Lithuania at the Olympics

Lithuania was first in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Summer Olympics

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Ubartas, RomasRomas Ubartas	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Men's discus throw
3 Bronze	National basketball team	1992 Barcelona	Basketball	Men's competition
3 Bronze	National basketball team	1996 Atlanta	Basketball	Men's competition
1 Gold	Alekna, VirgilijusVirgilijus Alekna	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's discus throw
1 Gold	Gudzinevičiūtė, DainaDaina Gudzinevičiūtė	2000 Sydney	Shooting	Women's trap
3 Bronze	National basketball team	2000 Sydney	Basketball	Men's competition
3 Bronze	Žiliūtė, DianaDiana Žiliūtė	2000 Sydney	Cycling	Women's individual road race
3 Bronze	Poplavskaja, KristinaKristina Poplavskaja Birutė Šakickienė	2000 Sydney	Rowing	Women's double sculls
1 Gold	Alekna, VirgilijusVirgilijus Alekna	2004 Athens	Athletics	Men's discus throw
2 Silver	Skujytė, AustraAustra Skujytė	2004 Athens	Athletics	Women's heptathlon
2 Silver	Zadneprovskis, AndrejusAndrejus Zadneprovskis	2004 Athens	Modern pentathlon	Men's competition
2 Silver	Krungolcas, EdvinasEdvinas Krungolcas	2008 Beijing	Modern pentathlon	Men's competition
2 Silver	Volungevičiūtė, GintarėGintarė Volungevičiūtė	2008 Beijing	Sailing	Women's Laser Radial class
3 Bronze	Alekna, VirgilijusVirgilijus Alekna	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's discus throw
3 Bronze	Zadneprovskis, AndrejusAndrejus Zadneprovskis	2008 Beijing	Modern pentathlon	Men's competition
3 Bronze	Mizgaitis, MindaugasMindaugas Mizgaitis	2008 Beijing	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg
1 Gold	Meilutytė, RutaRuta Meilutytė	2012 London	Swimming	Women's 100m breaststroke
1 Gold	Asadauskaitė, LauraLaura Asadauskaitė	2012 London	Modern pentathlon	Women's competition
2 Silver	Shuklin, JevgenijJevgenij Shuklin	2012 London	Canoeing	Men's C1 200 m
3 Bronze	Kazakevičius, AleksandrasAleksandras Kazakevičius	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg
3 Bronze	Petrauskas, EvaldasEvaldas Petrauskas	2012 London	] Boxing	Men's 60 kg

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	3	1	1	5
Modern pentathlon	1	2	1	4
Shooting	1	0	0	1
Swimming	1	0	0	1
Canoeing	0	1	0	1
Sailing	0	1	0	1
Basketball	0	0	3	3
Wrestling	0	0	2	2
Boxing	0	0	1	1
Cycling	0	0	1	1
Rowing	0	0	1	1
Total	6	5	10	21

Medal count

Year	Number of athletes	Number of sports	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Independent Lithuania
1924	13	2
1928	12	4
The Soviet Union (medals are counted per indiduals)
1952	5	3		3
1956	7	4		4	1
1960	4	3		2	1
1964	16	3		1
1968	10	5	2	2	5
1972	8	4	2	1
1976	8	4	2	2	3
1980	16	7	7	1	3
1988	25	9	10	3	2
Independent Lithuania (medals are counted per teams)
1992	46	11	1		1
1996	60	14			1
2000	61	15	2		3
2004	59	13	1	2
2008	71	16	0	2	3
2012	64	14	2	1	2
Totals	485	20	29	24	25

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	Skiing	1988
Independent Lithuania
23	Romas Ubartas	Discus throw	1992
24	Daina Gudzinevičiūtė	Shooting	2000
25	Virgilijus Alekna	Discus throw	2000 and 2004
26	Rūta Meilutytė	Swimming	2012
27	Laura Asadauskaitė	Modern pentathlon	2012

References

• The European Olympic Committees Archived 2007-09-27 at Archive.today
• Olimpiada.lt Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine

Other websites

Media related to Lithuania at the Olympic Games at Wikimedia Commons