Latvia at the 2002 Winter Olympics
{{Short description|none}}
{{Infobox country at games
| NOC = LAT
| NOCname = Latvian Olympic Committee
| games = Winter Olympics
| year = 2002
| flagcaption =
| oldcode =
| website = {{URL|www.olimpiade.lv }} {{in lang|lv|en}}
| location = Salt Lake City
| competitors = 47 (42 men, 5 women)
| sports = 8
| flagbearer = Harijs Vītoliņš, ice hockey
| rank =
| gold = 0
| silver = 0
| bronze = 0
| officials =
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year =
| app_end_year =
| summerappearances =
| winterappearances =
| seealso = {{flagIOC|RU1}} (1900–1912)
{{flagIOC|URS}} (1952–1988)
}}
Latvia competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.
Alpine skiing
{{main|Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !Race 1 !Race 2 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Time
!Time !Time !Rank |
| Ivars Ciaguns
|Giant Slalom |align="center"|DNF |align="center"|– |align="center"|DNF |align="center"|– |
| Ivars Ciaguns
|Slalom |align="center"|56.31 |align="center"|58.42 |align="center"|1:54.73 |align="center"|25 |
Biathlon
{{main|Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| Event
!Athlete !Misses 1 !Time !Rank |
|---|
| rowspan="4"|10 km sprint
|align="center"|3 |align="center"|28:11.9 |align="center"|65 |
| Jēkabs Nākums
|align="center"|1 |align="center"|27:40.9 |align="center"|52 |
| Oļegs Maļuhins
|align="center"|3 |align="center"|27:30.7 |align="center"|46 |
| Ilmārs Bricis
|align="center"|2 |align="center"|27:17.3 |align="center"|40 |
| rowspan="3"|12.5 km pursuit 2 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|39:19.3 |align="center"|54 |
| Ilmārs Bricis
|align="center"|7 |align="center"|38:49.9 |align="center"|51 |
| Oļegs Maļuhins
|align="center"|3 |align="center"|36:10.5 |align="center"|30 |
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| Event
!Athlete !Time !Misses !Adjusted time 3 !Rank |
|---|
| rowspan="4"|20 km
|align="center"|DNF |align="center"|– |align="center"|DNF |align="center"|– |
| Gundars Upenieks
|align="center"|54:56.0 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|59:56.0 |align="center"|71 |
| Ilmārs Bricis
|align="center"|53:24.4 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|56:24.4 |align="center"|39 |
| Jēkabs Nākums
|align="center"|55:19.6 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|56:19.6 |align="center"|35 |
;Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
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| rowspan=2|Athletes
!colspan=3|Race |
|---|
| Misses 1
!Time !Rank |
| Oļegs Maļuhins Jēkabs Nākums Gundars Upenieks Ilmārs Bricis |align=center|3 |align=center|1'32:00.8 |align=center|17 |
;Women
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| Event
!Athlete !Misses 1 !Time !Rank |
|---|
| 7.5 km sprint
|align="center"|1 |align="center"|24:32.5 |align="center"|58 |
| 10 km pursuit 4 |align="center"|DNF |align="center"|DNF |align="center"|– |
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| Event
!Athlete !Time !Misses !Adjusted time 3 !Rank |
|---|
| 15 km
|align="center"|53:20.9 |align="center"|6 |align="center"|59:20.9 |align="center"|63 |
{{refbegin}}
: 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.
{{refend}}
Bobsleigh
{{main|Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
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| rowspan="2"|Sled
!rowspan="2"|Athletes !rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="2"|Run 1 !colspan="2"|Run 2 !colspan="2"|Run 3 !colspan="2"|Run 4 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| align="center"|LAT-1
|Two-man |align="center"|48.10 |align="center"|13 |align="center"|48.06 |align="center"|12 |align="center"|47.92 |align="center"|8 |align="center"|48.36 |align="center"|18 |align="center"|3:12.60 |align="center"|11 |
| align="center"|LAT-2
|Two-man |align="center"|48.07 |align="center"|12 |align="center"|48.22 |align="center"|18 |align="center"|48.14 |align="center"|13 |align="center"|48.25 |align="center"|15 |align="center"|3:12.68 |align="center"|13 |
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Sled
!rowspan="2"|Athletes !rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="2"|Run 1 !colspan="2"|Run 2 !colspan="2"|Run 3 !colspan="2"|Run 4 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| align="center"|LAT-1
|Sandis Prūsis |Four-man |align="center"|46.99 |align="center"|9 |align="center"|46.82 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|47.60 |align="center"|14 |align="center"|47.65 |align="center"|9 |align="center"|3:09.06 |align="center"|7 |
| align="center"|LAT-2
|Gatis Gūts |Four-man |align="center"|46.99 |align="center"|9 |align="center"|46.99 |align="center"|11 |align="center"|47.80 |align="center"|16 |align="center"|47.66 |align="center"|10 |align="center"|3:09.44 |align="center"|12 |
Cross-country skiing
{{main|Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
Pursuit
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Athlete
!colspan=2|10 km C !colspan=2|10 km F pursuit1 |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Final rank |
| Juris Ģērmanis
|align=center|28:41.1 |align=center|53 Q |align=center|27:32.8 |align=center|51 |
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Event
!rowspan=2|Athlete !colspan=2|Race |
|---|
| Time
!Rank |
| 15 km C |align=center|41:50.1 |align=center|49 |
| 30 km F |align=center|1'22:30.4 |align=center|58 |
{{refbegin}}
: 1 Starting delay based on 10 km C. results.
