Lithuania at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Lithuania competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. They won three medals, two golds and one silver.

Lithuania at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeLTU
NPCLithuanian Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.lpok.lt
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors13 in 5 sports
Flag bearer Edgaras Matakas (opening)
Medals
Ranked 44th
Gold
2
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
3
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Soviet Union (1988)

Disability classifications
Main article: Disability sport classification

Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.[1][2] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.[3]

Medallists
MedalNameSportEventDate
 GoldMindaugas BiliusAthleticsMen's shot put F3714 September
 GoldLithuania men's national goalball team
GoalballMen's tournament16 September
 SilverMindaugas BiliusAthleticsMen's discus throw F378 September
Medals by sport
Sport Total
Athletics1102
Goalball1001
Total2103

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Ramunė Adomaitienė Women's long jump T38 — 4.52 4
Mindaugas Bilius Men's discus throw F37 — 53.50 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Men's shot put F37 — 16.80 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kęstutis Skučas Men's 100 m T52 21.03 7 Did not advance
Men's discus throw F52 — 17.08 4
Jonas Spudis Men's javelin throw F44 — 50.79 10

Goalball
Main article: Goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Summary

Key:

  • ET: After Extra Time
  • P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Lithuania men's Men's tournament  Finland
W 13–6		  United States
W 8–7		  China
W 3–1		  Turkey
W 5–3		 1  Canada
W 5–4		  Sweden
W 7–2		  United States
W 14–8		 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Men's tournament

Lithuania's men enter the tournament ranked 1st in the world.[4]

Squad

The following is the Lithuania roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[5]

No. Player Class Date of birth (age)
1Nerijus MontvydasB1 (1985-01-21)21 January 1985 (aged 31)
3Justas PazarauskasB1 (1991-12-15)15 December 1991 (aged 24)
5Mantas BrazauskisB2 (1990-06-15)15 June 1990 (aged 26)
6Mantas PanovasB2 (1989-08-20)20 August 1989 (aged 27)
7Genrik PavliukianecB1 (1976-06-17)17 June 1976 (aged 40)
9Mindaugas SuchovejusB1 (1988-04-02)2 April 1988 (aged 28)
Preliminary round
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Lithuania 4 4 0 0 35 22 +13 12 Quarter-finals
2  United States 4 2 0 2 21 18 +3 6
3  Turkey 4 2 0 2 20 23 −3 6
4  China 4 1 0 3 25 28 −3 3
5  Finland 4 1 0 3 24 34 −10 3
Source: Paralympic.org
8 September 2016
17:30		 Finland  6–13  Lithuania Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Raquel Aguado (ESP), Rudi Janssen (BEL)
Miinala 3
Mattila 1
Posio 1
Honkanen 1		 Report Pavliukianec 7
Pažarauskas 5
Panovas 1
10 September 2016
13:15		 Lithuania  8–7  United States Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Raquel Aguado (ESP)
Patricia Fras (SLO)
Pavliukianec 6
Pazarauskas 2		 Report Hamilton 5
Merren 2
12 September 2016
14:15		 Lithuania  3–1  China Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Patricia Fras (SLO), Joelle Boulet (CAN)
Pavliukianec 2
Pazarauskas 1		 Report Chen 1
13 September 2016
20:45		 Turkey  3–5  Lithuania Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Daniel Voltan (BRA)
Karakaya 2
Gündoğdu 1		 Report Panovas 2
Pavliukianec 1
Pazarauskas 1
Montvydas 1
Quarterfinal
14 September 2016
18:00		 Lithuania  5–4  Canada Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Alexander Knecht (GER)
Pazarauskas 3
Pavliukianec 2		 Report Ripley 2
Hache 1
Nesbitt 1
Semifinal
15 September 2016
18:30		 Lithuania  7–2  Sweden Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Yoshinori Nii (JPN), Raquel Aguado (ESP)
Pavliukianec 5
Pazarauskas 2		 Report Seremeti 1
Weichel 1
Final
16 September 2016
20:00		 United States  8–14  Lithuania Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro
Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Daniel Voltan (BRA)
Simpson 4
Hamilton 1
Jenks 1
Merren 1
Walker 1		 Report Pavliukianec 8
Pazarauskas 6

Judo
Main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Bronze medal Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Osvaldas Bareikis Men's 66 kg  Falcon (VEN)
W 000–000		  Khorava (UKR)
L 000–100		 Did not advance  Perez Diaz (CUB)
W 001–000		  Fujimoto (JPN)
L 000–000		 Did not advance 4

Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Athlete(s) Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Augustas Navickas[6] Men's single sculls 5:10.24 4 R 5:13.07 5 FB 5:10.21 10

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Men
Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Edgaras Matakas 50 m freestyle S11 27.86 11 Did not advance
100 m freestyle S11 1:06.09 10 Did not advance
400 m freestyle S11 — 5:30.66 8

See also

References
  1. "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  2. "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  3. "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  4. "IBSA Goalball World Rankings" (PDF). IBSA Sports. IBSA Sports. July 31, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
  5. "Men's Goalball – Team Rosters – Lithuania". Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  6. Irkluotojas A. Navickas gavo vardinį kvietimą į Rio de Žaneiro parolimpines žaidynes
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