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Lithuania at the
Olympics
IOC codeLTU
NOC National Olympic Committee of Lithuania
Website www.ltok.lt (in Lithuanian and English)
Medals
Ranked 66th
Gold
6
Silver
7
Bronze
13
Total
26
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
  Russian Empire (1908–1912)
  Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Lithuania, after declaring restoration of independence in 1918, sent its athletes to the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris for the first time. At first it was considered to send 33 athletes, but then it was decided to limit the delegation to 13 soccer players and 2 cyclists. The soccer players arrived in Paris only a day before the game was scheduled. Lithuania debuted at the Olympic Games on May 25, 1924, at 2:40pm (Paris time) when the match between Lithuanian and Swiss teams started. Lithuania lost 9-0 (4-0). The cyclists could not finish the 188 km race because of technical difficulties.

In 1928 Summer Olympics Lithuania had 12 representatives for 4 sports: 2 boxers, 4 cyclists, and 5 athletics and one weightlifter. Juozas Vinča achieved the best results and took 5-7 place in boxing.

In 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Lithuania did not participate due to economic difficulties and political controversies surrounding the National Olympic Committee.[ citation needed] In 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Lithuania was not invited by Germany due to Memelland/Klaipėda region controversy.[ citation needed] In 1940, Lithuania lost its independence to the USSR. After the war, Lithuanians participated in the Olympic Games with the Soviet Union team. From 1952 to 1988, 86 Lithuanians participated in the Olympics and won 60 medals (57 in Summer and three in Winter Olympics).

Since the restoration of its independence in 1990, Lithuania has not missed any Olympic Games.

Lithuania did not win any medals at the Winter Olympics.

Medal tables

List of medalists

Summer Olympics

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Gold Romas Ubartas 1992 Barcelona Athletics Men's discus throw
 Bronze Men's basketball team
Romanas Brazdauskis
Valdemaras Chomičius
Darius Dimavičius
Gintaras Einikis
Sergejus Jovaiša
Artūras Karnišovas
Gintaras Krapikas
Rimas Kurtinaitis
Šarūnas Marčiulionis
Alvydas Pazdrazdis
Arvydas Sabonis
Arūnas Visockas
1992 Barcelona Basketball Men's Team Competition
 Bronze Men's basketball team
Arvydas Sabonis
Šarūnas Marčiulionis
Rimas Kurtinaitis
Gintaras Einikis
Artūras Karnišovas
Darius Lukminas
Saulius Štombergas
Eurelijus Žukauskas
Mindaugas Žukauskas
Andrius Jurkūnas
Rytis Vaišvila
Tomas Pačėsas
1996 Atlanta Basketball Men's Team Competition
 Gold Virgilijus Alekna 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's discus throw
 Gold Daina Gudzinevičiūtė 2000 Sydney Shooting Women's Trap Shooting
 Bronze Men's basketball team
Saulius Štombergas
Mindaugas Timinskas
Eurelijus Žukauskas
Darius Maskoliūnas
Ramūnas Šiškauskas
Darius Songaila
Šarūnas Jasikevičius
Kęstutis Marčiulionis
Tomas Masiulis
Dainius Adomaitis
Gintaras Einikis
Andrius Giedraitis
2000 Sydney Basketball Men's Team Competition
 Bronze Diana Žiliūtė 2000 Sydney Cycling Women's Individual Road Race
 Bronze Kristina Poplavskaja
Birutė Šakickienė
2000 Sydney Rowing Women's Double Sculls
 Gold Virgilijus Alekna 2004 Athens Athletics Men's discus throw
 Silver Austra Skujytė 2004 Athens Athletics Women's heptathlon
 Silver Andrejus Zadneprovskis 2004 Athens Modern pentathlon Men's event
 Silver Edvinas Krungolcas 2008 Beijing Modern pentathlon Men's event
 Silver Gintarė Volungevičiūtė 2008 Beijing Sailing Women's Laser Radial
 Silver Mindaugas Mizgaitis 2008 Beijing Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg
 Bronze Virgilijus Alekna 2008 Beijing Athletics Men's discus throw
 Bronze Andrejus Zadneprovskis 2008 Beijing Modern pentathlon Men's event
 Gold Laura Asadauskaitė 2012 London Modern pentathlon Women's event
 Gold Rūta Meilutytė 2012 London Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke
 Bronze Evaldas Petrauskas 2012 London Boxing Men's lightweight
 Bronze Austra Skujytė 2012 London Athletics Women's heptathlon
 Bronze Aleksandr Kazakevič 2012 London Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg
 Silver Mindaugas Griškonis
Saulius Ritter
2016 Rio de Janeiro Rowing Men's double sculls
 Bronze Milda Valčiukaitė
Donata Vištartaitė
2016 Rio de Janeiro Rowing Women's double sculls
 Bronze Aurimas Didžbalis 2016 Rio de Janeiro Weightlifting Men's 94 kg
 Bronze Aurimas Lankas
Edvinas Ramanauskas
2016 Rio de Janeiro Canoeing Men's K-2 200 m
 Silver Laura Asadauskaitė 2020 Tokyo Modern pentathlon Women's event

