Lithuania at the 2004 Summer Olympics (original) (raw)

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Lithuania at the2004 Summer Olympics
IOC code LTU
NOC Lithuanian National Olympic Committee
Website www.ltok.lt (in Lithuanian and English)
in Athens
Competitors 59 in 13 sports
Flag bearer Saulius Štombergas[1]
MedalsRanked 45th Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 3
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Lithuania competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's sixth appearance at the Summer Olympics. The National Olympic Committee of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos tautinis olimpinis komitetas, LTOK) sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. A total of 59 athletes, 47 men and 12 women, competed in 13 sports, including the men's basketball team as the nation's team-based sport.

The Lithuanian squad featured returning Olympic medalists: discus thrower Virgilijus Alekna, trap shooter Daina Gudzinevičiūtė, and the men's basketball team, being led by team captain Saulius Štombergas, who later became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[1][2] Along with Alekna, Stombergas, and Gudzineviciute, road cyclists and twin sisters Jolanta and Rasa Polikevičiūtė and javelin thrower Rita Ramanauskaitė made their third Olympic appearances as the most experienced members of the team. Other notable Lithuanian athletes included Stombergas' teammate and NBA basketball star Darius Songaila, track cyclist Simona Krupeckaitė, and two-time world champion Andrejus Zadneprovskis in men's modern pentathlon.

Lithuania left Athens with a total of three medals (one gold and two silver), the lowest in its Summer Olympic history since the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Discus thrower Alekna was originally placed in a silver medal spot, but eventually defended his Olympic title at the time of the medal ceremony, when Hungary's Róbert Fazekas committed an anti-doping violation for failing to submit a proper urine sample during the test, which ended up in a disqualification.[3] Meanwhile, heptathlete Austra Skujytė and modern pentathlete Zadneprovskis rounded out the Olympic podium with a silver medal each for the Lithuanian team.[4]

Medal Name Sport Event Date
Gold Virgilijus Alekna Athletics Men's discus throw August 23
Silver Austra Skujytė Athletics Women's heptathlon August 21
Silver Andrejus Zadneprovskis Modern pentathlon Men's event August 26

Lithuanian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).[5][6]

Virgilijus Alekna was originally placed in a silver medal position in the men's discus throw. A few days before the medal ceremony took place, Hungary's Róbert Fazekas committed an anti-doping violation by failing to submit a proper urine sample during the test, and was eventually expelled from the Games, lifting Alekna's position to a gold medal and more importantly, a defense for his Olympic title.[3][7]

Key

Men

Track & road events

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Gintaras Andriuškevičius 20 km walk — 1:27:56 28
Mindaugas Norbutas 800 m 1:47.38 6 Did not advance
Mindaugas Pukštas Marathon — 2:33:02 74
Daugvinas Zujus 50 km walk — 4:09:41 30

Field events

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Virgilijus Alekna Discus throw 69.89 1 Q 69.49 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Women

Track & road events

Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Živilė Balčiūnaitė Marathon — 2:35:01 14
Agnė Eggerth 100 m 11.44 5 Did not advance
Inga Juodeškienė Marathon — 3:09:18 63
Sonata Milušauskaitė 20 km walk — 1:33:36 23
Kristina Saltanovič — 1:32:22 19

Field events

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Rita Ramanauskaitė Javelin throw 55.17 31 Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete Event 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 m Final Rank
Austra Skujytė Result 14.03 1.76 16.40 24.82 6.30 49.58 2:15.92 6435 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Points 974 928 955 903 943 852 880

Roster

The following is the Lithuania roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.[8]

Lithuania men's national basketball team – 2004 Summer Olympics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 4 Vidas Ginevičius 26 – (1978-05-11)11 May 1978 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Žalgiris Kaunas Lithuania F 5 Mindaugas Žukauskas 28 – (1975-08-24)24 August 1975 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Montepaschi Siena Italy G 6 Arvydas Macijauskas 24 – (1980-01-19)19 January 1980 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) TAU Cerámica Spain F 7 Saulius Štombergas (C) 30 – (1973-12-14)14 December 1973 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) UNICS Kazan Russia G 8 Ramūnas Šiškauskas 25 – (1978-09-10)10 September 1978 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Lietuvos Rytas Lithuania F 9 Darius Songaila 26 – (1978-02-14)14 February 1978 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Sacramento Kings United States G 10 Donatas Slanina 27 – (1977-04-23)23 April 1977 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Caja San Fernando Sevilla Spain C 11 Eurelijus Žukauskas 30 – (1973-08-22)22 August 1973 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) UNICS Kazan Russia F/C 12 Kšyštof Lavrinovič 24 – (1979-11-01)1 November 1979 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Ural Great Perm Russia G 13 Šarūnas Jasikevičius 28 – (1976-03-05)5 March 1976 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel G/F 14 Dainius Šalenga 27 – (1977-04-15)15 April 1977 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Žalgiris Kaunas Lithuania C 15 Robertas Javtokas 24 – (1980-03-20)20 March 1980 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Lietuvos Rytas Lithuania Head coach Lithuania Antanas Sireika Assistant coach(es) Lithuania Valdemaras Chomičius Lithuania Gintaras Krapikas United States Donnie Nelson Legend (C) Team captain nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age as of August 13, 2004

Group play

Pos Teamvte Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Lithuania 5 5 0 468 414 +54 10 Quarterfinals
2 Greece 5 3 2 389 343 +46 8[a]
3 Puerto Rico 5 3 2 410 411 −1 8[a]
4 United States 5 3 2 418 389 +29 8[a]
5 Australia 5 1 4 383 411 −28 6 9th place playoff
6 Angola 5 0 5 321 421 −100 5 11th place playoff

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. ^ a b c Head-to-head record: Greece 1–1 (1.10 GAvg), Puerto Rico 1–1 (0.99), United States 1–1 (0.92)

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal final

Lithuania sent two boxers to Athens. One lost his first bout, in the round of 32. The other won his first to advance to the quarterfinal, where he was defeated.

