Latvia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's eighth appearance at the Summer Olympics.
The Latvian Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since the breakup of the Soviet Union. A total of 32 athletes, 22 men and 10 women, competed only in 11 sports. Fourteen athletes had previously competed in Sydney, including silver medalist Aigars Fadejevs in men's race walk, defending Olympic champion Igors Vihrovs in men's floor exercises, and judoka and bronze medalist Vsevolods Zeļonijs. Pistol shooter and former Olympic champion Afanasijs Kuzmins, the oldest of the team, at age 57, became the first Latvian athlete to compete in seven Olympic games (including three of his appearances under the Soviet Union). Meanwhile, javelin thrower and Latvia's top Olympic medal contender Vadims Vasiļevskis was appointed by the committee to become the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.
Latvia left Athens with a total of four Olympic silver medals, surpassing a single short of the overall tally from Sydney. Three of these medals were awarded to the athletes for the first time in men's javelin throw, modern pentathlon, and weightlifting. Gymnast Jevgēņijs Saproņenko claimed another sporting medal for his team with a silver in the men's vault exercises, adding it to a prestigious gold from Igors Vihrovs in Sydney four years earlier.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Gymnastics Men's vault Weightlifting Men's +105 kg Modern pentathlon Women's event Athletics Men's javelin throw
Athletics
Latvian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).
Key Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only Q = Qualified for the next round q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target NR = National record N/A = Round not applicable for the event Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankAigars Fadejevs20 km walkcolspan=6 1:22:08950 km walkcolspan=6 3:52:5211Modris Liepiņš50 km walkcolspan=6 4:04:2625Dmitrijs Miļkevičs 800 m1:46.66=1 Qcolspan=2 1:46.626Did not advanceStaņislavs Olijars 110 m hurdles13.272 Q13.261 Q13.203 Q13.215
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionVoldemārs LūsisJavelin throw79.2717Did not advanceĒriks Rags80.8411 q83.147Vadims Vasiļevskis84.43 PB3 Q84.95
Combined events – Decathlon AthleteEvent 100 m 400 m 1500 mFinalRankJānis KarlivānsResult11.337.2613.301.9750.5414.9845.104.5052.924:38.67636325Points789876686776790852733760632689
Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankAnita Liepiņa20 km walkcolspan=4 1:39:5445Jeļena Prokopčuka 10000 mcolspan=4 31:04.107Ieva Zunda 400 m hurdles56.214Did not advance
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionValentīna GotovskaLong jump6.4123Did not advanceIlze Gribule Javelin throw54.9234Did not advanceIneta RadēvičaLong jump6.5313Did not advanceTriple jump14.1220Did not advanceDace RuskuleDiscus throw57.4328Did not advance
Canoeing
Sprint AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankDagnis VinogradovsMen's C-1 500 m1:50.7762 q1:52.5115 Did not advanceMen's C-1 1000 m3:57.0704 q3:53.6563 Q3:53.5376 Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal
Cycling
Road AthleteEventTimeRankAndris NaudužsMen's road raceDid not finishRomāns Vainšteins5:43:0328
Gymnastics
Artistic Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankIgors VihrovsAll-around9.6629.4629.2259.4259.2879.36256.42317 Q9.6878.8629.1879.7009.7009.0009.43718Jevgēņijs SaproņenkoVaultcolspan=3 9.650colspan=2 9.6507 Qcolspan=3 9.706colspan=2 9.706
Judo
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankVsevolods ZeļonijsMen's −73 kgL 0011–0010Did not advance
Modern pentathlon
AthleteEventShooting(10 m air pistol)Fencing(épée one touch)Swimming(200 m freestyle)Riding(show jumping)Running(3000 m)Total pointsFinal rankPointsRankMP pointsResultsRankMP pointsTimeRankMP pointsPenaltiesRankMP pointsTimeRankMP PointsDeniss ČerkovskisMen's18011109619–13=29162:09.001712521962310049:38.773108853564Jeļena RubļevskaWomen's1711598823–9110282:26.962111608414111610:58.00410885380
Sailing
Latvian sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.
Women AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank12345678910M*Vita Matīse Mistral222120212021232010191919320
Shooting
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankAfanasijs Kuzmins25 m rapid fire pistol57414Did not advance
Swimming
Latvian swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankGuntars Deičmans200 m individual medley2:03.6825Did not advance400 m individual medley4:29.1730colspan=2 Did not advanceAndrejs Dūda100 m butterfly56.8153Did not advanceRomāns Miloslavskis100 m freestyle50.9435Did not advance200 m freestyle1:50.8323Did not advancePāvels Murāns100 m breaststroke1:06.4551Did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAgnese Ozoliņa100 m freestyle59.0343Did not advance
Weightlifting
One Latvian weightlifter qualified for the following events:
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankViktors ŠčerbatihsMen's +105 kg20532502455
Wrestling
Latvia has qualified the following quota places.
Key: - Victory by Fall. - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points. - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
Men's Greco-Roman AthleteEventElimination PoolQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankIgors Kostins−96 kgL 1–3 L 0–3 3Did not advance17
See also Latvia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
References
External links Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad Latvian Olympic Committee