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{{Infobox country at games
| NOC = LAT
| NOCname = [[Latvian Olympic Committee]]
| games = Summer Olympics
| year = 1936
| flagcaption =
| oldcode =
| website = {{URL|www.olimpiade.lv }} {{in lang|lv|en}}
| location = [[Berlin]]
| competitors = 24{{efn|name=Art|Art competitions were held as part of the [[1928 Summer Olympics]], and Latvia had five participants in these competitions. However, the [[International Olympic Committee]] later classified these art competitions as unofficial Olympic events, and these do not appear in the IOC database. The medals were not counted towards the final medal tally.}}
| sports = 5
| flagbearer = [[Haralds Marvē]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/43228|title=Haralds Marvē|work=[[Olympedia]]|access-date=31 December 2023}}</ref>
| rank = 24
| gold = 0
| silver = 1
| bronze = 1
| officials =
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year = 1924
| app_end_year =
| summerappearances =
| winterappearances =
| seealso = {{flagIOC|RU1}} (1900–1912) {{flagIOC|URS}} (1952–1988)
}}

Latvia participated at the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] in [[Berlin]], Germany held between 1 and 16 August 1936. The country's participation in the Games marked its fourth appearance at the [[Summer Olympics]] since its debut in the [[Latvia at the 1924 Summer Olympics|1924 Games]].

The Latvian team consisted of 24 athletes who competed across five sports.{{efn|name=Art}} [[Haralds Marvē]] served as the country's flag-bearer during the opening ceremony. Latvia won two medals including a silver and a bronze, and was ranked 24th in the [[1936 Summer Olympics medal table|medal table]].

== Background ==
The [[1924 Summer Olympics]] marked Latvia's first participation in the Olympic Games. After the nation made its debut in the [[Summer Olympics]] at the 1924 Games, this edition of the Games in [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936]] marked the nation's fourth appearance at the Summer Games.<ref name="Latvia">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/countries/LAT|title=Latvia at the Olympics|work=[[Olympedia]]|access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref>

The 1936 Summer Olympics was held in [[Berlin]] between 1 and 16 August 1936.<ref name="Olympics">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/Berlin-1936|title=Berlin 1936|work=[[Olympics.com]]|access-date=3 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/11|title=1936 Summer Olympics|work=[[Olympedia]]|access-date=3 February 2024}}</ref> The Latvian team consisted of 24 athletes who competed across five sports.{{efn|name=Art}}<ref name="Result">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/countries/LAT/editions/11|title=Latvia at the 1936 Summer Olympics|work=[[Olympedia]]|access-date=3 February 2024}}</ref><ref name="SR">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/LAT/Summer/1936/|title=Latvia at 1936 Summer Olympics|work=Sports Reference|access-date=1 June 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417092656/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/LAT/Summer/1936/|archive-date=17 April 2020}}</ref> [[Haralds Marvē]] served as the country's flag-bearer during the opening ceremony.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/flagbearers?edition_id=11|title=Flag bearers at the 1936 Summer Olympics|work=[[Olympedia]]|access-date=3 February 2024}}</ref>

== Medalists ==
Latvia won two medals including a silver and a bronze. It was the country's first ever multiple medal haul. The nation had previously won a lone silver medal at the [[1932 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="Latvia"/> Latvia was ranked 24th in the [[1936 Summer Olympics medal table|medal table]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/11|title=Medal table, 1936 Summer Olympics|work=[[Olympedia]]|access-date=3 February 2024}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Medal
! Name
! Sport
! Event
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[Edvīns Bietags]]|| [[Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics|Wrestling]] || [[Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight|Men's Greco-Roman -87 kg]]
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || [[Adalberts Bubenko]] || [[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk|Men's 50 km Walk]]
|-
|}

== Competitors ==
Latvia sent 15 athletes who competed in five sports at the Games.{{efn|name=Art}}<ref name="Result"/><ref name="SR"/>
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=120|Sport
!width=55|Men
!width=55|Women
!width="55"|Athletes
|-
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics|Athletics]]
|7||0||7
|-
|align=left|[[Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics|Basketball]]
|7||0||7
|-
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics|Cycling]]
|4||0||4
|-
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics|Shooting]]
|3||0||3
|-
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics|Wrestling]]
|3||0||3
|-
!Total
!24
!0
!24{{efn|name=Art}}
|}

== Athletics ==
{{main article|Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}

Athletics competitions were held between 2 and 9 August 1936 at the [[Olympiastadion (Berlin)|Olympiastadion]], [[Reichssportfeld]], Berlin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/11/sports/ATH|title=Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics|work=[[Olympedia]]|access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref> Latvia had six participants in the Games.<ref name="SR"/>

