- Croatia at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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Croatia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Croatia – Flag bearersIOC code CRO NOC Croatian Olympic Committee Website www.hoo.hr (Croatian) At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Competitors 105 in 15 sports Flag bearer Ivano Balić (opening)
Tamara Boroš (closing)Medals
Rank: 56Gold
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5Olympic history (summary) Summer Games 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012 Winter Games 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 Other related appearances Austria (1896–1912)
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Croatia competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China.
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Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Silver
Filip Ude Gymnastics Men's pommel horse Silver
Blanka Vlašić Athletics Women's high jump Bronze
Snježana Pejčić Shooting Women's 10 metre air rifle Bronze
Sandra Šarić Taekwondo Women's 67 kg Bronze
Martina Zubčić Taekwondo Women's 57 kg Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer OlympicsMen
Athlete Events Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Jurica Grabušić 110 m hurdles 14.18 39 Did not advance Martin Marić Discus 59.25 29 Did not advance András Haklits Hammer throw 77.12 4 Q 76.58 8 Nedžad Mulabegović Shot put 19.35 29 Did not advance Women
Athlete Events Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Vanja Perišić 800 m 2:06.82DSQ Did not advance Nikolina Horvat 400 m hurdles 56.65 18 Did not advance Vera Begić Discus 58.50 22 Did not advance Ivana Brkljačić Hammer throw 68.38 16 Did not advance Sanja Gavrilović Hammer throw 60.55 45 Did not advance Blanka Vlašić High jump 1.93 6 2.05 Basketball
Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer OlympicsMen
Croatia National Basketball Team roster4 Ukić, Roko December 5, 1984 23 -6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Toronto Raptors G 5 Kus, Davor July 21, 1978 30 -6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Unicaja Málaga* PG 6 Popović, Marko June 12, 1982 26 -6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) BC Žalgiris SF 7 Rozić, Marin February 14, 1983 25 -6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) KK Cibona F/C 8 Prkačin, Nikola November 15, 1975 32 -6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) KK Cibona G/F 9 Tomas, Marko January 3, 1985 23 -6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Real Madrid* G 10 Planinić, Zoran September 12, 1982 25 -6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) CSKA Moscow* C 11 Nicević, Sandro June 16, 1976 32 -6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Beşiktaş* F 12 Rudež, Damjan June 17, 1986 22 -6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) KK Union Olimpija PF 13 Banić, Marko August 31, 1984 23 -6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Iurbentia Bilbao* PF 14 Lončar, Krešimir February 12, 1983 25 -6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Lokomotiv Rostov C 15 Barać, Stanko August 13, 1986 21 -7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) TAU Ceramica* - Head coach
- Assistant coach
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- nat field describes country
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before the tournament - Age field is age on August 9, 2008
- Preliminary round
Qualified for the quarterfinals Eliminated The four best teams from each group will advance to the quarterfinal round.
Team Pld W L PCT PF PA Avg PD Pts Lithuania
5 4 1 .800 425 400 1.062 +25 9 Argentina
4 4 1 .800 425 361 1.177 +64 9 Croatia
5 3 2 .600 399 380 1.050 +19 8 Australia
5 3 2 .600 457 405 1.128 +52 8 Russia
4 1 4 .200 387 406 0.953 -19 6 Iran
5 0 5 .000 323 464 0.696 -141 5 August 10
20:00Game 11 Australia 82–97 Croatia
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Eddie Rush (USA)Scoring by quarter: 14-21, 17-26, 22-26, 29-24 Pts: Nielsen 13
Rebs: Anstey 7
Asts: Barlow 3Pts: Prkačin, Banić 16
Rebs: Lončar 10
Asts: Popović 5
August 12
11:15Croatia 85–78 Russia
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)Scoring by quarter: 16-17, 26-19, 18−15, 25-27 Pts: Popović 22
Rebs: Barać 7
Asts: Popović, Lončar 3Pts: Kirilenko 18
Rebs: Kirilenko 6
Asts: Kirilenko, Bykov 3
August 14
22:15Argentina 77–53 Croatia
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Juan Arteaga (ESP)Scoring by quarter: 13−21, 19−9, 19−16, 18−15 Pts: Nocioni 18
Rebs: Nocioni 8
Asts: Ginóbili 8Pts: Banić, Tomas 9
Rebs: Banić 6
Asts: Ukić 2
August 16
14:30Croatia 73–86 Lithuania
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)Scoring by quarter: 15-13, 30-29, 17-16, 11-28 Pts: Ukić 13
