# Latvia at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Latvia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom from July 27 to August 12, 2012. This was the nation's tenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.
The Latvian Olympic Committee sent a total of 46 athletes to the Games, 32 men and 14 women, to compete in 12 sports. Sixteen athletes had competed in Beijing, including silver medalist Ainārs Kovals in the men's javelin throw, and defending Olympic champion Māris Štrombergs in men's BMX cycling. Pistol shooter and Olympic gold medalist Afanasijs Kuzmins, the oldest of the team, at age 65, became the first Latvian athlete to compete in nine Olympic games (including three of his appearances under the Soviet Union), tying the record set by Austria's Hubert Raudaschl. Meanwhile, Jeļena Rubļevska, who won silver in Athens, became the first female modern pentathlete to compete at four Olympics, since the sport's introduction to women in 2000. Among the twelve sports played by the athletes, Latvia marked its Olympic debut in table tennis.
Latvia left London with only one gold and one bronze medal. Māris Štrombergs, who managed to successfully defend his Olympic title in the men's BMX cycling, became the first Latvian athlete to win two Olympic gold medals in the post-Soviet era. Meanwhile, Mārtiņš Pļaviņš, who became Latvia's flag bearer at the opening ceremony, and his partner Jānis Šmēdiņš won the nation's first-ever Olympic medal in men's beach volleyball.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Māris Štrombergs | Cycling | Men's BMX | 10 August |
| Bronze | Mārtiņš Pļaviņš Jānis Šmēdiņš | Volleyball | Men's beach volleyball | 9 August |

## Athletics

Latvian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):

### Key

* Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Ronalds Arājs | 100 m | Withdrew due to injury | Withdrew due to injury | Withdrew due to injury | Withdrew due to injury | Withdrew due to injury | Withdrew due to injury | Withdrew due to injury | Withdrew due to injury |
| Dmitrijs Jurkevičs | 1500 m | 3:41.40 | 9 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Igors Kazakēvičs | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:06:47 | 45 |
| Jānis Leitis | 400 m | 46.41 | 5 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Arnis Rumbenieks | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:26:26 | 45 |
| Valērijs Žolnerovičs | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Mareks Ārents | Pole vault | 5.35 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ainārs Kovals | Javelin throw | 79.19 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Zigismunds Sirmais | Javelin throw | NM | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Igors Sokolovs | Hammer throw | 72.76 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Māris Urtāns | Shot put | 19.13 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vadims Vasiļevskis | Javelin throw | 72.81 | 38 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Combined events – Decathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
| Edgars Eriņš | Result | 10.99 | 6.98 | 13.45 | 1.93 | 50.62 | 15.22 | 45.10 | 4.50 | 57.35 | 4:35.88 | 7649 | 22 |
| Edgars Eriņš | Points | 863 | 809 | 695 | 740 | 786 | 823 | 769 | 760 | 698 | 706 | 7649 | 22 |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Dace Lina | Marathon | — | — | 2:47:47 | 98 |
| Poļina Jeļizarova | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:27.21 | 4 Q | 9:38.56 | 11 |
| Agnese Pastare | 20 km walk | — | — | 1:31:54 | 24 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Lauma Grīva | Long jump | 6.10 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Līna Mūze | Javelin throw | 59.91 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala | Javelin throw | 58.86 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Madara Palameika | Javelin throw | 60.62 | 10 q | 60.73 | 8 |
| Ineta Radēviča | Long jump | 6.68 DQ | 5 q DQ | 6.88 DQ | 4 DQ |

### Combined events – Heptathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100H | HJ | SP | 200 m | LJ | JT | 800 m | Final | Rank |
| Aiga Grabuste | Result | 13.65 | 1.77 | 13.52 | DNS | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Aiga Grabuste | Points | 1028 | 941 | 762 | 0 | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Laura Ikauniece | Result | 13.71 | 1.83 | 12.64 | 24.16 | 6.13 | 51.27 | 2:12.13 | 6414 | 7 |
| Laura Ikauniece | Points | 1020 | 1016 | 704 | 965 | 890 | 885 | 934 | 6414 | 7 |

