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{{no footnotes|date=November 2018}}
{{infobox country at games
| NOC = CRO
| NOCname = [[Croatian Olympic Committee]]
| games = Summer Olympics
| year = 1996
| flagcaption =
| oldcode =
| website = {{url|www.hoo.hr }}&nbsp;{{in lang|hr|en}}
| location = [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]]
| competitors = 84 (75 men and 9 women)
| sports = 14
| flagbearer = [[Perica Bukić]]
| rank = 45
| gold = 1
| silver = 1
| bronze = 0
| officials =
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year = 1992
| app_end_year =
| summerappearances =
| winterappearances =
| seealso = {{flagIOC|AUT|1900 Summer}} (1900)<br/>{{flagIOC|YUG}} (1920–1988)
}}
[[Croatia]] competed at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]], [[United States]].
==Medalists==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Medal
!Name
!Sport
!Event
|-
| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Patrik|Ćavar}} <br />[[Slavko Goluža]] <br />[[Božidar Jović]] <br />[[Nenad Kljaić]] <br />[[Venio Losert]] <br />[[Valter Matošević]] <br />[[Alvaro Načinović]] <br />[[Goran Perkovac]] <br />[[Iztok Puc]] <br />[[Zlatko Saračević]] <br />[[Irfan Smajlagić]] <br />[[Bruno Gudelj]] <br />[[Zoran Mikulić]] <br />[[Vladimir Jelčić]] <br />[[Valner Franković]] <br />[[Vladimir Šuster]] || [[Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Handball]] || Men's Team Competition
|-
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Maro|Balić}} <br />[[Damir Glavan]] <br />[[Igor Hinić]] <br />[[Vjekoslav Kobešćak]] <br />[[Joško Kreković]] <br />[[Ognjen Kržić]] <br />[[Siniša Školneković]] <br />[[Ratko Štritof]] <br />[[Tino Vegar]] <br />[[Renato Vrbičić]] <br />[[Zdeslav Vrdoljak]] <br />[[Perica Bukić]] <br />[[Dubravko Šimenc]] || [[Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Water polo]] || Men's Team Competition
|}
==Athletics==
{{main article|Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics}}
;Men
;Track & road events
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heat
!colspan="2"|Quarterfinal
!colspan="2"|Semifinal
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Branko Zorko]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metres|1500 m]]
|3:37.35
|6 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|3:35.14
|14
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|}
;Field events
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Qualification
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Distance
!Position
!Distance
!Position
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Siniša Ergotić]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump|Long jump]]
|colspan=2|NM
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Dragan Mustapić]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw|Discus throw]]
|57.94
|27
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|}
==Basketball==
{{main article|Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics}}
===Men's tournament===
{{main|Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament}}
;Roster
{{colbegin}}
*[[Vladan Alanović]]
*[[Arijan Komazec]]
*[[Toni Kukoč]]
*[[Davor Marcelić]]
*[[Damir Mulaomerović]]
*[[Veljko Mršić]]
*[[Velimir Perasović]]
*[[Dino Rađa]]
*[[Slaven Rimac]]
*[[Josip Vranković]]
*[[Stojko Vranković]]
*[[Žan Tabak]]
{{colend}}
;Preliminary round
The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.
