Latvia at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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| At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 20 in 5 sports | |||||||||||
| Medals | Gold 0 |
Silver 0 |
Bronze 0 |
Total 0 |
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 Russian Empire (1900–1912) Soviet Union (1952–1988) |
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Latvia is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This will be the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Games in the post-Soviet era and eleventh overall in Summer Olympic history.
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Athletics
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Latvian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[1][2]
- Men's marathon – 1 quota place (Valērijs Žolnerovičs)
- Men's 50 km race walk; 1 quota place (Arnis Rumbenieks)
- Men's javelin throw – 1 quota place (Rolands Štrobinders)
- Men's pole vault – 1 quota place (Pauls Pujāts)
- Women's 400 m – 1 quota place (Gunta Latiševa-Čudare)
- Women's marathon – 3 quota places (Anita Kažemaka, Ilona Marhele, Jeļena Prokopčuka, Ariana Hillborn)
- Women's 20 km race walk; 1 quota place (Agnese Pastare)
- Women's javelin throw – 2 quota places (Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala, Madara Palameika)
- Women's heptathlon – 1 quota place (Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa)
Canoeing
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Sprint
Latvia has qualified a single boat in men's K-1 200 m for the Games at the 2016 European Qualification Regatta in Duisburg, Germany, either by winning his event or when the quota place for his event passed to the highest finisher not qualified[3][4]
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Aleksejs Rumjancevs | Men's K-1 200 m | ||||||
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Cycling
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Road
Latvian riders qualified for a maximum of two quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI Europe Tour.[5][6]
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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| Men's road race | |||
BMX
| Athlete | Event | Seeding | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Men's BMX | |||||||||
Judo
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Latvia has qualified two judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Remarkably going to his third Olympics, Jevgeņijs Borodavko was ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016, while Artūrs Ņikiforenko at men's heavyweight (+100 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the European region, as Latvia's top-ranked judoka based on World Ranking points.[7]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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| Jevgeņijs Borodavko | Men's −100 kg | ||||||||
| Artūrs Ņikiforenko | Men's +100 kg | ||||||||
Wrestling
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Latvia has qualified one wrestler for the women's freestyle 63 kg into the Olympic competition, as a result of her top six finish at the 2015 World Championships.[8][9]
Key:
- VT - Victory by Fall.
- PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
- PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
- Women's freestyle
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | |
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| Opposition Result |
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| Anastasija Grigorjeva | −63 kg | ||||||||
See also
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