: C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
{{refend}}
Ice hockey
{{main|Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics}}
=Men's tournament=
==Preliminary round - group A==
Top team (shaded) advanced to the first round.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||
| width=165|Team
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GP |Games played}} !width=40|{{Tooltip|W |Wins}} !width=40|{{Tooltip|L |Losses}} !width=40|{{Tooltip|T |Ties}} !width=40|{{Tooltip|GF |Goals for}} !width=40|{{Tooltip|GA |Goals against}} !width=40|{{Tooltip|GD |Goal difference}} !width=40|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}} | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="ccffcc"
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|GER}} | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 6 |
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|LAT}}
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 3 |
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|AUT}}
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 2 |
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|SVK}}
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 1 |
{{small|All times are local (UTC-7).}}
{{hockeybox2
| bg = #EEFFFF
| date = 9 February 2002
| time = 19:00
| team1 = {{ih-rt|LAT}}
| team2 = {{ih|AUT}}
| score = 4 – 2
| periods = (1–2, 1–2, 0–0)
| stadium = Peaks Ice Arena, Provo
| attendance = 6,159
}}
{{hockeybox2
| bg = #EEFFFF
| date = 10 February 2002
| time = 19:00
| team1 = {{ih-rt|LAT}}
| team2 = {{ih|SVK}}
| score = 6 – 6
| periods = (2–2, 2–4, 2–0)
| stadium = E Center, West Valley City
| attendance = 8,377
}}
{{hockeybox2
| bg = #EEFFFF
| date = 12 February 2002
| time = 19:00
| team1 = {{ih-rt|GER}}
| team2 = {{ih|LAT}}
| score = 4 – 1
| periods = (2–1, 2–0, 0–0)
| stadium = Peaks Ice Arena, Provo
| attendance = 6,574
}}
==Consolation round==
9th place match
{{hockeybox2
| bg = #EEEEEE
| date = 14 February 2002
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{ih-rt|UKR}}
| team2 = {{ih|LAT}} 9th
| score = 2 – 9
| periods = (0–6, 2–3, 0–0)
| stadium = E Center, West Valley City
| attendance = 8,449
}}
Luge
{{main|Luge at the 2002 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!colspan="2"|Run 1 !colspan="2"|Run 2 !colspan="2"|Run 3 !colspan="2"|Run 4 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| Guntis Rēķis
|align="center"|45.898 |align="center"|28 |align="center"|45.644 |align="center"|28 |align="center"|45.446 |align="center"|28 |align="center"|45.716 |align="center"|30 |align="center"|3:02.704 |align="center"|29 |
| Nauris Skraustiņš
|align="center"|45.335 |align="center"|23 |align="center"|45.389 |align="center"|26 |align="center"|44.904 |align="center"|21 |align="center"|45.061 |align="center"|14 |align="center"|3:00.689 |align="center"|22 |
| Mārtiņš Rubenis
|align="center"|45.022 |align="center"|14 |align="center"|49.671 |align="center"|47 |align="center"|DNF |align="center"|– |align="center"|– |align="center"|– |align="center"|DNF |align="center"|– |
(Men's) doubles
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| rowspan="2"|Athletes
!colspan="2"|Run 1 !colspan="2"|Run 2 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| Ivars Deinis Sandris Bērzinš |align="center"|43.413 |align="center"|10 |align="center"|43.493 |align="center"|11 |align="center"|1:26.906 |align="center"|10 |
;Women
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!colspan="2"|Run 1 !colspan="2"|Run 2 !colspan="2"|Run 3 !colspan="2"|Run 4 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| Maija Tīruma
|align="center"|44.050 |align="center"|18 |align="center"|43.954 |align="center"|19 |align="center"|43.971 |align="center"|21 |align="center"|43.956 |align="center"|20 |align="center"|2:55.931 |align="center"|18 |
| Anna Orlova
|align="center"|43.795 |align="center"|8 |align="center"|43.658 |align="center"|10 |align="center"|43.642 |align="center"|10 |align="center"|43.644 |align="center"|10 |align="center"|2:54.739 |align="center"|9 |
| Iluta Gaile
|align="center"|43.779 |align="center"|7 |align="center"|43.791 |align="center"|14 |align="center"|43.656 |align="center"|11 |align="center"|43.847 |align="center"|18 |align="center"|2:55.073 |align="center"|10 |
Skeleton
{{main|Skeleton at the 2002 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!colspan="2"|Run 1 !colspan="2"|Run 2 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| Tomass Dukurs
|align="center"|52.29 |align="center"|21 |align="center"|52.38 |align="center"|20 |align="center"|1:44.67 |align="center"|21 |
Speed skating
{{main|Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics}}
;Women
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Event
!rowspan=2|Athlete !colspan=2|Race |
|---|
| Time
!Rank |
| 1500 m
|align=center|2:04.25 |align=center|35 |
| 3000 m
|align=center|4:23.13 |align=center|30 |
References
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060622162855/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417041013/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2002/ Olympic Winter Games 2002, full results by sports-reference.com]
{{Nations at the 2002 Winter Olympics}}
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