Lithuania at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Lithuania is expected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games have been postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] It will be the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Games in the post-Soviet era and tenth overall in Summer Olympic history.

Lithuania at the 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	LTU
NOC	Lithuanian Olympic Committee
Website	www.ltok.lt (in Lithuanian and English)
in Tokyo, Japan
Competitors	24 in 7 sports
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1924 1928 1932–1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1908–1912)  Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Athletics

Lithuanian athletes achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[2][3]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Brigita Virbalytė-Dimšienė	20 km walk

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Andrius Gudžius	Men's discus throw
Edis Matusevičius	Men's javelin throw
Diana Zagainova	Women's triple jump

Cycling

Road

Lithuania entered one rider each to compete in both men's and women's Olympic road race, by virtue of his top 50 national finish (for men) and her top 100 individual finish (for women), respectively, in the UCI World Ranking.[4]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's road race
Rasa Leleivytė	Women's road race

Track

Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Lithuanian riders accumulated spots in the women's team sprint, as well as the women's sprint and keirin, based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Simona Krupeckaitė	Women's sprint
Miglė Marozaitė

Team sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Simona Krupeckaitė Miglė Marozaitė	Women's team sprint

Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	3rd Round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Simona Krupeckaitė	Women's keirin
Miglė Marozaitė

Gymnastics

Artistic

Lithuania entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympian Robert Tvorogal booked a spot in the men's individual all-around and apparatus events, by finishing sixth out of the twelve gymnasts eligible for qualification at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Robert Tvorogal	All-around

Modern pentathlon

Lithuanian athletes qualified for the following spots in the modern pentathlon at the Games. London 2012 champion Laura Asadauskaitė secured an outright berth in the women's event by winning the gold medal at the 2019 UIPM World Cup Final in Tokyo, Japan.[6] Justinas Kinderis and London 2012 Olympian Gintarė Venčkauskaitė confirmed places in their respective events, with the former finishing sixth and the latter fifth among those eligible for Olympic qualification at the 2019 European Championships in Bath, England.[7]

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)				Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)			Total points	Final rank
		RR	BR	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Justinas Kinderis	Men's
Laura Asadauskaitė	Women's
Gintarė Venčkauskaitė

Rowing

Lithuania qualified three boats (two men's and one women's) for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta, with the majority of crews confirming Olympic places for their boats at the 2019 FISA World Championships in Ottensheim, Austria.[8]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Men's single sculls
	Men's double sculls					N/A
Ieva Adomavičiūtė Milda Valčiukaitė	Women's double sculls					N/A

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Lithuanian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships, and the continental regattas.[9][10]

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Juozas Bernotas	Men's RS:X
Viktorija Andrulytė	Women's Laser Radial											N/A

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Swimming

Lithuanian swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[11][12]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Danas Rapšys	Men's 200 m freestyle
	Men's 400 m freestyle			N/A
	Men's 200 m individual medley
Andrius Šidlauskas	Men's 100 m breaststroke
Giedrius Titenis
Danas Rapšys Andrius Šidlauskas	Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay			N/A

References

1. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
2. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
3. "IAAF Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
4. "Athletes' quotas for Road Cycling events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". UCI. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
5. "Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2019: Day 4 - as it happened". Olympic Channel. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
6. "Laura Asadauskaitė – pasaulio taurės laimėtoja: ruošis olimpiadai" [Laura Asadauskaitė is now ready to compete for the Olympics after being crowned the World Cup champion] (in Lithuanian). Žmonės.lt. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
7. Smith, Matthew (11 August 2019). "Cooke add men's European Modern Pentathlon Championships to world title". Inside the Games. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
8. "Plenty of Tokyo 2020 qualifiers, loads of pride at World Rowing Championships". International Rowing Federation. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
9. "Dane, Belgium win Laser Radial Worlds". Scuttlebutt Sailing News. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
10. "Friends win medals at the 2019 RS:X World Championship". World Sailing. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
11. "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
12. "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 23 March 2019.

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