Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

in Athens

Athens

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, Greece

Greece

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. The team included 81 athletes in 14 sports, 30 members of expert teams, six Olympic Mission members, as well as three doctors and seven physiotherapists, organized by the Croatian Olympic Committee.

The flag of Croatia at the opening ceremony was carried by noted water polo player Dubravko Šimenc, who participated in three previous Olympic Games and won two medals, as well as various other medals in other tournaments.

The flag of Croatia at the closing ceremony was carried by noted rower Siniša Skelin, who won a silver medal on these Olympic Games and participated in the two previous Olympic Games and won one other medal.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
	Davor Dominiković Davor Dominikovic Davor Dominiković is a Croatian handball player. He is World champion from 2003 with the Croatian national team, and Olympic champion from 2004. He received a silver medal at the 2005 World championship, and a silver medal at the 2008 European championship.-Club player:Dominiković is currently...   Mirza Džomba Mirza Džomba Mirza Džomba is a retired Croatian handball player, World champion and Olympic champion.-Career:Džomba began his career by his hometown club RK Zamet Rijeka, where he stayed until 1996, when he signed to RK Zagreb. He spent five years with the capital team, winning the national championship and...   Slavko Goluža Slavko Goluža Slavko Goluža is a retired Croatian team handball player. He is the coach of the Croatia national handball team....   Nikša Kaleb Nikša Kaleb Nikša Kaleb is a Croatian handball player. He is World champion from 2003 with the Croatian national team, and Olympic champion from 2004. He received a silver medal at the 2005 World championship, and a silver medal at the 2008 European championship.-References:...   Blaženko Lacković Blaženko Lackovic Blaženko Lacković is a Croatian handball player. He is World champion from 2003 with the Croatian national team, and Olympic champion from 2004...   Venio Losert  Valter Matošević Valter Matoševic Valter Matošević is a Croatian team handball player at the goalkeeper position. He played for professional teams in Germany, Spain, Denmark:*2005–2007 HSG Wetzlar*2007–2008 Portland San Antonio.*2008–2009 FCK Håndbold...   Petar Metličić Petar Metlicic Petar Metličić is a Croatian handball player. He was captain of the Croatian national team which won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens as well as the 2003 World Handball Championship in Portugal...   Vlado Šola Vlado Šola Vlado Šola is a retired Croatian team handball player. He was born in Prisoje, near Tomislavgrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and his family moved to Croatia when he was young....   Denis Špoljarić Denis Špoljaric Denis Špoljarić is a Croatian handball player. He is World champion from 2003 with the Croatian national team, and Olympic champion from 2004. He received a silver medal at the 2005 World championship, and a silver medal at the 2008 European championship.-References:...   Goran Šprem Goran Šprem Goran Šprem is a Croatian handball player.Šprem started his professional career with RK Zagreb in the late 1990s. He also spent a season with RK Medveščak Zagreb in 2001 and 2002, before returning to RK Zagreb for a second spell with the club between 2002 and 2004...   Igor Vori Igor Vori Igor Vori is a Croatian handball player. He is World champion from 2003 with the Croatian national team, and Olympic champion from 2004. He received a silver medal at the 2005 World championship, and a silver medal at the 2008 European championship, where he also was voted Best defensive player...   Drago Vuković Drago Vukovic Drago Vuković , is a Croatian handball player. He is Olympic champion from 2004 with the Croatian national team, and he received a silver medal at the 2008 European championship. He is the twin brother of the soccer player, the goalkeeper of RNK Split, Andrija Vuković.-External links:*...   Vedran Zrnić Vedran Zrnic Vedran Zrnić is a Croatian handball player. He is World champion from 2003 with the Croatian national team, and Olympic champion from 2004. He received a silver medal at the 2005 World championship.-References:...	Handball Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics had a men's and a women's team competitions with the preliminary rounds taking place in the Sports Pavilion at the Faliro Coastal Zone Olympic Complex...	Men's Team Competition
		Swimming Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...	Men's 50m Freestyle
	Nikša Skelin Nikša Skelin Nikša Skelin is a Croatian rower who has won two Olympic medals. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens he won a silver medal in coxless pairs with his older brother Siniša.-External links:*...	Rowing Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre and featured 550 competitors taking part in 14 events....	Men's Coxless Pairs
	Ivan Ljubičić Ivan Ljubicic ----Ivan Ljubičić is a Croatian tennis player born in Bosnia and Herzegovina . His career-high ATP ranking to date has been no. 3, and he stands at no. 37....	Tennis Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place on ten separate courts at the Olympic Tennis Centre. The surface was hardcourt, specifically DecoTurf....	Men's Doubles
		Weightlifting Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, fifteen events in weightlifting were contested, in eight classes for men and seven for women. Competition was held in the Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall.-Doping:...	Men's Lightweight (69 kg)

