Lithuania at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Lithuania at the Olympic Games
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At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Competitors	61 in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Romas Ubartas
Medals Rank: 33rd	Gold 2	Silver 0	Bronze 3	Total 5
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Lithuania competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medalists

Lithuania finished in 33rd position in the final medal rankings, with two gold medals and three bronze medals.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Alekna, VirgilijusVirgilijus Alekna	Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics	Men's Discus Throw
1 Gold	Gudzinevičiūtė, DainaDaina Gudzinevičiūtė	Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics	Women's Trap Shooting
3 Bronze	Štombergas, SauliusSaulius Štombergas Mindaugas Timinskas Eurelijus Žukauskas Darius Maskoliūnas Ramūnas Šiškauskas Darius Songaila Šarūnas Jasikevičius Kęstutis Marčiulionis Tomas Masiulis Dainius Adomaitis Gintaras Einikis Audrius Giedraitis	Basketball	Men's Team Competition
3 Bronze	Žiliūtė, DianaDiana Žiliūtė	Cycling	Women's Individual Road Race
3 Bronze	Poplavskaja, KristinaKristina Poplavskaja Birutė Šakickienė	Rowing	Women's Double Sculls

Results by event

Athletics

Men's competition

Men's 400 m

• Jonas Motiejūnas

• Round 1 - DNF (did not advance)

Men's shot put

• Saulius Kleiza

• Qualifying - 18.59 (did not advance)

Men's discus

• Virgilijus Alekna

• Qualifying - 67.10
• Final - 69.30 (Gold medal)

• Romas Ubartas

• Qualifying - 60.50 (did not advance)

• Vaclavas Kidykas

• Qualifying - 58.96 (did not advance)

Men's javelin throw

• Arūnas Jurkšas

• Qualifying - 73.05 (did not advance)

Men's long jump

• Tomas Bardauskas

• Qualifying - 7.70 (did not advance)

Men's 50 km walk

• Daugvinas Zujus

• Final - 4:06:04 (30th place)

Women's competition

Women's 100m

• Agnė Visockaitė

• Round 1 - 11.87 (did not advance)

Women's 400m

• Žana Minina

• Round 1 - 52.38
• Round 2 - 52.53 (did not advance)

Women's 1,500m

• Irina Krakoviak

• Round 1 - 04:10.21
• Semifinal - 04:14.57 (did not advance)

Women's 5,000m

• Inga Juodeškienė

• Round 1 - 15:46.37 (did not advance)

Women's Discus

• Renata Gustaitytė

• Qualifying - 53.64 (did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Rita Ramanauskaitė

• Qualifying - 59.21 (did not advance)

Women's High Jump

• Nelė Žilinskienė

• Qualifying - 1.89 (did not advance)

Women's 20 km Walk

• Kristina Saltanovič

• Final - 1:34:24 (16th place)

• Sonata Milušauskaitė

• Final - 1:37:14 (31st place)

Women's Heptathlon

• Austra Skujytė

• 100m Hurdles - 14.37
• High Jump - 1.78
• Shot Put - 15.09
• 200m - 25.35
• Long Jump - 5.97
• Javelin Throw - 45.43
• 800m - 02:20.25
• Points - 6034 (12th place)

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round

• Lost to Italy (48-50)
• Defeated France (81-63)
• Lost to United States (76-85)
• Defeated China (82-66)
• Defeated New Zealand (85-75)

• Quarterfinals

• Defeated Yugoslavia (76-63)

• Semi Finals

• Lost to United States (83-85)

• Bronze Medal Match

• Defeated Australia (89-71) - Bronze medal

• Team Roster

• Andrius Giedraitis
• Dainius Adomaitis
• Darius Maskoliūnas
• Eurelijus Žukauskas
• Gintaras Einikis
• Kęstutis Marčiulionis
• Mindaugas Timinskas
• Darius Songaila
• Ramūnas Šiškauskas
• Šarūnas Jasikevičius
• Saulius Štombergas
• Tomas Masiulis

