Paulius Viktoravičius (born 4 November 1984) is a Lithuanian swimmer, who specialized in sprint and relay freestyle events. He is a multiple-time Lithuanian swimming champion and record holder in both the freestyle and medley relay events. Viktoravicius made his first Lithuanian team at the

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, competing in the men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, along with his teammates Saulius Binevičius,

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, and Rolandas Gimbutis. Swimming the third leg, Viktoravicius recorded a split of 50.20 seconds, and the Lithuanian team went on to finish heat two in sixth place and eleventh overall, for a total time of 3:19.28. At the

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, Viktoravicius qualified as an individual swimmer for the men's 100 m freestyle, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 49.93 from the

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. He challenged seven other swimmers on the fifth heat, including Czech Republic's

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and Shaune Fraser of the Cayman Islands. Viktoravicius raced to a second-place tie with Hungary's

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, sharing their time at 49.27 seconds. Viktoravicius, however, failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-eighth overall in the evening preliminaries. At the

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, Viktoravicius set a Lithuanian record time of 48.84 seconds in the preliminary heats of the men's 100 m freestyle.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
1984 births Living people Lithuanian male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Lithuania Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Šiauliai {{Lithuania-swimming-bio-stub