Croatia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Croatia at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Croatia at the; 1996 Summer Olympics
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
	Austria (1900); Yugoslavia (1920–1988)

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

Medalists

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

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 Team Competition

Preliminary round

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

Group A

	Qualified for the quarterfinals

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
United States	5	0	522	345	+177	10
Lithuania	3	2	427	354	+73	8	1W–0L
Croatia	3	2	422	386	+36	8	0W–1L
China	2	3	360	502	−142	7	1W–0L
Argentina	2	3	351	396	−45	7	0W–1L
Angola	0	5	280	379	−99	5

July 20

Lithuania

83–81

Croatia

Georgia Dome, Atlanta

July 22

Croatia

109–78

China

Georgia Dome, Atlanta

July 24

Croatia

71–48

Angola

Georgia Dome, Atlanta

July 26

Argentina

75–90

Croatia

Georgia Dome, Atlanta

July 28

Croatia

71–103

United States

Georgia Dome, Atlanta

Quarterfinals

July 30

Croatia

71–73

Australia

Georgia Dome, Atlanta

5th–8th Place

August 1

Croatia

70–78

Brazil

Georgia Dome, Atlanta

7th–8th Place

August 3

China

85–99

Croatia

Georgia Dome, Atlanta

Roster

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	John Douglas (GUY) W RSC-2	Timur Ibragimov (UZB) W 10-9	—	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-1 500 m	1:47.235	4 Q	1:50.473	4 Q	1:44.770	5	Did not advance	12
Dražen Funtak Ivan Šabjan	C-1 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
Sweden	5	5	0	131	94	+37	10
Croatia	5	4	1	132	122	+10	8
Russia	5	3	2	137	106	+31	6
Switzerland	5	2	3	126	115	+11	4
United States	5	1	4	111	142	−31	2
Kuwait	5	0	5	100	158	−58	0

Semifinals

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

Final

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

Roster

Gold 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	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
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	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

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	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
Athlete	Event	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

Men's Team Competition

Group B

	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

Friday July 26, 1996


Yugoslavia	6 – 8	Croatia

Semifinals

Saturday July 27, 1996


Croatia	7 – 6	Italy

Finals

Sunday July 28, 1996 — Silver medal


Spain	7 – 5	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	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

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