Lithuania at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Lithuania at the
2018 Winter Olympics
Lithuania at the; 2018 Winter Olympics
	Flag of Lithuania
IOC code	LTU
NOC	Lithuanian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.ltok.lt/en
in Pyeongchang, South Korea; 9–25 February 2018
Competitors	9 (5 men and 4 women) in 3 sports
Flag bearer	Tomas Kaukėnas
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
	1928; 1932–1988; 1992; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;
Other related appearances
	Soviet Union (1956–1988)

Lithuania competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with five competitors in three sports.

On January 19, 2018, biathlete Tomas Kaukėnas was named as the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.^[2]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	1	2
Biathlon	2	2	4
Cross-country skiing	2	1	3
Total	5	4	9

Lithuania qualified at least two quotas for alpine skiing^[3]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andrej Drukarov	Men's giant slalom	1:19.98	68	1:18.21	57	2:38.19	59
Andrej Drukarov	Men's slalom	59.40	47	1:07.77	42	2:07.17	41
Ieva Januškevičiūtė	Women's giant slalom	1:26.38	62	1:20.64	53	2:47.02	54
Ieva Januškevičiūtė	Women's slalom	57.30	47	57.25	43	1:54.55	43

Based on their Nations Cup ranking in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup, Lithuania qualified 2 men and 2 women.^[4]^[5]

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Tomas Kaukėnas	Men's sprint	24:23.5	1 (0+1)	17
	Men's pursuit	34:31.8	2 (0+0+1+1)	13
	Men's individual	55:38.4	6 (0+2+1+3)	78
	Men's mass start	38:58.0	5 (2+0+2+1)	30
Vytautas Strolia	Men's sprint	25:32.4	2 (1+1)	49
	Men's pursuit	37:47.3	4 (1+0+2+1)	43
	Men's individual	56:27.0	6 (0+2+1+3)	82
Natalija Kočergina	Women's sprint	25:16.2	5 (1+4)	80
Natalija Kočergina	Women's individual	45:09.1	1 (0+0+1+0)	30
Diana Rasimovičiūtė	Women's sprint	24:00.8	1 (1+0)	65
Diana Rasimovičiūtė	Women's individual	49:53.3	5 (1+2+0+2)	75
Natalija Kočergina Diana Rasimovičiūtė Tomas Kaukėnas Vytautas Strolia	Mixed team relay	LAP	8 (4+4)	19

Lithuania qualified three cross-country skiers.

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Mantas Strolia	Men's 15 km freestyle	—				40:31.4	+6:47.5	94
	Men's 30 km skiathlon	47:04.4	65	LAP
	Men's 50 km classical	—				LAP
Modestas Vaičiulis	Men's 15 km freestyle	—				40:53.0	+7:09.1	96
Marija Kaznačenko	Women's 10 km freestyle	—				30:44.2	+5:43.7	73

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mantas Strolia	Men's sprint	3:31.11	64	Did not advance
Modestas Vaičiulis	Men's sprint	3:21.10	44	Did not advance
Mantas Strolia Modestas Vaičiulis	Men's team sprint	—				17:41.73	12	DNA	24

^ "Opening Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). olympic.org. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 9 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
^ "Pjongčango olimpines žiemos žaidynes vyks 9 Lietuvos sportininkai" [9 Lithuanian athletes will be in Pyeongchang Olympic Winter Games]. www.delfi.lt (in Lithuanian). Delfi. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
^ "Alpine Skiing Quota List for Olympic Games 2018". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
^ "Men's Nation Cup Score" (PDF). www.docs.google.com/. International Biathlon Union (IBU). 5 March 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
^ "Women's Nation Cup Score" (PDF). www.docs.google.com/. International Biathlon Union (IBU). 5 March 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.