Croatia at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Croatia at the; 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CRO
NOC	Croatian Olympic Committee
Website	www.hoo.hr (in Croatian) (in 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;
Other related appearances
	Austria (1900); Yugoslavia (1920–1988)

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

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

Men
Track & road events

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

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	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

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Qualifying						Final
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nikica Ljubek	C-1 1000 m	4:10.954	9 Q	Did not advance					17
Dražen Funtak Nikica Ljubek	C-1 500 m	1:45.567	6 Q	N/A		1:45.955	6	Did not advance	12

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals C-D		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ninoslav Saraga Oliver Martinov	Coxless pair	6:52.57	3 Q	BYE				6:46.00	6 FB	6:35.18	8
Ivan Jukić Tihomir Jarnjević	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	Coxed eight	5:33.33	1 Q	BYE						5:34.85

Sailing

Men

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

Shooting

Men

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

Women

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

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	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
Gordan Kožulj	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
Marko Strahija	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
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Petra Banović	200 metre freestyle	2:08.30	36	Did not advance
Petra Banović	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
Smiljana Marinović	200 metre individual medley	2:25.24	33	Did not advance
Marijana Šurković	50 metre freestyle	27.32	46	Did not advance

Table tennis

Men

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

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	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

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	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	Singles	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	N/A	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
Athlete	Event	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	Singles	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	N/A	Els Callens Dominique van Roost (BEL) L 2:6, 7:5, 2:6	Did not advance

Volleyball

Women's Team Competition

Group A

TEAM	MP	W	L	SW	SL	PF	PA	PTS	RS	RATIO
Brazil (BRA)	5	5	0	15	1	395	272	10	15,000	1,452
United States (USA)	5	4	1	13	4	392	306	9	3,250	1,281
Croatia (CRO)	5	3	2	9	9	411	389	8	1,000	1,057
China (CHN)	5	2	3	8	9	371	365	7	0,889	1,016
Australia (AUS)	5	1	4	4	13	303	408	6	0,308	0,743
Kenya (KEN)	5	0	5	2	15	280	412	5	0,133	0,680

September 16, 2000


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

September 18, 2000


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

September 20, 2000


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

September 22, 2000


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

September 24, 2000


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

Quarter-finals

September 26, 2000


Cuba	3 – 0	Croatia	25-18, 25-23, 25-21

5-8th place

September 27, 2000


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

7th place

September 28, 2000


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

Roster

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary round

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia	5	4	0	1	41	22	+19	9
Croatia	5	4	0	1	42	30	+12	9
Hungary	5	3	2	0	49	39	+10	6
United States	5	2	3	0	42	39	+3	4
Netherlands	5	1	4	0	34	55	-21	2
Greece	5	0	5	0	22	45	-23	0

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

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

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

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

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

- Mile Smodlaka
- Ivo Ivaniš
- Alen Bošković
- Samir Barač

- Igor Hinić
- Frano Vićan
- Vjekoslav Kobešćak
- Višeslav Sarić

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Nikolay Peshalov	– 62 kg	150.0	1	175.0 OR	2	325.0 OR

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

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Nations at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia
Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea 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 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
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Oceania	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Fiji Guam Federated States of Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Vanuatu
Other	Individual Olympic Athletes