Round — Defeated Christina Papadaki (Greece) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
- Second Round — Lost to Amanda Coetzer (South Africa) 2-6, 4-6
- Larisa Neiland
- First Round — Lost to Katerina Maleeva (Bulgaria) 6-7, 2-6

