Lithuania at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Lithuania competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.

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)

Medalists

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

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	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	3000 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

Combined events – 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

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

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Lithuania's men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by placing third at Eurobasket 2007. Because the reigning world champions (and automatic qualifiers), Spain, were second at that tournament, Lithuania joined Russia to fill out Europe's two continental qualification spots. The Lithuanian team will seek to get past the semifinal round for the first time since beginning to compete separately—in the four tournaments since then, Lithuania has taken three bronze medals and a fourth-place finish.

Roster

The following is the Lithuania roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Lithuania men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 4 Rimantas Kaukėnas 31 – (1977-04-11)April 11, 1977 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Montepaschi Siena SG 5 Mindaugas Lukauskis 29 – (1979-05-19)May 19, 1979 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Lietuvos Rytas SF 6 Jonas Mačiulis 23 – (1985-02-10)February 10, 1985 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) BC Žalgiris C 7 Darjuš Lavrinovič 28 – (1979-11-01)November 1, 1979 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) UNICS Kazan G/F 8 Ramūnas Šiškauskas (C) 29 – (1978-09-10)September 10, 1978 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) CSKA Moscow G 9 Marius Prekevičius 24 – (1984-05-22)May 22, 1984 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) BC Šiauliai G/F 10 Simas Jasaitis 26 – (1982-03-26)March 26, 1982 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Joventut Badalona F 11 Linas Kleiza 23 – (1985-01-03)January 3, 1985 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Denver Nuggets F/C 12 Kšyštof Lavrinovič 28 – (1979-11-01)November 1, 1979 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Montepaschi Siena PG 13 Šarūnas Jasikevičius 32 – (1976-03-05)March 5, 1976 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Panathinaikos BC F/C 14 Marijonas Petravičius 28 – (1979-10-24)October 24, 1979 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Lietuvos Rytas C 15 Robertas Javtokas 28 – (1980-03-20)March 20, 1980 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Dynamo Moscow	Head coach Ramūnas Butautas Assistant coach(es) Rimas Kurtinaitis Robertas Kuncaitis Virginijus Mikalauskas Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 9, 2008

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

Report

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

Report

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

Lithuania qualified three boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Semiotas qualified at the 2007 World Championships.^[2] Kavaliauskas and Jakšto both earned spots at the second European tournament.^[3]

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

Sprint

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

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

Artistic

Women

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

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

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

Men

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

Women

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

Women

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

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

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

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

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
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

References

1. "2008 Olympic Basketball Men (FIBA) – Lithuania roster". FIBA. Archived from the original on June 22, 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
2. World Boxing Championships Chicago 2007 Archived 2008-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
3. 2nd AIBA European Olympic Boxing Qualification Tournament Archived 2008-05-11 at the Wayback Machine