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Lithuania at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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IPC code
  
LTU

Competitors
  
13 in 5 sports

Website
  
www.lpok.lt

Lithuania at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

NPC
  
Lithuanian Paralympic Committee

Flag bearer
  
Edgaras Matakas (opening)

Medals Ranked 44th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 2 1 0 3

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.

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Disability classifications

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. 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.

Goalball

Summary

Key:

  • ET: After Extra Time
  • P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
  • Men's tournament

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

    Squad

    The following is the Lithuania roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics. ‹See Tfd›

    Preliminary round
    Quarterfinal
    Semifinal
    Final

    Rowing

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

    Swimming

    Men

    References

    Lithuania at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Wikipedia