Lithuania at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

in Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia

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, United States

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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
	Arvydas Sabonis Arvydas Sabonis Arvydas Romas Sabonis is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player and a businessman. He was an eight-time European Player of the Year, winning the Euroscar Award six times, and the Mr... Šarūnas Marčiulionis Šarunas Marciulionis Raimondas Šarūnas Marčiulionis is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player. He was one of the first Europeans to become a regular in the North American National Basketball Association... Rimas Kurtinaitis Rimas Kurtinaitis Rimas Kurtinaitis is a basketball trainer, head coach of the VEF Riga, retired Soviet and Lithuanian basketball player who was a member of the USSR and Lithuanian national basketball teams. He played as a shooting guard and is the only non-NBA player to participate in the NBA All-Star Three Point... Gintaras Einikis Gintaras Einikis Gintaras Einikis is a retired controversial Lithuanian professional basketball player. He stands at 6 ft 10 in and is former Lithuanian basketball center for the Lithuanian national team... Artūras Karnišovas Arturas Karnišovas Artūras Karnišovas is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player.... Darius Lukminas Darius Lukminas Darius Lukminas is a Lithuanian former basketball player for the Lithuanian national basketball team and Žalgiris Kaunas... Saulius Štombergas Saulius Štombergas Saulius Štombergas is a retired Lithuanian basketball player for the Lithuanian men's national basketball team.... Eurelijus Žukauskas Eurelijus Žukauskas Eurelijus Žukauskas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He played for the Lithuanian national basketball team from 1995 to 2004.In 1995 NBA Draft Žukauskas was drafted as a #54 by Seattle SuperSonics in the second round... Mindaugas Žukauskas Mindaugas Žukauskas Mindaugas Žukauskas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He was a captain of the Lithuanian national basketball team. In August 2006 Žukauskas transferred from Montepaschi to another Italian team Scavolini Pesaro... Andrius Jurkūnas Andrius Jurkūnas Andrius Jurkūnas is a Lithuanian basketball player.In 2000 Jurkūnas finished his studies at Clemson University, where he also played in the university basketball team, Clemson Tigers, NCAA. He then moved to Žalgiris Kaunas, where he played 1.5 seasons. In 2002, he moved to Polonia Warszawa... Rytis Vaišvila Rytis Vaišvila Rytis Vaišvila is a retired Lithuanian basketball player and coach.In July 2009 signed the contract with Qianjiang Tan Tan team , but was fired at the end of 2009... Tomas Pačėsas Tomas Pačėsas Tomas Pačėsas is a Lithuanian basketball player and coach.- Awards :* 1996 Olympic games basketball bronze medalist* 1998 LKL vicechampion* 2001 North European Basketball League champion...	Basketball Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics Basketball contests at the 1996 Olympic Games were held from July 20, 1996 to August 4, 1996. Games took place at the Morehouse College Gymnasium and the Georgia Dome. For the second straight Olympic games, the American men's team composed almost entirely of NBA players won the gold medal...	Men's Team Competition

Athletics
Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...

