# Latvia at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Latvia competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. It was the first time since 1936 that the nation had competed as an independent country at the Summer Olympic Games. Latvian athletes competed for the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1952 to 1988. 34 competitors, 25 men and 9 women, took part in 31 events in 13 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Silver | Afanasijs Kuzmins | Shooting | Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol | 30 July |
| Silver | Ivans Klementjevs | Canoeing | Men's C-1 1000 metres | 8 August |
| Bronze | Dainis Ozols | Cycling | Men's individual road race | 2 August |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Boxing | 1 | – | 1 |
| Canoeing | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Cycling | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Judo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Modern pentathlon | 3 | – | 3 |
| Rowing | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Sailing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Shooting | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tennis | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Weightlifting | 2 | – | 2 |
| Wrestling | 1 | – | 1 |
| Total | 25 | 9 | 34 |

## Athletics
### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Igors Kazanovs | 110 m hurdles | 13.88 | 4 Q | 13.76 | 4 Q | 13.77 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Māris Bružiks | Triple jump | 16.94 | 9 Q | 16.80 | 10 |
| Aleksandrs Obižājevs | Pole vault | NM | NM | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mārcis Štrobinders | Javelin throw | 76.32 | 19 | 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 |
| Anita Klapote | 10000 m | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Ilga Bērtulsone | Discus throw | 58.92 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Valentīna Gotovska | High jump | 1.92 | 6 Q | 1.83 | 13 |

## Boxing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | 1 Round | 2 Round | 3 Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Igors Šaplavskis | Light Middleweight | BYE | Joseph Marwa (TAN) W 14-8 | — | Juan Carlos Lemus (CUB) L 2-12 | Did not advance | 5 |

## Canoeing
### Slalom

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Best | Rank |
| Dzintra Blūma | Women's K-1 | 173.37 | 23 | 160.83 | 20 | 160.83 | 24 |

### 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-1 500 m | 1:56.53 | 3 Q | BYE | BYE | 1:56.96 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ivans Klementyev | C-1 1000 m | 4:03.82 | 3 Q | BYE | BYE | 4:04.12 | 3 Q | 4:06.60 | |

## Cycling

Five cyclists, all men, represented Latvia in 1992. Dainis Ozols won bronze in the road race.

### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Dainis Ozols | Men's road race | 4:35:24 | |
| Arvis Piziks | Men's road race | 4:35:56 | 8 |
| Arnolds Ūdris | Men's road race | 4:35:56 | 53 |

### Track
#### Time trial

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Ingus Veips | Men's time trial | 1:06.074 | 11 |

#### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | 2nd round | Repechage | Repechage finals | 3rd round | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Classification 5-8 | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Ainārs Ķiksis | Men's sprint | 10.749 | 8 Q | Erik Schoefs (BEL) L 11.505 | Sean Bloch (RSA) W 11.327 | Roberto Chiappa (ITA) Keiji Kojima (JPN) L 11.264 | Gary Neiwand (AUS) Frédéric Magné (FRA) L 11.112 | José Lovito (ARG) L 11.266 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

#### Points race

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Laps | Rank | Points | Laps | Rank |
| Arnolds Ūdris | Men's points race | 10 | 1 | 28 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Judo
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Repechage Final | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Vsevolods Zeonijs | −65 kg | BYE | Sang-Mun Kim (KOR) L 0000–1000 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Vadims Voinovs | −95 kg | BYE | Dmitri Sergeyev (EUN) L 0000–0010 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Latvia in 1992.
| Athlete | Event | Shooting (10 m air pistol) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Riding (show jumping) | Running (3000 m) | Total points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Points | Points | Points | Points | Total points | Final rank |
| Stanislavs Dobrotovskis | Men's | 762 | 1176 | 1075 | 931 | 852 | 4796 | 52 |
| Vjačeslavs Duhanovs | Men's | 796 | 1184 | 940 | 883 | DSQ | 3803 | 64 |
| Kirils Medjancevs | Men's | 949 | 1276 | 955 | 934 | 1040 | 5154 | 26 |
| Stanislavs Dobrotovskis Vjačeslavs Duhanovs Kirils Medjancevs | Team | 2507 | 3636 | 2970 | 2748 | 1892 | 13753 | 17 |

## 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 |
| Uģis Lasmanis | Single sculls | 7:14.61 | 5 R | 7:03.27 | 2 Q | — | — | 7:10.69 | 10 FB | 7:01.54 | 9 |

### Women

| 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 |
| Liene Sastapa Gunta Lamasa | Coxless pair | 8:04.79 | 2 Q | — | — | — | — | 7:37.18 | 5 FB | 7:33.72 | 11 |

## Sailing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | 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 | Net points | Final rank |
| Ansis Dāle | Lechner A-390 | 24 | 23 | RET | 27 | 35 | 13 | 26 | 32 | 21 | 32 | 287.0 | 29 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | 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 | Net points | Final rank |
| Ilona Dzelme | Lechner A-390 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 223.0 | 21 |

## Shooting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Afanasijs Kuzmins | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 590 | 5 Q | 785 | 3 | 882 | |

### Open

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Boriss Timofejevs | Skeet | 148 | 10 Q | 197 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final B | Final B | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Artūrs Jakovļevs | 100 m butterfly | 55.95 | 33 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Tennis
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Agnese Blumberga | Singles | Christina Papadáki (GRE) W 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 | Amanda Coetzer (RSA) L 2–6, 4–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Larisa Savchenko | Singles | Katerina Maleeva (BUL) L 6–7, 2–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Agnese Blumberga Larisa Savchenko | Doubles | — | Petra Ritter Judith Wiesner (AUT) L 4–6, 7–5, 3–6 | did not advance | 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 |
| Aleksandrs Žerebkovs | 75 kg | 150.0 | 10 | 175.0 | 21 | 325.0 | 14 |
| Raimonds Bergmanis | 110 kg | 162.5 | 15 | 200.0 | 13 | 362.5 | 14 |

## Wrestling
### Men's freestyle

| 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 |
| Eduards Žukovs | −62 kg | Musa Ilhan (AUS) W 2-5 T | Dariusz Grzywiński (POL) L 2-4 | Askari Mohammadian (IRN) L 0-11 | Anibál Nieves (PUR) L 1-6 | — | — | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |