Lithuania at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Lithuania at the
1996 Summer Olympics

IOC code| LTU
NOC| Lithuanian National Olympic Committee
Website| www.ltok.lt (in Lithuanian and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors| 61 (45 men and 16 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer | Raimundas Mažuolis
Medals
Ranked 71st|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

* 1924
* 1928
* 1932–1988
* 1992
* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1908–1912)
Soviet Union (1952–1988)

Lithuania competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Bronze | Arvydas Sabonis
Šarūnas Marčiulionis
Rimas Kurtinaitis
Gintaras Einikis
Artūras Karnišovas
Darius Lukminas
Saulius Štombergas
Eurelijus Žukauskas
Mindaugas Žukauskas
Andrius Jurkūnas
Rytis Vaišvila
Tomas Pačėsas | Basketball | Men's Team Competition

## Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men
Track & road events
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Pavelas Fedorenka | Marathon | —  | 2:25.41  | 70
Valdas Kazlauskas | 20 km walk | —  | 1:28:33  | 44
Česlovas Kundrotas | Marathon | —  | DNF
Daugvinas Zujus | 50 km walk | —  | 4:23:35  | 35
Dainius Virbickas | Marathon | —  | DNF

Field events
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Distance  | Position  | Distance  | Position
Virgilijus Alekna | Discus throw | 64.5  | 2 Q | 65.30  | 5
Vaclavas Kidykas | 62.74  | 7 Q | 62.78  | 8
Saulius Kleiza | Shot put | 18.21  | 30  | Did not advance
Audrius Raizgys | Triple jump | 16.38  | 23  | Did not advance

Women
Track & road events
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Sonata Milušauskaitė | 10 km walk | —  | 48:05  | 37
Stefanija Statkuvienė | Marathon | —  | 2:39.58  | 40

Field events
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Distance  | Position  | Distance  | Position
Rita Ramanauskaitė | Javelin throw | 56.94  | 22  | Did not advance
Nelė Žilinskienė | High jump | 1.93  | 1 Q | 1.96 (NR)  | 5

Combined events – Heptathlon
Athlete  | Event  |  100H  |  HJ  |  SP  | 200 m  |  LJ  |  JT  | 800 m  | Final  | Rank

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Remigija Nazarovienė | Result  | 13.59  | 1.74  | 13.83  | 24.51  | 6.33  | 42.68  | 2:12.61  | 6254  | 10
Points  | 1037  | 903  | 783  | 932  | 953  | 719  | 927

## Basketball

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Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

### Men's tournament

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Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Team Roster

* Gintaras Einikis
* Artūras Karnišovas
* Rimas Kurtinaitis
* Darius Lukminas
* Šarūnas Marčiulionis
* Tomas Pačėsas
* Arvydas Sabonis
* Saulius Štombergas
* Rytis Vaišvila
* Eurelijus Žukauskas
* Mindaugas Žukauskas

Preliminary round
Pos | Team

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1  |  United States (H) | 5  | 5  | 0  | 522  | 345  | +177  | 10  | Quarterfinals
2  |  Lithuania | 5  | 3  | 2  | 427  | 354  | +73  | 8[a]
3  |  Croatia | 5  | 3  | 2  | 422  | 386  | +36  | 8[a]
4  |  China | 5  | 2  | 3  | 360  | 502  | −142  | 7[b]
5  |  Argentina | 5  | 2  | 3  | 351  | 396  | −45  | 7[b] | 9th place playoff
6  |  Angola | 5  | 0  | 5  | 280  | 379  | −99  | 5  | 11th place playoff

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Lithuania 1–0 Croatia
2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: China 1–0 Argentina

20 July 1996 (1996-07-20)

Report

Lithuania | 83-81 (OT) |  Croatia

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Scoring by half: 37–31, 29–35 Overtime: 6–6, 11–9
Pts: Sabonis 20
Rebs: Sabonis 14
Asts: Vaišvila 6 |  | Pts: Kukoč 33
Rebs: Rađa 12
Asts: Kukoč 6

