“Latvia at the 2012 Summer Olympics”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Latvia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom from July 27 to August 12, 2012. This was the nation's tenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.

The Latvian Olympic Committee sent a total of 46 athletes to the Games, 32 men and 14 women, to compete in 12 sports. Sixteen athletes had competed in Beijing, including silver medalist Ainārs Kovals in men's javelin throw, and defending Olympic champion Māris Štrombergs in men's BMX cycling. Pistol shooter and Olympic gold medalist Afanasijs Kuzmins, the oldest of the team, at age 65, became the first Latvian athlete to compete in nine Olympic games (including three of his appearances under the Soviet Union), tying the record set by Austria's Hubert Raudaschl. Meanwhile, Jeļena Rubļevska, who won silver in Athens, became the first female modern pentathlete to compete at four Olympics, since the sport's introduction to women in 2000. Among the twelve sports played by the athletes, Latvia marked its Olympic debut in table tennis.

Latvia left London with only one gold and one bronze medal. Māris Štrombergs, who managed to successfully defend his Olympic title in the men's BMX cycling, became the first Latvian athlete to win two Olympic gold medals in the post-Soviet era.^[2] Meanwhile, Mārtiņš Pļaviņš, who became Latvia's flag bearer at the opening ceremony, and his partner Jānis Šmēdiņš won the nation's first ever Olympic medal in men's beach volleyball.

Medalists

Athletics

Latvian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):^[3]^[4]

Canoeing

Sprint

Cycling

Road

BMX

Gymnastics

Artistic

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Shooting

Swimming

Latvian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[5]^[6]

Table tennis

Volleyball

Beach

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://sportacentrs.com/londona_2012/17072012-latvijas_karogu_olimpiades_atklasana_nesi|title=Latvijas karogu olimpiādes atklāšanā nesīs Pļaviņš|date=July 17, 2012|publisher=Sportacentrs.com|language=Latvian|accessdate=July 17, 2012}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Maris Strombergs repeats in BMX|url=http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2012/cycling/story/_/id/8255720/2012-london-olympics-latvia-maris-strombergs-repeats-men-bmx|publisher=ESPN|date=11 August 2012|accessdate=26 August 2012}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=iaaf.org – Top Lists|url=http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/index.html|publisher=IAAF|accessdate=4 June 2011}}
4. ^{{citation|title=IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS |url=http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/Statistics/Standards/05/97/61/20110415082248_httppostedfile_EntryStandards_London2012_24135.pdf |publisher=IAAF |accessdate=4 June 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721082211/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/statistics/standards/05/97/61/20110415082248_httppostedfile_entrystandards_london2012_24135.pdf |archivedate=21 July 2012 |df= }}
5. ^{{cite web|title=Swimming World Rankings |url=http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=805 |publisher=FINA |accessdate=8 June 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106131744/http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=805 |archivedate= 6 January 2011 |df= }}
6. ^{{citation|title=FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE NATATION – Swimming |url=http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/london2012/sw/sw_qual.pdf |publisher=FINA |accessdate=8 June 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726002300/http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/london2012/sw/sw_qual.pdf |archivedate=26 July 2011 |df= }}