Latvia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Latvia at the Olympic Games
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At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Competitors	48
Flag bearer	Einārs Tupurītis
Medals Rank: 61	Gold 0	Silver 1	Bronze 0	Total 1
Olympic history (summary)
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Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912) Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Latvia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Medalists

Silver

• Ivans Klementjevs — Canoeing, Men's C-1 1000 metres

Results and competitors by event

Athletics

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Egils Tebelis

• Heat — 50.73s (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

• Rojs Piziks

• Final Result — 7994 points (→ 23rd place)

Men's Marathon

• Aleksandrs Prokopčuks — 2:21.50 (→ 51st place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Modris Liepiņš — 4:01:12 (→ 23rd place)

Men's Discus

• Collin Ray — 65.79 (→ 4th place)

Women's 400m Hurdles

• Lana Jekabsone

• Heat — 56.18 (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

• Valentīna Gotovska

• Qualification — 6.08m (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

• Jelena Blazevica

• Qualification — 14.24m
• Final — 14.12m (→ 9th place)

• Gundega Sproge

• Qualification — 13.67m (→ did not advance)

Women's 10 km Walk

• Anita Liepina — 45:35 (→ 22nd place)

Boxing

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

• Romans Kuklins

• First Round — Lost to Serguei Dychkov (Belarus), 6-16

Modern pentathlon

Men's Competition

• Vjačeslavs Duhanovs → 22nd place (5.186 pts)

Swimming

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Artur Jakovlevs

• Heat — 56.62 (→ did not advance, 49th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Valeri Kalmikovs

• Heat — 2:17.07
• B-Final — 2:16.23 (→ 13th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Valeri Kalmikovs

• Heat — 2:06.16 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

• Valeri Kalmikovs

• Heat — 4:28.04 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 200m Breaststroke

• Margarita Kalmikova

• Heat — 2:39.63 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Weightlifting

Men's Light-Heavyweight

• Dainis Zilitis

• Final — 145.0 + 167.5 = 312.5 (→ 15th place)