[[Adalberts Bubenko]] participated in the [[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk|men's 50 km racewalk]] event, which was conducted for the first time in Summer Olympics.<ref name="Walk">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/58262|title=Men's 50 km walk|work=[[Olympedia]]|access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref> This was the first and only Olympic participation for Bubenko.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/adalberts-bubenko|title=Adalberts Bubenko|work=[[Olympics.com]]|access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref> He won a bronze medal after completing the course in over four hours and 32 minutes.<ref name="Walk"/> In the [[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|Marathon]] event, [[Artūrs Motmillers]] was classified in 28th place.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/58231|title=Men's marathon|work=[[Olympedia]]|access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref> [[Voldemārs Vītols]] finished in seventh place in the [[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|3000 m steeplechase]] event. In the field events, [[Oto Jurģis]] was ranked 13th in the [[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw|Javelin throw]] event.<ref name="Result"/> None of the other athletes advanced to the final in their respective competitions.<ref name="Result"/>

;Track & road events
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heat
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|'''[[Adalberts Bubenko]]'''
|align=left rowspan=3|[[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 kilometres walk|Men's 50 km walk]]
|colspan=2 rowspan=4 {{n/a}}
|4:32:42.2
|{{bronze03}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Jānis Daliņš]]
|colspan=2|{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Arnolds Krūkliņš]]
|colspan=2|{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Artūrs Motmillers]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|Men's marathon]]
|2:58:02.0
|28
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Voldemārs Vītols]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase|3000 m steeplechase]]
|9:28.8
|3 '''Q'''
|9:18.8
|'''7'''
|}

;Field events
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heat
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Oto Jurģis]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw|Men's javelin throw]]
|61.9
|11 '''q'''
|60.71
|13
|}

;Combined events
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!Athlete
!Event
!Competition
!{{Tooltip| 100 |100 m}}
!{{Tooltip| LJ | Long jump }}
!{{Tooltip| SP | Shot put}}
!{{Tooltip| HJ | High jump }}
! 400 m
!{{Tooltip| 100H |100 m hurdles}}
!{{Tooltip| JT | Discus throw}}
!{{Tooltip| PV | Pole vault }}
!{{Tooltip| JT | Javelin throw}}
! 1500 m
!Final
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Jānis Dimza]]
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon|Men's decathlon]]
!style="font-size:95%"|Result
|11.9
|6.36
|13.66
|1.70
|colspan=6|{{abbr|DNS|Did not start}}
|colspan=2|{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}
|- align=center
!style="font-size:95%"|Points
|624
|666
|708
|544
|colspan=6|{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}
|colspan=2|{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}
|}

== Basketball ==
{{main|Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}

Basketball competitions were held at Tennisplätze, Berlin. This was the official debut for the sport at the Olympics.<ref name="BB">{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/31800|title=Men's basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics|work=[[Olympedia]]|access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref> [[Latvia national basketball team|Latvia]] won the first round against [[Uruguay national basketball team|Uruguay]] by a score of 20–17. It lost the second round match to [[Canada national men's basketball team|Canada]]. Winners advanced to the third round. Losers competed in the second consolation round for another chance to move on. In the repechage rounds, the team lost to [[Poland national basketball team|Poland]] to crash out of the competition.<ref name="BB"/>

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{{basketballbox collapsible |date={{Start date|1936|08|10|df=y}}|time=|teamA='''{{bk-rt|POL}}'''|scoreA='''28'''|scoreB=23|teamB={{bk|LAT}}|place=[[Berlin]], [[Germany]]}}

== Cycling ==
{{main article|Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}

Cycling competitions were held at the Avus-Nordschleife in Berlin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/11/sports/CRD|title=Road Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics|work=[[Olympedia]]|access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref> Four cyclists, all men, represented Latvia in two events at the Games.<ref name="SR"/> In both the events, Latvia did not win a medal.<ref name="Result"/>

;Road
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!Athlete
!Event
!Time
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=1|[[Aleksejs Jurjevs]]
|align=left rowspan=4|[[Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race|Men's road race]]
|align=center|2:52:08.0
|rowspan="5" align=center|{{abbr|AC|Not Classified}}
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=1| [[Arvīds Immermanis]]
|align=center|2:52:08.0
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=1|[[Jānis Vītols]]
|align=center|2:52:08.0
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=1|[[Mārtiņš Mazūrs]]
|align=center|2:37:08.0
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Mārtiņš Mazūrs]] [[Arvīds Immermanis]] [[Aleksejs Jurjevs]] [[Jānis Vītols]]
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's team time trial|Team time trial]]
|align=center|8:21:24.0 ET
|}

