Lithuania at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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Medalists
Lithuania finished in 33rd position in the final medal rankings, with two gold medals and three bronze medals.Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. There were a total number of 2134 participating athletes from 193 countries.-Men's events:... |
Men's Discus Throw | ||
Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics The shooting competitions at the 2000 Summer Olympics were carried out at the Sydney International Shooting Centre in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia during the first week of the Games, from Saturday 16 September 2000 to Saturday 23 September 2000.... |
Women's Trap Shooting | ||
Mindaugas Timinskas Mindaugas Timinskas Mindaugas Timinskas is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player for the Lithuanian 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... Darius Maskoliūnas Darius Maskoliūnas Darius Maskoliūnas ; born January 6, 1971) is a former Lithuanian professional basketball player. Now basketball coach, politician.Since January 6, 2007 was an assistant coach at Žalgiris Kaunas... Ramūnas Šiškauskas Ramunas Šiškauskas Ramūnas Šiškauskas in height and he weighs 220 lbs. . He is currently with CSKA Moscow.-Player profile:Šiškauskas is a physical forward who can easily play, both on offense and defense, at the guard positions, on the wing, and also in the paint... Darius Songaila Darius Songaila Darius Songaila is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He is also a member of the Lithuania national team. He can play power forward and center positions. He currently plays for Galatasaray Medical Park in Turkey.... Šarūnas Jasikevičius Šarunas Jasikevicius Šarūnas Jasikevičius is a Lithuanian professional basketball player who plays for Panathinaikos BC. He is a member of the Lithuanian national team, and plays the point guard position.-Early years:... Kęstutis Marčiulionis Kestutis Marciulionis Kęstutis Marčiulionis is a Lithuanian basketball player. He is a 6'2" point guard.Kęstutis Marčiulionis played NCAA collegiate basketball at the University of Delaware in the United States... Tomas Masiulis Tomas Masiulis Tomas Masiulis is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player.He started his career with Statyba Jonava in the second Lithuanian league , however in a year he moved to Žalgiris Kaunas, where he played until mid-2002. Later he moved to Montepaschi Siena. After finishing the season with this... Dainius Adomaitis Dainius Adomaitis Dainius Adomaitis is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player.He started his career in Statyba Vilnius. Later he moved to Žalgiris Kaunas and became champion of the Euroleague. After the successful season in Žalgiris Kaunas he moved to Zucchetti Montecatini, but he did not fit there... 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... Audrius Giedraitis |
Basketball Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics -Group B:-Championship bracket:-Classification matches:-Preliminary round:The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.-Group A:-Group B:-Championship bracket:... |
Men's Team Competition | |
Cycling Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics At the 2000 Summer Olympics, 3 different Bicycle racing disciplines were contested: Road cycling, Track cycling, and Mountain biking.-Medal table:-Road cycling:-Track cycling:MenWomen-Mountain biking:-References:*... |
Women's Individual Road Race | ||
Birutė Šakickienė Birute Šakickiene Birutė Šakickienė is a Lithuanian rower who won an Olympic bronze medal in the Double Sculls event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.-References:* . Retrieved 01/07/2010... |
Rowing Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics Final results for the Rowing events at the 2000 Summer Olympics:The event is probably most noted for Steve Redgrave's winning his fifth Olympic gold medal in as many games in the British men's coxless four. However, there were a number of other dramatic races. Both the men's and women's single... |
Women's Double Sculls |
Men's competition
Men's 400 m- Jonas Motiejūnas
- Round 1 - DNF (did not advance)
Men's shot put
- Saulius KleizaSaulius KleizaSaulius 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:**...
- Qualifying - 18.59 (did not advance)
Men's discus
- Virgilijus AleknaVirgilijus AleknaVirgilijus 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:...
- Qualifying - 67.10
- Final - 69.30 (Gold medal)
- Romas UbartasRomas UbartasRomas Ubartas is a retired male discus thrower from Lithuania who won a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics for the USSR and a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Lithuania. His personal best was 70.06m. He also became European champion, in 1986. In the Soviet time he trained at Dynamo...
