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 code	LTU
NOC	Lithuanian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.ltok.lt (in Lithuanian and English)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	67 in 15 sports
Flag bearers	Gintarė Scheidt (opening) Edvinas Ramanauskas (closing)
Medals Ranked 64th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 3 Total 4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
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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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Once again, the men's basketball squad failed to reach the medal rounds for the second straight time, losing to Australia in the quarterfinals.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Silver Mindaugas Griškonis Saulius Ritter Rowing Men's double sculls 11 August  Bronze Milda Valčiukaitė Donata Vištartaitė Rowing Women's double sculls 11 August  Bronze Aurimas Didžbalis Weightlifting Men's 94 kg 13 August  Bronze Aurimas Lankas Edvinas Ramanauskas Canoeing Men's K-2 200 m 18 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Rowing 0 1 1 2 Weightlifting 0 0 1 1 Canoeing 0 0 1 1 Total 0 1 3 4 Medals by gender Gender Total Male 0 1 2 3 Female 0 0 1 1 Total 0 1 3 4

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

Lithuanian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):

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	—N/a				DNF
Eglė Balčiūnaitė	800 m	2:02.98 SB	6	Did not advance
Rasa Drazdauskaitė	Marathon	—N/a				2:35:50	37
Diana Lobačevskė		—N/a				2:30:48	17
Živilė Vaiciukevičiūtė	20 km walk	—N/a				1:41:28	56
Brigita Virbalytė-Dimšienė		—N/a				1:35:11	29
Vaida Žūsinaitė	Marathon	—N/a				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

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.

Team roster

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

Lithuania men's national basketball team – 2016 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 5 Mantas Kalnietis 29 – (1986-09-06)6 September 1986 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Olimpia Milano G 7 Adas Juškevičius 27 – (1989-01-03)3 January 1989 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Lietuvos Rytas SF 8 Jonas Mačiulis 31 – (1985-02-10)10 February 1985 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Real Madrid SG 10 Renaldas Seibutis 31 – (1985-07-23)23 July 1985 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Žalgiris F/C 11 Domantas Sabonis 20 – (1996-05-03)3 May 1996 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Gonzaga Bulldogs C 12 Antanas Kavaliauskas 31 – (1984-09-19)19 September 1984 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Lietuvos Rytas PF 13 Paulius Jankūnas 32 – (1984-04-29)29 April 1984 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Žalgiris C 15 Robertas Javtokas (C) 36 – (1980-03-20)20 March 1980 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Žalgiris C 17 Jonas Valančiūnas 24 – (1992-05-06)6 May 1992 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Toronto Raptors SF 19 Mindaugas Kuzminskas 26 – (1989-10-19)19 October 1989 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Unicaja Málaga G/F 40 Marius Grigonis 22 – (1994-04-26)26 April 1994 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) ICL Manresa G 93 Vaidas Kariniauskas 22 – (1993-11-16)16 November 1993 1.97 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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	5	3	2	400	407	−7	8	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	5	3	2	432	357	+75	8
3	Lithuania	5	3	2	392	428	−36	8
4	Argentina	5	3	2	441	428	+13	8
5	Brazil (H)	5	2	3	411	407	+4	7
6	Nigeria	5	1	4	392	441	−49	6

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:

1. In games among the four teams at 3–2, Croatia and Spain were 2–1 while Argentina and Lithuania were 1–2. Croatia beat Spain 72–70, and Lithuania beat Argentina 81–73.

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 14:15

Boxscore

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)

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9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 19:00

Boxscore

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)

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11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 22:30

Boxscore

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)

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13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 19:00

Boxscore

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)

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15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 22:30

Boxscore

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)

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Quarterfinal

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 11:00

Boxscore

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.

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

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

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

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. 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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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. 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.

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

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		—N/a		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	—N/a				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		—N/a		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

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.

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	—N/a		8	90	7

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.

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

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)):

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	—N/a		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

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.

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

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).

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

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.

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

• Lithuania at the 2016 Summer Paralympics