Men

Athlete	Event	Results			Place
Athlete	Event	Qualif.	Plave	Final	Place
Audrius Raizgys Audrius Raizgys Audrius Raizgys is a retired male triple jumper from Lithuania. His personal best jump is 17.29 metres, achieved in July 1995 in Vilnius. This is the current Lithuanian record....	Triple jump	16.38			23
Virgilijus Alekna Virgilijus Alekna Virgilijus Alekna is a Lithuanian athlete who specialises in the discus throw. He won medals at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics, including two golds.-Career:...	Dicus throw	64.5 0 m		65.30 m	5
Vaclavas Kidykas Vaclavas Kidykas Vaclavas Kidykas is a retired male discus thrower from Lithuania. He placed third in the men's 1986 European Championships in Athletics in Stuttgart, West Germany with a throw of 65.5 meters and participated in four Olympic competitions...	Discus throw	62.74 m		62.78 m	8
Saulius Kleiza Saulius Kleiza Saulius Kleiza is a retired shot putter and discus thrower from Lithuania, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. His personal best in the shot put event is 20.91 metres, thrown on 13 May 1987 in Leselidze.-Achievements:-References:**...	Shot put	18.21			30
Valdas Kazlauskas Valdas Kazlauskas Valdas Kazlauskas is a retired male racewalker and athletics coach from Lithuania. He competed for his native Baltic country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, finishing in 44th place in the men's 20 km race walk event. Kazlauskas set his personal best in the same distance on...	20 km walk			1:28:33	44
Daugvinas Zujus Daugvinas Zujus Daugvinas Zujus is a retired male racewalker from Lithuania. He competed for his native Baltic country in the men's 50 km race walk event at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 . Zujus set his personal best in the same distance on 6 June 1998 in Ogre,...	50 km walk			4:23:35	35
Pavelas Fedorenka Pavelas Fedorenka Pavelas Fedorenka is a retired male long-distance runner from Lithuania. He competed for his native Baltic country in the men's marathon event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, finishing in 70th place . The other two competitors for Lithuania in this race, Česlovas Kundrotas and...	Marathon			2:25.41	70
Česlovas Kundrotas Česlovas Kundrotas Česlovas Kundrotas is a retired male long-distance runner from Lithuania. He competed for his native Baltic country in the men's marathon event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he didn't reach the finish line...	Marathon				NBG
Dainius Virbickas Dainius Virbickas Dainius Virbickas is a retired Lithuanian long-distance runner.He competed in the men's marathon event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he didn't reach the finish line. The other two competitors for Lithuania in this event were Pavelas Fedorenka and Česlovas Kundrotas, who...	Marathon				NBG

Women

Athlete	Event	Results			Place
Athlete	Event	Qualif.	Plave	Final	Place
Rita Ramanauskaite Rita Ramanauskaite Rita Ramanauskaitė is a female javelin thrower from Lithuania. Her personal best throw is 62.69 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Saint-Denis...	Javelin thriw	56.94 m			22
Nelė Žilinskienė Nele Žilinskiene Nelė Žilinskienė, born Savickytė is a retired female high jumper from Lithuania. Her personal best jump, first cleared in Vilnius in July 1994, was 1.96 metres.-Achievements:-References:...	High jump	1.93 m		1.96 m (NR Lithuanian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Lithuania maintained by Lithuanian national athletics federation: Lietuvos Lengvosios Atletikos Federacija .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distanceOT = oversized track... )	5
Remigija Nazarovienė Remigija Nazaroviene Remigija Nazarovienė is a retired Lithuanian heptathlete. She won the bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships and finished third at the 1998 IAAF World Combined Events Challenge....	Heptahlon			6254	10
Stefanija Statkuvienė Stefanija Statkuvienė Stefanija Statkuvienė is a retired female long-distance runner from Lithuania. She competed for her native Baltic country in the women's marathon event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, finishing in 40th place...	Marathon			2:39.58	40
Sonata Milušauskaitė Sonata Milušauskaite Sonata Milušauskaitė is a Lithuanian race walker.-Achievements:-References:*...	10 km walk			48:05	37