{{#section:Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A}}
{{#section:Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A3}}
{{#section:Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A5}}
{{#section:Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A7}}
{{#section:Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A11}}
{{#section:Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A15}}
;Quarterfinals
{{#section:Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Q3}}
;5th–8th place
{{#section:Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|SP4}}
;7th–8th place
{{#section:Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|7th}}
==Boxing==
{{main article|Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics}}
;Men
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!1 Round
!2 Round
!3 Round
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Stipe Drviš]]
|align=left|[[Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Light-Heavyweight]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[John Douglas (boxer)|John Douglas]]|GUY|1996 Summer}}<br />'''W''' RSC-2
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Timur Ibragimov]]|UZB|1996 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 10-9
|{{n/a}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Lee Seung-Bae]]|KOR|1996 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 11-14
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|'''5'''
|}
==Canoeing==
{{main article|Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics}}
===Slalom===
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="4"|Preliminary
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Run 1
!Rank
!Run 2
!Rank
!Best
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Danko Herceg]]
|align=left| [[Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom C-1|Men's C-1]]
|468.07
| 30
|275.94
| 28
|275.94
|29
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Andrej Glucks]]
|align=left| [[Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom K-1|Men's K-1]]
|155.75
| 17
|150.12
| 10
|150.12
|16
|}
===Sprint===
;Men
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan=2|Heats
!colspan=2|Repechages
!colspan=2|Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Dražen Funtak]]
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 500 metres|C-1 500 m]]
|2:00.076
|6 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|1:58.570
|5
|Did not advance
|16
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Ivan Šabjan]]
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres|C-1 1000 m]]
|4:28.375
|3 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|4:13.901
|1 '''Q'''
|4:04.066
|'''8'''
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Dražen Funtak]]<br/>[[Ivan Šabjan]]
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 500 metres|C-2 500 m]]
|1:47.235
|4 '''Q'''
|1:50.473
|4 '''Q'''
|1:44.770
|5
|Did not advance
|12
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Dražen Funtak]]<br/>[[Ivan Šabjan]]
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 1000 metres|C-2 1000 m]]
|4:02.831
|3 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|3:48.677
|4
|Did not advance
|11
|}
==Gymnastics==
{{main article|Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics}}
===Artistic===
;Men
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan=3|Athlete
!rowspan=3|Event
!colspan =8|Qualification
!colspan =8|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!colspan=6|Apparatus
!rowspan=2|Total
!rowspan=2|Rank
!colspan=6|Apparatus
!rowspan=2|Total
!rowspan=2|Rank
|- style="font-size:95%"
!{{Tooltip| F | Floor}}
!{{Tooltip| PH | Pommel horse }}
!{{Tooltip| R | Rings}}
!{{Tooltip| V | Vault}}
!{{Tooltip| PB | Parallel bars}}
!{{Tooltip| HB | Horizontal bar}}
!{{Tooltip| F | Floor}}
!{{Tooltip| PH | Pommel horse }}
!{{Tooltip| R | Rings}}
!{{Tooltip| V | Vault}}
!{{Tooltip| PB | Parallel bars}}
!{{Tooltip| HB | Horizontal bar}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Aleksej Demjanov]]
|align=left|[[Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic team all-around|Individual all-around]]
|18.700
|16.550
|19.075
|18.675
|18.437
|17.325
|108.762
|57
|colspan=8| did not advance
|}
==Handball==
{{main article|Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics}}
===Men's Team Competition===
{{main article|Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament}}
====Preliminary round====
=== Group A ===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" width="500"
|-
! width=25%|Team
! width=5%|Pld
! width=5%|W
! width=5%|D
! width=5%|L
! width=5%|GF
! width=5%|GA
! width=5%|GD
! width=8%|Points
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| align="left"| {{hb|SWE}} || 5 || 5 || 0 || 0 ||  131 ||   94 || +37 || '''10'''
