Latvia at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Latvia at the
2002 Winter Olympics
Latvia at the; 2002 Winter Olympics
IOC code	LAT
NOC	Latvian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpiade.lv (in Latvian and English)
in Salt Lake City
Competitors	47 (42 men, 5 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearers	Harijs Vītoliņš, ice hockey
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
	1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948–1988; 1992; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022; 2026; 2030;
Other related appearances
	Soviet Union (1956–1988)

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

Alpine skiing

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

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

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

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

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

Luge

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 Bērzinš	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 Tīruma	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

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

Women

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