Lithuania at the Olympics

Lithuania at the Olympic Games
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Olympic history
Summer Games
1924 1928 1932–1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Winter Games
1924 1928 1932–1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912)  Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Lithuania, after declaring restoration of independence from the Russian Empire in 1918, sent its athletes to the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris for the first time. At first it was considered to send 33 athletes, but then it was decided to limit the delegation to 13 soccer players and 2 cyclists. The soccer players arrived in Paris only a day before the game was scheduled. Lithuania debuted at the Olympic games on May 25, 1924 at 2:40pm (Paris time) when the match between Lithuanian and Swiss teams started. Lithuania lost 9-0 (4-0). The cyclists could not finish the 188 km race because of technical difficulties.

In 1928 Summer Olympics Lithuania had 12 representatives for 4 sports: 2 boxers, 4 cyclists, and 5 athletics and one weightlifter. Juozas Vinča achieved the best results and took 5-7 place in boxing. A notable Jewish preliminary Olympic qualifier in athletics was Alexander Eljashevas from Kaunas, Lithuania.

In 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California Lithuania did not participate due to economic difficulties and political controversies surrounding the National Olympic Committee. In 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin Lithuania was not invited by Germany due to Memelland/Klaipėda region controversy. In 1940 Lithuania lost its independence to the USSR. After the war Lithuanians participated in the Olympic games with the Soviet Union team. From 1952 to 1988, 86 Lithuanians participated in the Olympics and won 60 medals (57 in Summer and 3 in Winter Olympics).

After the restoration of its independence in 1990, Lithuania has not missed any Olympic games.

Medal tables by Games

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1900–1912	as part of the  Russian Empire (RU1)
1920 Antwerp	did not participate
1924 Paris	13	0	0	0	0	–
1928 Amsterdam	12	0	0	0	0	–
1932–1948	did not participate
1952–1988	as part of the  Soviet Union (URS)
1992 Barcelona	47	1	0	1	2	34
1996 Atlanta	61	0	0	1	1	71
2000 Sydney	61	2	0	3	5	33
2004 Athens	59	1	2	0	3	45
2008 Beijing	71	0	2	3	5	56
2012 London	62	2	1	2	5	34
2016 Rio de Janeiro
2020 Tokyo
Total		6	5	10	21	61

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1924 Chamonix	did not participate
1928 St. Moritz	1	0	0	0	0	–
1932–1948	did not participate
1952–1988	as part of the  Soviet Union (URS)
1992 Albertville	6	0	0	0	0	–
1994 Lillehammer	6	0	0	0	0	–
1998 Nagano	7	0	0	0	0	–
2002 Salt Lake City	8	0	0	0	0	–
2006 Turin	7	0	0	0	0	–
2010 Vancouver	6	0	0	0	0	–
2014 Sochi	9	0	0	0	0	–
2018 Pyeongchang
Total		0	0	0	0	–

Medals by summer sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	3	1	1	5
Modern pentathlon	1	2	1	4
Shooting	1	0	0	1
Swimming	1	0	0	1
25px Canoeing	0	1	0	1
Sailing	0	1	0	1
Basketball	0	0	3	3
Wrestling	0	0	2	2
Boxing	0	0	1	1
Cycling	0	0	1	1
Rowing	0	0	1	1
Total	6	5	10	21