- Qualifying - 60.50 (did not advance)
- Vaclavas KidykasVaclavas KidykasVaclavas 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...
- 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 ZujusDaugvinas ZujusDaugvinas 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,...
- 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 KrakoviakIrina KrakoviakIrina Krakoviak is a former track and field middle distance runner who competed internationally for Lithuania.In the 2000 Olympics she made her Olympic debut, where in 1500 metres distance she reached semi-final....
- 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 RamanauskaitėRita RamanauskaiteRita Ramanauskaitė is a female javelin thrower from Lithuania. Her personal best throw is 62.69 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Saint-Denis...
- Qualifying - 59.21 (did not advance)
Women's High Jump
- Nelė ŽilinskienėNele ŽilinskieneNelė 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:...
- Qualifying - 1.89 (did not advance)
Women's 20 km Walk
- Kristina SaltanovičKristina SaltanovicKristina Saltanovič is a Lithuanian race walker.-Achievements:-References:*...
- Final - 1:34:24 (16th place)
- Sonata MilušauskaitėSonata MilušauskaiteSonata Milušauskaitė is a Lithuanian race walker.-Achievements:-References:*...
- Final - 1:37:14 (31st place)
Women's Heptathlon
- Austra SkujytėAustra SkujyteAustra Skujytė is a Lithuanian athlete, competing in both the heptathlon and the decathlon. On 15 April 2005 in Columbia, Missouri, she broke the women's decathlon world record, with a score of 8366....
- 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)
Men's Team Competition
- 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 GiedraitisAndrius GiedraitisAndrius Giedraitis was a Lithuanian professional basketball player.He started his career in LPA Vilnius team, later moved to BC Sakalai. In 1998 became a member of BC Lietuvos Rytas. He was one of the leaders at this team, therefore in 2001 he moved to Basketball Club Oostende...
- Dainius AdomaitisDainius AdomaitisDainius Adomaitis is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player.He started his career in Statyba Vilnius. Later he moved to Žalgiris Kaunas and became champion of the Euroleague. After the successful season in Žalgiris Kaunas he moved to Zucchetti Montecatini, but he did not fit there...
- Darius MaskoliūnasDarius MaskoliūnasDarius Maskoliūnas ; born January 6, 1971) is a former Lithuanian professional basketball player. Now basketball coach, politician.Since January 6, 2007 was an assistant coach at Žalgiris Kaunas...
- Eurelijus ŽukauskasEurelijus ŽukauskasEurelijus 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...
- Gintaras EinikisGintaras EinikisGintaras 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...
- Kęstutis MarčiulionisKestutis MarciulionisKęstutis Marčiulionis is a Lithuanian basketball player. He is a 6'2" point guard.Kęstutis Marčiulionis played NCAA collegiate basketball at the University of Delaware in the United States...
- Mindaugas TiminskasMindaugas TiminskasMindaugas Timinskas is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player for the Lithuanian national basketball team....
- Darius SongailaDarius SongailaDarius Songaila is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He is also a member of the Lithuania national team. He can play power forward and center positions. He currently plays for Galatasaray Medical Park in Turkey....
- Ramūnas ŠiškauskasRamunas ŠiškauskasRamūnas Šiškauskas in height and he weighs 220 lbs. . He is currently with CSKA Moscow.-Player profile:Šiškauskas is a physical forward who can easily play, both on offense and defense, at the guard positions, on the wing, and also in the paint...
- Šarūnas JasikevičiusŠarunas JasikeviciusŠarūnas Jasikevičius is a Lithuanian professional basketball player who plays for Panathinaikos BC. He is a member of the Lithuanian national team, and plays the point guard position.-Early years:...
- Saulius ŠtombergasSaulius ŠtombergasSaulius Štombergas is a retired Lithuanian basketball player for the Lithuanian men's national basketball team....
