Croatia at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Croatia at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Flag of Croatia.svg
IOC code CRO
NOC Croatian Olympic Committee
Website www.hoo.hr  (in Croatian and English)
in Barcelona
Competitors39 (36 men and 3 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearer Goran Ivanišević
Medals
Ranked 44th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg  Austria (1900)
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia (1920–1988)

Croatia competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time as an independent nation at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Previously, Croatian athletes had competed for Yugoslavia at the Olympic Games.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Croatia men's national basketball team
Basketball Men's tournament 8 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Goran Ivanišević
Goran Prpić
Tennis Men's doubles 5 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Goran Ivanišević Tennis Men's singles 6 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [1]

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 202
Basketball 12012
Boxing 11
Canoeing 404
Equestrian 101
Rowing 707
Sailing 303
Shooting 134
Table tennis 202
Tennis 202
Wrestling 11
Total36339

Athletics

Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Branko Zorko 1500 m 3:44.473 Q3:39.717Did not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Ivan Mustapić Javelin throw 77.5017Did not advance

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary round

The top four places in each of the preliminary round groups advanced to the eight team, single-elimination knockout stage, where Group A teams would meet Group B teams.

Group A

Qualified for the quarterfinals
TeamWLPFPAPDPtsTie
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 50579350+22910
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 41423400+239
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 23420463−4371–0
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 23369432−6370–1
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 14324392−6861–0
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 14398476−7860–1
July 26
22:30
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg9376Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Scoring by half:55–40, 38–36
July 27
20:30
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg70103Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Scoring by half: 37–54, 33–49
July 29
22:30
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg8879Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Scoring by half:45–42, 43–37
July 31
20:30
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg9978Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Scoring by half:46–41, 53–37
August 2
11:30
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg7364Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Scoring by half: 27–38, 46–26

Quarterfinals

August 4
14:30
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg9865Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Scoring by half:41–31, 57–34

Semifinals

August 6
16:30
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg7574Flag of the CIS.svg  CIS
Scoring by half: 30–40, 45–34

Gold medal game

August 8
22:00
Silver medal icon.svg Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg85117Flag of the United States.svg  United States Gold medal icon.svg
Scoring by half: 42-56, 43–61

Roster

Boxing

Men
AthleteEvent1 Round2 Round3 RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Željko Mavrović Heavyweight Flag of Denmark.svg  Mark Hulstrom  (DEN)
W 8-2
Flag of the United States.svg  Danell Nicholson  (USA)
L 6-9
Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

AthleteEventPreliminaryFinal
Run 1RankRun 2RankBestRank
Danko Herceg Men's C-1 128.5513120.417120.419
Stjepan Perestegi 151.1927136.9020136.9023

Sprint

Men
AthleteEventHeatsRepechagesSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Zvonimir Krznarić K-1 500 m 1:46.465 Q1:43.405Did not advance
K-1 1000 m 3:54.026 Q3:36.775Did not advance
Vlado Poslek C-1 1000 m 4:09.775 Q4:05.864 Q4:16.997Did not advance

Equestrian

Jumping

AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinal
Round 1Round 2Round 3TotalRound 1Round 2Total
ScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankPenaltiesRankPenaltiesRankPenaltiesRank
Hermann Weiland Dufy 2 Individual 30.505621.5065 DNF 52.0072Did not advance

Rowing

Men
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinals C-DSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Marko Perinović
Zlatko Buzina
Coxless pair 6:14.371 QBYE6:47.876 Q6:37.5710
Aleksandar Fabijanić
Marko Banović
Ninoslav Saraga
Sead Marušić
Goran Puljko
Coxed four 6:31.194 R6:18.093 FB6:08.527

Sailing

Men
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
1234567
Karlo Kuret Finn 22191420162310137.022
Open
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
1234567
Bojan Grego
Sebastijan Miknić
Flying Dutchman 222214215DNDDND145.022

Shooting

Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ScoreRankScoreRank
Jasminka Francki 50 metre rifle three positions 57812Did not advance
10 metre air rifle 39015Did not advance
Mirela Skoko 25 m pistol 5788 Q6774
10 m air pistol 38011Did not advance
Suzana Skoko 50 metre rifle three positions 5806 Q678,75
10 metre air rifle 38823Did not advance
Open
AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinal
ScoreRankScoreRankScoreRank
Željko Vadić Trap 13933Did not advance

Table tennis

AthleteEventGroup stageRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Zoran Primorac Men's singles Flag of Peru.svg  Yair Nathan  (PER)
W 2-0 (21:7, 21:8)
Flag of the United States.svg  Jim Butler  (USA)
W 2-0 (21:16, 21:14)
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Tomáš Janči  (TCH)
W 2-0 (21:18, 21:10
1 QFlag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  Kim Taek-Soo  (KOR)
L 2-3 (21:19, 21:13, 20:22, 8:21,12:21)
Did not advance
Zoran Primorac
Dragutin Šurbek
Men's doubles Flag of North Korea.svg  Choi Gyong-Sob
Li Gun-Sang  (PRK)
W 2-0 (21:11, 21:18)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Lü Lin
Wang Tao  (CHN)
L 1-2 (21:16, 9:21, 9:21)
Flag of Peru.svg  Yair Nathan
Walter Nathan  (PER)
W 2-0 (21:15, 21:1)
2Did not advance

Taekwondo

Taekwondo was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

AthleteEventQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Dragan Jurilj Men's −76 kg Flag of Kuwait.svg  Al-Qaimi  (KUW)
L 2–3
Did not advance
Miet Filipović Women's −55 kg Flag of Mexico.svg  Knol  (MEX)
L 2-6
Did not advance

Tennis

Men
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Goran Ivanišević Singles Flag of Portugal.svg  Bernardo Mota  (POR)
W 6:2, 6:2, 6:7, 4:6, 6:3
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Paul Haarhuis  (NED)
W 6:7, 6:2,1:6, 6:3, 6:2
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Jakob Hlasek  (SUI)
W 3:6, 6:0, 4:6, 7:6, 9:7
Flag of France.svg  Fabrice Santoro  (FRA)
W 6:7, 6:7, 6:4, 6:4, 8:6
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Marc Rosset  (SUI)
L 3:6, 5:7, 2:6
Did not advanceBronze medal icon.svg
Goran Prpić Singles Flag of Denmark.svg  Kenneth Carlsen  (DEN)
W 6:4, 4:6, 6:3, 7:5
Olympic flag.svg  Andrei Cherkasov  (EUN)
L 4:6, 7:6, 4:6, 3:6
Did not advance
Goran Ivanišević
Goran Prpić
Doubles Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Paul Haarhuis
Mark Koevermans  (NED)
W 2:6, 6:4, 6:2, 6:2
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Suharyadi Suharyadi
Bonit Wiryawadi  (INA)
W 7:5, 6:2, 6:2
Flag of India.svg  Ramesh Chrishnan
Leander Paes  (IND)
W 7:6, 5:7, 6:4, 6:3
South African Olympic Flag.svg  Wayne Ferreira
Piet Norval  (RSA)
L 6:7, 6:3, 3:6, 6:2, 2:6
Did not advanceBronze medal icon.svg

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman
AthleteEventElimination PoolFinal round
Round 1
Result
Round 2
Result
Round 3
Result
Round 4
Result
Round 5
Result
Round 6
Result
RankFinal round
Result
Rank
Stipe Damjanović −100 kg Flag of Romania.svg  Ion Ieremciuc  (ROU)
L 0-7
Flag of Poland.svg  Andrzej Wroński  (POL)
L 0-6
6Did not advance

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