Latvia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1924. After the nation was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940, Latvian athletes competed for the Soviet Union at the Olympics between 1952 and 1988. After the independence of Latvia and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the nation returned to the Olympic Games in 1992 and has competed at every Games since then.
| Latvia at the Olympics | |
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| IOC code | LAT |
| NOC | Latvian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| Medals Ranked 68th |
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| Summer appearances | |
| Winter appearances | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Russian Empire (1908–1912) Soviet Union (1952–1988) | |
Latvian athletes have won a total of 21 medals at the Summer Olympic Games and 10 medals at the Winter Olympic Games. They have won a remarkably high proportion of silver medals, with 5 gold medals. These totals do not include medals won by Latvian athletes while competing for the Soviet Union.
The National Olympic Committee for Latvia was first created in 1922. The current NOC is the Latvian Olympic Committee, which was recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1991.
Medal tables
Medals by Winter Games
| Games | Athletes |  Gold |  Silver |  Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1924 Chamonix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 1928 St. Moritz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 1932 Lake Placid | did not participate | |||||
| 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1948 St. Moritz | did not participate | |||||
 1952 Oslo | as part of the Soviet Union (URS) | |||||
 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | ||||||
| 1960 Squaw Valley | ||||||
 1964 Innsbruck | ||||||
| 1968 Grenoble | ||||||
 1972 Sapporo | ||||||
| 1976 Innsbruck | ||||||
| 1980 Lake Placid | ||||||
 1984 Sarajevo | ||||||
 1988 Calgary | ||||||
| 1992 Albertville | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1994 Lillehammer | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1998 Nagano | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2002 Salt Lake City | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2006 Turin | 57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 |
| 2010 Vancouver | 58 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23 |
 2014 Sochi | 58 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 19 |
 2018 Pyeongchang | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 |
 2022 Beijing | 58 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 |
| 2026 Milan–Cortina | future event | |||||
| Total | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 38 | |
Medals by winter sport
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bobsleigh | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
 Skeleton | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 Luge | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
Other
- Latvian sports shooter Haralds Blaus won bronze in the 1912 Olympics as a member of the Russian Empire team.
List of medalists
Summer Olympics
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Winter Olympics
List of gold medal winners
Notes
At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Haralds Silovs became the first athlete in Olympic history to participate in both short track (1500m) and long track (5000m) speed skating, and the first to compete in two different disciplines on the same day.[1][2][3][4]
See also
References
External links
- "Latvia". International Olympic Committee.
- "Latvia". Olympedia.com.
- "Olympic Analytics/LAT". olympanalyt.com.
- Video: Latvia's return to Olympic competition after lengthy Soviet occupation. February 12, 2020. Atslēgas. Public Broadcasting of Latvia. Retrieved March 1, 2020.