Latvia at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Latvia at the 1994 Winter Olympics
IOC code	LAT
NOC	Latvian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olimpiade.lv (in Latvian and English)
in Lillehammer
Competitors	27 (20 men, 7 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Zintis Ekmanis (bobsleigh)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1956–1988)

Latvia competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Biathlon	4	1	5
Bobsleigh	8	–	8
Cross-country skiing	1	1	2
Figure skating	2	1	3
Luge	5	3	8
Speed skating	0	1	1
Total	20	7	27

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Aivars Bogdanovs	6	33:52.0	66
	Ilmārs Bricis	4	31:36.9	41

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ^2	Rank
20 km	Oļegs Maļuhins	58:02.1	4	1'02:02.1	40
	Gundars Upenieks	58:26.5	2	1'00:26.5	19

Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
Oļegs Maļuhins Ilmārs Bricis Aivars Bogdanovs Gundars Upenieks	4	1'37:40.5	16

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
7.5 km Sprint	Ieva Cederštrēma-Volfa	3	27:52.6	28

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ^2	Rank
15 km	Ieva Cederštrēma-Volfa	52:03.8	5	57:03.8	30

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

² One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Zintis Ekmanis Aldis Intlers	Two-man	52.75	53.42	53.20	53.46	3:32.83	10
Sandis Prūsis Adris Plūksna	Two-man	53.31	53.40	53.35	53.52	3:33.58	16
Zintis Ekmanis Boriss Artemjevs Aldis Intlers Didzis Skuška	Four-man	52.49	52.27	52.55	52.50	3:29.81	13
Sandis Prūsis Juris Tone Otomārs Rihters Adris Plūksna	Four-man	52.67	52.66	52.69	52.79	3:30.81	19

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km C	Jānis Hermanis	30:57.3	85
15 km pursuit^1 F	Jānis Hermanis	50:57.5	72
30 km F	Jānis Hermanis	1'34:10.5	69
50 km C	Jānis Hermanis	2'36:11.1	61

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km C	Ineta Kravale	17:21.5	61
15 km F	Ineta Kravale	49:37.7	52
30 km C	Ineta Kravale	1'38:41.8	48

² Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Andrejs Vlaščenko	21	20	30.5	21

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Elena Berezhnaya Oļegs Šļahovs	9	9	13.5	8

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Agris Elerts	Men's singles	51.395	51.777	51.237	51.584	3:25.993	18
Juris Vovčoks	Men's singles	51.647	51.794	51.769	51.738	3:26.948	21
Iluta Gaile	Women's singles	49.973	49.736	49.636	49.704	3:19.049	17
Anna Orlova	Women's singles	49.301	49.526	49.297	49.363	3:17.487	9
Evija Šulce	Women's singles	49.795	49.819	49.625	49.718	3:18.957	16
Aivis Švāns Roberts Suharevs	Doubles	48.949	48.918			1:37.867	11
Juris Vovčoks Dairis Leksis	Doubles	49.014	49.201			1:38.215	12

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
3000 m	Ilonda Lūse	4:47.75	25

References

1. Latvia at the 1994 Winter Olympics

• Official Olympic Reports
• Olympic Winter Games 1994, full results by sports-reference.com