Lithuania at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:LTU
Nocname:Lithuanian National Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2008
Website: 
Location:Beijing
Competitors:71
Sports:16
Flagbearer:Šarūnas Jasikevičius (opening)
Gintarė Volungevičiūtė (closing)
Rank:56
Gold:0
Silver:3
Bronze:2
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1924
See also: (1900–1912)
(1952–1988)

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

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Women's Laser Radial
Men's event
Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg
Men's discus throw
Men's event

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men
  • Track & road events
    • AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    ResultRankResultRankResultRank
    Vitalij Kozlov800 m1:48.966Did not advance
    Darius Škarnulisalign=left rowspan=350 km walk
    Donatas Škarnulis
    Tadas Šuškevičius4:02:4532
    Marius Žiūkas20 km walk1:25.3635
    Field events
    Women
  • Track & road events
    • AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
    ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
    Eglė Balčiūnaitė800 m2:00.154 q2:02.597Did not advance
    Živilė Balčiūnaitėalign=left rowspan=2Marathon2:29.3312
    Rasa Drazdauskaitė2:35.0937
    Lina Grinčikaitė100 m11.433 Q11.332 Q11.506Did not advance
    Sonata Milušauskaitėalign=left rowspan=220 km walk1:30:2616
    Kristina Saltanovič1:31:0319
    Rasa Troup3000 m steeplechase9:30.21 NR8Did not advance
    Field events
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    DistancePositionDistancePosition
    Zinaida SendriūtėDiscus throw54.8133Did not advance
    Inga StasiulionytėJavelin throw55.6632Did not advance
    Karina VnukovaHigh jump1.8523Did not advance
    Combined events – Heptathlon
    AthleteEvent200 m800 mFinalRank
    Austra SkujytėResult14.461.7717.0225.40—
    Points91494199785000—
    Viktorija ŽemaitytėResult14.441.7414.0125.06—
    Points91790379588100—

    Badminton

    See main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal /
    Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Rank
    Kęstutis NavickasMen's singles
    W 23–21, 12–21, 21–9
    W 21–12, 21–17
    L 5–21, 7–21    		Did not advance
    Akvilė StapušaitytėWomen's singles
    L 6–21, 8–21    		Did not advance

    Basketball

    See main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Men's tournament

    See 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
    Group play
    Quarterfinals
    Semifinals
    Bronze medal game

    Boxing

    See main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Lithuania qualified three boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Semiotas qualified at the 2007 World Championships.[1] Kavaliauskas and Jakšto both earned spots at the second European tournament.[2]

    AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Egidijus KavaliauskasLight welterweight
    L 2–13    		Did not advance
    Daugirdas SemiotasLight heavyweight
    L 3–11    		Did not advance
    Jaroslavas JakštoSuper heavyweight
    W 11–1
    L     		Did not advance

    Canoeing

    See main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Sprint

    AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    Tomas Gadeikis
    Raimundas Labuckas    		Men's C-2 500 m1:42.8034 QS1:43.2994Did not advance
    Egidijus Balčiūnas
    Alvydas Duonėla    		Men's K-2 500 m1:31.2325 QS1:32.8875Did not advance
    Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

    Cycling

    See main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Road

    AthleteEventTimeRank
    Dainius Kairelisalign=left rowspan=2Men's road race6:39:4274
    Ignatas Konovalovas6:26:1729
    align=left rowspan="2"Edita PučinskaitėWomen's road race3:32:459
    Women's time trial38:55.3723
    Jolanta Polikevičiūtėalign=left rowspan=2Women's road race3:32:4512
    Modesta Vžesniauskaitė3:33:1727

    Track

    Sprint
    Pursuit
    AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalsFinals
    TimeRankOpponent
    Results    		RankOpponent
    Results    		Rank
    Svetlana Pauliukaitėalign=left rowspan=2Women's individual pursuit3:45.69112Did not advance
    Vilija Sereikaitė3:36.0636 Q
    3:36.808    		6Did not advance
    Omnium

    Gymnastics

    See main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Artistic

    Women

    Judo

    See main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Modern pentathlon

    See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    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's1857115621–1459042:07.6323127256411449:42.652510725548
    Andrejus Zadneprovskis18217112015–20247602:02.275133628211689:25.001311405524
    Laura Asadauskaitėalign=left rowspan=2Women's17525103612–23=316882:21.7622122002120010:18.9541248539215
    Donata Rimšaitė17524103617–18=188082:20.5721123611222108810:13.7631268543613

    Rowing

    See main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    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; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

    Sailing

    See main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Women
    M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled;

    Shooting

    See main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Women

    Swimming

    See main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    Saulius Binevičius200 m freestyle1:51.8047Did not advance
    Edvinas Dautartas200 m breaststroke2:13.1131Did not advance
    Rolandas Gimbutis50 m freestyle24.3658Did not advance
    align=left rowspan=2Vytautas Janušaitis100 m backstroke55.6532Did not advance
    200 m individual medley1:59.6311 Q2:00.7615Did not advance
    Rimvydas Šalčius100 m butterfly52.9034Did not advance
    Giedrius Titenis100 m breaststroke1:00.116 Q1:00.6612Did not advance
    Paulius Viktoravičius100 m freestyle49.2728Did not advance
    Women
    AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    Raminta Dvariškytė200 m breaststroke2:33.3235Did not advance
    Rugilė Mileišytė50 m freestyle26.1939Did not advance

    Table tennis

    See main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Weightlifting

    See main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Wrestling

    See main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Men's Greco-Roman
    AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final /
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Aleksandr Kazakevič−66 kg
    L 1–3     		Did not advance15
    Valdemaras Venckaitis−74 kg
    L 1–3     		Did not advance14
    Mindaugas Ežerskis−96 kg
    W 3–1
    L 1–3     		Did not advance
    L 1–3     		Did not advance7
    Mindaugas Mizgaitis−120 kg
    W 3–1
    L 1–3     		Did not advance
    W 3–1
    W 3–1

    See also

    Notes and References

    1. http://www.aiba.org/documents/site1/World%20Championships/2007/2008%20Olympic%20Qualified%20Boxers.pdf World Boxing Championships Chicago 2007
    2. http://www.aiba.org/default.aspx?pId=1231 2nd AIBA European Olympic Boxing Qualification Tournament

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