Lithuania at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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
NOCLithuanian National Olympic Committee
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

Medals by sport
Sport Total
Rowing0112
Weightlifting0011
Canoeing0011
Total0134
Medals by gender
Gender Total
Male0123
Female0011
Total0134

Competitors

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics7916
Basketball12012
Boxing202
Canoeing606
Cycling224
Gymnastics101
Judo011
Modern pentathlon123
Rowing7310
Sailing112
Shooting101
Swimming516
Tennis101
Weightlifting101
Wrestling101
Total481967

Athletics

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
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Valdas DopolskasMarathon2:28:21111
Remigijus Kančys2:21:1075
Arturas Mastianica50 km walkDNF
Marius Šavelskis20 km walk1:29:2659
Tadas Šuškevičius50 km walk4:04:1033
Marius Žiūkas20 km walk1:22:27 SB26
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Neringa Aidietytė20 km walkDNF
Eglė Balčiūnaitė800 m2:02.98 SB6Did not advance
Rasa DrazdauskaitėMarathon2:35:5037
Diana Lobačevskė2:30:4817
Živilė Vaiciukevičiūtė20 km walk1:41:2856
Brigita Virbalytė-Dimšienė1:35:1129
Vaida ŽūsinaitėMarathon2:35:5338
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Andrius GudžiusMen's discus throw65.18 SB4 q60.6612
Airinė PalšytėWomen's high jump1.9411 Q1.8813
Zinaida SendriūtėWomen's discus throw60.7911 q61.89 SB10

Basketball

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

The following is the Lithuania roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[11]

Lithuania men's national basketball team – 2016 Summer Olympics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
PG5Mantas Kalnietis29 – (1986-09-06)6 September 19861.95 m (6 ft 5 in)Olimpia Milano
G7Adas Juškevičius27 – (1989-01-03)3 January 19891.94 m (6 ft 4 in)Lietuvos Rytas
SF8Jonas Mačiulis31 – (1985-02-10)10 February 19851.98 m (6 ft 6 in)Real Madrid
SG10Renaldas Seibutis31 – (1985-07-23)23 July 19851.96 m (6 ft 5 in)Žalgiris
F/C11Domantas Sabonis20 – (1996-05-03)3 May 19962.11 m (6 ft 11 in)Gonzaga Bulldogs
C12Antanas Kavaliauskas31 – (1984-09-19)19 September 19842.08 m (6 ft 10 in)Lietuvos Rytas
PF13Paulius Jankūnas32 – (1984-04-29)29 April 19842.05 m (6 ft 9 in)Žalgiris
C15Robertas Javtokas (C)36 – (1980-03-20)20 March 19802.11 m (6 ft 11 in)Žalgiris
C17Jonas Valančiūnas24 – (1992-05-06)6 May 19922.13 m (7 ft 0 in)Toronto Raptors
SF19Mindaugas Kuzminskas26 – (1989-10-19)19 October 19892.05 m (6 ft 9 in)Unicaja Málaga
G/F40Marius Grigonis22 – (1994-04-26)26 April 19941.98 m (6 ft 6 in)ICL Manresa
G93Vaidas Kariniauskas22 – (1993-11-16)16 November 19931.97 m (6 ft 6 in)Kymis B.C.
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 6 August 2016
Group play
PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1  Croatia532400407−78[a]Quarterfinals
2  Spain532432357+758[a]
3  Lithuania532392428−368[a]
4  Argentina532441428+138[a]
5  Brazil (H)523411407+47
6  Nigeria514392441−496
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
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)

Quarterfinal
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)

Boxing

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.[12]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Evaldas PetrauskasMen's light welterweight  Kumar (IND)
L 1–2
Did not advance
Eimantas StanionisMen's welterweight  Liu W (CHN)
W 3–0
 Giyasov (UZB)
L 0–3
Did not advance

Canoeing

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.[13] The sprint canoeing roster was named to the Olympic squad at the conclusion of the 2016 European Sprint Qualifier in Duisburg, Germany.[14]

AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Ignas NavakauskasMen's K-1 200 m35.1444 Q35.1685 FB37.0759
Henrikas ŽustautasMen's C-1 200 m40.0482 Q41.1876 FB40.23011
Aurimas Lankas
Edvinas Ramanauskas
Men's K-2 200 m31.7551 FABye32.382
Ričardas Nekriošius
Andrej Olijnik
Men's K-2 1000 m3:24.2463 Q3:18.5262 FA3:14.7485

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

Cycling

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.[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]

AthleteEventTimeRank
Ignatas KonovalovasMen's road raceOTL
Ramūnas Navardauskas6:22:2335
Daiva TušlaitėWomen's road race3:58:3434

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
AthleteEventQualificationRound 1Repechage 1Round 2Repechage 2QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Time
Speed (km/h)
RankOpposition
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 KrupeckaitėWomen's sprint10.978
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 advance5th place final
 Zhong (CHN)
 Lee W S (HKG)
 Voynova (RUS)
L
7
Keirin
AthleteEvent1st roundRepechage2nd roundFinal
RankRankRankRank
Simona KrupeckaitėWomen's keirin2 QBye512

Gymnastics

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.[17]

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Robert TvorogalAll-around13.86613.36613.46614.11313.50014.16682.49742Did not advance

Judo

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]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Santa PakenytėWomen's +78 kgBye  Yamabe (JPN)
L 000–100
Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

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.[20] 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.[21]

AthleteEventFencing
(épée one touch)
Swimming
(200 m freestyle)
Riding
(show jumping)
Combined: shooting/running
(10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)
Total pointsFinal rank
RRBRRankMP pointsTimeRankMP pointsPenaltiesRankMP pointsTimeRankMP Points
Justinas KinderisMen's18–173182112:06.8430320EL=33011:27.3315613114434
Laura AsadauskaitėWomen's19–162112162:21.0128277EL=31012:01.01 OR1579107230
Ieva Serapinaitė15–200261902:14.4310297352626514:29.6835431118328

Rowing

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
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Armandas KelmelisSingle sculls7:34.595 R7:13.361 QF7:04.675 SC/D7:20.724 FD7:00.7219
Mindaugas Griškonis
Saulius Ritter
Double sculls6:29.111 SA/BBye6:14.611 FA6:51.39
Aurimas Adomavičius
Martynas Džiaugys
Dominykas Jančionis
Dovydas Nemeravičius
Quadruple sculls5:58.705 R5:55.783 FB6:15.169
Women
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Lina ŠaltytėSingle sculls8:35.923 QFBye7:38.395 SC/D7:55.571 FC7:30.3814
Milda Valčiukaitė
Donata Vištartaitė
Double sculls7:04.821 SA/BBye6:52.462 FA7:43.76

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

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.[22]

AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
123456789101112M*
Juozas BernotasMen's RS:X19231729DNF1426DNF21UFD2629EL27826
Gintarė ScheidtWomen's Laser RadialUFD18812512214118907

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

Shooting

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]

AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Ronaldas RačinskasMen's skeet11230Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

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]

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Simonas Bilis50 m freestyle22.01 NR14 Q21.71 NR6 Q22.088
100 m freestyle49.1630Did not advance
Danas Rapšys100 m backstroke54.4024Did not advance
200 m backstroke1:59.5821Did not advance
Andrius Šidlauskas100 m breaststroke1:00.5923Did not advance
Giedrius Titenis100 m breaststroke59.9012 Q59.8010Did not advance
200 m breaststroke2:12.1322Did not advance
Simonas Bilis
Deividas Margevičius
Danas Rapšys
Giedrius Titenis
4 × 100 m medley relay3:35.9014Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Rūta Meilutytė100 m breaststroke1:06.354 Q1:06.444 Q1:07.327

Tennis

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.[27][28]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Ričardas BerankisMen's singles  Millman (AUS)
L 0–6, 0–6
Did not advance

Weightlifting

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).[29]

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Aurimas DidžbalisMen's −94 kg177=22153392

Wrestling

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.[30][31]

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
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Edgaras Venckaitis−66 kgBye  Stäbler (GER)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance11

See also

References