Latvia

Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

in Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. Latvia won their first summer Olympic gold medal at these games.

Gold

• Igors Vihrovs
  Igors Vihrovs
  Igors Vihrovs is a Latvian gymnast, who won the Golden Medal in floor exercise at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and the Bronze Medals in floor exercise in 2000 European Championships and 2001 World Championships. He was the first Olympic gold medalist for Latvia ever.-References:...
  
   — Gymnastics
  Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  At the 2000 Summer Olympics, three different gymnastics disciplines were contested: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, and trampoline. The artistic gymnastics and trampoline events were held at the Sydney SuperDome on September 16–25 and September 22–23, respectively...
  
  , Men's floor exercises

Silver

• Aigars Fadejevs
  Aigars Fadejevs
  Aigars Fadejevs is a Latvian athlete, competing in 20 km, 50 km walk and marathon running.Fadejevs has competed in 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing 6th in 20 km walk and in 2000 Summer Olympics, winning the silver medal in 50 km,2004 Olympic,50 km 11th,20 km 9th...
  
   — Athletics
  Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. There were a total number of 2134 participating athletes from 193 countries.-Men's events:...
  
  , Men's 50 km walk

Bronze

• Vsevolods Zeļonijs
  Vsevolods Zelonijs
  Vsevolods Zeļonijs is a Latvian judoka, who competed in the 1992 and 2000 Summer Olympics winning bronze medal in 2000 in the lightweight category....
  
   — Judo
  Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  -Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:**...
  
  , Men's lightweight (73 kg)

Athletics

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. There were a total number of 2134 participating athletes from 193 countries.-Men's events:...

Men's 800 m

• Viktors Lacis
  1. Round 1 - 01:46.94
  2. Semifinal - 01:47.24 (did not advance)

Men's 110 m hurdles

• Staņislavs Olijars
  Stanislavs Olijars
  Staņislavs Olijars is a Latvian athlete mainly competing in the 110 metres hurdles. He is the 2000 European indoor champion, and in 2002 he won European indoor and outdoor medals. His best Olympic performance was in 2004, finishing 5th. In 2006, he became European champion in the event...
  
  
  1. Round 1 - 13.56
  2. Round 2 - 13.34
  3. Semifinal - 13.5 (did not advance)

Men's javelin throw

• Voldemārs Lūsis
  Voldemars Lusis
  Voldemārs Lūsis is a former Latvian athlete, who competed in the javelin throw. He is the son of Jānis Lūsis and Elvīra Ozoliņa. Lūsis finished in eleventh place in 2001 World Championships. He competed at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics without reaching the final. During his career he was...
  
  
  1. Qualifying - 80.08 (did not advance)

• Ēriks Rags
  Eriks Rags
  Ēriks Rags is a Latvian javelin thrower. His personal best throw is 86.47 metres, achieved in July 2001 in London.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
  
  1. Qualifying - 75.75 (did not advance)

Men's 20 km walk

• Aigars Fadejevs
  Aigars Fadejevs
  Aigars Fadejevs is a Latvian athlete, competing in 20 km, 50 km walk and marathon running.Fadejevs has competed in 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing 6th in 20 km walk and in 2000 Summer Olympics, winning the silver medal in 50 km,2004 Olympic,50 km 11th,20 km 9th...
  
   and Māris Putenis
  • With a total time of 1:22.43, Fadejevs finished 14th out of a field of 48 competitors. Putenis was disqualified. The golden medal in the event went to Robert Korzeniowski
    Robert Korzeniowski
    Robert Korzeniowski is a former Polish racewalker. He has won four gold medals at the Summer Olympics and three at world championships....
    
     of Poland, who finished in 1:18.59.

• Aigars Fadejevs
  Aigars Fadejevs
  Aigars Fadejevs is a Latvian athlete, competing in 20 km, 50 km walk and marathon running.Fadejevs has competed in 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing 6th in 20 km walk and in 2000 Summer Olympics, winning the silver medal in 50 km,2004 Olympic,50 km 11th,20 km 9th...
  
