Federal Republic of Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athletes from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 109 competitors, 92 men and 17 women, took part in 50 events in 14 sports. These would be the last Summer Games in which athletes from Montenegro and Serbia participated under the name of Yugoslavia. They would compete as Serbia and Montenegro at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Gold

• Vladimir Batez, Slobodan Boškan, Andrija Gerić, Nikola Grbić, Vladimir Grbić, Slobodan Kovač, Đula Mešter, Vasa Mijić, Ivan Miljković, Veljko Petković, Goran Vujević, Igor Vušurović and Head Coach Zoran Gajić — Volleyball, Men's Team Competition

Silver

• Jasna Šekarić — Shooting, Women's 10 m Air Pistol

Bronze

• Aleksandar Ćirić, Danilo Ikodinović, Viktor Jelenić, Nikola Kuljača, Aleksandar Šapić, Dejan Savić, Aleksandar Šoštar, Petar Trbojević, Veljko Uskoković, Jugoslav Vasović, Vladimir Vujasinović, Nenad Vukanić, and Predrag Zimonjić — Water Polo, Men's Team Competition

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's 1,500 m

• Darko Radomirović

• Round 1 — 03:43.57 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m hurdles

• Siniša Peša

• Round 1 — 52.14 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m

• Predrag Momirović, Milan Petaković, Miloš Sakić, Slobodan Spasić

• Round 1 — 39.99 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 400 m

• Marko Janković, Siniša Peša, Branislav Stojanović, Slaviša Vraneš

• Round 1 — 03:07.41 (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Dragan Perić

• Qualifying — 19.49m (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Danial Jahić

• Qualifying — 7.85 (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

• Zoran Đurđević

• Qualifying — 16.31 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Dragutin Topić

• Qualifying — 2.20 (→ did not advance)

• Stevan Zorić

• Qualifying — 2.15 (→ did not advance)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Aleksandar Raković

• Final — 3:49:16 (→ 11th place)

Women's 100 m

• Vukosava Đapić

• Round 1 — 12.12 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m

• Mila Savić

• Round 1 — 24.12 (→ did not advance)

Women's 5,000 m

• Olivera Jevtić

• Round 1 — 15:11.25 (→ did not advance)

• Sonja Stolić

• Round 1 — 15:38.96 (→ did not advance)

Women's 10,000 m

• Olivera Jevtić

• Round 1 — 32:06.54
• Final — 31:29.65 (→ 11th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m

• Vukosava Đapić, Biljana Mitrović, Elvira Pancić, Mila Savić

• Round 1 — 45.02 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 400 m

• Vukosava Đapić, Tatjana Lojanica, Mila Savić, Jelena Stanisavljević

• Round 1 — 03:37.99 (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

• Marija Martinović

• Qualifying — 13.49 (→ did not advance)

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round

• Defeated Russia (66-60)
• Defeated Australia (80-66)
• Defeated Angola (73-64)
• Defeated Spain (78-65)
• Lost to Canada (75-83)

• Quarterfinals

• Lost to Lithuania (63-76)

• Classification Match

• 5th/6th place
• Lost to Italy (59-69) — 6th place

• Team Roster

• Dragan Lukovski
• Igor Rakočević
• Saša Obradović
• Predrag Danilović
• Dejan Bodiroga
• Dejan Tomašević
• Predrag Drobnjak
• Dragan Tarlać
• Predrag Stojaković
• Vlado Šćepanović
• Nikola Jestratijević
• Željko Rebrača

• Head Coach: Željko Obradović

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Welterweight (— 67 kg)

• Geard Ajetović
  • Round 1 — Lost to Parkpoom Jangphonak of Thailand (→ did not advance)

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Flatwater

Men's Competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m

• Ognjen Filipović

• Qualifying Heat — 01:43.097
• Semifinal — 01:43.434 (→ did not advance)

Men's Kayak Fours 1,000 m

• Igor Kovacić, Jozef Soti, Saša Vujanić, Dragan Zorić

• Qualifying Heat — 03:04.432
• Semifinal — 03:02.713
• Final — 03:02.316 (→ 9th place)

Women's Competition

Women's Kayak Singles 500 m

• Nataša Janić

• Qualifying Heat — 01:54.395
• Semifinal — 01:55.482
• Final — 02:16.506 (→ 4th place)

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

One female fencer represented Yugoslavia in 2000.

