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Latvia at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Latvia at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codeLAT
NOCLatvian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olimpiade.lv (in Latvian and English)
in Paris, France
Competitors29 in 11 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Nauris Miezis & Tīna Graudiņa
Flag bearer (closing)Ernests Zēbolds & Gunta Vaičule
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1908–1912)
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Latvia competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Games.

For the second time since 2016, Latvia failed to secure a single Summer Olympic medal. The best finish was 4th place in men's 3x3 basketball.

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 3 5 8
Basketball 4 0 4
Cycling 4 2 6
Diving 0 1 1
Equestrian 1 0 1
Modern pentathlon 1 0 1
Shooting 1 1 2
Swimming 1 1 2
Tennis 0 1 1
Volleyball 0 2 2
Weightlifting 1 0 1
Total 16 13 29

Athletics

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Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Latvian track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[1]

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 the 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 Repechage Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Gunta Vaičule Women's 400 m 51.13 5 R 50.93 2 Did not advance
Agate Caune Women's 5000 m 15:38.19 33 —
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Valters Kreišs Men's pole vault 5.70 11 q 5.50 12
Gatis Čakšs Men's javelin throw NM Did not advance
Patriks Gailums 77.26 25 Did not advance
Rūta Kate Lasmane Women's triple jump 13.76 22 —
Līna Mūze Women's javelin throw 60.30 17 Did not advance
Anete Sietiņa 60.47 15 Did not advance

Basketball

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Main article: Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics

3×3 basketball

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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 Men's tournament  Lithuania
W 21–14 		 Netherlands
W 21–12 		 China
W 22–8 		 United States
W 21–19 		 France
W 22–20 		 Serbia
W 21–14 		 Poland
W 22–16 		1 —  France
L 14–21 		 Lithuania
L 18–21 		4

Men's tournament

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Main articles: Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 3×3 tournament and Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 3×3 qualification

The Latvia men's 3x3 team by winning the FIBA Universality-driven Olympic Qualifying Tournament 1 in Hong Kong.[2]

Team roster

The roster was announced on 8 July 2024.[3]

Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1  Latvia 7 7 0 147 103 +44 Semifinals
2  Netherlands 7 5 2 133 112 +21
3  Lithuania 7 4[a] 3 134 125 +9 Play-ins
4  Serbia 7 4[a] 3 129 123 +6
5  France (H) 7 3 4 131 132 −1
6  Poland 7 2[b] 5 116 139 −23
7  United States 7 2[b] 5 116 138 −22
8  China 7 1 6 107 141 −34
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Lithuania 20–18 Serbia
  2. ^ a b United States 17–19 Poland
30 July 2024
18:35
v
Latvia  21–14  Lithuania
Pts: Miezis 9 Pts: Pukelis 8
Place de la Concorde, Paris
Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Jasmina Juras (SRB)
31 July 2024
18:35
v
Latvia  21–12  Netherlands
Pts: Lasmanis 8 Pts: De Jong 7
Place de la Concorde, Paris
Referees: Brigitta Csabai-Kaskötő (HUN), Deanna Jackson (USA)
1 August 2024
10:35
v
China  8–22  Latvia
Pts: Zhang 6 Pts: Lācis 8
Place de la Concorde, Paris
Referees: Deanna Jackson (USA), Jasmina Juras (SRB)
1 August 2024
23:05
v
United States  19–21  Latvia
Pts: Barry 10 Pts: Miezis 10
Place de la Concorde, Paris
Referees: Najib Chajiddine (FRA), Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU)
2 August 2024
14:05
v
France  20–22  Latvia
Pts: Seguela 10 Pts: Miezis 10
Place de la Concorde, Paris
Referees: Brigitta Csabai-Kaskötő (HUN), Marek Maliszewski (POL)
2 August 2024
19:05
v
Latvia  21–14  Serbia
Pts: Lācis, Lasmanis 8 Pts: Majstorović 7
Place de la Concorde, Paris
Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU)
4 August 2024
18:00
v
Poland  16–22  Latvia
Pts: Sokołowski 6 Pts: Miezis 13
Place de la Concorde, Paris
Referees: Brigitta Csabai-Kaskötő (HUN), Edmond Ho (HKG)
Semifinal
5 August 2024
19:00
v
Latvia  14–21  France
Pts: Lasmanis 11 Pts: Dussoulier 9
Place de la Concorde, Paris
Referees: Brigitta Csabai-Kaskötő (HUN), Edmond Ho (HKG)
Bronze medal game
5 August 2024
21:30
v
Latvia  18–21  Lithuania
Pts: Lasmanis 9 Pts: Vingelis 9
Place de la Concorde, Paris
Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Deanna Jackson (USA)

Cycling

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Main articles: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Road

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Latvia entered one male and one female road cyclist into the games. Latvia secured those quota through the UCI Nation Ranking and 2023 World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.[4]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Toms Skujiņš Men's road race 6:20:50 5
Anastasia Carbonari Women's road race 4:10:47 69

Mountain biking

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Latvian mountain bikers secured one male quota places for the Olympic through 2023 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.

