Latvia at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Latvia at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of Latvia.svg
IOC code LAT
NOC Latvian Olympic Committee
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in Tokyo, Japan
Competitors 33 in 14 sports
Flag bearer (opening) Agnis Čavars
Jeļena Ostapenko
Flag bearer (closing) Pāvels Švecovs
Medals
Ranked 59th
Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 0 1 2
Summer Olympics appearances

Latvia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] It was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Games and twelfth overall in Summer Olympic history.

After finishing with no medals five years ago, Latvia won two medals in Tokyo, with one of them being gold.

Medalists

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Further information: 2020 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2020 Summer Olympics medal winners

The following Latvian competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Latvia men's national 3x3 team
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Basketball Men's 3×3 tournament July 28
 Bronze Artūrs Plēsnieks Weightlifting Men's 109 kg August 3

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 3 5 8
Basketball 4 0 4
Canoeing 1 0 1
Cycling 3 1 4
Equestrian 1 0 1
Judo 1 0 1
Karate 1 0 1
Modern pentathlon 1 0 1
Shooting 0 1 1
Swimming 1 1 2
Tennis 0 2 2
Volleyball 2 2 4
Weightlifting 2 0 2
Wrestling 0 1 1
Total 20 13 33

Athletics

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Main articles: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Latvian athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[2][3]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Arnis Rumbenieks Men's 50 km walk N/A 4:13:33 37
Ruslans Smolonskis DSQ
Līga Velvere Women's 800 m DNF Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Gatis Čakšs Men's javelin throw 78.73 18 Did not advance
Anete Kociņa Women's javelin throw 58.84 22 Did not advance
Līna Mūze 57.33 26 Did not advance
Madara Palameika 60.94 12 q 58.70 11
Laura Igaune Women's hammer throw 68.53 20 Did not advance

Basketball

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Main article: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Summary
Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Latvia men's 3×3 Men's 3×3 tournament  Poland
W 21–14		  Belgium
L 20–21		  China
W 18–17		  Japan
W 21–18		  Serbia
L 16–22		 23x15px ROC
L 19–15		  Netherlands
W 22–18		 3  Japan
W 21–18		  Belgium
W 21–8		 23x15px ROC
W 21–18		 1st

3×3 basketball

Men's tournament

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Main article: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 3x3 tournament

Latvia men's national 3x3 team qualified for the Games by winning a bronze medal at the 2021 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[4]

Team roster

The players were announced on 6 July 2021.[5]

Group play

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24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
11:35
v
Template:3x3-rt 14–21  Latvia
Pts: Hicks 8 Pts: Miezis 7
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Edmond Ho (HKG)
24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
18:40
v
Template:3x3-rt 20–21  Belgium
Pts: Lasmanis 11 Pts: Vervoort 11
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Edmond Ho (HKG)
25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
15:00
v
Template:3x3-rt 17–18  Latvia
Pts: Hu 12 Pts: Lasmanis 11
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS), Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU)
25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
22:25
v
Template:3x3-rt 21–18  Japan
Pts: Lasmanis 7 Pts: Tominaga 9
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Marek Maliszewski (POL)
26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
15:25
v
Template:3x3-rt 16–22  Serbia
Pts: three players 5 Pts: Majstorović 11
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Marek Maliszewski (POL)
26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
22:00
v
Template:3x3-rt 19–15  Latvia
Pts: Zuev 7 Pts: Lasmanis 6
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU), Jasmina Juras (SRB)
27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
18:25
v
Template:3x3-rt 22–18  Netherlands
Pts: Miezis 9 Pts: Van der Horst 8
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Jasmina Juras (SRB)
Quarterfinal
27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
22:20
v
Template:3x3-rt 21–18  Japan
Pts: Krūmiņš 9 Pts: Tominaga 8
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Marek Maliszewski (POL)
Semifinal
28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
18:40
v
Template:3x3-rt 8–21  Latvia
Pts: Vervoort 5 Pts: Lasmanis 9
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Markos Michaelides (SUI)
Gold medal match
28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
22:25
v
Template:3x3-rt 18–21  Latvia
Pts: Karpenkov 7 Pts: Lasmanis 10
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Markos Michaelides (SUI)

Canoeing

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Main articles: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Sprint

Latvia qualified a single boat (men's K-1 200 m) for the Games with a top-two finish at the 2021 European Canoe Sprint Qualification Regatta in Szeged, Hungary.[6]

Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Roberts Akmens Men's K-1 200 m 35.448 2 SF Bye 35.688 4 FA 36.014 8

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

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Main articles: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Road

Latvia entered two riders to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of their top 32 national finish (for men) in the UCI World Ranking.[7]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Krists Neilands Men's road race 6:15:38 33
Toms Skujiņš Men's road race 6:11:46 22
Men's time trial 1:02:04.93 30

BMX

Latvia received two quota places (one per gender) for BMX at the Olympics by topping the field of nations vying for qualification in the men's race at the 2019 UCI BMX World Championships and by finishing among the top three nations for women in the UCI BMX Individual Ranking List of June 1, 2021.[8][9]

Race
Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Result Rank
Helvijs Babris Men's race 15 5 Did not advance
Vineta Pētersone Women's race 16 6 Did not advance

Equestrian

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Main articles: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Latvia entered one jumping rider into the Olympic competition by finishing in the top two, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Group C (Central and Eastern Europe), marking the country's debut in the sport.[10]

Jumping

Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Time Rank
Kristaps Neretnieks Valour Individual 0 =1 Q 13 88.75 23