Women's épée

• Tamara Savić-Šotra

• Round 1 — Defeated Silvia Lesoil of Norway (15:8)
• Round 2 — Lost to Laura Flessel-Colovic of France (9:15) (→ did not advance)

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Defeated South Korea (25-24)
• Defeated Egypt (25-22)
• Lost to Germany (22-28)
• Defeated Cuba (33-26)
• Lost to Russia (25-27)

• Quarterfinals

• Defeated France (26-21)

• Semifinals

• Lost to Russia (26-29)

• Bronze Medal Game

• Lost to Spain (22-26)

• Team Roster

• Dejan Perić
• Arpad Šterbik
• Petar Kapisoda
• Vladan Matić
• Nenad Peruničić
• Nedeljko Jovanović
• Igor Butulija
• Aleksandar Knežević
• Žikica Milosavljević
• Goran Đukanović
• Ratko Đurković
• Dragan Škrbić
• Ratko Nikolić
• Ivan Lapčević
• Nebojša Golić

• Head Coach:Veselin Vujović

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Women's Competition over 78 kg:

• Mara Kovačević

• Round of 32: Bye
• Round of 16: Lost to Brigitte Oliver of Belgium

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Coxless Pairs:

• Nikola Stojić and Đorđe Visacki

• Heat: 6:42.62 (1st in heat 2, advanced to semifinal A/B)
• Semifinal A/B: 6:43.23 (2nd in semifinal A/B, advanced to final A)
• Final A: 6:38.70 (5th overall)

Men's Coxless Fours:

• Filip Filipić, Boban Ranković, Ivan Smiljanić, and Mladen Stegić

• Heat: 6:16.46 (5th in heat 1, advanced to repechage)
• Repechage: 6:09.69 (1st in repechage, advanced to semifinal A/B)
• Semifinal A/B: 6:08.82 (5th in semifinal A/B, advanced to final B)
• Final B: 6:01.29 (2nd in final B, 8th overall)

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's 10m Air Rifle

• Nemanja Mirosavljev

• Qualification: 587 points (27th overall, did not advance)

• Stevan Pletikosić

• Qualification: 583 points (38th overall, did not advance)

Men's 50m Rifle Prone

• Stevan Pletikosić

• Qualification: 591 points (30th overall, did not advance)

• Goran Maksimović

• Qualification: 589 points (35th overall, did not advance)

Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions

• Nemanja Mirosavljev

• Qualification: 1161 points (Prone: 397 points, Standing: 374 points, Kneeling: 390 points) (15th overall, did not advance)

• Stevan Pletikosić

• Qualification: 1156 points (Prone: 398 points, Standing: 369 points, Kneeling: 389 points) (29th overall, did not advance)

Women's 10m Air Rifle

• Aranka Binder

• Qualification: 392 points (15th overall, did not advance)

• Aleksandra Ivošev

• Qualification: 391 points (20th overall, did not advance)

Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions

• Aleksandra Ivošev

• Qualification: 573 points (Prone: 196 points, Standing: 185 points, Kneeling: 191 points) (22nd overall, did not advance)

• Aranka Binder

• Qualification: 572 points (Prone: 196 points, Standing: 187 points, Kneeling: 189 points) (23rd overall, did not advance)

Women's 10m Air Pistol

• Jasna Šekarić

• Qualification: 388 points (2nd overall, Qualified)
• Final: 98.5 points (Total: 486.5) → Silver Medal

Women's 25m Pistol

• Jasna Šekarić

• Qualification: 577 points (17th overall, did not advance)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's 50 m freestyle

• Nebojša Bikić

• Preliminary Heat — 23.57 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m freestyle

• Nikola Kalabić

• Preliminary Heat — 51.82 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m freestyle

• Nikola Kalabić

• Preliminary Heat — 1:54.75 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m butterfly

• Milorad Čavić

• Preliminary Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m butterfly

• Vladan Marković

• Preliminary Heat — 02:00.02 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m breaststroke

• Nikola Savčić

• Preliminary Heat — 01:04.64 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m backstroke

• Milorad Čavić

• Preliminary Heat — 58.25 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m backstroke

• Miloš Cerović

• Preliminary Heat — 02:09.07 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m individual medley

• Đorđe Filipović

• Preliminary Heat — 02:09.58 (→ did not advance)