  
  1. Final - 1:22:43 (14th place)

• Maris Putenis
  1. Final - DQ

Men's 50 km walk

• Aigars Fadejevs
  Aigars Fadejevs
  Aigars Fadejevs is a Latvian athlete, competing in 20 km, 50 km walk and marathon running.Fadejevs has competed in 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing 6th in 20 km walk and in 2000 Summer Olympics, winning the silver medal in 50 km,2004 Olympic,50 km 11th,20 km 9th...
  
  , Modris Liepiņš
  Modris Liepinš
  -Achievements:-References:...
  
   and Uģis Brūvelis
  Ugis Bruvelis
  Uģis Brūvelis is a Latvian race walker.-Achievements:-References:...
  
  
  • Fadejevs won the silver medal by finishing second with a time of 3:43.40. Robert Korzeniowski of Poland once again won the gold with a time of 3:42.22. Liepiņš placed ninth with a time of 3:48.36, while Brūvelis was 35th with a time of 4:11.41.

• Aigars Fadejevs
  Aigars Fadejevs
  Aigars Fadejevs is a Latvian athlete, competing in 20 km, 50 km walk and marathon running.Fadejevs has competed in 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing 6th in 20 km walk and in 2000 Summer Olympics, winning the silver medal in 50 km,2004 Olympic,50 km 11th,20 km 9th...
  
  
  1. Final - 3:43:40 (Silver medal)

• Modris Liepins
  Modris Liepinš
  -Achievements:-References:...
  
  
  1. Final - 3:48:36 (9th place)

• Ugis Bruvelis
  Ugis Bruvelis
  Uģis Brūvelis is a Latvian race walker.-Achievements:-References:...
  
  
  1. Final - 4:11:41 (35th place)

Women's 800 m

• Irina Latve
  • Latve finished sixth in her qualifying round with a time of 2:06.05, not fast enough to advance to the next phase.

Women's 5,000 m

• Jeļena Čelnova-Prokopčuka
  Jelena Prokopcuka
  Jeļena Prokopčuka is a Latvian long-distance runner, perhaps best known for winning the New York City Marathon in 2005 and 2006...
  
  
  • In her first heat, Čelnova-Prokopčuka finished fourth with a time of 15:09.45, advancing to the finals. And in the finals, Celnova-Prokopcuka finished ninth in a time of 14:55.46. The gold medal went to Gabriela Szabo
    Gabriela Szabo
    Gabriela Szabo is a Romanian track and field athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in 5000 m and winner of bronze and silver medals in 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics in 1500 m, respectively....
    
     of Romania, who finished in 14:40.79, a new Olympic record.

Women's 10,000 m

• Jeļena Čelnova-Prokopčuka
  Jelena Prokopcuka
  Jeļena Prokopčuka is a Latvian long-distance runner, perhaps best known for winning the New York City Marathon in 2005 and 2006...
  
  
  • Čelnova-Prokopčuka advanced to the finals by placing eighth in Round 1, finishing in a time of 32:32.87. She was 26.68 seconds behind the leader, the eventual winner from Ethiopia, Derartu Tulu
    Derartu Tulu
    Derartu Tulu is an Ethiopian long distance track, road and marathon athlete.Derartu , a member of the Oromo ethnic group, grew up tending cattle in the village of Bekoji in the highlands of Arsi Province...
    
    . In the finals, Čelnova-Prokopčuka finished 19th in a time of 32:17.72.

Women's 100 m Hurdles

• Anita Trumpe
  • In her qualifying heat, Trumpe finished seventh in a time of 13.77, not advancing to the next round.

Women's 400 m Hurdles

• Irēna Žauna
  • In the first round, Žauna came in fifth in her heat in a time of 57.79 and did not qualify for the second round.

Women's High Jump

• Līga Kļaviņa
  Līga Kļaviņa
  Līga Kļaviņa is a female heptathlete from Latvia, who began her career as a high jumper. She competed for her native Baltic country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
  • Kļaviņa had no mark in the qualifying round. She did not advance.

Women's Javelin Throw

• Inga Kožarenoka
  Inga Kožarenoka
  Inga Kožarenoka is a female javelin thrower from Latvia. Her personal best throw is 59.97 metres, achieved in June 2005 in Murjani. At the time it became Latvian record...
  
  
  • Kožarenoka’s best throw of 53.83 meters was not far enough to qualify her to advance in the competition.