Athletics

Men's 110 m Hurdles

• Jurica Grabušić
  Jurica Grabušić
  Jurica Grabušić is a Croatian athlete who specializes in the 110 metre hurdles. A double Olympic competitor in his event, he also participated in bobsleigh at the 2006 Olympic Games.-Early career:...
  
   — Round 1, 13.87 s (did not advance)

Men's 1,500 metres

• Branko Zorko
  Branko Zorko
  Branko Zorko is a Croatian middle distance runner, a notable 1500 m competitor in the 1990s. Probably his biggest accomplishment is winning the first international medal for the country of Croatia, winning a bronze medal at the 1992 European Indoor Athletics Championships...
  
   — Round 1, 3:48.28 (did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Siniša Ergotić
  Siniša Ergotic
  Siniša Ergotić is a Croatian long jumper.He won the gold medal the 2001 Mediterranean Games in Tunis and the silver medal at the 2002 European Championships in Athletics in Munich...
  
   — Round 1, 7.77 metres (did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Nedžad Mulabegović
  Nedžad Mulabegovic
  Nedžad Mulabegović is a Croatian shot putter. His personal best throw is 20.56 metres, achieved in July 2010 in Barcelona, Spain....
  
   — Round 1, 19.07 metres (did not advance)
• Edis Elkasević
  Edis Elkasevic
  Edis Elkasević is a Croatian shot putter.He won the 2002 World Junior Championships. He did not quite adapt to an international senior level, but competed at the 2004 Olympic Games and the 2005 World Championships without reaching the final.His personal best throw is 20.94 metres, achieved in June...
  
   — Round 1, 18.44 metres (did not advance)

Men's Discus

• Dragan Mustapić
  Dragan Mustapić
  Dragan Mustapić is a male discus thrower from Croatia. His personal best throw was 64.40 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Ljubljana. He also had 18.35 metres in the shot put, achieved in July 2005 in Zagreb....
  
   — Round 1, 54.66 metres (did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Edi Ponos
  Edi Ponoš
  Edi Ponoš is a male javelin thrower from Croatia. His personal best throw was 77.95 metres, achieved in June 2004 in Ljubljana....
  
   — Round 1, 71.43 metres (did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Andras Haklits
  András Haklits
  András Haklits is a Croatian hammer thrower. He represented Hungary until July 1998.He finished tenth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and eighth at the 2008 Olympic Games...
  
   — Round 1, 74.43 metres (did not advance)

Women's High Jump

• Blanka Vlašić
  Blanka Vlašic
  Blanka Vlašić is a Croatian athlete who specialises in the high jump. She is the current Croatian record holder in the event, and also the current indoorWorld Champion. The daughter of Croatian decathlon record holder Joško Vlašić, she was a talented junior athlete and attended her first Olympic...
  
   — finals, 1.93m, 11th place

Women's Discus

• Vera Begić
  Vera Begic
  Vera Begić is Croatian athlete specialized in discus throwing discipline. Since Vera's mother Jadranka Antunović also was a successful athlete and member of the national team in the former Yugoslavia , Vera has been connected to athletics from the early childhood...
  
   — Round 1: 57.31 metres

Women's Hammer Throw

• Ivana Brkljačić
  Ivana Brkljacic
  Ivana Brkljačić is a former female hammer thrower from Croatia.She achieved good results as a teenager, winning the World Junior Championships twice and finishing 11th in the 2000 Olympic finals at the age of 17...
  
