Latvia at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Latvia at the
1936 Summer Olympics
Latvia at the; 1936 Summer Olympics
IOC code	LAT
NOC	Latvian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpiade.lv (in Latvian and English)
in Berlin
Competitors	29 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Haralds Marvē
Medals; Ranked 24th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948–1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	Russian Empire (1908–1912); Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Latvia competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 29 competitors, all men, took part in 16 events in 6 sports.^[2] It would be the last time that Latvia would compete at the Summer Games as an independent nation until the 1992 Summer Olympics. After the nation was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940, Latvian athletes were forced to compete at the Olympic Games as part of the USSR delegations.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Edvīns Bietags	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman -87 kg
Bronze	Adalberts Bubenko	Athletics	Men's 50 km Walk

Athletics

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Adalberts Bubenko	50 km walk	—		4:32:42.2
Jānis Daliņš		—		DNF
Arnolds Krūkliņš		—		DNF
Artūrs Motmillers	Marathon	—		2:58:02.0	28
Voldemārs Vītols	3000 m steeplechase	9:28.8	3 Q	9:18.8	7

Field events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Oto Jurģis	Javelin throw	61.9	11 q	60.71	13

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	100H	JT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Jānis Dimza	Result	11.9	6.36	13.66	1.70	DNS						DNF
Jānis Dimza	Points	624	666	708	544	DNF						DNF

Basketball

Second round

Winners advanced to the third round. Losers competed in the second consolation round for another chance to move on.

v

Latvia

9 August 1936 (1936-08-09)	Canada	34–23	Latvia	Berlin, Germany
	Scoring by half: ?–?, ? ?

Second consolation round

Winners returned to the main competition for the third round. Losers were out of the tournament.

v

Latvia

10 August 1936 (1936-08-10)	Poland	28–23	Latvia	Berlin, Germany
	Scoring by half: ?–?, ? ?

Cycling

Four male cyclists represented Latvia in 1936

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Arvīds Immermanis	Men's road race	2:52:08.0	AC
Aleksejs Jurjevs		2:52:08.0	AC
Mārtiņš Mazūrs		2:37:08.0	AC
Jānis Vītols		2:52:08.0	AC
Mārtiņš Mazūrs Arvīds Immermanis Aleksejs Jurjevs Jānis Vītols	Team time trial	8:21:24.0 ET	AC

Shooting

Three shooters represented Latvia in 1936.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Shoot off	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Rank
Rūdolfs Baumanis	50 metre rifle prone	—					291	32
Kārlis Kļava	25 m rapid fire pistol	18	4	Did not advance			22	23
Haralds Marvē	25 m rapid fire pistol	18	6	5	3	-	29	8

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool							Final round
Athlete	Event	Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 Result	Round 5 Result	Round 6 Result	Rank	Final round Result	Rank
Krisjānis Kundziņš	−66 kg	August Scherpenisse (BEL) W F 8.10	Valentino Borgia (ITA) L 0–3	Nikolaos Biris (GRE) W F 14:11	BYE	Yaşar Erkan (TUR) L 0–3	—	5	did not advance
Edvīns Bietags	−87 kg	Werner Seelenbinder (GER) L F 10.00	Gyula Bóbis (HUN) W F 3.46	Mustafa Avcioglu (TUR) W F 11.36	BYE	August Neo (EST) W 2–1	BYE	2	Axel Cadier (SWE) L 0–3
Alberts Zvejnieks	+87 kg	Josef Klapuch (TCH) L F 3.05	Stevan Nagy (YUG) W F 15.44	Kurt Hornfischer (GER) L 0–3	did not advance			7	did not advance

Art competitions

Athlete	Event	Category	Title	Rank
Augusts Annuss	Painting	Paintings	Struggle and Goal	NM
Rūdolfs Mazūrs	Painting	Prints, Watercolors and drawings, Paintings	Vier Aquarelle	NM
Vilfrīds Karls Štriks-Štrikfelds	Literature	Lyrics works	Olympische Briefe	NM
Konstantīns Visotskis	Painting	Paintings	Weg ist er!	NM
Voldemārs Vimba	Painting	Paintings	Finish!	NM

References

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