Rebs: Banić 7
Asts: Kus 3Pts: Lukauskis 20
Rebs: Lavrinovič 7
Asts: Jasikevičius 6
August 18
09:00Iran 57–91 Croatia
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN)Scoring by quarter: 8-19, 8-35, 23-16, 18-21 Pts: Nikkhah 25
Rebs: Hadadi 15
Asts: Hadadi 2Pts: Rozić, Tomas 16
Rebs: Lončar, Barać 7
Asts: Ukić 8Quarterfinals
August 20
14:30Match 65 Spain 72–59 Croatia
Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)Scoring by quarter: 22-11, 15-15, 14-12, 21-21 Scoring by half: 37-26, 35-33 Pts: P. Gasol 20
Rebs: P. Gasol 10
Asts: Calderón, P. Gasol 2Pts: Banić 15
Rebs: Banić, Planinić 5
Asts: Kus, Nicević 2Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer OlympicsAthlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Opposition
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ResultRank Marijo Šivolija Jelica Light heavyweight Satupaitea Farani Tavui (SAM)
W RSCHDzhakhon Kurbanov (TJK)
L 1−8Did not advance Marko Tomasović Super heavyweight Roberto Cammarelle (ITA)
L 1−13Did not advance Canoeing / Kayaking
Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer OlympicsFlatwater
Men
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Stjepan Janić K-1 500 m 1:37.724 3 1:41.689 1 1:38.729 9 K-1 1000 m 3:31.369 2 3:33.942 2 3:30.495 7 Slalom
Men
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Emir Mujčinović C-1 189.31 15 Did not advance Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer OlympicsRoad
Men
Athlete Event Time Rank Radoslav Rogina Road race 6:26:17 (+2:38) 25 Matija Kvasina Road race 6:34:26 (+10:37) 56 Time trial 1:09.06 (+6:55) 38 Vladimir Miholjević Road race Did not finish Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer OlympicsArtistic
Men
Athlete Event Apparatus Qualification Final Floor Pommel horse Rings Vault Parallel bars Horizontal bar Total Rank Total Rank Filip Ude All-around 14.775 15.475 30.250 87 Did not advance Pommel Horse 15.475 15.475 3 Q 15.725 Women
Athlete Event Apparatus Qualification Final Vault Uneven Bars Balance Beam Floor Total Rank Total Rank Tina Erceg All-around 13.650 11.825 14.075 13.700 53.250 57 Did not advance Handball
Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer OlympicsMen
- Croatia men's national handball team
- Team roster
- Preliminary round
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points France
5 4 1 0 148 115 33 9 Poland
5 3 1 1 147 128 19 7 Croatia
5 3 0 2 140 115 25 6 Spain
5 3 0 2 152 145 7 6 Brazil
5 1 0 4 129 153 -24 2 China
5 0 0 5 104 164 -60 0 10 August
09:00Croatia 31–29 Spain
Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium 5 Lacković, Džomba (Report) 8 Garcia
12 August
9:00Brazil 14–33 Croatia
Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium 3 Ertel, Souza (Report) 7 Džomba
14 August
20:45France 23–19 Croatia
Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium 7 Gille (Report) 5 Džomba
16 August
19:00Croatia 24–27 Poland
Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium 7 Džomba (Report) 7 Tluczynski
18 August
15:45Croatia 33–22 China
Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Šprem 8 (Report) Hao 6 Quarterfinals
20 August
18:00Denmark 24–26 Croatia
Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Breto (ESP), Huelin (ESP)Christiansen 6 (Report) Šprem 7 Semifinals
22 August
18:00France 25–23 Croatia
Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Chernega (RUS), Poladenko (RUS)Burdette, Narcisse 6 (Report) Horvat, Šprem 5 Bronze medal match
24 August
13:30Croatia 29–35 Spain
Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Din (ROU), Dinu (ROU)Duvnjak 7 (Report) Garcia, Prieto 7 Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer OlympicsMen
Athlete(s) Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final B Total Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Rank Siniša Skelin
Nikša SkelinPairs 7:16.35 4 R 6:38.30 2 Q 7:14.50 6 FB 7:12.19 6 12 Ante Kušurin
Mario VekićDouble sculls 6:27.38 2 Q 6:24.89 4 FB DNS 12 Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer OlympicsMen
Athlete Event Race Total
PtsNet
PtsRank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Luka Mratović RS:X 29 32 34 33 34 34 20 23 32 29 DNA 299 265 32 Luka Radelić Laser 26 15 7 21 1 21 3 16 17 CAN DNA 127 101 12 Šime Fantela
Igor Marenić470 18 6 9 30
OCS12 17 6 7 15 1 8 137 107 9 Marin Lovrović
Siniša MikuličićStar 15 5 14 13 4 14 4 14 15 15 DNA 113 98 15 Key: OCS = On the Course Side of the starting line
Women
Athlete Event Race Total
PtsNet
PtsRank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Mateja Petronijević Laser Radial 8 9 5 4 19 19 13 21 22 CAN DNA 120 98 11 Open
Athlete Event Race Total
PtsNet
PtsRank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Ivan Kljaković Gašpić Finn 7 10 10 8 16 9 1 13 18 92 76 8 Petar Cupać
