Lithuania at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Lithuania at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC code LTU
NPC Lithuanian Paralympic Committee
Website www.lpok.lt
in Beijing
Competitors 27 in 5 sports
Medals
Ranked 56th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
0
Total
2
Summer Paralympics appearances
Other related appearances
 Soviet Union (1988)

Lithuania competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 SilverAldona GrigaliunieneAthleticsWomen's Shot Put - F37/38
 SilverArcydas Juchna
Saulius Leonavicius
Nerijus Montvydas
Genrik Pavliukianec
Zydrunas Simkus
Marius Zibolis		GoalballMen's team

Sports

Athletics

Goalball

The men's team won the silver medal after losing in the gold medal match against China.

Players

  • Arvydas Juchna
  • Saulius Leonavicius
  • Nerijus Montvydas
  • Genrik Pavliukianec
  • Zydrunas Simkus
  • Marius Zibolis

Tournament

Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Gold medal match

Judo

Athlete Event Preliminary Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage
round 1		 Repechage
round 2		 Final/
Bronze medal contest
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Jonas Stoskus Men's 90kg  Mammadov (AZE)
L 0000–0211		 N/A  Junk (GER)
L 0000-1102		 Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Andrius Bickauskas S1 50m backstroke N/A 2:27.68 5
Kestutis Skucas S4 50m freestyle 49.56 11 Did not advance
200m freestyle 3:55.82 9 Did not advance
50m backstroke 49.67 4 Q 50.59 5

Volleyball

Women's tournament

The women's volleyball team didn't win any medals; they were 6th out of 8 teams.

Players
  • Malda Baumgarde
  • Liudmila Budiniene
  • Ruta Cvirkiene
  • Virginija Dmitrijeva
  • Rita Latauskaite
  • Karolina Lingyte
  • Neringa Susinskyte
  • Jolita Urbutiene
  • Jurate Verbuviene
  • Virginija Ziltye
Group B Matches
7 September 2008
9:00		  Lithuania (LTU) 0 – 3  United States (USA) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
15
18
09		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3		 25
25
25
8 September 2008
9:00		  China (CHN) 3 - 0  Lithuania (LTU) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
25
25
25		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3		 18
17
14
9 September 2008
12:00		  Lithuania (LTU) 3 - 0  Latvia (LAT) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
16
25
25
25		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4		 25
16
19
19
5-8th Semifinals
12 September 2008
17:30		  Japan (JPN) 1 – 3  Lithuania (LTU) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
17
25
18
19		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
Set 4		 25
20
25
25
5th-6th Classification match
13 September 2008
14:00		  Lithuania (LTU) 0 – 3  Ukraine (UKR) China Agricultural University Gymnasium
18
19
19		 Set 1
Set 2
Set 3		 25
25
25

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Second group of delegations enters Paralympic Village" Archived 2008-09-04 at the Wayback Machine., Xinhua, September 1, 2008
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