Olympic Winter Games 2002 / Participant (Croatia)

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Croatia senta team of 13 athletes who competed in five different disciplinesto the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, USA .

The country was represented at a Winter Olympics for the fourth time. The ski racer Janica Kostelić , who was also the flag bearer at the opening ceremony, won three gold and one silver medal and was the most successful participant in the games after the Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjørndalen . In the medal table, the country was 12th. With skier Ana Jelušić , who was 15 years and 55 days old at her competition, Croatia also had the youngest athlete in the starting field.

Overview of the participants

biathlon

Men

• Žarko Galjanić

  10 km sprint: 84th place (30: 33.0 min)

  20 km individual: 83rd place (1: 04: 54.4 h)

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Men, foursome

• Ivan Šola , Boris Lovrić , Ðulijano Koludra , Niki Drpić

  26th place (3: 16.14 min)

figure skating

Women

• Idora Hegel

  19th place (30.5)

Alpine skiing

Women

• Nika Fleiss

  Giant Slalom: 36th place (2: 40.17 min)

  Slalom: 12th place (1: 51.27 min)

• Ana Jelušić

  Giant Slalom: 37th place (2: 40.55 min)

  Slalom: 23rd place (1: 55.01 min)

• Janica Kostelić

  Super-G: Silver (1: 13.64 min)

  Giant Slalom: Gold (2: 30.01 min)

  Slalom: Gold (1: 46.10 min)

  Combination: Gold (2: 43.28 min)

Men

• Ivica Kostelić

  Giant Slalom: 9th place (2: 24.92 min)

  Slalom: Eliminated (2nd run)

Cross-country skiing

Women

• Maja Kezele

  10 km classic: 55th place (34: 10.8 min)

  10 km pursuit: 64th place (15: 40.1 min, only classic, not qualified for freestyle)

  15 km freestyle: 54th place (48: 43.1 min)

Men

• Damir Jurčević

  1.5 km sprint: 47th place (3: 05.90 min, qualification)

  15 km classic: 61st place (45: 49.6 min)

  20 km pursuit: 69th place (31: 15.7 min, only classic, not qualified for freestyle)

  30 km freestyle: 61st place (1: 23: 53.3 h)

  50 km classic: 52nd place (2: 35: 54.9 h)

• Denis Klobučar

  15 km classic: 58th place (43: 45.0 min)

  20 km pursuit: 64th place (30: 00.7 min, only classic, not qualified for freestyle)

  30 km freestyle: 64th place (1: 25: 39.0 h)

  50 km classic: 53rd place (2: 35: 58.8 h)

Web links

• Croatia at the Olympic Winter Games 2002. in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ^ The 2002 Winter Olympics. At: sports-reference.com (English). Retrieved June 10, 2012