Lithuania at the 1924 Summer Olympics

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Lithuania competed at the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. On Olympic application Lithuania listed seven sports (boxing, cycling, fencing, football, wrestling, gymnastics, and shooting), but sent athletes only for football and cycling. [lt icon cite web| url=http://2004.olimpiada.lt/default.aspx?Element=Articles&DL=&TopicID=3&CountryID=&SportID=&ContestID=&LocationID=&TeamID=&AthleteID=&ArticleID=76717&Page=&SearchTXT= |title=80 Metų pasaulio olimpinėje šeimoje |first=Pranas |last=Rimša |publisher=Penki Kontinentai |accessdate=2008-08-22]

Football

Due to lack of funds and general disorganization the team was assembled the last minute. It lacked official documents to travel to Paris, professional uniforms, training and practice. [lt icon cite journal| url=http://www.kaunodiena.lt/dienrastis/miestas/i-olimpiada-be-kamuolio-105879 |title=Į olimpiadą – be kamuolio |journal=Kauno diena | first=Romas |last=Poderys | volume=321 |issue=28384 |date= 2008-07-26 |issn=1392-7639] Hastily assembled men did not have time to play a single game before departing for the Olympics. The team doubted if they could arrive on time and asked to postpone the match.lt icon cite book|title=Lietuvos futbolas 1922–1997| first=Vytautas |last=Saulis |coauthors=Gediminas Kalinauskas |year=1997 |location=Vilnius |publisher=Diemedis |isbn=9986-23-034-9 |pages=9–11] The train journey from Kaunas to Paris took about 40 hours and athletes arrived at 2 am, only 12 hours before the first game against Switzerland, the ultimate silver winner. The match was lost 0–9. [cite web| url=http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197020/matches/match=32293/report.html |title=Olympic Football Tournament Paris 1924 |publisher=FIFA |accessdate=2008-08-22] Lithuania was eliminated from further competition.

Cycling

Isakas Anolikas (a Lithuanian Jew) and Juozas Vilpišauskas participated in the individual time trial over 188 km. Due to mechanical malfunctions both athletes did not finish the road race. [cite web| url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1924/CYC/mens-road-race-individual.html |title=Cycling at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Road Race, Individual |publisher=Sports Reference |accessdate=2008-08-22]

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