| Npc: | LTU |
| Npcname: | Lithuanian Paralympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Paralympics |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Location: | Rio de Janeiro |
| Competitors: | 13 |
| Sports: | 5 |
| Flagbearer: | Edgaras Matakas (opening) |
| Rank: | 44 |
| Gold: | 2 |
| Silver: | 1 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1992 |
| See also: | (1988) |
Lithuania competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. They won three medals, two golds and one silver.
See main article: Disability sport classification. Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.[1] [2] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.[3]
| Medals by sport | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | bgcolor=#f7f6a8 | bgcolor=#dce5e5 | bgcolor=#ffdab9 | Total | ||||
| bgcolor=#f7f6a8 | 1 | bgcolor=#dce5e5 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffdab9 | 0 | 2 | ||
| bgcolor=#f7f6a8 | 1 | bgcolor=#dce5e5 | 0 | bgcolor=#ffdab9 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Total | bgcolor=gold | 2 | bgcolor=silver | 1 | bgcolor=#c96 | 0 | 3 | |
See main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Ramunė Adomaitienė | Women's long jump T38 | 4.52 | 4 | ||
| Mindaugas Bilius | Men's discus throw F37 | 53.50 | |||
| Men's shot put F37 | 16.80 | ||||
| Kęstutis Skučas | Men's 100 m T52 | 21.03 | 7 | Did not advance | |
| Men's discus throw F52 | 17.08 | 4 | |||
| Jonas Spudis | Men's javelin throw F44 | 50.79 | 10 | ||
See main article: Goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
Key:
Lithuania's men enter the tournament ranked 1st in the world.[4]
See main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
See main article: Rowing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage
See main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Edgaras Matakas | 50 m freestyle S11 | 27.86 | 11 | Did not advance | |
| 100 m freestyle S11 | 1:06.09 | 10 | Did not advance | |||
| 400 m freestyle S11 | 5:30.66 | 8 | ||||