   — 68.21 m, 13th place
• Sanja Gavrilović
  Sanja Gavrilovic
  Sanja Gavrilović is a female hammer thrower from Croatia. Her personal best throw is 70.07 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Ljubljana.-Achievements:-References:...
  
   — Round 1: 56.79 metres

Boxing

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Marijo Šivolija
  Marijo Šivolija
  Marijo Šivolija-Jelica is a Croatian amateur boxer best known to medal repeatedly in international competition at light heavyweight.-Career:In 2003 he won a silver medal at the European Championships....
  
  
• Round of 32 — Lost to Edgar Muñoz
  Edgar Muñoz
  Edgar Ramón Muñoz Mata is a boxer from Venezuela, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native South American country.Muñoz won the bronze medal in the same division in 2003 at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo...
  
   of Venezuela
  Venezuela
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  , 31-23

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

• Vedran Djipalo
• Round of 16 — Lost to Adam Forsyth
  Adam Forsyth
  Adam Forsyth is an Australian amateur boxer who competed at the 2004 Olympics in the men's heavyweight division....
  
   of Australia
  Australia
  Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
  
  , 32-22

Canoeing

Men's C1 500 metres:

• Emanuel Horvatiček
  Emanuel Horvaticek
  Emanuel Horvatiček is a Croatian sprint canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, but eliminated in the semfinals of the C-1 500 m and the C-1 1000 m events....
  
   — semifinal, 19th place

Men's C1 1000 metres:

• Emanuel Horvaticek — semifinal, 18th place

Men's C1 Slalom:

• Danko Herceg
  Danko Herceg
  Danko Herceg is a Croatian slalom canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the mid 2000s. He was junior world champion in 1990, and he won a silver medal in the C-1 team event at the 1995 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Nottingham.Herceg also competed in four Summer Olympics, earning...
  
   — semifinal, 12th place

Men's K1 Slalom:

• Dinko Mulic
  Dinko Mulic
  Dinko Mulić is a Croatian slalom canoer who competed in the mid 2000s. Competing in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens in the K-1 event, he finished twenty-second in the qualification round, failing to progress to the semifinals....
  
   — preliminary heats, 22nd place

Equestrian

Individual Eventing

• Pepo Puch riding Banville d'Ivoy — third round, 63rd place

Handball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round
• Defeated Island (34:30)
• Defeated Slovenia (27:26)
• Defeated South Korea (29:26)
• Defeated Russia (26:25)
• Defeated Spain (30:22)
• Quarter Finals
• Defeated Greece (33:27)
• Semi Finals
• Defeated Hungary (33:31)
• Final
• Defeated Germany (26:24) → Gold Medal
• Team Roster
• Ivano Balić
• Davor Dominiković
  Davor Dominikovic
  Davor Dominiković is a Croatian handball player. He is World champion from 2003 with the Croatian national team, and Olympic champion from 2004. He received a silver medal at the 2005 World championship, and a silver medal at the 2008 European championship.-Club player:Dominiković is currently...
  
  
• Mirza Džomba
  Mirza Džomba
  Mirza Džomba is a retired Croatian handball player, World champion and Olympic champion.-Career:Džomba began his career by his hometown club RK Zamet Rijeka, where he stayed until 1996, when he signed to RK Zagreb. He spent five years with the capital team, winning the national championship and...
  
  
• Slavko Goluža
  Slavko Goluža
  Slavko Goluža is a retired Croatian team handball player. He is the coach of the Croatia national handball team....
  
  
• Nikša Kaleb
  Nikša Kaleb
  Nikša Kaleb is a Croatian handball player. He is World champion from 2003 with the Croatian national team, and Olympic champion from 2004. He received a silver medal at the 2005 World championship, and a silver medal at the 2008 European championship.-References:...
  
  
• Blaženko Lacković
  Blaženko Lackovic
  Blaženko Lacković is a Croatian handball player. He is World champion from 2003 with the Croatian national team, and Olympic champion from 2004...
  
