| Lithuania at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | LTU |
| NOC | Lithuanian National Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| inRio de Janeiro | |
| Competitors | 67 in 15 sports |
| Flag bearers | Gintarė Scheidt[1] (opening) Edvinas Ramanauskas (closing) |
| Medals Ranked 64th |
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Lithuania competed at the2016 Summer Olympics inRio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Games in the post-Soviet era and ninth overall in Summer Olympic history.
TheNational Olympic Committee of Lithuania (Lithuanian:Lietuvos tautinis olimpinis komitetas, LTOK) fielded a team of 67 athletes, 48 men and 19 women, across 15 sports at the Games.[2] It was the nation's second-largest delegation sent to the Olympics, just four athletes short of the record achieved inBeijing 2008 (71). As usual, themen's basketball was the only team-based sport in which Lithuania qualified for the Games.[3] Lithuania marked its Olympic debut in tennis and women's judo, as well as its return to weightlifting after missing out of the previous Games.
The Lithuanian squad featured three Olympic medalists fromLondon 2012, namely light welterweight boxerEvaldas Petrauskas, breaststroke swimmer and world record holderRūta Meilutytė, and defending championLaura Asadauskaitė in the women's modern pentathlon. Track cyclistSimona Krupeckaitė topped the list of experienced Lithuanian athletes to make her fourth Olympic appearance, while Laser Radial sailor and Beijing 2008 silver medalistGintarė Scheidt was selected to lead the Lithuanian delegation as the flag bearer in the opening ceremony at her third Games, a historic first by a female in the nation's Olympic history.[1][4] Other notable Lithuanian athletes included NBA playersJonas Valančiūnas andDomantas Sabonis (son of basketball legend and three-time OlympianArvydas Sabonis), multiple-time European rowing medalistMindaugas Griškonis, and swimming stalwartsSimonas Bilis andGiedrius Titenis.
Lithuania left Rio de Janeiro with four medals (one silver and three bronze), failing to collect a gold for the third time in its Olympic history.[5] Three of these medals were awarded to the Lithuanian team in weightlifting and rowing for the first time in 16 years, including a silver-medal feat from Griskonis and his new partnerSaulius Ritter in themen's double sculls. Meanwhile,Aurimas Lankas andEdvinas Ramanauskas continued to add canoeing medals for Lithuania with a bronze in themen's K-2 200 m, followingJevgenijus Šuklinas' runner-up finish atLondon 2012.[6] Once again, the men's basketball squad failed to reach the medal rounds for the second straight time, losing to Australia in the quarterfinals.[7]
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| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| Basketball | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Boxing | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Canoeing | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Cycling | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Gymnastics | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Modern pentathlon | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Rowing | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Sailing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Tennis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 48 | 19 | 67 |
Lithuanian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[8][9]
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | ||
| Valdas Dopolskas | Marathon | 2:28:21 | 111 |
| Remigijus Kančys | 2:21:10 | 75 | |
| Arturas Mastianica | 50 km walk | DNF | |
| Marius Šavelskis | 20 km walk | 1:29:26 | 59 |
| Tadas Šuškevičius | 50 km walk | 4:04:10 | 33 |
| Marius Žiūkas | 20 km walk | 1:22:27SB | 26 |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Neringa Aidietytė | 20 km walk | N/a | DNF | ||||
| Eglė Balčiūnaitė | 800 m | 2:02.98SB | 6 | Did not advance | |||
| Rasa Drazdauskaitė | Marathon | N/a | 2:35:50 | 37 | |||
| Diana Lobačevskė | N/a | 2:30:48 | 17 | ||||
| Živilė Vaiciukevičiūtė | 20 km walk | N/a | 1:41:28 | 56 | |||
| Brigita Virbalytė-Dimšienė | N/a | 1:35:11 | 29 | ||||
| Vaida Žūsinaitė | Marathon | N/a | 2:35:53 | 38 | |||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Andrius Gudžius | Men's discus throw | 65.18SB | 4q | 60.66 | 12 |
| Airinė Palšytė | Women's high jump | 1.94 | 11Q | 1.88 | 13 |
| Zinaida Sendriūtė | Women's discus throw | 60.79 | 11q | 61.89SB | 10 |
