Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
competed in the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...
, held in
Beijing
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,
People's Republic of China
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from August 8 to August 24, 2008.
Medalists
Athletics
;Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events –
Heptathlon
A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...
Badminton
Basketball
Men's tournament
Lithuania's men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by placing third at
Eurobasket 2007
The 2007 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2007, was the 35th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 2008 Summer Olympics, giving a berth to th ...
. Because the reigning world champions (and automatic qualifiers), Spain, were second at that tournament, Lithuania joined Russia to fill out Europe's two continental qualification spots. The Lithuanian team will seek to get past the semifinal round for the first time since beginning to compete separately—in the four tournaments since then, Lithuania has taken three bronze medals and a fourth-place finish.
;Roster
;Group play
;Quarterfinals
;Semifinals
;Bronze medal game
Boxing
Lithuania qualified three boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Semiotas qualified at the 2007 World Championships.
[World Boxing Championships Chicago 2007]
Kavaliauskas and Jakšto both earned spots at the second European tournament.
[2nd AIBA European Olympic Boxing Qualification Tournament]
Canoeing
Sprint
Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final
Cycling
Road
Track
;Sprint
;Pursuit
;Omnium
Gymnastics
Artistic
;Women
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Rowing
;Men
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Sailing
;Women
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled;
Shooting
;Women
Swimming
;Men
;Women
Table tennis
Weightlifting
Wrestling
;Men's Greco-Roman
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Mindaugas Mizgaitis originally finished third, but in November 2016, he was promoted to second place due to disqualification of
Khasan Baroyev.
See also
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References
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Nations at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008
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Summer Olympics
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