Lithuania at the 2008 Summer Olympics
# Lithuania at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Lithuania competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Silver | Gintarė Volungevičiūtė | Sailing | Women's Laser Radial |
| Silver | Edvinas Krungolcas | Modern pentathlon | Men's event |
| Silver | Mindaugas Mizgaitis | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg |
| Bronze | Virgilijus Alekna | Athletics | Men's discus throw |
| Bronze | Andrejus Zadneprovskis | Modern pentathlon | Men's event |

## Athletics

### 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 | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Vitalij Kozlov | 800 m | 1:48.96 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Darius Škarnulis | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | DSQ | DSQ |
| Donatas Škarnulis | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Tadas Šuškevičius | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | 4:02:45 | 32 |
| Marius Žiūkas | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | 1:25.36 | 35 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Virgilijus Alekna | Discus throw | 65.84 | 2 Q | 67.79 | |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Eglė Balčiūnaitė | 800 m | 2:00.15 | 4 q | — | — | 2:02.59 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Živilė Balčiūnaitė | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:29.33 | 12 |
| Rasa Drazdauskaitė | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:35.09 | 37 |
| Lina Grinčikaitė | 100 m | 11.43 | 3 Q | 11.33 | 2 Q | 11.50 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sonata Milušauskaitė | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:30:26 | 16 |
| Kristina Saltanovič | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:31:03 | 19 |
| Rasa Troup | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:30.21 NR | 8 | — | — | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Zinaida Sendriūtė | Discus throw | 54.81 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Inga Stasiulionytė | Javelin throw | 55.66 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Karina Vnukova | High jump | 1.85 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Combined events – Heptathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100H | HJ | SP | 200 m | LJ | JT | 800 m | Final | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Austra Skujytė | Result | 14.46 | 1.77 | 17.02 | 25.40 | NM | DNS | — | DNF | DNF |
| Austra Skujytė | Points | 914 | 941 | 997 | 850 | 0 | 0 | — | DNF | DNF |
| Viktorija Žemaitytė | Result | 14.44 | 1.74 | 14.01 | 25.06 | NM | DNS | — | DNF | DNF |
| Viktorija Žemaitytė | Points | 917 | 903 | 795 | 881 | 0 | 0 | — | DNF | DNF |

## Badminton

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Kęstutis Navickas | Men's singles | Abián (ESP) W 23–21, 12–21, 21–9 | Pukhov (RUS) W 21–12, 21–17 | Lee C W (MAS) L 5–21, 7–21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Akvilė Stapušaitytė | Women's singles | Bye | Rasmussen (DEN) L 6–21, 8–21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Basketball

### Men's tournament

Lithuania's men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by placing third at Eurobasket 2007. Because the reigning world champions (and automatic qualifiers), Spain, were second at that tournament, Lithuania joined Russia to fill out Europe's two continental qualification spots. The Lithuanian team will seek to get past the semifinal round for the first time since beginning to compete separately—in the four tournaments since then, Lithuania has taken three bronze medals and a fourth-place finish.

**Roster**

The following is the Lithuania roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

**Group play**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lithuania | 5 | 4 | 1 | 425 | 400 | +25 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Argentina | 5 | 4 | 1 | 425 | 361 | +64 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Croatia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 399 | 380 | +19 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 457 | 405 | +52 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Russia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 387 | 406 | −19 | 6 | |
| 6 | Iran | 5 | 0 | 5 | 323 | 464 | −141 | 5 | |

* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Lithuania 1–0 Argentina
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Croatia 1–0 Australia
* 10 August 2008 16:45
* Report

| Lithuania | 79–75 | 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
* Report

| Iran | 67–99 | 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
* Report

| Lithuania | 86–79 | 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
* Report

| Croatia | 73–86 | 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
* Report

| Australia | 106–75 | 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
* Report

| Lithuania | 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
* Report

| Spain | 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
* Report

| Lithuania | Argentina |
| - | - |
| 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

Lithuania qualified three boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Semiotas qualified at the 2007 World Championships. Kavaliauskas and Jakšto both earned spots at the second European tournament.

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Egidijus Kavaliauskas | Light welterweight | Vastine (FRA) L 2–13 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Daugirdas Semiotas | Light heavyweight | Shynaliyev (KAZ) L 3–11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jaroslavas Jakšto | Super heavyweight | — | Ohwarieme (NGR) W 11–1 | Price (GBR) L RSC | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Canoeing

### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Tomas Gadeikis Raimundas Labuckas | Men's C-2 500 m | 1:42.803 | 4 QS | 1:43.299 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Egidijus Balčiūnas Alvydas Duonėla | Men's K-2 500 m | 1:31.232 | 5 QS | 1:32.887 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

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

## Cycling

### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Dainius Kairelis | Men's road race | 6:39:42 | 74 |
| Ignatas Konovalovas | Men's road race | 6:26:17 | 29 |
| Edita Pučinskaitė | Women's road race | 3:32:45 | 9 |
| Edita Pučinskaitė | Women's time trial | 38:55.37 | 23 |
| Jolanta Polikevičiūtė | Women's road race | 3:32:45 | 12 |
| Modesta Vžesniauskaitė | Women's road race | 3:33:17 | 27 |

### Track

**Sprint**

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Round 1 | Repechage 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | 11.222 64.159 | 5 | Reed (USA) L | Grankovskaya (RUS) Hijgenaar (NED) W 12.123 59.391 | Pendleton (GBR) L, L | Did not advance | 5th-8th place Sanchez (FRA) Tsylinskaya (BLR) Reed (USA) L | 8 |

**Pursuit**

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opponent Results | Rank | Opponent Results | Rank |
| Svetlana Pauliukaitė | Women's individual pursuit | 3:45.691 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vilija Sereikaitė | Women's individual pursuit | 3:36.063 | 6 Q | Kalytovska (UKR) 3:36.808 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

**Omnium**

| Athlete | Event | Points | Laps | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Svetlana Pauliukaitė | Women's points race | 2 | 0 | 12 |

## Gymnastics

### Artistic

**Women**

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | V | UB | BB | Total | Rank | F | V | UB | BB | Total | Rank |
| Jelena Zanevskaya | All-around | 13.350 | 13.875 | 13.350 | 13.375 | 53.950 | 54 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Bye | Guédez (VEN) L 0000–1000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Modern pentathlon

| Athlete | Event | Shooting (10 m air pistol) | Shooting (10 m air pistol) | Shooting (10 m air pistol) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Riding (show jumping) | Riding (show jumping) | Riding (show jumping) | Running (3000 m) | Running (3000 m) | Running (3000 m) | Total points | Final rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | MP Points | Results | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | Penalties | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP Points | Total points | Final rank |
| Edvinas Krungolcas | Men's | 185 | 7 | 1156 | 21–14 | 5 | 904 | 2:07.63 | 23 | 1272 | 56 | 4 | 1144 | 9:42.65 | 25 | 1072 | 5548 | |
| Andrejus Zadneprovskis | Men's | 182 | 17 | 1120 | 15–20 | 24 | 760 | 2:02.27 | 5 | 1336 | 28 | 2 | 1168 | 9:25.00 | 13 | 1140 | 5524 | |
| Laura Asadauskaitė | Women's | 175 | 25 | 1036 | 12–23 | =31 | 688 | 2:21.76 | 22 | 1220 | 0 | 2 | 1200 | 10:18.95 | 4 | 1248 | 5392 | 15 |
| Donata Rimšaitė | Women's | 175 | 24 | 1036 | 17–18 | =18 | 808 | 2:20.57 | 21 | 1236 | 112 | 22 | 1088 | 10:13.76 | 3 | 1268 | 5436 | 13 |

## Rowing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Mindaugas Griškonis | Single sculls | 7:28.05 | 2 QF | 6:54.47 | 2 SA/B | 7:20.32 | 6 FB | 7:09.323 | 8 |

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

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Gintarė Volungevičiūtė | Laser Radial | 3 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 6 | 4 | CAN | 2 | 42 | |

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

## Shooting

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Daina Gudzinevičiūtė | Trap | 69 | 5 Q | 86 | 5 |

## Swimming

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Saulius Binevičius | 200 m freestyle | 1:51.80 | 47 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Edvinas Dautartas | 200 m breaststroke | 2:13.11 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rolandas Gimbutis | 50 m freestyle | 24.36 | 58 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vytautas Janušaitis | 100 m backstroke | 55.65 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vytautas Janušaitis | 200 m individual medley | 1:59.63 | 11 Q | 2:00.76 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rimvydas Šalčius | 100 m butterfly | 52.90 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Giedrius Titenis | 100 m breaststroke | 1:00.11 | 6 Q | 1:00.66 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Paulius Viktoravičius | 100 m freestyle | 49.27 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Raminta Dvariškytė | 200 m breaststroke | 2:33.32 | 35 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rugilė Mileišytė | 50 m freestyle | 26.19 | 39 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Rūta Paškauskienė | Women's singles | Nonaka (BRA) W 4–0 | Kim M-Y (PRK) W 4–3 | Tóth (HUN) L 3–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Ramūnas Vyšniauskas | Men's −105 kg | 180 | 10 | 220 | DNF | 180 | DNF |

## Wrestling

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 | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Aleksandr Kazakevič | −66 kg | Siamionau (BLR) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 15 |
| Valdemaras Venckaitis | −74 kg | Bye | Barrera (PER) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 14 |
| Mindaugas Ežerskis | −96 kg | Rezaei (IRI) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Khushtov (RUS) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Bye | Mambetov (KAZ) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | 7 |
| Mindaugas Mizgaitis | −120 kg | Bye | Kayaalp (TUR) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Baroev (RUS) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Bye | Hashemzadeh (IRI) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Szczepaniak (FRA) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | |

* Mindaugas Mizgaitis originally finished third, but in November 2016, he was promoted to second place due to disqualification of Khasan Baroyev.
