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Croatia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

Croatia at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codeCRO
NOCCroatian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.hoo.hr (in Croatian and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors84 (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)
Other related appearances
 Austria (1900)
 Yugoslavia (1920–1988)

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event
  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
  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

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Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
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
Distance Position Distance Position
Siniša Ergotić Long jump NM Did not advance
Dragan Mustapić Discus throw 57.94 27 Did not advance

Basketball

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Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

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Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Roster
Preliminary round

The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   United States (H) 5 5 0 522 345 +177 10 Quarterfinals
2   Lithuania 5 3 2 427 354 +73 8[a]
3   Croatia 5 3 2 422 386 +36 8[a]
4   China 5 2 3 360 502 −142 7[b]
5   Argentina 5 2 3 351 396 −45 7[b] 9th place playoff
6   Angola 5 0 5 280 379 −99 5 11th place playoff
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Lithuania 1–0 Croatia
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: China 1–0 Argentina
20 July 1996 (1996-07-20)
Lithuania   83–81 (OT)   Croatia
Scoring by half: 37–31, 29–35 Overtime: 6–6, 11–9
Pts: Sabonis 20
Rebs: Sabonis 14
Asts: Vaišvila 6		 Pts: Kukoč 33
Rebs: Rađa 12
Asts: Kukoč 6
Atlanta
Referees: Miguel Betancor Leon (ESP), Jose Lapaix Guance (DOM)
22 July 1996 (1996-07-22)
Croatia   109–78   China
Scoring by half: 56–44, 53–34
Pts: Komazec 36
Rebs: Vranković 9
Asts: Kukoč 12		 Pts: Wang, Zheng 15
Rebs: Gong 8
Asts: Sun 6
Atlanta
Referees: Jose Pelissari (BRA), Kim Chul-Hwan (KOR)
24 July 1996 (1996-07-24)
Croatia   71–48   Angola
Scoring by half: 26–23, 45–25
Pts: Rađa 20
Rebs: Rađa 9
Asts: Kukoč 6		 Pts: Â. Victoriano, Dias 10
Rebs: Dias 12
Asts: Avô 2
Atlanta
Referees: Hidetoshi Ishida (JPN), Serguei Boulanov (RUS)
26 July 1996 (1996-07-26)
Argentina   75–90   Croatia
Scoring by half: 29–43, 46–47
Pts: Espil 17
Rebs: Osella 6
Asts: Milanesio 5		 Pts: Komazec 28
Rebs: Kukoč 8
Asts: Komazec, Mulaomerović 3
Atlanta
Referees: Jose Piovesan Neto (BRA), Pascal Noel Dorizon (FRA)
28 July 1996 (1996-07-28)
Croatia   71–102   United States
Scoring by half: 38–57, 33–45
Pts: Tabak 19
Rebs: Tabak 7
Asts: Kukoč 10		 Pts: Richmond 16
Rebs: Barkley 12
Asts: Payton 7
Atlanta
Referees: Robert Barnett (AUS), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)
Quarterfinals
30 July 1996 (1996-07-30)
20:00
Australia   73–71   Croatia
Scoring by half: 41–33, 32–38
Pts: Gaze 26
Rebs: Heal, Bradtke 5
Asts: Heal 7		 Pts: Alanović 18
Rebs: Vranković 11
Asts: Kukoč 8
Atlanta
Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Juan Figueroa (PUR)
5th–8th place
1 August 1996 (1996-08-01)
12:00
Brazil   80–74   Croatia
Scoring by half: 39–27, 41–47
Pts: Schmidt 32
Rebs: dos Santos, Janjao 7
Asts: Ratto 7		 Pts: Tabak 18
Rebs: Tabak 8
Asts: Kukoč 5
Atlanta
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Jose Reyes Ronfini (MEX)
7th–8th place
2 August 1996 (1996-08-02)
20:00
China   85–99   Croatia
Scoring by half: 39–49, 46–50
Pts: Hu 22
Rebs: Gong 9
Asts: Li, Sun 5		 Pts: Kukoč 26
Rebs: Kukoč 10
Asts: Kukoč 8
Atlanta
Referees: Robert Barnett (AUS), Raul Chaves Sagel (ARG)

Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Stipe Drviš Light-Heavyweight   John Douglas (GUY)
W RSC-2 		  Timur Ibragimov (UZB)
W 10-9 		—   Lee Seung-Bae (KOR)
L 11-14 		Did not advance 5

Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Slalom

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Athlete Event Preliminary Final
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

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Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechages Semifinals Final
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

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Artistic

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

Handball

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Main article: Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

