Croatia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Croatia at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Croatia at the; 1996 Summer Olympics
	File:Civil ensign of Croatia.svg
IOC code	CRO
NOC	Croatian Olympic Committee
Website	www.hoo.hr (in Croatian and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors	84 (75 men and 9 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Perica Bukić
Medals; Ranked 45th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	File:Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg Austria (1900); File:Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia (1920–1988)

Croatia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Patrik Ćavar Slavko Goluža Božidar Jović Nenad Kljaić Venio Losert Valter Matošević Alvaro Načinović Goran Perkovac Iztok Puc Zlatko Saračević Irfan Smajlagić Bruno Gudelj Zoran Mikulić Vladimir Jelčić Valner Franković Vladimir Šuster	Handball	Men's Team Competition
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Maro Balić Damir Glavan Igor Hinić Vjekoslav Kobešćak Joško Kreković Ognjen Kržić Siniša Školneković Ratko Štritof Tino Vegar Renato Vrbičić Zdeslav Vrdoljak Perica Bukić Dubravko Šimenc	Water polo	Men's Team Competition

Athletics

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Branko Zorko	1500 m	3:37.35	6 Q	—		3:35.14	14	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Siniša Ergotić	Long jump	NM		Did not advance
Dragan Mustapić	Discus throw	57.94	27	Did not advance

Basketball

Men's tournament

Roster

Preliminary round

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Quarterfinals

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5th–8th place

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7th–8th place

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Boxing

Men

Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	3 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Stipe Drviš	Light-Heavyweight	File:Flag of Guyana.svg John Douglas (GUY) W RSC-2	File:Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg Timur Ibragimov (UZB) W 10-9	—	File:Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Lee Seung-Bae (KOR) L 11-14	Did not advance		5

Canoeing

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary				Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank
Danko Herceg	Men's C-1	468.07	30	275.94	28	275.94	29
Andrej Glucks	Men's K-1	155.75	17	150.12	10	150.12	16

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dražen Funtak	C-1 500 m	2:00.076	6 Q	—		1:58.570	5	Did not advance	16
Ivan Šabjan	C-1 1000 m	4:28.375	3 Q	—		4:13.901	1 Q	4:04.066	8
Dražen Funtak Ivan Šabjan	C-2 500 m	1:47.235	4 Q	1:50.473	4 Q	1:44.770	5	Did not advance	12
Dražen Funtak Ivan Šabjan	C-2 1000 m	4:02.831	3 Q	—		3:48.677	4	Did not advance	11

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Aleksej Demjanov	Individual all-around	18.700	16.550	19.075	18.675	18.437	17.325	108.762	57	did not advance

Handball

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	5	5	0	131	94	+37	10
File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia	5	4	1	132	122	+10	8
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia	5	3	2	137	106	+31	6
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland	5	2	3	126	115	+11	4
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	5	1	4	111	142	−31	2
File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait	5	0	5	100	158	−58	0

Semifinals

August 2 ~20:30	France File:Flag of France.svg	20–24	File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia	Referees: Hogsnes/Oeie (NOR)
	Stoecklin 8	(8-12)	Cavar 8

Final

August 4 ~16:30	Sweden File:Flag of Sweden.svg	26–27	File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia	Referees: Gallego Santos/Lamas Perez (ESP)
	Thorsson 8	(11-16)	Perkovac, Smajlagic, Jovic 6

Roster

File:Med 1.pngGold medal

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals C-D		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marko Banović Ninoslav Saraga	Coxless pair	6:54.05	2 R	7:05.81	1 Q	BYE		6:55.89	3 Q	6:30.48	6
Hrvoje Telišman Danijel Bajlo	Double sculls	6:26.84	6 R	6:48.02	2 Q	BYE		7:03.53	6	6:26.84	12
Igor Boraska Tihomir Franković Sead Marušić Siniša Skelin	Coxless four	6:17.42	2 Q	—				6:12.40	4 FB	5:54.58	7

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	~~DSQ~~	11	2	19	12	23	24	18	9	15	—	109.0	19
Ivan Kuret Marko Mišura	470	3	15	15	21	11	12	31	22	9	14	16	116.0	13

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Roman Špirelja	25 m rapid fire pistol	582	16	Did not advance
Roman Špirelja	10 m air rifle	570	43	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Mladenka Malenica	50 m rifle three positions	572	28	Did not advance
Mladenka Malenica	10 m air rifle	390	20	Did not advance
Mirela Skoko Ćelić	25 m pistol	561	36	Did not advance
Mirela Skoko Ćelić	10 m air pistol	381	10	Did not advance
Suzana Skoko	50 m rifle three positions	578	12	Did not advance
Suzana Skoko	10 m air rifle	389	25	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final B		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Krešimir Čač	200 metre individual medley	2:06.97	25	Did not advance
Krešimir Čač	400 metre individual medley	4:34.02	23	Did not advance
Dominik Galić	200 metre butterfly	2:01.17	22	Did not advance
Marijan Kanjer	100 metre freestyle	51.76	41	Did not advance
Tomislav Karlo	100 metre backstroke	57.89	36	Did not advance
Miloš Milošević	100 metre butterfly	54.62	23	Did not advance
Marko Strahija	200 metre backstroke	2:01.95	14 Q	2:01.84	11	Did not advance
Miroslav Vučetić	200 metre freestyle	1:51.26	19	Did not advance
Miroslav Vučetić	400 metre freestyle	3:59.20	22	Did not advance
Miroslav Vučetić Miloš Milošević Alen Lončar Marijan Kanjer	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:26.02	14	Did not advance
Gordan Kožulj Miroslav Vučetić Marijan Kanjer Marko Strahija	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:43.69	13	Did not advance
Tomislav Karlo Krešimir Čač Miloš Milošević Miroslav Vučetić	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:50.09	16	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final B		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tinka Dančević	200 metre butterfly	2:20.74	31	Did not advance
Gabrijela Ujčić	50 metre freestyle	27.63	46	Did not advance
	100 metre freestyle	59.92	45	Did not advance
	100 metre butterfly	1:06.85	42	Did not advance

