# Croatia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | 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 Šuster | Handball | Men's Team Competition |
| Silver | Maro Balić Damir Glavan Igor Hinić Vjekoslav Kobešćak Joško Kreković Ognjen Kržić Siniša Školneković Ratko Štritof Tino Vegar Renato Vrbičić Zdeslav Vrdoljak Perica Bukić Dubravko Šimenc | Water polo | Men's Team Competition |

## Athletics
### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Branko Zorko | 1500 m | 3:37.35 | 6 Q | — | — | 3:35.14 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

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

## Basketball
### 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 round

The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States (H) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 522 | 345 | +177 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Lithuania | 5 | 3 | 2 | 427 | 354 | +73 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Croatia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 422 | 386 | +36 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | China | 5 | 2 | 3 | 360 | 502 | −142 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Argentina | 5 | 2 | 3 | 351 | 396 | −45 | 7 | 9th place playoff |
| 6 | Angola | 5 | 0 | 5 | 280 | 379 | −99 | 5 | 11th place playoff |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Lithuania 1–0 Croatia
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: China 1–0 Argentina
* 20 July 1996 (1996-07-20)
* Report
| Lithuania | 83–81 (OT) | Croatia |
| Scoring by half: 37–31, 29–35 Overtime: 6–6, 11–9 |||
| Pts: Sabonis 20 Rebs: Sabonis 14 Asts: Vaišvila 6 | | Pts: Kukoč 33 Rebs: Rađa 12 Asts: Kukoč 6 |
* Atlanta Referees: Miguel Betancor Leon (ESP), Jose Lapaix Guance (DOM)
* 22 July 1996 (1996-07-22)
* Report
| Croatia | 109–78 | China |
| Scoring by half: 56–44, 53–34 |||
| Pts: Komazec 36 Rebs: Vranković 9 Asts: Kukoč 12 | | Pts: Wang, Zheng 15 Rebs: Gong 8 Asts: Sun 6 |
* Atlanta Referees: Jose Pelissari (BRA), Kim Chul-Hwan (KOR)
* 24 July 1996 (1996-07-24)
* Report
| Croatia | 71–48 | Angola |
| Scoring by half: 26–23, 45–25 |||
| Pts: Rađa 20 Rebs: Rađa 9 Asts: Kukoč 6 | | Pts: Â. Victoriano, Dias 10 Rebs: Dias 12 Asts: Avô 2 |
* Atlanta Referees: Hidetoshi Ishida (JPN), Serguei Boulanov (RUS)
* 26 July 1996 (1996-07-26)
* Report
| Argentina | 75–90 | Croatia |
| Scoring by half: 29–43, 46–47 |||
| Pts: Espil 17 Rebs: Osella 6 Asts: Milanesio 5 | | Pts: Komazec 28 Rebs: Kukoč 8 Asts: Komazec, Mulaomerović 3 |
* Atlanta Referees: Jose Piovesan Neto (BRA), Pascal Noel Dorizon (FRA)
* 28 July 1996 (1996-07-28)
* Report
| Croatia | 71–102 | United States |
| Scoring by half: 38–57, 33–45 |||
| Pts: Tabak 19 Rebs: Tabak 7 Asts: Kukoč 10 | | Pts: Richmond 16 Rebs: Barkley 12 Asts: Payton 7 |
* Atlanta Referees: Robert Barnett (AUS), Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

#### Quarterfinals

* 30 July 1996 (1996-07-30) 20:00
* Report
| Australia | 73–71 | Croatia |
| Scoring by half: 41–33, 32–38 |||
| Pts: Gaze 26 Rebs: Heal, Bradtke 5 Asts: Heal 7 | | Pts: Alanović 18 Rebs: Vranković 11 Asts: Kukoč 8 |
* Atlanta Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Juan Figueroa (PUR)

#### 5th–8th place

* 1 August 1996 (1996-08-01) 12:00
* Report
| Brazil | 80–74 | Croatia |
| Scoring by half: 39–27, 41–47 |||
| Pts: Schmidt 32 Rebs: dos Santos, Janjao 7 Asts: Ratto 7 | | Pts: Tabak 18 Rebs: Tabak 8 Asts: Kukoč 5 |
* Atlanta Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU), Jose Reyes Ronfini (MEX)

#### 7th–8th place

* 2 August 1996 (1996-08-02) 20:00
* Report
| China | 85–99 | Croatia |
| Scoring by half: 39–49, 46–50 |||
| Pts: Hu 22 Rebs: Gong 9 Asts: Li, Sun 5 | | Pts: Kukoč 26 Rebs: Kukoč 10 Asts: Kukoč 8 |
* Atlanta Referees: Robert Barnett (AUS), Raul Chaves Sagel (ARG)

## Boxing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | 1 Round | 2 Round | 3 Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Stipe Drviš | Light-Heavyweight | John Douglas (GUY) W RSC-2 | Timur Ibragimov (UZB) W 10-9 | — | Lee Seung-Bae (KOR) L 11-14 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |

## Canoeing
### Slalom

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Heats | Repechages | Repechages | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 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
### Artistic
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank |
| Aleksej Demjanov | Individual all-around | 18.700 | 16.550 | 19.075 | 18.675 | 18.437 | 17.325 | 108.762 | 57 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Handball
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| Sweden | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 94 | +37 | 10 |
| Croatia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 132 | 122 | +10 | 8 |
| Russia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 137 | 106 | +31 | 6 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 126 | 115 | +11 | 4 |
| United States | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 111 | 142 | −31 | 2 |
| Kuwait | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 100 | 158 | −58 | 0 |