Judo

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Main articles: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Latvia qualified one judoka for the men's half-heavyweight category (100 kg) at the Games. Two-time Olympian Jevgeņijs Borodavko accepted a continental berth from the European zone as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021.[11]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Jevgeņijs Borodavko Men's −100 kg  Cirjenics (HUN)
L FUS		 Did not advance

Karate

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Main articles: Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Latvia entered one karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. 2019 European Games champion Kalvis Kalniņš secured a place in the men's kumite 67-kg category, as the highest-ranked karateka vying for qualification from the European zone based on the WKD Olympic Rankings.[12]

Kumite
Athlete Event Group stage Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Kalvis Kalniņš Men's –67 kg  Al-Masatfa (JOR)
L 3–8		  Madera (VEN)
W 4–2		  Da Costa (FRA)
L 2–11		  Derafshipour (EOR)
L 3–5		 4 Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

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Main articles: Modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Latvia entered one modern pentathlete into the Olympic competition. Pāvels Švecovs finished last of the top eight modern pentathletes vying for qualification in the men's event based on the UIPM World Rankings of June 1, 2021.[13]

Athlete Event Fencing
(épée one touch)		 Swimming
(200 m freestyle)		 Riding
(show jumping)		 Combined: shooting/running
(10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)		 Total points Final rank
RR BR Rank MP points Time Rank MP points Time Rank MP points Time Rank MP points
Pāvels Švecovs Men's 22-13 2 7 234 1:59.83 10 311 81.97 16 285 11:40.67 26 600 1430 14

Shooting

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Main articles: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Latvia granted an invitation from ISSF to send 2014 Youth Olympic bronze medalist Agate Rašmane (women's 25 m pistol) to the rescheduled Games as the highest-ranked shooter vying for qualification in the ISSF World Olympic Rankings of 6 June 2021.[14][15]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Agate Rašmane Women's 10 m air pistol 573 19 Did not advance
Women's 25 m pistol 569 37 Did not advance

Swimming

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Main articles: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Latvia received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.[16]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Daniils Bobrovs Men's 200 m breaststroke 2:14.25 31 Did not advance
Ieva Maļuka Women's 100 m freestyle 56.39 37 Did not advance
Women's 200 m freestyle 2:03.75 24 Did not advance

Tennis

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Main articles: Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Latvia entered two tennis players into the Olympic tournament. Rio 2016 Olympian Jeļena Ostapenko (world no. 43) and rookie Anastasija Sevastova (world no. 57) qualified directly among the top 56 eligible players for the women's singles based on the WTA World Rankings of June 13, 2021.[17][18]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Jeļena Ostapenko Women's singles  Vesnina (ROC)
L 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 4–6		 Did not advance
Anastasija Sevastova  Ferro (FRA)
L 6–2, 4–6, 2–6		 Did not advance
Jeļena Ostapenko
Anastasija Sevastova		 Women's doubles N/A  Perez /
Stosur (AUS)
L 6–4, 1–6, [5–10]		 Did not advance

Volleyball

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Main article: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Beach

Latvia men's and women's beach volleyball pairs qualified for the Games by advancing to the final match and securing an outright berth at the 2019 FIVB World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Haiyang, China.[19][20]

Athlete Event Preliminary round Repechage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Mārtiņš Pļaviņš
Edgars Točs		 Men's  Perušič /
Schweiner (CZE)
W (21–0, 21–0)		  Krasilnikov /
Stoyanovskiy (ROC)
W (13–21, 21–19, 15–11)		  Gaxiola /
Rubio (MEX)
L (18–21, 16–21)		 2 Q Bye  Evandro /
Schmidt (BRA)
W (21–19, 21–18)		  Alison /
Álvaro (BRA)
W (21–16, 21–19)		  Mol /
Sørum (NOR)
L (15–21, 16–21)		  Ahmed /
Cherif (QAT)
L (12–21, 18–21)		 4
Tina Graudiņa
Anastasija Kravčenoka		 Women's  Claes /
Sponcil (USA)
L (13–21, 21–16, 11–15)		  Ana Patrícia /
Rebecca (BRA)
W (21–15, 12–21, 15–12)		  Khadambi /
Makokha (KEN)
W (21–6, 21–14)		 2 Q Bye  Kholomina /
Makroguzova (ROC)
W (16–21, 21–17, 15–13)		  Bansley /
Wilkerson (CAN)
W (21–13, 18–21, 15–11)		  Artacho /
Clancy (AUS)
L (21–23, 13–21)		  Heidrich /
Vergé-Dépré (SUI)
L (19–21, 15–21)		 4

Weightlifting

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Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Latvia entered two weightlifters into the Olympic competition. 2018 junior world champion Ritvars Suharevs (men's 81 kg) and two-time Olympian Artūrs Plēsnieks (men's 109 kg) secured one of the top eight slots each in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Absolute World Rankings.[21]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Ritvars Suharevs Men's –81 kg 163 6 195 6 358 6
Artūrs Plēsnieks Men's –109 kg 180 6 230 2 410 3rd

Wrestling

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Main articles: Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Latvia qualified one wrestler for the women's freestyle 62 kg into the Olympic competition, by progressing to the top two finals at the 2021 European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary.[22]

Key:

  • VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
  • VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
  • PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
  • SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
Freestyle
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Anastasija Grigorjeva Women's −62 kg  Tynybekova (KGZ)
L 0–3 PO		 Did not advance  Incze (ROU)
W 3–1 PP		  Koliadenko (UKR)
L 1–3 PP		 5

See also

References

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