Latvia at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Latvia at the
2014 Winter Olympics
Latvia at the; 2014 Winter Olympics
IOC code	LAT
NOC	Latvian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpiade.lv (in Latvian and English)
in Sochi
Competitors	58 in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Sandis Ozoliņš (opening) Daumants Dreiškens (closing)
Medals; Ranked 23rd	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 3 Total 5
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
	1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948–1988; 1992; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;
Other related appearances
	Soviet Union (1956–1988)

Latvia competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. The Latvian team consisted of 58 athletes in nine sports. These were the third consecutive games the country qualified to send 58 athletes.^[4]

Ice hockey player Vitalijs Pavlovs tested positive for methylhexaneamine and was thrown out of the Olympics.^[5]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Oskars Melbārdis Arvis Vilkaste Daumants Dreiškens Jānis Strenga	Bobsleigh	Four-man	23 February
Silver	Martins Dukurs	Skeleton	Men's	15 February
Bronze	Andris Šics Juris Šics	Luge	Men's doubles	12 February
Bronze	Mārtiņš Rubenis Elīza Tīruma Andris Šics Juris Šics	Luge	Mixed team relay	13 February
Bronze	Daumants Dreiškens Oskars Melbārdis	Bobsleigh	Two-man	17 February

Alpine skiing

According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Latvia had five athletes in qualification position.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mārtiņš Onskulis	Men's giant slalom	DNF
Mārtiņš Onskulis	Men's slalom	56.16	61	1:01.44	24	1:57.60	27
Roberts Rode	Men's downhill	—				2:17.50	47
	Men's slalom	DNF
	Men's super-G	—				DNF
Kristaps Zvejnieks	Men's giant slalom	1:27.80	47	1:29.50	46	2:57.30	43
Kristaps Zvejnieks	Men's slalom	DNF
Agnese Āboltiņa	Women's giant slalom	1:31.85	61	DNF
	Women's slalom	1:05.44	49	1:01.18	35	2:06.62	37
	Women's super-G	—				1:36.10	31
Lelde Gasūna	Women's giant slalom	DNF
Lelde Gasūna	Women's slalom	1:00.47	37	56.82	30	1:57.29	30

Biathlon

Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships, Latvia qualified 1 man and 1 woman.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Andrejs Rastorgujevs	Men's sprint	25:20.2	1 (1+0)	17
	Men's pursuit	34:36.9	1 (0+0+1+0)	9
	Men's individual	53:18.9	3 (0+1+0+2)	33
	Men's mass start	43:53.1	3 (0+1+1+1)	14
Žanna Juškāne	Women's sprint	25:36.5	6 (2+4)	79
Žanna Juškāne	Women's individual	DNF	6 (2+2+2)	DNF

Bobsleigh

The team consisted of the following athletes:^[4]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Daumants Dreiškens Oskars Melbārdis*	Two-man	56.62 SR	8	56.68	=3	56.43	5	56.75	8	3:46.48
Oskars Ķibermanis* Vairis Leiboms	Two-man	57.11	15	57.22	19	57.00	15	57.19	19	3:48.52	16
Raivis Broks Oskars Ķibermanis* Vairis Leiboms Helvijs Lūsis	Four-man	55.68	15	55.52	13	55.97	=17	55.81	16	3:42.98	14
Daumants Dreiškens Oskars Melbārdis* Jānis Strenga Arvis Vilkaste	Four-man	55.10	5	55.13	1	55.15	2	55.31	3	3:40.69

* – Denotes the driver of each sled

Cross-country skiing

According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Latvia had three athletes in qualification position.^[6]

Distance

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Arvis Liepiņš	Men's 15 km classical	—				45:36.2	+7:06.5	73
	Men's 30 km skiathlon	40:44.1	64	38:39.9	66	1:20:00.1	+11:44.7	66
	Men's 50 km freestyle	—				2:04:45.6	+17:50.4	59
Jānis Paipals	Men's 15 km classical	—				DNF
Inga Dauškāne	Women's 10 km classical	—				36:13.1	+7:55.3	65

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Arvis Liepiņš	Men's sprint	3:49.28	61	Did not advance
Jānis Paipals	Men's sprint	3:56.21	71	Did not advance
Inga Dauškāne	Women's sprint	2:53.90	59	Did not advance

Ice hockey

Latvia qualified a men's team by winning a qualification tournament.^[8]

Template:2014 Winter Olympics Latvia men's ice hockey team roster

Group stage

Template:2014 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey group C standings Template:2014 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey game C2

Template:2014 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey game C3

Template:2014 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey game C6

Qualification playoff

Template:2014 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey game D3

Quarterfinal

Template:2014 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey game E3

Luge

Latvia achieved the following quota places:

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Inārs Kivlenieks	Singles	52.872	15	52.927	20	52.347	16	52.379	17	3:30.525	16
Kristaps Mauriņš		53.144	23	52.923	19	52.518	21	52.630	23	3:31.215	21
Mārtiņš Rubenis		52.775	=11	52.560	7	52.229	10	52.133	5	3:29.697	10
Oskars Gudramovičs Pēteris Kalniņš	Doubles	50.388	12	50.074	9	—				1:40.462	10
Andris Šics Juris Šics	Doubles	49.880	5	49.910	3	—				1:39.790

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Elīza Tīruma	Singles	50.926	11	50.651	12	50.758	12	50.736	13	3:23.071	12
Ulla Zirne	Singles	51.125	15	51.159	21	51.054	15	51.347	21	3:24.685	18

Mixed team relay

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mārtiņš Rubenis Andris Šics Juris Šics Elīza Tīruma	Team relay	54.745	5	56.048	4	56.502	4	2:47.295

Short track speed skating

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Roberto Puķītis	1500 m	2:30.671	5 ADV	2:16.961	5	Did not advance	15

Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

Skeleton

Latvia had three athletes in qualification positions.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Martins Dukurs	Men's	56.18	2	56.37	2	56.26	1	56.29	2	3:45.10
Tomass Dukurs	Men's	57.03	6	57.06	12	56.75	5	56.74	=7	3:47.58	4
Lelde Priedulēna	Women's	59.73	16	59.31	11	58.73	12	58.51	10	3:56.28	14

Speed skating

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Haralds Silovs	500 m	36.12	39	36.32	38	72.44	37
	1000 m	—				1:10.29	24
	1500 m	—				1:46.79	14

References

^ Megnis, Ints (29 January 2014). "Sandis Ozolins to carry Latvian flag at Sochi's Opening Ceremonies flagbearer". LETA. Riga, Latvia. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
^ "Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). olympic.org. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
^ "Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). The International Olympic Committee (IOC). 23 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Latvia to be represented by 58 athletes at Sochi". Baltic Course. Riga. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
^ "Sochi 2014: Ukraine's Marina Lisogor fails drugs test". BBC Sport. 22 February 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Summary of Quota allocation as per 20.01.2014" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. FIS. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
^ "2014 Winter Olympics Biathlon NOC quota". Real Biathlon. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
^ "Latvia bound for Games". International Ice Hockey Federation. February 2013. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2013.

External links

Latvia at the 2014 Winter Olympics

[1] Megnis, Ints (29 January 2014). "Sandis Ozolins to carry Latvian flag at Sochi's Opening Ceremonies flagbearer". LETA. Riga, Latvia. Retrieved 29 January 2014.

[2] "Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). olympic.org. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.

[3] "Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). The International Olympic Committee (IOC). 23 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[a-4] "Latvia to be represented by 58 athletes at Sochi". Baltic Course. Riga. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.

[5] "Sochi 2014: Ukraine's Marina Lisogor fails drugs test". BBC Sport. 22 February 2014.

[quota-6] "Summary of Quota allocation as per 20.01.2014" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. FIS. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014.

[biathlonquota-7] "2014 Winter Olympics Biathlon NOC quota". Real Biathlon. Retrieved 16 March 2013.

[8] "Latvia bound for Games". International Ice Hockey Federation. February 2013. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2013.

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