# Latvia at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Latvia competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 29 competitors, all men, took part in 16 events in 6 sports. It would be the last time that Latvia would compete at the Summer Games as an independent nation until the 1992 Summer Olympics. After the nation was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940, Latvian athletes were forced to compete at the Olympic Games as part of the USSR delegations.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Silver | Edvīns Bietags | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman -87 kg |
| Bronze | Adalberts Bubenko | Athletics | Men's 50 km Walk |

## Athletics
### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Adalberts Bubenko | 50 km walk | — | — | 4:32:42.2 | |
| Jānis Daliņš | 50 km walk | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Arnolds Krūkliņš | 50 km walk | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Artūrs Motmillers | Marathon | — | — | 2:58:02.0 | 28 |
| Voldemārs Vītols | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:28.8 | 3 Q | 9:18.8 | 7 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Oto Jurģis | Javelin throw | 61.9 | 11 q | 60.71 | 13 |

### Combined events – Decathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100 | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 100H | JT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
| Jānis Dimza | Result | 11.9 | 6.36 | 13.66 | 1.70 | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNF | DNF |
| Jānis Dimza | Points | 624 | 666 | 708 | 544 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |

## Basketball
### Second round

Winners advanced to the third round. Losers competed in the second consolation round for another chance to move on.

### Second consolation round

Winners returned to the main competition for the third round. Losers were out of the tournament.

## Cycling

Four male cyclists represented Latvia in 1936

### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Arvīds Immermanis | Men's road race | 2:52:08.0 | AC |
| Aleksejs Jurjevs | Men's road race | 2:52:08.0 | AC |
| Mārtiņš Mazūrs | Men's road race | 2:37:08.0 | AC |
| Jānis Vītols | Men's road race | 2:52:08.0 | AC |
| Mārtiņš Mazūrs Arvīds Immermanis Aleksejs Jurjevs Jānis Vītols | Team time trial | 8:21:24.0 ET | AC |

## Shooting

Three shooters represented Latvia in 1936.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Shoot off | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | Rank |
| Rūdolfs Baumanis | 50 metre rifle prone | — | — | — | — | — | 291 | 32 |
| Kārlis Kļava | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 18 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 22 | 23 |
| Haralds Marvē | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 18 | 6 | 5 | 3 | - | 29 | 8 |

## Wrestling
### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Final round | Final round |
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 Result | Round 2 Result | Round 3 Result | Round 4 Result | Round 5 Result | Round 6 Result | Rank | Final round Result | Rank |
| Krisjānis Kundziņš | −66 kg | August Scherpenisse (BEL) W F 8.10 | Valentino Borgia (ITA) L 0–3 | Nikolaos Biris (GRE) W F 14:11 | BYE | Yaşar Erkan (TUR) L 0–3 | — | 5 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Edvīns Bietags | −87 kg | Werner Seelenbinder (GER) L F 10.00 | Gyula Bóbis (HUN) W F 3.46 | Mustafa Avcioglu (TUR) W F 11.36 | BYE | August Neo (EST) W 2–1 | BYE | 2 | Axel Cadier (SWE) L 0–3 | |
| Alberts Zvejnieks | +87 kg | Josef Klapuch (TCH) L F 3.05 | Stevan Nagy (YUG) W F 15.44 | Kurt Hornfischer (GER) L 0–3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 7 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Art competitions

| Athlete | Event | Category | Title | Rank |
| Augusts Annuss | Painting | Paintings | Struggle and Goal | NM |
| Rūdolfs Mazūrs | Painting | Prints, Watercolors and drawings, Paintings | Vier Aquarelle | NM |
| Vilfrīds Karls Štriks-Štrikfelds | Literature | Lyrics works | Olympische Briefe | NM |
| Konstantīns Visotskis | Painting | Paintings | Weg ist er! | NM |
| Voldemārs Vimba | Painting | Paintings | Finish! | NM |