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| align="left"| {{hb|CRO}} || 5 || 4 || 0 || 1 ||  132 ||  122 || +10 || '''8'''
|-bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| align="left"| {{hb|RUS}} || 5 || 3 || 0 || 2 ||  137 ||  106 || +31 || '''6'''
|-bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| align="left"| {{hb|SUI}} || 5 || 2 || 0 || 3 ||  126 ||  115 || +11 || '''4'''
|- bgcolor="ffcccc"
| align="left"| {{hb|USA}} || 5 || 1 || 0 || 4 ||  111 ||  142 || −31 || '''2'''
|- bgcolor="ffcccc"
| align="left"| {{hb|KUW}} || 5 || 0 || 0 || 5 ||  100 ||  158 || −58 || '''0'''
|}
=== Semifinals ===
{{handballbox
|date=August 2
|time=~20:30
|team1={{hb-rt|FRA}}
|score= 20–24
|report=
|team2={{hb|CRO}}
|goals1=[[Stephane Stoecklin|Stoecklin]] 8
|goals2=[[Patrik Cavar|Cavar]] 8
|HT=8-12
|OT1=
|OT2=
|OT3=
|twomin1=
|yellow1=
|red1=
|twomin2=
|yellow2=
|red2=
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=[[Bjorn Hogsnes|Hogsnes]]/[[Svein Oeie|Oeie]]
|refnat=NOR
}}
=== Final ===
{{handballbox
|date=August 4
|time=~16:30
|team1={{hb-rt|SWE}}
|score= 26–27
|report=
|team2={{hb|CRO}}
|goals1=[[Pierre Thorsson|Thorsson]] 8
|goals2=[[Goran Perkovac|Perkovac]], [[Irfan Smajlagic|Smajlagic]], [[Bozidar Jovic|Jovic]] 6
|HT=11-16
|OT1=
|OT2=
|OT3=
|twomin1=
|yellow1=
|red1=
|twomin2=
|yellow2=
|red2=
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=[[Silvino Gallego Santos|Gallego Santos]]/[[Victor Lamas Perez|Lamas Perez]]
|refnat=ESP
}}
===Roster===
{{col-begin-small}}
[[Image:Med 1.png]] '''Gold medal'''
{{col-3}}
*[[Patrik Ćavar]]
*[[Slavko Goluža]]
*[[Božidar Jović]]
*[[Nenad Kljaić]]
*[[Venio Losert]]
*[[Valter Matošević]]
{{col-3}}
*[[Alvaro Načinović]]
*[[Goran Perkovac]]
*[[Iztok Puc]]
*[[Zlatko Saračević]]
*[[Irfan Smajlagić]]
*[[Bruno Gudelj]]
{{col-3}}
*[[Zoran Mikulić]]
*[[Vladimir Jelčić]]
*[[Valner Franković]]
*[[Vladimir Šujster]]
{{col-end}}
==Rowing==
{{main article|Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics}}
;Men
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heats
!colspan="2"|Repechage
!colspan="2"|Semifinals C-D
!colspan="2"|Semifinals
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Marko Banović]]<br>[[Ninoslav Saraga]]
|align=left|[[Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair|Coxless pair]]
|6:54.05
|2 '''R'''
|7:05.81
|1 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a|BYE}}
|6:55.89
|3 '''Q'''
|6:30.48
|'''6'''
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Hrvoje Telišman]]<br>[[Danijel Bajlo]]
|align=left|[[Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's double sculls|Double sculls]]
|6:26.84
|6 '''R'''
|6:48.02
|2 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a|BYE}}
|7:03.53
|6
|6:26.84
|12
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Igor Boraska]]<br>[[Tihomir Franković]]<br>[[Sead Marušić]]<br>[[Siniša Skelin]]
|align=left|[[Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four|Coxless four]]
|6:17.42
|2 '''Q'''
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|6:12.40
|4 '''FB'''
|5:54.58
|'''7'''
|}
==Sailing==
{{main article|Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics}}
;Men
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan=11|Race
!rowspan=2|Net points
!rowspan=2|Final rank
|-style="font-size:95%"
!1
!2
!3
!4
!5
!6
!7
!8
!9
!10
!11
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Karlo Kuret]]
|align=left|[[Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Finn|Finn]]
|<s>DSQ</s>
|11
|2
|19
|12
|23
|<s>24</s>
|18
|9
|15
|{{n/a}}
|109.0
|19
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Ivan Kuret]]<br>[[Marko Mišura]]
|align=left|[[Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 470|470]]
|3
|15
|15
|<s>21</s>
|11
|12
|<s>31</s>
|22
|9
|14
|16
|116.0
|13
|}
==Shooting==
{{main article|Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics}}
;Men
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Qualification
!colspan="2"|Final
|-
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Roman Špirelja]]
|[[Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol|25 m rapid fire pistol]]
|align="center"|582
|align="center"|16
|colspan="2"  align="center"|Did not advance
|-
|[[Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air pistol|10 m air rifle]]
|align="center"|570
|align="center"|43
|colspan="2"  align="center"|Did not advance
|}
;Women
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Qualification
!colspan="2"|Final
|-
!Score
!Rank
!Score
!Rank
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Mladenka Malenica]]
|[[Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre rifle three positions|50 m rifle three positions]]
|align="center"|572
|align="center"|28