Pavle Kostov49er 14 16 16 18 20
OCS11 9 19 18 10 17 10 Cancelled DNA 178 158 17 Key: OCS = On the Course Side of the starting line
Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer OlympicsMen
Athlete Event Qualification Final Rank Score Rank Score Total Petar Gorša 10 m air rifle 588 37 Did not advance 50 m rifle Prone 583 49 Did not advance 50 m Rifle
Three Positions1148 44 Did not advance Josip Glasnović Trap 119 (+3) 6 Q 21 140 (+2) 5 Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final Rank Score Rank Score Total Snježana Pejčić 10 m air rifle 399 3 Q 101.9 500.9 50 m rifle
three positions576 26 Did not advance Suzana Cimbal Špirelja 10 m air rifle 393 30 Did not advance 50 m rifle
three positions580 12 Did not advance Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer OlympicsMen
Athlete Events Heat Semifinal Final Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Duje Draganja 50 m freestyle 22.05 12 Q 21.85 NR 10 Did not advance 100 m freestyle 49.49 34 Did not advance Marko Strahija 100 m backstroke 55.89 34 Did not advance Mario Todorović 100 m butterfly 52.26 NR 20 Did not advance Gordan Kožulj 100 m backstroke 55.05 24 Did not advance 200 m backstroke 1:57.81 8 Q 1:59.22 14 Did not advance Alexei Puninski 100 m butterfly 53.65 47 Did not advance Saša Imprić 200 m individual medley 2:01.83 29 Did not advance Vanja Rogulj 100 m breaststroke 1:02.42 42 Did not advance Nikša Roki 400 m individual medley 4:22.44 NR 23 Did not advance 200 m butterfly 1:59.58 NR 31 Did not advance Dominik Straga 200 m freestyle 1:49.63 NR 37 Did not advance Gordan Kožulj
Vanja Rogulj
Mario Todorović
Duje Draganja4×100 m medley 3:37.69 12 Did not advance Women
Athlete Events Heat Semifinal Final Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Sanja Jovanović 100 m backstroke 1:01.30 22 Did not advance 200 m backstroke 2:15.57 31 Did not advance Monika Babok 50 m freestyle 26.84 49 Did not advance Smiljana Marinović 100 m breaststroke 1:10.94 33 Did not advance 200 m breaststroke 2:32.80 34 Did not advance Anja Trišić 200 m freestyle 2:03.57 42 Did not advance Table tennis
Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer OlympicsMen
Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Opposition
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ResultZoran Primorac Singles Bye Robert Gardos (AUT)
W 4−2Michael Maze (DEN)
W 4−2Yang Zi (SIN)
W 4−2Jörgen Persson (SWE)
L 1−4Did not advance Tan Ruiwu Singles Bye Kishikawa Seiya (JPN)
W 4−1Gao Ning (SIN)
W 4−0Li Ching (HKG)
W 4−2Wang Liqin (CHN)
L 0−4Did not advance - Team
Andrej Gaćina will also participate in the men's team event, with Ronald Ređep as an alternate.
August 13
Croatia
0–3 Germany
August 14
Croatia
3–1 Singapore
Croatia
3–0 Canada
Team (Group B) Pts Pld W L GW GL Germany
6 3 3 0 9 1 Croatia
5 3 2 1 6 4 Singapore
4 3 1 2 5 6 Canada
3 3 0 3 0 9 Bronze Playoff Round 1
Croatia
1–3 Austria
Women
Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Opposition
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ResultAndrea Bakula Singles Yadira Silva Llorente (MEX)
W 4−0Huang I-Hwa (TPE)
L 1−4Did not advance Tamara Boroš Singles Bye Nikoleta Stefanova (ITA)
W 4−1Li Jiawei (SIN)
L 1-4Did not advance Sandra Paović Singles Bye Lay Jian Fang (AUS)
W 4−3Shen Yanfei (ESP)
L 2−4Did not advance - Team
Kornelija Vajda will be an alternate for the women's team.
August 13
Croatia
0–3 China
Croatia
0–3 Austria
August 14
Croatia
3–1 Dominican Republic
Team (Group A) Pts Pld W L GW GL China
6 3 3 0 9 0 Austria
5 3 2 1 6 3 Croatia
4 3 1 2 3 7 Dominican Republic
3 3 0 3 1 9 Taekwondo
Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer OlympicsWomen
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage
SemifinalsRepechage
FinalFinal Rank Opposition
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ResultMartina Zubčić 57 kg B-E Gatterer (ISR)
W 4-3D Nunez (BRA)
W 3-2A Tanrikulu (TUR)
L 3-5Su Li-Wen (TPE)
W 5-4DNA Sandra Šarić 67 kg M-E Rivero (PHI)
W 4-1Hwang Kyung-Seon (KOR)
L 1-3Did not advance Sheikha Maitha Al-Maktoum (UAE)
W 4-0Asunción Ocasio (PUR)
W 5-1DNA Tennis
Main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer OlympicsMen
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 Marin Čilić Singles J Mónaco (ARG)
W 6-4 6-7 6-3 F González (CHI)
L 6-4 6-2 Did not advance Ivo Karlović Singles Withdrew due to illness on 8 August 2008 Ivan Ljubičić Singles Withdrew due to injury on 9 August 2008 Ivan Ljubičić
Marin ČilićDoubles Withdrew from the doubles tournament due to Ljubičić's recurring injury on 10 August 2008 Water polo
Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer OlympicsCroatia participated in the men's tournament, where the team finished in 6th place.