Atlanta
Referees: Miguel Betancor Leon (ESP), Jose Lapaix Guance (DOM)

22 July 1996 (1996-07-22)

Report

Argentina | 65-61 |  Lithuania

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Scoring by half: 31–25, 34–36
Pts: Espil 25
Rebs: Espil 6
Asts: Milanesio 6 |  | Pts: Sabonis 30
Rebs: Sabonis 11
Asts: Marčiulionis 8

Atlanta
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Juan Figueroa (PUR)

24 July 1996 (1996-07-24)

Report

Lithuania | 82-104 |  United States

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Scoring by half: 42–50, 40–54
Pts: Einikis 21
Rebs: Karnišovas, Einikis 7
Asts: Pačėsas 5 |  | Pts: Barkley 16
Rebs: Barkley 5
Asts: Stockton, Payton 7

Atlanta
Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Jose Reyes Ronfini (MEX)

26 July 1996 (1996-07-26)

Report

Angola | 49-85 |  Lithuania

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Scoring by half: 21–37, 28–48
Pts: Â. Victoriano 18
Rebs: Moreira Dias 6
Asts: Carvalho 4 |  | Pts: Karnišovas 20
Rebs: Sabonis 10
Asts: Sabonis 8

Atlanta
Referees: Jose Pelissari (BRA), Robert Barnett (AUS)

28 July 1996 (1996-07-28)

Report

China | 55-116 |  Lithuania

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Scoring by half: 23–53, 32–63
Pts: Wang 18
Rebs: Wang 5
Asts: Li 4 |  | Pts: Štombergas 19
Rebs: Einikis 9
Asts: Marčiulionis 7

Atlanta
Referees: Jose Reyes Ronfini (MEX), Juan Figueroa (PUR)

Quarterfinals

30 July 1996 (1996-07-30)
10:00

Report

Lithuania | 99-66 |  Greece

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Scoring by half: 45–19, 54–47
Pts: Marčiulionis 16
Rebs: Sabonis 11
Asts: Marčiulionis 7 |  | Pts: Sigalas 18
Rebs: Rentzias 4
Asts: Sigalas 5

Atlanta
Referees: Miguel Betancor Leon (ESP), Raul Chaves Sagel (ARG)

Semifinals

1 August 1996 (1996-08-01)
20:00

Report

FR Yugoslavia | 66-58 |  Lithuania

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Scoring by half: 35–31, 31–27
Pts: Danilović 19
Rebs: Divac 8
Asts: Bodiroga 4 |  | Pts: Kurtinaitis 22
Rebs: Sabonis 13
Asts: Marčiulionis 6

Atlanta
Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Jose Lapaix Guance (DOM)

Bronze medal game

3 August 1996 (1996-08-03)
20:00

Report

Lithuania | 80-74 |  Australia

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Scoring by half: 36–34, 44–40
Pts: Sabonis 30
Rebs: Sabonis 13
Asts: Marčiulionis 9 |  | Pts: Gaze 25
Rebs: Bradtke 5
Asts: Heal 5

Atlanta
Referees: Joseph Derosa (USA), Juan Figueroa (PUR)

## Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | 1 Round  | 2 Round  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Vitalijus Karpačiauskas | Welterweight |  Hassan Mzonge (TAN)
W 9-1  |  Kamel Chater (TUN)
L RSC-1  | Did not advance

## Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

### Sprint

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Men
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Repechage  | Semifinals  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Vidas Kupčinskas
Vaidas Mizeras | K-2 500 m | 1:36.685  | 5 QR | 1:40.500  | 5 QS | 1:32.693  | 8  | Did not advance  | 15
K-2 1000 m | 3:51.842  | 7 QR | 3:38.428  | 4 QS | 3:24.462  | 8  | Did not advance  | 16

## Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

### Road

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Men
Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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Linas Balčiūnas | Men's road race | DNF
Artūras Kasputis | Men's time trial | 1:07:47  | 21
Remigijus Lupeikis | Men's road race | 04:56:52  | 95
Men's time trial | 1:11:03  | 28
Jonas Romanovas | Men's road race | DNF
Raimondas Rumšas | DNF
Raimondas Vilčinskas | DNF

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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Jolanta Polikevičiūtė | Women's road race | 02:37:06  | 5
Women's time trial | 38:27  | 7
Rasa Polikevičiūtė | Women's road race | 02:37:06  | 12
Women's time trial | 38:53  | 12
Diana Žiliūtė | Women's road race | DNF

### Track

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Sprint
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Round 1  | Repechage 1  | Quarterfinals  | Classification 5-8  | Semifinals  | Final

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Time
Speed (km/h)  | Rank  | Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)  | Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)  | Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)  | Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)  | Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)  | Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)  | Rank
Rita Razmaitė | Women's sprint | 11.971  | 13  | Did not advance

Pursuit
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Opposition
Time  | Opposition
Time  | Opposition
Time  | Rank
Artūras Kasputis | Men's individual pursuit | 4:33.748  | 10  | Did not advance
Rasa Mažeikytė | Women's individual pursuit | 3:43.590  | 7 Q |  Clignet (FRA)
L 3:42.129  | Did not advance
Artūras Kasputis
Remigijus Lupeikis
Mindaugas Umaras
Arturas Trumpauskas | Men's team pursuit | 4:16.050  | 11  | Did not advance

Points
Athlete  | Event  | Final

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Points  | Rank
Remigijus Lupeikis | Men's points race | 4  | 13
Rasa Mažeikytė | Women's points race | RET

## Gymnastics

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Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

### Rhythmic gymnastics

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Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Hoop  | Ball  | Clubs  | Ribbon  | Total  | Rank  | Hoop  | Ball  | Clubs  | Ribbon  | Total  | Rank
Kristina Kliukevičiūtė | Individual | 9.199  | 8.966  | 8.499  | 9.083  | 35.747  | 37  | Did not advance

## Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Preliminary  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Repechage 1  | Repechage 2  | Repechage 3  | Repechage Final  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Algimantas Merkevičius | −86 kg | BYE  |  Wu Kuo-Hui (TPE)
W 0001–0000  |  Brian Olson (USA)
W 1000–0000  |  Armen Bagdasarov (UZB)
W 0100–0000  | Did not advance  | —  | BYE  |  Oleg Maltsev (RUS)
L 0000–0001  | did not advance

## Modern pentathlon

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Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics

One male pentathlete represented Lithuania in 1992.

Athlete  | Event  | Shooting
(10 m air pistol) | Fencing
(épée one touch) | Swimming
(200 m freestyle) | Riding
(show jumping) | Running
(3000 m) | Total points  | Final rank

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Points  | Points  | Points  | Points  | Points
Andrejus Zadneprovskis | Men's | 1276  | 840  | 1070  | 892  | 1285  | 5363  | 13

## Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Repechage  | Semifinals C-D  | Semifinals  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Juozas Bagdonas
Einius Petkus | Coxless pair | 6:45.92  | 5 R | 7:10.47  | 2 Q | —  | 6:57.75  | 5 FB | 6:38.12  | 10

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Repechage  | Semifinals C-D  | Semifinals  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Birutė Šakickienė | Single sculls | 8:21.78  | 4 R | 8:41.08  | 4 FC | —  | 8:17.80  | 14

## Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Score  | Rank  | Score  | Rank
Daina Gudzinevičiūtė | Double trap | 101  | 10  | Did not advance

## Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Final B  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Nerius Beiga | 100 m breaststroke | 1:04.45  | 28  | Did not advance
200 m breaststroke | 2:23.40  | 31  | Did not advance
Mindaugas Bružas | 100 m butterfly | 57.10  | 54  | Did not advance
200 m butterfly | 2:03.76  | 32  | Did not advance
Darius Grigalionis | 100 m backstroke | 56.20  | 12 q | 56.33  | 13  | Did not advance
Raimundas Mažuolis | 50 m freestyle | 22.98  | 18  | Did not advance
100 m freestyle | 50.27  | 14 q | DNS  | Did not advance
Arūnas Savickas | 200 m backstroke | 2:04.38  | 22  | Did not advance
Mindaugas Špokas | 100 m backstroke | 57.20  | 29  | Did not advance
Darius Grigalionis
Nerijus Beiga
Mindaugas Bružas
Raimundas Mažuolis | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:51.31  | 18  | Did not advance

