Lithuania at the Olympics

**Lithuania**  was first in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.

### Summer Olympics

|Medal|Name|Games|Sport|Event|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|||1992 Barcelona|Athletics|Men's discus throw|
||National basketball team|1992 Barcelona|Basketball|Men's competition|
||National basketball team|1996 Atlanta|Basketball|Men's competition|
|||2000 Sydney|Athletics|Men's discus throw|
|||2000 Sydney|Shooting|Women's trap|
||National basketball team|2000 Sydney|Basketball|Men's competition|
|||2000 Sydney|Cycling|Women's individual road race|
||Birutė Šakickienė || 2000 Sydney || Rowing || Women's double sculls||||
|||2004 Athens|Athletics|Men's discus throw|
|||2004 Athens|Athletics|Women's heptathlon|
|||2004 Athens|Modern pentathlon|Men's competition|
|||2008 Beijing|Modern pentathlon|Men's competition|
|||2008 Beijing|Sailing|Women's Laser Radial class|
|||2008 Beijing|Athletics|Men's discus throw|
|||2008 Beijing|Modern pentathlon|Men's competition|
|||2008 Beijing|Wrestling|Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg|
|||2012 London|Swimming|Women's 100m breaststroke|
|||2012 London|Modern pentathlon|Women's competition|
|||2012 London|Canoeing|Men's C1 200 m|
|||2012 London|Wrestling|Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg|
|||2012 London|] Boxing|Men's 60 kg|

### Medals by sport

|Total||6||5||10||21|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|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|||||

## Medal count

|Year|Number of athletes|Number of sports||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|! bgcolor="gold"|**Gold**|! bgcolor="silver"|**Silver**|! bgcolor="CC9966"|**Bronze**|
|colspan= 6|**Independent Lithuania**|||||
|1924|13|2||||
|1928|12|4||||
|colspan=6|**The Soviet Union** <small>(medals are counted per indiduals)</small>|||||
|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|
|colspan =6|**Independent Lithuania** <small>(medals are counted per teams)</small>|||||
|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|

## List of gold medal winners

|No.|Name|Sport|Year|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|colspan=4|**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|
|colspan=4|**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
- Olimpiada.lt