- Tomas MasiulisTomas MasiulisTomas Masiulis is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player.He started his career with Statyba Jonava in the second Lithuanian league , however in a year he moved to Žalgiris Kaunas, where he played until mid-2002. Later he moved to Montepaschi Siena. After finishing the season with this...
BoxingBoxing at the 2000 Summer OlympicsThe boxing competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney was held over a period of sixteen days at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour...
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
- Ivanas StapovičiusIvanas StapoviciusIvanas Stapovičius is a retired boxer from Lithuania. He represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where he lost in the quarterfinals of the men's lightflyweight division to North Korea's eventual bronze medalist Kim Un-Chol.-References:*...
- Round 1 – Defeated Muhamed KizitoMuhamed KizitoSande Muhamed Kizito is a Ugandan light flyweight boxer. He represented his native African country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where he was defeated in the first round by Lithuania's Ivanas Stapovičius...
of Uganda - Round 2 – Defeated Liborio RomeroLiborio RomeroLiborio Romero is a boxer from Mexico, who represented his native country in the Men's Light Flyweight category at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia....
of Mexico - Quarterfinal – Lost to Kim Un-CholKim Un-cholKim Un-Chol is an North Korean boxer who competed in the light flyweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal.- Olympic results :*Defeated Sebusiso Keketsi RSC 4...
of DRP of Korea (→ did not advance)
- Round 1 – Defeated Muhamed Kizito
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
- Vidas BičiulaitisVidas BiciulaitisVidas Bičiulaitis is a retired boxer from Lithuania. He represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where he lost in the second round of the men's featherweight division to Russia's eventual bronze medalist Kamil Djamaloudinov.-References:*...
- Round 1 – Lost to Kamil DjamaloudinovKamil DjamaloudinovKamil Djamaloudinov is a boxer from Russia, who won the bronze medal in the featherweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. In the semifinals he was defeated by eventual runner-up Ricardo Juarez from the United States...
of Russia (→ did not advance)
- Round 1 – Lost to Kamil Djamaloudinov
Men's competition
Men's Kayak Singles 500m
- Alvydas DuonėlaAlvydas DuonelaAlvydas Duonėla is a Lithuanian sprint canoer. He won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds , two silvers , and two bronzes .Duonėla also competed in three Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of seventh twice Alvydas Duonėla (born 27 June 1976 in Skuodas)...
- Qualifying Heat - 01:43.877 (did not advance)
Men's Kayak Singles 1000m
- Vaidas MizerasVaidas MizerasVaidas Mizeras is a Lithuanian sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he was eliminated in the semifinals of both the K-2 500 m and the K-2 1000 m events. Four years later in Sydney, Mizeras was eliminated in the semifinals of the...
- Qualifying Heat - 03:40.202
- Semifinal - 03:41.969 (did not advance)
Men's Kayak Doubles 500m
- Egidijus BalčiūnasEgidijus BalciunasEgidijus Balčiūnas is a Lithuanian sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. He won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds , two silvers , and two bronzes .Balčiūnas also competed in three Summer Olympics,...
, Alvydas DuonėlaAlvydas DuonelaAlvydas Duonėla is a Lithuanian sprint canoer. He won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds , two silvers , and two bronzes .Duonėla also competed in three Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of seventh twice Alvydas Duonėla (born 27 June 1976 in Skuodas)... - Qualifying Heat - 01:32.931
- Semifinal - 01:32.084 (did not advance)
Men's competition
Men's Individual Time Trial
- Raimondas RumšasRaimondas Rumšas-External links:...
- Final - 1:01:08.95 (23rd place)
- Artūras KasputisArturas KasputisArtūras 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 - 1:01:22 (25th place)
Men's Road Race
- Raimondas RumšasRaimondas Rumšas-External links:...