Athlete Event Time Rank
Mārtiņš Blūms  Men's cross-country 1:29:11 17

BMX

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Freestyle

Latvia entered one BMX rider to compete in the men's freestyle, by reallocation of host nation quota (from 2023 World Championships).[5]

Athlete Event Seeding Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Ernests Zēbolds Men's freestyle 84.60 9 Q 87.14 8
Race

Latvian riders secured a single quota place in the men's BMX race for Paris 2024 by topping the field of nations vying for qualification at the 2023 UCI BMX World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain. Single quota place in the women's BMX race - reallocation from unused host country quota.[6][7]

Athlete Event Quarterfinal Last chance race Semifinal Final Overall placing
Points Rank Result Rank Points Rank Result Rank Rank
Kristens Krīgers Men's race 26 24 — 24
Veronika Stūriška Women's race 19 18 2:15.767 8 — 20

Diving

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Main articles: Diving at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Latvia entered one diver, Džeja Patrika into the Olympic competition.[8]

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Džeja Patrika Women's 10 m platform 259.30 22 Did not advance

Equestrian

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Main articles: Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Latvia entered one riders in the individual jumping event, through the establishments of final olympics ranking for Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia).[9]

Jumping

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Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final
Penalties Time Rank Penalties Time Rank
Kristaps Neretnieks Palladium KJV Individual 12.00 73.66 56 Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

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Main articles: Modern pentathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Modern pentathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Latvian modern pentathletes confirmed a single quota place for the Olympic games. Pāvels Švecovs secured his spots in the men's event through the re-allocations of unused universality quota place.

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 Penalties Rank MP points Time Rank MP points
Pāvels Švecovs Men's

Shooting

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Main articles: Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Latvian shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.[10]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Lauris Strautmanis Men's 10 m air pistol 572 21 Did not advance
Agate Rašmane Women's 10 m air pistol 570 23
Women's 25 m pistol 568 13 Did not advance
Lauris Strautmanis
Agate Rašmane 		Mixed 10 m air pistol team 568 16 Did not advance

Swimming

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Main articles: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Latvia received two Universality quota places in Swimming.

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Daniils Bobrovs Men's 200 metre breaststroke 2:13.66 21 Did not advance
Ieva Maļuka Women's 200 metre individual medley 2:15.79 26 Did not advance

Tennis

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Main articles: Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

After being listed as the top 64 eligible players based on the final WTA ranking for the Olympics, Latvia ensured their participation in the women's singles competition. [11]

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  Osorio (COL)
L 4–6, 3–6 		Did not advance

Volleyball

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Main article: Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Beach

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Main articles: Beach volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Beach volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Latvian women's pair qualified for Paris based on the FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking.[12]

Athlete Event Preliminary round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Tīna Graudiņa
Anastasija Kravčenoka 		Women's  Esmée /
Zoé (SUI)
L 0–2 (15–21, 14–21) 		 Poletti /
Michelle (PAR)
W 2–0 (21–19, 21–15) 		 Melissa /
Brandie (CAN)
W 2–0 (21–14, 22–20) 		2  Müller /
Tillmann (GER)
W 2–1 (21–13, 17–21, 18–16) 		 Ana Patricia /
Duda (BRA)
L 0–2 (16–21, 10–21) 		Did not advance 5

Weightlifting

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Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Latvia entered one weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Ritvars Suharevs (men's 73 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in his weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Ritvars Suharevs Men's −73 kg 147 DNF — – — DNF

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Latvia and Azerbaijan win FIBA 3x3 Universality Olympic Qualifying Tournament 1, qualify to Paris Olympics". fiba.basketball. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Apstiprināts Latvijas olimpiskās izlases sastāvs 3×3 basketbolā". basket.lv. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations". International Olympic Committee. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Athletes' quotas for BMX Freestyle men's event" (PDF). www.uci.org/. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Athletes' quotas for BMX Racing men's event" (PDF). www.uci.org/. Union Cycliste Internationale. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Athletes' quotas for BMX Racing women's event" (PDF). www.uci.org/. Union Cycliste Internationale. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Diving at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games: Confirmed Athletes". World Aquatics. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  9. ^ "FEI publishes Olympic and Paralympic Rankings for Paris 2024". International Federation for Equestrian Sports. 2 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  11. ^ "Tennis Rankings | Official Women's Tennis Rankings – WTA Tennis".
  12. ^ "Provisional Olympic Ranking – Ranking Women". Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
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