Croatia at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	CRO
Nocname:	Croatian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2008
Website:
Location:	Beijing
Competitors:	99
Sports:	15
Flagbearer:	Ivano Balić (opening) Tamara Boroš (closing)
Rank:	56
Gold:	0
Silver:	2
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1992
See also:	(1900) (1920–1988)

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

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's pommel horse
			Women's high jump
			Women's 10 m air rifle
			Women's 67 kg
			Women's 57 kg

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
András Haklits	Hammer throw	77.12	4 Q	76.58	10
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		Did not advance

* Vanja Perišić of Croatia was later disqualified for failing an in-competition drugs test.^[1]

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Vera Begić	Discus throw	58.50	22	Did not advance
Ivana Brkljačić	align=left rowspan=2	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

See main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

Roster

Group play

Quarterfinals

Boxing

See 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	W	L 1–8	Did not advance
Marko Tomasović	Super heavyweight		L 1–13	Did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan="2"	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

See main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan="2"	Matija Kvasina	Men's road race	6:34:26	56
Men's time trial	1:09:06	38
Vladimir Miholjević	align=left rowspan=2	Men's road race	Did not finish
Radoslav Rogina	6:26:17	25

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Filip Ude	Floor	14.775	14.775	41	Did not advance
Pommel horse		15.475	15.475	3 Q		15.725	15.725

Women

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal game

Rowing

See 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	6:24.89	4 FB		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

See 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

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

See 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
align=left rowspan=3	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
align=left rowspan=2	Snježana Pejčić	10 m air rifle	399	3 Q	500.9
50 m rifle 3 positions	576	26	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Suzana Cimbal Špirelja	10 m air rifle	393	30	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	580	12	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan="2"	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
align=left rowspan=2	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
align=left rowspan=2	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
align=left rowspan=2	Sanja Jovanović	100 m backstroke	1:01.30	22	Did not advance
200 m backstroke	2:15.57	31	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	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

See 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 /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Zoran Primorac	align=left rowspan=2	Men's singles	W 4–2	W 4–2	W 4–2	L 1–4	Did not advance
Tan Ruiwu	W 4–1	W 4–0	W 4–2	L 0–4	Did not advance
Andrea Bakula	align=left rowspan=3	Women's singles	W 4–0	L 1–4	Did not advance
Tamara Boroš	W 4–1	L 1–4	Did not advance
Sandra Paović		W 4–3	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 L 0 – 3 W 3 – 1 W 3 – 0	2	Did not advance	L 1 – 3	Did not advance
Andrea Bakula Tamara Boroš Sandra Paović	Women's team	Group A L 0 – 3 L 0 – 3 W 3 – 1	3	Did not advance

Taekwondo

See 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	W 4–3	W 3–2	L 3–5		W 5–4	Did not advance
Sandra Šarić	Women's −67 kg	W 4–1	L 1–3	Did not advance	W 4–0	W 5–1	Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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
Marin Čilić	align=left rowspan=3	Men's singles	W 6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 6–3	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

See 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

See main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play

• is placed above due to their head-to-head record.

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

Quarterfinal

Classification round (5th–6th place)

See also

• Croatia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

References

• sports-reference

Notes and References

1. http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/News/GeneralNews/05/65/77/20100427082001_httppostedfile_NEWS112_20049.pdf IAAF Newsletter Edition 112