The Lithuanian men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by attaining a top two finish after the final match of theEuroBasket 2015 in France.[10]
The following is the Lithuania roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[11]
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Croatia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 400 | 407 | −7 | 8[a] | Quarterfinals |
| 2 |  Spain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 432 | 357 | +75 | 8[a] | |
| 3 |  Lithuania | 5 | 3 | 2 | 392 | 428 | −36 | 8[a] | |
| 4 |  Argentina | 5 | 3 | 2 | 441 | 428 | +13 | 8[a] | |
| 5 |  Brazil(H) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 411 | 407 | +4 | 7 | |
| 6 |  Nigeria | 5 | 1 | 4 | 392 | 441 | −49 | 6 |
7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 14:15 |
| Brazil | 76–82 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–27, 12–31,23–12,24–12 | ||
| Pts:Barbosa 21 Rebs:Nenê 8 Asts:Huertas 3 | Pts:Kalnietis 16 Rebs:Jankūnas 7 Asts:Kalnietis 8 | |
Carioca Arena 1,Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,990 Referees: Eddie Viator (FRA),Steven Anderson (USA), José Reyes (MEX) |
9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 19:00 |
| Lithuania | 89–80 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 23–25,29–13, 24–26 | ||
| Pts:Mačiulis 21 Rebs:Sabonis 7 Asts:Kalnietis 12 | Pts:Diogu 19 Rebs:Diogu 7 Asts:Ere 4 | |
Carioca Arena 1,Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,785 Referees: Stephen Seibel (CAN), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Anne Panther (GER) |
11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 22:30 |
| Lithuania | 81–73 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter:16–15,14–12,27–22, 24–24 | ||
| Pts:Kuzminskas 23 Rebs:Valančiūnas 10 Asts:Kalnietis 7 | Pts:Ginóbili 22 Rebs:Nocioni,Scola 7 Asts:Scola 4 | |
Carioca Arena 1,Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 11,093 Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Damir Javor (SLO), Eddie Viator (FRA) |
13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 19:00 |
| Spain | 109–59 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter:26–11,22–18,36–16,25–14 | ||
| Pts:Gasol 23 Rebs:Reyes 9 Asts:Llull 6 | Pts:Kuzminskas 17 Rebs:Valančiūnas 10 Asts:Mačiulis 2 | |
Carioca Arena 1,Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 11,045 Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Roberto Vázquez (PUR),Oļegs Latiševs (LAT) |
15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 22:30 |
| Lithuania | 81–90 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter:21–13, 20–34, 14–28,26–15 | ||
| Pts:Kalnietis 26 Rebs:Valančiūnas 6 Asts:Kalnietis 11 | Pts:Bogdanović 22 Rebs:Simon 10 Asts:Simon 6 | |
Carioca Arena 1,Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,809 Referees: Borys Ryzhyk (UKR),Steven Anderson (USA), Piotr Pastusiak (POL) |
17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 11:00 |
Australia  | 90–64 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter:26–17,22–13,22–13, 20–21 | ||
| Pts:Mills 24 Rebs:Bogut 7 Asts:Bogut 6 | Pts:Kalnietis,Kavaliauskas 12 Rebs:Valančiūnas 8 Asts:Kalnietis 5 | |
Carioca Arena 1,Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 9,348 Referees:Steven Anderson (USA), Stephen Seibel (CAN), Piotr Pastusiak (POL) |
Lithuania has entered two boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. London 2012 bronze medalistEvaldas Petrauskas and European championEimantas Stanionis had claimed their Olympic spots at the2016 European Qualification Tournament inSamsun, Turkey.[12]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
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| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Evaldas Petrauskas | Men's light welterweight |  Kumar (IND)L 1–2 | Did not advance | |||||
| Eimantas Stanionis | Men's welterweight |  Liu W (CHN)W 3–0 |  Giyasov (UZB)L 0–3 | Did not advance | ||||
Lithuanian canoeists have qualified a total of four boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.[13] The sprint canoeing roster was named to the Olympic squad at the conclusion of the 2016 European Sprint Qualifier inDuisburg, Germany.[14]
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Ignas Navakauskas | Men's K-1 200 m | 35.144 | 4Q | 35.168 | 5FB | 37.075 | 9 |
| Henrikas Žustautas | Men's C-1 200 m | 40.048 | 2Q | 41.187 | 6FB | 40.230 | 11 |
