Latvia at the Olympics

**Latvia** was first at the **Olympic Games** in 1924. After the nation was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940, Latvian athletes were part of Soviet Union at the Olympics between 1952 and 1988.  After the dissolution of the Soviet Union and independence of Latvia in 1991, the nation returned to the Olympic Games in 1992.  They have been at every Games since then.

The National Olympic Committee for Latvia was first formed in 1922.  The current NOC is the Latvian Olympic Committee, which was recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1991.

### Summer Olympics

|style="width:6em"|Medal|style="width:11em"|Name|style="width:8em"|Games|style="width:9em"|Sport|style="width:14em"|Event|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|||1932 Los Angeles|Athletics|Men's 50 km walk||||||
|||1936 Berlin|Wrestling|Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight||||||
|||1936 Berlin|Athletics|Men's 50 km walk||||||
|||1992 Barcelona|Canoeing|Men's C-1 1000 metres||||||
|||1992 Barcelona|Shooting|Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol||||||
|||1992 Barcelona|Cycling (Road)|Men's individual race||||||
|||1996 Atlanta|Canoeing|Men's C-1 1000 metres||||||
|||2000 Sydney|Gymnastics|Men's floor exercises||||||
|||2000 Sydney|Athletics|Men's 50 km walk||||||
|||2000 Sydney|Judo|Men's lightweight||||||
|||2004 Athens|Gymnastics|Men's vault||||||
|||2004 Athens|Athletics|Men's javelin throw||||||
|||2004 Athens|Modern pentathlon|Women's individual||||||
|||2004 Athens|Weightlifting|Men's super heavyweight||||||
|||2008 Beijing|Cycling (BMX)|Men's BMX||||||
|||2008 Beijing|Athletics|Men's javelin throw||||||
||Viktors Ščerbatihs|2008 Beijing|Weightlifting|Men's super heavyweight||||||
||Mārtiņš Pļaviņš – Jānis Šmēdiņš|2012 London|Beach volleyball|Men's tournament||||||
|||2012 London|Cycling|Men's BMX||||||

### Winter Olympics

|style="width:6em"|Medal|style="width:11em"|Name|style="width:8em"|Games|style="width:9em"|Sport|style="width:14em"|Event|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|||2006 Turin|Luge|Men's singles||||||
||Andris Šics & Juris Šics|2010 Vancouver|Luge|Doubles||||||
||Martins Dukurs|2010 Vancouver|Skeleton (sport)|Men's||||||

### Medals by Summer Games

|Total|3|11|5|19|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1924 Paris|0|0|0|0|
|1928 Amsterdam|0|0|0|0|
|1932 Los Angeles|0|1|0|1|
|1936 Berlin|0|1|1|2|
|1952–1988|_as part of the Soviet Union_||||
|1992 Barcelona|0|2|1|3|
|1996 Atlanta|0|1|0|1|
|2000 Sydney|1|1|1|3|
|2004 Athens|0|4|0|4|
|2008 Beijing|1|1|1|3|
|2008 London|1|0|1|2|

### Medals by Winter Games

|Total|0|2|1|3|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1924 Chamonix|0|0|0|0|
|1928 St. Moritz|0|0|0|0|
|1932 Lake Placid|_did not participate_||||
|1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen|0|0|0|0|
|1952–1988|_as part of the Soviet Union_||||
|1992 Albertville|0|0|0|0|
|1994 Lillehammer|0|0|0|0|
|1998 Nagano|0|0|0|0|
|2002 Salt Lake City|0|0|0|0|
|2006 Turin|0|0|1|1|
|2010 Vancouver|0|2|0|2|

### Medals by sport

|Total|3|13|6|22|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Gymnastics|1|1|0|2|
|Cycling|2|0|1|3|
|Athletics|0|4|1|5|
|Canoeing|0|2|0|2|
|Modern pentathlon|0|1|0|1|
|Shooting|0|1|0|1|
|Weightlifting|0|1|1|2|
|Wrestling|0|1|0|1|
|Judo|0|0|1|1|
|Beach volleyball|0|0|1|1|
|Luge|0|1|1|2|
|Skeleton|0|1|0|1|