List of gold medal winners

No. Name Sport Year
In the Soviet Union
1 Vasilijus Matuševas Volleyball 1968
2 Danas Pozniakas Boxing 1968
3 Vladislavas Česiūnas Canoeing 1972
4 Modestas Paulauskas Basketball 1972
5 Vida Beselienė Basketball 1980
6 Aldona Česaitytė-Nenėnienė Handball 1976 and 1980
7 Lina Kačiušytė Swimming 1980
8 Sigita Mažeikaitė-Strečen Handball 1980
9 Angelė Rupšienė Basketball 1976 and 1980
10 Remigijus Valiulis Athletics 1980
11 Robertas Žulpa Swimming 1980
12 Algimantas Šalna Biathlon 1984
13 Valdemaras Chomičius Basketball 1988
14 Arvydas Janonis Football 1988
15 Artūras Kasputis Cycling 1988
16 Rimas Kurtinaitis Basketball 1988
17 Šarūnas Marčiulionis Basketball 1988
18 Arminas Narbekovas Football 1988
19 Valdemaras Novickis Handball 1988
20 Arvydas Sabonis Basketball 1988
21 Gintautas Umaras Cycling 1988 (twice)
22 Vida Vencienė Cross country skiing 1988
Independent Lithuania
23 Romas Ubartas Athletics 1992
24 Daina Gudzinevičiūtė Shooting 2000
25 Virgilijus Alekna Athletics 2000 and 2004
26 Rūta Meilutytė Swimming 2012
27 Laura Asadauskaitė Modern pentathlon 2012

Olympic participants

Summer Olympics

Sport 1924 1928 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 Athletes
Athletics 5 8 14 18 12 18 20 16 11 76
Badminton 2 1 2
Basketball 12 11 12 12 12 12 12 52
Boxing 2 4 1 2 2 3 2 2 14
Canoeing/Kayaking 1 2 3 3 4 2 6 1 16
Cycling 2 4 5 13 8 9 8 4 4 5 39
Football 11 11
Gymnastics 1 1 1 2 1 1 6
Judo 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 7
Modern pentathlon 3 1 1 2 4 3 3 3 10
Rowing 8 3 2 2 1 4 10 9 22
Sailing 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 7
Shooting 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3
Swimming 2 8 6 10 9 4 6 6 29
Table Tennis 1 2 1 2
Tennis 1 1
Weightlifting 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4
Wrestling 1 3 2 3 4 2 1 1 10
Total 13 12 47 61 61 59 71 62 67 42 311

Winter Olympics

Sport 1928 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 Athletes
Alpine skiing 1 1 1 2 2 2 6
Biathlon 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 4 5 11
Cross-country skiing 2 2 3 4 2 4 2 3 4 15
Figure skating 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 6
Short track speed skating 1 1
Speed skating 1 1
Total 1 6 6 7 8 7 6 9 9 13 39

