Croatia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Croatia competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China.

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 m 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 Olympics

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jurica Grabušić	110 m hurdles	14.18	7	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
András Haklits	Hammer throw	77.12	4 Q	76.58	8
Martin Marić	Discus throw	59.25	29	Did not advance
Nedžad Mulabegović	Shot put	19.35	29	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nikolina Horvat	400 m hurdles	56.65	6	Did not advance
Vanja Perišić	800 m	2:06.82	DSQ*	Did not advance

* Vanja Perišić of Croatia was later disqualified for failing an in-competition drugs test.

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Vera Begić	Discus throw	58.50	22	Did not advance
Ivana Brkljačić	Hammer throw	68.38	16	Did not advance
Sanja Gavrilović		60.55	45	Did not advance
Blanka Vlašić	High jump	1.93	6 Q	2.05

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Roster

Group play

Quarterfinals

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marijo Šivolija	Light heavyweight	Tavui (SAM) W RSC	Kurbanov (TJK) L 1–8	Did not advance
Marko Tomasović	Super heavyweight	—	Cammarelle (ITA) L 1–13	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Emir Mujčinović	Men's C-1	95.41	15	93.90	15	189.31	15	Did not advance

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Stjepan Janić	Men's K-1 500 m	1:37.724	3 QS	1:41.689	1 Q	1:38.729	9
	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:31.369	2 QS	3:33.942	2 Q	3:30.495	7

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Matija Kvasina	Men's road race	6:34:26	56
	Men's time trial	1:09:06	38
Vladimir Miholjević	Men's road race	Did not finish
Radoslav Rogina		6:26:17	25

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Filip Ude	Floor	14.775	—					14.775	41	Did not advance
	Pommel horse	—	15.475	—				15.475	3 Q	—	15.725	—				15.725

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB			F	V	UB	BB
Tina Erceg	All-around	13.700	13.650	11.825	14.075	53.250	57	Did not advance

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

Group play

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nikša Skelin Siniša Skelin	Pair	7:16.35	4 R	6:38.30	2 SA/B	7:14.50	6 FB	7:12.19	12
Ante Kušurin Mario Vekić	Double sculls	6:27.38	2 SA/B	Bye		6:24.89	4 FB	DNS	12

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Luka Mratović	RS:X	29	32	34	33	34	34	20	23	32	29	EL	265	32
Luka Radelić	Laser	26	15	7	21	1	21	3	16	17	CAN	EL	101	12
Šime Fantela Igor Marenić	470	18	6	9	30 OCS	12	17	6	7	15	1	8	107	9
Marin Lovrović, Jr. Siniša Mikuličić	Star	15	5	14	13	4	14	4	14	15	15	EL	98	15

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Mateja Petronijević	Laser Radial	8	9	5	4	19	19	13	21	22	CAN	EL	98	11

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Ivan Kljaković Gašpić	Finn	7	10	10	8	16	9	1	13	18	CAN	CAN	—					76	8
Petar Cupać Pavle Kostov	49er	14	16	16	18	20 OCS	11	9	19	18	10	17	10	CAN	CAN	CAN	EL	158	17

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled; OCS = On the course side of the starting line

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Josip Glasnović	Trap	119 S/O 3	6 Q	140 S/O 2	5
Petar Gorša	10 m air rifle	588	37	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	583	49	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1148	44	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Snježana Pejčić	10 m air rifle	399	3 Q	500.9
	50 m rifle 3 positions	576	26	Did not advance
Suzana Cimbal Špirelja	10 m air rifle	393	30	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	580	12	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Duje Draganja	50 m freestyle	22.05	12 Q	21.85	10	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	49.49	34	Did not advance
Saša Imprić	200 m individual medley	2:01.83	29	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
Vanja Rogulj	100 m breaststroke	1:02.42	42	Did not advance
Nikša Roki	200 m butterfly	1:59.58 NR	31	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:22.44 NR	23	—		Did not advance
Marko Strahija	100 m backstroke	55.89	34	Did not advance
Dominik Straga	200 m freestyle	1:49.63 NR	37	Did not advance
Mario Todorović	100 m butterfly	52.26 NR	20	Did not advance
Duje Draganja Gordan Kožulj Vanja Rogulj Mario Todorović	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:37.69	12	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Monika Babok	50 m freestyle	26.84	49	Did not advance
Sanja Jovanović	100 m backstroke	1:01.30	22	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:15.57	31	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 Olympics

Singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Zoran Primorac	Men's singles	Bye		Gardos (AUT) W 4–2	Maze (DEN) W 4–2	Yang Z (SIN) W 4–2	Persson (SWE) L 1–4	Did not advance
Tan Ruiwu		Bye		Kishikawa (JPN) W 4–1	Gao N (SIN) W 4–0	Li C (HKG) W 4–2	Wang Lq (CHN) L 0–4	Did not advance
Andrea Bakula	Women's singles	Silva (MEX) W 4–0	Huang I-h (TPE) L 1–4	Did not advance
Tamara Boroš		Bye		Stefanova (ITA) W 4–1	Li Jw (SIN) L 1–4	Did not advance
Sandra Paović		Bye	Lay J F (AUS) W 4–3	Shen Yf (ESP) L 2–4	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group round		Semifinals	Bronze playoff 1	Bronze playoff 2	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Andrej Gaćina Zoran Primorac Tan Ruiwu	Men's team	Group B  Germany (GER) L 0 – 3  Singapore (SIN) W 3 – 1  Canada (CAN) W 3 – 0	2	Did not advance	Austria (AUT) L 1 – 3	Did not advance
Andrea Bakula Tamara Boroš Sandra Paović	Women's team	Group A  China (CHN) L 0 – 3  Austria (AUT) L 0 – 3  Dominican Republic (DOM) W 3 – 1	3	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Martina Zubčić	Women's −57 kg	Gatterer (ISR) W 4–3	Nunes (BRA) W 3–2	Tanrıkulu (TUR) L 3–5	Bye	Su L-w (TPE) W 5–4	Did not advance
Sandra Šarić	Women's −67 kg	Rivero (PHI) W 4–1	Hwang K-S (KOR) L 1–3	Did not advance	Al-Maktoum (UAE) W 4–0	Ocasio (PUR) W 5–1	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Marin Čilić	Men's singles	Mónaco (ARG) W 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–3	González (CHI) L 4–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Ivo Karlović		Withdrew due to illness on 8 August 2008
Ivan Ljubičić		Withdrew due to injury on 9 August 2008
Ivan Ljubičić Marin Čilić	Men's doubles	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 Olympics

Croatia 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

Group play

• United States is placed above Croatia due to their head to head record.

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Quarterfinal

Classification round (5th–6th place)

See also

• Croatia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

References

• sports-reference