|colspan="2"  align="center"|Did not advance
|-
||[[Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre air rifle|10 m air rifle]]
|align="center"|390
|align="center"|20
|colspan="2"  align="center"|Did not advance
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Mirela Skoko Ćelić]]
|[[Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 25 metre pistol|25 m pistol]]
|align="center"|561
|align="center"|36
|colspan="2"  align="center"|Did not advance
|-
|[[Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre air pistol|10 m air pistol]]
|align="center"|381
|align="center"|10
|colspan="2"  align="center"|Did not advance
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Suzana Skoko]]
|[[Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre rifle three positions|50 m rifle three positions]]
|align="center"|578
|align="center"|12
|colspan="2"  align="center"|Did not advance
|-
||[[Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre air rifle|10 m air rifle]]
|align="center"|389
|align="center"|25
|colspan="2"  align="center"|Did not advance
|}
==Swimming==
{{main article|Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics}}
;Men
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heat
!colspan="2"|Final B
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Krešimir Čač]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley|200 metre individual medley]]
|2:06.97
|25
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley|400 metre individual medley]]
|4:34.02
|23
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left |[[Dominik Galić]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly|200 metre butterfly]]
|2:01.17
|22
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Marijan Kanjer]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle|100 metre freestyle]]
|51.76
|41
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Tomislav Karlo]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke|100 metre backstroke]]
|57.89
|36
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left |[[Miloš Milošević]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly|100 metre butterfly]]
|54.62
|23
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Marko Strahija]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke|200 metre backstroke]]
|2:01.95
|14 '''Q'''
|2:01.84
|11
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Miroslav Vučetić]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle|200 metre freestyle]]
|1:51.26
|19
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle|400 metre freestyle]]
|3:59.20
|22
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Miroslav Vučetić]]<br/>[[Miloš Milošević]]<br/>[[Alen Lončar]]<br/>[[Marijan Kanjer]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4 × 100 m freestyle relay]]
|3:26.02
|14
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Gordan Kožulj]]<br/>[[Miroslav Vučetić]]<br/>[[Marijan Kanjer]]<br/>[[Marko Strahija]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4 × 200 m freestyle relay]]
|7:43.69
|13
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Tomislav Karlo]]<br/>[[Krešimir Čač]]<br/>[[Miloš Milošević]]<br/>[[Miroslav Vučetić]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4 × 100 m medley relay]]
|3:50.09
|16
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|}
;Women
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heat
!colspan="2"|Final B
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left |[[Tinka Dančević]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly|200 metre butterfly]]
|2:20.74
|31
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=3|[[Gabrijela Ujčić]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle|50 metre freestyle]]
|27.63
|46
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle|100 metre freestyle]]
|59.92
|45
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly|100 metre butterfly]]
|1:06.85
|42
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|}
==Table tennis==
{{main article|Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics}}
;Men
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="4"|Group round
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!Bronze medal
!colspan=2|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|[[Zoran Primorac]]
|[[Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Werner Schlager]]|AUT|1996 Summer}}<br>'''W''' 2 – 0
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Zoltán Bátorfi]]|HUN|1996 Summer}}<br>'''W''' 2 – 1
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Hamad Al-Hammadi (table tennis)|Hamad Al-Hammadi]]|QAT|1996 Summer}}<br>'''W''' 2 – 0
|1 '''Q'''
|align=center|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Jean-Michel Saive]]|BEL|1996 Summer}}<br>'''L''' 0 – 2
