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Latvia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Latvia was represented at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China by the Latvian Olympic Committee.

In total, 47 athletes including 29 men and 18 women represented Latvia in 11 different sports including athletics, basketball, canoeing, cycling, judo, modern pentathlon, shooting, swimming, tennis, volleyball and weightlifting.

Latvia won a total three medals at the games after Māris Štrombergs won gold in the men's BMX, Ainārs Kovals won silver in the men's javelin throw and Viktors Ščerbatihs won bronze in the men's weightlifting.

Competitors

In total, 47 athletes represented Latvia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China across 11 different sports.

Medalists

Latvia won a total of three medals at the games after Māris Štrombergs won gold in the men's BMX, Ainārs Kovals won silver in the men's javelin throw and Viktors Ščerbatihs won bronze in the weightlifting men's +105 kg category.

Athletics

In total, 17 Latvian athletes participated in the athletics events – Ronalds Arājs, Jolanta Dukure, Aiga Grabuste, Ingus Janevics, Jānis Karlivāns, Igors Kazakēvičs, Ainārs Kovals, Dmitrijs Miļkevičs, Staņislavs Olijars, Sinta Ozoliņa, Inna Poluškina, Ēriks Rags, Igors Sokolovs, Māris Urtāns, Vadims Vasiļevskis, Valērijs Žolnerovičs and Ieva Zunda.

Men
Track & road events
Field events
Women
Track & road events
Field events

<small><nowiki>*</nowiki> The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance. Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and Grabuste moved up a position.</small>

Basketball

In total, 12 Latvian athletes participated in the basketball events – Elīna Babkina, Gunta Baško, Aija Brumermane, Zane Eglīte, Anda Eibele, Liene Jansone, Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota, Dita Krūmberga, Ieva Kubliņ, Aija Putniņa, Zane Tamane and Ieva Tāre in the women's tournament.

Group play

Canoeing

In total, three Latvian athletes participated in the canoeing events – Miķelis Ežmalis in the men's C-1 500 m and the Men's C-1 1,000 m and Krists Straume and Kristaps Zaļupe in the men's K-2 500 m and the Men's K-2 1,000 m.

<small>Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final</small>

Cycling

In total, five Latvian athletes participated in the cycling events – Raivis Belohvoščiks, Ivo Lakučs, Artūrs Matisons, Gatis Smukulis and Māris Štrombergs.

Road

BMX

Judo

In total, two Latvian athletes participated in the judo events – Jevgeņijs Borodavko in the men's −90 kg category and Vsevolods Zeļonijs in the men's −73 kg category.

Modern pentathlon

In total, two Latvian athletes participated in the modern pentathlon events – Deniss Čerkovskis in the men's competition and Jeļena Rubļevska in the women's competition.

Shooting

In total, one Latvian athlete participated in the shooting events – Afanasijs Kuzmins in the men's 25 m rapid fire pistol.

Swimming

In total, two Latvian athletes participated in the swimming events – Andrejs Dūda in the men's 100 m butterfly and the men's 200 m individual medley and Romāns Miloslavskis in the men's 100 m freestyle and men's 200 m freestyle.

Tennis

In total, one Latvian athletes participated in the tennis events – Ernests Gulbis in the men's singles.

Volleyball

In total, two Latvian athletes participated in the volleyball events – Mārtiņš Pļaviņš and Aleksandrs Samoilovs in the beach volleyball men's tournament.

Weightlifting

In total, one Latvian athlete participated in the weightlifting events – Viktors Ščerbatihs in the men's +105 kg category.

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