Lithuania at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Lithuania at the 2004 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | LTU |
NOC | Lithuanian National Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Athens | |
Competitors | 59 in 13 sports |
Flag bearer | Saulius Štombergas[1] |
Medals Ranked 45th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
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Lithuania competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's sixth appearance at the Summer Olympics. The National Olympic Committee of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos tautinis olimpinis komitetas, LTOK) sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. A total of 59 athletes, 47 men and 12 women, competed in 13 sports, including the men's basketball team as the nation's team-based sport.
The Lithuanian squad featured returning Olympic medalists: discus thrower Virgilijus Alekna, trap shooter Daina Gudzinevičiūtė, and the men's basketball team, being led by team captain Saulius Štombergas, who later became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[1][2] Along with Alekna, Stombergas, and Gudzineviciute, road cyclists and twin sisters Jolanta and Rasa Polikevičiūtė and javelin thrower Rita Ramanauskaitė made their third Olympic appearances as the most experienced members of the team. Other notable Lithuanian athletes included Stombergas' teammate and NBA basketball star Darius Songaila, track cyclist Simona Krupeckaitė, and two-time world champion Andrejus Zadneprovskis in men's modern pentathlon.
Lithuania left Athens with a total of three medals (one gold and two silver), the lowest in its Summer Olympic history since the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Discus thrower Alekna was originally placed in a silver medal spot, but eventually defended his Olympic title at the time of the medal ceremony, when Hungary's Róbert Fazekas committed an anti-doping violation for failing to submit a proper urine sample during the test, which ended up in a disqualification.[3] Meanwhile, heptathlete Austra Skujytė and modern pentathlete Zadneprovskis rounded out the Olympic podium with a silver medal each for the Lithuanian team.[4]
Medalists
[edit]Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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![]() | Virgilijus Alekna | Athletics | Men's discus throw | August 23 |
![]() | Austra Skujytė | Athletics | Women's heptathlon | August 21 |
![]() | Andrejus Zadneprovskis | Modern pentathlon | Men's event | August 26 |
Athletics
[edit]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).[5][6]
Virgilijus Alekna was originally placed in a silver medal position in the men's discus throw. A few days before the medal ceremony took place, Hungary's Róbert Fazekas committed an anti-doping violation by failing to submit a proper urine sample during the test, and was eventually expelled from the Games, lifting Alekna's position to a gold medal and more importantly, a defense for his Olympic title.[3][7]
- Key
- Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
- Q = Qualified for the next round
- q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
- NR = National record
- N/A = Round not applicable for the event
- Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
- Men
- Track & road events
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Gintaras Andriuškevičius | 20 km walk | — | 1:27:56 | 28 | |||
Mindaugas Norbutas | 800 m | 1:47.38 | 6 | Did not advance | |||
Mindaugas Pukštas | Marathon | — | 2:33:02 | 74 | |||
Daugvinas Zujus | 50 km walk | — | 4:09:41 | 30 |
- Field events
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Virgilijus Alekna | Discus throw | 69.89 | 1 Q | 69.49 | ![]() |
- Women
- Track & road events
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Živilė Balčiūnaitė | Marathon | — | 2:35:01 | 14 | |||||
Agnė Eggerth | 100 m | 11.44 | 5 | Did not advance | |||||
Inga Juodeškienė | Marathon | — | 3:09:18 | 63 | |||||
Sonata Milušauskaitė | 20 km walk | — | 1:33:36 | 23 | |||||
Kristina Saltanovič | — | 1:32:22 | 19 |
- Field events
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Rita Ramanauskaitė | Javelin throw | 55.17 | 31 | Did not advance |
- Combined events – Heptathlon
Athlete | Event | 100H | HJ | SP | 200 m | LJ | JT | 800 m | Final | Rank |
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Austra Skujytė | Result | 14.03 | 1.76 | 16.40 | 24.82 | 6.30 | 49.58 | 2:15.92 | 6435 | ![]() |
Points | 974 | 928 | 955 | 903 | 943 | 852 | 880 |
Basketball
[edit]Men's tournament
[edit]- Roster
The following is the Lithuania roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.[8]
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- Group play
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 0 | 468 | 414 | +54 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 2 | 389 | 343 | +46 | 8[a] | |
3 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 2 | 410 | 411 | −1 | 8[a] | |
4 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 2 | 418 | 389 | +29 | 8[a] | |
5 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 4 | 383 | 411 | −28 | 6 | 9th place playoff |
6 | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 5 | 321 | 421 | −100 | 5 | 11th place playoff |
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:
15 August 2004 9:00 |
Angola ![]() | 73–78 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 8–14, 23–28, 18–22 | ||
Pts: Lutonda 17 Rebs: Lutonda 4 Asts: Lutonda 6 | Pts: Lavrinovič, E. Žukauskas 15 each Rebs: E. Žukauskas 11 Asts: Jasikevičius 6 |
17 August 2004 14:30 |
Lithuania ![]() | 98–90 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 26–32, 23–12, 22–22, 27–24 | ||
Pts: Šiškauskas 23 Rebs: E. Žukauskas 8 Asts: Jasikevičius 7 | Pts: Arroyo, Ayuso 25 each Rebs: Hourruitiner 6 Asts: Arroyo, Ayuso 2 each |
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 12,500 Referees: Pablo Estevez (Argentina) Zoran Šutulović (Serbia and Montenegro) |
19 August 2004 22:15 |
Greece ![]() | 76–98 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 10–28, 15–26, 19–22, 32–22 | ||
Pts: Zisis 18 Rebs: Papanikolaou 7 Asts: Papaloukas 3 | Pts: Šiškauskas 25 Rebs: Javtokas, Songaila 5 each Asts: Jasikevičius 8 |
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Renato Santos (Brazil) Pablo Estevez (Argentina) |
21 August 2004 20:00 |
Lithuania ![]() | 94–90 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 21–23, 23–20, 27–21 | ||
Pts: Jasikevičius 28 Rebs: Štombergas 10 Asts: Jasikevičius 4 | Pts: Jefferson 20 Rebs: Duncan 20 Asts: Marbury 3 |
Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Reynaldo Sanchez (Dominican Republic) Zoran Šutulović (Serbia and Montenegro) |
23 August 2004 11:15 |
Lithuania ![]() | 100–85 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 32–9, 23–38, 25–19 | ||
Pts: Javtokas 23 Rebs: Javtokas 9 Asts: Jasikevičius 4 | Pts: Bogut, Saville 21 each Rebs: Bogut 9 Asts: Heal 3 |
- Quarterfinals
26 August 2004 16:45 |
Lithuania ![]() | 95–75 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 28–18, 21–20, 21–18 | ||
Pts: Macijauskas 32 Rebs: E. Žukauskas 8 Asts: Šiškauskas 4 | Pts: Yao Ming 29 Rebs: Yao Ming 11 Asts: Liu Wei 4 |
Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 14,500 Referees: Mike Homsy (CAN), Christos Christodoulou (GRE) |
- Semifinals
27 August 2004 22:15 |
Italy ![]() | 100–91 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 29–17, 24–20, 27–28 | ||
Pts: Basile 31 Rebs: Marconato 9 Asts: Marconato, Pozzecco 3 each | Pts: Macijauskas 26 Rebs: Šiškauskas 7 Asts: Jasikevičius 9 |
Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 14,500 Referees: Reynaldo Sanchez (Dominican Republic) José Carrión (Puerto Rico) |
- Bronze medal final
28 August 2004 20:45 |
Lithuania ![]() | 96–104 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 24–24, 20–25, 27–25, 25–30 | ||
Pts: Macijauskas 24 Rebs: Javtokas 6 Asts: Jasikevičius 4 | Pts: Marion 22 Rebs: Boozer, Duncan 8 each Asts: Wade 6 |
Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 14,500 Referees: Pablo Estevez (Argentina) Giampaolo Cicoria (Italy) |
Boxing
[edit]Lithuania sent two boxers to Athens. One lost his first bout, in the round of 32. The other won his first to advance to the quarterfinal, where he was defeated.
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Rolandas Jasevičius | Welterweight | ![]() L 21–54 | Did not advance | ||||
Jaroslavas Jakšto | Super heavyweight | — | ![]() W 26–17 | ![]() L 11–19 | Did not advance |
Canoeing
[edit]Sprint
[edit]Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Alvydas Duonėla | Men's K-1 500 m | 1:40.365 | 3 q | 1:40.253 | 4 | Did not advance | |
Romas Petrukanecas | Men's K-1 1000 m | 3:37.758 | 7 q | 3:39.493 | 9 | Did not advance | |
Egidijus Balčiūnas Alvydas Duonėla | Men's K-2 500 m | 1:30.521 | 2 q | 1:30.270 | 1 Q | 1:29.868 | 7 |
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal
Cycling
[edit]Road
[edit]Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Jolanta Polikevičiūtė | Women's road race | 3:25:42 | 31 |
Rasa Polikevičiūtė | Women's road race | 3:25:42 | 29 |
Women's time trial | 34:34.48 | 23 | |
Edita Pučinskaitė | Women's road race | 3:25:10 | 9 |
Women's time trial | 32:42.12 | 10 |
Track
[edit]- Sprint
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round 1 | Repechage 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
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Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | Opposition 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 | 11.430 62.992 | 6 | ![]() W 11.872 60.646 | Bye | ![]() L, W 12.632, L | Did not advance | 5th place final![]() ![]() ![]() L | 7 |
- Pursuit
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinals | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Opponent Results | Rank | Opponent Results | Rank | ||
Linas Balčiūnas | Men's individual pursuit | 4:22.392 | 9 | Did not advance | |||
Linas Balčiūnas Aivaras Baranauskas Ignatas Konovalovas Tomas Vaitkus Raimondas Vilčinskas | Men's team pursuit | 4:08.812 | 8 Q | ![]() LAP | 8 | Did not advance |
- Time trial
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Simona Krupeckaitė | Women's time trial | 34.317 | 4 |
- Omnium
Athlete | Event | Points | Laps | Rank |
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Tomas Vaitkus | Men's points race | Did not finish |
Judo
[edit]Lithuania has qualified a single judoka.
Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Albertas Techovas | Men's −60 kg | ![]() L 0000–0101 | Did not advance |
Modern pentathlon
[edit]Two Lithuanian athletes qualified to compete in the modern pentathlon event through the European and UIPM World Championships.
Athlete | Event | Shooting (10 m air pistol) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Riding (show jumping) | Running (3000 m) | Total points | Final rank | ||||||||||
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Points | Rank | MP Points | Results | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | Penalties | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP Points | ||||
Edvinas Krungolcas | Men's | 171 | 26 | 988 | 16–15 | =11 | 832 | 2:07.23 | 12 | 1276 | 112 | 15 | 1088 | 13:11.15 | 32 | 236 | 4420 | 31 |
Andrejus Zadneprovskis | 172 | =23 | 1000 | 19–12 | =2 | 916 | 2:04.34 | 6 | 1308 | 112 | 12 | 1088 | 9:31.46 | 1 | 1116 | 5428 | ![]() |
Rowing
[edit]Lithuanian rowers qualified the following boats:
- Men
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Kęstutis Keblys Einaras Šiaudvytis | Double sculls | 7:07.13 | 4 R | 6:24.56 | 5 | Did not advance |
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; R=Repechage
Sailing
[edit]Lithuanian sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.
- Open
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
Giedrius Gužys | Laser | 31 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 21 | 24 | 19 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 239 | 27 |
M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given
Shooting
[edit]Lithuania has qualified a single shooter.
- Women
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Daina Gudzinevičiūtė | Trap | 55 | 14 | Did not advance |
Swimming
[edit]Lithuanian swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time): Vytautas Janušaitis became the first ever Lithuanian swimmer to reach an Olympic final in the men's 200 m individual medley, setting up a new Lithuanian record.[9]
- Men
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Paulius Andrijauskas | 200 m butterfly | 2:04.64 | 30 | Did not advance | |||
Saulius Binevičius | 200 m freestyle | 1:50.50 | 21 | Did not advance | |||
Edvinas Dautartas | 200 m breaststroke | 2:23.12 | 44 | Did not advance | |||
Rolandas Gimbutis | 50 m freestyle | 22.59 | 21 | Did not advance | |||
100 m freestyle | 48.85 NR | =2 Q | 49.75 | 14 | Did not advance | ||
Darius Grigalionis | 100 m backstroke | 56.21 | 24 | Did not advance | |||
Vytautas Janušaitis | 200 m individual medley | 2:01.32 | 8 Q | 2:00.57 NR | 3 Q | 2:01.28 | 7 |
400 m individual medley | 4:26.30 | 27 | — | Did not advance | |||
Rimvydas Šalčius | 100 m butterfly | 54.46 | 35 | Did not advance | |||
Pavel Suškov | 200 m backstroke | 2:03.54 | 26 | Did not advance | |||
Aurimas Valaitis | 100 m breaststroke | 1:04.11 | 38 | Did not advance | |||
Saulius Binevičius Rolandas Gimbutis Vytautas Janušaitis Paulius Viktoravičius | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:19.28 | 11 | — | Did not advance |
Weightlifting
[edit]Lithuanian has qualified a single weightlifter.
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
Ramūnas Vyšniauskas | Men's −105 kg | 187.5 | 7 | 222.5 | =4 | 410 | 5 |
Wrestling
[edit]Key:
- VT – Victory by Fall.
- PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
- PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.
- Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Svajūnas Adomaitis | −55 kg | ![]() L 1–3 PP | ![]() L 1–3 PP | — | 3 | Did not advance | 16 | ||
Mindaugas Ežerskis | −96 kg | ![]() W 3–1 PP | ![]() L 0–5 VT | — | 2 | Did not advance | 13 | ||
Mindaugas Mizgaitis | −120 kg | ![]() L 0–3 PO | ![]() W 3–0 PO | ![]() L 1–3 PP | 3 | Did not advance | 11 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Olimpiadoje Lietuvos vėliavą neš S. Štombergas" [Lithuania's Olympic flag bearer is Saulius Štombergas] (in Lithuanian). Delfi. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ^ "S. Štombergas – Atėnuose dviguba našta" [Saulius Štombergas – Double burden in Athens] (in Lithuanian). Vakarų ekspresas. 7 August 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ^ a b "Discus champion thrown out of Games after doping breach". ABC News Australia. 25 August 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ^ "Andrejus Zadneprovskis of Lithuania grabs silver". ESPN. 26 August 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
- ^ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
- ^ "Discus champion loses gold". BBC Sport. 24 August 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ^ "Men's Basketball Team Roster – Lithuania (LTU)" (PDF). 2004 Athens. LA84 Foundation. 23 April 2014. p. 84.
- ^ Whitten, Phillip (20 August 2004). "Michael Phelps Cruises to Gold Medal #4 in the 200 IM, Lochte Takes the Silver, Bovell Wins First Swimming Medal for Trinidad". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
External links
[edit]- Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
- National Olympic Committee of Lithuania (in Lithuanian and English)