Latvia at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Latvia at the Olympic Games
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At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin
Competitors	29 in 6 sports
Medals Rank: 24	Gold 0	Silver 1	Bronze 1	Total 2
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948–1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Winter Games
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948–1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912) Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Latvia competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 29 competitors, all men, took part in 16 events in 6 sports.^[1] It would be the last time that Latvia would compete at the Summer Games as an independent nation until the 1992 Summer Olympics. After the nation was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940, Latvian athletes were forced to compete at the Olympic Games as part of the USSR delegations.

Medalists

Silver

• Edvins Bietags — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight

Bronze

• Adalberts Bubenko — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk

Athletics

Basketball

Cycling

Four male cyclists represented Latvia in 1936

Individual road race

• Mārtiņš Mazūrs
• Arvīds Immermanis
• Aleksejs Jurjevs
• Jānis Vītols

Team road race

• Mārtiņš Mazūrs
• Arvīds Immermanis
• Aleksejs Jurjevs
• Jānis Vītols

Shooting

Three shooters represented Latvia in 1936.

25 m rapid fire pistol

• Haralds Marvē
• Kārlis Kļava

50 m rifle, prone

• Rudolfs Baumanis

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

1. "Latvia at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 15 January 2015.