Slovenia at the 2004 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:SLO
Nocname:Slovenian Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2004
Website: 
Location:Athens
Competitors:79
Sports:10
Flagbearer:Beno Lapajne
Rank:63
Gold:0
Silver:1
Bronze:3
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1992
See also: (1912)
(1920–1988)

Slovenia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's fourth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics since the post-Yugoslav era. The Slovenian Olympic Committee (sl|Olimpijski Komite Slovenije) sent the nation's largest ever delegation to the Games in Olympic history. A total of 79 athletes, 56 men and 23 women, competed in 10 sports. For the second consecutive time, men's handball was the only team-based sport in which Slovenia had its representation at these Games.

The Slovenian team featured three defending Olympic champions from Sydney: double sculls pair Iztok Čop and Luka Špik, and rifle shooter Rajmond Debevec, who became the first Slovenian to compete in six Olympic Games (including two appearances for Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia). Sprinter Merlene Ottey, who granted a dual citizenship in 2002, also set a historic milestone as the first female track and field athlete to participate in seventh Olympics, although she appeared for her native Jamaican team in previous editions.[1] Handball team goalkeeper Beno Lapajne was appointed by the committee to carry the Slovenian flag in the opening ceremony.[2]

Slovenia left Athens with a total of four medals, one silver and bronze, failing to achieve an Olympic gold for the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[3] Unable to defend their Olympic rowing title from the previous Games, Čop and Špik managed to settle only for the silver after losing out to France by two seconds in the men's double sculls.[4] Meanwhile, the remaining medals were awarded to the athletes for the first time in women's judo and sailing.

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Slovenian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).[5] [6]

Men
  • Track & road events
    • AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
    ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
    Boštjan Buč3000 m steeplechase8:37.2910Did not advance
    Roman KejžarMarathon2:23:3454
    align=left rowspan=2Matic Osovnikar100 m10.15 NR3 Q10.264Did not advance
    200 m20.574 Q20.47 NR4 q20.898Did not advance
    Matija Šestak400 m45.884 q46.547Did not advance
    Damjan Zlatnaralign=left rowspan=2110 m hurdles13.66 NR7 qDid not advance
    Field events
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    DistancePositionDistancePosition
    Gregor CankarLong jump7.3239Did not advance
    Primož KozmusHammer throw78.815 Q78.566
    Rožle PrezeljHigh jump2.20=20Did not advance
    Igor PrimcDiscus throw56.3330Did not advance
    Jure RovanPole vault5.5025Did not advance
    Boštjan ŠimuničTriple jump16.0737Did not advance
    Miroslav VodovnikShot put20.0412 q19.3411
    Peter ZupancJavelin throw77.3422Did not advance
    Women
  • Track & road events
    • AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
    ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
    Alenka Bikar200 m23.092 Q23.387Did not advance
    Jolanda Čeplak800 m2:00.611 Q1:58.802 Q1:56.43
    Helena Javornik10000 m31:06.63 NR10
    align=left rowspan=2Merlene Ottey100 m11.142 Q11.243 Q11.215Did not advance
    200 m22.72 NR3 Q23.074 qDid not advance
    Field events
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    DistancePositionDistancePosition
    Tina ČarmanLong jump5.7236Did not advance
    Teja MelinkPole vault4.15=24Did not advance

    Canoeing

    See main article: article and Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

    Slalom

    AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinal
    Run 1RankRun 2RankTotalRankTimeRankTimeRankTotalRank
    Simon HočevarMen's C-1104.179105.1811209.359 Q100.248 Q99.546199.786
    Uroš KodeljaMen's K-1102.241997.9913200.2317 Q96.688 Q104.9310201.6110
    Nada MaliWomen's K-1165.6519110.8310278.4819Did not advance

    Sprint

    Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

    Cycling

    See main article: article and Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

    Road

    AthleteEventTimeRank
    Andrej Hauptmanalign=left rowspan=2Men's road race5:41:565
    Uroš Murn5:44:1350
    align=left rowspan=2Gorazd ŠtangeljMen's road race5:43:2043
    Men's time trial1:03:45.8435
    Tadej ValjavecMen's road race5:41:5626

    Handball

    See main article: article and Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

    Men's tournament

    See main article: article and Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

    Roster
    Group play
    Classification match (11th–12th place)

    Judo

    See main article: article and Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Five Slovenian judoka (one men and four women) qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

    Men
    Women
    AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final /
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Petra Nareks−52 kg
    L 0001–0010    		Did not advance
    Urška Žolnir−63 kg
    W 0010–0001
    W 1020–0000
    L 0111–1000
    W 0100–0010
    Raša Sraka−70 kg
    L 0001–0012    		Did not advance
    W 0010–0000
    L 0000–0200    		Did not advance
    Lucija Polavder+78 kg
    L 0000–1010    		Did not advance

