Lithuania at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Lithuania at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Flag of Lithuania.svg
IOC code LTU
NOC Lithuanian National Olympic Committee
Website www.ltok.lt  (in Lithuanian and English)
in Beijing
Competitors71 in 16 sports
Flag bearers Šarūnas Jasikevičius (opening)
Gintarė Volungevičiūtė (closing)
Medals
Ranked 56th
Gold
0
Silver
3
Bronze
2
Total
5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire (1908–1912)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Lithuania was represented at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China by the Lithuanian National Olympic Committee.

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In total, 71 athletes including 44 men and 27 women represented Lithuania in 16 different sports including athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, gymnastics, judo, modern pentathlon, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, table tennis, weightlifting and wrestling.

Lithuania won a total five medals at the games including three silver and two bronze in athletics, sailing, modern pentathlon and wrestling.

Competitors

In total, 71 athletes represented Lithuania at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China across 16 different sports. [1]

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 61218
Badminton 112
Basketball 12012
Boxing 303
Canoeing 404
Cycling 268
Gymnastics 010
Judo 101
Modern pentathlon 224
Rowing 101
Sailing 011
Shooting 011
Swimming 729
Table tennis 011
Weightlifting 101
Wrestling 404
Total442771

Medalists

Lithuania won a total of five medals at the games after Gintarė Volungevičiūtė, Edvinas Krungolcas and Mindaugas Mizgaitis won silver in the sailing, modern pentathlon and wrestling respectively and Virgilijus Alekna and Andrejus Zadneprovskis won bronze in the athletics and modern pentathlon respectively. [1]

MedalNameSportEvent
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Gintarė Volungevičiūtė Sailing Women's Laser Radial
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Edvinas Krungolcas Modern pentathlon Men's event
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mindaugas Mizgaitis Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Virgilijus Alekna Athletics Men's discus throw
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Andrejus Zadneprovskis Modern pentathlon Men's event

Athletics

In total, 18 Lithuanian athletes participated in the athletics events – Virgilijus Alekna in the men's discus throw, Eglė Balčiūnaitė in the women's 800 m, Živilė Balčiūnaitė and Rasa Drazdauskaitė in the women's marathon, Lina Grinčikaitė in the women's 100 m, Vitalij Kozlov in the men's 800 m, Sonata Milušauskaitė and Kristina Saltanovič in the women's 20 km walk, Zinaida Sendriūtė in the women's discus throw, Darius Škarnulis, Donatas Škarnulis and Tadas Šuškevičius in the men's 50 km walk, Austra Skujytė in the heptathlon, Inga Stasiulionytė in the women's javelin throw, Rasa Troup in the women's 3,000 m steeplechase, Karina Vnukova in the women's high jump and Marius Žiūkas in the men's 20 km walk. [1]

Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Vitalij Kozlov 800 m 1:48.966Did not advance
Darius Škarnulis 50 km walk DSQ
Donatas Škarnulis DNF
Tadas Šuškevičius 4:02:4532
Marius Žiūkas 20 km walk 1:25.3635
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Virgilijus Alekna Discus throw 65.842 Q67.79Bronze medal icon.svg
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Eglė Balčiūnaitė 800 m 2:00.154 q2:02.597Did not advance
Živilė Balčiūnaitė Marathon 2:29.3312
Rasa Drazdauskaitė 2:35.0937
Lina Grinčikaitė 100 m 11.433 Q11.332 Q11.506Did not advance
Sonata Milušauskaitė 20 km walk 1:30:2616
Kristina Saltanovič 1:31:0319
Rasa Troup 3,000 m steeplechase 9:30.21 NR 8Did not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Zinaida Sendriūtė Discus throw 54.8133Did not advance
Inga Stasiulionytė Javelin throw 55.6632Did not advance
Karina Vnukova High jump 1.8523Did not advance
Heptathlon
AthleteEvent 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 mFinalRank
Austra Skujytė Result14.461.7717.0225.40NMDNSDNF
Points91494199785000
Viktorija Žemaitytė Result14.441.7414.0125.06NMDNSDNF
Points91790379588100