Basketball

Gintaras Einikis
Gintaras Einikis
Gintaras Einikis is a retired controversial Lithuanian professional basketball player. He stands at 6 ft 10 in and is former Lithuanian basketball center for the Lithuanian national team...
Artūras Karnišovas
Arturas Karnišovas
Artūras Karnišovas is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player....
Rimas Kurtinaitis
Rimas Kurtinaitis
Rimas Kurtinaitis is a basketball trainer, head coach of the VEF Riga, retired Soviet and Lithuanian basketball player who was a member of the USSR and Lithuanian national basketball teams. He played as a shooting guard and is the only non-NBA player to participate in the NBA All-Star Three Point...
Darius Lukminas
Darius Lukminas
Darius Lukminas is a Lithuanian former basketball player for the Lithuanian national basketball team and Žalgiris Kaunas...
Šarūnas Marčiulionis
Šarunas Marciulionis
Raimondas Šarūnas Marčiulionis is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player. He was one of the first Europeans to become a regular in the North American National Basketball Association...
Tomas Pačėsas
Tomas Pačėsas
Tomas Pačėsas is a Lithuanian basketball player and coach.- Awards :* 1996 Olympic games basketball bronze medalist* 1998 LKL vicechampion* 2001 North European Basketball League champion...
Arvydas Sabonis
Arvydas Sabonis
Arvydas Romas Sabonis is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player and a businessman. He was an eight-time European Player of the Year, winning the Euroscar Award six times, and the Mr...
Saulius Štombergas
Saulius Štombergas
Saulius Štombergas is a retired Lithuanian basketball player for the Lithuanian men's national basketball team....
Rytis Vaišvila
Rytis Vaišvila
Rytis Vaišvila is a retired Lithuanian basketball player and coach.In July 2009 signed the contract with Qianjiang Tan Tan team , but was fired at the end of 2009...
Eurelijus Žukauskas
Eurelijus Žukauskas
Eurelijus Žukauskas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He played for the Lithuanian national basketball team from 1995 to 2004.In 1995 NBA Draft Žukauskas was drafted as a #54 by Seattle SuperSonics in the second round...
Mindaugas Žukauskas
Mindaugas Žukauskas
Mindaugas Žukauskas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He was a captain of the Lithuanian national basketball team. In August 2006 Žukauskas transferred from Montepaschi to another Italian team Scavolini Pesaro...

Cycling
Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Final results for the Cycling competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics. There were three categories of events – road cycling, track cycling and mountain biking...

Team:

Linas Balčiūnas
Linas Balčiūnas
Linas Balčiūnas – Lithuanian road and track cyslist, who represented Lithuania at 1996 and 2004 summer olympics....
Artūras Kasputis
Arturas Kasputis
Artūras Kasputis is a retired track and road racing cyclist from Lithuania, who represented the USSR at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the gold medal in the men's 4.000 team pursuit, alongside Viacheslav Ekimov, Dmitry Neliubin and Gintautas Umaras. During the Soviet...
Remigijus Lupeikis
Rasa Mažeikytė
Jolanta Polikevičiūtė
Jolanta Polikevičiūtė
Jolanta Polikevičiūtė is a retired female road racing cyclist from Lithuania, who competed in three Summer Olympics for her native country: 1996, 2004 and 2008. She is the twin sister of Rasa Polikevičiūtė, who also had a professional career in women's cycling.-References:*...
Rasa Polikevičiūtė
Rasa Polikeviciute
Rasa Polikevičiūtė is a Lithuanian cycle racer. She was one of the first in a long line of Lithuanian cyclists who, together, established Lithuania as one of the powerhouses of women's cycle racing in the 1990s and beyond...
Rita Razmaitė
Jonas Romanovas
Raimondas Rumšas
Raimondas Rumšas
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Artūras Trumpauskas
Mindaugas Umaras
Raimondas Vilčinskas
Diana Žiliūtė
Diana Žiliute
Diana Žiliūtė is a Lithuanian racing cyclist who dominated the sport in the late 1990s, and continues to be a formidable force in road cycling to this day....

Road Competition

Men's Individual Time Trial

Arturas Kasputis
Arturas Kasputis
Artūras Kasputis is a retired track and road racing cyclist from Lithuania, who represented the USSR at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the gold medal in the men's 4.000 team pursuit, alongside Viacheslav Ekimov, Dmitry Neliubin and Gintautas Umaras. During the Soviet...
Final — 1:07:47 (→ 21st place)

Remigijus Lupeikis
Final — 1:11:03 (→ 28th place)

Women's Individual Road Race

Jolanta Polikevičiūtė
Jolanta Polikevičiūtė
Jolanta Polikevičiūtė is a retired female road racing cyclist from Lithuania, who competed in three Summer Olympics for her native country: 1996, 2004 and 2008. She is the twin sister of Rasa Polikevičiūtė, who also had a professional career in women's cycling.-References:*...
Final — 02:37:06 (→ 5th place)