| Aurimas Lankas Edvinas Ramanauskas | Men's K-2 200 m | 31.755 | 1FA | Bye | 32.382 |  | |
| Ričardas Nekriošius Andrej Olijnik | Men's K-2 1000 m | 3:24.246 | 3Q | 3:18.526 | 2FA | 3:14.748 | 5 |
Qualification Legend:FA = Qualify to final (medal);FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Lithuanian riders qualified for a maximum of two quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the2015 UCI Europe Tour.[15] One additional spot was awarded to the Lithuanian cyclist in the women's road race by virtue of her top 100 individual placement in the 2016 UCI World Rankings.[16]
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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| Ignatas Konovalovas | Men's road race | OTL | |
| Ramūnas Navardauskas | 6:22:23 | 35 | |
| Daiva Tušlaitė | Women's road race | 3:58:34 | 34 |
Following the completion of the2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Lithuania has entered one rider to compete only in both women's sprint and keirin at the Olympics, by virtue of her final individual UCI Olympic rankings in those events.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round 1 | Repechage 1 | Round 2 | Repechage 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
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| Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | ||
| Simona Krupeckaitė | Women's sprint | 10.978 65.585 | 10Q |  Meares (AUS)W 11.308 63.671 | Bye |  Ligtlee (NED)L |  Cueff (FRA) Hansen (NZL)W 11.614 61.994 |  Marchant (GBR)L,L | Did not advance | 5th place final Zhong (CHN) Lee W S (HKG) Voynova (RUS)L | 7 |
| Athlete | Event | 1st round | Repechage | 2nd round | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | ||
| Simona Krupeckaitė | Women's keirin | 2Q | Bye | 5 | 12 |
Lithuania has entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition.Robert Tvorogal had claimed his Olympic spot in the men's apparatus and all-around events at theOlympic Test Event inRio de Janeiro.[17]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||
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| Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||||||
| F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||||
| Robert Tvorogal | All-around | 13.866 | 13.366 | 13.466 | 14.113 | 13.500 | 14.166 | 82.497 | 42 | Did not advance | |||||||
Lithuania has qualified one judoka for the women's heavyweight category (+78 kg) at the Games. Santa Pakenytė earned a continental quota spot from the European region as the highest-ranked Lithuanian judoka in the IJF World Ranking List of 30 May 2016.[18][19]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final /BM | |
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| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Santa Pakenytė | Women's +78 kg | Bye |  Yamabe (JPN)L 000–100 | Did not advance | ||||
Lithuania has qualified three modern pentathletes for the following events at the Games. Reigning London 2012 championLaura Asadauskaitė sought an opportunity to defend her Olympic title in the women's event, after being crowned the 2015 UIPM World Cup champion inMinsk, Belarus.[20] Meanwhile,Justinas Kinderis and Ieva Serapinaitė were ranked among the top 10 modern pentathletes, not yet qualified, in their respective events based on theUIPM World Rankings as of 1 June 2016.[21]
| Athlete | Event | Fencing (épée one touch) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Riding (show jumping) | Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m) | Total points | Final rank | |||||||||
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| RR | BR | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | Penalties | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP Points | ||||
| Justinas Kinderis | Men's | 18–17 | 3 | 18 | 211 | 2:06.84 | 30 | 320 | EL | =33 | 0 | 11:27.33 | 15 | 613 | 1144 | 34 |
| Laura Asadauskaitė | Women's | 19–16 | 2 | 11 | 216 | 2:21.01 | 28 | 277 | EL | =31 | 0 | 12:01.01OR | 1 | 579 | 1072 | 30 |
| Ieva Serapinaitė | 15–20 | 0 | 26 | 190 | 2:14.43 | 10 | 297 | 35 | 26 | 265 | 14:29.68 | 35 | 431 | 1183 | 28 | |
Lithuania has qualified a total of five boats for each of the following classes into the Olympic regatta. Rowers competing in the single and double sculls (both men and women), as well as the men's quadruple sculls, had confirmed Olympic places for their boats at the2015 FISA World Championships inLac d'Aiguebelette, France.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Armandas Kelmelis | Single sculls | 7:34.59 | 5R | 7:13.36 | 1QF | 7:04.67 | 5SC/D | 7:20.72 | 4FD | 7:00.72 | 19 |
