Lithuania at the 2004 Summer Olympics
# Lithuania at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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. 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. Meanwhile, heptathlete Austra Skujytė and modern pentathlete Zadneprovskis rounded out the Olympic podium with a silver medal each for the Lithuanian team.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Virgilijus Alekna | Athletics | Men's discus throw | August 23 |
| Silver | Austra Skujytė | Athletics | Women's heptathlon | August 21 |
| Silver | Andrejus Zadneprovskis | Modern pentathlon | Men's event | August 26 |

## Athletics

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).

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.

### 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 |
| Gintaras Andriuškevičius | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | 1:27:56 | 28 |
| Mindaugas Norbutas | 800 m | 1:47.38 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mindaugas Pukštas | Marathon | — | — | — | — | 2:33:02 | 74 |
| Daugvinas Zujus | 50 km walk | — | — | — | — | 4:09:41 | 30 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Virgilijus Alekna | Discus throw | 69.89 | 1 Q | 69.49 | |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Inga Juodeškienė | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3:09:18 | 63 |
| Sonata Milušauskaitė | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:33:36 | 23 |
| Kristina Saltanovič | 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:32:22 | 19 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Rita Ramanauskaitė | Javelin throw | 55.17 | 31 | 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 | 14.03 | 1.76 | 16.40 | 24.82 | 6.30 | 49.58 | 2:15.92 | 6435 | |
| Austra Skujytė | Points | 974 | 928 | 955 | 903 | 943 | 852 | 880 | 6435 | |

## Basketball

### Men's tournament

**Roster**

The following is the Lithuania roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.

**Group play**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lithuania | 5 | 5 | 0 | 468 | 414 | +54 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Greece | 5 | 3 | 2 | 389 | 343 | +46 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Puerto Rico | 5 | 3 | 2 | 410 | 411 | −1 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | United States | 5 | 3 | 2 | 418 | 389 | +29 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Australia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 383 | 411 | −28 | 6 | 9th place playoff |
| 6 | Angola | 5 | 0 | 5 | 321 | 421 | −100 | 5 | 11th place playoff |

* 1 2 3 Head-to-head record: Greece 1–1 (1.10 GAvg), Puerto Rico 1–1 (0.99), United States 1–1 (0.92)
* 15 August 2004 9:00

| Angola | 73–78 | Lithuania |
| - | - | - |
| 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 |

* Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 400 Referees: Chantal Julien (FRA), Ma Li Jun (CHN)
* 17 August 2004 14:30

| Lithuania | 98–90 | Puerto Rico |
| - | - | - |
| 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 | Lithuania |
| - | - | - |
| 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 | United States |
| - | - | - |
| 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 | Australia |
| - | - | - |
| 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 |

* Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 7,650 Referees: Vicente Bulto (ESP), Alejandro Chiti (ARG)

**Quarterfinals**

* 26 August 2004 16:45

| Lithuania | 95–75 | China |
| - | - | - |
| 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 | Lithuania |
| - | - | - |
| 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 | United States |
| - | - | - |
| 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

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 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Rolandas Jasevičius | Welterweight | Bashirov (TKM) L 21–54 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jaroslavas Jakšto | Super heavyweight | — | Bisbal (PUR) W 26–17 | Aly (EGY) L 11–19 | 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 |
| Alvydas Duonėla | Men's K-1 500 m | 1:40.365 | 3 q | 1:40.253 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Romas Petrukanecas | Men's K-1 1000 m | 3:37.758 | 7 q | 3:39.493 | 9 | Did not advance | 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

### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Jolanta Polikevičiūtė | Women's road race | 3:25:42 | 31 |
| Rasa Polikevičiūtė | Women's road race | 3:25:42 | 29 |
| Rasa Polikevičiūtė | Women's time trial | 34:34.48 | 23 |
| Edita Pučinskaitė | Women's road race | 3:25:10 | 9 |
| Edita Pučinskaitė | Women's time trial | 32:42.12 | 10 |

### 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 | 11.430 62.992 | 6 | Grankovskaya (RUS) W 11.872 60.646 | Bye | Abassova (RUS) L, W 12.632, L | Did not advance | 5th place final Tsylinskaya (BLR) Meinke (GER) Larreal (VEN) L | 7 |

**Pursuit**

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opponent Results | Rank | Opponent Results | Rank |
| Linas Balčiūnas | Men's individual pursuit | 4:22.392 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Linas Balčiūnas Aivaras Baranauskas Ignatas Konovalovas Tomas Vaitkus Raimondas Vilčinskas | Men's team pursuit | 4:08.812 | 8 Q | Australia (AUS) LAP | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

**Time trial**

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Simona Krupeckaitė | Women's time trial | 34.317 | 4 |

**Omnium**

| Athlete | Event | Points | Laps | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Tomas Vaitkus | Men's points race | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish |

## Judo

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 | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Yekutiel (ISR) L 0000–0101 | Did not advance | 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

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) | 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 | 171 | 26 | 988 | 16–15 | =11 | 832 | 2:07.23 | 12 | 1276 | 112 | 15 | 1088 | 13:11.15 | 32 | 236 | 4420 | 31 |
| Andrejus Zadneprovskis | Men's | 172 | =23 | 1000 | 19–12 | =2 | 916 | 2:04.34 | 6 | 1308 | 112 | 12 | 1088 | 9:31.46 | 1 | 1116 | 5428 | |

## Rowing

Lithuanian rowers qualified the following boats:

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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

Lithuanian sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

### Open

| 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 |
| Giedrius Gužys | Laser | 31 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 21 | 34 | 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

Lithuania has qualified a single shooter.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Daina Gudzinevičiūtė | Trap | 55 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

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.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Paulius Andrijauskas | 200 m butterfly | 2:04.64 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Saulius Binevičius | 200 m freestyle | 1:50.50 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Edvinas Dautartas | 200 m breaststroke | 2:23.12 | 44 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rolandas Gimbutis | 50 m freestyle | 22.59 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rolandas Gimbutis | 100 m freestyle | 48.85 NR | =2 Q | 49.75 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Darius Grigalionis | 100 m backstroke | 56.21 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vytautas Janušaitis | 200 m individual medley | 2:01.32 | 8 Q | 2:00.57 NR | 3 Q | 2:01.28 | 7 |
| Vytautas Janušaitis | 400 m individual medley | 4:26.30 | 27 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rimvydas Šalčius | 100 m butterfly | 54.46 | 35 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pavel Suškov | 200 m backstroke | 2:03.54 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Aurimas Valaitis | 100 m breaststroke | 1:04.11 | 38 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Saulius Binevičius Rolandas Gimbutis Vytautas Janušaitis Paulius Viktoravičius | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:19.28 | 11 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting

Lithuanian has qualified a single weightlifter.

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Ramūnas Vyšniauskas | Men's −105 kg | 187.5 | 7 | 222.5 | =4 | 410 | 5 |

## 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 | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Svajūnas Adomaitis | −55 kg | Chochua (GEO) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Yıldız (TUR) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | — | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16 |
| Mindaugas Ežerskis | −96 kg | Sudureac (ROM) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Hashemzadeh (IRI) L 0–5 $^{VT}$ | — | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13 |
| Mindaugas Mizgaitis | −120 kg | Gardner (USA) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Mikulski (POL) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Mureiko (BUL) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 11 |