Women's Long Jump

• Valentīna Gotovska
  Valentina Gotovska
  Valentīna Gotovska is a retired Latvian long jumper.Her personal best jump is 6.91 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Tartu. In her earlier career she was a high jumper, with a personal best of 1.97 metres from 1990. Gotovska retired after the 2005 season.-Achievements:-External links:...
  
  
  • In her qualifying round, Gotovska’s best jump was 6.47 meters, placing her 10th. She did not advance in the competition.

Women's 20 km Walk

• Anita Liepiņa
  Anita Liepiņa
  Anita Liepiņa is a former Latvian race walker and long-distance runner.Her career highlights include participation at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.She is married to Modris Liepiņš.-Achievements:-References:...
  
   and Jolanta Dukure
  Jolanta Dukure
  Jolanta Dukure is a Latvian race walker. She was born in Riga, Latvia.She is the national record holder in all race walking distances.-Achievements:-References:...
  
  
  • In the finals of the event, Dukure finished 30th in a time of 1:36.54, while Liepiņa came in 37th in a time of 1:39.17. The gold medal went to China’s Liping Wang
    Wang Liping (athlete)
    Wang Liping is a Chinese race walker who became an Olympic champion by winning the 20 kilometer event in 2000. Four years later in Athens she finished eighth in the 20 kilometre walk race....
    
    , who finished in 1:29.05.

Canoeing

Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held at the Sydney International Regatta Centre for the sprint events and the Whitewater Stadium in Penrith for the canoe and kayak slalom disciplines. The repechage rounds that ran from the 1960 to the 1996 Games were eliminated in the sprint events while...

Men’s 1,000 m Sprint

• Jefimijs Klementjevs
  • Klementjevs finished in fourth place in his qualifying heat with a time of 3:58.840. He advanced to the semi-finals, where he finished second in his run in a time of 4:01.300. In the finals, Klementjevs finished seventh in a time of 4:00.931. The gold medal went to Andreas Dittmer
    Andreas Dittmer
    Andreas Dittmer is a German sprint canoer. The dominant sprint canoer of his generation in 1000 m races, he has won three Olympic and eight world championship gold medals.Dittmer won his first world championship medal - a bronze - at Paris in 1991 as a member of Germany's C-4 500 m crew...
    
     of Germany, who finished the race in 3:54.379.

Road Cycling

Men's Individual Time Trial

• Belohvoščiks finished 15th, 2:17 behind gold medal winner Viacheslav Ekimov of Russia, who finished with a time of 57:40. Ozols was 21st, 3:06 behind the leader.
• Raivis Belohvoščiks
  Raivis Belohvosciks
  Raivis Belohvoščiks is a Latvian professional road bicycle racer who specializes in individual time trial events. He is five-time Latvian national champion. In 2006 he signed 2 year contract with UCI ProTour team , but this was not renewed for the 2009 season...
  
  
  1. Final - 0:59:57 (15th place)

• Dainis Ozols
  Dainis Ozols
  Dainis Ozols is a professional cyclist from Latvia. In the 1992 Summer Olympics he earned a bronze medal in the 194 km road race, finishing in 4:32:24, 3 seconds behind Erik Dekker of the Netherlands and 4 seconds behind the winner Fabio Casartelli of Italy.His surname is often misspelled as...
  
  
  1. Final - 1:00:46 (21st place)

Men's Road Race

• Piziks finished 22nd, 1:38 behind the winner and gold medalist, Jan Ullrich
  Jan Ullrich
  Jan Ullrich is a German former professional road bicycle racer. In 1997, he was the first German to win the Tour de France. He went on to take five second places and a fourth in 2004 and third in 2005. He is considered one of the best time-trialists in the history of the sport...
  
   of Germany, who finished in a time of 5:29:08. Reiss came in 81st, 12:53 behind the leader. Belohvoščiks, Naudušz and Ozols did not finish.

• Arvis Piziks
  Arvis Piziks
  Arvis Piziks is a Latvian former professional road bicycle racer. He won the Latvian road racing championship in 2000.- Palmares :1994 - Trident 1995 - Novell ...
  
  
  1. Final - 5:30:46 (22nd place)

• Andris Reiss
  Andris Reiss
  Andris Reiss was a Latvian cyclist who had a brief professional career early in the 21st century.- Palmares :1998* 5th - National Championships road race2000...
  