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult Rank
Rolandas Jasevičius Welterweight Bashirov (TKM)L 21–54 Did not advance
Jaroslavas Jakšto Super heavyweight — Bisbal (PUR)W 26–17 Aly (EGY)L 11–19 Did not advance
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Alvydas Duonėla Men's K-1 500 m 1:40.365 3 q 1:40.253 4 Did not advance
Romas Petrukanecas Men's K-1 1000 m 3:37.758 7 q 3:39.493 9 Did not advance
Egidijus BalčiūnasAlvydas Duonėla Men's K-2 500 m 1:30.521 2 q 1:30.270 1 Q 1:29.868 7

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Athlete Event Time Rank
Jolanta Polikevičiūtė Women's road race 3:25:42 31
Rasa Polikevičiūtė Women's road race 3:25:42 29
Women's time trial 34:34.48 23
Edita Pučinskaitė Women's road race 3:25:10 9
Women's time trial 32:42.12 10

Sprint

Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Repechage 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
TimeSpeed (km/h) Rank OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h) OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h) OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h) OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h) OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h) Rank
Simona Krupeckaitė Women's sprint 11.43062.992 6 Grankovskaya (RUS)W 11.87260.646 Bye Abassova (RUS)L, W 12.632, L Did not advance 5th place final Tsylinskaya (BLR) Meinke (GER) Larreal (VEN)L 7

Pursuit

Athlete Event Qualification Semifinals Final
Time Rank OpponentResults Rank OpponentResults Rank
Linas Balčiūnas Men's individual pursuit 4:22.392 9 Did not advance
Linas BalčiūnasAivaras BaranauskasIgnatas KonovalovasTomas VaitkusRaimondas Vilčinskas Men's team pursuit 4:08.812 8 Q Australia (AUS)LAP 8 Did not advance

Time trial

Athlete Event Time Rank
Simona Krupeckaitė Women's time trial 34.317 4

Omnium

Athlete Event Points Laps Rank
Tomas Vaitkus Men's points race Did not finish

Lithuania has qualified a single judoka.

Athlete Event Preliminary Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult Rank
Albertas Techovas Men's −60 kg Yekutiel (ISR)L 0000–0101 Did not advance

Two Lithuanian athletes qualified to compete in the modern pentathlon event through the European and UIPM World Championships.

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 171 26 988 16–15 =11 832 2:07.23 12 1276 112 15 1088 13:11.15 32 236 4420 31
Andrejus Zadneprovskis 172 =23 1000 19–12 =2 916 2:04.34 6 1308 112 12 1088 9:31.46 1 1116 5428 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Lithuanian rowers qualified the following boats:

Men

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kęstutis KeblysEinaras Šiaudvytis Double sculls 7:07.13 4 R 6:24.56 5 Did not advance

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; R=Repechage

Lithuanian sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Open

Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Giedrius Gužys Laser 31 19 21 24 21 34 24 19 25 27 28 239 27

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Lithuania has qualified a single shooter.

Women

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Daina Gudzinevičiūtė Trap 55 14 Did not advance

Lithuanian swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time): Vytautas Janušaitis became the first ever Lithuanian swimmer to reach an Olympic final in the men's 200 m individual medley, setting up a new Lithuanian record.[9]

Men

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Paulius Andrijauskas 200 m butterfly 2:04.64 30 Did not advance
Saulius Binevičius 200 m freestyle 1:50.50 21 Did not advance
Edvinas Dautartas 200 m breaststroke 2:23.12 44 Did not advance
Rolandas Gimbutis 50 m freestyle 22.59 21 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 48.85 NR =2 Q 49.75 14 Did not advance
Darius Grigalionis 100 m backstroke 56.21 24 Did not advance
Vytautas Janušaitis 200 m individual medley 2:01.32 8 Q 2:00.57 NR 3 Q 2:01.28 7
400 m individual medley 4:26.30 27 — Did not advance
Rimvydas Šalčius 100 m butterfly 54.46 35 Did not advance
Pavel Suškov 200 m backstroke 2:03.54 26 Did not advance
Aurimas Valaitis 100 m breaststroke 1:04.11 38 Did not advance
Saulius BinevičiusRolandas GimbutisVytautas JanušaitisPaulius Viktoravičius 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:19.28 11 — Did not advance

Lithuanian has qualified a single weightlifter.

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Ramūnas Vyšniauskas Men's −105 kg 187.5 7 222.5 =4 410 5

Key:

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete Event Elimination Pool Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult Rank OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult Rank
Svajūnas Adomaitis −55 kg Chochua (GEO)L 1–3 PP Yıldız (TUR)L 1–3 PP — 3 Did not advance 16
Mindaugas Ežerskis −96 kg Sudureac (ROM)W 3–1 PP Hashemzadeh (IRI)L 0–5 VT — 2 Did not advance 13
Mindaugas Mizgaitis −120 kg Gardner (USA)L 0–3 PO Mikulski (POL)W 3–0 PO Mureiko (BUL)L 1–3 PP 3 Did not advance 11
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