Lithuania at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Lithuania at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  LTU
NOC National Olympic Committee of Lithuania
Websitewww.ltok.lt (Lithuanian) (English)
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors 71 in 16 sports
Flag bearer Šarūnas Jasikevičius (opening)
Gintarė Volungevičiūtė (closing)
Medals
Rank: 56		 Gold
0		 Silver
2		 Bronze
3		 Total
5
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Lithuania competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Silver Volungevičiūtė, GintarėGintarė Volungevičiūtė Sailing Women's Laser Radial
 Silver Krungolcas, EdvinasEdvinas Krungolcas Modern pentathlon Men's event
 Bronze Mizgaitis, MindaugasMindaugas Mizgaitis Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg
 Bronze Alekna, VirgilijusVirgilijus Alekna Athletics Men's discus throw
 Bronze Zadneprovskis, AndrejusAndrejus Zadneprovskis Modern pentathlon Men's event

Athletics

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
Vitalij Kozlov 800 m 1:48.96 6 Did not advance
Darius Škarnulis 50 km walk N/A DSQ
Donatas Škarnulis N/A DNF
Tadas Šuškevičius N/A 4:02:45 32
Marius Žiūkas 20 km walk N/A 1:25.36 35
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Virgilijus Alekna Discus throw 65.84 2 Q 67.79 3rd
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Eglė Balčiūnaitė 800 m 2:00.15 4 q N/A 2:02.59 7 Did not advance
Živilė Balčiūnaitė Marathon N/A 2:29.33 12
Rasa Drazdauskaitė N/A 2:35.09 37
Lina Grinčikaitė 100 m 11.43 3 Q 11.33 2 Q 11.50 6 Did not advance
Sonata Milušauskaitė 20 km walk N/A 1:30:26 16
Kristina Saltanovič N/A 1:31:03 19
Rasa Troup 3000 m steeplechase 9:30.21 NR 8 N/A Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Zinaida Sendriūtė Discus throw 54.81 33 Did not advance
Inga Stasiulionytė Javelin throw 55.66 32 Did not advance
Karina Vnukova High jump 1.85 23 Did not advance
Combined events – Heptathlon
Athlete Event 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 m Final Rank
Austra Skujytė Result 14.46 1.77 17.02 25.40 NM DNS — DNF
Points 914 941 997 850 0 0 —
Viktorija Žemaitytė Result 14.44 1.74 14.01 25.06 NM DNS — DNF
Points 917 903 795 881 0 0 —

Badminton

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Kęstutis Navickas Men's singles  Abián (ESP)
W 23–21, 12–21, 21–9		  Pukhov (RUS)
W 21–12, 21–17		  Lee C W (MAS)
L 5–21, 7–21		 Did not advance
Akvilė Stapušaitytė Women's singles BYE  Rasmussen (DEN)
L 6–21, 8–21		 Did not advance

Basketball

Men's tournament

Lithuania's men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by placing third at Eurobasket 2007. Because the reigning world champions (and automatic qualifiers), Spain, were second at that tournament, Lithuania joined Russia to fill out Europe's two continental qualification spots. The Lithuanian team will seek to get past the semifinal round for the first time since beginning to compete separately—in the four tournaments since then, Lithuania has taken three bronze medals and a fourth-place finish.

Roster

The following is the Lithuania roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1]

