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Lithuania competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio 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.

Lithuania at the
2016 Summer Olympics
IOC codeLTU
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Lithuania
Websitewww.ltok.lt (in Lithuanian and English)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors67 in 15 sports
Flag bearers Gintarė Scheidt[1] (opening)
Edvinas Ramanauskas (closing)
Medals
Ranked 64th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
3
Total
4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1908–1912)
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)

The National 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 in Beijing 2008 (71). As usual, the men'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 from London 2012, namely light welterweight boxer Evaldas Petrauskas, breaststroke swimmer and world record holder Rūta Meilutytė, and defending champion Laura Asadauskaitė in the women's modern pentathlon. Track cyclist Simona Krupeckaitė topped the list of experienced Lithuanian athletes to make her fourth Olympic appearance, while Laser Radial sailor and Beijing 2008 silver medalist Gintarė 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 players Jonas Valančiūnas and Domantas Sabonis (son of basketball legend and three-time Olympian Arvydas Sabonis), multiple-time European rowing medalist Mindaugas Griškonis, and swimming stalwarts Simonas Bilis and Giedrius 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 partner Saulius Ritter in the men's double sculls. Meanwhile, Aurimas Lankas and Edvinas Ramanauskas continued to add canoeing medals for Lithuania with a bronze in the men's K-2 200 m, following Jevgenijus Šuklinas' runner-up finish at London 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]

Medalists

Competitors

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

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track & road events
Men
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 1:22:27 SB 26
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Neringa Aidietytė 20 km walk — DNF
Eglė Balčiūnaitė 800 m 2:02.98 SB 6 Did not advance
Rasa Drazdauskaitė Marathon — 2:35:50 37
Diana Lobačevskė — 2:30:48 17
Živilė Vaiciukevičiūtė 20 km walk — 1:41:28 56
Brigita Virbalytė-Dimšienė — 1:35:11 29
Vaida Žūsinaitė Marathon — 2:35:53 38
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Andrius Gudžius Men's discus throw 65.18 SB 4 q 60.66 12
Airinė Palšytė Women's high jump 1.94 11 Q 1.88 13
Zinaida Sendriūtė Women's discus throw 60.79 11 q 61.89 SB 10

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The Lithuanian men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by attaining a top two finish after the final match of the EuroBasket 2015 in France.[10]

Team roster

Template:2016 Summer Olympics Lithuania men's basketball team roster

Group play

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Quarterfinal

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Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Lithuania has entered two boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. London 2012 bronze medalist Evaldas Petrauskas and European champion Eimantas Stanionis had claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Samsun, Turkey.[11]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
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

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Lithuanian canoeists have qualified a total of four boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.[12] The sprint canoeing roster was named to the Olympic squad at the conclusion of the 2016 European Sprint Qualifier in Duisburg, Germany.[13]

Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ignas Navakauskas Men's K-1 200 m 35.144 4 Q 35.168 5 FB 37.075 9
Henrikas Žustautas Men's C-1 200 m 40.048 2 Q 41.187 6 FB 40.230 11
Aurimas Lankas
Edvinas Ramanauskas 		Men's K-2 200 m 31.755 1 FA Bye 32.382  
Ričardas Nekriošius
Andrej Olijnik 		Men's K-2 1000 m 3:24.246 3 Q 3:18.526 2 FA 3:14.748 5

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Road

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 the 2015 UCI Europe Tour.[14] 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.[15]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Ignatas Konovalovas Men's road race OTL
Ramūnas Navardauskas 6:22:23 35
Daiva Tušlaitė Women's road race 3:58:34 34

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 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.

Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Repechage 1 Round 2 Repechage 2 Quarterfinals 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) 		Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h) 		Rank
Simona Krupeckaitė Women's sprint 10.978
65.585 		10 Q   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
Keirin
Athlete Event 1st Round Repechage 2nd Round Final
Rank Rank Rank Rank
Simona Krupeckaitė Women's keirin 2 Q Bye 5 12

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Artistic

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 the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.[16]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
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

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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.[17][18]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
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

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Lithuania has qualified three modern pentathletes for the following events at the Games. Reigning London 2012 champion Laura Asadauskaitė sought an opportunity to defend her Olympic title in the women's event, after being crowned the 2015 UIPM World Cup champion in Minsk, Belarus.[19] Meanwhile, Justinas Kinderis and Ieva Serapinaitė were ranked among the top 10 modern pentathletes, not yet qualified, in their respective events based on the UIPM World Rankings as of 1 June 2016.[20]

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
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 12:01.01 OR 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

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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 the 2015 FISA World Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette, France.

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Armandas Kelmelis Single sculls 7:34.59 5 R 7:13.36 1 QF 7:04.67 5 SC/D 7:20.72 4 FD 7:00.72 19
Mindaugas Griškonis
Saulius Ritter 		Double sculls 6:29.11 1 SA/B Bye — 6:14.61 1 FA 6:51.39  
Aurimas Adomavičius
Martynas Džiaugys
Dominykas Jančionis
Dovydas Nemeravičius 		Quadruple sculls 5:58.70 5 R 5:55.78 3 FB — 6:15.16 9
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Lina Šaltytė Single sculls 8:35.92 3 QF Bye 7:38.39 5 SC/D 7:55.57 1 FC 7:30.38 14
Milda Valčiukaitė
Donata Vištartaitė 		Double sculls 7:04.82 1 SA/B Bye — 6:52.46 2 FA 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

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Lithuanian sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and European qualifying regattas.[21]

Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M*
Juozas Bernotas Men's RS:X 19 23 17 29 DNF 14 26 DNF 21 UFD 26 29 EL 278 26
Gintarė Scheidt Women's Laser Radial UFD 1 8 8 12 5 12 21 4 11 — 8 90 7

M = Medal race; DNF = Did not finish; UFD = "U" flag disqualification; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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.[22][23]

Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
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)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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)):[24][25]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Simonas Bilis 50 m freestyle 22.01 NR 14 Q 21.71 NR 6 Q 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 12 Q 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 — Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Rūta Meilutytė 100 m breaststroke 1:06.35 4 Q 1:06.44 4 Q 1:07.32 7

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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 the ATP World Rankings as of 6 June 2016.[26][27]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
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

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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 the IWF 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 rookie Aurimas Didžbalis in the men's middle-heavyweight division (94 kg).[28]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Aurimas Didžbalis Men's −94 kg 177 =2 215 3 392  

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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 the initial meet of the World Qualification Tournament in Ulaanbaatar.[29][30]

Key:

  • VT – Victory by Fall.
  • PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST – Decision by points – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Edgaras Venckaitis −66 kg Bye   Stäbler (GER)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 11

See also

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