|colspan=5|Did not advance
|-align=center
|[[Zoran Primorac]]<br>[[Damir Atiković]]
|[[Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles|Men's doubles]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Lü Lin]]<br>[[Wang Tao (table tennis)|Wang Tao]]|CHN|1996 Summer}}<br>'''L''' 0 – 2
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ding Yi (table tennis)|Ding Yi]]<br>[[Qian Qianli]]|AUT|1996 Summer}}<br>'''L''' 0 – 2
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Paul Langley (table tennis)|Paul Langley]]<br>[[Russ Lavale]]|AUS|1996 Summer}}<br>'''W''' 2 – 1
|3
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|}
;Women
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="4"|Group round
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!Bronze medal
!colspan=2|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|[[Tamara Boroš]]
|[[Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Nicole Struse]]|GER|1996 Summer}}<br>'''L''' 0 – 2
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Taeko Todo]]|JPN|1996 Summer}}<br>'''L''' 0 – 2
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Sonia Touati]]|TUN|1996 Summer}}<br>'''W''' 2 – 0
|3
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Eldijana Aganović]]<br>[[Tamara Boroš]]
|align=left|[[Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles|Women's doubles]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kim Moo-Kyo]]<br>[[Park Kyung-Ae]]|KOR|1996 Summer}}<br>'''L''' 0 – 2
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Fumiyo Kaizu]]<br>[[Rika Sato]]|JPN|1996 Summer}}<br>'''L''' 0 – 2
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Monica Doti]]<br>[[Lyanne Kosaka]]|BRA|1996 Summer}}<br>'''W''' 2 – 0
|3
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|}
==Tennis==
{{main article|Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics}}
;Men
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event
!Round of 64
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br/>Score
!Opposition<br/>Score
!Opposition<br/>Score
!Opposition<br/>Score
!Opposition<br/>Score
!Opposition<br/>Score
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Goran Ivanišević]]
| [[Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Singles]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Marcos Ondruska]]|RSA|1996 Summer}}<br>'''L''' 2:6, 4:6
|colspan=7|Did not advance
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Goran Ivanišević]]<br>[[Saša Hiršzon]]
| [[Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles|Doubles]]
|{{n/a}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Emanuel Couto]]<br>[[Bernardo Mota]]|POR|1996 Summer}}<br>'''W''' 7:6, 7:6
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mark Knowles]]<br>[[Roger Smith (tennis)|Roger Smith]]|BAH|1996 Summer}}<br>'''W''' 7:6, 6:3
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Marc-Kevin Goellner]]<br>[[David Prinosil]]|GER|1996 Summer}}<br>'''L''' 2:6, 3:6
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|'''5'''
|}
;Women
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event
!Round of 64
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br/>Score
!Opposition<br/>Score
!Opposition<br/>Score
!Opposition<br/>Score
!Opposition<br/>Score
!Opposition<br/>Score
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Iva Majoli]]
| [[Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Singles]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Nicole Bradtke]]|AUS|1996 Summer}}<br>'''W''' 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Virginia Ruano-Pascual]]|ESP|1996 Summer}}<br>'''W''' 7-5, 6-3
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Karina Habšudová]]|SVK|1996 Summer}}<br>'''W''' 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Lindsay Davenport]]|USA|1996 Summer}}<br>'''L''' 5-7, 3-6
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|'''5'''
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Iva Majoli]]<br>[[Maja Murić]]
| [[Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles|Doubles]]
|{{n/a}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Silvia Farina]]<br>[[Laura Golarsa]]|ITA|1996 Summer}}<br>'''W''' 7:6, 4-6, 9-7
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Conchita Martínez]]<br>[[Arantxa Sánchez Vicario]]|ESP|1996 Summer}}<br>'''L''' 2:6, 1-6
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|}
==Water polo==
{{main article|Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics}}
===Men's Team Competition===
====Group B====
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="#DCDCDC"
!width="25" |
!width="200"|Team
!width="60"|Points
!width="60"|G
!width="60"|W
!width="60"|D
!width="60"|L
!width="60"|GF
!width="60"|GA
!width="60"|Diff
|- bgcolor=#AAFFAA
|1.