See also

External links

  • "Lithuania". International Olympic Committee.
  • "Lithuania". Olympedia.com.
  • "Olympic Analytics/LTU". olympanalyt.com.
  • The European Olympic Committees
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lithuania at the
Olympics
IOC codeLTU
NOC National Olympic Committee of Lithuania
Website www.ltok.lt (in Lithuanian and English)
Medals
Ranked 66th
Gold
6
Silver
7
Bronze
13
Total
26
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
  Russian Empire (1908–1912)
  Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Lithuania, after declaring restoration of independence in 1918, sent its athletes to the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris for the first time. At first it was considered to send 33 athletes, but then it was decided to limit the delegation to 13 soccer players and 2 cyclists. The soccer players arrived in Paris only a day before the game was scheduled. Lithuania debuted at the Olympic Games on May 25, 1924, at 2:40pm (Paris time) when the match between Lithuanian and Swiss teams started. Lithuania lost 9-0 (4-0). The cyclists could not finish the 188 km race because of technical difficulties.

In 1928 Summer Olympics Lithuania had 12 representatives for 4 sports: 2 boxers, 4 cyclists, and 5 athletics and one weightlifter. Juozas Vinča achieved the best results and took 5-7 place in boxing.

In 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Lithuania did not participate due to economic difficulties and political controversies surrounding the National Olympic Committee.[ citation needed] In 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Lithuania was not invited by Germany due to Memelland/Klaipėda region controversy.[ citation needed] In 1940, Lithuania lost its independence to the USSR. After the war, Lithuanians participated in the Olympic Games with the Soviet Union team. From 1952 to 1988, 86 Lithuanians participated in the Olympics and won 60 medals (57 in Summer and three in Winter Olympics).

Since the restoration of its independence in 1990, Lithuania has not missed any Olympic Games.

Lithuania did not win any medals at the Winter Olympics.

Medal tables

List of medalists

Summer Olympics

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Gold Romas Ubartas 1992 Barcelona Athletics Men's discus throw
 Bronze Men's basketball team
Romanas Brazdauskis
Valdemaras Chomičius
Darius Dimavičius
Gintaras Einikis
Sergejus Jovaiša
Artūras Karnišovas
Gintaras Krapikas
Rimas Kurtinaitis
Šarūnas Marčiulionis
Alvydas Pazdrazdis
Arvydas Sabonis
Arūnas Visockas
1992 Barcelona Basketball Men's Team Competition
 Bronze Men's basketball team
Arvydas Sabonis
Šarūnas Marčiulionis
Rimas Kurtinaitis
Gintaras Einikis
Artūras Karnišovas
Darius Lukminas
Saulius Štombergas
Eurelijus Žukauskas
Mindaugas Žukauskas
Andrius Jurkūnas
Rytis Vaišvila
Tomas Pačėsas
1996 Atlanta Basketball Men's Team Competition
 Gold Virgilijus Alekna 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's discus throw
 Gold Daina Gudzinevičiūtė 2000 Sydney Shooting Women's Trap Shooting
 Bronze Men's basketball team
Saulius Štombergas
Mindaugas Timinskas
Eurelijus Žukauskas
Darius Maskoliūnas
Ramūnas Šiškauskas
Darius Songaila
Šarūnas Jasikevičius
Kęstutis Marčiulionis
Tomas Masiulis
Dainius Adomaitis
Gintaras Einikis
Andrius Giedraitis
2000 Sydney Basketball Men's Team Competition
 Bronze Diana Žiliūtė 2000 Sydney Cycling Women's Individual Road Race
 Bronze Kristina Poplavskaja
Birutė Šakickienė
2000 Sydney Rowing Women's Double Sculls
 Gold Virgilijus Alekna 2004 Athens Athletics Men's discus throw
 Silver Austra Skujytė 2004 Athens Athletics Women's heptathlon
 Silver Andrejus Zadneprovskis 2004 Athens Modern pentathlon Men's event
 Silver Edvinas Krungolcas 2008 Beijing Modern pentathlon Men's event
 Silver Gintarė Volungevičiūtė 2008 Beijing Sailing Women's Laser Radial
 Silver Mindaugas Mizgaitis 2008 Beijing Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg
 Bronze Virgilijus Alekna 2008 Beijing Athletics Men's discus throw
 Bronze Andrejus Zadneprovskis 2008 Beijing Modern pentathlon Men's event
 Gold Laura Asadauskaitė 2012 London Modern pentathlon Women's event
 Gold Rūta Meilutytė 2012 London Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke
 Bronze Evaldas Petrauskas 2012 London Boxing Men's lightweight
 Bronze Austra Skujytė 2012 London Athletics Women's heptathlon
 Bronze Aleksandr Kazakevič 2012 London Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg
 Silver Mindaugas Griškonis
Saulius Ritter
2016 Rio de Janeiro Rowing Men's double sculls
 Bronze Milda Valčiukaitė
Donata Vištartaitė
2016 Rio de Janeiro Rowing Women's double sculls
 Bronze Aurimas Didžbalis 2016 Rio de Janeiro Weightlifting Men's 94 kg
 Bronze Aurimas Lankas
Edvinas Ramanauskas
2016 Rio de Janeiro Canoeing Men's K-2 200 m
 Silver Laura Asadauskaitė 2020 Tokyo Modern pentathlon Women's event

