Lithuania at the Olympics explained

Noc:LTU
Nocname:Lithuanian National Olympic Committee
Games:Olympics
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Rank:69
Gold:6
Silver:9
Bronze:15

Lithuania, after declaring restoration of independence in 1918, sent its athletes to the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris for the first time. At first it was considered to send 33 athletes, but then it was decided to limit the delegation to 13 soccer players and 2 cyclists. The soccer players arrived in Paris only a day before the game was scheduled. Lithuania debuted at the Olympic Games on May 25, 1924, at 2:40pm (Paris time) when the match between Lithuanian and Swiss teams started. Lithuania lost 9-0 (4-0). The cyclists could not finish the 188 km race because of technical difficulties.

In 1928 Summer Olympics Lithuania had 12 representatives for 4 sports: 2 boxers, 4 cyclists, and 5 athletics and one weightlifter. Juozas Vinča achieved the best results and took 5-7 place in boxing.

In 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Lithuania did not participate due to economic difficulties and political controversies surrounding the National Olympic Committee. In 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Lithuania was not invited by Germany due to German territorial claims over Klaipėda region and Trial of Neumann and Sass. In 1940, Lithuania was occupied by the Soviet Union. After the Second World War, Lithuanians participated in the Olympic Games with the Soviet Union team. From 1948 to 1988, 86 Lithuanians participated in the Olympics and won 60 medals (57 in Summer and three in Winter Olympics).

Since the restoration of its independence in 1990, Lithuania has not missed any Olympic Games.

Lithuania has never won a medal at the Winter Olympics.

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table.

Medals by Summer Games

GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank
1900–1912 as part of the
did not participate
0 0 0 0 –
0 0 0 0 –
1932–1936 did not participate
1948–1988 occupied by the
1 0 1 2 34
0 0 1 1 71
2 0 3 5 33
1 2 0 3 45
0 3 2 5 56
2 0 3 5 33
0 1 3 4 64
0 1 0 177
0 2 2 470
future event
future event
Total 6 9 15 30 69

Medals by Winter Games

GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank
did not participate
0 0 0 0 –
1932–1936 did not participate
1948–1988 occupied by the
0 0 0 0 –
0 0 0 0 –
0 0 0 0 –
0 0 0 0 –
0 0 0 0 –
0 0 0 0 –
0 0 0 0 –
0 0 0 0 –
0 0 0 0 –
future event
Total 0 0 0 0 –

Medals by summer sport

List of medalists

Summer Olympics

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Men's discus throw
Men's Team Competition
Men's Team Competition
Men's discus throw
Women's Trap Shooting
Men's Team Competition
Women's Individual Road Race
Women's Double Sculls
Men's discus throw
Women's heptathlon
Men's event
Men's event
Women's Laser Radial
Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg
Men's discus throw
Men's event
Women's event
Women's 100 m breaststroke
Men's lightweight
Women's heptathlon
Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg

Men's double sculls

Women's double sculls
Men's 94 kg

Men's K-2 200 m
Modern pentathlonWomen's event
Women's single sculls

Aurelijus Pukelis
Šarūnas Vingelis
Gintautas Matulis		Men's 3x3 basketball
Men's discus throw
B-Girls

List of gold medal winners

No. Name Sport Year
In the Soviet Union
11968
21968
31972
41972
51980
61976 and 1980
71980
81980
91976 and 1980
101980
111980
121984
131988
141988
151988
161988
171988
181988
191988
201988
211988 (twice)
22 1988
Independent Lithuania
231992
242000
252000 and 2004
262012
272012

Olympic participants

Summer Olympics

Sport19241928199219962000200420082012201620202024Athletes
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bgcolor=greybgcolor=grey12 11 12 12 12 12 12 bgcolor=grey4 56
bgcolor=grey2 4 1 2 2 3 2 2 bgcolor=greybgcolor=grey14
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bgcolor=greybgcolor=grey1 2 3 3 4 2 6 1 5 18
2 4 5 13 8 9 8 4 4 5 3 40
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bgcolor=greybgcolor=grey1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 bgcolor=grey7
bgcolor=greybgcolor=grey3 1 1 2 4 3 3 3 2 10
bgcolor=greybgcolor=grey8 3 2 2 1 4 10 9 8 29
bgcolor=greybgcolor=grey2 bgcolor=grey1 1 1 3 2 2 2 8
bgcolor=greybgcolor=greybgcolor=grey1 1 1 1 1 1 1 bgcolor=grey3
bgcolor=greybgcolor=grey2 8 6 10 9 4 6 6 7 32
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Total 13 12 47 61 61 59 71 62 67 42 51 342

Winter Olympics

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bgcolor=grey2 2 1 2 2 1 2 4 5 11
bgcolor=grey2 2 3 4 2 4 2 34 15
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1 bgcolor=greybgcolor=greybgcolor=greybgcolor=greybgcolor=greybgcolor=greybgcolor=greybgcolor=greybgcolor=grey1
Total 1 6 6 7 8 7 6 9 9 13 39

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