Croatia at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Croatia at the Olympic Games
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At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	81 (66 men and 15 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Dubravko Šimenc (opening) Siniša Skelin (closing)
Medals Rank: 44	Gold 1	Silver 2	Bronze 2	Total 5
Olympic history (summary)
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Croatia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 81 athletes in 14 sports, 30 members of expert teams, six Olympic Mission members, as well as three doctors and seven physiotherapists, organized by the Croatian Olympic Committee.

The flag of Croatia at the opening ceremony was carried by noted water polo player Dubravko Šimenc, who participated in three previous Olympic Games and won two medals, as well as various other medals in other tournaments.

The flag of Croatia at the closing ceremony was carried by noted rower Siniša Skelin, who won a silver medal on these Olympic Games and participated in the two previous Olympic Games and won one other medal.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Balić, IvanoIvano Balić Davor Dominiković Mirza Džomba Slavko Goluža Nikša Kaleb Blaženko Lacković Venio Losert Valter Matošević Petar Metličić Vlado Šola Denis Špoljarić Goran Šprem Igor Vori Drago Vuković Vedran Zrnić	Handball	Men's Team Competition
2 Silver	Draganja, DujeDuje Draganja	Swimming	Men's 50m Freestyle
2 Silver	Skelin, SinišaSiniša Skelin Nikša Skelin	Rowing	Men's Coxless Pairs
3 Bronze	Ančić, MarioMario Ančić Ivan Ljubičić	Tennis	Men's Doubles
3 Bronze	Pešalov, NikolajNikolaj Pešalov	Weightlifting	Men's Lightweight (69 kg)

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 110 m Hurdles

• Jurica Grabušić — Round 1, 13.87 s (did not advance)

Men's 1,500 metres

• Branko Zorko — Round 1, 3:48.28 (did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Siniša Ergotić — Round 1, 7.77 metres (did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Nedžad Mulabegović — Round 1, 19.07 metres (did not advance)
• Edis Elkasević — Round 1, 18.44 metres (did not advance)

Men's Discus

• Dragan Mustapić — Round 1, 54.66 metres (did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Edi Ponos — Round 1, 71.43 metres (did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Andras Haklits — Round 1, 74.43 metres (did not advance)

Women's High Jump

• Blanka Vlašić — finals, 1.93m, 11th place

Women's Discus

• Vera Begić — Round 1: 57.31 metres

Women's Hammer Throw

• Ivana Brkljačić — 68.21 m, 13th place
• Sanja Gavrilović — Round 1: 56.79 metres

Boxing

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Marijo Šivolija

• Round of 32 — Lost to Edgar Muñoz of Venezuela, 31-23

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

• Vedran Djipalo

• Round of 16 — Lost to Adam Forsyth of Australia, 32-22

Canoeing

Men's C1 500 metres:

• Emanuel Horvatiček — semifinal, 19th place

Men's C1 1000 metres:

• Emanuel Horvaticek — semifinal, 18th place

Men's C1 Slalom:

• Danko Herceg — semifinal, 12th place

Men's K1 Slalom:

• Dinko Mulic — preliminary heats, 22nd place

Equestrian

Individual Eventing

• Pepo Puch riding Banville d'Ivoy — third round, 63rd place

Handball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round

• Defeated Island (34:30)
• Defeated Slovenia (27:26)
• Defeated South Korea (29:26)
• Defeated Russia (26:25)
• Defeated Spain (30:22)

• Quarter Finals

• Defeated Greece (33:27)

• Semi Finals

• Defeated Hungary (33:31)

• Final

• Defeated Germany (26:24) → Gold Medal

• Team Roster

• Ivano Balić
• Davor Dominiković
• Mirza Džomba
• Slavko Goluža
• Nikša Kaleb
• Blaženko Lacković
• Venio Losert
• Valter Matošević
• Petar Metličić
• Vlado Šola
• Denis Špoljarić
• Goran Šprem
• Igor Vori
• Drago Vuković
• Vedran Zrnić

• Head Coach: Lino Červar

Rowing

Men's Pair

• Siniša and Nikša Skelin: 6:32.64 — 2nd place — silver medal

Men's Coxless Fours

• Damir Vučičić, Igor Boraska, Petar Milin and Marko Dragičević: 5:57.36 — 12th place

Sailing

Finn Class:

• Karlo Kuret — 4th place

Laser Class:

• Mate Arapov — 14th place

Men's 470 Class:

• Tomislav Bašić and Petar Cupać — 19th place

Shooting

Women's 10 m Air Pistol

• Mirela Skoko-Ćelić — 15th place

Women's 25 m Pistol

• Mirela Skoko-Ćelić — 27th place

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Duje Draganja

• Heat — 22.28
• Semi Final — 22.19
• Final — 21.94 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Duje Draganja

• Heat — 49.07
• Semi Final — 49.14
• Final — 49.23 (→ 6th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Mario Delač

• Heat — 1:55.82 (→ did not advance, 54th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

• Nenad Buljan

• Heat — 4:02.76 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

• Nenad Buljan

• Heat — 15:56.54 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Duje Draganja

