Latvia at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Latvia at the
2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code LAT
NOC Latvian Olympic Committee
Website www.olimpiade.lv (in Latvian) (in English)
in Sydney
Competitors 45 (30 men, 15 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer Voldemārs Lūsis
Medals
Ranked 44th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1900–1912)
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Latvia competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Latvia won their first summer Olympic gold medal at these games. 45 competitors, 30 men and 15 women, took part in 47 events in 13 sports.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldIgors VihrovsGymnasticsMen's floor exercises
 SilverAigars FadejevsAthleticsMen's 50 km walk
 BronzeVsevolods ZeļonijsJudoMen's lightweight

Athletics

Men's 800 m

  • Viktors Lacis
    1. Round 1 - 01:46.94
    2. Semifinal - 01:47.24 (did not advance)

Men's 110 m hurdles

Men's javelin throw

Men's 20 km walk

Men's 50 km walk

Women's 800 m

Women's 5,000 m

Women's 10,000 m

Women's 100 m Hurdles

Women's 400 m Hurdles

Women's High Jump

Women's Javelin Throw

Women's Long Jump

Women's 20 km Walk

Canoeing

Men’s 1,000 m Sprint

Cycling

Road Cycling

Men's Individual Time Trial

Men's Road Race

Track Cycling

Men's Sprint

  • Viesturs Bērziņš
    • Qualifying - 10.343
    • First Round - Defeated Shinichi Ota of Japan
    • 1/8 Finals - Lost to Jan van Eijden of Germany
    • 1/8 Finals Repechage - 2nd place - Heat 2
    • Final 9-12 - 10th place

Men's 1 km Time Trial

  • Gvido Miezis

Men's Keirin

  • Ainārs Ķiksis
    • First Round - Heat - 3; Place - DNF
    • Repechage - Heat - 1; Place - 1
    • Second Round - Heat - 1; Place - DNF (did not advance)

Men's Olympic Sprint

Fencing

One female fencer represented Latvia in 2000.

Women's épée

Gymnastics

Men’s Floor Exercise

Judo

Men’s Lightweight (73 kg)

Modern pentathlon

Men's individual competition

Women's individual competition

Rowing

Men’s Single Sculls

Sailing

Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)

  • Žaklīna Litauniece
    1. Race 1 - 24
    2. Race 2 - (26)
    3. Race 3 - (27)
    4. Race 4 - 26
    5. Race 5 - 24
    6. Race 6 - 20
    7. Race 7 - 24
    8. Race 8 - 25
    9. Race 9 - 25
    10. Race 10 - 26
    11. Race 11 - 25
    12. Final - 218 (27th place)

Women's Mistral Fleet

Shooting

Men's 25-meter RF Pistol

Men's Skeet

Swimming

Men's 100 m Butterfly

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

Women's 50 m Freestyle

Women's 100 m Freestyle

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
1 2 3 1 2 3
Viktors Ščerbatihs + 105 kg 197.5 202.5 202.5 242.5 250.0 257.5 452.5 6
Raimonds Bergmanis + 105 kg 180.0 — — — — — DNF —

Men's 94 kilogram

  • Sergejs Lazovskis

Wrestling

Men's 85 kilogram

Notes

  • Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
  • International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • International Olympic Committee Web Site

References

  1. ↑ "Latvia at the 2000 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
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