| 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]
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]
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | align=left rowspan=2 | 20 km walk | 1:33:36 | 23 | |||||
| Kristina Saltanovič | 1:32:22 | 19 | |||||||
| Athlete | Event | 200 m | 800 m | Final | Rank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left rowspan=2 | Austra Skujytė | Result | 14.03 | 1.76 | 16.40 | 24.82 | 6.30 | 49.58 | 2:15.92 | 6435 | |
| Points | 974 | 928 | 955 | 903 | 943 | 852 | 880 |
See main article: article and Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.
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.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Rolandas Jasevičius | Welterweight | L 21–54 | Did not advance | |||||
| Jaroslavas Jakšto | Super heavyweight | W 26–17 | L 11–19 | Did not advance | ||||
See main article: article and Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
| 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 Balčiūnas Alvydas Duonėla | Men's K-2 500 m | 1:30.521 | 2 q | 1:30.270 | 1 Q | 1:29.868 | 7 | |
See main article: article and Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jolanta Polikevičiūtė | Women's road race | 3:25:42 | 31 | |
| align=left rowspan=2 | Rasa Polikevičiūtė | Women's road race | 3:25:42 | 29 |
| Women's time trial | 34:34.48 | 23 | ||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Edita Pučinskaitė | Women's road race | 3:25:10 | 9 |
| Women's time trial | 32:42.12 | 10 |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Opponent Results | Rank | Opponent Results | Rank | |||
| Linas Balčiūnas | Men's individual pursuit | 4:22.392 | 9 | Did not advance | ||||
| Linas Balčiūnas Aivaras Baranauskas Ignatas Konovalovas Tomas Vaitkus Raimondas Vilčinskas | Men's team pursuit | 4:08.812 | 8 Q | 8 | Did not advance | |||
See main article: article and Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Lithuania has qualified a single judoka.
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.
| 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 | align=left rowspan=2 | 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 | |||
See main article: article and Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Lithuanian rowers qualified the following boats:
See main article: article and Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Lithuanian sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.
See main article: article and Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Lithuania has qualified a single shooter.
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]
| 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 | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | 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 | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | 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 Binevičius Rolandas Gimbutis Vytautas Janušaitis Paulius Viktoravičius | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:19.28 | 11 | Did not advance | ||||
See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Lithuanian has qualified a single weightlifter.
See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Svajūnas Adomaitis | −55 kg | L 1–3 | L 1–3 | 3 | Did not advance | 16 | ||||
| Mindaugas Ežerskis | −96 kg | W 3–1 | L 0–5 | 2 | Did not advance | 13 | ||||
| Mindaugas Mizgaitis | −120 kg | L 0–3 | W 3–0 | L 1–3 | 3 | Did not advance | 11 | |||