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
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Olympic flag.svg  Independent Olympic Participants (1992)

FYR Macedonia was represented at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States by the Olympic Committee of the Former Yugoslav Republic Macedonia.

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It was the first appearance of the nation at the Olympic Games after it seceded from Yugoslavia in 1991. In total, 11 athletes including eight men and three women represented FYR Macedonia in four sports including canoeing, shooting, swimming and wrestling.

Competitors

In total, 11 athletes represented FYR Macedonia at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States in four sports. [1]

SportMenWomenTotal
Canoeing 213
Shooting 101
Swimming 224
Wrestling 303
Total8311

Canoeing

Three Macedonian athletes participated in the canoeing events – Lazar Popovski, Nenad Trpovski and Ana Ugrinovska. [1]

The men's slalom C-1 took place on 27 July 1996. Trpovski completed his first run in three minutes 11.19 seconds with 125 penalty seconds added for a total time of five minutes 16.19 seconds. [2] He did not finish his second run and finished 30th overall. [3]

The women's slalom K-1 also took place on 27 July 1996. Ugrinovska completed her first run in four minutes 21.93 seconds with 85 penalty seconds added for a total time five minutes 46.93 seconds. [4] She did not improve in her second run finishing in four minutes 27.81 seconds with 105 penalty seconds added for a total time of six minutes 12.81 seconds and finished 29th overall. [5] [6]

The men's slalom K-1 took place on 28 July 1996. Popovski completed his first run in two minutes 39.53 seconds with no penalty seconds added. [7] He improved in his second run finishing in two minutes 38.3 seconds with no penalty seconds added and finished 29th overall. [8] [9]

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

One Macedonian athlete participated in the shooting events – Darko Naseski. [1]

The 10 m air rifle took place on 22 July 1996. Naseski scored 580 points in the preliminary round. He did not advance to the final round and finished 36th overall. [10]

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

Swimming

Four Macedonian athletes participated in the swimming events – Mirjana Boševska, Kire Filipovski, Aleksandar Malenko and Nataša Meškovska. [1]

The heats for the women's 400 m individual medley took place on 20 July 1996. Boševska finished third in her heat in a time of four minutes 55.57 seconds which was ultimately not fast enough to qualify for the finals. [11]

The heats for the men's 400 m individual medley took place on 21 July 1996. Malenko finished seventh in his heat in a time of four minutes 34.06 seconds which was ultimately not fast enough to qualify for the finals. [12]

The heats for the men's 200 m butterfly took place on 22 July 1996. Malenko finished second in his heat in a time of two minutes 1.46 seconds which was ultimately not fast enough to qualify for the finals. [13]

The heats for the women's 400 m freestyle also took place on 22 July 1996. Boševska won her heat in a time of four minutes 21.27 seconds which was ultimately not fast enough to qualify for the finals. [14]

The heats for the women's 100 m butterfly took place on 23 July 1996. Meškovska finished fifth in her heat in a time of one minute 4.25 seconds which was ultimately not fast enough to qualify for the finals. [15]

The heats for the men's 100 m butterfly took place on 24 July 1996. Filipovski won his heat in a time of 56.13 seconds which was ultimately not fast enough to qualify for the semi-finals. [16]

The heats for the women's 800 m freestyle also took place on 24 July 1996. Boševska finished eighth in her heat in a time of eight minutes 57.52 seconds which was ultimately not fast enough to qualify for the final. [17]

The heats for the men's 200 m individual medley took place on 25 July 1996. Filipovski finished fourth in his heat in a time of two minutes 11.90 seconds which was ultimately not fast enough to qualify for the finals. [18]

The heats for the women's 200 m butterfly took place on 26 July 1996. Meškovska finished second in her heat in a time of two minutes 17.9 seconds which was ultimately not fast enough to qualify for the finals. [19]

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

Three Macedonian athletes participated in the wrestling events – Vlatko Sokolov, Shaban Tërstena and Valeri Verhušin. [1]

The men's −48 kg took place on 29 and 30 July 1996. Sokolov lost his first round match to Vitalie Railean of Moldova. He then won his classification round match against José Restrepo of Colombia before being eliminated by Gheorghe Corduneanu of Romania. [20]

The men's −57 kg took place on 29 and 30 July 1996. Tërstena won his first round match against Alejandro Puerto of Cuba. He received a bye in the second round and then defeated Aleksandr Guzov of Belarus in the quarter-finals. He lost his semi-final against Guivi Sissaouri of Canada but won his final classification match against Mohammad Talaei of Iran to finish fifth. [21]

The men's −74 kg took place on 31 July and 1 August 1996. Verhušin won his first round match against Rein Ozoline of Australia. He then won his second round match against Boris Budayev of Uzbekistan before being losing to Plamen Paskalev of Bulgaria in the quarter-finals. He then lost his classification round match against Takuya Ōta of Japan. [22]

Freestyle
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Vlatko Sokolov −48 kg Flag of Moldova (3-2).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 (3-2).svg  Puerto  (CUB)
W 4-3
ByeFlag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Guzov  (BLR)
W 7-3
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Sissaouri  (CAN)
L 1-4
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 (3-2).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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