Macedonia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Macedonia at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Flag of Macedonia.svg
IOC code MKD
NOC Olympic Committee of North Macedonia
Website www.mok.org.mk  (in Macedonian)
in Atlanta
Competitors11 (8 men and 3 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearer Vladimir Bogoevski
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia (1920–1988)
Olympic flag.svg  Independent Olympic Participants (1992)

The Republic of Macedonia [1] competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. It was the first appearance of the nation at the Olympic Games after it seceded from Yugoslavia in 1991.

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Canoeing

Men
AthleteEventTotalRank
Nenad Trpovski Slalom C-1 316.1930
Lazar Popovski Slalom K-1 158.3029
Women
AthleteEventTotalRank
Ana Ugrinovska Slalom K-1 346.9329

Shooting

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Darko Naseski 10 m air rifle 58036Did not advance

Swimming

Men
AthleteEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Kire Filipovski 100 m butterfly 56.1342Did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:11.9035Did not advance
Aleksandar Malenko 200 m butterfly 2:01.4623Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:34.0624Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Mirjana Boševska 400 m freestyle 4:21.2722Did not advance
800 m freestyle 8:57.5222Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:55.5723Did not advance
Nataša Meškovska 200 m butterfly 2:17.9023Did not advance

Wrestling

Freestyle
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Vlatko Sokolov −48 kg Flag of Moldova.svg  Railean  (MDA)
L 0-10
Flag of Colombia.svg  Restrepo  (COL)
W 15-4
Flag of Romania.svg  Corduneanu  (ROM)
L 3-7
Did not advance11
Shaban Tërstena −57 kg Flag of Cuba.svg  Puerto  (CUB)
W 4-3
ByeFlag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Guzov  (BLR)
W 7-3
Flag of Canada.svg  Sissaouri  (CAN)
L 1-4
Flag of Turkey.svg  Doğan  (TUR)
L 2-3
Flag of Iran.svg  Talaei  (IRI)
W 4-3
5
Valeri Verhušin −74 kg Flag of Australia.svg  Ozoline  (AUS)
W 15-7
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Budayev  (UZB)
W 8-0
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Paskalev  (BUL)
L 0-12
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Ōta  (JPN)
L 0-7
Did not advance10

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References

  1. Officially under the provisional appellation "former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", abbreviated "FYR Macedonia"