Lithuania at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Lithuania competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. They won three medals, two golds and one silver.

Lithuania at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	LTU
NPC	Lithuanian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.lpok.lt
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	13 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Edgaras Matakas (opening)
Medals Ranked 44th	Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 3
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1988)

Disability classifications

Main article: Disability sport classification

Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.^[1][2] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.^[3]

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Mindaugas Bilius	Athletics	Men's shot put F37	14 September
Gold	Lithuania men's national goalball team Mantas Brazauskis Nerijus Montvydas Mantas Panovas Genrik Pavliukianec Justas Pazarauskas Mindaugas Suchovejus	Goalball	Men's tournament	16 September
Silver	Mindaugas Bilius	Athletics	Men's discus throw F37	8 September

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	1	1	0	2
Goalball	1	0	0	1
Total	2	1	0	3

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ramunė Adomaitienė	Women's long jump T38	—		4.52	4
Mindaugas Bilius	Men's discus throw F37	—		53.50
	Men's shot put F37	—		16.80
Kęstutis Skučas	Men's 100 m T52	21.03	7	Did not advance
	Men's discus throw F52	—		17.08	4
Jonas Spudis	Men's javelin throw F44	—		50.79	10

Goalball

Main article: Goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Summary

Key:

• ET: After Extra Time
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Lithuania men's	Men's tournament	Finland W 13–6	United States W 8–7	China W 3–1	Turkey W 5–3	1 Q	Canada W 5–4	Sweden W 7–2	United States W 14–8

Men's tournament

Lithuania's men enter the tournament ranked 1st in the world.^[4]

Squad

The following is the Lithuania roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.^[5]

No.	Player	Class	Date of birth (age)
1	Nerijus Montvydas	B1	(1985-01-21)21 January 1985 (aged 31)
3	Justas Pazarauskas	B1	(1991-12-15)15 December 1991 (aged 24)
5	Mantas Brazauskis	B2	(1990-06-15)15 June 1990 (aged 26)
6	Mantas Panovas	B2	(1989-08-20)20 August 1989 (aged 27)
7	Genrik Pavliukianec	B1	(1976-06-17)17 June 1976 (aged 40)
9	Mindaugas Suchovejus	B1	(1988-04-02)2 April 1988 (aged 28)

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lithuania	4	4	0	0	35	22	+13	12	Quarter-finals
2	United States	4	2	0	2	21	18	+3	6
3	Turkey	4	2	0	2	20	23	−3	6
4	China	4	1	0	3	25	28	−3	3
5	Finland	4	1	0	3	24	34	−10	3

Source: Paralympic.org

8 September 2016 17:30	Finland	6–13	Lithuania	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Raquel Aguado (ESP), Rudi Janssen (BEL)
	Miinala 3 Mattila 1 Posio 1 Honkanen 1	Report	Pavliukianec 7 Pažarauskas 5 Panovas 1

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10 September 2016 13:15	Lithuania	8–7	United States	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Raquel Aguado (ESP) Patricia Fras (SLO)
	Pavliukianec 6 Pazarauskas 2	Report	Hamilton 5 Merren 2

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12 September 2016 14:15	Lithuania	3–1	China	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Patricia Fras (SLO), Joelle Boulet (CAN)
	Pavliukianec 2 Pazarauskas 1	Report	Chen 1

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13 September 2016 20:45	Turkey	3–5	Lithuania	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Daniel Voltan (BRA)
	Karakaya 2 Gündoğdu 1	Report	Panovas 2 Pavliukianec 1 Pazarauskas 1 Montvydas 1

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Quarterfinal

14 September 2016 18:00	Lithuania	5–4	Canada	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Alexander Knecht (GER)
	Pazarauskas 3 Pavliukianec 2	Report	Ripley 2 Hache 1 Nesbitt 1

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Semifinal

15 September 2016 18:30	Lithuania	7–2	Sweden	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Yoshinori Nii (JPN), Raquel Aguado (ESP)
	Pavliukianec 5 Pazarauskas 2	Report	Seremeti 1 Weichel 1

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Final

16 September 2016 20:00	United States	8–14	Lithuania	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Daniel Voltan (BRA)
	Simpson 4 Hamilton 1 Jenks 1 Merren 1 Walker 1	Report	Pavliukianec 8 Pazarauskas 6

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Osvaldas Bareikis	Men's 66 kg	Falcon (VEN) W 000–000	Khorava (UKR) L 000–100	Did not advance	Perez Diaz (CUB) W 001–000	Fujimoto (JPN) L 000–000	Did not advance	4

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Augustas Navickas[6]	Men's single sculls	5:10.24	4 R	5:13.07	5 FB	5:10.21	10

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Edgaras Matakas	50 m freestyle S11	27.86	11	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S11	1:06.09	10	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle S11	—		5:30.66	8

See also

• Lithuania at the 2016 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
2. "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
3. "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
4. "IBSA Goalball World Rankings" (PDF). IBSA Sports. IBSA Sports. July 31, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
5. "Men's Goalball – Team Rosters – Lithuania". Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
6. Irkluotojas A. Navickas gavo vardinį kvietimą į Rio de Žaneiro parolimpines žaidynes