  
• Venio Losert
• Valter Matošević
  Valter Matoševic
  Valter Matošević is a Croatian team handball player at the goalkeeper position. He played for professional teams in Germany, Spain, Denmark:*2005–2007 HSG Wetzlar*2007–2008 Portland San Antonio.*2008–2009 FCK Håndbold...
  
  
• Petar Metličić
  Petar Metlicic
  Petar Metličić is a Croatian handball player. He was captain of the Croatian national team which won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens as well as the 2003 World Handball Championship in Portugal...
  
  
• Vlado Šola
  Vlado Šola
  Vlado Šola is a retired Croatian team handball player. He was born in Prisoje, near Tomislavgrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and his family moved to Croatia when he was young....
  
  
• Denis Špoljarić
  Denis Špoljaric
  Denis Špoljarić is a Croatian handball player. He is World champion from 2003 with the Croatian national team, and Olympic champion from 2004. He received a silver medal at the 2005 World championship, and a silver medal at the 2008 European championship.-References:...
  
  
• Goran Šprem
  Goran Šprem
  Goran Šprem is a Croatian handball player.Šprem started his professional career with RK Zagreb in the late 1990s. He also spent a season with RK Medveščak Zagreb in 2001 and 2002, before returning to RK Zagreb for a second spell with the club between 2002 and 2004...
  
  
• Igor Vori
  Igor Vori
  Igor Vori is a Croatian handball player. He is World champion from 2003 with the Croatian national team, and Olympic champion from 2004. He received a silver medal at the 2005 World championship, and a silver medal at the 2008 European championship, where he also was voted Best defensive player...
  
  
• Drago Vuković
  Drago Vukovic
  Drago Vuković , is a Croatian handball player. He is Olympic champion from 2004 with the Croatian national team, and he received a silver medal at the 2008 European championship. He is the twin brother of the soccer player, the goalkeeper of RNK Split, Andrija Vuković.-External links:*...
  
  
• Vedran Zrnić
  Vedran Zrnic
  Vedran Zrnić is a Croatian handball player. He is World champion from 2003 with the Croatian national team, and Olympic champion from 2004. He received a silver medal at the 2005 World championship.-References:...
  
  
• Head Coach: Lino Červar
  Lino Cervar
  Lino Červar is a Croatian handball coach who is currently coaching the Macedonian handball team RK Metalurg Skopje and a politician, and former member of the Croatian Parliament.-Career as handball coach:...
  
  

Rowing

Men's Pair

• Siniša
  Siniša Skelin
  Siniša Skelin is a Croatian rower who has won two Olympic medals. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens he won a silver medal in coxless pairs with his younger brother Nikša.-External links:*...
  
   and Nikša Skelin
  Nikša Skelin
  Nikša Skelin is a Croatian rower who has won two Olympic medals. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens he won a silver medal in coxless pairs with his older brother Siniša.-External links:*...
  
  : 6:32.64 — 2nd place — silver medal

Men's Coxless Fours

• Damir Vučičić, Igor Boraska
  Igor Boraska
  Igor Boraska is a Croatian rower who won a bronze medal in the eights competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.- Rowing career :...
  
  , Petar Milin and Marko Dragičević: 5:57.36 — 12th place

Sailing

Finn Class:

• Karlo Kuret — 4th place

Laser Class:

• Mate Arapov
  Mate Arapov
  Mate Arapov , is a Croatian sailor who competes in the Laser, Finn and Star classes.A member of JK Mornar sailing club, Arapov sailed for Croatia in the Laser class at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics...
  
   — 14th place

Men's 470 Class:

• Tomislav Bašić and Petar Cupać — 19th place

Shooting

Women's 10 m Air Pistol

• Mirela Skoko-Ćelić — 15th place

Women's 25 m Pistol

• Mirela Skoko-Ćelić — 27th place

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Duje Draganja
  Duje Draganja
  Duje Draganja |Split]]) is a swimmer from Croatia who won the silver medal in the men's 50 meter freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece....
  