    Rowing

    See main article: article and Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Slovenian rowers qualified the following boats:

    Men
    AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    Davor MizeritSingle sculls7:24.603 R7:01.311 SA/B/C7:04.073 FB6:55.649
    Andrej Hrabar
    Matija Pavšič    		Pair7:05.365 R6:30.893 SA/B6:46.125 FB6:27.119
    Iztok Čop
    Luka Špik    		Double sculls6:45.261 SA/B6:11.961 FA6:31.72
    Janez Klemenčič
    Miha Pirih
    Tomaž Pirih
    Gregor Sračnjek    		Four6:25.363 SA/B5:55.534 FB5:50.599
    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; R=Repechage

    Sailing

    See main article: article and Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Slovenian sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

    Men
    AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
    12345678910M*
    Gašper VinčecFinn4241419DNF198171852315120
    Tomaž Čopi
    Davor Glavina    		470131317615208191561412614
    Women
    Open
    M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

    Shooting

    See main article: article and Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics. One Slovenian shooter qualified to compete in the following events:

    Men
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    PointsRankPointsRank
    align=left rowspan=3Rajmond Debevec10 m air rifle589=29Did not advance
    50 m rifle prone594=9Did not advance
    50 m rifle 3 positions11665 Q1262.64

    Swimming

    See main article: article and Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Slovenian swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

    Men
    AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    align=left rowspan=5Peter Mankoč50 m freestyleDid not advance
    100 m freestyle49.5410 Q49.7113Did not advance
    200 m freestyle1:50.7222Did not advance
    100 m butterfly54.1429Did not advance
    200 m individual medleyDid not advance
    Blaž Medvešek200 m backstroke2:01.1315 Q1:59.377 Q2:00.06 NR8
    Marko Milenkovič400 m individual medley4:30.9931Did not advance
    align=left rowspan=2Emil Tahirovič100 m breaststroke1:02.1217Did not advance
    200 m breaststroke2:18.6536Did not advance
    align=left rowspan=2Bojan Zdešar400 m freestyle3:59.3831Did not advance
    1500 m freestyle15:31.5720Did not advance
    Jernej Godec
    Peter Mankoč
    Blaž Medvešek
    Emil Tahirovič    		4 × 100 m medley relay3:44.1714Did not advance
    Women
    AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    align=left rowspan=3Anja Čarman400 m freestyle4:17.7924Did not advance
    800 m freestyleDid not advance
    200 m backstroke2:17.6223Did not advance
    align=left rowspan=3Sara Isaković50 m freestyle26.8136Did not advance
    100 m freestyle56.67=26Did not advance
    200 m freestyle2:01.7118Did not advance
    align=left rowspan=3Alenka Kejžar200 m backstrokeDid not advance
    200 m breaststroke2:32.6418Did not advance
    200 m individual medley2:18.6018Did not advance
    align=left rowspan=2Anja Klinar200 m butterfly2:18.1528Did not advance
    400 m individual medley4:46.6613Did not advance
    Lavra Babič
    Anja Čarman
    Sara Isaković
    Anja Klinar    		4 × 200 m freestyle relay8:16.8916Did not advance

    Tennis

    See main article: article and Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Slovenia nominated four female tennis players to compete in the tournament.

    AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
    Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Rank
    Maja Matevžičalign=left rowspan=3Women's singles
    W 7–6(7–3), 7–5
    L 0–6, 0–6    		Did not advance
    Tina Pisnik
    L 3–7, 7–5, 4–6    		Did not advance
    Katarina Srebotnik
    W 6–3, 0–6, 6–4
    L 5–7, 4–6    		Did not advance
    Tina Križan
    Katarina Srebotnik    		align=left rowspan=2Women's doubles
    L 5–7, 3–6    		Did not advance
    Maja Matevžič
    Tina Pisnik
    L 1–6, 2–6    		Did not advance

    See also

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. News: Merlene Ottey receives Slovenian citizenship. IAAF. 9 May 2002. 8 May 2014.
    2. News: Zastavo bo nosil Beno Lapajne. Beno Lapajne will carry the flag. sl. Radiotelevizija Slovenija. 10 August 2004. 9 May 2014.
    3. Web site: 2004 Athens: Medal Tally. USA Today. 1 April 2014.
    4. News: France snatches men's double sculls gold. People's Daily. 21 August 2004. 8 May 2014.
    5. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. June 4, 2011.
    6. Web site: IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards. IAAF. 4 June 2011.

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