| Mindaugas Griškonis Saulius Ritter | Double sculls | 6:29.11 | 1SA/B | Bye | N/a | 6:14.61 | 1FA | 6:51.39 |  | ||
| Aurimas Adomavičius Martynas Džiaugys Dominykas Jančionis Dovydas Nemeravičius | Quadruple sculls | 5:58.70 | 5R | 5:55.78 | 3FB | N/a | 6:15.16 | 9 | |||
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Lina Šaltytė | Single sculls | 8:35.92 | 3QF | Bye | 7:38.39 | 5SC/D | 7:55.57 | 1FC | 7:30.38 | 14 | |
| Milda Valčiukaitė Donata Vištartaitė | Double sculls | 7:04.82 | 1SA/B | Bye | N/a | 6:52.46 | 2FA | 7:43.76 | | ||
Qualification Legend:FA=Final A (medal);FB=Final B (non-medal);FC=Final C (non-medal);FD=Final D (non-medal);FE=Final E (non-medal);FF=Final F (non-medal);SA/B=Semifinals A/B;SC/D=Semifinals C/D;SE/F=Semifinals E/F;QF=Quarterfinals;R=Repechage
Lithuanian sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and European qualifying regattas.[22]
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | ||||
| Juozas Bernotas | Men's RS:X | 19 | 23 | 17 | 29 | 14 | 26 | DNF | 21 | UFD | 26 | 29 | EL | 278 | 26 | |
| Gintarė Scheidt | Women's Laser Radial | 1 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 11 | N/a | 8 | 90 | 7 | ||
M = Medal race;DNF = Did not finish;UFD = "U" flag disqualification;EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;
Lithuania has received an invitation from ISSF to send Ronaldas Račinskas in the men's skeet to the Olympics, as long as the minimum qualifying score (MQS) was fulfilled by 31 March 2016.[23][24]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final | |||
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| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Ronaldas Račinskas | Men's skeet | 112 | 30 | Did not advance | |||
Qualification Legend:Q = Qualify for the next round;q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)
Lithuanian 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)):[25][26]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||||
| Simonas Bilis | 50 m freestyle | 22.01NR | 14Q | 21.71NR | 6Q | 22.08 | 8 | ||
| 100 m freestyle | 49.16 | 30 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Danas Rapšys | 100 m backstroke | 54.40 | 24 | Did not advance | |||||
| 200 m backstroke | 1:59.58 | 21 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Andrius Šidlauskas | 100 m breaststroke | 1:00.59 | 23 | Did not advance | |||||
| Giedrius Titenis | 100 m breaststroke | 59.90 | 12Q | 59.80 | 10 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:12.13 | 22 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Simonas Bilis Deividas Margevičius Danas Rapšys Giedrius Titenis | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:35.90 | 14 | N/a | Did not advance | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Rūta Meilutytė | 100 m breaststroke | 1:06.35 | 4Q | 1:06.44 | 4Q | 1:07.32 | 7 |
Lithuania has entered one tennis player for the first time into the Olympic tournament.Ričardas Berankis (world no. 54) qualified directly for the men's singles as one of the top 56 eligible players in theATP World Rankings as of 6 June 2016.[27][28]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final /BM | |
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| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Ričardas Berankis | Men's singles | Millman (AUS) L 0–6, 0–6 | Did not advance | |||||
Lithuania has qualified one male weightlifter for the Olympics by virtue of his top 15 individual finish, among those who had not secured any quota places through the World or European Championships, in theIWF World Rankings as of 20 June 2016, signifying the nation's return to the sport after an eight-year hiatus. The place was awarded to rookieAurimas Didžbalis in the men's middle-heavyweight division (94 kg).[29]
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Aurimas Didžbalis | Men's −94 kg | 177 | =2 | 215 | 3 | 392 | |
Lithuania has qualified one wrestler for the men's Greco-Roman 66 kg into the Olympic competition as a result of his wrestle-off triumph at theinitial meet of the World Qualification Tournament inUlaanbaatar.[30][31]
Key:
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final /BM | |
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| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Edgaras Venckaitis | −66 kg | Bye |  Stäbler (GER)L 1–3PP | Did not advance | 11 | ||||
