Lithuania at the 2004 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:LTU
Nocname:Lithuanian National Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2004
Website: 
Location:Athens
Competitors:59
Sports:13
Flagbearer:Saulius Štombergas
Rank:45
Gold:1
Silver:2
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1924
See also: (1900–1912)
(1952–1988)

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]

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics. 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]

Men
  • Track & road events
  • AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    ResultRankResultRankResultRank
    Gintaras Andriuškevičius20 km walk1:27:5628
    Mindaugas Norbutas800 m1:47.386Did not advance
    Mindaugas PukštasMarathon2:33:0274
    Daugvinas Zujus50 km walk4:09:4130
    Field events
    Women
  • Track & road events
  • AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
    ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
    Živilė BalčiūnaitėMarathon2:35:0114
    Agnė Eggerth100 m11.445Did not advance
    Inga JuodeškienėMarathon3:09:1863
    Sonata Milušauskaitėalign=left rowspan=220 km walk1:33:3623
    Kristina Saltanovič1:32:2219
    Field events
    Combined events – Heptathlon
    AthleteEvent200 m800 mFinalRank
    align=left rowspan=2Austra SkujytėResult14.031.7616.4024.826.3049.582:15.926435
    Points974928955903943852880

    Basketball

    See main article: article and Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

    Men's tournament

    See main article: article and Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

    Roster
    Group play----------------
    Quarterfinals
    Semifinals
    Bronze medal final

    Boxing

    See main article: article and Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. 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.

    AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Rank
    Rolandas JasevičiusWelterweight
    L 21–54
    Did not advance
    Jaroslavas JakštoSuper heavyweight
    W 26–17

    L 11–19
    Did not advance

    Canoeing

    See main article: article and Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

    Sprint

    AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    Alvydas DuonėlaMen's K-1 500 m1:40.3653 q1:40.2534Did not advance
    Romas PetrukanecasMen's K-1 1000 m3:37.7587 q3:39.4939Did not advance
    Egidijus Balčiūnas
    Alvydas Duonėla
    Men's K-2 500 m1:30.5212 q1:30.2701 Q1:29.8687
    Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

    Cycling

    See main article: article and Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

    Road

    AthleteEventTimeRank
    Jolanta PolikevičiūtėWomen's road race3:25:4231
    align=left rowspan=2Rasa PolikevičiūtėWomen's road race3:25:4229
    Women's time trial34:34.4823
    align=left rowspan=2Edita PučinskaitėWomen's road race3:25:109
    Women's time trial32:42.1210

    Track

    Sprint
    Pursuit
    AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalsFinal
    TimeRankOpponent
    Results
    RankOpponent
    Results
    Rank
    Linas BalčiūnasMen's individual pursuit4:22.3929Did not advance
    Linas Balčiūnas
    Aivaras Baranauskas
    Ignatas Konovalovas
    Tomas Vaitkus
    Raimondas Vilčinskas
    Men's team pursuit4:08.8128 Q
    8Did not advance
    Time trial
    Omnium

    Judo

    See main article: article and Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Lithuania has qualified a single judoka.

    Modern pentathlon

    See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Two Lithuanian athletes qualified to compete in the modern pentathlon event through the European and UIPM World Championships.

    AthleteEventShooting
    (10 m air pistol)
    Fencing
    (épée one touch)
    Swimming
    (200 m freestyle)
    Riding
    (show jumping)
    Running
    (3000 m)
    Total pointsFinal rank
    PointsRankMP PointsResultsRankMP pointsTimeRankMP pointsPenaltiesRankMP pointsTimeRankMP Points
    Edvinas Krungolcasalign=left rowspan=2Men's1712698816–15=118322:07.2312127611215108813:11.1532236442031
    Andrejus Zadneprovskis172=23100019–12=29162:04.34613081121210889:31.46111165428

    Rowing

    See main article: article and Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Lithuanian rowers qualified the following boats:

    Men
    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

    Sailing

    See main article: article and Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Lithuanian sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

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

    Shooting

    See main article: article and Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Lithuania has qualified a single shooter.

    Women

    Swimming

    See main article: article and Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics. 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.[8]

    Men
    AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    Paulius Andrijauskas200 m butterfly2:04.6430Did not advance
    Saulius Binevičius200 m freestyle1:50.5021Did not advance
    Edvinas Dautartas200 m breaststroke2:23.1244Did not advance
    align=left rowspan=2Rolandas Gimbutis50 m freestyle22.5921Did not advance
    100 m freestyle48.85 NR=2 Q49.7514Did not advance
    Darius Grigalionis100 m backstroke56.2124Did not advance
    align=left rowspan=2Vytautas Janušaitis200 m individual medley2:01.328 Q2:00.57 NR3 Q2:01.287
    400 m individual medley4:26.3027Did not advance
    Rimvydas Šalčius100 m butterfly54.4635Did not advance
    Pavel Suškov200 m backstroke2:03.5426Did not advance
    Aurimas Valaitis100 m breaststroke1:04.1138Did not advance
    Saulius Binevičius
    Rolandas Gimbutis
    Vytautas Janušaitis
    Paulius Viktoravičius
    4 × 100 m freestyle relay3:19.2811Did not advance

    Weightlifting

    See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Lithuanian has qualified a single weightlifter.

    Wrestling

    See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

    Men's Greco-Roman
    AthleteEventElimination PoolQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal /
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    RankOpposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Rank
    Svajūnas Adomaitis−55 kg
    L 1–3

    L 1–3
    3Did not advance16
    Mindaugas Ežerskis−96 kg
    W 3–1

    L 0–5
    2Did not advance13
    Mindaugas Mizgaitis−120 kg
    L 0–3

    W 3–0

    L 1–3
    3Did not advance11

    See also

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. News: Olimpiadoje Lietuvos vėliavą neš S. Štombergas. Lithuania's Olympic flag bearer is Saulius Štombergas. lt. Delfi. 5 August 2004. 22 April 2014.
    2. News: S. Štombergas – Atėnuose dviguba našta. Saulius Štombergas – Double burden in Athens. lt. Vakarų ekspresas. 7 August 2004. 22 April 2014.
    3. News: Discus champion thrown out of Games after doping breach. ABC News Australia. 25 August 2004. 22 April 2014.
    4. News: Andrejus Zadneprovskis of Lithuania grabs silver. ESPN. 26 August 2004. 22 April 2014.
    5. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. June 4, 2011.
    6. Web site: IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards. IAAF. 4 June 2011.
    7. News: Discus champion loses gold . BBC Sport. 24 August 2004. 22 April 2014.
    8. News: Whitten. Phillip. Michael Phelps Cruises to Gold Medal #4 in the 200 IM, Lochte Takes the Silver, Bovell Wins First Swimming Medal for Trinidad. Swimming World Magazine. 20 August 2004. 10 May 2013.