Lithuania at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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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.

Lithuania at the
2004 Summer Olympics
IOC codeLTU
NOCLithuanian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.ltok.lt (in Lithuanian and English)
in Athens
Competitors59 in 13 sports
Flag bearer Saulius Štombergas
Medals
Ranked 45th
Gold
1
Silver
2
Bronze
0
Total
3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1908–1912)
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)

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. 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. Meanwhile, heptathlete Austra Skujytė and modern pentathlete Zadneprovskis rounded out the Olympic podium with a silver medal each for the Lithuanian team.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Virgilijus Alekna Athletics Men's discus throw August 23
 Silver Austra Skujytė Athletics Women's heptathlon August 21
 Silver Andrejus 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).

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.

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 — 1:27:56 28
Mindaugas Norbutas 800 m 1:47.38 6 Did not advance
Mindaugas Pukštas Marathon — 2:33:02 74
Daugvinas Zujus 50 km walk — 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 — 2:35:01 14
Agnė Eggerth 100 m 11.44 5 Did not advance
Inga Juodeškienė Marathon — 3:09:18 63
Sonata Milušauskaitė 20 km walk — 1:33:36 23
Kristina Saltanovič — 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.

Lithuania men's national basketball team – 2004 Summer Olympics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
G 4 Vidas Ginevičius 26 – (1978-05-11)11 May 1978 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Žalgiris Kaunas
F 5 Mindaugas Žukauskas 28 – (1975-08-24)24 August 1975 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Montepaschi Siena
G 6 Arvydas Macijauskas 24 – (1980-01-19)19 January 1980 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) TAU Cerámica
F 7 Saulius Štombergas (C) 30 – (1973-12-14)14 December 1973 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) UNICS Kazan
G 8 Ramūnas Šiškauskas 25 – (1978-09-10)10 September 1978 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Lietuvos Rytas
F 9 Darius Songaila 26 – (1978-02-14)14 February 1978 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Sacramento Kings
G 10 Donatas Slanina 27 – (1977-04-23)23 April 1977 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Caja San Fernando Sevilla
C 11 Eurelijus Žukauskas 30 – (1973-08-22)22 August 1973 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) UNICS Kazan
F/C 12 Kšyštof Lavrinovič 24 – (1979-11-01)1 November 1979 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Ural Great Perm
G 13 Šarūnas Jasikevičius 28 – (1976-03-05)5 March 1976 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv
G/F 14 Dainius Šalenga 27 – (1977-04-15)15 April 1977 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Žalgiris Kaunas
C 15 Robertas Javtokas 24 – (1980-03-20)20 March 1980 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Lietuvos Rytas
Head coach
    Assistant coach(es)
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • nat field describes country
      of last club
      before the tournament
    • Age as of August 13, 2004
    Group play
    Pos Team
    • v
    • t
    • e
    		 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
    1  Lithuania 5 5 0 468 414 +54 10 Quarterfinals
    2  Greece 5 3 2 389 343 +46 8
    3  Puerto Rico 5 3 2 410 411 −1 8
    4  United States 5 3 2 418 389 +29 8
    5  Australia 5 1 4 383 411 −28 6 9th place playoff
    6  Angola 5 0 5 321 421 −100 5 11th place playoff
    Source: FIBA archive
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
    Notes:
    1. Head-to-head record: Greece 1–1 (1.10 GAvg), Puerto Rico 1–1 (0.99), United States 1–1 (0.92)
    15 August 2004
    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 (FRA), Ma Li Jun (CHN)
    17 August 2004
    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)
    19 August 2004
    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)
    21 August 2004
    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)
    23 August 2004
    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 (ESP), Alejandro Chiti (ARG)
    Quarterfinals
    26 August 2004
    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 (CAN), Christos Christodoulou (GRE)
    Semifinals
    27 August 2004
    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
    28 August 2004
    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 —  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
    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.

    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 — 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 — 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     		— 3 Did not advance 16
    Mindaugas Ežerskis −96 kg  Sudureac (ROM)
    W 3–1 PP     		 Hashemzadeh (IRI)
    L 0–5 VT     		— 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

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