Latvia at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Latvia at the
2018 Winter Olympics
Latvia at the; 2018 Winter Olympics
	Flag of Latvia
IOC code	LAT
NOC	Latvian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpiade.lv (in Latvian)
in Pyeongchang, South Korea; 9–25 February 2018
Competitors	34 (25 men and 9 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Daumants Dreiškens
Medals; Ranked 28th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
	1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948–1988; 1992; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;
Other related appearances
	Soviet Union (1956–1988)

Latvia competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 34 competitors in 9 sports. They won one bronze medal in two-man bobsleigh and ranked 28th in the medal table.

Medalists

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Bobsleigh	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	1	1

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Jānis Strenga Oskars Melbārdis	Bobsleigh	Two-man	19 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	1	2
Biathlon	2	1	3
Bobsleigh	8	0	8
Cross-country skiing	1	2	3
Figure skating	1	1	2
Luge	7	3	10
Short track speed skating	2	0	2
Skeleton	2	1	3
Speed skating	1	0	1
Total	25	9	34

Alpine skiing

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kristaps Zvejnieks	Men's combined	1:23.02	51	48.74	14	2:11.76	26
Kristaps Zvejnieks	Men's giant slalom	1:13.81	41	1:14.46	38	2:28.27	35
Lelde Gasūna	Women's giant slalom	1:18.65	47	1:15.30	42	2:33.95	43
Lelde Gasūna	Women's slalom	54.50	39	54.81	37	1:49.31	37

Biathlon

Based on their Nations Cup ranking in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup, Latvia has qualified 2 men,^[2] and 1 woman.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Andrejs Rastorgujevs	Men's sprint	24:34.4	3 (1+2)	24
	Men's pursuit	34:29.3	4 (1+0+1+2)	12
	Men's individual	53:41.8	6 (1+1+3+1)	59
	Men's mass start	38:47.4	3 (0+1+0+2)	28
Oskars Muižnieks	Men's sprint	25:56.3	2 (1+1)	66
Oskars Muižnieks	Men's individual	52:06.0	3 (0+2+0+1)	42
Baiba Bendika	Women's sprint	23:14.6	4 (3+1)	39
	Women's pursuit	33:59.4	3 (1+0+2+0)	33
	Women's individual	45:32.8	4 (0+1+1+2)	39

Bobsleigh

Based on their rankings in the 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup, Latvia has qualified 4 sleds.^[4]^[5]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jānis Strenga Oskars Melbārdis*	Two-man	49.08 TR	1	49.54	10	49.08	2	49.21	1	3:16.91
Oskars Ķibermanis* Matīss Miknis	Two-man	49.21	4	49.57	12	49.32	6	49.70	14	3:17.80	9
Daumants Dreiškens Oskars Melbārdis* Jānis Strenga Arvis Vilkaste	Four-man	48.82	4	49.39	12	48.91	5	49.53	2	3:16.65	5
Jānis Jansons Oskars Ķibermanis* Helvijs Lūsis Matīss Miknis	Four-man	49.18	15	49.26	=7	49.34	11	49.63	9	3:17.41	10

Intars Dambis (reserve man)

* – Denotes the driver of each sled

Cross-country skiing

Distance

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Deficit	Rank
Indulis Bikše	Men's 15 km freestyle	37:44.7	+4:00.8	65
Indulis Bikše	Men's 50 km classical	2:31:07.5	+22:45.4	57
Patrīcija Eiduka	Women's 10 km freestyle	28:13.6	+3:13.1	44
Inga Paškovska	Women's 10 km freestyle	31:34.9	+6:34.4	80

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Indulis Bikše	Men's sprint	3:30.53	63	did not advance
Patrīcija Eiduka	Women's sprint	3:49.70	62	did not advance

Figure skating

Latvia has qualified one male and female figure skater, based on its placement at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland.^[6]

Individual

Athlete	Event	SP		FS		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Deniss Vasiļjevs	Men's singles	79.52	21 Q	155.06	20	234.58	19
Diāna Ņikitina	Ladies' singles	51.12	26	did not advance

Luge

Based on the results from the World Cups during the 2017–18 Luge World Cup season, Latvia qualified 8 sleds.^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kristers Aparjods	Singles	47.822	6	47.834	6	47.858	13	47.942	17	3:11.456	11
Artūrs Dārznieks		48.305	21	48.671	29	48.602	28	Eliminated		2:25.578	24
Inārs Kivlenieks		48.274	20	48.370	22	48.066	20	48.112	20	3:12.822	20
Oskars Gudramovičs Pēteris Kalniņš	Doubles	46.890	17	46.317	9	—				1:33.207	14
Andris Šics Juris Šics	Doubles	46.336	9	46.106	4	—				1:32.442	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kendija Aparjode	Singles	48.103	27	46.927	21	47.296	21	Eliminated		2:22.326	22
Elīza Cauce		47.458	25	46.477	10	46.624	10	47.092	16	3:07.651	16
Ulla Zirne		46.471	9	46.409	7	47.327	22	46.895	14	3:07.102	12