Table tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Group round				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Bronze medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Zoran Primorac	Men's singles	File:Flag of Austria.svg Werner Schlager (AUT) W 2 – 0	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltán Bátorfi (HUN) W 2 – 1	File:Flag of Qatar (3-2).svg Hamad Al-Hammadi (QAT) W 2 – 0	1 Q	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jean-Michel Saive (BEL) L 0 – 2	Did not advance
Zoran Primorac Damir Atiković	Men's doubles	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lü Lin Wang Tao (CHN) L 0 – 2	File:Flag of Austria.svg Ding Yi Qian Qianli (AUT) L 0 – 2	File:Flag of Australia.svg Paul Langley Russ Lavale (AUS) W 2 – 1	3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group round				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Bronze medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tamara Boroš	Women's singles	File:Flag of Germany.svg Nicole Struse (GER) L 0 – 2	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Taeko Todo (JPN) L 0 – 2	File:Flag of Tunisia (1959–1999).svg Sonia Touati (TUN) W 2 – 0	3	Did not advance
Eldijana Aganović Tamara Boroš	Women's doubles	File:Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Kim Moo-Kyo Park Kyung-Ae (KOR) L 0 – 2	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Fumiyo Kaizu Rika Sato (JPN) L 0 – 2	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Monica Doti Lyanne Kosaka (BRA) W 2 – 0	3	Did not advance

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	File:Flag of South Africa.svg Marcos Ondruska (RSA) L 2:6, 4:6	Did not advance
Goran Ivanišević Saša Hiršzon	Doubles	—	File:Flag of Portugal.svg Emanuel Couto Bernardo Mota (POR) W 7:6, 7:6	File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Knowles Roger Smith (BAH) W 7:6, 6:3	File:Flag of Germany.svg Marc-Kevin Goellner David Prinosil (GER) L 2:6, 3:6	Did not advance		5

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	File:Flag of Australia.svg Nicole Bradtke (AUS) W 3-6, 6-3, 6-4	File:Flag of Spain.svg Virginia Ruano-Pascual (ESP) W 7-5, 6-3	File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Karina Habšudová (SVK) W 6-4, 3-6, 6-4	File:Flag of the United States.svg Lindsay Davenport (USA) L 5-7, 3-6	Did not advance		5
Iva Majoli Maja Murić	Doubles	—	File:Flag of Italy.svg Silvia Farina Laura Golarsa (ITA) W 7:6, 4-6, 9-7	File:Flag of Spain.svg Conchita Martínez Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP) L 2:6, 1-6	Did not advance

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	10	5	5	0	0	48	38	+10
2.	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States	8	5	4	0	1	45	37	+8
3.	File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia	6	5	3	0	2	51	39	+12
4.	File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece	4	5	2	0	3	37	38	–1
5.	File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania	1	5	0	1	4	31	45	–14
6.	File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine	1	5	0	1	4	33	48	–15

Saturday July 20, 1996


Croatia File:Flag of Croatia.svg	8 – 5	File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece

Sunday July 21, 1996


Croatia File:Flag of Croatia.svg	11 – 6	File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania

Monday July 22, 1996


Italy File:Flag of Italy.svg	10 – 8	File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia

Tuesday July 23, 1996


Croatia File:Flag of Croatia.svg	16 – 8	File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine

Wednesday July 24, 1996


United States File:Flag of the United States.svg	10 – 8	File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia

Quarterfinals

Friday July 26, 1996


Yugoslavia File:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006).svg	6 – 8	File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia

Semifinals

Saturday July 27, 1996


Croatia File:Flag of Croatia.svg	7 – 6	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy

Finals

Sunday July 28, 1996 — File:Med 2.png Silver medal


Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg	7 – 5	File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia

Roster

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Stipe Damjanović	−100 kg	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Mohamed Basri (MAR) W 6-0	File:Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Ljungberg (SWE) L 0-5	File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Urs Bürgler (SUI) W 6-3	File:Flag of Russia.svg Teymuraz Edisherashvili (RUS) L 0-5	Did not advance			10

References

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Croatia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Medalists

Athletics

Basketball

Men's tournament

Boxing

Canoeing

Slalom

Sprint

Gymnastics

Artistic

Handball

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary round

Group A

Semifinals

Final

Roster

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Table tennis

Tennis

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

Group B

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Roster

Wrestling

References

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