Croatia at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Croatia at the Olympic Games

Flag of Croatia
IOC code  CRO
NOC Croatian Olympic Committee
external link (Croatian)
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors 80 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)
Summer Games
1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008
Winter Games
1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006
Other related appearances
Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (1920–1988)

Croatia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The team of included 80 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.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Image:Med 1.png Gold

[edit] Image:Med 2.png Silver

[edit] Image:Med 3.png Bronze

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Women's high jump:

Women's discus:

Women's hammer throw:

Men's 110 metre hurdles:

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

Men's 1500 metres:

Men's long jump:

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:

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

Men's hammer:

[edit] Boxing

Croatia sent two boxers to Athens. Both lost their first matches.

Light Heavyweight (81kg)

Heavyweight (91kg)

[edit] Canoeing

Men's C1 500 metres:

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

[edit] Equestrian

Individual eventing:

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

[edit] 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 Gold Medal
  • Team Roster

[edit] Rowing

Men's pair

Men's coxless four

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

[edit] Sailing

Finn class:

  • Karlo Kuret — 4th place (awarded maximum points because of coming late at the start in the final day of the competition; before that he was in podium place finish)

Laser class:

  • Mate Arapov — 14th place

Men's 470 class:

  • Tomislav Bašić and Petar Cupać — 19th place

[edit] Shooting

Women's 10 m Air Pistol

  • Mirela Skoko-Ćelić — 15th place

Women's 25 m Pistol

  • Mirela Skoko-Ćelić — 27th place

[edit] Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

  • Duje Draganja
    1. Heat – 22.28
    2. Semi Final – 22.19
    3. Final – 21.94 (→ Silver Silver Medal)

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Duje Draganja
    1. Heat – 49.07
    2. Semi Final – 49.14
    3. Final – 49.23 (→ 6th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Mario Delač
    1. Heat – 1:55.82 (→ did not advance, 54th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

  • Nenad Buljan
    1. Heat – 4:02.76 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

  • Nenad Buljan
    1. Heat – 15:56.54 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Duje Draganja
    1. Heat – 52.56
    2. Semi Final – 52.74
    3. Final – 52.46 (→ 7th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

  • Gordan Kožulj
    1. Heat – 55.80
    2. Semi Final – 56.02 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

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

Men's 100m Breaststroke

  • Vanja Rogulj
    1. Heat – 1:03.16 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

  • Vanja Rogulj
    1. Heat – 2:18.81 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

Men's 400m Individual Medley

  • Saša Imprić
    1. Heat – 4:32.02 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

Women's 200m Freestyle

Women's 400m Freestyle

  • Anita Galić
    1. Heat – 4:26.09 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Women's 800m Freestyle

  • Anita Galić
    1. Heat – 9:10.91 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

Women's 200m Backstroke

  • Sanja Jovanović
    1. Heat – 2:15.01
    2. Semi Final – 2:13.76 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Women's 100m Breaststroke

Women's 200m Breaststroke

Women's 200m Individual Medley

[edit] Table tennis

Women's couples:

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

Women's singles:

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)

[edit] 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

[edit] Water polo

[edit] 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

[edit] Weightlifting

Men's category up to 69 kg:

[edit] Officials

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

[edit] External links

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