  
• Heat — 22.28
• Semi Final — 22.19
• Final — 21.94 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Duje Draganja
  Duje Draganja
  Duje Draganja |Split]]) is a swimmer from Croatia who won the silver medal in the men's 50 meter freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece....
  
  
• Heat — 49.07
• Semi Final — 49.14
• Final — 49.23 (→ 6th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Mario Delač
  Mario Delac
  Mario Delač is a freestyle swimmer from Croatia, who made his Olympic debut for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he competed in the 200 m Freestyle, and as a member of the 4x100 m Freestyle Relay Team.-External links:*...
  
  
• Heat — 1:55.82 (→ did not advance, 54th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

• Nenad Buljan
  Nenad Buljan
  Nenad Buljan is a freestyle swimmer from Croatia, who made his Olympic debut for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he competed in the 400 m and 1500 m Freestyle, but was eliminated in the heats of both events.-External links:*...
  
  
• Heat — 4:02.76 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

• Nenad Buljan
  Nenad Buljan
  Nenad Buljan is a freestyle swimmer from Croatia, who made his Olympic debut for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he competed in the 400 m and 1500 m Freestyle, but was eliminated in the heats of both events.-External links:*...
  
  
• Heat — 15:56.54 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Duje Draganja
  Duje Draganja
  Duje Draganja |Split]]) is a swimmer from Croatia who won the silver medal in the men's 50 meter freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece....
  
  
• Heat — 52.56
• Semi Final — 52.74
• Final — 52.46 (→ 7th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Gordan Kožulj
  Gordan Kožulj
  Gordan Kožulj is a former backstroke swimmer from Croatia, who competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996....
  
  
• Heat — 55.80
• Semi Final — 56.02 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Gordan Kožulj
  Gordan Kožulj
  Gordan Kožulj is a former backstroke swimmer from Croatia, who competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996....
  
  
• Heat — 2:00.94
• Semi Final — 1:59.61 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Vanja Rogulj
  Vanja Rogulj
  Vanja Rogulj is a 3-time Olympics breaststroke swimmer from Croatia. He swam for Croatia at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics....
  
  
• Heat — 1:03.16 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Vanja Rogulj
  Vanja Rogulj
  Vanja Rogulj is a 3-time Olympics breaststroke swimmer from Croatia. He swam for Croatia at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics....
  
  
• Heat — 2:18.81 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Krešimir Čač
  Krešimir Cac
  Krešimir Čač is a butterfly and medley swimmer from Croatia, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996. He retired from swimming in 2008....
  
  
• Heat — 2:05.33 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

• Saša Imprić
  Saša Impric
  Saša Imprić is a medley swimmer from Croatia, who made his Olympic debut for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he was eliminated in the qualifying heats of the 400 m Individual Medley....
  
  
• Heat — 4:32.02 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

• Duje Draganja
  Duje Draganja
  Duje Draganja |Split]]) is a swimmer from Croatia who won the silver medal in the men's 50 meter freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece....
  
  , Mario Delač
  Mario Delac
  Mario Delač is a freestyle swimmer from Croatia, who made his Olympic debut for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he competed in the 200 m Freestyle, and as a member of the 4x100 m Freestyle Relay Team.-External links:*...
  
  , Ivan Mladina
  Ivan Mladina
  Ivan Mladina is a freestyle swimmer from Croatia, who made his Olympic debut for his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There he was eliminated in the qualifying heats of the Men's 100 m Butterfly, as well as in the 4x100 m Freestyle Relay...
  
  , and Igor Čerenšek
  Igor Cerenšek
  Igor Čerenšek is a freestyle swimmer from Croatia, who made his Olympic debut for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he was eliminated in the qualifying heats of the Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay, alongside Duje Draganja, Mario Delač and Ivan Mladina...
  
  
• Heat — 3:21.01 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

• Petra Banović
  Petra Banovic
  Petra Banović is a freestyle and medley swimmer from Croatia, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in Sydney 2000. She graduated from Arizona State University in 2004 as an honor student.-External links:*...
  
