Latvia at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Latvia at the
1998 Winter Olympics
Latvia at the; 1998 Winter Olympics
IOC code	LAT
NOC	Latvian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpiade.lv (in Latvian and English)
in Nagano
Competitors	29 (21 men, 8 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearers	Sandis Prūsis, Bobsleigh
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;
Other related appearances
	Soviet Union (1956–1988)

Latvia competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	1	2
Biathlon	4	1	5
Bobsleigh	6	–	6
Cross-country skiing	3	2	5
Luge	7	3	10
Speed skating	0	1	1
Total	21	8	29

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Ivars Ciaguns	Giant Slalom	1:28.52	1:25.07	2:53.59	34

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Ilze Ābola	Giant Slalom	1:30.66	1:43.84	3:14.50	31

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Ilmārs Bricis	4	30:01.7	32
	Oļegs Maļuhins	1	28:37.4	6
	Jēkabs Nākums	1	28:36.9	5

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Gundars Upenieks	58:42.6	8	1'06:42.6	66
	Jēkabs Nākums	56:40.1	5	1'01:40.1	37
	Ilmārs Bricis	55:15.1	3	58:15.1	5

Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Oļegs Maļuhins Ilmārs Bricis Gundars Upenieks Jēkabs Nākums	2	1'24:24.4	6

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
7.5 km Sprint	Ieva Cederštrēma-Volfa	2	25:12.7	34

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
15 km	Ieva Cederštrēma-Volfa	57:54.4	1	58:54.4	25

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

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 Jānis Elsiņš	Two-man	54.91	10	54.52	3	54.29	4	54.52	6	3:38.24	5
LAT-2	Rodžers Lodziņš Māris Rozentāls	Two-man	55.34	18	55.25	21	55.06	17	55.10	20	3:40.75	18

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
LAT-1	Sandis Prūsis Egils Bojārs Jānis Ozols Jānis Elsiņš	Four-man	52.98	5	53.50	7	53.78	6	2:40.26	6

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
10 km C	Roberts Raimo	33:09.9	83
	Juris Ģērmanis	32:05.8	77
	Jānis Hermanis	31:12.1	65
15 km pursuit¹ F	Juris Ģērmanis	DNF	–
15 km pursuit¹ F	Jānis Hermanis	49:55.1	63
30 km C	Jānis Hermanis	DNF	–
50 km F	Roberts Raimo	2'30:49.9	60

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km C	Andžela Brice	21:39.2	78
5 km C	Ināra Rudko	20:56.1	71
10 km pursuit² F	Ināra Rudko	37:20.3	67
10 km pursuit² F	Andžela Brice	37:07.5	66
15 km C	Ināra Rudko	56:07.8	61
30 km F	Ināra Rudko	1'43:22.8	57
30 km F	Andžela Brice	1'37:08.4	53

² Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Luge

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sandris Bērzinš	51.220	24	51.370	26	51.341	23	51.460	25	3:25.391	25
Mārtiņš Rubenis	50.758	22	50.491	19	50.603	16	50.300	13	3:22.152	14
Guntis Rēķis	50.676	18	50.296	15	50.545	15	50.798	22	3:22.315	17

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Roberts Suharevs Dairis Leksis	51.281	8	51.970	15	1:43.251	13
Juris Vovčoks Māris Lēģeris	53.969	17	52.586	16	1:46.555	17

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jurita Šnitko	52.921	24	52.638	22	52.347	25	51.801	21	3:29.707	22
Anna Orlova	52.199	16	51.772	10	51.642	16	51.350	16	3:26.963	13
Iluta Gaile	52.157	14	52.016	14	51.516	12	51.292	13	3:26.981	14

Speed skating

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
1000 m	Ilonda Lūse	1:24.32	39
1500 m	Ilonda Lūse	2:08.71	32
3000 m	Ilonda Lūse	4:33.77	28

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