Badminton

In total, two Lithuanian athletes participated in the badminton events – Kęstutis Navickas in the men's singles and Akvilė Stapušaitytė in the women's singles. [1]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Kęstutis Navickas Men's singles Flag of Spain.svg  Abián  (ESP)
W 23–21, 12–21, 21–9
Flag of Russia.svg  Pukhov  (RUS)
W 21–12, 21–17
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Lee C W  (MAS)
L 5–21, 7–21
Did not advance
Akvilė Stapušaitytė Women's singles ByeFlag of Denmark.svg  Rasmussen  (DEN)
L 6–21, 8–21
Did not advance

Basketball

In total, 12 Lithuanian athletes participated in the basketball events – Simas Jasaitis, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Robertas Javtokas, Rimantas Kaukėnas, Linas Kleiza, Darjuš Lavrinovič, Kšyštof Lavrinovič, Mindaugas Lukauskis, Jonas Mačiulis, Marijonas Petravičius, Marius Prekevičius and Ramūnas Šiškauskas in the men's tournament. [1]

Group play
PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 541425400+259 [a] Quarterfinals
2Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 541425361+649 [a]
3Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 532399380+198 [b]
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 532457405+528 [b]
5Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 514387406196
6Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 5053234641415
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Lithuania 1–0 Argentina
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Croatia 1–0 Australia
10 August 2008
16:45
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg7975Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Scoring by quarter:14–11, 20–19, 17–15, 28–30
Pts: Kleiza 13
Rebs: K. Lavrinovič 7
Asts: Jasikevičius 8
Pts: Ginobili 19
Rebs: Oberto 11
Asts: Oberto, Prigioni 3
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)
12 August 2008
09:00
Iran  Flag of Iran.svg6799Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter:20–15, 14–31, 19–28, 14–25
Pts: Haddadi 21
Rebs: Sahakian 12
Asts: Amini 4
Pts: Kleiza 22
Rebs: Kleiza 8
Asts: Jasikevičius, Lukauskis, Mačiulis 3
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Eddie Rush (USA)
14 August 2008
16:45
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg8679Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 23–24, 21–17, 25–21, 17–17
Pts: Kaukėnas 20
Rebs: Kleiza 11
Asts: Jasikevičius 5
Pts: Holden 25
Rebs: Khriapa 9
Asts: Kirilenko 6
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)
16 August 2008
14:30
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg7386Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter:15–13, 30–29, 17–16, 11–28
Pts: Ukić 13
Rebs: Banić 7
Asts: Kus 3
Pts: Lukauskis 20
Rebs: K. Lavrinovič 7
Asts: Jasikevičius 6
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)
18 August 2008
11:15
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg10675Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter:28–14, 27–15, 20–22, 31–24
Pts: Bogut 23
Rebs: Mills 4
Asts: Anstey 4
Pts: K. Lavrinovič 14
Rebs: K. Lavrinovič 8
Asts: Jasikevičius 5
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)
Quarterfinals
20 August 2008
16:45
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg9468Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Scoring by quarter:19–17, 22–13, 29–23, 24–15
Scoring by half:41–30, 53–38
Pts: Jasikevičius 23
Rebs: Kleiza 7
Asts: Jasikevičius 6
Pts: Yao 19
Rebs: Yi 9
Asts: Yao 3
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)
Semifinals
22 August 2008
20:00
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg9186Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter:21–19, 19–23, 22–24, 29–20
Scoring by half: 40–42, 51–44
Pts: P Gasol 19
Rebs: Jiménez 7
Asts: Rubio 4
Pts: Jasaitis, Jasikevičius 19
Rebs: Jasaitis 8
Asts: Jasikevičius 6
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)
Bronze medal game
24 August 2008
12:00
Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svg7587Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Bronze medal icon.svg
Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 13–22, 15–22, 26–19
Scoring by half: 34–46, 41–41
Pts: Šiškauskas 15
Rebs: Šiškauskas, K. Lavrinovič 6
Asts: Jasikevičius 3
Pts: Delfino 20
Rebs: Delfino 10
Asts: Prigioni 7
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Eddie Rush (USA)