  
• Heat — 2:04.24 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

• Anita Galić
  Anita Galic
  Anita Galić is a freestyle swimmer from Croatia, who made her Olympic debut for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-External links:*...
  
  
• Heat — 4:26.09 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Women's 800m Freestyle

• Anita Galić
  Anita Galic
  Anita Galić is a freestyle swimmer from Croatia, who made her Olympic debut for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-External links:*...
  
  
• Heat — 9:10.91 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

• Sanja Jovanović
  Sanja Jovanovic
  Sanja Jovanović is a female backstroke swimmer from Croatia, who made her Olympic debut for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There she competed in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke, where she finished in 17th and 13th position...
  
  
• Heat — 1:02.47 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

• Sanja Jovanović
  Sanja Jovanovic
  Sanja Jovanović is a female backstroke swimmer from Croatia, who made her Olympic debut for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There she competed in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke, where she finished in 17th and 13th position...
  
  
• Heat — 2:15.01
• Semi Final — 2:13.76 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Women's 100m Breaststroke

• Smiljana Marinović
  Smiljana Marinovic
  Smiljana Marinović is a breaststroke swimmer from Croatia, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in Sydney 2000.-External links:*...
  
  
• Heat — 1:11.00 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 200m Breaststroke

• Smiljana Marinović
  Smiljana Marinovic
  Smiljana Marinović is a breaststroke swimmer from Croatia, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in Sydney 2000.-External links:*...
  
  
• Heat — 2:32.52 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

• Petra Banović
  Petra Banovic
  Petra Banović is a freestyle and medley swimmer from Croatia, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in Sydney 2000. She graduated from Arizona State University in 2004 as an honor student.-External links:*...
  
  
• Heat — 2:20.83 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Table tennis

Women's couples:

• Kim/Kim (KOR) def. Tamara Boroš
  Tamara Boroš
  Tamara Boroš is a female table tennis player competing for Croatia. She has been one of the relatively rare European players who competes at the highest level of the sport together with the players from Far East....
  
   & Kornelija Vaida — 0:4, quarterfinals

Women's singles:

• Zhang Yining
  Zhang Yining
  Zhang Yining is a female Chinese table tennis player. She is considered one of the greatest female table tennis players in the history of the sport.-History:...
  
   (CHN) def. Tamara Boroš
  Tamara Boroš
  Tamara Boroš is a female table tennis player competing for Croatia. She has been one of the relatively rare European players who competes at the highest level of the sport together with the players from Far East....
  
   — 0:4, quarterfinals

Men's singles:

• Zoran Primorac
  Zoran Primorac
  Zoran Primorac is an accomplished male table tennis player from Croatia. He is considered to be among the best European players in the last 25 years .-Biography:Primorac was born in Zadar and started playing...
  
  
• 2nd round — Zoran Primorac — Srđan Miličević (BiH) 4-1 (-8, 6, 7, 8, 8)
• 3rd round — Zoran Primorac — Ma Lin (CHN) 1-4 (-5, -3, -3, 9, -5)

Tennis

Men's doubles:

• Mario Ančić
  Mario Ancic
  Mario Ančić is a retired Croatian professional tennis player. He won three singles titles and five doubles titles. His highest international ranking came during the 2006 ATP Tour, when he reached no. 7 in singles...
  
   & Ivan Ljubičić
  Ivan Ljubicic
  ----Ivan Ljubičić is a Croatian tennis player born in Bosnia and Herzegovina . His career-high ATP ranking to date has been no. 3, and he stands at no. 37....
  
