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Lithuania at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Lithuania competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's eighth appearance at the Summer Olympics. The National Olympic Committee of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos tautinis olimpinis komitetas, LTOK) sent a total of 62 athletes to the Games, 39 men and 23 women, to compete in 14 sports. Men's basketball was the only team-based sport in which Lithuania had its representation in these Olympic games.

Lithuania at the
2012 Summer Olympics
IOC codeLTU
NOCLithuanian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.ltok.lt (in Lithuanian and English)
in London
Competitors62 in 14 sports
Flag bearers Virgilijus Alekna[1] (opening)
Jevgenijus Šuklinas (closing)
Medals
Ranked 35th
Gold
2
Silver
0
Bronze
3
Total
5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1908–1912)
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)

The Lithuanian team featured past Olympic medalists, including Laser Radial sailor and world champion Gintarė Scheidt, who previously won the silver in Beijing. Trap shooter Daina Gudzinevičiūtė, and discus thrower and two-time Olympic champion Virgilijus Alekna, who became Lithuania's flag bearer at the opening ceremony, made their fifth Olympic appearance as the oldest and most experienced team members. Basketball player Šarūnas Jasikevičius and heptathlete Austra Skujytė, on the other hand, were among the Lithuanian athletes to compete in four Olympic games. Other notable athletes featured swimmer and world bronze medalist Giedrius Titenis, and NBA basketball stars Linas Kleiza and Jonas Valančiūnas (both played for the Toronto Raptors).

Lithuania left London with a total of six Olympic medals (two gold, one silver, and three bronze). Four of these medals were awarded for the first time in boxing, canoeing and swimming, including all gold medals won by women. Among the nation's medalists were 15-year-old breaststroke swimmer Rūta Meilutytė, the youngest athlete of the team, who surprisingly won Lithuania's first ever gold medal in her sport,[2] and Laura Asadauskaitė, who became the final Olympic champion in London, after winning the women's modern pentathlon. The men's national basketball team failed to advance into the semi-finals for the first time, after losing out to Russia.

Medalists

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Main article: 2012 Summer Olympics medal table
 
Medalists greeting in Vilnius

Competitors

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Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 7 13 20
Badminton 0 1 1
Basketball 12 0 12
Boxing 2 0 2
Canoeing 2 0 2
Cycling 2 2 4
Gymnastics 1 1 2
Judo 2 0 2
Modern pentathlon 1 2 3
Rowing 3 1 4
Sailing 2 1 3
Shooting 0 1 1
Swimming 3 1 4
Wrestling 2 0 2
Total 39 23 62

Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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):[3][4]

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
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Rytis Sakalauskas 100 m Bye 10.29 6 Did not advance
Tadas Šuškevičius[5] 50 km walk — 4:08:16 46
Marius Žiūkas 20 km walk — 1:24:45 40
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Virgilijus Alekna Discus throw 63.88 10 q 67.38 4
Povilas Mykolaitis Long jump 7.61 26 Did not advance
Raivydas Stanys High jump 2.16 27 Did not advance
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Darius Draudvila Result 10.95 7.12 15.17 1.96 50.13 14.87 46.43 4.20 50.16 5:03.14 7557 25
Points 872 842 800 767 809 865 796 673 591 542
 
Rasa Drazdauskaitė in women's marathon
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Neringa Aidietytė 20 km walk — 1:34:01 39
Rasa Drazdauskaitė Marathon — 2:29:29 27
Lina Grinčikaitė 100 m Bye 11.19 NR 4 q 11.30 7 Did not advance
Remalda Kergytė Marathon — 2:39:01 75
Diana Lobačevskė — 2:29:32 28
Kristina Saltanovič 20 km walk — 1:31:04 21
Eglė Staišiūnaitė 400 m hurdles 57.79 5 — Did not advance
Sonata Tamošaitytė 100 m hurdles 13.59 5 — Did not advance
Brigita Virbalytė 20 km walk — 1:31:58 26
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Indrė Jakubaitytė Javelin throw 59.05 18 Did not advance
Airinė Palšytė High jump 1.93 =10 q 1.89 11
Zinaida Sendriūtė Discus throw 62.79 10 q 61.68 8
Combined events – Heptathlon
Athlete Event 100H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 m Final Rank
Austra Skujytė Result 14.00 1.92 17.31 25.43 6.25 51.13 2:20.59 6599  
Points 978 1132 1016 848 927 882 816

Badminton

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Main article: Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Group stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Akvilė Stapušaitytė Women's singles   Jie Y (NED)
L (16–21, 7–21) 		  Ingólfsdóttir (ISL)
L (10–21, 16–21) 		3 Did not advance

Basketball

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Main article: Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

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Main article: Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Roster

The following is the Lithuania roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[6]

