Lithuania at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Lithuania competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. It was the first Olympiad after the breakup of the Soviet Union. Lithuania was one of three ex-Soviet republics to compete individually, with Estonia and Latvia being the other two, instead of competing on the Unified Team. 47 competitors, 36 men and 11 women, took part in 31 events in 11 sports.[1]

Lithuania at the
1992 Summer Olympics
IOC codeLTU
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Lithuania
Websitewww.ltok.lt (in Lithuanian and English)
in Barcelona
Competitors47 (36 men and 11 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer Raimundas Mažuolis
Medals
Ranked 34th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1908–1912)
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Medalists edit

Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Romas Ubartas Athletics Men's discus throw 5 August
  Bronze Lithuania men's national basketball team
Basketball Men's tournament 8 August

Competitors edit

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 4 4 8
Basketball 12 0 12
Boxing 4 4
Canoeing 1 0 1
Cycling 1 4 5
Judo 1 0 1
Modern pentathlon 3 3
Rowing 5 3 8
Sailing 2 0 2
Swimming 2 0 2
Wrestling 1 1
Total 36 11 47

Athletics edit

Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Viktoras Meškauskas 20 km walk 1:33:24 26
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Romas Ubartas Discus throw 66.08 1 Q 65.12  
Vaclavas Kidykas 59.96 m 15 did not advance
Benjaminas Viluckis Hammer throw 70.54 20 did not advance
Women
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Nelė Savickytė High jump 1.90 20 did not advance
Nijolė Medvedeva Long jump DSQ did not advance
Teresė Nekrošaitė Javelin throw 58.28 18 did not advance
Combined events – Heptathlon
Athlete Event 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 m Final Rank
Remigija Nazarovienė Result 13.75 1.76 14.49 25.20 6.03 44.42 2:14.95 6142 14
Points 1.014 928 827 869 859 752 893

Basketball edit

Men's Team Competition edit

Preliminary round edit

Group B edit

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
  CIS 4 1 425 373 +52 9 1–0
  Lithuania 4 1 481 424 +57 9 0–1
  Australia 3 2 432 396 +36 8 1–0
  Puerto Rico 3 2 445 440 +15 8 0–1
  Venezuela 1 4 392 427 −35 6
  China 0 5 381 496 −115 5
July 26
11:30
China   75–112   Lithuania
Scoring by half: 26–55, 49–57
July 27
11:30
Venezuela   79–87   Lithuania
Scoring by half: 46–38, 33–49
July 29
16:30
Lithuania   104–91   Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 50–43, 54–48
July 31
16:30
Lithuania   80–92   CIS
Scoring by half: 38–26, 42–66
August 2
16:30
Australia   87–98   Lithuania
Scoring by half: 46–45, 41–53

Quarterfinals edit

August 4
20:30
Lithuania   114–96   Brazil
Scoring by half: 48–52, 66–44

Semifinals edit

August 6
22:30
Lithuania   76–127   United States
Scoring by half: 30–49, 46–78

Bronze medal game edit

August 8
13:00
CIS   78–82   Lithuania  
Scoring by half: 33–39, 45–43

Team roster edit

Boxing edit

Men
Athlete Event 1 Round 2 Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Vitalijus Karpačiauskas Welterweight   Andrey Piestrayev (EUN)
W 9-4
  Pepe Reilly (USA)
W 16-5
  Arkhom Chenglai (THA)
L 6-9
Did not advance 5
Leonidas Maleckis Light Middleweight   Kabary Salem (EGY)
W 13-6
  Robin Reid (GBR)
L 3-10
Did not advance 9
Vidas Markevičius Heavyweight   Alexey Chudinov (EUN)
L 3-7
Did not advance 17
Gytis Juškevičius Super Heavyweight BYE   David Anyim (KEN)
W RSC-2
  Richard Igbineghu (NGR)
L KO-2
Did not advance 5

Canoeing edit

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechages Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Artūras Vieta K-1 500 m 1:41.96 3 Q 1:41.04 2 Q 1:42.09 3 Q 1:42.34 9
K-1 1000 m 3:40.81 2 Q BYE 3:37.54 4 Q 3:46.92 9

Cycling edit

Five cyclists, one man and four women, represented Lithuania in 1992.

Road edit

Athlete Event Time Rank
Saulius Šarkauskas Men's road race 4:35:56 23
Daiva Čepelienė Women's road race 2:05:03 20
Aiga Zagorska 2:05:03 14
Laima Zilporytė 2:05:03 18

Track edit

Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Repechage 1 Quarterfinals Classification 5-8 Semifinals Final
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)
Rank
Rita Razmaitė Women's sprint 12.058 8 Q   Haringa (NED)
  Yan (CHN)
L
  Yenyukhina (EUN)
L
did not advance
Pursuit
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Aiga Zagorska Women's individual pursuit 3:52.450 13 did not advance 13

Judo edit

Men
Athlete Event Preliminary Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Repechage Final Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Vladas Burba −95 kg BYE   Theodorus Meijer (NED)
L 0001–0000
did not advance BYE   Yasuhiro Kai (JPN)
L 0001–0000
did not advance

Modern pentathlon edit

Three male pentathletes represented Lithuania in 1992.

Athlete Event Shooting
(10 m air pistol)
Fencing
(épée one touch)
Swimming
(200 m freestyle)
Riding
(show jumping)
Running
(3000 m)
Total points Final rank
Points Points Points Points Points
Vladimiras Močialovas Men's 880 660 1204 830 1231 4805 51
Tomas Narkus 1210 694 1224 DNF 1153 4281 62
Gintaras Staškevičius 1060 745 1352 840 1237 5234 15
Gintaras Staškevičius
Vladimiras Močialovas
Tomas Narkus
Team 3150 2099 3780 1670 3621 14320 15

Rowing edit

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals C-D Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ričardas Bukys
Zigmantas Gudauskas
Coxless pair 6:59.38 4 R 7:01.82 4 FC 7:03.01 17
Juozas Bagdonas
Einius Petkus
Valdemaras Mačiulskis
Coxed pair 7:04.41 2 Q BYE 7:03.89 4 FB 7:04.98 9
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals C-D Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kristina Poplavskaja Single sculls 8:06.31 4 R 8:01.31 3 Q 8:05.15 6 FB 8:27.84 11
Violeta Lastakauskaitė
Violeta Bernotaitė
Coxless pair 8:04.77 4 R 7:52.47 1 Q 7:30.54 4 FB 7:29.24 10

Sailing edit

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Raimondas Šiugždinis
Valdas Balciunas
470 20 26 27 30 34 15 22 176.0 32

Swimming edit

Men
Athlete Event Heat Final B Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Nerijus Beiga 100 m breaststroke 1:05.17 36 did not advance
200 m breaststroke 1:21.65 31 did not advance
Raimundas Mažuolis 50 m freestyle 22.77 9 q 22.71 10 did not advance
100 m freestyle 50.17 9 q 50.13 10 did not advance

Wrestling edit

Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Elimination Pool Final round
Round 1
Result
Round 2
Result
Round 3
Result
Round 4
Result
Round 5
Result
Round 6
Result
Rank Final round
Result
Rank
Remigijus Šukevičius −57 kg   Nikolay Dimitrov (BUL)
L 2-4
  Dennis Hall (USA)
L 3-4
8 did not advance

References edit

  1. ^ "Lithuania at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
  2. ^ Lithuania at the 1992 Summer Olympics

External links edit