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Main article: Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
  Sweden 5 5 0 0 131 94 +37 10
  Croatia 5 4 0 1 132 122 +10 8
  Russia 5 3 0 2 137 106 +31 6
   Switzerland 5 2 0 3 126 115 +11 4
  United States 5 1 0 4 111 142 −31 2
  Kuwait 5 0 0 5 100 158 −58 0

Semifinals

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

Final

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

Roster

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Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals C-D Semifinals Final
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

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Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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

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Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Roman Špirelja 25 m rapid fire pistol 582 16 Did not advance
10 m air rifle 570 43 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Mladenka Malenica 50 m rifle three positions 572 28 Did not advance
10 m air rifle 390 20 Did not advance
Mirela Skoko Ćelić 25 m pistol 561 36 Did not advance
10 m air pistol 381 10 Did not advance
Suzana Skoko 50 m rifle three positions 578 12 Did not advance
10 m air rifle 389 25 Did not advance

Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heat Final B Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Krešimir Čač 200 metre individual medley 2:06.97 25 Did not advance
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
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
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

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Main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Group round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Bronze medal Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Zoran Primorac Men's singles   Werner Schlager (AUT)
W 2 – 0 		  Zoltán Bátorfi (HUN)
W 2 – 1 		  Hamad Al-Hammadi (QAT)
W 2 – 0 		1 Q   Jean-Michel Saive (BEL)
L 0 – 2 		Did not advance
Zoran Primorac
Damir Atiković 		Men's doubles   Lü Lin
Wang Tao (CHN)
L 0 – 2 		  Ding Yi
Qian Qianli (AUT)
L 0 – 2 		  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
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Tamara Boroš Women's singles   Nicole Struse (GER)
L 0 – 2 		  Taeko Todo (JPN)
L 0 – 2 		  Sonia Touati (TUN)
W 2 – 0 		3 Did not advance
Eldijana Aganović
Tamara Boroš 		Women's doubles   Kim Moo-Kyo
Park Kyung-Ae (KOR)
L 0 – 2 		  Fumiyo Kaizu
Rika Sato (JPN)
L 0 – 2 		  Monica Doti
Lyanne Kosaka (BRA)
W 2 – 0 		3 Did not advance

Tennis

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Main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
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
Goran Ivanišević Singles   Marcos Ondruska (RSA)
L 2:6, 4:6 		Did not advance
Goran Ivanišević
Saša Hiršzon 		Doubles —   Emanuel Couto
Bernardo Mota (POR)
W 7:6, 7:6 		  Mark Knowles
Roger Smith (BAH)
W 7:6, 6:3 		  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
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Iva Majoli Singles   Nicole Bradtke (AUS)
W 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 		  Virginia Ruano-Pascual (ESP)
W 7-5, 6-3 		  Karina Habšudová (SVK)
W 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 		  Lindsay Davenport (USA)
L 5-7, 3-6 		Did not advance 5
Iva Majoli
Maja Murić 		Doubles —   Silvia Farina
Laura Golarsa (ITA)
W 7:6, 4-6, 9-7 		  Conchita Martínez
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP)
L 2:6, 1-6 		Did not advance

Water polo

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Main article: Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

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Group B

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Team Points G W D L GF GA Diff
1.   Italy 10 5 5 0 0 48 38 +10
2.   United States 8 5 4 0 1 45 37 +8
3.   Croatia 6 5 3 0 2 51 39 +12
4.   Greece 4 5 2 0 3 37 38 –1
5.   Romania 1 5 0 1 4 31 45 –14
6.   Ukraine 1 5 0 1 4 33 48 –15
  • Saturday July 20, 1996
Croatia   8 – 5   Greece
  • Sunday July 21, 1996
Croatia   11 – 6   Romania
  • Monday July 22, 1996
Italy   10 – 8   Croatia
  • Tuesday July 23, 1996
Croatia   16 – 8   Ukraine
  • Wednesday July 24, 1996
United States   10 – 8   Croatia

Quarterfinals

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  • Friday July 26, 1996
Yugoslavia   6 – 8   Croatia

Semifinals

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  • Saturday July 27, 1996
Croatia   7 – 6   Italy

Finals

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  • Sunday July 28, 1996 —   Silver medal
Spain   7 – 5   Croatia

Roster

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Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Stipe Damjanović −100 kg   Mohamed Basri (MAR)
W 6-0 		  Mikael Ljungberg (SWE)
L 0-5 		  Urs Bürgler (SUI)
W 6-3 		  Teymuraz Edisherashvili (RUS)
L 0-5 		Did not advance 10

References

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