Lithuania at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Lithuania was represented at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China by the Lithuanian National Olympic Committee.

Lithuania at the 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	LTU
NOC	Lithuanian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.ltok.lt (in Lithuanian and English)
in Beijing
Competitors	71 in 16 sports
Flag bearers	Šarūnas Jasikevičius (opening) Gintarė Volungevičiūtė (closing)
Medals Ranked 56th	Gold 0 Silver 3 Bronze 2 Total 5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1924 1928 1932–1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1908–1912)  Soviet Union (1952–1988)

In total, 71 athletes including 44 men and 27 women represented Lithuania in 16 different sports including athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, gymnastics, judo, modern pentathlon, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, table tennis, weightlifting and wrestling.

Lithuania won a total five medals at the games including three silver and two bronze in athletics, sailing, modern pentathlon and wrestling.

Competitors

In total, 71 athletes represented Lithuania at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China across 16 different sports.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	6	12	18
Badminton	1	1	2
Basketball	12	0	12
Boxing	3	0	3
Canoeing	4	0	4
Cycling	2	6	8
Gymnastics	0	1	0
Judo	1	0	1
Modern pentathlon	2	2	4
Rowing	1	0	1
Sailing	0	1	1
Shooting	0	1	1
Swimming	7	2	9
Table tennis	0	1	1
Weightlifting	1	0	1
Wrestling	4	0	4
Total	44	27	71

Medalists

Further information: 2008 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2008 Summer Olympics medal winners

Lithuania won a total of five medals at the games after Gintarė Volungevičiūtė, Edvinas Krungolcas and Mindaugas Mizgaitis won silver in the sailing, modern pentathlon and wrestling respectively and Virgilijus Alekna and Andrejus Zadneprovskis won bronze in the athletics and modern pentathlon respectively.^[1]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Gintarė Volungevičiūtė	Sailing	Women's Laser Radial
Silver	Edvinas Krungolcas	Modern pentathlon	Men's event
Silver	Mindaugas Mizgaitis	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg
Bronze	Virgilijus Alekna	Athletics	Men's discus throw
Bronze	Andrejus Zadneprovskis	Modern pentathlon	Men's event

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

In total, 18 Lithuanian athletes participated in the athletics events – Virgilijus Alekna in the men's discus throw, Eglė Balčiūnaitė in the women's 800 m, Živilė Balčiūnaitė and Rasa Drazdauskaitė in the women's marathon, Lina Grinčikaitė in the women's 100 m, Vitalij Kozlov in the men's 800 m, Sonata Milušauskaitė and Kristina Saltanovič in the women's 20 km walk, Zinaida Sendriūtė in the women's discus throw, Darius Škarnulis, Donatas Škarnulis and Tadas Šuškevičius in the men's 50 km walk, Austra Skujytė in the heptathlon, Inga Stasiulionytė in the women's javelin throw, Rasa Troup in the women's 3,000 m steeplechase, Karina Vnukova in the women's high jump and Marius Žiūkas in the men's 20 km walk.^[1]

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	—				DSQ
Donatas Škarnulis		—				DNF
Tadas Šuškevičius		—				4:02:45	32
Marius Žiūkas	20 km walk	—				1:25.36	35

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Virgilijus Alekna	Discus throw	65.84	2 Q	67.79

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	—		2:02.59	7	Did not advance
Živilė Balčiūnaitė	Marathon	—						2:29.33	12
Rasa Drazdauskaitė		—						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	—						1:30:26	16
Kristina Saltanovič		—						1:31:03	19
Rasa Troup	3,000 m steeplechase	9:30.21 NR	8	—				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

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

Main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics

In total, two Lithuanian athletes participated in the badminton events – Kęstutis Navickas in the men's singles and Akvilė Stapušaitytė in the women's singles.^[1]

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

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

In total, 12 Lithuanian athletes participated in the basketball events – Simas Jasaitis, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Robertas Javtokas, Rimantas Kaukėnas, Linas Kleiza, Darjuš Lavrinovič, Kšyštof Lavrinovič, Mindaugas Lukauskis, Jonas Mačiulis, Marijonas Petravičius, Marius Prekevičius and Ramūnas Šiškauskas in the men's tournament.^[1]

