Lithuania at the 2012 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:LTU
Nocname:Lithuanian National Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2012
Website: 
Location:London
Competitors:62
Sports:14
Flagbearer:Virgilijus Alekna[1] (opening)
Jevgenijus Šuklinas (closing)
Rank:35
Gold:2
Silver:0
Bronze:3
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1924
See also: (1900–1912)
(1952–1988)

Lithuania competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's eighth appearance at the Summer Olympics. The National Olympic Committee of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos tautinis olimpinis komitetas, LTOK) sent a total of 62 athletes to the Games, 39 men and 23 women, to compete in 14 sports. Men's basketball was the only team-based sport in which Lithuania had its representation in these Olympic games.

The Lithuanian team featured past Olympic medalists, including Laser Radial sailor and world champion Gintarė Scheidt, who previously won the silver in Beijing. Trap shooter Daina Gudzinevičiūtė, and discus thrower and two-time Olympic champion Virgilijus Alekna, who became Lithuania's flag bearer at the opening ceremony, made their fifth Olympic appearance as the oldest and most experienced team members. Basketball player Šarūnas Jasikevičius and heptathlete Austra Skujytė, on the other hand, were among the Lithuanian athletes to compete in four Olympic games. Other notable athletes featured swimmer and world bronze medalist Giedrius Titenis, and NBA basketball stars Linas Kleiza and Jonas Valančiūnas (both played for the Toronto Raptors).

Lithuania left London with a total of six Olympic medals (two gold, one silver, and three bronze). Four of these medals were awarded for the first time in boxing, canoeing and swimming, including all gold medals won by women. Among the nation's medalists were 15-year-old breaststroke swimmer Rūta Meilutytė, the youngest athlete of the team, who surprisingly won Lithuania's first ever gold medal in her sport,[2] and Laura Asadauskaitė, who became the final Olympic champion in London, after winning the women's modern pentathlon. The men's national basketball team failed to advance into the semi-finals for the first time, after losing out to Russia.

Medalists

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Medals by sport
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Competitors

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Athletics7 13 20
Badminton0 1 1
Basketball12 0 12
Boxing2 0 2
Canoeing2 0 2
Cycling2 2 4
Gymnastics1 1 2
Judo2 0 2
Modern pentathlon1 2 3
Rowing3 1 4
Sailing2 1 3
Shooting0 1 1
Swimming3 1 4
Wrestling2 0 2
Total 39 23 62

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2012 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):[3]

Men
  • Track & road events
    • AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
    ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
    Rytis Sakalauskas100 m10.296Did not advance
    Tadas Šuškevičius[4] 50 km walk4:08:1646
    Marius Žiūkas20 km walk1:24:4540
    Field events
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    DistancePositionDistancePosition
    Virgilijus AleknaDiscus throw63.8810 q67.384
    Povilas MykolaitisLong jump7.6126Did not advance
    Raivydas StanysHigh jump2.1627Did not advance
    Combined events – Decathlon
    AthleteEvent100 m400 m1500 mFinalRank
    Darius DraudvilaResult10.957.1215.171.9650.1314.8746.434.2050.165:03.14755725
    Points872842800767809865796673591542
    Women
  • Track & road events
    • AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
    ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
    Neringa Aidietytė20 km walk1:34:0139
    Rasa DrazdauskaitėMarathon2:29:2927
    Lina Grinčikaitė100 m11.19 NR4 q11.307Did not advance
    Remalda Kergytėalign=left rowspan=2Marathon2:39:0175
    Diana Lobačevskė2:29:3228
    Kristina Saltanovič20 km walk1:31:0421
    Eglė Staišiūnaitė400 m hurdles57.795Did not advance
    Sonata Tamošaitytė100 m hurdles13.595Did not advance
    Brigita Virbalytė20 km walk1:31:5826
    Field events
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    DistancePositionDistancePosition
    Indrė JakubaitytėJavelin throw59.0518Did not advance
    Airinė PalšytėHigh jump1.93=10 q1.8911
    Zinaida SendriūtėDiscus throw62.7910 q61.688
    Combined events – Heptathlon
    AthleteEvent200 m800 mFinalRank
    Austra SkujytėResult14.001.9217.3125.436.2551.132:20.596599
    Points97811321016848927882816

    Badminton

    See main article: article and Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

    Basketball

    See main article: article and Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

    Men's tournament

    See main article: article and Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

