# Croatia at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Croatia competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Nikolaj Pešalov | Weightlifting | Men's Featherweight (62 kg) |
| Bronze | Igor Boraska Krešimir Čuljak Igor Francetić Tihomir Franković Silvijo Petriško Nikša Skelin Siniša Skelin Tomislav Smoljanović Branimir Vujević | Rowing | Men's Eights |

## Athletics
### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Darko Juričić | 400 m hurdles | 52.39 | 56 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dejan Vojnović | 100 m | 10.50 | 49 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Branko Zorko | 1500 m | 3:46.16 | 36 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tihomir Buinjac Siniša Ergotić Slaven Krajačić Dejan Vojnović | 4 × 100 metres | 39.87 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Frano Bakarić Nino Habun Darko Juričić Elvis Peršić | 4 × 400 metres | DSQ | DSQ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Stevimir Ercegovac | Shot put | 18.98 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Siniša Ergotić | Long jump | 7.53 | 36 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Andraš Haklić | Hammer throw | 72.66 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dragan Mustapić | Discus throw | 58.10 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Kristina Perica | 400 m | 53.72 | 40 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Blanka Vlašić | High jump | 1.92 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ivana Brkljačić | Hammer throw | 65.01 | 5 q | 63.20 | 11 |

## Canoeing
### Slalom

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | Qualifying | Qualifying | Qualifying | Qualifying | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Total | Rank | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Danko Herceg | Men's C-1 | 138.59 | 12 | 137.23 | 7 | 275.82 | 11 Q | 125.87 | 10 | 122.90 | 9 | 248.77 | 10 |
| Andrej Glucks | Men's K-1 | 128.76 | 9 | 134.90 | 18 | 263.66 | 15 Q | 115.16 | 11 | 115.06 | 13 | 230.22 | 11 |

### Sprint
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechages | Repechages | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Nikica Ljubek | C-1 1000 m | 4:10.954 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dražen Funtak Nikica Ljubek | C-2 500 m | 1:45.567 | 6 q | — | — | 1:45.955 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Rowing

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ninoslav Saraga Oliver Martinov | Men's Coxless pair | 6:52.57 | 3 Q | Bye | Bye | 6:46.00 | 6 FB | 6:35.18 | 8 |
| Ivan Jukić Tihomir Jarnjević | Men's Double sculls | 6:39.69 | 5 R | 6:43.60 | 4 FC | Bye | Bye | 6:31.78 | 14 |
| Igor Francetić Tihomir Franković Tomislav Smoljanović Nikša Skelin Siniša Skelin Krešimir Čuljak Igor Boraska Branimir Vujević Silvijo Petriško | Men's Coxed eight | 5:33.33 | 1 Q | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | 5:34.85 | |

## Sailing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Net points | Final rank |
| Karlo Kuret | Finn | 6 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 69 | 10 |
| Toni Bulaja Ivan Bulaja | 470 | OCS | 19 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 27 | 17 | 162 | 24 |

### Open

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Net points | Final rank |
| Mate Arapov | Laser | RET | RET | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 396 | 43 |

## Shooting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Roman Špirelja | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 578 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Mladenka Malenica | 50 m rifle three positions | 571 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mladenka Malenica | 10 m air rifle | 393 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Krešimir Čač | 200 metre individual medley | 2:07.04 | 36 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Duje Draganja | 100 metre freestyle | 49.83 | 16 Q | 49.67 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lovrenco Franičević | 200 metre butterfly | 2:04.35 | 39 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marijan Kanjer | 50 metre freestyle | 23.16 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gordan Kožulj | 100 metre backstroke | 55.43 | 8 Q | 56.26 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gordan Kožulj | 200 metre backstroke | 2:00.19 | 9 Q | 1:59.56 | 6 Q | 1:59.38 | 8 |
| Ivan Mladina | 100 metre butterfly | 56.17 | 50 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vanja Rogulj | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:03.58 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marko Strahija | 100 metre backstroke | 56.26 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marko Strahija | 200 metre backstroke | 2:00.72 | 12 Q | 1:59.85 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sandro Tomaš | 400 metre individual medley | 4:38.31 | 42 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Duje Draganja Marijan Kanjer Ivan Mladina Alen Lončar | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:24.96 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gordan Kožulj Vanja Rogulj Miloš Milošević Duje Draganja | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:42.73 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Petra Banović | 200 metre freestyle | 2:08.30 | 36 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Petra Banović | 200 metre backstroke | 2:25.42 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tinka Dančević | 200 metre butterfly | 2:21.02 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Smiljana Marinović | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:13.49 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Smiljana Marinović | 200 metre individual medley | 2:25.24 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marijana Šurković | 50 metre freestyle | 27.32 | 46 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Group round | Group round | Group round | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Bronze medal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Zoran Primorac | Men's singles | BYE | BYE | BYE | Toshio Tasaki (JPN) L 0 – 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Group round | Group round | Group round | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Bronze medal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Eldijana Aganović | Women's singles | Liu Jia (AUT) L 1 – 3 | Marisel Ramírez (CUB) W 3 – 0 | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Andrea Bakula | Women's singles | Gao Jun (USA) L 0 – 3 | Stella Zhou (AUS) W 3 – 2 | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tamara Boroš | Women's singles | BYE | BYE | BYE | Lijuan Geng (CAN) L 2 – 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Eldijana Aganović Tamara Boroš | Women's doubles | Tsui Hsiu-li Yu Feng-yin (TPE) W 2 – 1 | Bose Kaffo Olufunke Oshonaike (NGR) W 2 – 0 | 1 Q | Jing Junhong Li Jiawei (SIN) W 3 – 2 | Li Ju Wang Nan (CHN) L 1 – 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |

## Taekwondo
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Bronze medal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Nataša Vezmar | Women's +67 kg | BYE | Ruíz (ESP) W 7–4 | Ivanova (RUS) L 4–6 | BYE | Bourguigue (MAR) W 4–1 | Bosshart (ESP) L 8–11 | Did not advance | 4 |

## Tennis
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Goran Ivanišević | Singles | Àlex Corretja (ESP) L 6:7, 6:7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ivan Ljubičić | Singles | Dominik Hrbatý (SVK) W 6:1, 1:6, 6:3 | Kevin Ullyett (ZIM) W 6:2, 4:6, 6:4 | Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) L 6:7, 3:6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Goran Ivanišević Ivan Ljubičić | Doubles | — | Jose de Armas Jimy Szymanski (VEN) L 2:6, 6:7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Iva Majoli | Singles | Anne Kremer (LUX) L 2:6, 4:6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Silvija Talaja | Singles | Neyssa Etienne (HAI) W 6:1, 6:0 | Silvia Farina Elia (ITA) L 6:3, 4:6, 4:6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Iva Majoli Silvija Talaja | Doubles | — | Els Callens Dominique van Roost (BEL) L 2:6, 7:5, 2:6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Volleyball
### Women's Team Competition
#### Preliminary round
##### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 15.000 | 395 | 272 | 1.452 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | United States | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 3.250 | 392 | 306 | 1.281 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Croatia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 1.000 | 411 | 389 | 1.057 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | China | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0.889 | 371 | 365 | 1.016 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Australia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 0.308 | 303 | 408 | 0.743 | |
| 6 | Kenya | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 0.133 | 280 | 412 | 0.680 | |
* 16 September 2000
| Croatia | 3–1 | Australia | 25–21, 22–25, 25–14, 25–16 |
* 18 September 2000
| China | 1–3 | Croatia | 23–25, 28–26, 20–25, 15–25 |
* 20 September 2000
| Croatia | 0–3 | United States | 19–25, 18–25, 16–25 |
* 22 September 2000
| Brazil | 3–0 | Croatia | 25–21, 25–23, 25–23 |
* 24 September 2000
| Kenya | 1–3 | Croatia | 25–18, 16–25, 18–25, 18–25 |

#### Quarter-finals

* 26 September 2000
| Cuba | 3–0 | Croatia | 25–18, 25–23, 25–21 |

#### 5–8th place

* 27 September 2000
| Croatia | 1–3 | Germany | 25–27, 29–27, 21–25, 18–25 |

#### 7th place

* 28 September 2000
| Croatia | 3–1 | South Korea | 25–18, 24–26, 25–22, 25–21 |

### Roster

* Marija Anzulović
* Elena Cebukina
* Patricia Daničić
* Biljana Gligorović
* Barbara Jelić
* Vesna Jelić
* Gordana Jurcan
* Ana Kaštelan
* Nataša Leto
* Marijana Ribičić
* Beti Rimac
* Ingrid Siscovich

## Water polo
### Men's Team Competition
#### Preliminary round
##### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | FR Yugoslavia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 22 | +19 | 9 | Quarter Finals |
| 2 | Croatia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 9 | Quarter Finals |
| 3 | Hungary | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 39 | +10 | 6 | Quarter Finals |
| 4 | United States | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 4 | Quarter Finals |
| 5 | Netherlands | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 55 | −21 | 2 | |
| 6 | Greece | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 45 | −23 | 0 | |
| 23 September 2000 16:15 | Croatia | 10–7 | United States | Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Kerr (AUS), Galkine (RUS) |
| Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Kerr (AUS), Galkine (RUS) |||
| 24 September 2000 19:15 | Greece | 5–9 | Croatia | Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Turcotte (CAN), Afanasiev (RUS) |
| Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Turcotte (CAN), Afanasiev (RUS) |||
| 25 September 2000 14:30 | Croatia | 8–7 | Hungary | Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Ludecke (GER), Kratochvil (SVK) |
| Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Ludecke (GER), Kratochvil (SVK) |||
| 26 September 2000 19:15 | Croatia | 4–4 | FR Yugoslavia | Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Dani (ITA), Afanasiev (RUS)* |
| Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Dani (ITA), Afanasiev (RUS)* |||
| 27 September 2000 14:30 | Netherlands | 7–11 | Croatia | Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Balfanbayev (KAZ), Melliar (RSA) |
| Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Balfanbayev (KAZ), Melliar (RSA) |||

#### Quarterfinals

| 29 September 2000 19:15 | Spain | 9–8 | Croatia | Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Prikhodko (KAZ), Clemencon (FRA) |
| Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Prikhodko (KAZ), Clemencon (FRA) |||

#### Classification 5th–8th

| 30 September 2000 19:00 | United States | 9–8 | Croatia | Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Moliner Molins (ESP), Clemencon (FRA) |
| Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Moliner Molins (ESP), Clemencon (FRA) |||

#### Classification 7th–8th

| 1 October 2000 11:30 | Croatia | 10–8 | Australia | Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Boyer (USA), Turcotte (CAN) |
| Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Boyer (USA), Turcotte (CAN) |||

#### Roster

* Siniša Školneković
* Elvis Fatović
* Dubravko Šimenc
* Ognjen Kržić
* Ratko Štritof
* Mile Smodlaka
* Ivo Ivaniš
* Alen Bošković
* Samir Barač
* Igor Hinić
* Frano Vićan
* Vjekoslav Kobešćak
* Višeslav Sarić

## Weightlifting

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Nikolay Peshalov | Men's 62 kg | 150.0 | 1 | 175.0 OR | 2 | 325.0 | |