  
• 1st round: Ančić/Ljubičić — Bjorkman/J. Johansson (SWE) WO
• 2nd round: Ančić/Ljubičić — Damm/Suk (CZE) 7-6 (6), 6-7 (2), 7-5
• quarterfinals: Ančić/Ljubičić — Llodra/Santoro (FRA) 4-6, 6-3, 9-7
• semifinals: Ančić/Ljubičić — Gonzalez/Massu (CHI) 5-7, 6-4, 4-6
• for bronze: Ančić/Ljubičić — Bhupati/Paes (IND) 7-6 (5), 4-6, 16-14

Men's singles:

• Mario Ančić
• 1st round: Mario Ančić — Tommy Haas (GER) 1-6, 5-7
• Ivan Ljubičić
• 1st round: Ivan Ljubičić — Sargis Sargsian (ARM) 6-3, 6-4
• 2nd round: Ivan Ljubičić — Joachim Johansson (SWE) 7-6 (3), 6-4
• 3rd round: Ivan Ljubičić — Taylor Dent (USA) 4-6, 4-6
• Ivo Karlović
  Ivo Karlovic
  Ivo Karlović is a Croatian tennis player. He has won four ATP singles titles: three in 2007 and one in 2008. Karlović is the tallest player ever on the ATP Tour at 208 cm . He is a serve-and-volleyer, Karlovic holds the fastest serve recorded in professional tennis, measured at 251 km/h ...
  
  
• 1st round: Ivo Karlović — Andrei Pavel (ROM) 6-4, 6-7 (10), 6-2
• 2nd round: Ivo Karlović — Arnaud Clement (FRA) 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-4
• 3rd round: Ivo Karlović — Carlos Moya (ESP) 6-4, 6-7 (3), 4-6

Women's doubles:

• Jelena Kostanić
  Jelena Kostanic
  Jelena Kostanić Tošić is a retired professional female tennis player from Croatia. On July 26, 2004 she reached her career-high singles ranking: World No. 32...
  
   & Karolina Šprem
  Karolina Šprem
  Karolina Šprem was a Croatian tennis player.She has won eight titles all at the ITF level. She has not won any titles on the WTA Tour. Career highlight is a quarterfinal appearance at Wimbledon in 2004 where she defeated two-time champion, four-time finalist and then-world No...
  
  
• 1st round: Kostanić/Sprem — Prakusya/Widjaja (IND) 6-3, 6-2
• 2nd round: Kostanić/Šprem — Asagoe/Sugiyama (JAP) 3-6, 5-7

Women's singles

• Jelena Kostanić
• 1. round: Jelena Kostanić — Kristina Brandi (PUE) 5-7, 1-6
• Karolina Šprem
• 1st round: Karolina Šprem — Gisela Dulko (ARG) 7-6 (6), 7-5
• 2nd round: Karolina Šprem — Angelique Widjaja (INA) 6-3, 6-1
• 3rd round: Karolina Šprem — Ai Sugiyama (JAP) 6-7 (6), 1-6

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
• Lost to United States (6:7)
• Lost to Hungary (8:10)
• Lost to Russia (8:9)
• Lost to Serbia and Montenegro (8:11)
• Defeated Kazakhstan (5:4)
• Classification Matches
• 7th/12th place: Defeated Egypt (12:1)
• 7th/10th place: Lost to Italy (7:11)
• 9th/10th place: Lost to Australia (7:8) → 10th place
• Team Roster
• Samir Barač
• Damir Burić
• Elvis Fatović
• Nikola Franković
• Igor Hinić
  Igor Hinić
  Igor Hinić is a water polo player from Croatia, who was a member of the national team that won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Hinić is 6'10", and is a dominant player. He was also voted the Croatian national team's most valuable player.-References:...
  
  
• Vjekoslav Kobeščak
• Danijel Premus
• Dubravko Šimenc
  Dubravko Šimenc
  Dubravko Šimenc is a former Croatian water polo player who competed for both Yugoslavia and Croatia.Dubravko Šimenc's father Zlatko was a water polo player who won the silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics playing for Yugoslavia, and also a professor at the Faculty of Kinesiology. Šimenc's...
  
  
• Mile Smodlaka
• Ratko Štritof
  Ratko Štritof
  Ratko Štritof is a water polo player from Croatia, who was a member of the national team that won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:...
  
  
• Frano Vican
• Goran Volarević
• Tihomil Vranješ
• Head Coach: Zoran Roje

Weightlifting

Men's category up to 69 kg:

• Nikolaj Pešalov — 3rd place — bronze medal

External links

• Croatian Olympic Committee
• sports-reference