Lithuania men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr.
PG 4 Kaukėnas, Rimantas 31 – (1977-04-11)April 11, 1977 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Montepaschi Siena Italy
SG 5 Lukauskis, Mindaugas 29 – (1979-05-19)May 19, 1979 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Lietuvos Rytas Lithuania
SF 6 Mačiulis, Jonas 23 – (1985-02-10)February 10, 1985 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) BC Žalgiris Lithuania
C 7 Lavrinovič, Darjuš 28 – (1979-11-01)November 1, 1979 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) UNICS Kazan Russia
G/F 8 Šiškauskas, Ramūnas (C) 29 – (1978-09-10)September 10, 1978 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) CSKA Moscow Russia
G 9 Prekevičius, Marius 24 – (1984-05-22)May 22, 1984 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) BC Šiauliai Lithuania
G/F 10 Jasaitis, Simas 26 – (1982-03-26)March 26, 1982 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Joventut Badalona Spain
F 11 Kleiza, Linas 23 – (1985-01-03)January 3, 1985 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Denver Nuggets United States
F/C 12 Lavrinovič, Kšyštof 28 – (1979-11-01)November 1, 1979 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Montepaschi Siena Italy
PG 13 Jasikevičius, Šarūnas 32 – (1976-03-05)March 5, 1976 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Panathinaikos BC Greece
F/C 14 Petravičius, Marijonas 28 – (1979-10-24)October 24, 1979 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Lietuvos Rytas Lithuania
C 15 Javtokas, Robertas 28 – (1980-03-20)March 20, 1980 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Dynamo Moscow Russia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on August 9, 2008
Group play
Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 Lithuania 5 4 1 425 400+25 9 1–0
 Argentina 5 4 1 425 361+64 9 0–1
 Croatia 5 3 2 399 380+19 8 1–0
 Australia 5 3 2 457 405+52 8 0–1
 Russia 5 1 4 387 406−19 6  
 Iran 5 0 5 323 464−141 5  
10 August 2008
16:45
Lithuania  79–75  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 20–19, 17–15, 28–30
Pts: Kleiza 13
Rebs: K. Lavrinovič 7
Asts: Jasikevičius 8		 Pts: Ginobili 19
Rebs: Oberto 11
Asts: Oberto, Prigioni 3
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)
12 August 2008
09:00
Iran  67–99  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 14–31, 19–28, 14–25
Pts: Haddadi 21
Rebs: Sahakian 12
Asts: Amini 4		 Pts: Kleiza 22
Rebs: Kleiza 8
Asts: Jasikevičius, Lukauskis, Mačiulis 3
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Eddie Rush (USA)
14 August 2008
16:45
Lithuania  86–79  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 23–24, 21–17, 25–21, 17–17
Pts: Kaukėnas 20
Rebs: Kleiza 11
Asts: Jasikevičius 5		 Pts: Holden 25
Rebs: Khriapa 9
Asts: Kirilenko 6
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)
16 August 2008
14:30
Croatia  73–86  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 30–29, 17–16, 11–28
Pts: Ukić 13
Rebs: Banić 7
Asts: Kus 3		 Pts: Lukauskis 20
Rebs: K. Lavrinovič 7
Asts: Jasikevičius 6
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)
18 August 2008
11:15
Australia  106–75  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 28–14, 27–15, 20–22, 31–24
Pts: Bogut 23
Rebs: Mills 4
Asts: Anstey 4		 Pts: K. Lavrinovič 14
Rebs: K. Lavrinovič 8
Asts: Jasikevičius 5
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)
Quarterfinals
20 August 2008
16:45
Lithuania  94–68  China
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 22–13, 29–23, 24–15
Scoring by half: 41–30, 53–38
Pts: Jasikevičius 23
Rebs: Kleiza 7
Asts: Jasikevičius 6		 Pts: Yao 19
Rebs: Yi 9
Asts: Yao 3
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)
Semifinals
22 August 2008
20:00
Spain  91–86  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 19–23, 22–24, 29–20
Scoring by half: 40–42, 51–44
Pts: P Gasol 19
Rebs: Jiménez 7
Asts: Rubio 4		 Pts: Jasaitis, Jasikevičius 19
Rebs: Jasaitis 8
Asts: Jasikevičius 6
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)
Bronze medal game
24 August 2008
12:00
Lithuania  75–87  Argentina 3rd
Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 13–22, 15–22, 26–19
Scoring by half: 34–46, 41–41
Pts: Šiškauskas 15
Rebs: Šiškauskas, K. Lavrinovič 6
Asts: Jasikevičius 3		 Pts: Delfino 20
Rebs: Delfino 10
Asts: Prigioni 7
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Eddie Rush (USA)

Boxing

Lithuania qualified three boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Semiotas qualified at the 2007 World Championships.[2] Kavaliauskas and Jakšto both earned spots at the second European tournament.[3]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Egidijus Kavaliauskas Light welterweight  Vastine (FRA)
L 2–13		 Did not advance
Daugirdas Semiotas Light heavyweight  Shynaliyev (KAZ)
L 3–11		 Did not advance
Jaroslavas Jakšto Super heavyweight N/A  Ohwarieme (NGR)
W 11–1		  Price (GBR)
L RSC		 Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Tomas Gadeikis
Raimundas Labuckas		 Men's C-2 500 m 1:42.803 4 QS 1:43.299 4 Did not advance
Egidijus Balčiūnas
Alvydas Duonėla		 Men's K-2 500 m 1:31.232 5 QS 1:32.887 5 Did not advance