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lithuania	5	4	1	425	400	+25	9[a]	Quarterfinals
2	Argentina	5	4	1	425	361	+64	9[a]
3	Croatia	5	3	2	399	380	+19	8[b]
4	Australia	5	3	2	457	405	+52	8[b]
5	Russia	5	1	4	387	406	−19	6
6	Iran	5	0	5	323	464	−141	5

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: Lithuania 1–0 Argentina
2. Head-to-head record: Croatia 1–0 Australia

10 August 2008 16:45

Report

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

Report

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

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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

Report

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

Report

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

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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

Report

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

Report

Lithuania	75–87	Argentina
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

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

In total, three Lithuanian athletes participated in the boxing events – Jaroslavas Jakšto in the super heavyweight category, Egidijus Kavaliauskas in the light welterweight category and Daugirdas Semiotas in the light heavyweight category.^[1]

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	—	Ohwarieme (NGR) W 11–1	Price (GBR) L RSC	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

In total, four Lithuanian athletes participated in the canoeing events – Egidijus Balčiūnas and Alvydas Duonėla in the men's K-2 500 m and Tomas Gadeikis and Raimundas Labuckas in the men's C-2 500 m.^[1]

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

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

In total, eight Lithuanian athletes participated in the cycling events – Dainius Kairelis, Ignatas Konovalovas, Simona Krupeckaitė, Svetlana Pauliukaitė, Jolanta Polikevičiūtė, Edita Pučinskaitė, Vilija Sereikaitė and Modesta Vžesniauskaitė.^[1]

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

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

In total, one Lithuanian athlete participated in the gymnastic events – Jelena Zanevskaya in the women's artistic individual all-around.^[1]

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

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

In total, one Lithuanian athlete participated in the judo events – Albert Techov in the men's −60 kg category.^[1]

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

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

In total, four Lithuanian athletes participated in the modern pentathlon events – Laura Asadauskaitė and Donata Rimšaitė in the women's competition and Edvinas Krungolcas and Andrejus Zadneprovskis in the men's competition.^[1]

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
Andrejus Zadneprovskis		182	17	1120	15–20	24	760	2:02.27	5	1336	28	2	1168	9:25.00	13	1140	5524
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

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

In total, one Lithuanian athlete participated in the rowing events – Mindaugas Griškonis in the men's single sculls.^[1]

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

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

In total, one Lithuanian athlete participated in the sailing events – Gintarė Volungevičiūtė in the women's laser radial.^[1]

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

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

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

In total, one Lithuanian athlete participated in the shooting events – Daina Gudzinevičiūtė in the women's trap.^[1]

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

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

In total, nine Lithuanian athletes participated in the swimming events – Saulius Binevičius, Edvinas Dautartas, Raminta Dvariškytė, Rolandas Gimbutis, Vytautas Janušaitis, Rugilė Mileišytė, Rimvydas Šalčius, Giedrius Titenis and Paulius Viktoravičius.^[1]

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

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

In total, one Lithuanian athlete participated in the table tennis events – Rūta Paškauskienė in the women's singles.^[1]

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

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

In total, one Lithuanian athlete participated in the weightlifting events – Ramūnas Vyšniauskas in the men's −105 kg category.^[1]

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

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

In total, four Lithuanian athletes participated in the wrestling events – Mindaugas Ežerskis in the men's Greco-Roman −96 kg category, Aleksandr Kazakevič in the men's Greco-Roman −66 kg category, Mindaugas Mizgaitis in the men's Greco-Roman −120 kg category and Valdemaras Venckaitis in the men's Greco-Roman −74 kg category.^[1]

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

• Mindaugas Mizgaitis originally finished third, but in November 2016, he was promoted to second place due to disqualification of Khasan Baroyev.

See also

• Lithuania at the 2008 Summer Paralympics