Mixed team relay

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kristers Aparjods Andris Šics Juris Šics Ulla Zirne	Team relay	47.369	8	48.891	7	49.055	3	2:25.315	6

Short track speed skating

Latvia has qualified two skaters for men's events for the Olympics during the four World Cup events in November 2017.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Roberto Puķītis	Men's 1000 m	1:31.635	2 Q	1:24.022	3	did not advance			11
Roberto Puķītis	Men's 1500 m	2:18.825	2 Q	—		2:11.165	4 FB	2:26.525	11
Roberts Zvejnieks	Men's 500 m	40.563	2 Q	40.904	3	did not advance			10
Roberts Zvejnieks	Men's 1000 m	1:26.408	3 ADV	1:24.306	4	did not advance			15

Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round; AA – Advance to medal round due to being impeded by another skater

Skeleton

Based on the world rankings, Latvia qualified 3 sleds.^[9]^[10] Martins Dukurs, the sports' most decorated athlete, had previously meddled in Vancouver and Sochi. He was a favorite to win a medal in pyeongchang but fell short. Originally both Martins and Tomass had announced plans to retire following the 2018 Olympics, but after failing to secure a medal in pyeongchang reversed their decision.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Martins Dukurs	Men's	50.85	5	50.38	2	50.32	2	50.76	5	3:22.31	4
Tomass Dukurs	Men's	50.88	7	50.58	5	50.65	6	50.63	4	3:22.74	5
Lelde Priedulēna	Women's	52.14	7	52.17	5	52.09	9	52.09	8	3:28.49	7

Speed skating

Individual

Athlete	Event	Race
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Haralds Silovs	Men's 1000 m	1:09.50	15
	Men's 1500 m	1:45.25	4

Mass start

Athlete	Event	Semifinal			Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank
Haralds Silovs	Men's mass start	3	8:28.93	9	did not advance

References

^ "Opening Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). olympic.org. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 9 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
^ "Men's Nation Cup Score" (PDF). www.docs.google.com/. International Biathlon Union (IBU). 5 March 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
^ "Latviju Phjončhanas olimpiskajās spēlēs pārstāvēs 35 sportisti deviņos sporta veidos (There will be 35 sportsmens from Latvia at the 2018 Winter Games)" (in Latvian). LETA. 22 January 2018.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - 2-man Bobsleigh - IBSF 14 January 2018" (PDF). www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
^ "Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - 4-man Bobsleigh - IBSF 14 January 2018" (PDF). www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
^ "Figure Skating Quota places for the XXIII Olympic Winter Games 2018". www.isu.org/. International Skating Union. 4 April 2017. Archived from the original on 23 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
^ "Ranking list" (PDF). fil-luge.org. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
^ "XXI II Olympic Winter Games 2018 PyeongChang: Qualified quota places Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union (ISU). 23 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
^ "Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - Men's Skeleton - IBSF 14 January 2018" (PDF). www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
^ "Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - Women's Skeleton - IBSF 14 January 2018" (PDF). www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[1] "Opening Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). olympic.org. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 9 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.

[2] "Men's Nation Cup Score" (PDF). www.docs.google.com/. International Biathlon Union (IBU). 5 March 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

[3] "Latviju Phjončhanas olimpiskajās spēlēs pārstāvēs 35 sportisti deviņos sporta veidos (There will be 35 sportsmens from Latvia at the 2018 Winter Games)" (in Latvian). LETA. 22 January 2018.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[4] "Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - 2-man Bobsleigh - IBSF 14 January 2018" (PDF). www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[5] "Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - 4-man Bobsleigh - IBSF 14 January 2018" (PDF). www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[6] "Figure Skating Quota places for the XXIII Olympic Winter Games 2018". www.isu.org/. International Skating Union. 4 April 2017. Archived from the original on 23 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

[7] "Ranking list" (PDF). fil-luge.org. Retrieved 19 December 2017.

[8] "XXI II Olympic Winter Games 2018 PyeongChang: Qualified quota places Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union (ISU). 23 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.

[9] "Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - Men's Skeleton - IBSF 14 January 2018" (PDF). www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[10] "Quota Allocation PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games 2018 - Women's Skeleton - IBSF 14 January 2018" (PDF). www.ibsf.org. International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). 15 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

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