Lithuania at the 2012 Summer Olympics


Lithuania competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's eighth appearance at the Summer Olympics. The National Olympic Committee of Lithuania sent a total of 62 athletes to the Games, 39 men and 23 women, to compete in 14 sports. Men's basketball was the only team-based sport in which Lithuania had its representation in these Olympic games.
The Lithuanian team featured past Olympic medalists, including Laser Radial sailor and world champion Gintarė Scheidt, who previously won the silver in Beijing. Trap shooter Daina Gudzinevičiūtė, and discus thrower and two-time Olympic champion Virgilijus Alekna, who became Lithuania's flag bearer at the opening ceremony, made their fifth Olympic appearance as the oldest and most experienced team members. Basketball player Šarūnas Jasikevičius and heptathlete Austra Skujytė, on the other hand, were among the Lithuanian athletes to compete in four Olympic games. Other notable athletes featured swimmer and world bronze medalist Giedrius Titenis, and NBA basketball stars Linas Kleiza and Jonas Valančiūnas.
Lithuania left London with a total of six Olympic medals. Four of these medals were awarded for the first time in boxing, canoeing and swimming, including all gold medals won by women. Among the nation's medalists were 15-year-old breaststroke swimmer Rūta Meilutytė, the youngest athlete of the team, who surprisingly won Lithuania's first ever gold medal in her sport, and Laura Asadauskaitė, who became the final Olympic champion in London, after winning the women's modern pentathlon. The men's national basketball team failed to advance into the semi-finals for the first time, after losing out to Russia.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
SwimmingWomen's 100 m breaststroke
Modern pentathlonWomen's event
WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 74 kg
BoxingMen's lightweight
AthleticsWomen's heptathlon

Competitors

Athletics

Lithuanian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events :
;Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events – Decathlon
AthleteEvent100 m400 m1500 mFinalRank
Darius DraudvilaResult10.957.1215.171.9650.1314.8746.434.2050.165:03.14755725
Darius DraudvilaPoints872842800767809865796673591542755725

in women's marathon
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events – Heptathlon
AthleteEvent200 m800 mFinalRank
Austra SkujytėResult14.001.9217.3125.436.2551.132:20.596599
Austra SkujytėPoints978113210168489278828166599

Badminton

Basketball

Men's tournament

;Roster
;Group play
;Quarter-final

Boxing

;Men

Canoeing

Sprint

Lithuania has so far qualified boats for the following events:
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final ; FB = Qualify to final B ;

Cycling

Road

Track

;Sprint
;Keirin
AthleteEvent1st roundRepechage2nd roundFinal
AthleteEventRankRankRankRank
Simona KrupeckaitėWomen's keirin2 Q57

BMX

Gymnastics

Artistic

;Men
;Women

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

;Men
;Women
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A ; FB=Final B ; FC=Final C ; FD=Final D ; FE=Final E ; FF=Final F ; SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; Q=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

;Men
;Women
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

Shooting

;Women

Swimming

;Men
;Women

Wrestling

;Men's Greco-Roman