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Final B  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Laura Petrutytė | 50 m freestyle | 26.13  | 15 q | 26.36  | 16  | Did not advance
200 m freestyle | 2:09.78  | 41  | Did not advance
Dita Želvienė | 50 m freestyle | 26.55  | 31  | Did not advance
100 m freestyle | 58.57  | 38  | DNS  | Did not advance
100 m butterfly | 1:04.63  | 39  | Did not advance

## Table Tennis

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Main article: Table Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Singles
Athlete  | Event  | Group round  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Bronze medal  | Final

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Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Rūta Garkauskaitė | Women's singles | Group N
Otilia Bădescu (ROU)
L 1 – 2
Bettine Vriesekoop (NED)
W 2 – 1
Ambika Radhika (IND)
W 2 – 0  | 2  | Did not advance

## Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Snatch  | Clean & jerk  | Total  | Rank

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Ramūnas Vyšniauskas | −91 kg | 140.0  | 23  | 175.0  | 23  | 315.0  | 23

## Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete  | Event  | Elimination Pool  | Final round

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Round 1
Result  | Round 2
Result  | Round 3
Result  | Round 4
Result  | Round 5
Result  | Round 6
Result  | Rank  | Final round
Result  | Rank
Ruslanas Vartanovas | −52 kg |  Nurym Dyusenov (KAZ)
L 1-4  |  Tiebiri Godswill  (NGR)
W 4-0  |  Alfred Ter-Mkrtychyan (GER)
L 0-8  | —  | 14  | Did not advance
Remigijus Šukevičius | −57 kg |  Ruslan Khakymov (UKR)
L 1-5  |  Nabil Salhi (TUN)
W 11-0  |  Sarkis Elgkian (GRE)
L 5-6  | —  | 12  | Did not advance

Men's Freestyle
Athlete  | Event  | Elimination Pool  | Final round

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Round 1
Result  | Round 2
Result  | Round 3
Result  | Round 4
Result  | Round 5
Result  | Round 6
Result  | Rank  | Final round
Result  | Rank
Ričardas Pauliukonis | −90 kg |  Louis Purcell (ASA)
W 11-0  |  Melvin Douglas (USA)
L 0-5  |  Bashir Bhola Bhala (PAK)
W 12-0  |  Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)
L 1-5  | —  | 9  | Did not advance

## References

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* Watkins, Ginger T., ed. (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
* "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
* sports-reference

* v
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National Olympic Committees at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States

Africa|

* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
* Cape Verde
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* The Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* São Tomé-Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* Sudan
* Swaziland
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Zaire
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

America|

* Antigua-Barbuda
* Argentina
* Aruba
* Bahamas
* Barbados
* Belize
* Bermuda
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* British Virgin Islands
* Canada
* Cayman Islands
* Chile
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Dominica
* Dominican Republic
* Ecuador
* El Salvador
* Grenada
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Netherlands Antilles
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Puerto Rico
* Saint Kitts-Nevis
* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent-Grenadines
* Suriname
* Trinidad-Tobago
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela
* Virgin Islands

Asia|

* Afghanistan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Cambodia
* China
* Hong Kong
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* North Korea
* South Korea
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Palestine
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Tajikistan
* Chinese Taipei
* Thailand
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen

Europe|

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia-Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Macedonia
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* Yugoslavia

Oceania|

* American Samoa
* Australia
* Cook Islands
* Fiji
* Guam
* Nauru
* New Zealand
* Papua New Guinea
* Solomon Islands
* Tonga
* Vanuatu
* Western Samoa

*[Pos]: Position
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*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[L]: Lost
*[PF]: Points for
*[PA]: Points against
*[PD]: Point difference
*[Pts]: Points
*[BM]: Bronze medal match