Boxing

In total, three Lithuanian athletes participated in the boxing events – Jaroslavas Jakšto in the super heavyweight category, Egidijus Kavaliauskas in the light welterweight category and Daugirdas Semiotas in the light heavyweight category. [1]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Egidijus Kavaliauskas Light welterweight Flag of France.svg  Vastine  (FRA)
L 2–13
Did not advance
Daugirdas Semiotas Light heavyweight Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Shynaliyev  (KAZ)
L 3–11
Did not advance
Jaroslavas Jakšto Super heavyweight Flag of Nigeria.svg  Ohwarieme  (NGR)
W 11–1
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Price  (GBR)
LRSC
Did not advance

Canoeing

In total, four Lithuanian athletes participated in the canoeing events – Egidijus Balčiūnas and Alvydas Duonėla in the men's K-2 500 m and Tomas Gadeikis and Raimundas Labuckas in the men's C-2 500 m. [1]

AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Tomas Gadeikis
Raimundas Labuckas
Men's C-2 500 m 1:42.8034 QS1:43.2994Did not advance
Egidijus Balčiūnas
Alvydas Duonėla
Men's K-2 500 m 1:31.2325 QS1:32.8875Did not advance

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

In total, eight Lithuanian athletes participated in the cycling events – Dainius Kairelis, Ignatas Konovalovas, Simona Krupeckaitė, Svetlana Pauliukaitė, Jolanta Polikevičiūtė, Edita Pučinskaitė, Vilija Sereikaitė and Modesta Vžesniauskaitė. [1]

Road

AthleteEventTimeRank
Dainius Kairelis Men's road race 6:39:4274
Ignatas Konovalovas 6:26:1729
Edita Pučinskaitė Women's road race 3:32:459
Women's time trial 38:55.3723
Jolanta Polikevičiūtė Women's road race 3:32:4512
Modesta Vžesniauskaitė 3:33:1727

Track

Sprint
AthleteEventQualificationRound 1Repechage 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Time
Speed (km/h)
RankOpposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank
Simona Krupeckaitė Women's sprint 11.222
64.159
5Flag of the United States.svg  Reed  (USA)
L
Flag of Russia.svg  Grankovskaya  (RUS)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Hijgenaar  (NED)
W 12.123
59.391
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Pendleton  (GBR)
L, L
Did not advance5th-8th place
Flag of France.svg  Sanchez  (FRA)
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Tsylinskaya  (BLR)
Flag of the United States.svg  Reed  (USA)
L
8
Pursuit
AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalsFinals
TimeRankOpponent
Results
RankOpponent
Results
Rank
Svetlana Pauliukaitė Women's individual pursuit 3:45.69112Did not advance
Vilija Sereikaitė 3:36.0636 QFlag of Ukraine.svg  Kalytovska  (UKR)
3:36.808
6Did not advance
Omnium
AthleteEventPointsLapsRank
Svetlana Pauliukaitė Women's points race 2012

Gymnastics

In total, one Lithuanian athlete participated in the gymnastic events – Jelena Zanevskaya in the women's artistic individual all-around. [1]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
F V UB BB F V UB BB
Jelena Zanevskaya All-around 13.35013.87513.35013.37553.95054Did not advance

Judo

In total, one Lithuanian athlete participated in the judo events – Albert Techov in the men's −60 kg category. [1]

AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Albert Techov Men's −60 kg ByeFlag of Venezuela.svg  Guédez  (VEN)
L 0000–1000
Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

In total, four Lithuanian athletes participated in the modern pentathlon events – Laura Asadauskaitė and Donata Rimšaitė in the women's competition and Edvinas Krungolcas and Andrejus Zadneprovskis in the men's competition. [1]

