Latvia at the 2010 European Athletics Championships

Latvia was represented by 21 athletes at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, Spain, including also the defending European champion in 110 metres hurdles Staņislavs Olijars.

Due to lack of funds, the Latvian Athletics Union was unable to fund Latvian delegation's participation in the event. Initially, also Dmitrijs Miļkevičs and Edgars Eriņš were among the competitors, but they decided not to participate, once they acknowledged the situation.

Results

At the 2010 European Athletics Championships Latvia won a total of 2 medals: 1 bronze and 1 gold.

Medal table

2010 Barcelona	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Latvia (LAT)	1	0	1	2

Medalists

Medal	Name	Event	Date
Gold	Ineta Radēviča[1]	Women's long jump	28 July
Bronze	Māris Urtāns[2]	Men's shot put	31 July

Men

Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m	Ronalds Arājs	10.52	21st Q	10.47	15th	DNQ
800 m	Dmitrijs Jurkevičs	DNS
1500 m	Dmitrijs Jurkevičs	3:45.21	24th			DNQ
110 m hurdles	Staņislavs Olijars	DSQ	–	DNQ
20 km walk	Arnis Rumbenieks					1:30:50 (SB)	23rd

Field events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Long jump	Jānis Leitis	6.30 - 7.87 - X	20th	DNQ
High jump	Normunds Pūpols	2.19	18th	DNQ
Shot put	Māris Urtāns	18.55 - 19.17 - 20.19	6th Q	19.81 - 20.12 - X - 20.56 - 20.72 - 20.64
Hammer throw	Igors Sokolovs	71.24 - 73.29 - 70.69	14th	DNQ
	Ainārs Vaičulēns	65.43 - X - X	25th	DNQ
Javelin throw	Vadims Vasiļevskis	X - X - 67.56	23rd	DNQ
	Ēriks Rags	X - X - 78.45	7th q	X - 76.93 - 76.08	11th
	Ainārs Kovals	78.58 - 78.22 - 79.32	4th q	81.19 - X - X - X - 75.19 - 80.55	6th
Decathlon	Atis Vaisjūns			7524	19th

Women

Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
400 m hurdles	Ieva Zunda	56.02 (SB)	13th Q	56.37 (SB)	12th	DNQ
4x100 m relay	Marlēna Reimane Ieva Zunda Sandra Krūma Jekaterina Čekele	44.92	16th			DNQ

Field events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Long jump	Ineta Radēviča	6.72 -   -	4th Q	6.73 - 6.87 - 6.79 - 6.92 - X - X (NR)	1st
	Lauma Grīva	6.23 - 6.41 - 6.60 (PB)	15th	DNQ
Triple jump	Ineta Radēviča	DNS
Javelin throw	Madara Palameika	58.85	6th q	55.22 - 53.44 - 59.70 - 57.76 - 60.78 - X	8th
	Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala	56.11	13th	DNQ

References

1. Straumanis, Andris (2010-07-29). "Latvian long jumper earns gold, makes history in European championships". Latvians Online. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
2. "Olympedia – Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Athletics Championships". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2024-11-06.