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Lithuania at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Lithuania at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codeLTU
NOCLithuanian National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.ltok.lt (in Lithuanian and English)
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors51 in 13 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Justina Vanagaitė & Rytis Jasiūnas
Flag bearer (closing)Dominika Banevič
Medals
Ranked 70th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
2
Total
4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1908–1912)
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Lithuania competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Games in the post-Soviet era and eleventh overall in Summer Olympic history.

Medalists

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Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 4 7 11
Basketball 4 0 4
Breaking 0 1 1
Canoeing 5 0 5
Cycling 1 2 3
Equestrian 1 1 2
Gymnastics 1 0 1
Modern pentathlon 0 2 2
Rowing 3 5 8
Sailing 1 1 2
Swimming 5 2 7
Volleyball 0 2 2
Wrestling 2 1 3
Total 27 24 51

Athletics

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Lithuanian track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[1][2][3]

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 and road events
Athlete Event Heat Repechage Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Gabija Galvydytė Women's 800 m 1:59.18 PB 4 2:00.66 4 Did not advance
Modesta Morauskaitė Women's 400 m 52.00 SB 8 51.33 SB 4 Did not advance
Field events
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Mykolas Alekna Discus throw 67.47 1 Q 69.97 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Andrius Gudžius 64.07 10 Q 66.55 8
Martynas Alekna 58.66 28 Did not advance
Edis Matusevičius Javelin throw 79.40 21 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Ieva Gumbs Discus throw 60.37 22 Did not advance
Airinė Palšytė High jump 1.88 15 Did not advance
Dovilė Kilty Triple jump 13.64 25 Did not advance
Diana Zagainova 12.86 30 Did not advance
Liveta Jasiūnaitė Javelin throw 58.35 25 Did not advance

Basketball

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3×3 basketball

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Summary

Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Lithuania men's Men's tournament  Latvia
L 14–21
 France
L 20–21
 Poland
W 21–12
 United States
W 20–18
 China
W 21–16
 Netherlands
L 18-19
 Serbia
W 20-18
3  Poland
W 21–15
 Netherlands
L 9-20
 Latvia
W 21-18
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Men's tournament

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The Lithuania men's 3x3 team qualified for the Olympics with a top three finish at the 2024 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Debrecen, Hungary.[4]

Team roster

The roster was revealed on 11 July 2024.[5]

Group play
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1  Latvia 7 7 0 147 103 +44 Semifinals
2  Netherlands 7 5 2 133 112 +21
3  Lithuania 7 4[a] 3 134 125 +9 Play-ins
4  Serbia 7 4[a] 3 129 123 +6
5  France (H) 7 3 4 131 132 −1
6  Poland 7 2[b] 5 116 139 −23
7  United States 7 2[b] 5 116 138 −22
8  China 7 1 6 107 141 −34
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Lithuania 20–18 Serbia
  2. ^ a b United States 17–19 Poland
30 July 2024
18:35
v
Latvia  21–14  Lithuania
Pts: Miezis 9 Pts: Pukelis 8
Place de la Concorde, Paris
Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Jasmina Juras (SRB)

31 July 2024
22:05
v
Lithuania  20–21  France
Pts: Džiaugys, Pukelis 7 Pts: Rambaut 9
Place de la Concorde, Paris
Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Shi Qirong (CHN)

1 August 2024
13:25
v
Lithuania  21–12  Poland
Pts: Džiaugys 10 Pts: Bogucki 6
Place de la Concorde, Paris
Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Deanna Jackson (USA)

1 August 2024
19:05
v
United States  18–20  Lithuania
Pts: Barry 9 Pts: Pukelis 7
Place de la Concorde, Paris
Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Najib Chajiddine (FRA)

2 August 2024
10:05
v
Lithuania  21–16  China
Pts: Džiaugys 9 Pts: Zhao 6
Place de la Concorde, Paris
Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Brigitta Csabai-Kaskötő (HUN)

2 August 2024
13:25
v
Netherlands  19–18  Lithuania
Pts: De Jong 6 Pts: Pukelis 7
Place de la Concorde, Paris
Referees: Deanna Jackson (USA), Jasmina Juras (SRB)