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 Krungolcas Men's 1857115621–1459042:07.6323127256411449:42.652510725548Silver medal icon.svg
Andrejus Zadneprovskis 18217112015–20247602:02.275133628211689:25.001311405524Bronze medal icon.svg
Laura Asadauskaitė Women's 17525103612–23=316882:21.7622122002120010:18.9541248539215
Donata Rimšaitė 17524103617–18=188082:20.5721123611222108810:13.7631268543613

Rowing

In total, one Lithuanian athlete participated in the rowing events – Mindaugas Griškonis in the men's single sculls. [1]

AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Mindaugas Griškonis Single sculls 7:28.052 QF6:54.472 SA/B7:20.326 FB7:09.3238

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

In total, one Lithuanian athlete participated in the sailing events – Gintarė Volungevičiūtė in the women's laser radial. [1]

AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Gintarė Volungevičiūtė Laser Radial 31381142164CAN242Silver medal icon.svg

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

Shooting

In total, one Lithuanian athlete participated in the shooting events – Daina Gudzinevičiūtė in the women's trap. [1]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Daina Gudzinevičiūtė Trap 695 Q865

Swimming

In total, nine Lithuanian athletes participated in the swimming events – Saulius Binevičius, Edvinas Dautartas, Raminta Dvariškytė, Rolandas Gimbutis, Vytautas Janušaitis, Rugilė Mileišytė, Rimvydas Šalčius, Giedrius Titenis and Paulius Viktoravičius. [1]

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Saulius Binevičius 200 m freestyle 1:51.8047Did not advance
Edvinas Dautartas 200 m breaststroke 2:13.1131Did not advance
Rolandas Gimbutis 50 m freestyle 24.3658Did not advance
Vytautas Janušaitis 100 m backstroke 55.6532Did not advance
200 m individual medley 1:59.6311 Q2:00.7615Did not advance
Rimvydas Šalčius 100 m butterfly 52.9034Did not advance
Giedrius Titenis 100 m breaststroke 1:00.116 Q1:00.6612Did not advance
Paulius Viktoravičius 100 m freestyle 49.2728Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Raminta Dvariškytė 200 m breaststroke 2:33.3235Did not advance
Rugilė Mileišytė 50 m freestyle 26.1939Did not advance

Table tennis

In total, one Lithuanian athlete participated in the table tennis events – Rūta Paškauskienė in the women's singles. [1]

AthleteEventPreliminary roundRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Rūta Paškauskienė Women's singles Flag of Brazil.svg  Nonaka  (BRA)
W 4–0
Flag of North Korea.svg  Kim M-Y  (PRK)
W 4–3
Flag of Hungary.svg  Tóth  (HUN)
L 3–4
Did not advance

Weightlifting

In total, one Lithuanian athlete participated in the weightlifting events – Ramūnas Vyšniauskas in the men's −105 kg category. [1]

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Ramūnas Vyšniauskas Men's −105 kg 18010220DNF180DNF

Wrestling

In total, four Lithuanian athletes participated in the wrestling events – Mindaugas Ežerskis in the men's Greco-Roman −96 kg category, Aleksandr Kazakevič in the men's Greco-Roman −66 kg category, Mindaugas Mizgaitis in the men's Greco-Roman −120 kg category and Valdemaras Venckaitis in the men's Greco-Roman −74 kg category. [1]

AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Aleksandr Kazakevič −66 kg Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Siamionau  (BLR)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance15
Valdemaras Venckaitis −74 kg ByeFlag of Peru.svg  Barrera  (PER)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance14
Mindaugas Ežerskis −96 kg Flag of Iran.svg  Rezaei  (IRI)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Russia.svg  Khushtov  (RUS)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advanceByeFlag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Mambetov  (KAZ)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance7
Mindaugas Mizgaitis −120 kg ByeFlag of Turkey.svg  Kayaalp  (TUR)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Russia.svg  Baroev  (RUS)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advanceByeFlag of Iran.svg  Hashemzadeh  (IRI)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of France.svg  Szczepaniak  (FRA)
W 3–1 PP
Silver medal icon.svg

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Lithuania at the 2008 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 June 2025.