Latvia at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Latvia at the
2020 Summer Olympics
IOC codeLAT
NOCLatvian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olimpiade.lv (in Latvian and English)
in Tokyo, Japan
Competitors33 in 14 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Agnis Čavars
Jeļena Ostapenko
Flag bearer (closing)Pāvels Švecovs
Medals
Ranked 59th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1908–1912)
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)

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 prior, Latvia won two medals in Tokyo, with one of them being gold.

Medalists

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
 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

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 — 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

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 		ROC
L 19–15 		 Netherlands
W 22–18 		3  Japan
W 21–18 		 Belgium
W 21–8 		ROC
W 21–18 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

3×3 basketball

Men's tournament

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
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1  Serbia 7 7 0 138 91 +47 Semifinals
2  Belgium 7 4[a] 3 126 127 −1
3  Latvia 7 4[a] 3 133 129 +4 Quarterfinals
4  Netherlands 7 4[a] 3 132 129 +3
5  ROC 7 3 4 116 125 −9
6  Japan (H) 7 2[b] 5 123 134 −11
7  Poland 7 2[b] 5 120 130 −10
8  China 7 2[b] 5 119 142 −23
Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Belgium 2–0, Latvia 1–1, Netherlands 0–2
  2. ^ a b c Japan 1–1, 123 PS; Poland 1–1, 120 PS; China 1–1, 119 PS
24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
11:35
v
Poland  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
Latvia  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
China  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
Latvia  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
Latvia  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
ROC  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
Latvia  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
Latvia  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
Belgium  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
ROC  18–21  Latvia
Pts: Karpenkov 7 Pts: Lasmanis 10
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Markos Michaelides (SUI)

Canoeing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 —  Perez /
Stosur (AUS)
L 6–4, 1–6, [5–10] 		Did not advance

Volleyball

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

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 5 195 6 358 6
Artūrs Plēsnieks Men's –109 kg 180 7 230 2 410 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Wrestling

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

  1. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. ^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  3. ^ "IAAF Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Six new teams qualify for Tokyo 2020 at FIBA 3×3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Latvia name four players to 3x3 team set to go to Tokyo Olympics". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Tears flow as Olympic quotas decided in Szeged". International Canoe Federation. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Athletes' quotas for Road Cycling events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". UCI. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  8. ^ "BMX Racing Athletes quota for Cycling – BMX Racing men's events" (PDF). www.uci.org/. Union Cycliste Internationale. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  9. ^ "BMX Racing Athletes quota for Cycling – BMX Racing women's events" (PDF). www.uci.org/. Union Cycliste Internationale. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Tokyo 2020 team and individual quota places confirmed by FEI". FEI. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  11. ^ Messner, Nicolas (22 June 2021). "Tokyo 2020: Official Olympic Qualification List". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Olympians from 34 countries now confirmed for Karate Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020". World Karate Federation. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: Modern Pentathlon line-up revealed". UIPM. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". www.issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  15. ^ "Latvijas šāvēja Agate Rašmane nodrošina ceļazīmi uz olimpiskajām spēlēm" [Latvian shooter Agate Rašmane secures a place for the Olympics] (in Latvian). TVNET. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  16. ^ Ozerinskis, Emils (9 June 2021). "Olimpiešu saimei pievienojas peldētāji Maļuka un Bobrovs" [Swimmers Maļuka and Bobrovs will go to Olympics] (in Latvian). Sportacentrs.com. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  17. ^ "ITF announces entries for Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games". International Tennis Federation. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  18. ^ "Barty, Osaka headline entries for Tokyo Olympics". Women's Tennis Association. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  19. ^ "Italy and Latvia claim men's Olympic berths in Haiyang". FIVB. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  20. ^ "Latvia and Spain celebrate berths for Olympics". FIVB. 22 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  21. ^ "Latvijas olimpiskajai komandai pievienojas divi svarcēlāji" [Two weightlifters join the Latvian Olympic team] (in Latvian). Latvian Public Media. 12 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  22. ^ Olanowski, Eric (19 March 2021). "Four Nations Earn Pair of Olympic Berths on Friday". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 20 March 2021.