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 code	LTU
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Lithuania
Website	www.ltok.lt (in Lithuanian and English)
in London
Competitors	62 in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Virgilijus Alekna[1] (opening) Jevgenijus Šuklinas (closing)
Medals Ranked 35th	Gold 2 Silver 0 Bronze 3 Total 5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1924 1928 1932–1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912)  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

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Rūta Meilutytė Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke 30 July  Gold Laura Asadauskaitė Modern pentathlon Women's event 12 August  Bronze Aleksandr Kazakevič Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg 5 August  Bronze Evaldas Petrauskas Boxing Men's lightweight 10 August  Bronze Austra Skujytė Athletics Women's heptathlon 4 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Swimming 1 0 0 1 Modern pentathlon 1 0 0 1 Wrestling 0 0 1 1 Boxing 0 0 1 1 Athletics 0 0 1 1 Canoeing 0 0 0 0 Total 2 0 3 5

Medalists greeting in Vilnius

Competitors

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

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	N/A						4:08:16	46
Marius Žiūkas	20 km walk	N/A						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	N/A						1:34:01	39
Rasa Drazdauskaitė	Marathon	N/A						2:29:29	27
Lina Grinčikaitė	100 m	Bye		11.19 NR	4 q	11.30	7	Did not advance
Remalda Kergytė	Marathon	N/A						2:39:01	75
Diana Lobačevskė		N/A						2:29:32	28
Kristina Saltanovič	20 km walk	N/A						1:31:04	21
Eglė Staišiūnaitė	400 m hurdles	57.79	5	N/A		Did not advance
Sonata Tamošaitytė	100 m hurdles	13.59	5	N/A		Did not advance
Brigita Virbalytė	20 km walk	N/A						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

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

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 Kaukėnas, Rimantas 35 – 11 April 1977 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Mens Sana Basket G 5 Kalnietis, Mantas 25 – 6 September 1986 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Žalgiris F 6 Mačiulis, Jonas 27 – 10 February 1985 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Mens Sana Basket G 7 Pocius, Martynas 26 – 28 April 1986 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Real Madrid Baloncesto G 8 Seibutis, Renaldas 27 – 23 July 1985 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) BC Lietuvos rytas F 9 Songaila, Darius 34 – 14 February 1978 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) CB Valladolid G 10 Jasaitis, Simas 30 – 26 March 1982 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Türk Telekom B.K. F 11 Kleiza, Linas (C) 27 – 3 January 1985 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Toronto Raptors C 12 Kavaliauskas, Antanas 27 – 19 September 1984 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) BK VEF Rīga G 13 Jasikevičius, Šarūnas 36 – 5 March 1976 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Panathinaikos B.C. C 14 Valančiūnas, Jonas 20 – 6 May 1992 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) BC Lietuvos rytas F 15 Jankūnas, Paulius 28 – 29 April 1984 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) BC Žalgiris	Head coach Kęstutis Kemzūra Assistant coach(es) Valdemaras Chomičius Robertas Kuncaitis Donaldas Kairys Team manager Antanas Guoga Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 29 July 2012 (C) – team captain

Group play

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	5	5	0	589	398	+191	10
France	5	4	1	376	378	−2	9
Argentina	5	3	2	448	424	+24	8
Lithuania	5	2	3	395	399	−4	7
Nigeria	5	1	4	338	456	−118	6
Tunisia	5	0	5	320	411	−91	5

29 July 2012 22:15

Report

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Sprint

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*

• On 12 June 2019, the IOC stripped Jevgenijus Šuklinas of his silver medal.[7]

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

Cycling

Ramūnas Navardauskas in men's road time trial.

Road

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

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

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

Artistic

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	N/A	14.366	N/A				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

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

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

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		N/A		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

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

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Daina Gudzinevičiūtė	Trap	66	14	Did not advance

Swimming

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

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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2. "Lithuanian 15-year-old Ruta Meilutyte wins shock gold". BBC Sports. 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
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6. "LTU - Jasaitas, Seibutis replace Delininkaitis, Dulkys". FIBA. 18 July 2012.
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