4 August 2024
18:35
v
Lithuania  20–18  Serbia
Pts: Pukelis 10 Pts: Majstorović 10
Place de la Concorde, Paris
Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU)
Play-in
4 August 2024
21:30
v
Lithuania  21–15  Poland
Pts: Džiaugys, Vingelis 9 Pts: Sokołowski 7
Place de la Concorde, Paris
Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Najib Chajiddine (FRA)
Semifinal
5 August 2024
18:00
v
Netherlands  20–9  Lithuania
Pts: De Jong 8 Pts: Pukelis 4
Place de la Concorde, Paris
Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Deanna Jackson (USA)
Bronze medal game
5 August 2024
21:30
v
Latvia  18–21  Lithuania
Pts: Lasmanis 9 Pts: Vingelis 9
Place de la Concorde, Paris
Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Deanna Jackson (USA)

Breaking

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Lithuania entered a breakdancer to compete in the B-Girl dual battles for Paris 2024. Dominika Banevič (Nicka) qualified for the games following the victory of her gold medal results at the 2023 World Championships in Leuven, Belgium.[6]

Athlete Nickname Event Round-robin Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Votes Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Dominika Banevič Nicka B-Girls 42 1 Q  Ying Zi (CHN)
W 3 (26)–0 (1)
 671 (CHN)
W 2 (18)–1 (9)
 Ami (JPN)
L 0 (11)–3 (16)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Canoeing

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Sprint

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Lithuanian canoeists qualified two boats in the following distances for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany.[7][8] National trials in April 2024 determined the athletes who will represent Lithuania at the Olympics.[9]

Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Andrej Olijnik Men's K-1 1000 m 3:38.02 4 QF 3:36.72 4 Did not advance 20
Mindaugas Maldonis
Andrej Olijnik[9]
Men's K-2 500 m 1:31.27 4 QF 1:30.30 5 Did not advance 19
Simonas Maldonis
Mindaugas Maldonis
Ignas Navakauskas
Artūras Seja[9]
Men's K-4 500 m 1:21.51 3 QF 1:21.09 6 SF 1:21.27 3 FA 1:21.13 5

Qualification Legend: FA - Qualify to final (medal); FB - Qualify to final B (non-medal); SF - Qualify to Semifinals; QF - Qualify to Quarterfinals

Cycling

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Road

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Lithuania entered one female rider to compete in the road race events at the Olympics, through the re-allocation of unused quota places via the establishment of UCI Nation Ranking.[10]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Rasa Leleivytė[11] Women's road race 4:04:23 20

Track

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Lithuania entered two riders for the following track events based on their performances at the final UCI Olympic rankings.

Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Round 1 Repechage 1 Round 2 Repechage 2 Round 3 Repechage 3 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals / BM
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)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank
Vasilijus Lendel Men's sprint 9.581
75.149
19 Q  Hoogland (NED)
L 10.055
72.486
 Sahrom (MAS)
 Dakin (NZL)
W 9.824
73.290
 Richardson (AUS)
L 10.339
75.973
 Turnbull (GBR)
L 10.111
71.521
Did not advance
Keirin
Athlete Event Round 1 Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Rank Rank Rank Rank Rank
Vasilijus Lendel Men's keirin 5 R 4 Did not advance
Omnium
Athlete Event Scratch race Tempo race Elimination race Points race Total
Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points
Olivija Baleišytė Women's omnium 7 28 14 14 13 16 7 22 11 80

Equestrian

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Lithuania entered two riders, each in the dressage and eventing events, through the establishment of the final Olympics ranking for Group C (Central & Eastern Europe; Central Asia), signifying the nation's Olympic debut in the sport.[12]

Dressage

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Athlete Horse Event Grand Prix Grand Prix Freestyle Overall
Score Rank Technical Artistic Score Rank
Justina Vanagaitė[13] Nabab Individual 69.208 6 Did not advance 69.208 38

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final based on position in group; q = Qualified for the final based on overall position

Jumping

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Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Time Rank
Andrius Petrovas[14] Linkolns Individual Retired Did not advance

Gymnastics

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Artistic

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Lithuania entered one gymnast into the games. Robert Tvorogal directly secured his quota to compete at the Olympics by being one of the highest-ranked eligible athletes in the men's horizontal bar through the final accumulations of the 2024 Apparatus World Cup Series rankings.

