Latvia at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Latvia competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. The nation returned to the Winter Games after having missed the 1932 Winter Olympics. These Games would be the last time that Latvia would compete at the Winter Games as an independent nation until the 1992 Winter Olympics. After the nation was annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940, Latvian athletes would compete at the Olympic Games as part of the USSR delegations.

Alpine skiing

Men AthleteEventDownhillSlalomTotalTimeRankTime 1Time 2RankTotal pointsRankAskolds HermanovskisCombined13:22.4563:18.0 (+0:12)DSQ–DNF–Herberts Bērtulsons13:00.6553:06.1DSQ–DNF–

Women AthleteEventDownhillSlalomTotalTimeRankTime 1Time 2RankTotal pointsRankMirdza MartinsoneCombined15:21.6363:08.3 (+0:12)DSQ–DNF–

Cross-country skiing

Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank18 kmKārlis Bukass1'42:5769Alberts Riekstiņš1'42:1667Herberts Dāboliņš1'34:2058Pauls Kaņeps1'31:4450

Men's 4 x 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankHerberts DāboliņšPauls KaņepsEdgars GruzītisAlberts Riekstiņš3'26:0813

Figure skating

Men AthleteEventCFFSPlacesPointsFinal rank Verners AulsMen's singles2525175222.625

Women AthleteEventCFFSPlacesPointsFinal rank Alise DzeguzeWomen's singles2423161280.923

Pairs AthletesPointsScoreFinal rank Hildegarde Švarce-GešelaEduards Gešels1497.517

Ice hockey

Group A Top two teams advanced to semifinals PldWLTGFGAPts330024363210117431201112230303270

7 February 11-0(2-0,3-0,6-0)8 February 9-2(1-0,4-0,4-2)9 February 7-1(4-0,0-0,3-1)

Contestants Aleksejs Auziņš Reinis Bluķis Arvīds Jurgens Herberts Kušķis Roberts Lapainis Kārlis Paegle Arvīds Petersons Ādolfs Petrovskis Jānis Rozīte Leonīds Vedējs Jānis Bebris

Nordic combined

Events: 18 km cross-country skiing normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.

AthleteEventCross-countrySki JumpingTotalTimePointsRankDistance 1Distance 2Total pointsRankPointsRankEdgars GruzītisIndividual1'35:22134.64435.036.5148.143282.742

Speed skating

Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mJānis Andriksons45.916Alfons Bērziņš45.7141500 mJānis Andriksons2:28.923Alfons Bērziņš2:25.8185000 mJānis Andriksons9:15.030Arvids Lejnieks9:11.929Alfons Bērziņš8:53.41810,000 mArvids Lejnieks18:41.223Alfons Bērziņš18:22.519

References

Sources

Olympic Winter Games 1936, full results by sports-reference.com