List of gold medal winners

No. Name Sport Year
In the Soviet Union
1 Vasilijus Matuševas Volleyball 1968
2 Danas Pozniakas Boxing 1968
3 Vladislavas Česiūnas Canoeing 1972
4 Modestas Paulauskas Basketball 1972
5 Vida Beselienė Basketball 1980
6 Aldona Česaitytė-Nenėnienė Handball 1976 and 1980
7 Lina Kačiušytė Swimming 1980
8 Sigita Mažeikaitė-Strečen Handball 1980
9 Angelė Rupšienė Basketball 1976 and 1980
10 Remigijus Valiulis Athletics 1980
11 Robertas Žulpa Swimming 1980
12 Algimantas Šalna Biathlon 1984
13 Valdemaras Chomičius Basketball 1988
14 Arvydas Janonis Football 1988
15 Artūras Kasputis Cycling 1988
16 Rimas Kurtinaitis Basketball 1988
17 Šarūnas Marčiulionis Basketball 1988
18 Arminas Narbekovas Football 1988
19 Valdemaras Novickis Handball 1988
20 Arvydas Sabonis Basketball 1988
21 Gintautas Umaras Cycling 1988 (twice)
22 Vida Vencienė Cross country skiing 1988
Independent Lithuania
23 Romas Ubartas Athletics 1992
24 Daina Gudzinevičiūtė Shooting 2000
25 Virgilijus Alekna Athletics 2000 and 2004
26 Rūta Meilutytė Swimming 2012
27 Laura Asadauskaitė Modern pentathlon 2012

Olympic participants

Summer Olympics

Sport 1924 1928 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 Athletes
Athletics 5 8 14 18 12 18 20 16 11 76
Badminton 2 1 2
Basketball 12 11 12 12 12 12 12 52
Boxing 2 4 1 2 2 3 2 2 14
Canoeing/Kayaking 1 2 3 3 4 2 6 1 16
Cycling 2 4 5 13 8 9 8 4 4 5 39
Football 11 11
Gymnastics 1 1 1 2 1 1 6
Judo 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 7
Modern pentathlon 3 1 1 2 4 3 3 3 10
Rowing 8 3 2 2 1 4 10 9 22
Sailing 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 7
Shooting 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3
Swimming 2 8 6 10 9 4 6 6 29
Table Tennis 1 2 1 2
Tennis 1 1
Weightlifting 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4
Wrestling 1 3 2 3 4 2 1 1 10
Total 13 12 47 61 61 59 71 62 67 42 311

Winter Olympics

Sport 1928 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 Athletes
Alpine skiing 1 1 1 2 2 2 6
Biathlon 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 4 5 11
Cross-country skiing 2 2 3 4 2 4 2 3 4 15
Figure skating 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 6
Short track speed skating 1 1
Speed skating 1 1
Total 1 6 6 7 8 7 6 9 9 13 39

See also

External links

  • "Lithuania". International Olympic Committee.
  • "Lithuania". Olympedia.com.
  • "Olympic Analytics/LTU". olympanalyt.com.
  • The European Olympic Committees

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