== Shooting ==
{{main article|Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}
Shooting competitions were held at the Schießstände in Berlin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/11/sports/SHO|title=Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics|work=[[Olympedia]]|access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref> Three shooters, all men, represented Latvia in two events at the Games.<ref name="SR"/> In both the events, Latvia did not win a medal.<ref name="Result"/>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="1"|Round 1
!colspan="1"|Round 2
!colspan="1"|Round 3
!colspan="1"|Round 4
!colspan="1"|Shoot off
!colspan="2"|Final
|-
!Score
!Score
!Score
!Score
!Score
!Score
!Rank
|-
|rowspan=1|[[Rudolfs Baumanis|Rūdolfs Baumanis]]
|rowspan=1|[[Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle, prone|Men's 50 metre rifle prone]]
|colspan="5" {{n/a}}
|align="center"|291
|align="center"|32
|-
|[[Kārlis Kļava]]
|rowspan=2|[[Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol|Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol]]
|align="center"|18
|align="center"|4
|colspan="3" align="center" {{n/a|Did not advance}}
|align="center"|22
|align="center"|23
|-
|[[Haralds Marvē]]
|align="center"|18
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|29
|align="center"|8
|-
|}

== Wrestling ==
{{main article|Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}

Wrestling competitions were held at [[Krachtsportgebouw]] in Amsterdam.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/11/sports/WRE|title=Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics|work=[[Olympedia]]|access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref> Latvia had three participants in the event.<ref name="SR"/> [[Alberts Zvejnieks]] did not make it out of the elimination rounds in the [[Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight|heavyweight]] category.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/122572|title=Men's wrestling, heavyweight|work=[[Olympedia]]|access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref> In the [[Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman featherweight|featherweight]] category, [[Krisjānis Kundziņš]] won two out of his four bouts to be ranked fifth in the final classification.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/122381|title=Men's wrestling, featherweight|work=[[Olympedia]]|access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref> In the [[Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight|light heavyweight]] category, [[Edvīns Bietags]] won a silver medal after losing to [[Axel Cadier]] in the finals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/122540|title=Men's wrestling, light heavy weight|work=[[Olympedia]]|access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref> This was Latvia's second ever silver medal at the Olympics, and the first ever wrestling medal.<ref name="Latvia"/>

;Greco-Roman
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan=7|Elimination Pool
!colspan=2|Final round
|-style="font-size: 95%"
!Round 1
!Round 2
!Round 3
!Round 4
!Round 5
!Round 6
!Rank
!Final
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Krisjānis Kundziņš]]
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics|Men's −66 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[August Scherpenisse]]|BEL|1936 Summer}} '''W''' F 8.10
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Valentino Borgia]]|ITA|1936 Summer}} '''L''' 0–3
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Nikolaos Biris]]|GRE|1936 Summer}} '''W''' F 14:11
|{{n/a}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Yaşar Erkan]]|TUR|1936 Summer}} '''L''' 0–3
|{{n/a}}
|'''5'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a|Did not advance}}
|-align=center
|align=left|'''[[Edvīns Bietags]]'''
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics|Men's −87 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Werner Seelenbinder]]|GER|1936 Summer}} '''L''' F 10.00
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Gyula Bóbis]]|HUN|1936 Summer}} '''W''' F 3.46
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mustafa Avcioglu]]|TUR|1936 Summer}} '''W''' F 11.36
|{{n/a}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[August Neo]]|EST|1936 Summer}} '''W''' 2–1
|{{n/a}}
|2
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Axel Cadier]]|SWE|1936 Summer}} '''L''' 0–3
|{{silver02}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Alberts Zvejnieks]]
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics|Men's +87 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Josef Klapuch]]|TCH|1936 Summer}} '''L''' F 3.05
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Stevan Nagy]]|YUG|1936 Summer}} '''W''' F 15.44
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kurt Hornfischer]]|GER|1936 Summer}} '''L''' 0–3
|colspan=3 {{n/a|Did not advance}}
|{{abbr|AC|Not Classified}}
|colspan=2 {{n/a|Did not advance}}
|}

== Art competitions ==
{{main article|Art competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}

The art competitions consisted a competition between various art entries to be sent by the [[National Olympic Committee]]s across the specified categories except the music competition. Physical exhibits were displayed at the [[Kaiserdamm]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/11/sports/ART|title=Art competitions|work=[[Olympedia]]|access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref> Latvia had five competitors in the art competitions.<ref name="Result"/>

Art competitions were awarded medals as part of the Games. However, the [[International Olympic Committee]] later classified these art competitions as unofficial Olympic events, and these do not appear in the IOC database. The medals were not counted towards the final medal tally.<ref>{{cite web|title=Athletes|url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/|work=[[Olympics.com]]|access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
|-
!rowspan="1"|Athlete
!rowspan="1"|Event
!colspan=1|Title
!colspan=1|Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Wilfried Strik-Strikfeldt]]
|align=left|[[Art competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics|Literature]]
|align=left|Olympische Briefe
|rowspan="5"|Not Awarded
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Augusts Annuss]]
|rowspan="4" align=left|[[Art competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics|Painting]]
|align=left|Struggle and Goal
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Konstantīns Visotskis]]
|align=left|Weg ist er!
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Rūdolfs Mazūrs]]
|align=left|Vier Aquarelle
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Voldemārs Vimba]]
|align=left|Finish!
|}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Nations at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}
{{Country at games navbox|Latvia|Olympics}}

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[[Category:1936 in Latvian sport]]

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