Lithuania men's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
G 4 Rimantas Kaukėnas 35 – (1977-04-11)11 April 1977 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Mens Sana Basket  
G 5 Mantas Kalnietis 25 – (1986-09-06)6 September 1986 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Žalgiris  
F 6 Jonas Mačiulis 27 – (1985-02-10)10 February 1985 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Mens Sana Basket  
G 7 Martynas Pocius 26 – (1986-04-28)28 April 1986 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Real Madrid Baloncesto  
G 8 Renaldas Seibutis 27 – (1985-07-23)23 July 1985 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) BC Lietuvos rytas  
F 9 Darius Songaila 34 – (1978-02-14)14 February 1978 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) CB Valladolid  
G 10 Simas Jasaitis 30 – (1982-03-26)26 March 1982 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Türk Telekom B.K.  
F 11 Linas Kleiza (C) 27 – (1985-01-03)3 January 1985 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Toronto Raptors  
C 12 Antanas Kavaliauskas 27 – (1984-09-19)19 September 1984 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) BK VEF Rīga  
G 13 Šarūnas Jasikevičius 36 – (1976-03-05)5 March 1976 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Panathinaikos B.C.  
C 14 Jonas Valančiūnas 20 – (1992-05-06)6 May 1992 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) BC Lietuvos rytas  
F 15 Paulius Jankūnas 28 – (1984-04-29)29 April 1984 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) BC Žalgiris  
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 29 July 2012
  • (C) – team captain
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   United States 5 5 0 589 398 +191 10 Quarterfinals
2   France 5 4 1 376 378 −2 9
3   Argentina 5 3 2 448 424 +24 8
4   Lithuania 5 2 3 395 399 −4 7
5   Nigeria 5 1 4 338 456 −118 6
6   Tunisia 5 0 5 320 411 −91 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
29 July 2012
22:15
Argentina   102–79   Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 27–16, 27–22, 24–18
Pts: Scola 32
Rebs: Ginóbili 10
Asts: Ginóbili, Prigioni 6		 Pts: Kleiza 20
Rebs: Kleiza 7
Asts: Kalnietis 5
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Jorge Carrion (PUR), Vaughan Mayberry (AUS)
31 July 2012
14:30
Lithuania   72–53   Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 14–8, 20–19, 22–13, 16–13
Pts: Songaila 12
Rebs: Kleiza 6
Asts: Jasikevičius 9		 Pts: Diogu, Al. Aminu 12
Rebs: Al. Aminu 11
Asts: Al. Aminu 2
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Stephen Seibel (CAN), Vitalis Gode (KEN)
2 August 2012
09:00
France   82–74   Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 14–22, 20–9, 23–22
Pts: Parker 27
Rebs: Turiaf 10
Asts: Diaw 8		 Pts: Kleiza 17
Rebs: Kleiza 7
Asts: Jasikevičius 5
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Ilija Belošević (SRB), Jorge Vázquez (PUR)
4 August 2012
14:30
Lithuania   94–99   United States
Scoring by quarter: 25–33, 26–22, 21–23, 22–21
Pts: Kleiza 25
Rebs: Pocius 7
Asts: Jasikevičius, Pocius 6		 Pts: James, Anthony 20
Rebs: Love 8
Asts: Paul 6
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Recep Ankaralı (TUR), Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Marcos Benito (BRA)
6 August 2012
11:15
Tunisia   63–76   Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 18–7, 17–22, 19–21, 9–26
Pts: Rzig 17
Rebs: Mejri 12
Asts: Mejri 3		 Pts: Songaila, Jasikevičius 13
Rebs: Kleiza, Valančiūnas 6
Asts: Kalnietis 9
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Juan Arteaga (ESP), Saša Pukl (SLO), Felicia Grinter (USA)
Quarter-final
8 August 2012
14:00
Russia   83–74   Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 17–10, 15–17, 22–23, 29–24
Pts: Kirilenko 19
Rebs: Kirilenko 13
Asts: Khryapa 8		 Pts: Kaukėnas 19
Rebs: Valančiūnas 9
Asts: four players 3
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Pablo Estévez (ARG), Michael Aylen (AUS)

Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Evaldas Petrauskas Lightweight   Varga (HUN)
W 20–12 		  Keleş (TUR)
W 16–12 		  Valentino (ITA)
W 16–14 		  Han S-C (KOR)
L 13–18 		Did not advance  
Egidijus Kavaliauskas Welterweight Bye   Evans (GBR)
L 7–11 		Did not advance

Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Sprint

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Lithuania has so far qualified boats for the following events:

Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Egidijus Balčiūnas Men's K-1 200 m 36.173 4 Q 36.495 5 FB 37.995 10
Jevgenijus Šuklinas Men's C-1 200 m 41.288 2 Q 41.483 1 FA 42.792 DSQ*

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

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics
 
Ramūnas Navardauskas in men's road time trial.

