Lithuania at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Lithuania competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] It was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Games in the post-Soviet era and tenth overall in Summer Olympic history.

Lithuania at the 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	LTU
NOC	Lithuanian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.ltok.lt (in Lithuanian and English)
in Tokyo, Japan 23 July 2021 (2021-07-23) – 8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors	42 in 12 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Giedrius Titenis Sandra Jablonskytė
Flag bearer (closing)	Justinas Kinderis
Medals Ranked 77th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
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)

After winning four medals in 2016, Lithuania's medal haul fell to a single silver medal in Tokyo, marking its weakest performance since 1996.

Medalists

Further information: 2020 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2020 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Laura Asadauskaitė	Modern pentathlon	Women's individual	6 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	6	5	11
Canoeing	1	0	1
Cycling	1	4	5
Judo	0	1	1
Gymnastics	1	0	1
Modern pentathlon	1	2	3
Rowing	7	2	9
Sailing	1	1	2
Shooting	1	0	1
Swimming	5	1	6
Weightlifting	1	0	1
Wrestling	1	0	1
Total	26	16	42

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Lithuanian athletes achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[2][3]

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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Gediminas Truskauskas	Men's 200 m	21.02	5	Did not advance
Marius Žiūkas	Men's 20 km walk	—				1:27:35	33
Arturas Mastianica	Men's 50 km walk	—				4:06:43	31
Agnė Šerkšnienė	Women's 400 m	52.78	6	Did not advance
Brigita Virbalytė	Women's 20 km walk	—				1:35:56	26

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Adrijus Glebauskas	Men's high jump	2.17	=26	Did not advance
Andrius Gudžius	Men's discus throw	65.94	2 q	64.11	6
Edis Matusevičius	Men's javelin throw	81.24	14	Did not advance
Diana Zagainova	Women's triple jump	13.10	28	Did not advance
Airinė Palšytė	Women's high jump	1.86	=27	Did not advance
Liveta Jasiūnaitė	Women's javelin throw	61.96	8 q	60.06	7

Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Sprint

Lithuania qualified a single boat (men's K-1 200 m) by winning the gold medal at the 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup 2 in Barnaul, Russia.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mindaugas Maldonis	Men's K-1 200 m	35.650	3 QF	35.466	1 SF	36.637	8 FB	36.257	10

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

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Road

Lithuania entered one rider to compete in both the men's and women's Olympic road races, due to a top 50 team finish (for men) and top 100 individual finish (for women), respectively, in the UCI World Ranking.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Evaldas Šiškevičius	Men's road race	Did not finish
Rasa Leleivytė	Women's road race	3:59.47	35

Track

Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Lithuanian riders accumulated spots in the women's team sprint, as well as the women's sprint and keirin, based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Round 3	Repechage 3	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)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Simona Krupeckaitė	Women's sprint	10.706	16 Q	Lee W-s (HKG) L	Kobayashi (JPN)  Marozaitė (LTU) L	Did not advance
Miglė Marozaitė		11.031	24 Q	Friedrich (GER) L	Kobayashi (JPN)  Krupeckaitė (LTU) L	Did not advance

Team sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Simona Krupeckaitė Miglė Marozaitė	Women's team sprint	33.276	7	China (CHN) L 32.827 54.833	6	Mexico (MEX) W 32.808 54.865	5

Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Simona Krupeckaitė	Women's keirin	6 R	3	Did not advance
Miglė Marozaitė		6 R	5	Did not advance

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Tempo race		Elimination race		Points race		Total points	Rank
		Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
Olivija Baleišytė	Women's omnium	=13	16	17	8	6	30	−20	17	34	17

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Artistic

Lithuania qualified one male artistic gymnast. Rio 2016 Olympian Robert Tvorogal qualified by finishing sixth out of the twelve gymnasts eligible for qualification at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.^[6]

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	13.633	12.100	13.300	13.666	14.500	12.766	80.232	46	Did not advance

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Lithuania entered one judoka into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.^[7]

