Croatia at the Olympics

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Croatia at the Olympic Games
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Olympic history
Summer Games
1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008
Winter Games
1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006
Other related appearances
Yugoslavia (1920–1988)

Croatia competed at the Olympic Games for the first time as an independent nation in 1992, and has participated in every Games since then. Previously, Croatian athletes had competed for Yugoslavia at the Olympics.

The National Olympic Committee for Croatia is the Croatian Olympic Committee, which was created in 1991 and recognized in 1993.

Croatian athletes have won twelve medals at the Summer Olympic Games, including gold medals by the men's handball team in 1996 and 2004. At the Winter Olympic Games, Janica Kostelić won six medals (four gold) between 2002 and 2006 and her brother Ivica also won a silver medal in 2006.

Contents 1 Summer Olympic Games 1.1 Results by Games 1.2 Medalists 2 Winter Olympic Games 2.1 Results by Games 2.2 Medalists 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Summer Olympic Games

[edit] Results by Games

Year	Sports	Competitors	Medals
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1992 Barcelona	12	39	0	1	2	3
1996 Atlanta	14	84	1	1	0	2
2000 Sydney	12	91	1	0	1	2
2004 Athens	14	81	1	2	2	5
Total			3	4	5	12

[edit] Medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
2 Silver	Men's team: Dražen Petrović, Velimir Perasović, Danko Cvjetičanin, Toni Kukoč, Vladan Alanović, Franjo Arapović, Žan Tabak, Stojko Vranković, Alan Gregov, Arijan Komazec, Dino Rađa, and Aramis Naglić	1992 Barcelona	Basketball	Men's basketball
3 Bronze	Ivanišević, GoranGoran Ivanišević	1992 Barcelona	Tennis	Men's singles
3 Bronze	Ivanišević, GoranGoran Ivanišević and Goran Prpić	1992 Barcelona	Tennis	Men's doubles
1 Gold	Men's team: Patrik Ćavar, Slavko Goluža, Božidar Jović, Nenad Kljaić, Venio Losert, Valter Matošević, Alvaro Načinović, Goran Perkovac, Iztok Puc, Zlatko Saračević, Irfan Smajlagić, Bruno Gudelj, Zoran Mikulić, Vladimir Jelčić, Valner Franković, and Vladimir Šuster	1996 Atlanta	Handball	Men's handball
2 Silver	Men's team: Maro Balić, Damir Glavan, Igor Hinić, Vjekoslav Kobešćak, Joško Kreković, Ognjen Kržić, Siniša Školneković, Ratko Štritof, Tino Vegar, Renato Vrbičić, Zdeslav Vrdoljak, Perica Bukić and Dubravko Šimenc	1996 Atlanta	Water polo	Men's water polo
1 Gold	Pechalov, NikolayNikolay Pechalov	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Men's 62 kg
3 Bronze	Igor Francetić, Tihomir Franković, Tomislav Smoljanović, Nikša Skelin, Siniša Skelin, Krešimir Čuljak, Igor Boraska, Branimir Vujević, Silvijo Petriško	2000 Sydney	Rowing	Men's eight
1 Gold	Men's team: Venio Losert, Vlado Šola, Valter Matošević, Nikša Kaleb, Ivano Balić, Blaženko Lacković, Vedran Zrnić, Igor Vori, Davor Dominiković, Mirza Džomba, Drago Vuković, Slavko Goluža, Goran Šprem, Denis Špoljarić, Petar Metličić	2004 Athens	Handball	Men's handball
2 Silver	Skelin, NikšaNikša Skelin and Siniša Skelin	2004 Athens	Rowing	Men's coxless pair
2 Silver	Draganja, DujeDuje Draganja	2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 50 metre freestyle
3 Bronze	Ančić, MarioMario Ančić and Ivan Ljubičić	2004 Athens	Tennis	Men's doubles
3 Bronze	Pechalov, NikolayNikolay Pechalov	2004 Athens	Weightlifting	Men's 69 kg

[edit] Winter Olympic Games

[edit] Results by Games

Year	Sports	Competitors	Medals
			Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1992 Albertville	4	3	0	0	0	0
1994 Lillehammer	3	2	0	0	0	0
1998 Nagano	2	6	0	0	0	0
2002 Salt Lake City	5	14	3	1	0	4
2006 Turin	6	24	1	2	0	3
Total			4	3	0	7

[edit] Medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Kostelić, JanicaJanica Kostelić	2002 Salt Lake City	Alpine skiing	Women's combined
1 Gold	Kostelić, JanicaJanica Kostelić	2002 Salt Lake City	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
1 Gold	Kostelić, JanicaJanica Kostelić	2002 Salt Lake City	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
2 Silver	Kostelić, JanicaJanica Kostelić	2002 Salt Lake City	Alpine skiing	Women's super-G
2 Silver	Kostelić, IvicaIvica Kostelić	2006 Turin	Alpine skiing	Men's combined
1 Gold	Kostelić, JanicaJanica Kostelić	2006 Turin	Alpine skiing	Women's combined
2 Silver	Kostelić, JanicaJanica Kostelić	2006 Turin	Alpine skiing	Women's super-G

[edit] See also

• Category:Olympic competitors for Croatia

[edit] References

• Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2007-10-08.
• Croatian Olympic Committee. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2007-10-08.

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