Medalists

Summer Olympics

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Gold	Romas Ubartas	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Men's Discus Throw
Bronze	Romanas Brazdauskis Valdemaras Chomičius Darius Dimavičius Gintaras Einikis Sergėjus Jovaiša Artūras Karnišovas Gintaras Krapikas Rimas Kurtinaitis Šarūnas Marčiulionis Alvydas Pazdrazdis Arvydas Sabonis Arūnas Visockas	1992 Barcelona	Basketball	Men's Team Competition
Bronze	Arvydas Sabonis Šarūnas Marčiulionis Rimas Kurtinaitis Gintaras Einikis Artūras Karnišovas Darius Lukminas Saulius Štombergas Eurelijus Žukauskas Mindaugas Žukauskas Andrius Jurkūnas Rytis Vaišvila Tomas Pačėsas	1996 Atlanta	Basketball	Men's Team Competition
Gold	Virgilijus Alekna	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's Discus Throw
Gold	Daina Gudzinevičiūtė	2000 Sydney	Shooting	Women's Trap Shooting
Bronze	Saulius Štombergas Mindaugas Timinskas Eurelijus Žukauskas Darius Maskoliūnas Ramūnas Šiškauskas Darius Songaila Šarūnas Jasikevičius Kęstutis Marčiulionis Tomas Masiulis Dainius Adomaitis Gintaras Einikis Andrius Giedraitis	2000 Sydney	Basketball	Men's Team Competition
Bronze	Diana Žiliūtė	2000 Sydney	Cycling	Women's Individual Road Race
Bronze	Kristina Poplavskaja Birutė Šakickienė	2000 Sydney	Rowing	Women's Double Sculls
Gold	Virgilijus Alekna	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's discus throw
Silver	Austra Skujyte	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's heptathlon
Silver	Andrejus Zadneprovskis	2004 Athens	Modern pentathlon	Men's event
Silver	Edvinas Krungolcas	2008 Beijing	Modern pentathlon	Men's event
Silver	Gintarė Volungevičiūtė	2008 Beijing	Sailing	Women's Laser Radial
Bronze	Virgilijus Alekna	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's discus throw
Bronze	Andrejus Zadneprovskis	2008 Beijing	Modern pentathlon	Men's event
Bronze	Mindaugas Mizgaitis	2008 Beijing	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg
Gold	Laura Asadauskaitė	2012 London	Modern pentathlon	Women's event
Gold	Rūta Meilutytė	2012 London	Swimming	Women's 100 m breaststroke
Silver	Jevgenijus Šuklinas	2012 London	25px Canoeing	Men's C-1 200 m
Bronze	Evaldas Petrauskas	2012 London	Boxing	Men's lightweight
Bronze	Aleksandr Kazakevič	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg

List of gold medal winners

No.	Name	Sport	Year
In the Soviet Union
1	Vasilijus Matuševas	Volleyball	1968
2	Danas Pozniakas	Boxing	1968
3	Vladislavas Česiūnas	25px Canoeing	1972
4	Modestas Paulauskas	Basketball	1972
5	Vida Beselienė	Basketball	1980
6	Aldona Česaitytė-Nenėnienė	Handball	1976 and 1980
7	Lina Kačiušytė	Swimming	1980
8	Sigita Mažeikaitė-Strečen	Handball	1980
9	Angelė Rupšienė	Basketball	1976 and 1980
10	Remigijus Valiulis	Athletics	1980
11	Robertas Žulpa	Swimming	1980
12	Algimantas Šalna	Biathlon	1984
13	Valdemaras Chomičius	Basketball	1988
14	Arvydas Janonis	Football	1988
15	Artūras Kasputis	Cycling	1988
16	Rimas Kurtinaitis	Basketball	1988
17	Šarūnas Marčiulionis	Basketball	1988
18	Arminas Narbekovas	Football	1988
19	Valdemaras Novickis	Handball	1988
20	Arvydas Sabonis	Basketball	1988
21	Gintautas Umaras	Cycling	1988 (twice)
22	Vida Vencienė	Cross-country skiing	1988
Independent Lithuania
23	Romas Ubartas	Athletics	1992
24	Daina Gudzinevičiūtė	Shooting	2000
25	Virgilijus Alekna	Athletics	2000 and 2004
26	Rūta Meilutytė	Swimming	2012
27	Laura Asadauskaitė	Modern pentathlon	2012

See also

• List of flag bearers for Lithuania at the Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for Lithuania
• Lithuania at the Paralympics

References

• The European Olympic Committees
• Olimpiada.lt