  
  1. Final - 5:42:01 (81st place)

• Raivis Belohvoščiks
  Raivis Belohvosciks
  Raivis Belohvoščiks is a Latvian professional road bicycle racer who specializes in individual time trial events. He is five-time Latvian national champion. In 2006 he signed 2 year contract with UCI ProTour team , but this was not renewed for the 2009 season...
  
  
  1. Final - DNF

• Andris Naudužs
  1. Final - DNF

• Dainis Ozols
  Dainis Ozols
  Dainis Ozols is a professional cyclist from Latvia. In the 1992 Summer Olympics he earned a bronze medal in the 194 km road race, finishing in 4:32:24, 3 seconds behind Erik Dekker of the Netherlands and 4 seconds behind the winner Fabio Casartelli of Italy.His surname is often misspelled as...
  
  
  1. Final - DNF

Track Cycling

Men's Sprint

• Viesturs Bērziņš
  • Bērziņš finished 10th overall. The gold medal in the competition went to Marty Nothstein
    Marty Nothstein
    Martin "Marty" Wayne Nothstein is an American professional road bicycle racer and track cyclist. He is a 3-time world champion in track events and an Olympic gold and silver medalist.-Early life:...
    
     of the United States, whose times in the final were 10.874 and 11.066.
  • Qualifying - 10.343
  • First Round - Defeated Shinichi Ota of Japan
  • 1/8 Finals - Lost to Jan van Eijden
    Jan van Eijden
    Jan van Eijden is a German track cyclist born in Bad Neuenahr. He is a double World Champion in sprint and team sprint. He also won one world cup classic and four German national titles...
    
     of Germany
  • 1/8 Finals Repechage - 2nd place - Heat 2
  • Final 9-12 - 10th place

Men's 1 km Time Trial

• Gvido Miezis
  • Miezis finishes 16th in the event with a total time of 1:08.113. The gold medal went to Jason Queally
    Jason Queally
    Jason Paul Queally is an English track cyclist. He won a gold medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.Born at Great Heywood, Staffordshire, Queally attended Lancaster Royal Grammar School, where he was part of the swimming squad in the mid-1980s, later representing Lancaster and British Universities...
    
     of Great Britain, who finishes with a total time of 1:01.609.

Men's Keirin

• Ainārs Ķiksis
  • Ķiksis finished first, in a time of 11.210, in the repechage round. In the second round, he finished sixth and did not advance to the finals.
  • First Round - Heat - 3; Place - DNF
  • Repechage - Heat - 1; Place - 1
  • Second Round - Heat - 1; Place - DNF (did not advance)

Men's Olympic Sprint

• Viesturs Bērziņš, Ainārs Ķiksis and Ivo Lakučs
  • The team of Bērziņš, Ķiksis and Lakučs failed to advance beyond the first round after being bested by the Australian team of Sean Eadie
    Sean Eadie
    Sean Eadie is a retired professional track cyclist. He lives in Como, New South Wales . He started cycling at 10 and became a professional in 1990. Despite competitive aggression on the track, he is a "gentle giant" off the track. Prior to becoming a full time cyclist, Eadie was a kindergarten...
    
    , Darryn Hill
    Darryn Hill
    Darryn William Hill is an Australian former racing cyclist, specialising in the sprint events of track cycling.- Palmarès :1994...
    
     and Gary Neiwand
    Gary Neiwand
    Gary Neiwand is a retired Australian track cyclist, a former world champion, who won four Olympic medals during his career.-Early life and career:...
    
    . The Latvians’ overall time was 46.525, but the Australians finished in 44.745.
  • Qualifying - 45.589
  • Second Round - 46.525 (did not advance)

Fencing

Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:*...

Women’s Individual Épée

• Jūlija Vansoviča
  • One of the world’s top women fencer’s, Hungary’s Gyongyi Szalay, was ousted 15-13 in Round 2 by 30th seed Vansoviča. However, another Hungarian, Tímea Nagy
    Tímea Nagy
    Tímea Nagy is a Hungarian fencer who has won two Olympic gold medals in Individual Épée. She is left-handed, and became world champion in the épée discipline at the 2006 World Fencing Championships...
    
