Croatia at the 1996 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	CRO
Nocname:	Croatian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1996
Website:
Location:	Atlanta
Competitors:	84 (75 men and 9 women)
Sports:	14
Flagbearer:	Perica Bukić
Rank:	45
Gold:	1
Silver:	1
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1992
See also:	(1900) (1920–1988)

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

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's Team Competition
			Men's Team Competition

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Siniša Ergotić	Long jump	NM		Did not advance
Dragan Mustapić	Discus throw	57.94	27	Did not advance

Basketball

See main article: article and Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

• Vladan Alanović
• Arijan Komazec
• Toni Kukoč
• Davor Marcelić
• Damir Mulaomerović
• Veljko Mršić
• Velimir Perasović
• Dino Rađa
• Slaven Rimac
• Josip Vranković
• Stojko Vranković
• Žan Tabak

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

Quarterfinals

5th–8th place

7th–8th place

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary				Final
		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
		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-2 500 m	1:47.235	4 Q	1:50.473	4 Q	1:44.770	5	Did not advance	12
Dražen Funtak Ivan Šabjan	C-2 1000 m	4:02.831	3 Q	3:48.677	4	Did not advance	11

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Men

Handball

See main article: article and Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men's Team Competition

See main article: article and Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Preliminary round

Group A

width=25%	Team	width=5%	Pld	width=5%	W	width=5%	D	width=5%	L	width=5%	GF	width=5%	GA	width=5%	GD	width=8%	Points
	5	5	0	0	131	94	+37	10
	5	4	0	1	132	122	+10	8
	5	3	0	2	137	106	+31	6
	5	2	0	3	126	115	+11	4
	5	1	0	4	111	142	−31	2
	5	0	0	5	100	158	−58	0

Roster

Gold medal

• 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 Šujster

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals C-D		Semifinals		Final
		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	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	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

See main article: article and Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
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

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Roman Špirelja	25 m rapid fire pistol	582	16	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	570	43	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Mladenka Malenica	50 m rifle three positions	572	28	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	390	20	Did not advance
Mirela Skoko Ćelić	25 m pistol	561	36	Did not advance
	10 m air pistol	381	10	Did not advance
Suzana Skoko	50 m rifle three positions	578	12	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	389	25	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final B		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Krešimir Čač	200 metre individual medley	2:06.97	25	Did not advance
400 metre individual medley	4:34.02	23	Did not advance
align=left	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
align=left	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
align=left rowspan=2	Miroslav Vučetić	200 metre freestyle	1:51.26	19	Did not advance
400 metre freestyle	3:59.20	22	Did not advance
	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
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left	Tinka Dančević	200 metre butterfly	2:20.74	31	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	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

See main article: article and Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Group round				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Zoran Primorac	Men's singles	W 2 – 0	W 2 – 1	W 2 – 0	1 Q	L 0 – 2	Did not advance
Zoran Primorac Damir Atiković	Men's doubles	L 0 – 2	L 0 – 2	W 2 – 1	3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group round				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tamara Boroš	Women's singles	L 0 – 2	L 0 – 2	W 2 – 0	3	Did not advance
Eldijana Aganović Tamara Boroš	Women's doubles	L 0 – 2	L 0 – 2	W 2 – 0	3	Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Goran Ivanišević	Singles	L 2:6, 4:6	Did not advance
Goran Ivanišević Saša Hiršzon	Doubles		W 7:6, 7:6	W 7:6, 6:3	L 2:6, 3:6	Did not advance		5

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Iva Majoli	Singles	W 3-6, 6-3, 6-4	W 7-5, 6-3	W 6-4, 3-6, 6-4	L 5-7, 3-6	Did not advance		5
Iva Majoli Maja Murić	Doubles		W 7:6, 4-6, 9-7	L 2:6, 1-6	Did not advance

Water polo

See main article: article and Water polo at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men's Team Competition

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.		10	5	5	0	0	48	38	+10
2.		8	5	4	0	1	45	37	+8
3.		6	5	3	0	2	51	39	+12
4.		4	5	2	0	3	37	38	- 1
5.		1	5	0	1	4	31	45	- 14
6.		1	5	0	1	4	33	48	- 15

• Saturday July 20, 1996

• Sunday July 21, 1996

• Monday July 22, 1996

• Tuesday July 23, 1996

• Wednesday July 24, 1996

Quarterfinals

• Friday July 26, 1996

Semifinals

• Saturday July 27, 1996

Finals

• Sunday July 28, 1996 - Silver medal

Roster

• Maro Balić
• Perica Bukić
• Damir Glavan
• Igor Hinić
• Vjekoslav Kobešćak

• Joško Kreković
• Ognjen Kržić
• Dubravko Šimenc
• Siniša Školneković

• Ratko Štritof
• Renato Vrbičić
• Zdeslav Vrdoljak
• Tino Vegar

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men's Greco-Roman

References

• sports-reference
• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database