Croatia at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Croatia competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Croatia at the 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CRO
NOC	Croatian Olympic Committee
Website	www.hoo.hr (in Croatian and English)
in Sydney
Competitors	88 (63 men and 25 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Zoran Primorac
Medals Ranked 49th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
Austria (1900)  Yugoslavia (1920–1988)

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Nikolaj Pešalov	Weightlifting	Men's Featherweight (62 kg)
Bronze	Igor Boraska Krešimir Čuljak Igor Francetić Tihomir Franković Silvijo Petriško Nikša Skelin Siniša Skelin Tomislav Smoljanović Branimir Vujević	Rowing	Men's Eights

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Darko Juričić	400 m hurdles	52.39	56	Did not advance
Dejan Vojnović	100 m	10.50	49	Did not advance
Branko Zorko	1500 m	3:46.16	36	Did not advance
Tihomir Buinjac Siniša Ergotić Slaven Krajačić Dejan Vojnović	4 × 100 metres	39.87	29	Did not advance
Frano Bakarić Nino Habun Darko Juričić Elvis Peršić	4 × 400 metres	DSQ		Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Stevimir Ercegovac	Shot put	18.98	24	Did not advance
Siniša Ergotić	Long jump	7.53	36	Did not advance
Andraš Haklić	Hammer throw	72.66	14	Did not advance
Dragan Mustapić	Discus throw	58.10	17	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kristina Perica	400 m	53.72	40	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Blanka Vlašić	High jump	1.92	17	Did not advance
Ivana Brkljačić	Hammer throw	65.01	5 q	63.20	11

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Qualifying						Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Danko Herceg	Men's C-1	138.59	12	137.23	7	275.82	11 Q	125.87	10	122.90	9	248.77	10
Andrej Glucks	Men's K-1	128.76	9	134.90	18	263.66	15 Q	115.16	11	115.06	13	230.22	11

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nikica Ljubek	C-1 1000 m	4:10.954	9	Did not advance
Dražen Funtak Nikica Ljubek	C-2 500 m	1:45.567	6 q	—		1:45.955	6	Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ninoslav Saraga Oliver Martinov	Men's Coxless pair	6:52.57	3 Q	Bye		6:46.00	6 FB	6:35.18	8
Ivan Jukić Tihomir Jarnjević	Men's Double sculls	6:39.69	5 R	6:43.60	4 FC	Bye		6:31.78	14
Igor Francetić Tihomir Franković Tomislav Smoljanović Nikša Skelin Siniša Skelin Krešimir Čuljak Igor Boraska Branimir Vujević Silvijo Petriško	Men's Coxed eight	5:33.33	1 Q	Bye				5:34.85

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Karlo Kuret	Finn	6	10	18	9	8	14	2	16	13	3	4	69	10
Toni Bulaja Ivan Bulaja	470	OCS	19	18	19	11	19	22	21	16	27	17	162	24

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Mate Arapov	Laser	RET	RET	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	396	43

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Roman Špirelja	25 m rapid fire pistol	578	15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Mladenka Malenica	50 m rifle three positions	571	26	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	393	9	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Krešimir Čač	200 metre individual medley	2:07.04	36	Did not advance
Duje Draganja	100 metre freestyle	49.83	16 Q	49.67	11	Did not advance
Lovrenco Franičević	200 metre butterfly	2:04.35	39	Did not advance
Marijan Kanjer	50 metre freestyle	23.16	32	Did not advance
Gordan Kožulj	100 metre backstroke	55.43	8 Q	56.26	14	Did not advance
	200 metre backstroke	2:00.19	9 Q	1:59.56	6 Q	1:59.38	8
Ivan Mladina	100 metre butterfly	56.17	50	Did not advance
Vanja Rogulj	100 metre breaststroke	1:03.58	30	Did not advance
Marko Strahija	100 metre backstroke	56.26	18	Did not advance
	200 metre backstroke	2:00.72	12 Q	1:59.85	9	Did not advance
Sandro Tomaš	400 metre individual medley	4:38.31	42	Did not advance
Duje Draganja Marijan Kanjer Ivan Mladina Alen Lončar	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:24.96	19	Did not advance
Gordan Kožulj Vanja Rogulj Miloš Milošević Duje Draganja	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:42.73	14	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Petra Banović	200 metre freestyle	2:08.30	36	Did not advance
	200 metre backstroke	2:25.42	34	Did not advance
Tinka Dančević	200 metre butterfly	2:21.02	34	Did not advance
Smiljana Marinović	100 metre breaststroke	1:13.49	30	Did not advance
	200 metre individual medley	2:25.24	33	Did not advance
Marijana Šurković	50 metre freestyle	27.32	46	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Group round			Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Zoran Primorac	Men's singles	BYE			Toshio Tasaki (JPN) L 0 – 3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group round			Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Eldijana Aganović	Women's singles	Liu Jia (AUT) L 1 – 3	Marisel Ramírez (CUB) W 3 – 0	2	Did not advance
Andrea Bakula		Gao Jun (USA) L 0 – 3	Stella Zhou (AUS) W 3 – 2	2	Did not advance
Tamara Boroš		BYE			Lijuan Geng (CAN) L 2 – 3	Did not advance
Eldijana Aganović Tamara Boroš	Women's doubles	Tsui Hsiu-li Yu Feng-yin (TPE) W 2 – 1	Bose Kaffo Olufunke Oshonaike (NGR) W 2 – 0	1 Q	Jing Junhong Li Jiawei (SIN) W 3 – 2	Li Ju Wang Nan (CHN) L 1 – 3	Did not advance			5

