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Lithuania at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Lithuania at the
2020 Summer Olympics
IOC codeLTU
NOCLithuanian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.ltok.lt (in Lithuanian and English)
in Tokyo, Japan
23 July 2021 (2021-07-23) – 8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors42 in 12 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Giedrius Titenis
Sandra Jablonskytė
Flag bearer (closing)Justinas Kinderis
Medals
Ranked 77th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1908–1912)
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Lithuania competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] It was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Games in the post-Soviet era and tenth overall in Summer Olympic history.

After winning four medals in 2016, Lithuania's medal haul fell to a single silver medal in Tokyo, marking its weakest performance since 1996.

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Laura Asadauskaitė Modern pentathlon Women's individual 6 August

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 6 5 11
Canoeing 1 0 1
Cycling 1 4 5
Judo 0 1 1
Gymnastics 1 0 1
Modern pentathlon 1 2 3
Rowing 7 2 9
Sailing 1 1 2
Shooting 1 0 1
Swimming 5 1 6
Weightlifting 1 0 1
Wrestling 1 0 1
Total 26 16 42

Athletics

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Lithuanian athletes achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[2][3]

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
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Gediminas Truskauskas Men's 200 m 21.02 5 Did not advance
Marius Žiūkas Men's 20 km walk 1:27:35 33
Arturas Mastianica Men's 50 km walk 4:06:43 31
Agnė Šerkšnienė Women's 400 m 52.78 6 Did not advance
Brigita Virbalytė Women's 20 km walk 1:35:56 26
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Adrijus Glebauskas Men's high jump 2.17 =26 Did not advance
Andrius Gudžius Men's discus throw 65.94 2 q 64.11 6
Edis Matusevičius Men's javelin throw 81.24 14 Did not advance
Diana Zagainova Women's triple jump 13.10 28 Did not advance
Airinė Palšytė Women's high jump 1.86 =27 Did not advance
Liveta Jasiūnaitė Women's javelin throw 61.96 8 q 60.06 7

Canoeing

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Sprint

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Lithuania qualified a single boat (men's K-1 200 m) by winning the gold medal at the 2021 ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup 2 in Barnaul, Russia.[4]

Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mindaugas Maldonis Men's K-1 200 m 35.650 3 QF 35.466 1 SF 36.637 8 FB 36.257 10

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

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Road

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Lithuania entered one rider to compete in both the men's and women's Olympic road races, due to a top 50 team finish (for men) and top 100 individual finish (for women), respectively, in the UCI World Ranking.[5]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Evaldas Šiškevičius Men's road race Did not finish
Rasa Leleivytė Women's road race 3:59.47 35

Track

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Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Lithuanian riders accumulated spots in the women's team sprint, as well as the women's sprint and keirin, based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings.

Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Repechage 1 Round 2 Repechage 2 Round 3 Repechage 3 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
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)
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 10.706 16 Q  Lee W-s (HKG)
L
 Kobayashi (JPN)
 Marozaitė (LTU)
L
Did not advance
Miglė Marozaitė 11.031 24 Q  Friedrich (GER)
L
 Kobayashi (JPN)
 Krupeckaitė (LTU)
L
Did not advance
Team sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinals Final
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank
Simona Krupeckaitė
Miglė Marozaitė
Women's team sprint 33.276 7  China (CHN)
L 32.827
54.833
6  Mexico (MEX)
W 32.808
54.865
5

Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final

Keirin
Athlete Event 1st Round Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank
Simona Krupeckaitė Women's keirin 6 R 3 Did not advance
Miglė Marozaitė 6 R 5 Did not advance
Omnium
Athlete Event Scratch race Tempo race Elimination race Points race Total points Rank
Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Points Rank
Olivija Baleišytė Women's omnium =13 16 17 8 6 30 −20 17 34 17

Gymnastics

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Artistic

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Lithuania qualified one male artistic gymnast. Rio 2016 Olympian Robert Tvorogal qualified by finishing sixth out of the twelve gymnasts eligible for qualification at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.[6]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Robert Tvorogal All-around 13.633 12.100 13.300 13.666 14.500 12.766 80.232 46 Did not advance

Judo

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Lithuania entered one judoka into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.[7]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Sandra Jablonskytė Women's +78 kg  Maranić (CRO)
W 01–00
 Dicko (FRA)
L 00–01
Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

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Lithuanian athletes qualified for the following spots in the modern pentathlon at the Games. London 2012 champion Laura Asadauskaitė secured an outright berth in the women's event by winning the gold medal at the 2019 UIPM World Cup Final in Tokyo, Japan.[8] Justinas Kinderis and London 2012 Olympian Gintarė Venčkauskaitė confirmed places in their respective events, with the former finishing sixth and the latter fifth among those eligible for Olympic qualification at the 2019 European Championships in Bath, England.[9]

Athlete Event Fencing
(épée one touch)
Swimming
(200 m freestyle)
Riding
(show jumping)
Combined: shooting/running
(10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)
Total points Final rank
RR BR Rank MP points Time Rank MP points Time Rank MP points Time Rank MP points
Justinas Kinderis Men's 24–11 2 3 246 2:02.84 18 305 99.13 31 247 11:22.82 18 618 1416 18
Laura Asadauskaitė Women's 15–20 2 25 192 2:17.21 25 276 77.09 =1 300 11:38.37 1 602 1370 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Gintarė Venčkauskaitė 12–23 1 34 173 2:18.37 30 274 72.74 =1 300 11:44.37 2 596 1343 7

Rowing

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Lithuania qualified a total of four boats (three men's and one women's) for each of the following rowing events, three of them were gained at the 2019 FISA World Championships in Ottensheim, Austria,[10] and the men's quadruple crew qualified through a final qualification regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland due to Russian crew declining their spot.[11]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mindaugas Griškonis Men's single sculls 7:05.88 2 QF Bye 7:16.71 3 SA/B 6:45.90 3 FA 6:57.60 6
Aurimas Adomavičius
Saulius Ritter
Men's double sculls 6:23.08 4 R 6:27.36 2 SA/B 6:34.04 6 FB 6:20.87 12
Donata Karalienė
Milda Valčiukaitė
Women's double sculls 6:50.38 2 SA/B Bye 7:11.29 3 FA 6:47.44 4
Dominykas Jančionis
Dovydas Nemeravičius
Armandas Kelmelis
Martynas Džiaugys
Men's quadruple sculls 6:03.07 5 R 6:14.73 6 FB 5:51.64 10

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

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Lithuanian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships, and the continental regattas.[12][13]

Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 M*
Juozas Bernotas Men's RS:X 23 11 12 15 26 10 12 18 13 12 14 5 EL 145 15
Viktorija Andrulytė Women's Laser Radial 38 10 29 24 26 19 23 27 33 3 EL 194 25

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

Shooting

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Lithuanian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by 5 June 2021.[14]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Karolis Girulis Men's 10 m air rifle 624.3 28 Did not advance
Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions 1163 25 Did not advance

Swimming

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Lithuanian swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[15][16]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Danas Rapšys Men's 200 m freestyle 1:45.84 9 Q 1:45.32 3 Q 1:45.78 8
Men's 400 m freestyle 3:46.32 13 Did not advance
Men's 200 m individual medley 1:59.90 33 Did not advance
Andrius Šidlauskas Men's 100 m breaststroke 59.46 13 Q 59.82 =13 Did not advance
Men's 200 m breaststroke 2:09.56 13 Q 2:10.69 16 Did not advance
Giedrius Titenis Men's 100 m breaststroke 1:00.92 36 Did not advance
Simonas Bilis
Deividas Margevičius
Danas Rapšys
Andrius Šidlauskas
Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay DSQ Did not advance
Kotryna Teterevkova Women's 100 m breaststroke 1:06.82 15 Q 1:07.39 14 Did not advance
Women's 200 m breaststroke 2:26.82 23 Did not advance

Weightlifting

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Lithuania entered one male weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Arnas Šidiškis accepted a spare berth unused by Europe as the next highest-ranked weightlifter vying for qualification in the men's 109 kg category based on the IWF Absolute World Rankings.[17]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Arnas Šidiškis Men's −109 kg 156 13 187 11 343 11

Wrestling

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Lithuania qualified one wrestler for the men's Greco-Roman 130 kg into the Olympic competition, by progressing to the top two finals at the 2021 European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary.[18]

Key:

  • VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
  • VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
  • PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
  • SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Mantas Knystautas Men's −130 kg  Kayaalp (TUR)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance 10

References

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  6. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2019: Day 4 – as it happened". Olympic Channel. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
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