Lithuania at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Lithuania competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.

Lithuania at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	LTU
NOC	Lithuanian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.ltok.lt (in Lithuanian and English)
in Nanjing
Competitors	21 in 9 sports
Medals Ranked 19th	Gold 3 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 7
Summer Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
2010 2014 2018

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Rūta Meilutytė	Swimming	Girls' 50 m breaststroke
Gold	Rūta Meilutytė	Swimming	Girls' 100 m breaststroke
Gold	Justas Vazalis Kristupas Žemaitis Jonas Lekšas Martynas Sajus	Basketball	Boys' 3 x 3 Teams
Silver	Povilas Strazdas	Swimming	Boys' 200 m individual medley
Silver	Vadim Korobov	Canoeing	Boys' Head-to-head Sprint C1
Bronze	Akvilė Paražinskaitė	Tennis	Girls' Singles
Bronze	Dovidas Vaivada	Modern pentathlon	Boys' Individual
Bronze	Akvilė Paražinskaitė Jeļena Ostapenko	Tennis	Girls' doubles

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Lithuania qualified three athletes.^[1]

Qualification Legend: Q=Final A (medal); qB=Final B (non-medal); qC=Final C (non-medal); qD=Final D (non-medal); qE=Final E (non-medal)

Boys

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Benediktas Mickus	800 m	1.51.54 PB	10th QB	1:52.40	9th

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Karolis Maisuradzė	Shot put	17.58	9th QB	17.81	11th
Tomas Vasiliauskas	Hammer throw	75.06	5th QA	77.49	4th

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Lithuania qualified a boys' team based on the 1 June 2014 FIBA 3x3 National Federation Rankings.^[2][3]

Skills Competition

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Round 1	Round 2	Total	Rank	Round 1	Round 2	Total	Rank
Kristupas Zemaitis	Boys' Dunk Contest	26	25	51	5	did not advance

Boys' tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' tournament

Roster

• Jonas Lekšas
• Martynas Sajus
• Justas Važalis
• Kristupas Žemaitis

Group Stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lithuania	9	9	0	165	129	+36	18	Round of 16
2	Slovenia	9	7	2	152	120	+32	16
3	China	9	6	3	164	143	+21	15[a]
4	Puerto Rico	9	6	3	152	136	+16	15[a]
5	Poland	9	5	4	153	127	+26	14
6	France	9	4	5	151	127	+24	13
7	Hungary	9	3	6	158	165	−7	12
8	Uruguay	9	2	7	103	154	−51	11[b]
9	Germany	9	2	7	118	149	−31	11[b]	Eliminated
10	Indonesia	9	1	8	86	152	−66	10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. CHN +1, PUR −1
2. URU +1, GER −1

18 August 2014 18:00

Lithuania

17–14

Puerto Rico

Wutaishan Sports Center, Nanjing

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18 August 2014 21:00

Indonesia

13–14

Lithuania

Wutaishan Sports Center, Nanjing

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19 August 2014 19:20

Lithuania

18–14

China

Wutaishan Sports Center, Nanjing

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20 August 2014 18:00

Hungary

13–19

Lithuania

Wutaishan Sports Center, Nanjing

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20 August 2014 21:20

Lithuania

21–15

Germany

Wutaishan Sports Center, Nanjing

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22 August 2014 20:00

Uruguay

12–15

Lithuania

Wutaishan Sports Center, Nanjing

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23 August 2014 18:20

Lithuania

21–14

Slovenia

Wutaishan Sports Center, Nanjing

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23 August 2014 21:40

Lithuania

21–17

Poland

Wutaishan Sports Center, Nanjing

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24 August 2014 19:00

France

17–19

Lithuania

Wutaishan Sports Center, Nanjing

Knockout Stage

Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Tunisia W 22-11	Poland W 16–12	Russia W 13–10	France W 18-16

Beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Lithuania qualified a team by being the highest ranked nation not yet qualified.^[4]

Athletes	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 24	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Matas Navickas Edvinas Vaškelis	Boys'	Rudolf (GER)/  Stadie (GER) L 0–2	Q	Aulisi – Aveiro (ARG) L	did not advance				25
		Moore (NZL)/  Robinson (NZL)
		Moussa (CGO)/  Ossolo (CGO) W 2–0
		Lanci (BRA)/  Wanderley (BRA)
		Shavar (JAM)/  Hutchinson (JAM)

