1996 Summer Olympics / Participant (Lithuania)

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Lithuania took part in the 1996 Summer Olympics in the US metropolis of Atlanta with 61 athletes, 16 women and 45 men, in 14 sports.

Since 1924 it was Lithuania's fourth participation in the Summer Olympic Games .

Flag bearer

Swimmer Raimundas Mažuolis carried the flag of Lithuania during the opening ceremony on July 19 at the Centennial Olympic Stadium .

Medalist

With a bronze medal gained the Lithuanian team was ranked 71 in the medal count .

bronze

Name / s	sport	competition
Artūras Karnišovas , Arvydas Sabonis , Darius Lukminas , Eurelijus Žukauskas , Gintaras Einikis , Mindaugas Žukauskas , Rimas Kurtinaitis , Rytis Vaišvila , Šarūnas Marčiulionis , Saulius Štombergas and Tomas Pačėsas	basketball	Men's tournament

Participants by sport

basketball

• Men's team

  bronze

• Squad

  Artūras Karnišovas

  Arvydas Sabonis

  Darius Lukminas

  Eurelijus Žukauskas

  Gintaras Einikis

  Mindaugas Žukauskas

  Rimas kurtinaitis

  Rytis Vaišvila

  Šarūnas Marčiulionis

  Saulius Štombergas

  Tomas Pačėsas

Boxing

• Vitalijus Karpačiauskas

  Welterweight: 9th place

Weightlifting

• Ramūnas Vyšniauskas

  Middle heavyweight: 23rd place

Judo

• Algimantas Merkevičius

  Middleweight: 9th place

canoe

• Vidas Kupčinskas

  Two-person kayak, 500 meters: semi-finals

  Two-person kayak, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

• Vaidas Mizeras

  Two-person kayak, 500 meters: semi-finals

  Two-person kayak, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

athletics

• Povilas Fedorenka

  Marathon: 70th place

• Česlovas Kundrotas

  Marathon: DNF

• Dainius Virbickas

  Marathon: DNF

• Valdas Kazlauskas

  20 kilometers of walking: 44th place

• Daugvinas zuju

  50 kilometers of walking: 35th place

• Audrius Raizgys

  Triple jump: 23rd place in qualification

• Saulius Kleiza

  Shot put: 30th place in qualification

• Stefanija Statkuvienė

  Women, marathon: 40th place

• Sonata Milušauskaitė

  Women, 10 km walking: 37th place

• Nelė Savickytė-Žilinskienė

  Women, high jump: 5th place

• Rita Ramanauskaitė

  Women, javelin: 22nd place in qualification

• Remigija Sablovskaitė-Nazarovienė

  Women, heptathlon: 10th place

Modern pentathlon

• Andrejus Zadneprovskis

  Individual: 13th place

Cycling

• Remigijus Lupeikis

  Road race: 95th place

  Individual time trial: 28th place

  4,000 meters team pursuit: 11th place

  Points race: 13th place

• Raimondas Rumšas

  Road Race: Race not finished

• Raimondas Vilčinskas

  Road Race: Race not finished

• Linas Balčiūnas

  Road Race: Race not finished

• Jonas Romanovas

  Road Race: Race not finished

• Artūras Kasputis

  Individual time trial: 21st place

  4,000 meters individual pursuit: 10th place

  4,000 meters team pursuit: 11th place

• Mindaugas Umaras

  4,000 meters team pursuit: 11th place

• Artūras Trumpauskas

  4,000 meters team pursuit: 11th place

• Jolanta Polikevičiūtė

  Women, road races: 5th place

  Women, individual time trial: 7th place

• Rasa Polikevičiūtė

  Women, road races: 12th place

  Women, individual time trial: 12th place

• Diana Žiliūtė

  Women, road races: DNF

• Rita Razmaitė

  Women, Sprint: 13th place in qualification

  Women, points race: race not finished

• Rasa Mažeikytė

  Women, 3,000 meters individual pursuit: 6th place

Rhythmic sports gymnastics

• Kristina Kliukevičiūtė

  Individual: preliminary fights

Wrestling

• Ruslanas Vartanovas

  Flyweight, Greco-Roman: 14th place

• Remigijus Šukevičius

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 12th place

• Ričardas Pauliukonis

  Light heavyweight, freestyle: 9th place

rowing

• Juozas Bagdonas

  Two without a helmsman: 10th place

• Einius Petkus

  Two without a helmsman: 10th place

• Birutė Šakickienė

  Women, one: 14th place

shoot

• Daina Gudzinevičiūtė

  Women, double trap: 10th place

swim

• Raimundas Mažuolis

  50 meter freestyle: 18th place

  100 meters freestyle: 18th place

  4 × 100 meters: 18th place

• Darius Grigalionis

  100 meters back: 13th place

  4 × 100 meters: 18th place

• Mindaugas Špokas

  100 meters back: 28th place

• Arūnas Savickas

  200 meters back: 22nd place

• Nerijus Beiga

  100 meters chest: 28th place

  200 meters chest: 32nd place

  4 × 100 meters: 18th place

• Mindaugas Bružas

  100 meter butterfly: 54th place

  200 meter butterfly: 32nd place

  4 × 100 meters: 18th place

• Laura Petrutytė

  Women, 50 meters freestyle: 16th place

  Women, 200 meters freestyle: 41st place

• Dita Želvienė

  Women, 50 meters freestyle: 31st place

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: 37th place

  Women, 100 meters butterfly: 39th place

Table tennis

• Rūta Garkauskaitė

  Women, singles: 17th place

Web links

• Lithuanian Olympic team from 1996 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )