Slovenia at the 2000 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	SLO
Nocname:	Slovenian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2000
Website:
Location:	Sydney
Competitors:	74 (55 men and 19 women)
Sports:	13
Flagbearer:	Iztok Čop
Rank:	36
Gold:	2
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1992
See also:	(1912) (1920–1988)

Slovenia competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Slovenia won their first two summer Olympic gold medals at these games.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's Double Sculls
			Men's 50 metre rifle three positions

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics. In Slovenia's third archery competition, the nation entered only one man, who improved his rank from four years before by one place despite losing his first match again.

Men

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Roman Kejžar	Marathon	2:26:38	62
Matija Šestak	400 m	45.95	4	did not advance
Urban Acman Boštjan Fridrih Matic Osovnikar Matic Šušteršič	4 × 100 m relay	39.25	5 q	DSQ	did not advance
Boštjan Horvat Sergej Šalamon Matija Šestak Jože Vrtačič	4 × 400 m relay	3:10.07	7	did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Gregor Cankar	Long jump	7.98	15	did not advance
Primož Kozmus	Hammer throw	68.83	38	did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Alenka Bikar	200 m	23.26	6 q	23.01	5	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Helena Javornik	1500 m	4:18.18	34	did not advance
5000 m	16:09.60	40	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Brigita Langerholc	400 m	DNS		did not advance
800 m	2:01.89	2 Q	1:59.09	4 q NR	1:58.51	4 NR
Meta Macus Brigita Langerholc Jolanda Steblovnik-Ceplak Saša Prokofijev	4 × 400 m relay	3:35.00	7 NR	did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Evfemija Štorga	Javelin throw	54.94	27	did not advance
Anja Valant	Triple jump	14.36	4 Q	13.59	9

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Qualifying				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Result	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Result	Rank
Simon Hočevar	Men's C-1	136.64	137.61	274.25	9	119.78	120.86	240.64	7
Dejan Kralj	align=left rowspan=2	Men's K-1	130.24	128.05	258.29	10	116.60	111.48	228.08	10
Fedja Marušič	128.81	129.29	258.10	9	114.62	167.37	281.99	15
Nada Mali	Women's K-1	163.26	162.19	325.45	17	did not advance

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Andrej Hauptman	Road race	5:30:46	26
align=left rowspan=2	Martin Hvastija	Road race	DNF
Time trial	1:01:08.83	22
Uroš Murn	Road race	5:30:46	32
Tadej Valjavec	Road race	DNF

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Rok Drašler	align=left rowspan=2	Men's cross-country	DNF
Primož Strančar	1 lap	37

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Men

Women

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

• Aleš Pajovič
• Andrej Kastelic
• Beno Lapajne
• Branko Bedekovič
• Gregor Cvijič
• Iztok Puc
• Jani Likavec
• Renato Vugrinec
• Roman Pungartnik
• Rolando Pušnik
• Tettey-Sowah Banfro
• Tomaž Tomšič
• Uroš Šerbec
• Zoran Jovičič
• Zoran Lubej

Group B

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	5	5	0	0	155	121	+34	10
	5	3	1	1	120	104	+16	7
	5	3	0	2	144	126	+18	6
	5	2	1	2	137	127	+10	5
	5	1	0	4	111	117	−6	2
	5	0	0	5	106	178	−72	0

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16 September 2000
	24–24
18 September 2000
	30 – 32
20 September 2000
	20 – 33
22 September 2000
	31 – 28
24 September 2000
	22 – 20

7th / 8th place

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals C-D		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Iztok Čop Luka Špik	Double sculls	6:24.92	1 Q	6:16.41	1 Q	6:16.63
Miha Pirih Gregor Sračnjek	Coxless pair	6:55.82	4 R		3 Q	6:49.79	5 FB	6:40.23	11
Milan Janša Janez Klemenčič Rok Kolander Matej Prelog	Coxless four	6:07.90	3 Q	6:04.07	2 Q	5:58.34	4

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Women

Open

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Rajmond Debevec	50 metre rifle three positions	1177 OR	1 Q	1275.1 OR
	50 metre rifle prone	593	19	did not advance
	10 m air rifle	591	9	did not advance
Andraz Lipolt	Trap	106	32	did not advance

Women

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jure Bučar	400 m freestyle	4:00.19	35	did not advance
align=left rowspan=4	Peter Mankoč	50 m freestyle	23.02	25	did not advance
100 m freestyle	50.28	21	did not advance
100 m butterfly	54.15	23	did not advance
200 m individual medley	2:03.45	18	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Blaž Medvešek	100 m backstroke	57.26	32	did not advance
200 m backstroke	2:01.67	23	did not advance
align=left rowspan=1	Marko Milenkovič	400 m individual medley	4:26.62	30	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alenka Kejžar	200 m individual medley	2:18.33 NR	19	did not advance
Nataša Kejžar	100 m breaststroke	1:10.44 NR	15	1:10.66	16	did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tina Pisnik	align=left rowspan=2	Women's singles	L 4–6, 3–6	did not advance
Katarina Srebotnik	L 3–6, 6–7 (7–9)	did not advance
Katarina Srebotnik Tina Križan	Women's doubles	L 6–7 (4–6), 3–6	did not advance

References

• sports-reference
• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. .
• 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