Rasa Polikevičiūtė
Rasa Polikeviciute
Rasa Polikevičiūtė is a Lithuanian cycle racer. She was one of the first in a long line of Lithuanian cyclists who, together, established Lithuania as one of the powerhouses of women's cycle racing in the 1990s and beyond...
Final — 02:37:06 (→ 12th place)

Diana Žiliūtė
Diana Žiliute
Diana Žiliūtė is a Lithuanian racing cyclist who dominated the sport in the late 1990s, and continues to be a formidable force in road cycling to this day....
Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Individual Time Trial

Jolanta Polikevičiūtė
Jolanta Polikevičiūtė
Jolanta Polikevičiūtė is a retired female road racing cyclist from Lithuania, who competed in three Summer Olympics for her native country: 1996, 2004 and 2008. She is the twin sister of Rasa Polikevičiūtė, who also had a professional career in women's cycling.-References:*...
Final — 38:27 (→ 7th place)

Rasa Polikevičiūtė
Rasa Polikeviciute
Rasa Polikevičiūtė is a Lithuanian cycle racer. She was one of the first in a long line of Lithuanian cyclists who, together, established Lithuania as one of the powerhouses of women's cycle racing in the 1990s and beyond...
Final — 38:53 (→ 12th place)

Track Competition

Men's Points Race

Remigijus Lupeikis
Final — 4 points (→ 13th place)

Modern Pentathlon
Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Team events were eliminated from the 1996 Olympics.-Medal Summary:Individual:-Final Results:-References:*...

Men's Competition

Andriejus Zadneprovskis — 5.363 pts, 13th place

Swimming
Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States, which was built for the Games...

Men's 50 m Freestyle

Raimundas Mažuolis
Raimundas Mažuolis
Raimundas Mažuolis is a former freestyle swimmer from Lithuania.He competed in the 100 metre freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, finishing second in the B final in a time of 50.13 seconds...
Heat — 22.98 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

Raimundas Mažuolis
Raimundas Mažuolis
Raimundas Mažuolis is a former freestyle swimmer from Lithuania.He competed in the 100 metre freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, finishing second in the B final in a time of 50.13 seconds...
Heat — 50.27
B-Final — scratched

Men's 100 m Backstroke

Darius Grigalionis
Darius Grigalionis
Darius Grigalionis is a backstroke swimmer from Lithuania, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996. He was born in the city of Panevėžys. A student of the Kaunas University of Technology, he had been a scholarship holder with the Olympic...
Heat — 56.20
B-Final — 56.33 (→ 13th place)

Mindaugas Špokas
Heat — 57.20 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

Arūnas Savickas
Arunas Savickas
Arūnas Savickas is a retired freestyle swimmer from Lithuania, who was the oldest member of the national squad competing at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He competed in the men's 200 m freestyle and 200 m backstroke. In both individual events he did not reach the final...
Heat — 2:04.38 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

Nerius Beiga
Heat — 1:04.45 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

Nerius Beiga
Heat — 2:23.40 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

Mindaugas Bružas
Heat — 2:03.76 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

Darius Grigalionis
Darius Grigalionis
Darius Grigalionis is a backstroke swimmer from Lithuania, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996. He was born in the city of Panevėžys. A student of the Kaunas University of Technology, he had been a scholarship holder with the Olympic...

, Nerijus Beiga, Mindaugas Bružas, and Raimundas Mažuolis
Raimundas Mažuolis
Raimundas Mažuolis is a former freestyle swimmer from Lithuania.He competed in the 100 metre freestyle at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, finishing second in the B final in a time of 50.13 seconds...
Heat — 3:51.31 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

Laura Petrutytė
Heat — 26.13
B-Final — 26.36 (→ 16th place)

Dita Želvienė
Heat — 26.55 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

Dita Želvienė
Heat — 58.57 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

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Medalists

AthleticsAthletics at the 1996 Summer OlympicsAt the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...