### Semifinals

| August 2 ~20:30 | France | 20–24 | Croatia | Referees: Hogsnes/Oeie (NOR) |
| August 2 ~20:30 | Stoecklin 8 | (8-12) | Cavar 8 | Referees: Hogsnes/Oeie (NOR) |

### Final

| August 4 ~16:30 | Sweden | 26–27 | Croatia | Referees: Gallego Santos/Lamas Perez (ESP) |
| August 4 ~16:30 | Thorsson 8 | (11-16) | Perkovac, Smajlagic, Jovic 6 | Referees: Gallego Santos/Lamas Perez (ESP) |

### Roster
## Rowing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals C-D | Semifinals C-D | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | BYE | BYE | 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 | BYE | BYE | 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
### 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 | 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
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Roman Špirelja | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 582 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Roman Špirelja | 10 m air rifle | 570 | 43 | 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 | 572 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mladenka Malenica | 10 m air rifle | 390 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mirela Skoko Ćelić | 25 m pistol | 561 | 36 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mirela Skoko Ćelić | 10 m air pistol | 381 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Suzana Skoko | 50 m rifle three positions | 578 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Suzana Skoko | 10 m air rifle | 389 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final B | Final B | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Krešimir Čač | 200 metre individual medley | 2:06.97 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Krešimir Čač | 400 metre individual medley | 4:34.02 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dominik Galić | 200 metre butterfly | 2:01.17 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marijan Kanjer | 100 metre freestyle | 51.76 | 41 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tomislav Karlo | 100 metre backstroke | 57.89 | 36 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Miloš Milošević | 100 metre butterfly | 54.62 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marko Strahija | 200 metre backstroke | 2:01.95 | 14 Q | 2:01.84 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Miroslav Vučetić | 200 metre freestyle | 1:51.26 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Miroslav Vučetić | 400 metre freestyle | 3:59.20 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Miroslav Vučetić Miloš Milošević Alen Lončar Marijan Kanjer | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:26.02 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gordan Kožulj Miroslav Vučetić Marijan Kanjer Marko Strahija | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:43.69 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tomislav Karlo Krešimir Čač Miloš Milošević Miroslav Vučetić | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:50.09 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final B | Final B | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Tinka Dančević | 200 metre butterfly | 2:20.74 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gabrijela Ujčić | 50 metre freestyle | 27.63 | 46 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gabrijela Ujčić | 100 metre freestyle | 59.92 | 45 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gabrijela Ujčić | 100 metre butterfly | 1:06.85 | 42 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Group round | Group round | Group round | Group round | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Bronze medal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Zoran Primorac | Men's singles | Werner Schlager (AUT) W 2 – 0 | Zoltán Bátorfi (HUN) W 2 – 1 | Hamad Al-Hammadi (QAT) W 2 – 0 | 1 Q | Jean-Michel Saive (BEL) L 0 – 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Zoran Primorac Damir Atiković | Men's doubles | Lü Lin Wang Tao (CHN) L 0 – 2 | Ding Yi Qian Qianli (AUT) L 0 – 2 | Paul Langley Russ Lavale (AUS) W 2 – 1 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Group round | Group round | Group round | Group round | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Bronze medal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Tamara Boroš | Women's singles | Nicole Struse (GER) L 0 – 2 | Taeko Todo (JPN) L 0 – 2 | Sonia Touati (TUN) W 2 – 0 | 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 | Kim Moo-Kyo Park Kyung-Ae (KOR) L 0 – 2 | Fumiyo Kaizu Rika Sato (JPN) L 0 – 2 | Monica Doti Lyanne Kosaka (BRA) W 2 – 0 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## 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 | Marcos Ondruska (RSA) L 2:6, 4:6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Goran Ivanišević Saša Hiršzon | Doubles | — | Emanuel Couto Bernardo Mota (POR) W 7:6, 7:6 | Mark Knowles Roger Smith (BAH) W 7:6, 6:3 | Marc-Kevin Goellner David Prinosil (GER) L 2:6, 3:6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |

### 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 | Nicole Bradtke (AUS) W 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 | Virginia Ruano-Pascual (ESP) W 7-5, 6-3 | Karina Habšudová (SVK) W 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 | Lindsay Davenport (USA) L 5-7, 3-6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |
| Iva Majoli Maja Murić | Doubles | — | Silvia Farina Laura Golarsa (ITA) W 7:6, 4-6, 9-7 | Conchita Martínez Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP) L 2:6, 1-6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

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

| | Team | Points | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff |
| 1. | Italy | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 38 | +10 |
| 2. | United States | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 37 | +8 |
| 3. | Croatia | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 39 | +12 |
| 4. | Greece | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 38 | –1 |
| 5. | Romania | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 45 | –14 |
| 6. | Ukraine | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 48 | –15 |
* Saturday July 20, 1996
| Croatia | 8 – 5 | Greece |
* Sunday July 21, 1996
| Croatia | 11 – 6 | Romania |
* Monday July 22, 1996
| Italy | 10 – 8 | Croatia |
* Tuesday July 23, 1996
| Croatia | 16 – 8 | Ukraine |
* Wednesday July 24, 1996
| United States | 10 – 8 | Croatia |

### Quarterfinals

* Friday July 26, 1996
| Yugoslavia | 6 – 8 | Croatia |

### Semifinals

* Saturday July 27, 1996
| Croatia | 7 – 6 | Italy |

### Finals

* Sunday July 28, 1996 — Silver medal
| Spain | 7 – 5 | Croatia |

### Roster
## Wrestling
### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Stipe Damjanović | −100 kg | Mohamed Basri (MAR) W 6-0 | Mikael Ljungberg (SWE) L 0-5 | Urs Bürgler (SUI) W 6-3 | Teymuraz Edisherashvili (RUS) L 0-5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 10 |