Croatia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Croatia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	CRO
NPC	Croatian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.hpo.hr
in Athens
Competitors	17 in 5 sports
Medals Ranked 70th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 4 Total 4
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Croatia competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens. The country's delegation consisted of 17 competitors.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Bronze	Mihovil Španja	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke S8
Bronze	Mihovil Španja	Swimming	Men's 200 m individual medley SM8
Bronze	Mihovil Španja	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle S8
Bronze	Jelena Vuković	Athletics	Women's discus throw F42-46

Sports

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Men

Track events

Athlete	Event	Class	Heat		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Vedran Lozanov	5000 m	T12	—		16:01.38	9
	10000 m	T13	—		34:38.54	12
Goran Žeželj	100 m	T12	11.57	18	Did not advance
	200 m	T12	23.53	14	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Class	Final
			Distance	Points	Position
Miroslav Matić	Discus throw	F32/51	8.26	915	5

Women

Track events

Athlete	Event	Class	Heat		Semi-final		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Marija Iveković	100 m	T12	13.38	7	13.27	6	13.38	6
Mirjana Ružnjak	Marathon	T54	—				3:25:22	15

Field events

Athlete	Event	Class	Final
			Distance	Points	Position
Marija Iveković	Long jump	F12	5.31	–	4
	Shot put	F12	9.31	–	9
Jelena Vuković	Discus throw	F42–46	23.94	1201
	Shot put	F42–46	7.79	1040	7

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Class	Final
			Points	Position
Slaven Hudina	Mixed Dressage - Championship	grade I	64.842	12
	Mixed Dressage - Freestyle	grade I	63.875	11
Ivan Sršić	Mixed Dressage - Championship	grade I	56.211	15
	Mixed Dressage - Freestyle	grade I	59.750	13

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Men, mixed

Athlete	Event	Class	Qualification		Final
			Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Blaž Beljan	Men's 10 m air pistol	SH1	551	21	Did not advance
	Mixed 10 m air rifle prone	SH1	594	36	Did not advance
	Mixed 50 m free pistol	SH1	518	10	Did not advance
Damir Bošnjak	Men's 10 m air pistol	SH1	547	29	Did not advance
	Mixed 50 m free pistol	SH1	523	8	612.2	7

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Class	Heat		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mihovil Španja	100 m backstroke	S8	1:14.08	4	1:13.49
	200 m individual medley	SM8	—		2:39.62
	400 m freestyle	S8	4:58.61	3	4:48.88

Women

Athlete	Event	Class	Heat		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nataša Sobočan	100 m breaststroke	SB6	2:15.18	11	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	SB7	7:00.55	13	Did not advance
Ana Sršen	100 m breaststroke	SB8	–	dq	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	S9	5:11.69	4	5:07.10	4

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Men's singles

Athlete	Event	Class	Group stage			Final rounds
			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Emil Gubica	Singles	9	Jaroslav Cieslar L 0–3	Gerben Last L 0–3	Abbas Alimardani L 1–3	Did not advance
Ratko Kovačić	Singles	8	Richard Csejtey L 0–3	Mathieu Loicq L 1–3	Cheon Sik Lee L 1–3	Did not advance
Zoran Križanec	Singles	5	Eun Chang Jung L 2–3	Chih Jung Chang L 2–3	Selcukg Cetin L 1–3	Did not advance
Dragan Rakić	Singles	9	Shigekazu Tomioka L 0–3	Tahl Leibovitz L 1–3	Behnam Rahbari L 2–3	Did not advance

Men's team class 9 (Gubica, Kovačić, Rakić)

Athlete	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
Netherlands	3	3	0	9	4
Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	7	3
Croatia	3	1	2	5	7
Iran	3	0	3	2	9

See also

• 2004 Summer Paralympics
• Croatia at the Paralympics
• Croatia at the 2004 Summer Olympics

External links

• International Paralympic Committee