Lithuania at the Olympics
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Key facts
- Ioc code
- LTU
- Noc
- Lithuanian National Olympic Committee
- Website
- www .ltok .lt (in Lithuanian and English)
- Medals ranked 69th
- Gold 6 Silver 9 Bronze 15 Total 30
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- Participant in
- Olympic Games
- Country
- Lithuania
- Sport
- Olympic sport
- Image
- 2010 Opening Ceremony - Lithuania entering.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
Lithuania, after declaring restoration of independence in 1918, sent its athletes to the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris for the first time. At first it was considered to send 33 athletes, but then it was decided to limit the delegation to 13 soccer players and 2 cyclists. The soccer players arrived in Paris only a day before the game was scheduled. Lithuania debuted at the Olympic Games on May 25, 1924, at 2:40pm (Paris time) when the match between Lithuanian and Swiss teams started. Lithuania lost 9-0 (4-0). The cyclists could not finish the 188 km race because of technical difficulties.
In 1928 Summer Olympics Lithuania had 12 representatives for 4 sports: 2 boxers, 4 cyclists, and 5 athletics and one weightlifter. Juozas Vinča achieved the best results and took 5-7 place in boxing.
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