Lithuania at the 2016 European Athletics Championships

Lithuania at the; 2016 European Athletics Championships
IAAF code	LTU
National federation	LAF
Website	lengvoji.lt
in Amsterdam
Competitors	19 (6 men and 13 women) in 14 events
Medals ; Ranked =24th	Gold0Silver1Bronze0Total1
European Athletics Championships appearances
	1934 ; 1938–1990; 1994 ; 1998 ; 2002 ; 2006 ; 2010 ; 2012 ; 2014 ; 2016 ; 2018 ;

Last updated April 20, 2019

Lithuania competed at the 2016 European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands, between 6 and 10 July 2016.^[1]

Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. Lithuania is considered to be one of the Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, to the east of Sweden and Denmark. It is bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest. Lithuania has an estimated population of 2.8 million people as of 2019, and its capital and largest city is Vilnius. Other major cities are Kaunas and Klaipėda. Lithuanians are Baltic people. The official language, Lithuanian, along with Latvian, is one of only two living languages in the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family.

2016 European Athletics Championships 2016 edition of the European Athletics Championships

The 2016 European Athletics Championships was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, between 6 and 10 July 2016. It was the first time the Netherlands hosted the event.

Amsterdam Capital city of the Netherlands and municipality

Amsterdam is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Netherlands. Its status as the capital is mandated by the Constitution of the Netherlands, although it is not the seat of the government, which is The Hague. Amsterdam has a population of 854,047 within the city proper, 1,357,675 in the urban area and 2,410,960 in the metropolitan area. The city is located in the province of North Holland in the west of the country but is not its capital, which is Haarlem. The Amsterdam metropolitan area comprises much of the northern part of the Randstad, one of the larger conurbations in Europe, which has a population of approximately 8.1 million.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Event	Date
Silver	Airinė Palšytė	Women's high jump	7 July

Results

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Rytis Sakalauskas	100 m	10.37	4 q	10.40	6	Did not advance
Remigijus Kančys	Half marathon	N/A				1:07:12	48

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Raivydas Stanys	High jump	2.23	17	Did not advance
Andrius Gudžius	Discus throw	63.60 =SB	13	Did not advance
Eligijus Ruškys	Discus throw	NM		Did not advance
Edis Matusevičius	Javelin throw	77.86	21	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Lina Grinčikaitė Samuolė	100 m	11.77	7	Did not advance
Eglė Balčiūnaitė	800 m	2:08.14	6	Did not advance
Rasa Drazdauskaitė	Half marathon	N/A				1:11:47 PB	4
Monika Juodeškaitė		N/A				1:17:39	63
Remalda Kergytė-Dauskurdienė		N/A				1:17:56	69
Diana Lobacevske		N/A				1:14:06	33

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Airinė Palšytė	High jump	1.92	1 Q	1.96 SB
Jogaile Petrokaitė	Long jump	6.17	23	Did not advance
Giedrė Kupstytė	Shot put	15.63	24	Did not advance
Zinaida Sendriūtė	Discus throw	58.88	14 Q	56.17	13
Indrė Jakubaitytė	Javelin throw	NM		Did not advance
Liveta Jasiūnaitė	Javelin throw	58.21	11 q	53.94	12

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Austra Skujytė	Result	14.25	1.80	16.31	26.69	6.03	45.75	DNF	5245	14
Austra Skujytė	Points	943	978	949	738	859	778	0	5245	14

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