## Canoeing
### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Aleksejs Rumjancevs Krists Straume | Men's K-2 200 m | 34.447 | 5 Q | 34.140 | 5 FB | 36.110 | 11 |
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

## Cycling
### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Aleksejs Saramotins | Men's road race | 5:46:37 | 56 |

### BMX

| Athlete | Event | Seeding | Seeding | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Māris Štrombergs | Men's BMX | 38.697 | 11 | 8 | 2 Q | 10 | 3 Q | 37.576 | |
| Edžus Treimanis | Men's BMX | DNF | 32 | 12 | 2 Q | 14 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rihards Veide | Men's BMX | 38.753 | 13 | 19 | 3 q | 18 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sandra Aleksejeva | Women's BMX | 41.752 | 13 | — | — | 19 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Gymnastics
### Artistic
#### 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 |
| Dmitrijs Trefilovs | All-around | 12.900 | 14.233 | 13.133 | 14.733 | 13.533 | 14.033 | 82.565 | 38 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Konstantīns Ovčiņņikovs | Men's −81 kg | Guilheiro (BRA) L 0002–0010 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jevgeņijs Borodavko | Men's −100 kg | Liu (ASA) W 0100–0000 | Peters (GER) L 0000–0011 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Modern pentathlon

| Athlete | Event | 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) | Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m) | Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m) | Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m) | Total points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | Results | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | Penalties | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP Points | Total points | Final rank |
| Deniss Čerkovskis | Men's | 23–12 | 4 | 952 | 2:10.78 | 28 | 1232 | 224 | 32 | 976 | 10:46.88 | 13 | 2416 | 5576 | 19 |
| Jeļena Rubļevska | Women's | 25–10 | 1 | 1000 | 2:26.93 | 32 | 1040 | 64 | 16 | 1136 | 12:17.22 | 15 | 2052 | 5228 | 8 |

## Shooting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Afanasijs Kuzmins | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 569 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

Latvian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Uvis Kalniņš | 100 m freestyle | 49.96 | 30 | 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 |
| Gabriela Ņikitina | 50 m freestyle | 26.26 | 39 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis

Latvia has qualified the following players.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Matīss Burģis | Men's singles | Bye | Hinse (CAN) W 4–3 | Smirnov (RUS) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Volleyball
### Beach

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Standing | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Standing | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Mārtiņš Pļaviņš Jānis Šmēdiņš | Men's | Pool E Erdmann – Matysik (GER) W 2 – 1 (19–21, 23–21, 15–9) Hernández – Villafañe (VEN) W 2 – 0 (21–14, 21–16) Nummerdor – Schuil (NED) W 2 – 0 (21–14, 21–18) | 1 Q | Skarlund – Spinnangr (NOR) W 2 – 0 (21–18, 21–16) | Gibb – Rosenthal (USA) W 2 – 1 (19–21, 21–18, 15–11) | Alison – Emanuel (BRA) L 0 – 2 (15–21, 20–22) | Nummerdor – Schuil (NED) W 2 – 1 (19–21, 21–19, 15–11) | |
| Aleksandrs Samoilovs Ruslans Sorokins | Men's | Pool D Fijałek – Prudel (POL) W 2 – 1 (12–21, 21–15, 15–12) Chiya – Goldschmidt (RSA) W 2 – 0 (21–13, 21–10) Gibb – Rosenthal (USA) L 0 – 2 (10–21, 16–21) | 3 Q | Brink – Reckermann (GER) L 0 – 2 (12–21, 17–21) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |

## Weightlifting

Latvia has qualified the following athletes.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Artūrs Plēsnieks | Men's −105 kg | 175 | 10 | 215 | 5 | 390 | 7 |

## Wrestling

Latvia has qualified the following quota places.

### Key

* VT - Victory by Fall.
* PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
* PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

### Men's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Armands Zvirbulis | −84 kg | Bye | Díaz (VEN) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Gattsiev (BLR) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 10 |

### Women's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Anastasija Grigorjeva | −63 kg | Bye | Pirozhkova (USA) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Battsetseg (MGL) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |