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 (, 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 Athletics Men's discus throw Athletics Women's heptathlon Modern pentathlon Men's event
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.
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankGintaras Andriuškevičius20 km walkcolspan=4 1:27:5628Mindaugas Norbutas800 m1:47.386Did not advanceMindaugas PukštasMarathoncolspan=4 2:33:0274Daugvinas Zujus50 km walkcolspan=4 4:09:4130
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionVirgilijus AleknaDiscus throw69.891 Q69.49
Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankŽivilė BalčiūnaitėMarathoncolspan=6 2:35:0114Agnė Eggerth100 m11.445Did not advanceInga JuodeškienėMarathoncolspan=6 3:09:1863Sonata Milušauskaitė20 km walkcolspan=6 1:33:3623Kristina Saltanovičcolspan=6 1:32:2219
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionRita RamanauskaitėJavelin throw55.1731Did not advance
Combined events – Heptathlon AthleteEvent 200 m 800 mFinalRankAustra SkujytėResult14.031.7616.4024.826.3049.582:15.926435Points974928955903943852880
Basketball
Men's tournament
Roster
Group play
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal final
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.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankRolandas JasevičiusWelterweightL 21–54Did not advanceJaroslavas JakštoSuper heavyweightW 26–17L 11–19Did not advance
Canoeing
Sprint AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAlvydas DuonėlaMen's K-1 500 m1:40.3653 q1:40.2534Did not advanceRomas PetrukanecasMen's K-1 1000 m3:37.7587 q3:39.4939Did not advanceEgidijus BalčiūnasAlvydas DuonėlaMen's K-2 500 m1:30.5212 q1:30.2701 Q1:29.8687 Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal
Cycling
Road AthleteEventTimeRankJolanta PolikevičiūtėWomen's road race3:25:4231Rasa PolikevičiūtėWomen's road race3:25:4229Women's time trial34:34.4823Edita PučinskaitėWomen's road race3:25:109Women's time trial32:42.1210
Track Sprint AthleteEventQualificationRound 1Repechage 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeSpeed (km/h)RankOppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)RankSimona KrupeckaitėWomen's sprint11.43062.9926W 11.87260.646L, W 12.632, LDid not advance5th place finalL7
Pursuit AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalsFinalTimeRankOpponentResultsRankOpponentResultsRankLinas BalčiūnasMen's individual pursuit4:22.3929Did not advanceLinas BalčiūnasAivaras BaranauskasIgnatas KonovalovasTomas VaitkusRaimondas VilčinskasMen's team pursuit4:08.8128 Q8Did not advance
Time trial AthleteEventTimeRankSimona KrupeckaitėWomen's time trial34.3174
Omnium AthleteEventPointsLapsRankTomas VaitkusMen's points raceDid not finish
Judo
Lithuania has qualified a single judoka.
AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAlbertas TechovasMen's −60 kgL 0000–0101Did not advance
Modern pentathlon
Two Lithuanian athletes qualified to compete in the modern pentathlon event through the European and UIPM World Championships.
AthleteEventShooting(10 m air pistol)Fencing(épée one touch)Swimming(200 m freestyle)Riding(show jumping)Running(3000 m)Total pointsFinal rankPointsRankMP PointsResultsRankMP pointsTimeRankMP pointsPenaltiesRankMP pointsTimeRankMP PointsEdvinas KrungolcasMen's1712698816–15=118322:07.2312127611215108813:11.1532236442031Andrejus Zadneprovskis172=23100019–12=29162:04.34613081121210889:31.46111165428
Rowing
Lithuanian rowers qualified the following boats:
Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankKęstutis KeblysEinaras ŠiaudvytisDouble sculls7:07.134 R6:24.565Did 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 AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank12345678910M*Giedrius GužysLaser311921242134241925272823927 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 AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankDaina GudzinevičiūtėTrap5514Did 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 AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPaulius Andrijauskas200 m butterfly2:04.6430Did not advanceSaulius Binevičius200 m freestyle1:50.5021Did not advanceEdvinas Dautartas200 m breaststroke2:23.1244Did not advanceRolandas Gimbutis50 m freestyle22.5921Did not advance100 m freestyle48.85 NR=2 Q49.7514Did not advanceDarius Grigalionis100 m backstroke56.2124Did not advanceVytautas Janušaitis200 m individual medley2:01.328 Q2:00.57 NR3 Q2:01.287400 m individual medley4:26.3027colspan=2 Did not advanceRimvydas Šalčius100 m butterfly54.4635Did not advancePavel Suškov200 m backstroke2:03.5426Did not advanceAurimas Valaitis100 m breaststroke1:04.1138Did not advanceSaulius BinevičiusRolandas GimbutisVytautas JanušaitisPaulius Viktoravičius4 × 100 m freestyle relay3:19.2811colspan=2 Did not advance
Weightlifting
Lithuanian has qualified a single weightlifter.
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankRamūnas VyšniauskasMen's −105 kg187.57222.5=44105
Wrestling
Men's Greco-Roman AthleteEventElimination PoolQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankSvajūnas Adomaitis−55 kgL 1–3 L 1–3 3Did not advance16Mindaugas Ežerskis−96 kgW 3–1 L 0–5 2Did not advance13Mindaugas Mizgaitis−120 kgL 0–3 W 3–0 L 1–3 3Did not advance11
See also Lithuania at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
References
External links Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad National Olympic Committee of Lithuania