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nataša Vezmar	Women's +67 kg	BYE	Ruíz (ESP) W 7–4	Ivanova (RUS) L 4–6	BYE	Bourguigue (MAR) W 4–1	Bosshart (ESP) L 8–11	Did not advance	4

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Goran Ivanišević	Singles	Àlex Corretja (ESP) L 6:7, 6:7	Did not advance
Ivan Ljubičić		Dominik Hrbatý (SVK) W 6:1, 1:6, 6:3	Kevin Ullyett (ZIM) W 6:2, 4:6, 6:4	Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) L 6:7, 3:6	Did not advance
Goran Ivanišević Ivan Ljubičić	Doubles	—	Jose de Armas Jimy Szymanski (VEN) L 2:6, 6:7	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Iva Majoli	Singles	Anne Kremer (LUX) L 2:6, 4:6	Did not advance
Silvija Talaja		Neyssa Etienne (HAI) W 6:1, 6:0	Silvia Farina Elia (ITA) L 6:3, 4:6, 4:6	Did not advance
Iva Majoli Silvija Talaja	Doubles	—	Els Callens Dominique van Roost (BEL) L 2:6, 7:5, 2:6	Did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Women's Team Competition

Main article: Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	10	15	1	15.000	395	272	1.452	Quarterfinals
2	United States	5	4	1	9	13	4	3.250	392	306	1.281
3	Croatia	5	3	2	8	9	9	1.000	411	389	1.057
4	China	5	2	3	7	8	9	0.889	371	365	1.016
5	Australia	5	1	4	6	4	13	0.308	303	408	0.743
6	Kenya	5	0	5	5	2	15	0.133	280	412	0.680

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• 16 September 2000

Croatia	3–1	Australia	25–21, 22–25, 25–14, 25–16

• 18 September 2000

China	1–3	Croatia	23–25, 28–26, 20–25, 15–25

• 20 September 2000

Croatia	0–3	United States	19–25, 18–25, 16–25

• 22 September 2000

Brazil	3–0	Croatia	25–21, 25–23, 25–23

• 24 September 2000

Kenya	1–3	Croatia	25–18, 16–25, 18–25, 18–25

Quarter-finals

• 26 September 2000

Cuba	3–0	Croatia	25–18, 25–23, 25–21

5–8th place

• 27 September 2000

Croatia	1–3	Germany	25–27, 29–27, 21–25, 18–25

7th place

• 28 September 2000

Croatia	3–1	South Korea	25–18, 24–26, 25–22, 25–21

Roster

• Marija Anzulović
• Elena Cebukina
• Patricia Daničić
• Biljana Gligorović
• Barbara Jelić
• Vesna Jelić
• Gordana Jurcan
• Ana Kaštelan
• Nataša Leto
• Marijana Ribičić
• Beti Rimac
• Ingrid Siscovich

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

Main article: Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Preliminary round

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FR Yugoslavia	5	4	1	0	41	22	+19	9	Quarter Finals
2	Croatia	5	4	1	0	42	30	+12	9
3	Hungary	5	3	0	2	49	39	+10	6
4	United States	5	2	0	3	42	39	+3	4
5	Netherlands	5	1	0	4	34	55	−21	2
6	Greece	5	0	0	5	22	45	−23	0

Source: LA84
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.

23 September 2000 16:15	Croatia	10–7	United States	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Kerr (AUS), Galkine (RUS)
	Score by quarters: 3–1, 4–1, 1–2, 2–3

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24 September 2000 19:15	Greece	5–9	Croatia	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Turcotte (CAN), Afanasiev (RUS)
	Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–2, 1–1, 1–3

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25 September 2000 14:30	Croatia	8–7	Hungary	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Ludecke (GER), Kratochvil (SVK)
	Score by quarters: 2–3, 1–1, 3–1, 2–2

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26 September 2000 19:15	Croatia	4–4	FR Yugoslavia	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Dani (ITA), Afanasiev (RUS)*
	Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–0, 2–1, 1–1

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27 September 2000 14:30	Netherlands	7–11	Croatia	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Balfanbayev (KAZ), Melliar (RSA)
	Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–4, 3–3, 2–3

Quarterfinals

29 September 2000 19:15	Spain	9–8	Croatia	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Prikhodko (KAZ), Clemencon (FRA)
	Score by quarters: 1–1, 3–1, 2–3, 3–3

Classification 5th–8th

30 September 2000 19:00	United States	9–8	Croatia	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Moliner Molins (ESP), Clemencon (FRA)
	Score by quarters: 1–0, 2–2, 2–2, 2–3,1–1,1–0

Classification 7th–8th

1 October 2000 11:30	Croatia	10–8	Australia	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Boyer (USA), Turcotte (CAN)
	Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–2, 4–2, 2–2

Roster

• Siniša Školneković
• Elvis Fatović
• Dubravko Šimenc
• Ognjen Kržić
• Ratko Štritof
• Mile Smodlaka
• Ivo Ivaniš
• Alen Bošković
• Samir Barač
• Igor Hinić
• Frano Vićan
• Vjekoslav Kobešćak
• Višeslav Sarić

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nikolay Peshalov	Men's 62 kg	150.0	1	175.0 OR	2	325.0

References

• sports-reference
• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site