Croatia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Croatia at the Olympic Games
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At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Competitors	84 (75 men and 9 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Perica Bukić
Medals Rank: 45	Gold 1	Silver 1	Bronze 0	Total 2
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Croatia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Ćavar, PatrikPatrik 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
2 Silver	Balić, MaroMaro Balić Damir Glavan Igor Hinić Vjekoslav Kobeščak Joško Kreković Ognjen Kržić Siniša Školneković Ratko Štritof Tino Vegar Renato Vrbičić Zdeslav Vrdoljak Perica Bukić Dubravko Šimenc	Water Polo	Men's Team Competition

|Patrik Ćavar

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 1,500 metres

• Branko Zorko

• 14th place

Men's Discus Throw

• Dragan Mustapić

• Qualification — 57.94m (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's Long Jump

• Siniša Ergotić

• Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Basketball

• Stojko Vranković, Dino Rađa, Toni Kukoč, Arijan Komazec, Velimir Perasović, Vladan Alanović, Veljko Mršić, Damir Mulaomerović, Slaven Rimac, Josip Vranković, Davor Marcelić, Žan Tabak

• 7th place

Boxing

• Stipe Drviš, 81 kg

• quarterfinals, 5th - 8th place

Canoe/kayak (slalom)

• Andrej Glucks, C-1 slalom

• 16th place

• Danko Herceg, C-1 slalom

• 29th place

Canoe/kayak (flatwater)

• Ivan Šabjan, C-1

• 1000 m - 8th place
• 500 m - 10th place
• 1000 m - 10th place

• Dražen Funtak, C-1

• 500 m - 15th place

• Ivan Šabjan & Dražen Funtak, C-2

• 500 m - 10th place
• 1000 m - 10th place

Gymnastics

• Aleksej Demjanov

• all-around - 57th place
• floor - 50th place
• pommel horse - 91st place
• rings - 20th place
• long horse vault - 63rd place
• parallel bars - 60th place
• horizontal bar - 87th place

Handball

• 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

• 1st place (gold medal)

Rowing

• Marko Banović & Ninoslav Saraga, men's coxless pair

• 6th place

• Igor Boraska, Tihomir Franković, Sead Marušić, Siniša Skelin, men's coxless four

• 7th place

• Hrvoje Telišman, Danijel Bajlo.men's double sculls

• 12th place

Sailing

• Karlo Kuret, Finn class

• 19th place

• Ivan Kuret & Marko Mišura, 470 class

• 13th place

Shooting

• Mladenka Malenica

• air rifle - 20th place
• standard rifle 3x20 - 28th place

• Suzana Skoko

• air rifle - 25th place
• standard rifle 3x20 - 12th place

• Mirela Skoko Ćelić

• air pistol - 10th place
• pistol 30+30 - 36th place

• Roman Špirelja

• air pistol 60 - 43rd place
• pisto rapid fire - 16th place

Swimming

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Marijan Kanjer

• Heat — 51.76 (→ did not advance, 41st place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Miroslav Vučetić

• Heat — 1:51.26 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Miroslav Vučetić

• Heat — 3:59.20 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Tomislav Karlo

• Heat — 57.89 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Marko Strahija

• Heat — 2:01.95
• B-Final — 2:01.84 (→ 11th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Miloš Milošević

• Heat — 54.62 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Dominik Galić

• Heat — 2:01.17 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Krešimir Čač

• Heat — 2:06.97 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Krešimir Čač

• Heat — 4:34.02 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Miroslav Vučetić, Miloš Milošević, Alen Lončar, and Marijan Kanjer

• Heat — 3:26.02 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Gordan Kožulj, Miroslav Vučetić, Marijan Kanjer, and Marko Strahija

• Heat — 7:43.69 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Tomislav Karlo, Krešimir Čač, Miloš Milošević, and Miroslav Vučetić

• Heat — 3:50.09 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Gabrijela Ujčić

• Heat — 27.63 (→ did not advance, 46th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Gabrijela Ujčić

• Heat — 59.92 (→ did not advance, 45th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Gabrijela Ujčić

• Heat — 1:06.85 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Tinka Dančević

• Heat — 2:20.74 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Table tennis

• Tamara Boroš, women's individual

• 33rd -48th place

• Eldijana Aganović & Tamara Boroš, women's pair

• 17th - 24th place

• Zoran Primorac, men's individual

• 9th - 16th place

• Zoran Primorac & Damir Atiković, men's pair

• 17th - 24th place

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

• Goran Ivanišević, men's individual

• 33rd - 64th place

Men's Doubles Competition

• Goran Ivanišević & Saša Hiršzon, men's pair

• 5th - 8th place

Women's Singles Competition

• Iva Majoli

• First round — Defeated Nicole Bradtke (Australia) 3-6 6-3 6-4
• Second round — Defeated Virginia Ruano-Pascual (Spain) 7-5 6-3
• Third round — Defeated Karina Habšudová (Slovakia) 6-4 3-6 6-4
• Quarterfinals — Lost to Lindsay Davenport (USA) 5-7 3-6

Women's Doubles Competition

• Iva Majoli & Maja Murić, women's pair

• 9th - 16th place

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Croatia — Greece 8-5
• Croatia — Romania 11-6
• Croatia — Italy 8-10
• Croatia — Ukraine 16-8
• Croatia — United States 8-10

• Quarter Finals

• Croatia — Yugoslavia 8-6

• Semi Finals

• Croatia — Italy 7-6

• Final

• Croatia — Spain 5-7 (→ Silver Medal)

• Team Roster

• Maro Balić
• Perica Bukić
• Damir Glavan
• Igor Hinić
• Vjekoslav Kobeščak
• Joško Kreković
• Ognjen Kržić
• Dubravko Šimenc
• Siniša Školneković
• Ratko Štritof
• Renato Vrbičić
• Zdeslav Vrdoljak
• Tino Vegar

Wrestling

• Stipe Damjanović, greco-roman, 100 kg

• 10th place

References

• sports-reference
• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database