| Latvia at the 1936 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
 | |
| IOC code | LAT |
| NOC | Latvian Olympic Committee |
| Website |
www |
| in Berlin | |
| Competitors | 29 in 6 sports |
| Flag bearer | Haralds Marvē [1] |
|
Medals Ranked 24th |
|
| Summer Olympics appearances ( overview) | |
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
| 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.
Second consolation round
Winners returned to the main competition for the third round. Losers were out of the tournament.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 3 | - | 29 | 8 | |
Wrestling
- Men's Greco-Roman
| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Final round | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- ^ "Haralds Marvē". olympedia.org. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "Latvia at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
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| Latvia at the 1936 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
|
| |
| IOC code | LAT |
| NOC | Latvian Olympic Committee |
| Website |
www |
| in Berlin | |
| Competitors | 29 in 6 sports |
| Flag bearer | Haralds Marvē [1] |
|
Medals Ranked 24th |
|
| Summer Olympics appearances ( overview) | |
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
| 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.
Second consolation round
Winners returned to the main competition for the third round. Losers were out of the tournament.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 3 | - | 29 | 8 | |
Wrestling
- Men's Greco-Roman
| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Final round | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- ^ "Haralds Marvē". olympedia.org. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "Latvia at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
|
| This article about sports in Latvia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
|
| This 1936 Olympics-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |