Lithuania at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Lithuania at the Olympic Games
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At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	59 in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Saulius Štombergas[1]
Medals Rank: 45	Gold 1	Silver 2	Bronze 0	Total 3
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Lithuania competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's sixth appearance at the Summer Olympics. The National Olympic Committee of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos tautinis olimpinis komitetas, LTOK) sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. A total of 59 athletes, 47 men and 12 women, competed in 13 sports, including the men's basketball team as the nation's team-based sport.

The Lithuanian squad featured returning Olympic medalists: discus thrower Virgilijus Alekna, trap shooter Daina Gudzinevičiūtė, and the men's basketball team, being led by team captain Saulius Štombergas, who later became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.^[1][2] Along with Alekna, Stombergas, and Gudzineviciute, road cyclists and twin sisters Jolanta and Rasa Polikevičiūtė and javelin thrower Rita Ramanauskaitė made their third Olympic appearances as the most experienced members of the team. Other notable Lithuanian athletes included Stombergas' teammate and NBA basketball star Darius Songaila, track cyclist Simona Krupeckaitė, and two-time world champion Andrejus Zadneprovskis in men's modern pentathlon.

Lithuania left Athens with a total of three medals (one gold and two silver), the lowest in its Summer Olympic history since the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Discus thrower Alekna was originally placed in a silver medal spot, but eventually defended his Olympic title at the time of the medal ceremony, when Hungary's Róbert Fazekas committed an anti-doping violation for failing to submit a proper urine sample during the test, which ended up in a disqualification.^[3] Meanwhile, heptathlete Austra Skujytė and modern pentathlete Zadneprovskis rounded out the Olympic podium with a silver medal each for the Lithuanian team.^[4]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Alekna, VirgilijusVirgilijus Alekna	Athletics	Men's discus throw	August 23
Silver	Skujyte, AustraAustra Skujyte	Athletics	Women's heptathlon	August 21
Silver	Zadneprovskis, AndrejusAndrejus Zadneprovskis	Modern pentathlon	Men's event	August 26

Athletics

Lithuanian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).^[5][6]

Virgilijus Alekna was originally placed in a silver medal position in the men's discus throw. A few days before the medal ceremony took place, Hungary's Róbert Fazekas committed an anti-doping violation by failing to submit a proper urine sample during the test, and was eventually expelled from the Games, lifting Alekna's position to a gold medal and more importantly, a defense for his Olympic title.^[3][7]

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

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Gintaras Andriuškevičius	20 km walk	N/A				1:27:56	28
Mindaugas Norbutas	800 m	1:47.38	6	Did not advance
Mindaugas Pukštas	Marathon	N/A				2:33:02	74
Daugvinas Zujus	50 km walk	N/A				4:09:41	30

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Virgilijus Alekna	Discus throw	69.89	1 Q	69.49

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Živilė Balčiūnaitė	Marathon	N/A						2:35:01	14
Agne Eggerth	100 m	11.44	5	Did not advance
Inga Juodeškienė	Marathon	N/A						3:09:18	63
Sonata Milušauskaitė	20 km walk	N/A						1:33:36	23
Kristina Saltanovič		N/A						1:32:22	19

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Rita Ramanauskaitė	Javelin throw	55.17	31	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Austra Skujytė	Result	14.03	1.76	16.40	24.82	6.30	49.58	2:15.92	6435
	Points	974	928	955	903	943	852	880

Basketball

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Lithuania roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[8]

Lithuania men's national basketball team – 2004 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. G 4 Ginevičius, Vidas 26 – 11 May 1978 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Žalgiris Kaunas F 5 Žukauskas, Mindaugas 28 – 24 August 1975 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Montepaschi Siena G 6 Macijauskas, Arvydas 24 – 19 January 1980 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) TAU Cerámica F 7 Štombergas, Saulius (C) 30 – 14 December 1973 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) UNICS Kazan G 8 Šiškauskas, Ramūnas 25 – 10 September 1978 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Lietuvos Rytas F 9 Songaila, Darius 26 – 14 February 1978 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Sacramento Kings G 10 Slanina, Donatas 27 – 23 April 1977 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Caja San Fernando Sevilla C 11 Žukauskas, Eurelijus 30 – 22 August 1973 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) UNICS Kazan F/C 12 Lavrinovič, Kšyštof 24 – 1 November 1979 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Ural Great Perm G 13 Jasikevičius, Šarūnas 28 – 5 March 1976 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv G/F 14 Šalenga, Dainius 27 – 15 April 1977 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Žalgiris Kaunas C 15 Javtokas, Robertas 24 – 20 March 1980 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Lietuvos Rytas	Head coach Antanas Sireika Assistant coach(es) Valdemaras Chomičius Gintaras Krapikas Donnie Nelson Legend (C) Team captain nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age as of August 13, 2004

Group play

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	1st Tie	2nd Tie
Lithuania	5	0	468	414	+54	10
Greece	3	2	389	343	+46	8	1W–1L	1.10
Puerto Rico	3	2	410	411	–1	8	1W–1L	0.99
United States	3	2	418	389	+29	8	1W–1L	0.92
Australia	1	4	383	411	–28	6
Angola	0	5	321	421	–100	5

August 15 9:00

Angola	73–78	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 8–14, 23–28, 18–22
Pts: Lutonda 17 Rebs: Lutonda 4 Asts: Lutonda 6		Pts: Lavrinovič, E. Žukauskas 15 each Rebs: E. Žukauskas 11 Asts: Jasikevičius 6

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 400 Referees: Chantal Julien (France) Ma Li Jun (China)

August 17 14:30

Lithuania	98–90	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 26–32, 23–12, 22–22, 27–24
Pts: Šiškauskas 23 Rebs: E. Žukauskas 8 Asts: Jasikevičius 7		Pts: Arroyo, Ayuso 25 each Rebs: Hourruitiner 6 Asts: Arroyo, Ayuso 2 each

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 12,500 Referees: Pablo Estevez (Argentina) Zoran Šutulović (Serbia and Montenegro)

August 19 22:15

Greece	76–98	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 10–28, 15–26, 19–22, 32–22
Pts: Zisis 18 Rebs: Papanikolaou 7 Asts: Papaloukas 3		Pts: Šiškauskas 25 Rebs: Javtokas, Songaila 5 each Asts: Jasikevičius 8

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Renato Santos (Brazil) Pablo Estevez (Argentina)

August 21 20:00

Lithuania	94–90	United States
Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 21–23, 23–20, 27–21
Pts: Jasikevičius 28 Rebs: Štombergas 10 Asts: Jasikevičius 4		Pts: Jefferson 20 Rebs: Duncan 20 Asts: Marbury 3

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Reynaldo Sanchez (Dominican Republic) Zoran Šutulović (Serbia and Montenegro)

August 23 11:15

Lithuania	100–85	Australia
'Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 32–9, 23–38, 25–19
Pts: Javtokas 23 Rebs: Javtokas 9 Asts: Jasikevičius 4		Pts: Bogut, Saville 21 each Rebs: Bogut 9 Asts: Heal 3

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 7,650 Referees: Vicente Bulto (Spain) Alejandro Chiti (Argentina)

Quarterfinals

August 26 16:45

Lithuania	95–75	China
Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 28–18, 21–20, 21–18
Pts: Macijauskas 32 Rebs: E. Žukauskas 8 Asts: Šiškauskas 4		Pts: Yao Ming 29 Rebs: Yao Ming 11 Asts: Liu Wei 4

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 14,500 Referees: Mike Homsy (Canada) Christos Christodoulou (Greece)

Semifinals

August 27 22:15

Italy	100–91	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 29–17, 24–20, 27–28
Pts: Basile 31 Rebs: Marconato 9 Asts: Marconato, Pozzecco 3 each		Pts: Macijauskas 26 Rebs: Šiškauskas 7 Asts: Jasikevičius 9

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 14,500 Referees: Reynaldo Sanchez (Dominican Republic) José Carrión (Puerto Rico)

Bronze medal final

August 28 20:45

Lithuania	96–104	United States
Scoring by quarter: 24–24, 20–25, 27–25, 25–30
Pts: Macijauskas 24 Rebs: Javtokas 6 Asts: Jasikevičius 4		Pts: Marion 22 Rebs: Boozer, Duncan 8 each Asts: Wade 6

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 14,500 Referees: Pablo Estevez (Argentina) Giampaolo Cicoria (Italy)

Boxing

Lithuania sent two boxers to Athens. One lost his first bout, in the round of 32. The other won his first to advance to the quarterfinal, where he was defeated.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rolandas Jasevičius	Welterweight	Bashirov (TKM) L 21–54	Did not advance
Jaroslavas Jakšto	Super heavyweight	N/A	Bisbal (PUR) W 26–17	Aly (EGY) L 11–19	Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alvydas Duonėla	Men's K-1 500 m	1:40.365	3 q	1:40.253	4	Did not advance
Romas Petrukanecas	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:37.758	7 q	3:39.493	9	Did not advance
Egidijus Balčiūnas Alvydas Duonėla	Men's K-2 500 m	1:30.521	2 q	1:30.270	1 Q	1:29.868	7

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jolanta Polikevičiūtė	Women's road race	3:25:42	31
Rasa Polikevičiūtė	Women's road race	3:25:42	29
	Women's time trial	34:34.48	23
Edita Pučinskaitė	Women's road race	3:25:10	9
	Women's time trial	32:42.12	10

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	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)	Rank
Simona Krupeckaitė	Women's sprint	11.430 62.992	6	Grankovskaya (RUS) W 11.872 60.646	BYE	Abassova (RUS) L, W 12.632, L	Did not advance	5th place final  Tsylinskaya (BLR)  Meinke (GER)  Larreal (VEN) L	7

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Linas Balčiūnas	Men's individual pursuit	4:22.392	9	Did not advance
Linas Balčiūnas Aivaras Baranauskas Ignatas Konovalovas Tomas Vaitkus Raimondas Vilčinskas	Men's team pursuit	4:08.812	8 Q	Australia (AUS) LAP	8	Did not advance

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Simona Krupeckaitė	Women's time trial	34.317	4

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Tomas Vaitkus	Men's points race	Did not finish

Judo

Lithuania has qualified a single judoka.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Albertas Techovas	Men's −60 kg	Yekutiel (ISR) L 0000–0101	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Two Lithuanian athletes qualified to compete in the modern pentathlon event through the European and UIPM World Championships.

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	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Edvinas Krungolcas	Men's	171	26	988	16–15	=11	832	2:07.23	12	1276	112	15	1088	13:11.15	32	236	4420	31
Andrejus Zadneprovskis		172	=23	1000	19–12	=2	916	2:04.34	6	1308	112	12	1088	9:31.46	1	1116	5428

Rowing

Lithuanian rowers qualified the following boats:

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kęstutis Keblys Einaras Šiaudvytis	Double sculls	7:07.13	4 R	6:24.56	5	Did not advance

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; R=Repechage

Sailing

Lithuanian sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Giedrius Gužys	Laser	31	19	21	24	21	34	24	19	25	27	28	239	27

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

Lithuania has qualified a single shooter.

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Daina Gudzinevičiūtė	Trap	55	14	Did not advance

Swimming

Lithuanian swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time): Vytautas Janušaitis became the first ever Lithuanian swimmer to reach an Olympic final in the men's 200 m individual medley, setting up a new Lithuanian record.^[9]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Paulius Andrijauskas	200 m butterfly	2:04.64	30	Did not advance
Saulius Binevičius	200 m freestyle	1:50.50	21	Did not advance
Edvinas Dautartas	200 m breaststroke	2:23.12	44	Did not advance
Rolandas Gimbutis	50 m freestyle	22.59	21	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	48.85 NR	=2 Q	49.75	14	Did not advance
Darius Grigalionis	100 m backstroke	56.21	24	Did not advance
Vytautas Janušaitis	200 m individual medley	2:01.32	8 Q	2:00.57 NR	3 Q	2:01.28	7
	400 m individual medley	4:26.30	27	N/A		Did not advance
Rimvydas Šalčius	100 m butterfly	54.46	35	Did not advance
Pavel Suškov	200 m backstroke	2:03.54	26	Did not advance
Aurimas Valaitis	100 m breaststroke	1:04.11	38	Did not advance
Saulius Binevičius Rolandas Gimbutis Vytautas Janušaitis Paulius Viktoravičius	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:19.28	11	N/A		Did not advance

Weightlifting

Lithuanian has qualified a single weightlifter.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ramūnas Vyšniauskas	Men's −105 kg	187.5	7	222.5	=4	410	5

Wrestling

Key:

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Svajūnas Adomaitis	−55 kg	Chochua (GEO) L 1–3 ^PP	Yıldız (TUR) L 1–3 ^PP	N/A	3	Did not advance			16
Mindaugas Ežerskis	−96 kg	Sudureac (ROM) W 3–1 ^PP	Hashemzadeh (IRI) L 0–5 ^VT	N/A	2	Did not advance			13
Mindaugas Mizgaitis	−120 kg	Gardner (USA) L 0–3 ^PO	Mikulski (POL) W 3–0 ^PO	Mureiko (BUL) L 1–3 ^PP	3	Did not advance			11

See also

• Lithuania at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

References

1. "Olimpiadoje Lietuvos vėliavą neš S. Štombergas" [Lithuania's Olympic flag bearer is Saulius Štombergas] (in Lithuanian). Delfi. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
2. "S. Štombergas – Atėnuose dviguba našta" [Saulius Štombergas – Double burden in Athens] (in Lithuanian). Vakarų ekspresas. 7 August 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
3. "Discus champion thrown out of Games after doping breach". ABC News Australia. 25 August 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
4. "Andrejus Zadneprovskis of Lithuania grabs silver". ESPN. 26 August 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
5. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
6. "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
7. "Discus champion loses gold". BBC Sport. 24 August 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
8. "Men's Basketball Team Roster – Lithuania (LTU)" (PDF). 2004 Athens. LA84 Foundation. 23 April 2014. p. 84.
9. Whitten, Phillip (20 August 2004). "Michael Phelps Cruises to Gold Medal #4 in the 200 IM, Lochte Takes the Silver, Bovell Wins First Swimming Medal for Trinidad". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 10 May 2013.

External links

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• National Olympic Committee of Lithuania (Lithuanian) (English)