Road

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Athlete Event Time Rank
Gediminas Bagdonas Men's road race 5:46:37 59
Ramūnas Navardauskas Men's road race 5:46:37 47
Men's time trial 55:12.32 21

Track

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Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Repechage 1 Round 2 Repechage 2 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) 		Rank
Simona Krupeckaitė Women's sprint 11.234
64.091 		8   Kanis (NED)
W 11.528
62.456 		Bye   Panarina (BLR)
W 11.486
62.685 		Bye   Vogel (GER)
L 		Did not advance 5th place final
  Guerra (CUB)
  Shulika (UKR)
  Panarina (BLR)
W 11.812 		5
Keirin
Athlete Event 1st round Repechage 2nd round Final
Rank Rank Rank Rank
Simona Krupeckaitė Women's keirin 2 Q Bye 5 7

BMX

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Athlete Event Seeding Semifinal Final
Result Rank Points Rank Result Rank
Vilma Rimšaitė Women's BMX 42.162 14 19 7 Did not advance

Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Artistic

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Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Rokas Guščinas Pommel horse — 14.366 — 14.366 17 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F V UB BB F V UB BB
Laura Švilpaitė All-around 12.666 12.233 13.500 11.900 50.299 50 Did not advance

Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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
Karolis Bauža Men's −90 kg   Buffet (FRA)
W 0100–0010 		  Iliadis (GRE)
L 0003–0100 		Did not advance
Marius Paškevičius Men's +100 kg   Fiakaifonu (VAN)
W 0100–0000 		  Silva (BRA)
L 0001–1001 		Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

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Athlete Event Fencing
(épée one touch) 		Swimming
(200 m freestyle) 		Riding
(show jumping) 		Combined: shooting/running
(10 m air pistol)/(3000 m) 		Total points Final rank
Results Rank MP points Time Rank MP points Penalties Rank MP points Time Rank MP Points
Justinas Kinderis Men's 15–20 =25 760 2:04.35 15 1308 60 12 1140 10:19.34 2 2524 5732 8
Laura Asadauskaitė Women's 23–12 3 952 2:18.67 17 1136 20 3 1180 11:55.64 6 2140 5408 OR  
Gintarė Venčkauskaitė 10–25 34 640 2:16.88 11 1160 40 6 1160 11:36.63 2 2216 5176 12

Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mindaugas Griškonis Single sculls 6:46.56 4 R 7:00.19 1 Q 7:00.80 3 SA/B 7:31.72 5 FB 7:15.32 8
Rolandas Maščinskas
Saulius Ritter 		Double sculls 6:17.78 =2 SA/B Bye — 6:21.62 2 FA 6:42.96 6
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Donata Vištartaitė Single sculls 7:43.07 2 Q Bye 7:45.68 3 SA/B 7:56.05 5 FB 7:47.94 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; Q=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Juozas Bernotas RS:X 9 13 13 8 9 13 11 17 27 27 EL 120 12
Rokas Milevičius Laser 37 37 33 38 43 37 40 43 31 46 EL 339 42
Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Gintarė Scheidt Laser Radial 2 13 9 10 3 14 11 7 7 6 14 82 6

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

Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Daina Gudzinevičiūtė Trap 66 14 Did not advance

Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics
 
Lithuanian swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics (Sadauskas, Meilutytė, Janušaitis, and Titenis)
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Vytautas Janušaitis 100 m butterfly 54.17 39 Did not advance
200 m individual medley 1:59.84 14 Q 2:00.13 13 Did not advance
Mindaugas Sadauskas 100 m freestyle 49.78 28 Did not advance
Giedrius Titenis 100 m breaststroke 59.68 3 Q 59.66 5 Q 1:00.84 8
200 m breaststroke 2:10.36 8 Q 2:09.95 11 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Rūta Meilutytė 50 m freestyle 25.55 26 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 56.33 29 Did not advance
100 m breaststroke 1:05.56 NR 1 Q 1:05.21 EU 1 Q 1:05.47  

Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Edgaras Venckaitis −66 kg   Serir (ALG)
W 3–1 PP 		  Bayakhmetov (KAZ)
W 3–1 PP 		  Kim H-W (KOR)
L 0–3 PO 		Did not advance Bye   Mulens (CUB)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 7
Aleksandr Kazakevič −74 kg Bye   Bácsi (HUN)
W 5–0 VB 		  Rosengren (SWE)
W 3–1 PP 		  Vlasov (RUS)
L 0–3 PO 		Bye   Madsen (DEN)
W 3–0 PO 		 

References

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  1. ^ Lietuvos delegacijos vėliavą Londono olimpiados atidaryme neš V.Alekna
  2. ^ "Lithuanian 15-year-old Ruta Meilutyte wins shock gold". BBC Sport. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  3. ^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  4. ^ IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS (PDF), IAAF, archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2012, retrieved 4 June 2011
  5. ^ Šuškevičius, Adietyrė, Virbalytė, Saltanovič and Žiūkas selected Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "LTU - Jasaitas, Seibutis replace Delininkaitis, Dulkys". FIBA. 18 July 2012. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013.
  7. ^ https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-one-athlete-for-failing-anti-doping-tests-at-london-2012-2 IOC sanctions one athlete for failing anti-doping tests at London 2012
 
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