Lithuania at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Lithuania at the Olympic Games

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At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors 64 in 14 sports
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Lithuania is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This will be the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Games in the post-Soviet era and ninth overall in Summer Olympic history.

Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Lithuanian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[1][2]

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 Final
Result Rank
Valdas Dopolskas Marathon
Remigijus Kančys
Arturas Mastianica 50 km walk
Marius Šavelskis 20 km walk
Tadas Šuškevičius 50 km walk
Marius Žiūkas 20 km walk
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Andrius Gudžius Discus throw
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Neringa Aidietytė 20 km walk N/A
Eglė Balčiūnaitė 800 m
Rasa Drazdauskaitė Marathon N/A
Diana Lobačevskė N/A
Živilė Vaiciukevičiūtė 20 km walk N/A
Eglė Staišiūnaitė 400 m hurdles
Brigita Virbalytė-Dimšienė 20 km walk N/A
Vaida Žūsinaitė Marathon N/A
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Airinė Palšytė High jump
Zinaida Sendriūtė Discus throw

Badminton

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Main article: Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Lithuania has qualified one badminton player for the women's singles into the Olympic tournament. London 2012 Olympian Akvilė Stapušaitytė picked up one of the spare athlete berths freed by the Tripartite Commission as the next highest-ranked eligible player in the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016.[3][4]

Athlete Event Group Stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Akvilė Stapušaitytė Women's singles

Basketball

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Main article: Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

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Main article: Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 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.[5]

Team roster
  • Men's team event – 1 team of 12 players
Group play

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Boxing

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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.[6]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Evaldas Petrauskas Light welterweight
Eimantas Stanionis Welterweight

Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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.[7] The sprint canoeing roster was named to the Olympic squad at the conclusion of the 2016 European Sprint Qualifier in Duisburg, Germany.[8]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ignas Navakauskas K-1 200 m
Henrikas Žustautas C-1 200 m
Aurimas Lankas
Edvinas Ramanauskas		 K-2 200 m
Ričardas Nekriošius
Andrej Olijnik		 K-2 1000 m

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

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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.[9]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Ramūnas Navardauskas Men's road race
 

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  
 
Keirin
Athlete Event 1st Round Repechage 2nd Round Final
Rank Rank Rank Rank
Simona Krupeckaitė Women's keirin

Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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.[10]

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

Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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 Lithuania's top-ranked judoka based on points in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.[11]

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

Modern pentathlon

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Lithuania has qualified two 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.[12] Meanwhile, Justinas Kinderis had claimed an Olympic spot as one of the three highest-ranked modern pentathletes, not yet qualified, at the 2016 World Championships.[13]

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
Results Rank MP points Time Rank MP points Penalties Rank MP points Time Rank MP Points
Justinas Kinderis Men's
Laura Asadauskaitė Women's

Rowing

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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
Mindaugas Griškonis Single sculls
Rolandas Maščinskas
Saulius Ritter		 Double sculls N/A
Aurimas Adomavičius
Martynas Džiaugys
Žygimantas Gališanskis
Dominykas Jančionis		 Quadruple sculls N/A
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Lina Šaltytė Single sculls
Milda Valčiukaitė
Donata Vištartaitė		 Double sculls N/A

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

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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.[14]

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M*
Juozas Bernotas RS:X
Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Gintarė Scheidt Laser Radial

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

Shooting

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Lithuania has received a wildcard invitation from ISSF to send Ronaldas Račinskas in the men's skeet to the Olympics.[15]

Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Ronaldas Račinskas Men's skeet

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

Swimming

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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)):[16][17]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Simonas Bilis 50 m freestyle
100 m freestyle
Danas Rapšys 200 m freestyle
100 m backstroke
200 m backstroke
Giedrius Titenis 100 m breaststroke
200 m breaststroke
Simonas Bilis
Danas Rapšys
Giedrius Titenis
 		 4 × 100 m medley relay N/A
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Rūta Meilutytė 100 m breaststroke

Wrestling

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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.[18][19]

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 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

See also

References

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