Latvia at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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]

Latvia at the 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	LAT
NOC	Latvian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpiade.lv (in Latvian and 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)
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948–1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912)  Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Igors Vihrovs	Gymnastics	Men's floor exercises
Silver	Aigars Fadejevs	Athletics	Men's 50 km walk
Bronze	Vsevolods Zeļonijs	Judo	Men's lightweight

Athletics

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ugis Bruvelis	50 km walk	N/A						4:11:41	35
Aigars Fadejevs	20 km walk	N/A						1:22:43	14
	50 km walk	N/A						3:43:40
Viktors Lacis	800 m	1:46.94	3 q	N/A		1:47.24	6	Did not advance
Modris Liepiņš	50 km walk	N/A						3:48:36	9
Staņislavs Olijars	110 m hurdles	13.56	2 Q	13.34	3 Q	13.50	4	Did not advance
Maris Putenis	20 km walk	N/A						DQ	AC

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Voldemārs Lūsis	Javelin throw	80.08	18	Did not advance
Ēriks Rags		75.75	26	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jeļena Čelnova-Prokopčuka	5000 m	15:09.45	4 Q	N/A				14:55.46	9
	10000 m	32:32.87	8 Q	N/A				32:17.72	19
Jolanta Dukure	20 km walk	N/A						1:36.54	30
Irina Latve	800 m	2:06:05	29	Did not advance
Anita Liepiņa	20 km walk	N/A						1:39.17	37
Anita Trumpe	100 m hurdles	13.77	33	Did not advance
Irēna Žauna	400 m hurdles	57.79	23	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Valentīna Gotovska	Long jump	6.47	19	Did not advance
Līga Kļaviņa	High Jump	NM	AC	Did not advance
Inga Kožarenoka	Javelin Throw	53.83	30	Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jefimijs Klementjevs	C-1 1000 m	3:58.840	4 QS	N/A		4:01.300	2 Q	4:00.931	7

Cycling

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Raivis Belohvoščiks	Men's road race	DNF
	Men's time trial	59:57	15
Andris Naudužs	Men's road race	DNF
Dainis Ozols	Men's road race	DNF
	Men's time trial	1:00:46	21
Arvis Piziks	Men's road race	5:30:46	22
Andris Reiss		5:42:01	81

Track

1000m time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Gvido Miezis	Men's 1000m time trial	1:08.113	16

Men's Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualifying round		1/16	1/16 repechage	1/8 final	1/8 repechage	Classification 9-12	Quarter-finals	Classification 5-8	Semi-finals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank
Viesturs Bērziņš	Men's sprint	10.343	5 Q	Ota (JPN) W 11.008	BYE	van Eijden (GER) L 10.682	MacLean (GBR)  Arrue (USA) L	Buran (CZE)  Arrue (USA)  Hill (AUS) L	Did not advance				10

Team sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		First round		Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Viesturs Bērziņš Ainārs Ķiksis Ivo Lakučs	Men's team sprint	45.589 59.225	6 Q	Australia (AUS) L 46.625 58.033	8	Did not advance

Men's Keirin

Athlete	Event	First round		First repechage		Second round		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ainārs Ķiksis	Men's Keirin	DNF		AC	1 Q	DNF		Did not advance

Fencing

One female fencer represented Latvia in 2000.

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jūlija Vansoviča	Women's épée	Bravo (CHI) W 15-5	Szalay-Horváth (HUN) W 15-13	Nagy (HUN) L 10-15	Did not advance			16

Gymnastics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Igors Vihrovs	Floor Exercise	9.662 Q	8.462	9.375	9.587	9.500	9.600	56.186	26 Q	9.812	N/A					9.812

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vsevolods Zeļonijs	−73 kg	BYE	Laraque (HAI) W 1001-0000	Shturbabin (UZB) W 1010-0000	Maddaloni (ITA) L 0001-0011	N/A	BYE	Moussa (TUN) W 1000-0010	Kheder (FRA) W 1110-0100	Yong-sin (KOR) W 1000-0000

Modern pentathlon

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Points	Rank	MP Points	Time	Rank	MP points	Wins	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Deniss Čerkovskis	Men's	174	19	1024	6	24	600	2:12.04	19	1180	133	12	967	9:27.35	7	1132	4903	18
Jeļena Rubļevska	Women's	169	18	964	15	2	960	2:29.07	20	1110	145	14	955	11:04.81	8	1062	5051	8

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals C-D		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andris Reinholds	Single sculls	7:06.28	3 R	7:06.40	1 SA/B	N/A		7:15.04	4 FB	DQ	AC

Sailing

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Vita Matīse	Mistral	18	19	17	22	20	13	23	18	20	24	23	170.0	22
Žaklīna Litauniece	Europe	24	26	27	26	24	20	24	25	24	26	25	218	27

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Afanasijs Kuzmins	25 m rapid fire pistol	585	6 Q	681.3	8
Boriss Timofejevs	Skeet	122	12	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Artūrs Jakovļevs	100 m butterfly	56.63	56	Did not advance
Valērijs Kalmikovs	100 m breaststroke	1:04.02	34	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:16.21	19	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:04.18	24	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Margarita Kalmikova	200 m breaststroke	2:35.69	28	Did not advance
Agnese Ozoliņa	50 m freestyle	27.28	44	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	59.28	45	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sergejs Lazovskis	−94 kg	155.0	18	200.0	16	355.0	18
Raimonds Bergmanis	+105 kg	180	DNF	—	—	—	DNF
Viktors Ščerbatihs		202.5	5	250.0	6	452.5	6

Wrestling

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Final round Result	Rank
Igors Samušonoks	−85 kg	Justin Abdou (CAN) L 2-3	Yoel Romero (CUB) L 0-3	Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ) W 7-6	3	Did not advance			11

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. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2012.