    , exacted revenge in Round 3, beating Vansoviča 15-10. Nagy was the eventual gold medal winner in the event.

Gymnastics

Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics, three different gymnastics disciplines were contested: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, and trampoline. The artistic gymnastics and trampoline events were held at the Sydney SuperDome on September 16–25 and September 22–23, respectively...

Men’s Floor Exercise

• Igors Vihrovs
  Igors Vihrovs
  Igors Vihrovs is a Latvian gymnast, who won the Golden Medal in floor exercise at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and the Bronze Medals in floor exercise in 2000 European Championships and 2001 World Championships. He was the first Olympic gold medalist for Latvia ever.-References:...
  
  
  • Vihrovs, in a surprise finish, won the gold medal with a score of 9.812. The silver medal was won by Russia’s Alexei Nemov
    Alexei Nemov
    Alexei Yurievich Nemov is a gymnast from Russia and one of the most medaled gymnasts, male or female, of all time. He has won 12 Olympic medals, including more Olympic bronze medals than any other athlete. Nemov's sense of showmanship and his difficult routines have won him many fans...
    
    , who scored 9.800, while the bronze went to Bulgaria’s Yordan Yovchev, who scored 9.787. In the qualifying subdivision Vihrovs had placed 26th with a score of 56.186, enough to advance him to the next phase.

Judo

Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:**...

Men’s Lightweight (73 kg)

• Vsevolods Zeļonijs
  Vsevolods Zelonijs
  Vsevolods Zeļonijs is a Latvian judoka, who competed in the 1992 and 2000 Summer Olympics winning bronze medal in 2000 in the lightweight category....
  
  
  • Zeļonijs beat Yong-Sin Choi of Korea in 53 seconds to win the bronze medal in the competition, sharing third place with Anatoly Laryukov
    Anatoly Laryukov
    Anatoly Laryukov is a Russian and Belarusian judoka. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal in the men's lightweight category, together with Vsevolods Zelonijs of Latvia...
    
     of Belarus. The silver went to Tiago Camilo
    Tiago Camilo
    Tiago Henrique de Oliveira Camilo is a judoka from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the lightweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. In the final he was defeated by Italy's Giuseppe Maddaloni...
    
     of Brazil, while the gold medal was awarded to Giuseppe Maddaloni
    Giuseppe Maddaloni
    Giuseppe Maddaloni is an Italian judoka. He was born in Naples.He won a gold medal in the lightweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com*...
    
     of Italy.

Modern pentathlon

Modern pentathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Final results for the modern pentathlon at the 2000 Summer OlympicsThe women's individual match was newly introduced.Men's held September 30. Women's held on October 1.Shooting, held on 6:45 at the Pavilion 2 Fencing, held on 8:00 at the Pavilion 2...

Men's individual competition

• Deniss Čerkovskis
  Deniss Cerkovskis
  Deniss Cerkovskis is a male Latvian modern pentathlete who competed in the:* 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney ;* 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens ;* 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing .-References:...
  
  
  • Čerkovskis finished 18th with a total score of 4,903. The medalists in the event were all Eastern Europeans: Russia’s Dmitry Svatkovsky took the gold; Gabor Balogh
    Gábor Balogh
    Gábor Balogh is a former Hungarian modern pentathlete who won silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia....
    
     of Hungary, the silver; and Pavel Dovgal of Belarus, the bronze.

Women's individual competition

• Jeļena Rubļevska
  Jelena Rublevska
  Jeļena Rubļevska is a Latvian modern pentathlete who won silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Her score of 5380 is broken down as follows:* Shooting—988* Fencing—1028* Swimming—1160* Riding—1116...
  
  
  • Rubļevska finished in eighth place with a total score of 5,051. The gold medal went to Stephanie Cook of Great Britain. She had 5,318 total points.

Rowing

Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Final results for the Rowing events at the 2000 Summer Olympics:The event is probably most noted for Steve Redgrave's winning his fifth Olympic gold medal in as many games in the British men's coxless four. However, there were a number of other dramatic races. Both the men's and women's single...

Men’s Single Sculls

• Andris Reinholds
  • Reinholds advanced to the B Group finals, finishing second in the race with a time of 6:56.33 and earning eighth place overall in the event. However, he tested positive for use of steroids, according to a September 23 Reuters report.