Women's 50 m freestyle

• Duška Radan

• Preliminary Heat — 27.7 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m backstroke

• Marica Stražmešter

• Preliminary Heat — 01:07.21 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m backstroke

• Marica Stražmešter

• Preliminary Heat — 02:22.59 (→ did not advance)

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Singles Competition

• Slobodan Grujić
• Preliminary Round (Group L)

• Defeated Peter Akinlabi of Nigeria (3-0)
• Lost to Lee Chul-Seung of South Korea (2-3)
• 2nd in pool L (→ did not advance)

Men's Doubles Competition

• Slobodan Grujić and Ilija Lupulesku
• Preliminary Round (Group H)

• Defeated Brett Clarke and Jeff Plumb of Australia (2-0)
• Defeated Timo Boll and Jörg Roßkopf of Germany (2-0)

• Round of 16

• Lost to Kim Taek-Soo and Oh Sang-Eun of South Korea (0-3) (→ did not advance)

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Doubles Competition:

• Dušan Vemić and Nenad Zimonjić

• First round — lost to Arnaud Clément and Nicolas Escudé 3-6, 3-6

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Lost to Russia (1-3)
• Lost to Italy (2-3)
• Defeated United States (3-0)
• Defeated Argentina (3-1)
• Defeated South Korea (3-2)

• Quarterfinals

• Defeated the Netherlands (3-2)

• Semifinals

• Defeated Italy (3-0)

• Final

• Defeated Russia (3-0) → Gold Medal

• Team Roster

• Vladimir Batez
• Slobodan Boškan
• Andrija Gerić
• Nikola Grbić
• Vladimir Grbić
• Slobodan Kovač
• Đula Mešter
• Vasa Mijić
• Ivan Miljković
• Veljko Petković
• Goran Vujević
• Igor Vušurović

• Head Coach: Zoran Gajić

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
FR Yugoslavia	5	4	0	1	41	22	+19	9
Croatia	5	4	0	1	42	30	+12	9
Hungary	5	3	2	0	49	39	+10	6
United States	5	2	3	0	42	39	+3	4
Netherlands	5	1	4	0	34	55	-21	2
Greece	5	0	5	0	22	45	-23	0

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23 September 2000 12:00	FR Yugoslavia	9–1	Netherlands	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Moliner Molins (ESP), Turcotte (CAN)
	Score by quarters: 3-0, 3-1, 2-0, 1-0

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24 September 2000 14:30	United States	5–8	FR Yugoslavia	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Moliner Molins (ESP), Schwartz (ISR)
	Score by quarters: 1-3, 2-2, 1-2, 1-1

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25 September 2000 19:15	FR Yugoslavia	10–3	Greece	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Kerr (AUS), Balfanbayev (KAZ)
	Score by quarters: 4-2, 2-1, 3-0, 1-0

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26 September 2000 19:15	Croatia	4–4	FR Yugoslavia	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Dani (ITA), Afanasiev (RUS)*
	Score by quarters: 1-2, 0-0, 2-1, 1-1

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27 September 2000 09:30	FR Yugoslavia	10–9	Hungary	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Kerr (AUS), Ludecke (GER)
	Score by quarters: 3-3, 2-3, 3-2, 2-1

Quarterfinals

29 September 2000 20:30	Australia	3–7	FR Yugoslavia	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Ludecke (GER), Turcotte (CAN)
	Score by quarters: 1-2, 0-2, 1-2, 1-1

Semifinals

30 September 2000 15:45	Hungary	8–7	FR Yugoslavia	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Kerr (AUS), Ludecke (GER)
	Score by quarters: 3-2, 2-3, 2-2, 1-0

Bronze medal match

1 October 2000 15:00	Spain	3–8	FR Yugoslavia	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Tulga (TUR), Afanasiev (RUS)
	Score by quarters: 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 0-2

Roster

Bronze Medal

• • Aleksandar Šoštar
  • Nikola Kuljača
  • Vladimir Vujasinović
  • Predrag Zimonjić
  • Petar Trbojević

• • Dejan Savić
  • Aleksandar Ćirić
  • Aleksandar Šapić
  • Veljko Uskoković

• • Jugoslav Vasović
  • Nenad Vukanić
  • Viktor Jelenić
  • Danilo Ikodinović

Notes

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site
• Serbian Olympic Committee