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Lithuania qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2013 World Junior Canoe Sprint and Slalom Championships.^[5]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Repechage		Round of 16		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Vadim Korobov	C1 slalom	1:51.797	10 R	1:49.510	5	—		did not advance
	C1 sprint	1:47.663	3 Q	—		1:48.769	3 Q	Chaban (UKR) W 1:45.359	Guliev (UZB) W 1:47.319	Tarnovschi (MDA) L 2:01.407

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Lithuania qualified a girls' team based on its ranking issued by the UCI.^[6]

Team

Athletes	Event	Cross-Country Eliminator		Time Trial			BMX		Cross-Country Race			Road Race			Total Pts	Rank
		Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points
Ema Manikaite Ernesta Strainyte	Girls' Team	11	8	6:22.76	18	0	11	16	-1 LAP	20	0	1:12:36 1:12:36	2 8	100	124	9

Mixed Relay

Athletes	Event	Cross-Country Girls' Race	Cross-Country Boys' Race	Boys' Road Race	Girls' Road Race	Total Time	Rank
Ema Manikaite (LTU)  Jovan Jovanoski (MKD)  Andrej Petrovski (MKD)  Ernesta Strainyte (LTU)	Mixed Team Relay					18:16	7

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Lithuania qualified one athlete based on its performance at the European YOG Qualifiers and another based on its performance at the 2014 Youth A World Championships.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Fencing Ranking Round (épée one touch)		Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Fencing Final Round (épée one touch)			Combined: Shooting/Running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m)			Total Points	Final Rank
		Results	Rank	Time	Rank	Points	Results	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points
Dovidas Vaivada	Boys' Individual		5		4	331					3		1151	Bronze
Aurelija Tamašauskaitė	Girls' Individual												1030	4
Dovidas Vaivada (LTU)  Ailén Cisneros (ARG)	Mixed Relay
Aurelija Tamasauskaite (LTU) Unknown	Mixed Relay

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Lithuania qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2013 World Rowing Junior Championships.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andrius Lapatiukas	Boys' Single Sculls	3:39.98	5 R	3:23.95	2 SA/B	3:42.66	6 FB	3:35.88	10
Sonata Petrikaitė	Girls' Single Sculls	3:48.20	1 SA/B	—		3:48.10	3 FA	3:54.06	4

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; R=Repechage

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Lithuania qualified four swimmers.^[9]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Povilas Strazdas	100 m freestyle	50.69 PB	10th Q	50.66 PB	11th	did not advance
	400 m freestyle	3:55.62	9th	—		did not advance
	50 m butterfly	24.74 PB	8th Q	24.83	13th	did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:03.50	4th Q	—		2:02.32 PB
Paulius Grigaliūnas	100 m breaststroke	1:03.50 PB	12th Q	1:03.39 PB	13th	did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:18.32 PB	17th	—		did not advance

Girls

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rūta Meilutytė	100 m freestyle	56.20	9th	55.46 SB	4th	55.17 SB	5th
	50 m breaststroke	32.11	3rd Q	31.67	1st Q	30.14
	100 m breaststroke	1:08.97	2nd Q	1:07.83	1st Q	1:05.39
	200 m individual medley	DNS		—		did not advance
Ugnė Mažutaitytė	200 m backstroke	2:17.53	14th	—		did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Paulius Grigaliunas Ugne Mazutaityte Rūta Meilutytė Povilas Strazdas	4×100 m freestyle relay	DNS		did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Lithuania qualified one athlete based on the 9 June 2014 ITF World Junior Rankings.^[10]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Akvilė Paražinskaitė	Girls' Singles	2–6, 6–1, 6–1 def.  María Fernanda Herazo (COL)	6–7(5–7), 6–2, 7–6(9–7) def. [5] Jil Teichmann (SUI)	6–4, 6–4 def. [2] Daria Kasatkina (RUS)	2-6, 3-6 lost to  Xu Shilin (CHN)	6–3, 7–5 def. [7] Anhelina Kalinina (UKR)	Bronze

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Akvilė Paražinskaitė (LTU)  Jeļena Ostapenko (LAT)	Girls' Doubles	—	6–3, 6–7, [10–8] def. [1] Ivana Jorović (SRB)  Jil Teichmann (SUI)	7–6, 6–0 def.  Camila Giangreco Campiz (PAR)  Doménica González (ECU)	1–6, 3-6 lost to [3] Anhelina Kalinina (UKR)  Iryna Shymanovich (LTU)	6-3, 7-5 def.  Sofia Kenin (USA)  Renata Zarazúa (MEX)	Bronze
Akvilė Paražinskaitė (LTU)  Nino Serarusic (CRO)	Mixed Doubles	6–3, 3–6, [8–10] lost to  Greetje Minnen (BEL)  Clement Geens (BEL)	did not advance				17