Men's tournament
Main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament- Roster
The following is the Croatian roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1]
№ 2 Damir Burić CB 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 115 kg (250 lb) 2 December 1980 HAVK Mladost
3 Andro Bušlje CB 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) 105 kg (230 lb) 4 January 1986 VK Jug Dubrovnik
4 Zdeslav Vrdoljak D 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 96 kg (210 lb) 15 March 1971 HAVK Mladost
5 Aljoša Kunač CB 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 18 August 1980 Cattaro Kotor
6 Maro Joković D 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (210 lb) 1 October 1987 VK Jug Dubrovnik
7 Mile Smodlaka CF 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 115 kg (250 lb) 1 January 1976 VK Jug Dubrovnik
8 Teo Đogaš D 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 90 kg (200 lb) 19 February 1977 Cattaro Kotor
9 Pavo Marković D 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 92 kg (200 lb) 20 April 1985 VK Jug Dubrovnik
10 Samir Barač D 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 95 kg (210 lb) 2 November 1973 Primorje EB
11 Igor Hinić CF 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 110 kg (240 lb) 4 December 1975 HAVK Mladost
12 Miho Bošković D 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 96 kg (210 lb) 11 January 1983 VK Jug Dubrovnik
13 Josip Pavić GK 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 92 kg (200 lb) 15 January 1982 HAVK Mladost
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- Head coach: Ratko Rudić
Group play
Qualified for the semifinals Qualified for the quarterfinals Will play for places 7–10 Will play for places 7–12 Team5 4 0 1 37 31 +6 8 Croatia
5 4 0 1 56 31 +25 8 Serbia
5 3 0 2 50 38 +12 6 Germany
5 2 0 3 33 44 −11 4 Italy
5 2 0 3 57 50 +7 4 China
5 0 0 5 25 64 −39 0 United States is placed above
Croatia due to their head to head record.
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).
10 August 2008
15:20
Game reference Croatia 11 – 7 Italy
Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Simion (ROU), Antsiferov (RUS)Score by quarters: 3-3, 2-0, 4-1, 2-3 Bošković 3, Bušlje 2, Marković 2 Goals Felugo 3, Calcaterra 2 12 August 2008
15:20
Game reference Serbia 8 – 11 Croatia
Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Turcotte (CAN), Klopper (NED)Score by quarters: 3-1, 1-4, 1-4, 3-2 Šapić 4, Udovičić 2 Goals Joković 3, Barač 3, Smodlaka 2 14 August 2008
9:30
Game reference Croatia 13 – 5 Germany
Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Moliner Molins (ESP), Argyros (GRE)Score by quarters: 4-1, 3-2, 2-1, 4-1 Burić 3, Joković 2, Smodlaka 2, Marković 2, Bošković 2 Goals Politze 2 16 August 2008
12:10
Game reference Croatia 5 – 7 United States
Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Simion (ROU), Antsiferov (RUS)Score by quarters: 2-2, 1-3, 0-0, 2-2 Đogaš 2 Goals Azevedo 3 18 August 2008
16:40
Game reference China 4 – 16 Croatia
Ying Tung Natatorium Score by quarters: 0-4, 0-3, 1-1, 3-8 Wu 2 Goals Barač 4, Joković 3, Đogaš 2, Marković 2, Hinić 2 Medal round
- Quarterfinal
20 August 2008
16:00
Game reference Montenegro 7 – 6 Croatia
Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Tulga (TUR), Bock (GER)Score by quarters: 3-1, 2-3, 1-0, 1-2 N. Janović 2, Ivović 2, Gojković 2 Goals Hinić 2 - Classification 5th–6th
24 August 2008
13:00
Game reference Croatia 9 – 11 Spain
Ying Tung Natatorium
Referees:
Chaney (USA), Kiszelly (HUN)Score by quarters: 2-0, 3-5, 1-3, 3-3 Bušlje 2, Đogaš 2 Goals X. García 4, Minguell 3, F. Perrone 2 See also
References
Categories:- Nations at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Croatia at the Olympics
- 2008 in Croatia
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