# Latvia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Latvia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 47 competitors, 34 men and 13 women, took part in 47 events in 12 sports.

## Medalists
### Silver

* Ivans Klementjevs — Canoeing, Men's C-1 1000 metres

## Athletics
### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Aigars Fadejevs | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:20:47 | 6 |
| Sergejs Inšakovs | 100 m | 10.42 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sergejs Inšakovs | 200 m | 20.41 | 2 Q | 20.58 | 4 Q | 20.48 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Igors Kazanovs | 110 m hurdles | 13.74 | 27 q | 13.42 | 8 Q | 14.13 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Modris Liepiņš | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:01:12 | 23 |
| Guntis Peders | 110 m hurdles | 13.72 | 25 Q | 13.59 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Aleksandrs Prokopčuks | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:21.50 | 51 |
| Einārs Tupurītis | 800 m | 1:45.88 | 2 Q | — | — | 1:46.41 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Egīls Tēbelis | 400 m hurdles | 50.73 | 4 | 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 |
| Aleksandrs Obižajevs | Pole vault | 5.40 | 27 | 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 |
| Rojs Piziks | Result | 11.40 | 6.86 | 14.60 | 2.16 | 51.48 | 15.20 | 45.90 | 5.00 | 58.40 | 4:30.88 | 7994 | 23 |
| Rojs Piziks | Points | 774 | 781 | 765 | 953 | 748 | 825 | 785 | 910 | 714 | 739 | 7994 | 23 |

### 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 | 5000 m | 15:59.00 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Lana Jēkabsone | 400 m hurdles | 56.18 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Anita Liepiņa | 10 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45:35 | 22 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Jeļena Blaževiča | Triple jump | 14.24 | 10 Q | 14.12 | 8 |
| Valentīna Gotovska | Long jump | 6.08 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Gundega Sproģe | Triple jump | 13.67 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Boxing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Romāns Kukļins | Heavyweight | Serguei Dychkov (BLR) L 6-16 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Canoeing
### Slalom

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Best | Rank |
| Aldis Kļaviņš | Men's K-1 | 166.08 | 25 | 152.67 | 15 | 152.67 | 21 |
| Dzintra Blūma | Women's K-1 | DNF | AC | 372.81 | 28 | 372.81 | 30 |

### Sprint
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechages | Repechages | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ivans Klementyev | C-1 1000 m | 4:24.678 | 3 QS | — | — | 4:10.455 | 1 Q | 3:54.954 | |

## Cycling
### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Kaspars Ozers | Men's road race | 04:56:43 | 22 |
| Dainis Ozols | Men's road race | 04:56:51 | 92 |
| Arvis Piziks | Men's road race | 04:56:33 | 18 |
| Juris Silovs | Men's road race | 04:56:44 | 31 |
| Romāns Vainšteins | Men's road race | 04:56:54 | 106 |

### Track
#### Time trial

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Ainārs Ķiksis | Men's time trial | 1:05.457 | 8 |

#### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | 1st round | Repechage | 2nd round | Repechage | 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 | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Viesturs Bērziņš | Men's sprint | 10.463 | 9 Q | Martin Hrbacek (SVK) W 11.008 | BYE | Roberto Chiappa (ITA) W 11.044 | BYE | Jens Fiedler (GER) L 10.808 | Frédéric Magné (FRA) Pavel Buráň (CZE) L 10.808 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Gymnastics
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | V | UB | BB | F | Total | Rank | V | UB | BB | F | Total | Rank |
| Ludmila Prince | Individual all-around | 9.475 9.537 | 9.000 9.150 | 8.412 8.700 | 9.362 9.550 | 73.186 | 58 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Modern pentathlon
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Shooting (10 m air pistol) | Shooting (10 m air pistol) | Shooting (10 m air pistol) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Fencing (épée one touch) | 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 |
| Vjačeslavs Duhanovs | Men's | 173 | 20 | 1012 | 3:23.29 | 17 | 1248 | 15 | 18 | 790 | 150 | 18 | 950 | 13:13.380 | 17 | 1186 | 5186 | 22 |

## 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 Andris Reinholds | Double sculls | 6:52.80 | 2 R | 6:51.19 | 1 SA/B | — | — | 6:40.68 | 5 FB | 6:20.82 | 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 |
| Sanita Ozoliņa Liene Lutere | Double sculls | 7:36.18 | 4 R | 7:48.02 | 2 SA/B | — | — | 7:32.00 | 6 FB | 7:06.47 | 11 |

## Sailing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Net points | Final rank |
| Ansis Dāle | Mistral | 24 | 25 | 29 | 20 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 29 | 13 | 134.0 | 20 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Net points | Final rank |
| Ilona Dzelme | Mistral | 20 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 113.0 | 18 |

## Shooting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Afanasijs Kuzmins | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 585 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Afanasijs Kuzmins | 10 m air pistol | 574 | 29 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Boriss Timofejevs | Skeet | 122 | 6 Q | 145 | 6 |

## 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 | 56.62 | 49 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Valērijs Kalmikovs | 200 m breaststroke | 2:17.07 | 17 q | 2:16.23 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Valērijs Kalmikovs | 200 m individual medley | 2:06.16 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Valērijs Kalmikovs | 400 m individual medley | 4:28.04 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final B | Final B | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Margarita Kalmikova | 200 m breaststroke | 2:39.63 | 31 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Agnese Ozoliņa | 50 m freestyle | 27.65 | 47 | 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 |
| Vladimirs Morozovs | −54 kg | 100.0 | 19 | 122.5 | 19 | 222.5 | 19 |
| Dainis Zīlītis | −83 kg | 145.0 | 15 | 167.5 | 15 | 312.5 | 15 |
| Ivars Zdanovskis | −99 kg | 150.0 | 22 | 187.5 | 19 | 337.5 | 20 |
| Viktors Ščerbatihs | −108 kg | 177.5 | 12 | 212.5 | 11 | 390.0 | 10 |
| Raimonds Bergmanis | +108 kg | 177.5 | 12 | 225.0 | 10 | 402.5 | 9 |

## 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 |
| Aigars Jansons | −57 kg | Stanisław Pawłowski (POL) W 4-3 | Sheng Zetian (CHN) L 1-7 | Park Chi-ho (KOR) W 9-2 | Ruslan Khakymov (UKR) L 4-9 | — | — | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |