# Latvia at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Latvia competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Latvia won their first summer Olympic gold medal at these games. 45 competitors, 30 men and 15 women, took part in 47 events in 13 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Igors Vihrovs | Gymnastics | Men's floor exercises |
| Silver | Aigars Fadejevs | Athletics | Men's 50 km walk |
| Bronze | Vsevolods Zeļonijs | Judo | Men's lightweight |

## Athletics
### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Uģis Brūvelis | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:11:41 | 35 |
| Aigars Fadejevs | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:22:43 | 14 |
| Aigars Fadejevs | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3:43:40 | |
| Viktors Lācis | 800 m | 1:46.94 | 3 q | — | — | 1:47.24 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Modris Liepiņš | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3:48:36 | 9 |
| Staņislavs Olijars | 110 m hurdles | 13.56 | 2 Q | 13.34 | 3 Q | 13.50 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Māris Putenis | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | DQ | AC |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Voldemārs Lūsis | Javelin throw | 80.08 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ēriks Rags | Javelin throw | 75.75 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Jeļena Čelnova-Prokopčuka | 5000 m | 15:09.45 | 4 Q | — | — | — | — | 14:55.46 | 9 |
| Jeļena Čelnova-Prokopčuka | 10000 m | 32:32.87 | 8 Q | — | — | — | — | 32:17.72 | 19 |
| Jolanta Dukure | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:36.54 | 30 |
| Irina Latve | 800 m | 2:06:05 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anita Liepiņa | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:39.17 | 37 |
| Anita Trumpe | 100 m hurdles | 13.77 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Irēna Žauna | 400 m hurdles | 57.79 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Valentīna Gotovska | Long jump | 6.47 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Līga Kļaviņa | High Jump | NM | AC | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Inga Kožarenoka | Javelin Throw | 53.83 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Canoeing
### Sprint
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechages | Repechages | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Jefimijs Klementjevs | C-1 1000 m | 3:58.840 | 4 QS | — | — | 4:01.300 | 2 Q | 4:00.931 | 7 |

## Cycling
### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Raivis Belohvoščiks | Men's road race | DNF | DNF |
| Raivis Belohvoščiks | Men's time trial | 59:57 | 15 |
| Andris Naudužs | Men's road race | DNF | DNF |
| Dainis Ozols | Men's road race | DNF | DNF |
| Dainis Ozols | Men's time trial | 1:00:46 | 21 |
| Arvis Piziks | Men's road race | 5:30:46 | 22 |
| Andris Reiss | Men's road race | 5:42:01 | 81 |

### Track
#### 1000m time trial

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Gvido Miezis | Men's 1000m time trial | 1:08.113 | 16 |

#### Men's Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying round | Qualifying round | 1/16 | 1/16 repechage | 1/8 final | 1/8 repechage | Classification 9-12 | Quarter-finals | Classification 5–8 | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Viesturs Bērziņš | Men's sprint | 10.343 | 5 Q | Ota (JPN) W 11.008 | BYE | van Eijden (GER) L 10.682 | MacLean (GBR) Arrue (USA) L | Buráň (CZE) Arrue (USA) Hill (AUS) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 10 |

#### Team sprint

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | First round | First round | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Rank |
| Viesturs Bērziņš Ainārs Ķiksis Ivo Lakučs | Men's team sprint | 45.589 59.225 | 6 Q | Australia (AUS) L 46.625 58.033 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Men's Keirin

| Athlete | Event | First round | First round | First repechage | First repechage | Second round | Second round | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ainārs Ķiksis | Men's keirin | DNF | DNF | AC | 1 Q | DNF | DNF | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Fencing

One female fencer represented Latvia in 2000.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Jūlija Vansoviča | Women's épée | Bravo (CHI) W 15–5 | Szalay-Horváth (HUN) W 15–13 | Nagy (HUN) L 10–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16 |

## Gymnastics
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank |
| Igors Vihrovs | Floor Exercise | 9.662 Q | 8.462 | 9.375 | 9.587 | 9.500 | 9.600 | 56.186 | 26 Q | 9.812 | — | — | — | — | — | 9.812 | |

## Judo
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Vsevolods Zeļonijs | −73 kg | BYE | Laraque (HAI) W 1001–0000 | Shturbabin (UZB) W 1010–0000 | Maddaloni (ITA) L 0001–0011 | — | BYE | Moussa (TUN) W 1000–0010 | Kheder (FRA) W 1110–0100 | Yong-sin (KOR) W 1000–0000 | |

## Modern pentathlon

| Athlete | Event | Shooting (10 m air pistol) | Shooting (10 m air pistol) | Shooting (10 m air pistol) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Riding (show jumping) | Riding (show jumping) | Riding (show jumping) | Running (3000 m) | Running (3000 m) | Running (3000 m) | Total points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | MP Points | Time | Rank | MP points | Wins | Rank | MP points | Penalties | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP Points | Total points | Final rank |
| Deniss Čerkovskis | Men's | 174 | 19 | 1024 | 6 | 24 | 600 | 2:12.04 | 19 | 1180 | 133 | 12 | 967 | 9:27.35 | 7 | 1132 | 4903 | 18 |
| Jeļena Rubļevska | Women's | 169 | 18 | 964 | 15 | 2 | 960 | 2:29.07 | 20 | 1110 | 145 | 14 | 955 | 11:04.81 | 8 | 1062 | 5051 | 8 |

## Rowing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals C-D | Semifinals C-D | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Andris Reinholds | Single sculls | 7:06.28 | 3 R | 7:06.40 | 1 SA/B | — | — | 7:15.04 | 4 FB | DQ | AC |

## Sailing
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Vita Matīse | Mistral | 18 | 19 | 17 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 23 | 18 | 20 | 24 | 23 | 170.0 | 22 |
| Žaklīna Litauniece | Europe | 24 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 20 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 218 | 27 |

## Shooting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Afanasijs Kuzmins | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 585 | 6 Q | 681.3 | 8 |
| Boriss Timofejevs | Skeet | 122 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Artūrs Jakovļevs | 100 m butterfly | 56.63 | 56 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Valērijs Kalmikovs | 100 m breaststroke | 1:04.02 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Valērijs Kalmikovs | 200 m breaststroke | 2:16.21 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Valērijs Kalmikovs | 200 m individual medley | 2:04.18 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Margarita Kalmikova | 200 m breaststroke | 2:35.69 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Agnese Ozoliņa | 50 m freestyle | 27.28 | 44 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Agnese Ozoliņa | 100 m freestyle | 59.28 | 45 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Sergejs Lazovskis | −94 kg | 155.0 | 18 | 200.0 | 16 | 355.0 | 18 |
| Raimonds Bergmanis | +105 kg | 180 | DNF | — | — | — | DNF |
| Viktors Ščerbatihs | +105 kg | 202.5 | 5 | 250.0 | 6 | 452.5 | 6 |

## Wrestling
### Men's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Final round Result | Rank |
| Igors Samušonoks | −85 kg | Justin Abdou (CAN) L 2–3 | Yoel Romero (CUB) L 0–3 | Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ) W 7–6 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 11 |