- Final - 5:30:46 (44th place)
- Artūras KasputisArturas KasputisArtūras 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 - DNF
- Remigijus Lupeikis
- Final - DNF
- Saulius Šarkauskas
- Final - DNF
Women's competition
Women's Individual Time Trial
- Diana ŽiliūtėDiana ŽiliuteDiana 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 - 0:43:39 (9th place)
- Edita PučinskaitėEdita PucinskaiteEdita Pučinskaitė is a Lithuanian racing cyclist. For many years, she has been one of the top competitors in women's racing on the international level with a victory in the World Road Race Championships in 1999 and several very high finishes in major tours, World Championship competition and on...
- Final - 0:43:48 (10th place)
Women's Road Race
- Diana ŽiliūtėDiana ŽiliuteDiana 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 - 3:06:31 (Bronze medal)
- Rasa PolikevičiūtėRasa PolikeviciuteRasa 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 - 3:06:31 (13th place)
- Edita PučinskaitėEdita PucinskaiteEdita Pučinskaitė is a Lithuanian racing cyclist. For many years, she has been one of the top competitors in women's racing on the international level with a victory in the World Road Race Championships in 1999 and several very high finishes in major tours, World Championship competition and on...
- 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)
SailingSailing at the 2000 Summer OlympicsSailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....
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)
SwimmingSwimming at the 2000 Summer OlympicsAt the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 swimming events were contested, between September 15–23, 2000. There was a total of 954 participants from 150 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men:...
Men's 50m Freestyle
- Rolandas GimbutisRolandas GimbutisRolandas Gimbutis is a swimmer from Lithuania. He participated in the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Summer Olympics. National records holder.-References:...
- Preliminary Heat – 23.36 (→ did not advance, 38th place)
Men's 100m Freestyle
- Rolandas GimbutisRolandas GimbutisRolandas Gimbutis is a swimmer from Lithuania. He participated in the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Summer Olympics. National records holder.-References:...
- Preliminary Heat – 50.46 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200m Freestyle
- Arūnas SavickasArunas SavickasArūnas 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...
- Preliminary Heat – 1:52.02 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Men's 100m Backstroke
- Darius GrigalionisDarius GrigalionisDarius 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...
- Preliminary Heat – 56.47 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Men's 200m Backstroke
- Arūnas SavickasArunas SavickasArūnas 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...
- Preliminary Heat – 02:05.06 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)
Men's 4x100m Freestyle
- Arūnas SavickasArunas SavickasArūnas 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...
, Minvydas Packevičius, Saulius BinevičiusSaulius BineviciusSaulius Binevičius is a 3-time Olympic freestyle swimmer from Lithuania. He swam for Lithuania at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics.-References:...
, and Rolandas GimbutisRolandas GimbutisRolandas Gimbutis is a swimmer from Lithuania. He participated in the 2000, 2004, and 2008 Summer Olympics. National records holder.-References:... - Preliminary Heat – 03:23.68 (→ did not advance, 16th place)
Women's 50m Freestyle
- Jūratė LadavičiūtėJurate LadaviciuteJūratė Ladavičiūtė is a female freestyle swimmer from Lithuania, and the youngest member of the national squad competing at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. As the only women she participated in the 50m and 100m Freestyle. In both events she didn't reach the final.-References:*...
- Preliminary Heat – 27.54 (→ did not advance, 50th place)
Women's 100m Freestyle
- Jūratė LadavičiūtėJurate LadaviciuteJūratė Ladavičiūtė is a female freestyle swimmer from Lithuania, and the youngest member of the national squad competing at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. As the only women she participated in the 50m and 100m Freestyle. In both events she didn't reach the final.-References:*...
- Preliminary Heat – 58.78 (→ did not advance, 41st place)
Weightlifting
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Ramūnas Vyšniauskas Ramunas Vyšniauskas Ramūnas Vyšniauskas is a weightlifter from Lithuania. He competes in the 105 kg class.-Results:-References:... |
– 105 kg Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 105 kg The Men's Heavyweight Weightlifting Event is the seventh men's weight class event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 105 kilograms of body mass... |
175.0 | 210.0 | 385.0 | 11 |