Lithuania at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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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.

Gold

* Virgilijus Alekna — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
* Daina Gudzinevičiūtė — Shooting, Women's Trap Shooting

Bronze

* Saulius Štombergas, Mindaugas Timinskas, Eurelijus Žukauskas, Darius Maskoliūnas, Ramūnas Šiškauskas, Darius Songaila, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Kęstutis Marčiulionis, Tomas Masiulis, Dainius Adomaitis, Gintaras Einikis, and Audrius Giedraitis — Basketball, Men's Team Competition
* Diana Žiliūtė — Cycling, Women's Individual Road Race
* Kristina Poplavskaja and 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 20km 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 Comeptition

*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 Sande Muhamad 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 Duonela
*# 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)

=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)

=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)

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). [http://www.gamesinfo.com.au/results/results.pdf The Results] . Retrieved 11/12/05.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/2000v1.pdf Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games] . Retrieved 11/20/05.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/2000v2.pdf Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games] . Retrieved 11/20/05.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Results.pdf The Results] . Retrieved 11/20/05.
* [http://www.olympic.org International Olympic Committee Web Site]