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
Sandra Jablonskytė	Women's +78 kg	Maranić (CRO) W 01–00	Dicko (FRA) L 00–01	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Main articles: Modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Lithuanian athletes qualified for the following spots in the modern pentathlon at the Games. London 2012 champion Laura Asadauskaitė secured an outright berth in the women's event by winning the gold medal at the 2019 UIPM World Cup Final in Tokyo, Japan.^[8] Justinas Kinderis and London 2012 Olympian Gintarė Venčkauskaitė confirmed places in their respective events, with the former finishing sixth and the latter fifth among those eligible for Olympic qualification at the 2019 European Championships in Bath, England.^[9]

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	Time	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points
Justinas Kinderis	Men's	24–11	2	3	246	2:02.84	18	305	99.13	31	247	11:22.82	18	618	1416	18
Laura Asadauskaitė	Women's	15–20	2	25	192	2:17.21	25	276	77.09	=1	300	11:38.37	1	602	1370
Gintarė Venčkauskaitė		12–23	1	34	173	2:18.37	30	274	72.74	=1	300	11:44.37	2	596	1343	7

• 
  Justinas Kidneris shooting
• 
  Justinas Kinderis at the start of combined event
• 
  Justinas Kinderis running

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Lithuania qualified a total of four boats (three men's and one women's) for each of the following rowing events, three of them were gained at the 2019 FISA World Championships in Ottensheim, Austria,^[10] and the men's quadruple crew qualified through a final qualification regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland due to Russian crew declining their spot.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mindaugas Griškonis	Men's single sculls	7:05.88	2 QF	Bye		7:16.71	3 SA/B	6:45.90	3 FA	6:57.60	6
Aurimas Adomavičius Saulius Ritter	Men's double sculls	6:23.08	4 R	6:27.36	2 SA/B	—		6:34.04	6 FB	6:20.87	12
Donata Karalienė Milda Valčiukaitė	Women's double sculls	6:50.38	2 SA/B	Bye		—		7:11.29	3 FA	6:47.44	4
Dominykas Jančionis Dovydas Nemeravičius Armandas Kelmelis Martynas Džiaugys	Men's quadruple sculls	6:03.07	5 R	6:14.73	6 FB	—				5:51.64	10

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 articles: Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Lithuanian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships, and the continental regattas.^[12][13]

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	23	11	12	15	26	10	12	18	13	12	14	5	EL	145	15
Viktorija Andrulytė	Women's Laser Radial	38	10	29	24	26	19	23	27	33	3	—		EL	194	25

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

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Lithuanian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by 5 June 2021.^[14]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Karolis Girulis	Men's 10 m air rifle	624.3	28	Did not advance
	Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions	1163	25	Did not advance

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Lithuanian swimmers further 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)):^[15][16]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Danas Rapšys	Men's 200 m freestyle	1:45.84	9 Q	1:45.32	3 Q	1:45.78	8
	Men's 400 m freestyle	3:46.32	13	—		Did not advance
	Men's 200 m individual medley	1:59.90	33	Did not advance
Andrius Šidlauskas	Men's 100 m breaststroke	59.46	13 Q	59.82	=13	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m breaststroke	2:09.56	13 Q	2:10.69	16	Did not advance
Giedrius Titenis	Men's 100 m breaststroke	1:00.92	36	Did not advance
Simonas Bilis Deividas Margevičius Danas Rapšys Andrius Šidlauskas	Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay	DSQ		—		Did not advance
Kotryna Teterevkova	Women's 100 m breaststroke	1:06.82	15 Q	1:07.39	14	Did not advance
	Women's 200 m breaststroke	2:26.82	23	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Lithuania entered one male weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Arnas Šidiškis accepted a spare berth unused by Europe as the next highest-ranked weightlifter vying for qualification in the men's 109 kg category based on the IWF Absolute World Rankings.^[17]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Arnas Šidiškis	Men's −109 kg	156	13	187	11	343	11

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Lithuania qualified one wrestler for the men's Greco-Roman 130 kg into the Olympic competition, by progressing to the top two finals at the 2021 European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary.^[18]

Key:

• VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
• VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
• PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mantas Knystautas	Men's −130 kg	Kayaalp (TUR) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance				10

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