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Latvia at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
LAT

Flag bearer
  
Voldemārs Lūsis

Latvia at the 2000 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Latvian Olympic Committee

Website
  
www.olimpiade.lv (Latvian) (English)

Competitors
  
45 (30 men, 15 women) in 13 sports

Medals Ranked 44th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 1 1 3

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.

Contents

Gold

  • Igors Vihrovs — Gymnastics, Men's floor exercises

    • Silver

  • Aigars Fadejevs — Athletics, Men's 50 km walk

    • Bronze

  • Vsevolods Zeļonijs — Judo, Men's lightweight (73 kg)

    • 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

  • Staņislavs Olijars
    1. Round 1 - 13.56
    2. Round 2 - 13.34
    3. Semifinal - 13.5 (did not advance)

    • Men's javelin throw

  • Voldemārs Lūsis
    1. Qualifying - 80.08 (did not advance)
  • Ēriks Rags
    1. Qualifying - 75.75 (did not advance)

    • Men's 20 km walk

  • Aigars Fadejevs (14th) and Māris Putenis (DQ)
  • Aigars Fadejevs
    1. Final - 1:22:43 (14th place)
  • Maris Putenis
    1. Final - DQ

    • Men's 50 km walk

  • Aigars Fadejevs (silver medal), Modris Liepiņš (35th) and Uģis Brūvelis
  • Aigars Fadejevs
    1. Final - 3:43:40 (Silver medal)
  • Modris Liepins
    1. Final - 3:48:36 (9th place)
  • Ugis Bruvelis
    1. Final - 4:11:41 (35th place)

    • Women's 800 m

  • Irina Latve

    • Women's 5,000 m

  • Jeļena Čelnova-Prokopčuka

    • Women's 10,000 m

  • Jeļena Čelnova-Prokopčuka

    • Women's 100 m Hurdles

  • Anita Trumpe

    • Women's 400 m Hurdles

  • Irēna Žauna

    • Women's High Jump

  • Līga Kļaviņa

    • Women's Javelin Throw

  • Inga Kožarenoka

    • Women's Long Jump

  • Valentīna Gotovska

    • Women's 20 km Walk

  • Anita Liepiņa and Jolanta Dukure

    • Canoeing

    Men’s 1,000 m Sprint

  • Jefimijs Klementjevs

    • Road Cycling

    Men's Individual Time Trial

  • Raivis Belohvoščiks
    1. Final - 0:59:57 (15th place)
  • Dainis Ozols
    1. Final - 1:00:46 (21st place)

    • Men's Road Race

  • Arvis Piziks
    1. Final - 5:30:46 (22nd place)
  • Andris Reiss
    1. Final - 5:42:01 (81st place)
  • Raivis Belohvoščiks
    1. Final - DNF
  • Andris Naudužs
    1. Final - DNF
  • Dainis Ozols
    1. Final - DNF

    • 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

  • Viesturs Bērziņš, Ainārs Ķiksis and Ivo Lakučs
  • Qualifying - 45.589
  • Second Round - 46.525 (did not advance)

    • Fencing

    One female fencer represented Latvia in 2000.

    Women's épée
  • Jūlija Vansoviča

    • Gymnastics

    Men’s Floor Exercise

  • Igors Vihrovs (gold medal)

    • Judo

    Men’s Lightweight (73 kg)

  • Vsevolods Zeļonijs (bronze)

    • Modern pentathlon

    Men's individual competition

  • Deniss Čerkovskis

    • Women's individual competition

  • Jeļena Rubļevska

    • Rowing

    Men’s Single Sculls

  • Andris Reinholds

    • 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

  • Vita Matīse

    • Shooting

    Men's 25-meter RF Pistol

  • Afanasijs Kuzmins

    • Men's Skeet

  • Boriss Timofejevs

    • Swimming

    Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Arturs Jakovlevs
    1. Preliminary Heat - 56.63 (did not advance)

    • Men's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Valery Kalmikovs
    1. Preliminary Heat - 01:04.02 (did not advance)

    • Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Valery Kalmikovs
    1. Preliminary Heat - 02:16.21 (did not advance)

    • Men's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Valery Kalmikovs
    1. Preliminary Heat - 02:04.18 (did not advance)

    • Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Agnese Ozolina
    1. Preliminary Heat - 27.28 (did not advance)

    • Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Agnese Ozolina
    1. Preliminary Heat - 59.28 (did not advance)

    • Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Margarita Kalmikova
    1. Preliminary Heat - 02:35.69 (did not advance)

    • Weightlifting

    Men

    Men's 94 kilogram

  • Sergejs Lazovskis

    • Wrestling

    Men's 85 kilogram

  • Igors Samušonoks

    • References

    Latvia at the 2000 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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