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Ivanas Stapovičius
  • Round 1 – Defeated Muhamed Kizito of Uganda
  • Round 2 – Defeated Liborio Romero of Mexico
  • Quarterfinal – Lost to Kim Un-Chol of DRP of Korea (→ did not advance)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Vidas Bičiulaitis
  • Round 1 – Lost to Kamil Djamaloudinov of Russia (→ did not advance)

Canoe / Kayak

Flatwater

Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500m

• Alvydas Duonėla

• Qualifying Heat - 01:43.877 (did not advance)

Men's Kayak Singles 1000m

• Vaidas Mizeras

• Qualifying Heat - 03:40.202
• Semifinal - 03:41.969 (did not advance)

Men's Kayak Doubles 500m

• Egidijus Balčiūnas, Alvydas Duonėla

• Qualifying Heat - 01:32.931
• Semifinal - 01:32.084 (did not advance)

Cycling

Road Cycling

Men's competition

Men's Individual Time Trial

• Raimondas Rumšas

• Final - 1:01:08.95 (23rd place)

• Artūras Kasputis

• Final - 1:01:22 (25th place)

Men's Road Race

• Raimondas Rumšas

• Final - 5:30:46 (44th place)

• Artūras Kasputis

• Final - DNF

• Remigijus Lupeikis

• Final - DNF

• Saulius Šarkauskas

• Final - DNF

Women's competition

Women's Individual Time Trial

• Diana Žiliūtė

• Final - 0:43:39 (9th place)

• Edita Pučinskaitė

• Final - 0:43:48 (10th place)

Women's Road Race

• Diana Žiliūtė

• Final - 3:06:31 (Bronze medal)

• Rasa Polikevičiūtė

• Final - 3:06:31 (13th place)

• Edita Pučinskaitė

• Final - 3:06:37 (25th place)

Track Cycling

Women's Individual Pursuit

• Rasa Mažeikytė
  • Qualifying - 03:43.980 (did not advance)

Women's Point Race

• Rasa Mažeikytė
  • Points - 2 (12th place)

Gymnastics

• Julija Kovaliova

Judo

• Marius Paškevičius

Modern Pentathlon

• Andrejus Zadneprovskis

Rowing

• Kristina Poplavskaja/Birutė Šakickienė -

Sailing

Open Laser

• Giedrius Gužys

• Race 1 - 18
• Race 2 - (30)
• Race 3 - (35)
• Race 4 - 22
• Race 5 - 17
• Race 6 - 22
• Race 7 - 26
• Race 8 - 12
• Race 9 - 6
• Race 10 - 25
• Race 11 - 29
• Final - 177 (25th place)

Shooting

• Daina Gudzinevičiūtė -

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Rolandas Gimbutis

• Preliminary Heat – 23.36 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Rolandas Gimbutis

• Preliminary Heat – 50.46 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Arūnas Savickas

• Preliminary Heat – 1:52.02 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Darius Grigalionis

• Preliminary Heat – 56.47 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Arūnas Savickas

• Preliminary Heat – 02:05.06 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Men's 4x100m Freestyle

• Arūnas Savickas, Minvydas Packevičius, Saulius Binevičius, and Rolandas Gimbutis

• Preliminary Heat – 03:23.68 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Women's 50m Freestyle

• Jūratė Ladavičiūtė

• Preliminary Heat – 27.54 (→ did not advance, 50th place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

• Jūratė Ladavičiūtė

• Preliminary Heat – 58.78 (→ did not advance, 41st place)

Table Tennis

• Rūta Garkauskaitė
• Jolanta Prūsienė

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Ramūnas Vyšniauskas	– 105 kg	175.0	175.0	175.0	210.0	215.0	215.0	385.0	11

Wrestling

• Mindaugas Ežerskis
• Ričardas Pauliukonis

References

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/12/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/20/05.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site
• International Olympic Committee Web Site - Lithuania Page. Retrieved 01/07/2010