2004 Summer Olympics / Participant (Croatia)

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Croatia took part in the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Greek capital Athens with 81 athletes, 15 women and 66 men.

It was the fourth time that Croatia had taken part in the Summer Olympics since 1992 .

Flag bearer

The water polo player Dubravko Šimenc carried the flag of Croatia during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium ; at the closing ceremony it was worn by the rower Siniša Skelin .

Medalist

With a recovered gold, two silver and two bronze medals, the Croatian team finished 44th in the medals table .

gold

Name (s)	sport	competition
Ivano Balić , Davor Dominiković , Mirza Džomba , Slavko Goluža , Nikša Kaleb , Blaženko Lacković , Venio Losert , Valter Matošević , Petar Metličić , Vlado Šola , Denis Špoljarić , Goran Šprem , Igor Vori , Drago Vuković , Vedran Zrnić	Handball	Men

silver

Name (s)	sport	competition
Nikša Skelin , Siniša Skelin	rowing	Two without a helmsman
Duje Draganja	swim	50 meters freestyle

bronze

Name (s)	sport	competition
Nikolaj Pešalov	Weightlifting	lightweight
Mario Ančić , Ivan Ljubičić	tennis	Double

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Vedran Đipalo

  Heavyweight: 9th place

• Marijo Šivolija

  Light heavyweight: 17th place

Weightlifting

• Nikolaj Pešalov

  Lightweight: bronze

Handball

• Men's team

  gold

• Squad

  Ivano Balić

  Before that, Dominiković

  Mirza Džomba

  Slavko Goluža

  Nikša Kaleb

  Blaženko Lacković

  Venio Losert

  Valter Matošević

  Petar Metličić

  Vlado Šola

  Denis Špoljarić

  Goran Šprem

  Igor Vori

  Drago Vuković

  Vedran Zrnić

canoe

• Danko Herceg

  Canoe slalom, single-canoe: 12th place

• Emanuel Horvatiček

  Canoe race, single canoe 500 meters: semifinals

  Canoe race, single canoe 1000 meters: semifinals

• Danko Herceg

  Canoe slalom, single kayak: 22nd place in qualification

athletics

• Edis Elkasevic

  Shot put: 36th place in qualification

• Siniša Ergotić

  Long jump: 26th place in qualification

• Juraj Grabušić

  110 meter hurdles: prelims

• András Haklits

  Hammer throw: 21st place in qualification

• Nedzad Mulabegović

  Shot put: 29th place in qualification

• Dragan Mustapic

  Discus throw: 34th place in qualification

• Edi Ponoš

  Javelin throw: 33rd place in qualification

• Branko Zorko

  1500 meters: heats

• Vera Begic

  Women, discus throw: 29th place in qualification

• Ivana Brkljačić

  Women, hammer throw: 13th place in qualification

• Sanja Gavrilović

  Women, hammer throw: 45th place in qualification

• Blanka Vlašić

  Women, high jump: 11th place

horse riding

• Pepo Puch

  Eventing, singles: 63rd place with Banville d'Ivoy

rowing

• Igor Boraska

  Four without a helmsman: 12th place

• Marko Dragičević

  Four without a helmsman: 12th place

• Petar Milin

  Four without a helmsman: 12th place

• Nikša Skelin

  Two without a helmsman: silver

• Siniša Skelin

  Two without a helmsman: silver

• Damir Vučičić

  Four without a helmsman: 12th place

shoot

• Mirela Skoko-Kovačević-Ćelić

  Air pistol 10 meters: 15th place

  Sports pistol 25 meters: 27th place

swim

• Nenad Buljan

  400 meters freestyle: 37th place

  1500 meters freestyle: 29th place

• Krešimir Čač

  200 meter medley: 34th place

• Igor Čerenšek

  4 × 100 meter freestyle: 13th place

• Mario Delač

  200 meters freestyle: 54th place

  4 × 100 meter freestyle: 13th place

• Duje Draganja

  50 meters freestyle: silver

  100 meters freestyle: 6th place

  4 × 100 meter freestyle: 13th place

  100 meter butterfly: 7th place

• Saša Imprić

  400 meter medley: 32nd place

• Goran Kožulj

  100 meters back: 14th place

  200 meters back: 9th place

• Ivan Mladina

  4 × 100 meter freestyle: 13th place

• Vanja Rogulj

  100 meters chest: 26th place

  200 meters chest: 37th place

• Petra Banović

  Women, 200 meters freestyle: 32nd place

  Women, 200 meter medley: 25th place

• Anita Galic

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: 37th place

  Women, 800 meters freestyle: 28th place

• Sanja Jovanović

  Women, 100 meters back: 17th place

  Women, 200 meters back: 13th place

• Smiljana Marinović

  Women, 50 meters chest: 20th place

  Women, 100 meters chest: 17th place

sailing

• Mate Arapov

  Laser: 14th place

• Tomislav Bašić

  470s: 19th place

• Petar Cupać

  470s: 19th place

• Karlo Kuret

  Finn Dinghy: 4th place

Taekwondo

• Sandra Šarić

  Women, class up to 67 kilograms: 11th place

• Nataša Vezmar

  Women, class over 67 kilograms: 9th place

tennis

• Mario Ančić

  Singles: 33rd place

  Double: bronze

• Ivo Karlović

  Singles: 9th place

• Ivan Ljubičić

  Singles: 9th place

  Double: bronze

• Jelena Kostanić

  Women, singles: 33rd place

  Women, doubles: 9th place

• Karolina Šprem

  Women, singles: 9th place

  Women, doubles: 9th place

Table tennis

• Zoran Primorac

  Individual: 17th place

• Tamara Boroš

  Women, singles: 5th place

  Women, doubles: 5th place

• Cornelia Vaida

  Women, singles: 49th place

  Women, doubles: 5th place

Water polo

• Men's team

  10th place

• Squad

  Samir Barac

  Damir Buric

  Elvis Fatović

  Nikola Franković

  Igor Hinic

  Vjekoslav Kobeščak

  Danijel Premuš

  Dubravko Šimenc

  Mile Smodlaka

  Ratko Štritof

  Frano Vićan

  Goran Volarevic

  Tihomil Vranješ

Web links

• Croatian Olympic team from 2004 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )