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Laimutė Baikauskaitė

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Soviet athletics competitor (born 1956)
Laimutė Baikauskaitė
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul 1.500 metres

Laimutė Baikauskaitė (born June 10, 1956 in Gaideliai, Klaipėda County) is a retired female middle distance runner, who represented the USSR and later Lithuania. She competed mainly in the 1500 metres, and won an Olympic silver medal in 1988 with a strong final one hundred meter sprint, though well behind winner Paula Ivan of Romania. In that Olympic final, she set a Lithuanian record (4:00.24).

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