Latvia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Latvia at the Olympic Games
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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors	50 in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Vadims Vasiļevskis (opening) Māris Štrombergs (closing)
Medals Rank: 45	Gold 1	Silver 1	Bronze 1	Total 3
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Latvia competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. It was Latvia's 9th appearance in Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Māris Štrombergs	Cycling	Men's BMX
2 Silver	Ainārs Kovals	Athletics	Men's javelin throw
3 Bronze	Viktors Ščerbatihs	Weightlifting	Men's +105 kg

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Track and road events

Men's 200 metres

Athlete Qualification to Olympics	Round 1	Round 2	Semifinals	Final	Best result	Rank
Ronalds Arājs B norm	21.22	Did not advance			21.22	46

Men's 800 metres

Athlete Qualification to Olympics	Round 1	Semifinals	Final	Best result	Rank
Dmitrijs Miļkevičs A norm	1:47.12	Did not advance		1:47.12	29

Men's 3000 metre steeplechase

Athlete Qualification to Olympics	Round 1	Final	Best result	Rank
Valērijs Žolnerovičs B norm	8:37.65	Did not advance	8:37.65	30

Men's 110 metre hurdles

Athlete Qualification to Olympics	Round 1	Round 2	Semifinals	Final	Best result	Rank
Staņislavs Olijars A norm	did not start					N/A

Men's 20 kilometre walk

Athlete Qualification to Olympics	Result	Rank
Ingus Janevics B norm	did not start	N/A

Men's 50 kilometre walk

Athlete Qualification to Olympics	Result	Rank
Igors Kazakēvičs A norm	3:52:38 (PB)	16
Ingus Janevics A norm	4:12:45	42

Field events

Athlete Qualification to Olympics	Events	Qualification round				Final
		1 attempt	2 attempt	3 attempt	Rank	1 round	2 round	3 round	4 round	5 round	6 round	Best result	Rank
Māris Urtāns B norm	Shot put	18.78	19.57	19.34	25 DNQ	Did not advance						19.57	25
Igors Sokolovs B norm	Men's hammer throw	73.72	71.50	X	19 DNQ	Did not advance						73.72	19
Vadims Vasiļevskis A norm	Javelin throw	83.51	-	-	1 Q	76.75	X	81.32	Did not advance			81.32	9
Ainārs Kovals A norm	Javelin throw	X	X	80.15	7 q	79.45	82.63	82.28	78.98	80.65	86.64 (PB)	86.64	2
Ēriks Rags A norm	Javelin throw	79.33	X	77.97	13 DNQ	Did not advance						79.33	13

Decathlon

Men's decathlon

Rank	Athlete	Overall points	Overview by event (points on top, then result. Best performance in each event shown in green)
			100 m	Long jump	Shot put	High jump	400 m	110 mh	Discus throw	Pole vault	Javelin throw	1500 m
DNF	Jānis Karlivāns	5414 (did not finish)	782 11.36	876 7.26	780 14.85	661 1.84	742 51.61	816 15.28	757 44.54	did not start

Women

Track and road events

Women's 3000 metre steeplechase

• Inna Poluškina (B)

Women's 400 metre hurdles

• Ieva Zunda (B)

Women's 20 kilometre walk

• Jolanta Dukure (A)

Field events

Athlete Qualification to Olympics	Events	Qualification round				Final
		1 attempt	2 attempt	3 attempt	Rank	1 round	2 round	3 round	4 round	5 round	6 round	Best result	Rank
Sinta Ozoliņa B norm	Javelin throw	60.13 (NR)	X	52.62	12 q	50.67	53.38	52.23	Did not advance			53.38	11
Ineta Radēviča B norm	Women's long jump	unable to compete due pregnancy

Heptathlon

Aiga Grabuste qualifyed to Olympics by A norm 6019 points on August 26, 2007 in Osaka

Athlete	Events	100 m hurdles		High jump		Shot put		200 m		Long jump		Javelin		800 m		Final
		Time	Points	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Time	Points	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Time	Points	Points	Rank
Grabuste	Hept.	13.78	1010	1.77m (PB)	941	12.70m	707	24,71 (PB)	914	6.36	914	39.02m	649	2.16,87 (PB)	867	6050 (PB)	19

Best performance in each event shown in green

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women's tournament

• Elīna Babkina
• Gunta Baško
• Aija Brumermane
• Anda Eibele
• Zane Eglīte
• Liene Jansone
• Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota
• Dita Krumberga
• Ieva Kubliņa
• Aija Putniņa
• Zane Tamane
• Ieva Tāre

Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Flatwater

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Miķelis Ežmalis	C-1 500 m	1:54.890	6 QS	1:56.907	6	Did not advance
	C-1 1000 m	4:13.777	4 QS	4:16.820	9	Did not advance
Krists Straume Kristaps Zaļupe	K-2 500 m	1:31.020	4 QS	1:32.649	4	Did not advance
	K-2 1000 m	3:23.198	5 QS	3:23.408	1 QF	3:19.387	7

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Bicycle motocross

Men

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Time	Rank
Ivo Lakučs	Individual	36.509	16	21	8	Did not advance
Artūrs Matisons	Individual	36.072	4	6	2	22	7	Did not advance
Māris Štrombergs	Individual	35.910	2	7	1	3	1	36.190	1

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Raivis Belohvoščiks	Road race	did not finish
	Time trial	1h 8' 54 (+6:43.53)	36th
Gatis Smukulis	Road race	6h 36' 48 (+12:59)	68th

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First repechage round	Repechage quarterfinals	Repechage semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Vsevolods Zeļonijs	−73 kg		Wiłkomirski (POL) L 0010-0020	Did not advance
Jevgeņijs Borodavko	−90 kg		Meloni (ITA) L 0010-0100	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Shooting			Fencing			Swimming			Riding			Running			Total	Rank
		Rings	Points	Rank	Record	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Time/penalty	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Deniss Cerkovskis	Individual	184	1144	12	15-20	760	24	2:10.46	1236	29	71.75/112	1088	9	9:29.96	1124	13	5352	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Shooting			Fencing			Swimming			Riding			Running			Total	Rank
		Rings	Points	Rank	Record	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Time/penalty	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Jeļena Rubļevska	Individual	181	908	35	27-8	1048	2	2:22.94	1208	25	74.64/220	980	31	10:49.35	1124	18	5268	23

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Afanasijs Kuzmins	25 m rapid fire pistol	565	17th	Did not advance		17th

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andrejs Dūda	Men's 100 m butterfly	55.20	59
	Men's 200 m individual medley	2:04.18	38
Romāns Miloslavskis	Men's 200 m freestyle	1:48.41	25
	Men's 100 m freestyle	50.40	46

Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64		Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Opposition	Score	Rank
Ernests Gulbis	Singles	N Davydenko (RUS)

Volleyball

Main articles: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Beach

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Mārtiņš Pļaviņš Aleksandrs Samoilovs Seed 21	Doubles	Rogers - Dalhausser (USA) 2-0   Conde - Baracetti (ARG) 0-2   Heyer - Heuscher (SUI) 2-1

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Viktors Ščerbatihs	+105 kg	206	3	242	3	448	3rd

External links

• Official page of 2008 Latvian Olympic team