Latvia at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Latvia at the
2002 Winter Olympics

IOC code

LAT

NOC

Latvian Olympic Committee

Website

www.olimpiade.lv (Latvian) (English)

in Salt Lake City

Competitors

47 (42 men, 5 women) in 8 sports

Flag bearer

Harijs Vītoliņš, ice hockey

Medals

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
0	0	0	0

Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Other related appearances

Russian Empire (1900–1912)

Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Latvia competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Ivars Ciaguns	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Ivars Ciaguns	Slalom	56.31	58.42	1:54.73	25

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km sprint	Gundars Upenieks	3	28:11.9	65
	Jēkabs Nākums	1	27:40.9	52
	Oļegs Maļuhins	3	27:30.7	46
	Ilmārs Bricis	2	27:17.3	40
12.5 km pursuit ²	Jēkabs Nākums	5	39:19.3	54
	Ilmārs Bricis	7	38:49.9	51
	Oļegs Maļuhins	3	36:10.5	30

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ³	Rank
20 km	Oļegs Maļuhins	DNF	–	DNF	–
	Gundars Upenieks	54:56.0	5	59:56.0	71
	Ilmārs Bricis	53:24.4	3	56:24.4	39
	Jēkabs Nākums	55:19.6	1	56:19.6	35

Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Oļegs Maļuhins Jēkabs Nākums Gundars Upenieks Ilmārs Bricis	3	1'32:00.8	17

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
7.5 km sprint	Andžela Brice	1	24:32.5	58
10 km pursuit ⁴	Andžela Brice	DNF	DNF	–

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ³	Rank
15 km	Andžela Brice	53:20.9	6	59:20.9	63

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² Starting delay based on 10 km sprint results.

³ One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
LAT-1	Sandis Prūsis Mārcis Rullis	Two-man	48.10	13	48.06	12	47.92	8	48.36	18	3:12.60	11
LAT-2	Intars Dīcmanis Gatis Gūts	Two-man	48.07	12	48.22	18	48.14	13	48.25	15	3:12.68	13

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
LAT-1	Sandis Prūsis Mārcis Rullis Jānis Silarājs Jānis Ozols	Four-man	46.99	9	46.82	5	47.60	14	47.65	9	3:09.06	7
LAT-2	Gatis Gūts Intars Dīcmanis Māris Rozentāls Gunārs Bumbulis	Four-man	46.99	9	46.99	11	47.80	16	47.66	10	3:09.44	12

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Pursuit

Athlete	10 km C		10 km F pursuit¹
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Juris Ģērmanis	28:41.1	53 Q	27:32.8	51

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km C	Juris Ģērmanis	41:50.1	49
30 km F	Juris Ģērmanis	1'22:30.4	58

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km C. results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men's tournament

Preliminary round - group A

Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	6
Latvia	3	1	1	1	11	12	−1	3
Austria	3	1	2	0	7	9	−2	2
Slovakia	3	0	2	1	8	12	−4	1

All times are local (UTC-7).

9 February 2002
19:00

Latvia

4 – 2
(1–2, 1–2, 0–0)

Austria

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 6,159

10 February 2002
19:00

Latvia

6 – 6
(2–2, 2–4, 2–0)

Slovakia

E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,377

12 February 2002
19:00

Germany

4 – 1
(2–1, 2–0, 0–0)

Latvia

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo
Attendance: 6,574

Consolation round

9th place match

14 February 2002
20:00

Ukraine

2 – 9
(0–6, 2–3, 0–0)

Latvia 9th

E Center, West Valley City
Attendance: 8,449

	Contestants Kaspars Astašenko Aleksandrs Beļavskis Igors Bondarevs Aigars Cipruss Vjačeslavs Fanduļs Viktors Ignatjevs Artūrs Irbe Aleksandrs Kerčs Rodrigo Laviņš Aleksandrs Macijevskis Andrejs Maticins Sergejs Naumovs Aleksandrs Ņiživijs Sandis Ozoliņš Grigorijs Panteļejevs Aleksandrs Semjonovs Sergejs Seņins Kārlis Skrastiņš Oļegs Sorokins Leonīds Tambijevs Atvars Tribuncovs Harijs Vītoliņš

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Guntis Rēķis	45.898	28	45.644	28	45.446	28	45.716	30	3:02.704	29
Nauris Skraustiņš	45.335	23	45.389	26	44.904	21	45.061	14	3:00.689	22
Mārtiņš Rubenis	45.022	14	49.671	47	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ivars Deinis Sandris Berzinš	43.413	10	43.493	11	1:26.906	10

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maija Tiruma	44.050	18	43.954	19	43.971	21	43.956	20	2:55.931	18
Anna Orlova	43.795	8	43.658	10	43.642	10	43.644	10	2:54.739	9
Iluta Gaile	43.779	7	43.791	14	43.656	11	43.847	18	2:55.073	10

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tomass Dukurs	52.29	21	52.38	20	1:44.67	21

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
1500 m	Ilonda Lūse	2:04.25	35
3000 m	Ilonda Lūse	4:23.13	30

References

Nations at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States

Africa	Cameroon Kenya South Africa

America	Argentina Bermuda Brazil Canada Chile Costa Rica Jamaica Mexico Puerto Rico Trinidad and Tobago United States Venezuela Virgin Islands

Asia	China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong India Iran Japan Kazakhstan South Korea Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Mongolia Nepal Tajikistan Thailand Uzbekistan

Europe	Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia-Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Macedonia Moldova Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Russia San Marino Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Yugoslavia

Oceania	Australia Fiji New Zealand

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