Mindaugas Norbutas

{{short description|Lithuanian middle-distance runner}}

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| sport = Athletics

| event = Middle-distance running

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| club = Tutuvenai

| coach = Povilas Sabaitis

| pb = 800 m: 1:46.64 (2003)
1500 m: 3:49.03 (2008)

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| birth_place = Vaiguva, Lithuanian SSR,
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Mindaugas Norbutas (born 24 August 1976, in Vaiguva) is a retired Lithuanian middle-distance runner, who specialized in the 800 metres.{{cite sports-reference|title = Mindaugas Norbutas|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/no/mindaugas-norbutas-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418114218/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/no/mindaugas-norbutas-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 4 November 2014}} He represented his nation Lithuania at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and also recorded a national record and a personal best of 1:46.64 in the men's 800 metres upon placing sixth at the 2003 EWE Athletics Cup in Cuxhaven, Germany.{{cite news|title=Lietuvių startai Atėnų olimpinėse žaidynėse|trans-title=Lithuanians have started the Athens Olympics|language=Lithuanian|url=http://www.ve.lt/naujienos/sportas/lietuviu-startai-atenu-olimpinese-zaidynese-/|publisher=Vakarų ekspresas|date=10 August 2004|accessdate=4 November 2014}}{{cite news|title=XXVIII Olympic Games – Mindaugas Norbutas|language=Lithuanian|url=http://www.lengvoji.lt/files/norbutas.pdf|publisher=Lengvoji atletika|accessdate=4 November 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104083144/http://www.lengvoji.lt/files/norbutas.pdf|archivedate=4 November 2014}} Norbutas has also trained throughout his athletic career for Tutuvenai Sport Club in his native Kelmė, under his personal coach Povilas Sabaitis.{{cite news|title=Mindaugas Norbutas išlydėtas į olimpiadą|trans-title=Mindaugas Norbutas arrives at the Olympics|language=Lithuanian|url=http://www.skrastas.lt/?rub=1143711027&data=2004-08-20&id=1146722486|publisher=Šiaulių kraštas|date=20 August 2004|accessdate=4 November 2014}}

Norbutas qualified for the men's 800 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by registering a B-standard entry time of 1:46.64 from the EWE Athletics Cup in Cuxhaven.{{cite news|title=Mindaugas Norbutas ruošiasi olimpiadai|trans-title=Mindaugas Norbutas competes for the Olympics|language=Lithuanian|url=http://www.skrastas.lt/?data=2004-04-14&rub=1143711027&id=1146721724|publisher=Šiaulių kraštas|date=14 April 2004|accessdate=4 November 2014}} He threw down a seasonal best of 1:47.38 in heat two, but faded only to sixth and did not advance further into the semifinals, trailing behind the leader Joseph Mutua of Kenya by almost two seconds.{{cite web|title=IAAF Athens 2004: Men's 800m Round 1 – Heat 2|url=http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/olympic-games/28th-olympic-games-3201/results/men/800-metres/heats/result|work=Athens 2004|publisher=IAAF|accessdate=27 September 2013}}{{cite news|title=Lietuvių rezultatai|trans-title=Results for Lithuania|language=Lithuanian|url=http://archyvas.vz.lt/news.php?strid=1131&id=231068|publisher=Verslo žinios|date=28 August 2004|accessdate=4 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104120414/http://archyvas.vz.lt/news.php?strid=1131&id=231068|archive-date=4 November 2014|url-status=dead}}