Latvia at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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| Competitors | 12 in 3 sports | |||||||||||
| Medals | Gold 0 |
Silver 0 |
Bronze 0 |
Total 0 |
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Latvia is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This will be the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Games in the post-Soviet era and eleventh overall in Summer Olympic history.
Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Latvian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[1][2]
- Men's marathon – 1 quota place (Valērijs Žolnerovičs)
- Men's 50 km race walk; 1 quota place (Arnis Rumbenieks)
- Men's javelin throw – 1 quota place (Rolands Štrobinders)
- Men's pole vault – 1 quota place (Pauls Pujāts)
- Women's 400 m – 1 quota place (Gunta Latiševa-Čudare)
- Women's marathon – 2 quota places (Ilona Marhele, Jeļena Prokopčuka)
- Women's 20 km race walk; 1 quota place (Agnese Pastare)
- Women's javelin throw – 2 quota places (Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala, Madara Palameika)
- Women's heptathlon – 1 quota place (Laura Ikauniece-Admidiņa)
Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Road
Latvian riders qualified for a maximum of two quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI Europe Tour.[3][4]
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Latvia has qualified one wrestler for the women's freestyle 63 kg into the Olympic competition, as a result of her top six finish at the 2015 World Championships.[5][6]
Key:
- VT - Victory by Fall.
- PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
- PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
- Women's freestyle
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | |
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| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
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| Anastasija Grigorjeva | −63 kg | ||||||||
See also
References
- ↑ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ↑ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ↑ "UCI announces men's road Olympic quotas". Cyclingnews.com. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
- ↑ "Riodežaneiro Olimpiskajās spēlēs grupas braucienā Latviju pārstāvēs divi riteņbraucēji" [Latvia will be represented by two cyclists in the road race at the rio Olympics] (in Latvian). Latvian Olympic Committee. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ↑ "Wrestling for Rio 2016". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- ↑ "Latvijas labākā cīkstone Grigorjeva kvalificējas Riodežaneiro olimpiskajām spēlēm" [Latvia's best wrestler Anastasija Grigorjeva qualifies for Olympics in Rio de Janeiro] (in Latvian). Apollo.lv. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
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