• Heat — 52.56
• Semi Final — 52.74
• Final — 52.46 (→ 7th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Gordan Kožulj

• Heat — 55.80
• Semi Final — 56.02 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Gordan Kožulj

• Heat — 2:00.94
• Semi Final — 1:59.61 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Vanja Rogulj

• Heat — 1:03.16 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Vanja Rogulj

• Heat — 2:18.81 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Krešimir Čač

• Heat — 2:05.33 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

• Saša Imprić

• Heat — 4:32.02 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

• Duje Draganja, Mario Delač, Ivan Mladina, and Igor Čerenšek

• Heat — 3:21.01 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

• Petra Banović

• Heat — 2:04.24 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

• Anita Galić

• Heat — 4:26.09 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Women's 800m Freestyle

• Anita Galić

• Heat — 9:10.91 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

• Sanja Jovanović

• Heat — 1:02.47 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

• Sanja Jovanović

• Heat — 2:15.01
• Semi Final — 2:13.76 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Women's 100m Breaststroke

• Smiljana Marinović

• Heat — 1:11.00 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 200m Breaststroke

• Smiljana Marinović

• Heat — 2:32.52 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

• Petra Banović

• Heat — 2:20.83 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Table tennis

Women's couples:

• Kim/Kim (KOR) def. Tamara Boroš & Kornelija Vaida — 0:4, quarterfinals

Women's singles:

• Zhang Yining (CHN) def. Tamara Boroš — 0:4, quarterfinals

Men's singles:

• Zoran Primorac

• 2nd round — Zoran Primorac — Srđan Miličević (BiH) 4-1 (-8, 6, 7, 8, 8)
• 3rd round — Zoran Primorac — Ma Lin (CHN) 1-4 (-5, -3, -3, 9, -5)

Tennis

Men's doubles:

• Mario Ančić & Ivan Ljubičić

• 1st round: Ančić/Ljubičić — Bjorkman/J. Johansson (SWE) WO
• 2nd round: Ančić/Ljubičić — Damm/Suk (CZE) 7-6 (6), 6-7 (2), 7-5
• quarterfinals: Ančić/Ljubičić — Llodra/Santoro (FRA) 4-6, 6-3, 9-7
• semifinals: Ančić/Ljubičić — Gonzalez/Massu (CHI) 5-7, 6-4, 4-6
• for bronze: Ančić/Ljubičić — Bhupati/Paes (IND) 7-6 (5), 4-6, 16-14

Men's singles:

• Mario Ančić

• 1st round: Mario Ančić — Tommy Haas (GER) 1-6, 5-7

• Ivan Ljubičić

• 1st round: Ivan Ljubičić — Sargis Sargsian (ARM) 6-3, 6-4
• 2nd round: Ivan Ljubičić — Joachim Johansson (SWE) 7-6 (3), 6-4
• 3rd round: Ivan Ljubičić — Taylor Dent (USA) 4-6, 4-6

• Ivo Karlović

• 1st round: Ivo Karlović — Andrei Pavel (ROM) 6-4, 6-7 (10), 6-2
• 2nd round: Ivo Karlović — Arnaud Clement (FRA) 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-4
• 3rd round: Ivo Karlović — Carlos Moya (ESP) 6-4, 6-7 (3), 4-6

Women's doubles:

• Jelena Kostanić & Karolina Šprem

• 1st round: Kostanić/Sprem — Prakusya/Widjaja (IND) 6-3, 6-2
• 2nd round: Kostanić/Šprem — Asagoe/Sugiyama (JAP) 3-6, 5-7

Women's singles

• Jelena Kostanić

• 1. round: Jelena Kostanić — Kristina Brandi (PUE) 5-7, 1-6

• Karolina Šprem

• 1st round: Karolina Šprem — Gisela Dulko (ARG) 7-6 (6), 7-5
• 2nd round: Karolina Šprem — Angelique Widjaja (INA) 6-3, 6-1
• 3rd round: Karolina Šprem — Ai Sugiyama (JAP) 6-7 (6), 1-6

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Lost to United States (6:7)
• Lost to Hungary (8:10)
• Lost to Russia (8:9)
• Lost to Serbia and Montenegro (8:11)
• Defeated Kazakhstan (5:4)

• Classification Matches

• 7th/12th place: Defeated Egypt (12:1)
• 7th/10th place: Lost to Italy (7:11)
• 9th/10th place: Lost to Australia (7:8) → 10th place

• Team Roster

• Samir Barač
• Damir Burić
• Elvis Fatović
• Nikola Franković
• Igor Hinić
• Vjekoslav Kobeščak
• Danijel Premus
• Dubravko Šimenc
• Mile Smodlaka
• Ratko Štritof
• Frano Vican
• Goran Volarević
• Tihomil Vranješ

• Head Coach: Zoran Roje

Weightlifting

Men's category up to 69 kg:

• Nikolaj Pešalov — 3rd place — bronze medal

Officials

• President: Zlatko Mateša
• Secretary General: Ivica Stošić-Miočić

See also

• Croatia at the 2005 Mediterranean Games

External links

• Croatian Olympic Committee
• sports-reference