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. 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
Medal Name Sport Event Date Modern pentathlon Women's individual
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 6 5 11Canoeing 1 0 1Cycling 1 4 5Judo 0 1 1Gymnastics 1 0 1Modern pentathlon 1 2 3Rowing 7 2 9Sailing 1 1 2Shooting 1 0 1Swimming 5 1 6Weightlifting 1 0 1Wrestling 1 0 1 Total 26 16 42
Athletics
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):
Track & road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankGediminas TruskauskasMen's 200 m21.025 Did not advanceMarius ŽiūkasMen's 20 km walkcolspan=4 1:27:3533Arturas MastianicaMen's 50 km walkcolspan=4 4:06:43 31Agnė ŠerkšnienėWomen's 400 m52.786 Did not advanceBrigita VirbalytėWomen's 20 km walkcolspan=4 1:35:5626
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionAdrijus GlebauskasMen's high jump2.17=26 Did not advanceAndrius GudžiusMen's discus throw65.942 q64.116Edis MatusevičiusMen's javelin throw81.2414 Did not advanceDiana ZagainovaWomen's triple jump13.1028 Did not advanceAirinė PalšytėWomen's high jump1.86=27Did not advanceLiveta JasiūnaitėWomen's javelin throw61.968 q60.067
Canoeing
Sprint 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.
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMindaugas MaldonisMen's K-1 200 m35.6503 QF35.4661 SF36.6378 FB36.25710 Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Cycling
Road 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.
AthleteEventTimeRankEvaldas ŠiškevičiusMen's road race Did not finishRasa LeleivytėWomen's road race3:59.4735
Track 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 AthleteEventQualificationRound 1Repechage 1Round 2Repechage 2Round 3Repechage 3QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeSpeed (km/h)RankOppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)RankSimona KrupeckaitėWomen's sprint10.706 16 QL L Did not advanceMiglė Marozaitė11.03124 QL L Did not advance
Team sprint AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalsFinalTimeSpeed (km/h)RankOppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)RankOppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)RankSimona KrupeckaitėMiglė MarozaitėWomen's team sprint33.2767L 32.82754.8336W 32.80854.8655 Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final
Keirin AthleteEvent1st RoundRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankRankRankRankRankSimona KrupeckaitėWomen's keirin6 R3 Did not advanceMiglė Marozaitė6 R5 Did not advance
Omnium AthleteEventScratch raceTempo raceElimination racePoints raceTotal pointsRankRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsPointsRankOlivija BaleišytėWomen's omnium=1316178630−20173417
Gymnastics
Artistic 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.
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankRobert TvorogalAll-around13.63312.10013.300 13.66614.500 12.76680.23246Did not advance
Judo
Lithuania entered one judoka into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.International Judo Federation Olympics Ranking
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankSandra JablonskytėWomen's +78 kgW 01–00L 00–01Did not advance
Modern pentathlon
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. 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.
AthleteEventFencing(épée one touch)Swimming(200 m freestyle)Riding(show jumping)Combined: shooting/running(10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)Total pointsFinal rankRankMP pointsTimeRankMP pointsTimeRankMP pointsTimeRankMP pointsJustinas KinderisMen's24–11232462:02.841830599.133124711:22.8218618141618Laura AsadauskaitėWomen's15–20 2251922:17.212527677.09=130011:38.3716021370Gintarė Venčkauskaitė12–231341732:18.373027472.74=130011:44.37259613437
Rowing
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, and the men's quadruple crew qualified through a final qualification regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland due to Russian crew declining their spot.
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMindaugas GriškonisMen's single sculls7:05.882 QFcolspan=2 7:16.713 SA/B6:45.903 FA6:57.606Aurimas AdomavičiusSaulius RitterMen's double sculls6:23.084 R6:27.362 SA/Bcolspan=2 6:34.046 FB6:20.8712Donata KaralienėMilda ValčiukaitėWomen's double sculls6:50.382 SA/Bcolspan=2 colspan=2 7:11.293 FA6:47.444Dominykas JančionisDovydas NemeravičiusArmandas KelmelisMartynas DžiaugysMen's quadruple sculls6:03.075 R6:14.736 FBcolspan=4 5:51.6410 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
Lithuanian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships, and the continental regattas.
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank123456789101112M*Juozas BernotasMen's RS:X231112151012181312145EL14515Viktorija AndrulytėWomen's Laser Radial10292426192327333colspan=2 EL19425 M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Shooting
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.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankKarolis GirulisMen's 10 m air rifle624.328Did not advanceMen's 50 m rifle 3 positions116325Did not advance
Swimming
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)):
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankDanas RapšysMen's 200 m freestyle1:45.849 Q1:45.323 Q1:45.788Men's 400 m freestyle3:46.3213colspan=2 Did not advanceMen's 200 m individual medley1:59.9033Did not advanceAndrius ŠidlauskasMen's 100 m breaststroke59.4613 Q59.82=13Did not advanceMen's 200 m breaststroke2:09.5613 Q2:10.6916Did not advanceGiedrius TitenisMen's 100 m breaststroke1:00.9236Did not advanceSimonas BilisDeividas MargevičiusDanas RapšysAndrius ŠidlauskasMen's 4 × 100 m medley relaycolspan="2" Did not advanceKotryna TeterevkovaWomen's 100 m breaststroke1:06.8215 Q1:07.3914Did not advanceWomen's 200 m breaststroke2:26.8223Did not advance
Weightlifting
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.
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankArnas ŠidiškisMen's −109 kg156131871134311
Wrestling
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.
Greco-Roman AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMantas KnystautasMen's −130 kgL 1–3 PPDid not advance10
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