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Dainius Kairelis Men's road race 6:39:42 74
Ignatas Konovalovas 6:26:17 29
Edita Pučinskaitė Women's road race 3:32:45 9
Women's time trial 38:55.37 23
Jolanta Polikevičiūtė Women's road race 3:32:45 12
Modesta Vžesniauskaitė 3:33:17 27

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 11.222
64.159		 5  Reed (USA)
L		  Grankovskaya (RUS)
 Hijgenaar (NED)
W 12.123
59.391		  Pendleton (GBR)
L, L		 Did not advance 5th-8th place
 Sanchez (FRA)
 Tsylinskaya (BLR)
 Reed (USA)
L		 8
Pursuit
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Opponent
Results		 Rank Opponent
Results		 Rank
Svetlana Pauliukaitė Women's individual pursuit 3:45.691 12 Did not advance
Vilija Sereikaitė 3:36.063 6 Q  Kalytovska (UKR)
3:36.808		 6 Did not advance
Omnium
Athlete Event Points Laps Rank
Svetlana Pauliukaitė Women's points race 2 0 12

Gymnastics

Artistic

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F V UB BB F V UB BB
Jelena Zanevskaya All-around 13.350 13.875 13.350 13.375 53.950 54 Did not advance

Judo

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
Albert Techov Men's −60 kg BYE  Guédez (VEN)
L 0000–1000		 Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

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 185 7 1156 21–14 5 904 2:07.63 23 1272 56 4 1144 9:42.65 25 1072 5548 2nd
Andrejus Zadneprovskis 182 17 1120 15–20 24 760 2:02.27 5 1336 28 2 1168 9:25.00 13 1140 5524 3rd
Laura Asadauskaitė Women's 175 25 1036 12–23 =31 688 2:21.76 22 1220 0 2 1200 10:18.95 4 1248 5392 15
Donata Rimšaitė 175 24 1036 17–18 =18 808 2:20.57 21 1236 112 22 1088 10:13.76 3 1268 5436 13

Rowing

Men
Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mindaugas Griškonis Single sculls 7:28.05 2 QF 6:54.47 2 SA/B 7:20.32 6 FB 7:09.323 8

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

Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Gintarė Volungevičiūtė Laser Radial 3 13 8 1 1 4 21 6 4 CAN 2 42 2nd

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled;

Shooting

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Daina Gudzinevičiūtė Trap 69 5 Q 86 5

Swimming

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Saulius Binevičius 200 m freestyle 1:51.80 47 Did not advance
Edvinas Dautartas 200 m breaststroke 2:13.11 31 Did not advance
Rolandas Gimbutis 50 m freestyle 24.36 58 Did not advance
Vytautas Janušaitis 100 m backstroke 55.65 32 Did not advance
200 m individual medley 1:59.63 11 Q 2:00.76 15 Did not advance
Rimvydas Šalčius 100 m butterfly 52.90 34 Did not advance
Giedrius Titenis 100 m breaststroke 1:00.11 6 Q 1:00.66 12 Did not advance
Paulius Viktoravičius 100 m freestyle 49.27 28 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Raminta Dvariškytė 200 m breaststroke 2:33.32 35 Did not advance
Rugilė Mileišytė 50 m freestyle 26.19 39 Did not advance

Table tennis

Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Rūta Paškauskienė Women's singles  Nonaka (BRA)
W 4–0		  Kim M-Y (PRK)
W 4–3		  Tóth (HUN)
L 3–4		 Did not advance

Weightlifting

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Ramūnas Vyšniauskas Men's −105 kg 180 10 220 DNF 180 DNF

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 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
Aleksandr Kazakevič −66 kg  Siamionau (BLR)
L 1–3 PP		 Did not advance 15
Valdemaras Venckaitis −74 kg BYE  Barrera (PER)
L 1–3 PP		 Did not advance 14
Mindaugas Ežerskis −96 kg  Rezaei (IRI)
W 3–1 PP		  Khushtov (RUS)
L 1–3 PP		 Did not advance BYE  Mambetov (KAZ)
L 1–3 PP		 Did not advance 7
Mindaugas Mizgaitis −120 kg BYE  Kayaalp (TUR)
W 3–1 PP		  Baroev (RUS)
L 1–3 PP		 Did not advance BYE  Hashemzadeh (IRI)
W 3–1 PP		  Szczepaniak (FRA)
W 3–1 PP		 3rd

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2008 Olympic Basketball Men (FIBA) – Lithuania roster". FIBA. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  2. ↑ World Boxing Championships Chicago 2007
  3. ↑ 2nd AIBA European Olympic Boxing Qualification Tournament
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