|align=left|{{wp|ITA}}
|'''10'''||5||5||0||0||48||38||+10
|- bgcolor=#AAFFAA
|2.
|align=left|{{wp|USA}}
|'''8'''||5||4||0||1||45||37||+8
|- bgcolor=#AAFFAA
|3.
|align=left|{{wp|CRO}}
|'''6'''||5||3||0||2||51||39||+12
|- bgcolor=#AAFFAA
|4.
|align=left|{{wp|GRE}}
|'''4'''||5||2||0||3||37||38||&ndash;1
|- bgcolor=#EEFFEE
|5.
|align=left|{{wp|ROM}}
|'''1'''||5||0||1||4||31||45||&ndash;14
|- bgcolor=#EEFFEE
|6.
|align=left|{{wp|UKR}}
|'''1'''||5||0||1||4||33||48||&ndash;15
|}
*Saturday July 20, 1996
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|CRO}}'''
|8 &ndash; 5
|align=left|{{wp|GRE}}
|}
*Sunday July 21, 1996
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|CRO}}'''
|11 &ndash; 6
|align=left|{{wp|ROM}}
|}
*Monday July 22, 1996
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|ITA}}'''
|10 &ndash; 8
|align=left|{{wp|CRO}}
|}
*Tuesday July 23, 1996
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|CRO}}'''
|16 &ndash; 8
|align=left|{{wp|UKR}}
|}
*Wednesday July 24, 1996
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|USA}}'''
|10 &ndash; 8
|align=left|{{wp|CRO}}
|}
===Quarterfinals===
*Friday July 26, 1996
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|{{wp-rt|FR Yugoslavia}}
|6 &ndash; 8
|align=left|'''{{wp|CRO}}'''
|}
===Semifinals===
*Saturday July 27, 1996
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|CRO}}'''
|7 &ndash; 6
|align=left|{{wp|ITA}}
|}
===Finals===
*Sunday July 28, 1996 &mdash; [[Image:Med 2.png]] '''Silver medal'''
{| style="text-align:center"
!width=200|
!width=100|
!width=200|
|-
|align=right|'''{{wp-rt|ESP}}'''
|7 &ndash; 5
|align=left|{{wp|CRO}}
|}
===Roster===
{{col-begin-small}}
{{col-3}}
* [[Maro Balić]]
* [[Perica Bukić]]
* [[Damir Glavan]]
* [[Igor Hinić]]
* [[Vjekoslav Kobešćak]]
{{col-3}}
* [[Joško Kreković]]
* [[Ognjen Kržić]]
* [[Dubravko Šimenc]]
* [[Siniša Školneković]]
{{col-3}}
* [[Ratko Štritof]]
* [[Renato Vrbičić]]
* [[Zdeslav Vrdoljak]]
* [[Tino Vegar]]
{{col-end}}
==Wrestling==
{{main article|Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics}}
;Men's Greco-Roman
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Round 1
!Round 2
!Round 3
!Round 4
!Round 5
!Round 6
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|-style="font-size: 95%"
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Stipe Damjanović]]
|align=left|[[Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg|−100 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mohamed Basri (wrestler)|Mohamed Basri]]|MAR|1996 Summer}}<br>'''W''' 6-0
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mikael Ljungberg]]|SWE|1996 Summer}}<br>'''L''' 0-5
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Urs Bürgler]]|SUI|1996 Summer}}<br>'''W''' 6-3
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Teymuraz Edisherashvili]]|RUS|1996 Summer}}<br>'''L''' 0-5
|colspan=3|Did not advance
|10
|}
==References==
{{refbegin}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044243/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CRO/summer/1996/ sports-reference]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060622162855/http://www.amateur-boxing.vip.interia.pl/Championships/OlympicGames2000.html Official Olympic Reports]
*[http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]
{{refend}}
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