    Roster
    Group play
  • Quarter-final

    • Boxing

    See main article: article and Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Evaldas PetrauskasLightweight
    W 20–12
    W 16–12
    W 16–14
    L 13–18    		Did not advance
    Egidijus KavaliauskasWelterweight
    L 7–11    		Did not advance

    Canoeing

    See main article: article and Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

    Sprint

    Lithuania has so far qualified boats for the following events:

    AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinals
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    Egidijus BalčiūnasMen's K-1 200 m36.1734 Q36.4955 FB37.99510
    Jevgenijus ŠuklinasMen's C-1 200 m41.2882 Q41.4831 FA42.792

    Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal);

    Cycling

    See main article: article and Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

    Road

    AthleteEventTimeRank
    Gediminas BagdonasMen's road race5:46:3759
    align=left rowspan=2Ramūnas NavardauskasMen's road race5:46:3747
    Men's time trial55:12.3221

    Track

    Sprint
    Keirin

    BMX

    Gymnastics

    See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

    Artistic

    Men
    Women

    Judo

    See main article: article and Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

    AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal /
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Karolis BaužaMen's −90 kg
    W 0100–0010
    L 0003–0100    		Did not advance
    Marius PaškevičiusMen's +100 kg
    W 0100–0000
    L 0001–1001    		Did not advance

    Modern pentathlon

    See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

    AthleteEventFencing
    (épée one touch)    		Swimming
    (200 m freestyle)    		Riding
    (show jumping)    		Combined: shooting/running
    (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m)    		Total pointsFinal rank
    ResultsRankMP pointsTimeRankMP pointsPenaltiesRankMP pointsTimeRankMP Points
    Justinas KinderisMen's15–20=257602:04.351513086012114010:19.342252457328
    Laura Asadauskaitėalign=left rowspan=2Women's23–1239522:18.67171136203118011:55.64621405408 OR
    Gintarė Venčkauskaitė10–25346402:16.88111160406116011:36.6322216517612

    Rowing

    See main article: article and Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    Mindaugas GriškonisSingle sculls6:46.564 R7:00.191 Q7:00.803 SA/B7:31.725 FB7:15.328
    Rolandas Maščinskas
    Saulius Ritter    		Double sculls6:17.78=2 SA/B6:21.622 FA6:42.966
    Women
    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; Q=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

    Sailing

    See main article: article and Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
    12345678910M*
    Juozas BernotasRS:X91313891311172727EL12012
    Rokas MilevičiusLaser37373338433740433146EL33942
    Women

    M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

    Shooting

    See main article: article and Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

    Women

    Swimming

    See main article: article and Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    align=left rowspan=2Vytautas Janušaitis100 m butterfly54.1739Did not advance
    200 m individual medley1:59.8414 Q2:00.1313Did not advance
    Mindaugas Sadauskas100 m freestyle49.7828Did not advance
    align=left rowspan=2Giedrius Titenis100 m breaststroke59.683 Q59.665 Q1:00.848
    200 m breaststroke2:10.368 Q2:09.9511Did not advance
    Women
    AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    align=left rowspan=3Rūta Meilutytė50 m freestyle25.5526Did not advance
    100 m freestyle56.3329Did not advance
    100 m breaststroke1:05.56 NR1 Q1:05.21 EU1 Q1:05.47

    Wrestling

    See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2012 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
    Edgaras Venckaitis−66 kg
    W 3–1
    W 3–1
    L 0–3     		Did not advance
    L 1–3     		Did not advance7
    Aleksandr Kazakevič−74 kg
    W 5–0
    W 3–1
    L 0–3
    W 3–0

    Notes and References

    1. http://sportas.delfi.lt/olimpiada/lietuvos-delegacijos-veliava-londono-olimpiados-atidaryme-nes-valekna.d?id=58969853 Lietuvos delegacijos vėliavą Londono olimpiados atidaryme neš V.Alekna
    2. News: Lithuanian 15-year-old Ruta Meilutyte wins shock gold. BBC Sport. 30 July 2012. 29 August 2012.
    3. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. 4 June 2011.
    4. http://www.lengvoji.lt/naujienos/1285.html Šuškevičius, Adietyrė, Virbalytė, Saltanovič and Žiūkas selected
    5. https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-one-athlete-for-failing-anti-doping-tests-at-london-2012-2 IOC sanctions one athlete for failing anti-doping tests at London 2012

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