Croatia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Croatia at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Croatia at the; 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CRO
NOC	Croatian Olympic Committee
Website	www.hoo.hr (in Croatian and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors	84 (75 men and 9 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Perica Bukić
Medals; Ranked 45th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	Austria (1900); Yugoslavia (1920–1988)

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

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		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

Field events

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

Basketball

Men's tournament

Roster

Preliminary round

The four best teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Pos	Team v t e	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^[a]
3	Croatia	5	3	2	422	386	+36	8^[a]
4	China	5	2	3	360	502	−142	7^[b]
5	Argentina	5	2	3	351	396	−45	7^[b]	9th place playoff
6	Angola	5	0	5	280	379	−99	5	11th place playoff

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Lithuania 1–0 Croatia
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: China 1–0 Argentina

20 July 1996

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

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

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

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

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
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
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
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
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		5

Canoeing

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary				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		Repechages		Semifinals		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								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		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

Handball

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary round

Group A

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

Semifinals

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

Final

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

Roster

Gold medal

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals C-D		Semifinals		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		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		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											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		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Roman Špirelja	25 m rapid fire pistol	582	16	Did not advance
Roman Špirelja	10 m air rifle	570	43	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Mladenka Malenica	50 m rifle three positions	572	28	Did not advance
Mladenka Malenica	10 m air rifle	390	20	Did not advance
Mirela Skoko Ćelić	25 m pistol	561	36	Did not advance
Mirela Skoko Ćelić	10 m air pistol	381	10	Did not advance
Suzana Skoko	50 m rifle three positions	578	12	Did not advance
Suzana Skoko	10 m air rifle	389	25	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

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

Women

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

Table tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Group round				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Bronze medal	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
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

Women

Athlete	Event	Group round				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Bronze medal	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
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

Tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	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
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		5

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	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		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

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
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			10

References

[table_hth_LTU0.093233701816403-1] Head-to-head record: Lithuania 1–0 Croatia

[table_hth_CHN0.093233701816403-2] Head-to-head record: China 1–0 Argentina

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