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 (overview)
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1988)

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

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Aldona Grigaliuniene	Athletics	Women's Shot Put - F37/38
Silver	Arcydas Juchna Saulius Leonavicius Nerijus Montvydas Genrik Pavliukianec Zydrunas Simkus Marius Zibolis	Goalball	Men's team

Sports

Athletics

Men's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Linas Balsys	T12	10000m	—				DNF
		Marathon	—				2:39:55	12

Men's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Algirdas Tatulis	F42	Discus throw	35.38	-	10
Rolandas Urbonas	F11-12	Discus throw	44.41	874	7
		Shot put	14.72	908	7

Women's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Ramune Adomaitiene	F35-38	Javelin throw	NMR
	F37-38	Shot put	10.03	878	11
Malda Baumgarte	F57-58	Javelin throw	20.72	703	11
Aldona Grigaliuniene	F37-38	Discus throw	26.73	902	8
		Shot put	12.58	1102
Irena Perminiene	F54-56	Shot put	5.97	962	6
Dangute Skeriene	F12-13	Shot put	10.17	815	8

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	—		Junk (GER) L 0000-1102	did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andrius Bickauskas	S1	50m backstroke	—		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
	(15–25, 18–25, 09–25)

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8 September 2008 9:00	China (CHN)	3-0	Lithuania (LTU)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium
	(25–18, 25–17, 25–14)

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9 September 2008 12:00	Lithuania (LTU)	3-0	Latvia (LAT)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium
	(16–25, 25–16, 25–19, 25–19)

5-8th Semifinals

12 September 2008 17:30	Japan (JPN)	1–3	Lithuania (LTU)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium
	(17–25, 25–20, 18–25, 19–25)

5th-6th Classification match

13 September 2008 14:00	Lithuania (LTU)	0–3	Ukraine (UKR)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium
	(18–25, 19–25, 19–25)

See also

• Lithuania at the Paralympics
• Lithuania at the 2008 Summer Olympics

External links

• Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site
• International Paralympic Committee

References