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Lithuania at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:	LTU
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2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Medals	Gold 2	Silver 0	Bronze 3	Total 5
Summer Olympic Games appearances
1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004
Winter Olympic Games appearances
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006
Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Lithuania competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Athletics 2.1.1 Men's competition 2.1.2 Women's competition 2.2 Basketball 2.3 Boxing 2.4 Canoe / Kayak 2.4.1 Flatwater 2.4.1.1 Men's competition 2.5 Cycling 2.5.1 Road Cycling 2.5.1.1 Men's competition 2.5.1.2 Women's competition 2.5.2 Track Cycling 2.6 Sailing 2.7 Swimming 3 References

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

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

• 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

Men's 400 m

• Jonas Motiejūnas
  1. Round 1 - DNF (did not advance)

Men's shot put

• Saulius Kleiza
  1. Qualifying - 18.59 (did not advance)

Men's discus

• Virgilijus Alekna
  1. Qualifying - 67.10
  2. Final - 69.30 (Gold medal)
• Romas Ubartas
  1. Qualifying - 60.50 (did not advance)
• Vaclovas Kidykas
  1. Qualifying - 58.96 (did not advance)

Men's javelin throw

• Arūnas Jurkšas
  1. Qualifying - 73.05 (did not advance)

Men's long jump

• Tomas Bardauskas
  1. Qualifying - 7.70 (did not advance)

Men's 50 km walk

• Daugvinas Zujus
  1. Final - 4:06:04 (30th place)

Women's 100m

• Agnė Visockaitė
  1. Round 1 - 11.87 (did not advance)

Women's 400m

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

Women's 1,500m

• Irina Krakoviak
  1. Round 1 - 04:10.21
  2. Semifinal - 04:14.57 (did not advance)

Women's 5,000m

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

Women's Discus

• Renata Gustaitytė
  1. Qualifying - 53.64 (did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Rita Ramanauskaitė
  1. Qualifying - 59.21 (did not advance)

Women's High Jump

• Nelė Žilinskienė
  1. Qualifying - 1.89 (did not advance)

Women's 20km Walk

• Kristina Saltanovič
  1. Final - 1:34:24 (16th place)
• Sonata Milušauskaitė
  1. Final - 1:37:14 (31st place)

Women's Heptathlon

• Austra Skujytė
  1. 100m Hurdles - 14.37
  2. High Jump - 1.78
  3. Shot Put - 15.09
  4. 200m - 25.35
  5. Long Jump - 5.97
  6. Javelin Throw - 45.43
  7. 800m - 02:20.25
  8. Points - 6034 (12th place)

Men's Basketball

• Preliminaries (3-2)
  1. Lost to Italy (48-50)
  2. Defeated France (81-63)
  3. Lost to United States (76-85)
  4. Defeated China (82-66)
  5. Defeated New Zealand (85-75)
• Quarterfinals
  1. Defeated Yugoslavia (76-63)
• Semi-finals
  1. Lost to United States (83-85)
• Bronze medal match
  1. Defeated Australia (89-71) - Bronze medal

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Ivan Stapovič
  • 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)

Men's Kayak Singles 500m

• Alvydas Duonėla
  1. Qualifying Heat - 01:43.877 (did not advance)

Men's Kayak Singles 1000m

• Vaidas Mizeras
  1. Qualifying Heat - 03:40.202
  2. Semifinal - 03:41.969 (did not advance)

Men's Kayak Doubles 500m

• Egidijus Balčiūnas, Alvydas Duonela
  1. Qualifying Heat - 01:32.931
  2. Semifinal - 01:32.084 (did not advance)

Men's Individual Time Trial

• Raimondas Rumšas
  1. Final - 1:01:08.95 (23rd place)
• Artūras Kasputis
  1. Final - 1:01:22 (25th place)

Men's Road Race

• Raimondas Rumšas
  1. Final - 5:30:46 (44th place)
• Artūras Kasputis
  1. Final - DNF
• Remigijus Lupeikis
  1. Final - DNF
• Saulius Šarkauskas
  1. Final - DNF

Women's Individual Time Trial

• Diana Žiliūtė
  1. Final - 0:43:39 (9th place)
• Edita Pučinskaitė
  1. Final - 0:43:48 (10th place)

Women's Road Race

• Diana Žiliūtė
  1. Final - 3:06:31 (Bronze medal)
• Rasa Polikevičiūtė
  1. Final - 3:06:31 (13th place)
• Edita Pučinskaitė
  1. Final - 3:06:37 (25th place)

Women's Individual Pursuit

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

Women's Point Race

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

Open Laser

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

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Rolandas Gimbutis
  1. Preliminary Heat – 23.36 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Rolandas Gimbutis
  1. Preliminary Heat – 50.46 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

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

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Darius Grigalionis
  1. Preliminary Heat – 56.47 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

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

Men's 4x100m Freestyle

• Arūnas Savickas, Minvydas Packevičius, Saulius Binevičius, and Rolandas Gimbutis
  1. Preliminary Heat – 03:23.68 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Women's 50m Freestyle

• Jūratė Ladavičiūtė
  1. Preliminary Heat – 27.54 (→ did not advance, 50th place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

• Jūratė Ladavičiūtė
  1. Preliminary Heat – 58.78 (→ did not advance, 41st place)

• 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

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