Sailing

Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....

Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)

• Žaklīna Litauniece
  1. Race 1 - 24
  2. Race 2 - (26)
  3. Race 3 - (27)
  4. Race 4 - 26
  5. Race 5 - 24
  6. Race 6 - 20
  7. Race 7 - 24
  8. Race 8 - 25
  9. Race 9 - 25
  10. Race 10 - 26
  11. Race 11 - 25
  12. Final - 218 (27th place)

Women's Mistral Fleet

• Vita Matīse
  • Matise finished in 22nd place with 170 net points. The gold medal went to Alessandra Sensini
    Alessandra Sensini
    Alessandra Sensini is an Italian windsurfer. She is a 4-time Olympian, winning a gold medal and two additional bronze medals. She also won 3 gold and 2 silver medals at World Championships, as well as 3 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals at European Championships...
    
     of Italy, who had 15 net points.

Shooting

Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

The shooting competitions at the 2000 Summer Olympics were carried out at the Sydney International Shooting Centre in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia during the first week of the Games, from Saturday 16 September 2000 to Saturday 23 September 2000....

Men's 25-meter RF Pistol

• Afanasijs Kuzmins
  Afanasijs Kuzmins
  Afanasijs Kuzmins is a Latvian shooter who won two Olympic medals in the 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol event; gold at the 1988 for the USSR and silver at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Latvia. He also won the 1986 World Championship in 25 m Standard Pistol...
  
  
  • Kuzmins finished in eighth place in the finals, with a qualifying score of 585.0, a finals score of 96.3, and a total score of 681.3. The gold medal in the event went to Sergei Alifirenko
    Sergei Alifirenko
    Sergei Gennadievich Alifirenko is a Russian pistol shooter, originally from Armenia, specializing in the 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol event.He was born in Kirovakan....
    
     of Russia, who had a qualifying score of 587.0, a finals score of 100.6, and a total score of 687.6.

Men's Skeet

• Boriss Timofejevs
  • Timofejevs scored 122.0 and earned 12th place, but did not advance to the finals.

Swimming

Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 swimming events were contested, between September 15–23, 2000. There was a total of 954 participants from 150 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men:...

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Arturs Jakovlevs
  1. Preliminary Heat - 56.63 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Valery Kalmikovs
  1. Preliminary Heat - 01:04.02 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Valery Kalmikovs
  1. Preliminary Heat - 02:16.21 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Valery Kalmikovs
  1. Preliminary Heat - 02:04.18 (did not advance)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Agnese Ozolina
  1. Preliminary Heat - 27.28 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Agnese Ozolina
  1. Preliminary Heat - 59.28 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Margarita Kalmikova
  1. Preliminary Heat - 02:35.69 (did not advance)

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Viktors Ščerbatihs Viktors Scerbatihs TotalTotalViktors Ščerbatihs is a Latvian weightlifter and politician and a three-time Olympian for his native country. He is 181 cm tall....	+ 105 kg Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's +105 kg The Men's Super Heavyweight Weightlifting Event is the heaviest men's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, for lifters over 105 kilograms of body mass...	197.5	202.5	202.5	242.5	250.0	257.5	452.5	6
Raimonds Bergmanis Raimonds Bergmanis Raimonds Bergmanis is a fomer Olympic weightlifting champion and retired strongman competitor from Latvia....	+ 105 kg Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's +105 kg The Men's Super Heavyweight Weightlifting Event is the heaviest men's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, for lifters over 105 kilograms of body mass...	180.0	—	—	—	—	—	DNF	—

Men's 94 kilogram

• Sergejs Lazovskis
  • Lazovskis finished in 18th place with a snatch score of 155.0, a clean and jerk score of 200.0, and a total score of 355.0. The gold medal in the event went to Akakios Kakiasvilis of Greece, who had a total score of 405.0.

Wrestling

Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place in the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre and was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories. The freestyle competitions were held from September 28 to October 1, and the...

Men's 85 kilogram

• Igors Samušonoks
  • Samušonoks was defeated 3-2 by Canada’s Justin Abdou and shut out 3-0 by Cuba’s Yoel Romero. Samušonoks defeated Kazakhstan’s Magomed Kurugliyev 7-6.