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Robert Tvorogal All-around 13.166 13.833 Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

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Lithuanian modern pentathletes confirmed two quota places for Paris 2024. Previous gold and silver medalist Laura Asadauskaitė secured her selection in the women's event by finishing fourth among those eligible for Olympic qualification at the 2023 European Games in Kraków, Poland;[15][16] meanwhile Gintarė Venčkauskaitė qualified for the games through the Olympic ranking.

Athlete Event Fencing
(épée one touch)
Swimming
(200 m freestyle)
Riding
(show jumping)
Combined: shooting/running
(10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)
Total points Final rank
RR BR Rank MP points Time Rank MP points Penalties Rank MP points Time Rank MP points
Laura Asadauskaitė Women's
Gintarė Venčkauskaitė

Rowing

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Lithuanian rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia and the 2024 Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.[17]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Giedrius Bieliauskas Men's single sculls 7:00.96 3 QF Bye 6:51.80 2 SA/B 7:09.29 6 FB 6:56.39 10
Dovydas Stankūnas
Domantas Stankūnas
Men's coxless pair 6:44.59 3 SA/B Bye 6:43.60 5 FB 6:25.94 8
Viktorija Senkutė Women's single sculls 7:30.01 1 QF Bye 7:33.35 1 SA/B 7:19.15 2 FA 7:20.85 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Dovilė Rimkutė
Donata Karalienė
Women's double sculls 6:59.62 4 R 7:15.00 4 Did not advance 13
Ieva Adomavičiūtė
Kamilė Kralikaitė
Women's coxless pair 7:22.53 2 SA/B Bye 7:19.27 3 FA 7:05.34 5

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

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Lithuanian sailors secured a quota place in the women's laser radial, by virtue of being the top two eligible nations to qualify, at the 2024 ILCA European Championships in Athens, Greece; and in the men's IQFpil events through the 2024 Semaine Olympique Française (Last Chance Regatta) in Hyères, France.

Elimination events
Athlete Event Race Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 QF SF1 SF2 SF3 SF4 SF5 SF6 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6
Rytis Jasiūnas Men's IQFoil 16 19 20 12 21 12 4 14 2 20 17 12 17 Did not advance Did not advance 17
Medal race events
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 M*
Viktorija Andrulytė Women's ILCA 6 40.2 5 36 26 32 33 31 27 6 Did not advance 196 31

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

Swimming

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Lithuanian swimmers achieved entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):[18][19][20][21]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Danas Rapšys Men's 100 m freestyle 48.53 20 Did not advance
Men's 200 m freestyle 1:45.91 2 Q 1:45.48 6 Q 1:45.46 5
Men's 400 m freestyle 3:46.27 10 Did not advance
Andrius Šidlauskas Men's 100 m breaststroke 1:00.29 20 Did not advance
Aleksas Savickas Men's 200 m breaststroke 2:11.53 19 Did not advance
Danas Rapšys
Tomas Navikonis
Tomas Lukminas
Andrius Šidlauskas
Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:16.61 15 Did not advance
Rūta Meilutytė Women's 100 m breaststroke 1:06.34 10 Q 1:06.89 11 Did not advance
Kotryna Teterevkova Women's 100 m breaststroke 1:06.76 15 Q 1:07.48 16 Did not advance
Women's 200 m breaststroke 2:24.59 10 Q 2:23.42 7 Q 2:23.75 5

Volleyball

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Beach

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Lithuanian women's pair qualified for Paris based on the FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking.[22]

Athletes Event Preliminary round Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Monika Paulikienė
Ainė Raupelytė
Women's  Stam /
Schoon (NED)
L 19-21,17-21
 Carol /
Bárbara (BRA)
L 13-21,14-21
 Akiko /
Ishii (JPN)
L 11-21, 5-21
4 Did not advance 19

Wrestling

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Key:

  • VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
  • VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
  • PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
  • SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
Freestyle
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Gabija Dilytė Women’s 50 kg  Cardozo (COL)
     W 6–0F
 Guzmán (CUB)
L 0–10
Did not advance
Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Mindaugas Venckaitis 97 kg  Dzhuzupbekov (KGZ)
L 1–5
Did not advance
Mantas Knystautas 130 kg  Assad (MAR)
W 9–0
 Lingzhe (CHN)
L 1–1
Did not advance

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