Slovenia at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Slovenia competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Slovenia won their first two summer Olympic gold medals at these games.

Slovenia at the
2000 Summer Olympics
IOC codeSLO
NOCSlovenian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.si (in Slovene and English)
in Sydney
Competitors74 (55 men and 19 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer Iztok Čop
Medals
Ranked 36th
Gold
2
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Austria (1912)
 Yugoslavia (1920–1988)

Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldIztok Čop
Luka Špik		RowingMen's Double Sculls
 GoldRajmond DebevecShootingMen's 50 metre rifle three positions

Archery
Main article: Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics

In Slovenia's third archery competition, the nation entered only one man, who improved his rank from four years before by one place despite losing his first match again.

Men
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Score Seed Score Score Score Score Score Score Rank
Peter Koprivnikar Individual 624 34  Butch Johnson (USA)
L 151–164		 did not advance

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Roman Kejžar Marathon — 2:26:38 62
Matija Šestak 400 m 45.95 4 did not advance
Urban Acman
Boštjan Fridrih
Matic Osovnikar
Matic Šušteršič		 4 × 100 m relay 39.25 5 q — DSQ did not advance
Boštjan Horvat
Sergej Šalamon
Matija Šestak
Jože Vrtačič		 4 × 400 m relay 3:10.07 7 did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Gregor Cankar Long jump 7.98 15 did not advance
Primož Kozmus Hammer throw 68.83 38 did not advance
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Alenka Bikar 200 m 23.26 6 q 23.01 5 did not advance
Helena Javornik 1500 m 4:18.18 34 did not advance
5000 m 16:09.60 40 did not advance
Brigita Langerholc 400 m DNS did not advance
800 m 2:01.89 2 Q — 1:59.09 4 q NR 1:58.51 4 NR
Meta Macus
Brigita Langerholc
Jolanda Steblovnik-Ceplak
Saša Prokofijev		 4 × 400 m relay 3:35.00 7 NR did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Evfemija Štorga Javelin throw 54.94 27 did not advance
Anja Valant Triple jump 14.36 4 Q 13.59 9

Badminton
Main article: Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Maja Pohar Women's singles BYE  Mann (GBR)
L 4–11, 7–11		 did not advance

Canoeing
Main article: Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Slalom
Athlete Event Qualifying Final
Run 1 Run 2 Result Rank Run 1 Run 2 Result Rank
Simon Hočevar Men's C-1 136.64 137.61 274.25 9 119.78 120.86 240.64 7
Dejan Kralj Men's K-1 130.24 128.05 258.29 10 116.60 111.48 228.08 10
Fedja Marušič 128.81 129.29 258.10 9 114.62 167.37 281.99 15
Nada Mali Women's K-1 163.26 162.19 325.45 17 did not advance

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Road
Athlete Event Time Rank
Andrej Hauptman Road race 5:30:46 26
Martin Hvastija Road race DNF
Time trial 1:01:08.83 22
Uroš Murn Road race 5:30:46 32
Tadej Valjavec Road race DNF

Mountain biking
Athlete Event Time Rank
Rok Drašler Men's cross-country DNF
Primož Strančar 1 lap 37

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Artistic
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Mitja Petkovšek Parallel bars — 8.687 — 8.687 75 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
UB V HB F UB V HB F
Mojca Mavric Individual all-around 8.512 8.212 8.525 8.825 34.074 62 did not advance

Handball
Main article: Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament
Main article: Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points
 Sweden5500155121+3410
 France5311120104+167
 Spain5302144126+186
 Slovenia5212137127+105
 Tunisia5104111117−62
 Australia5005106178−720
16 September 2000
France 24–24 Slovenia
18 September 2000
Slovenia 30 – 32 Sweden
20 September 2000
Australia 20 – 33 Slovenia
22 September 2000
Spain 31 – 28 Slovenia
24 September 2000
Slovenia 22 – 20 Tunisia

Quarterfinal
Russia Russia33–22Slovenia Slovenia

5th / 8th place
France France29–27Slovenia Slovenia

7th / 8th place
Egypt Egypt34–28Slovenia Slovenia

Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals C-D Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Iztok Čop
Luka Špik		 Double sculls 6:24.92 1 Q BYE — 6:16.41 1 Q 6:16.63
Miha Pirih
Gregor Sračnjek		 Coxless pair 6:55.82 4 R 3 Q — 6:49.79 5 FB 6:40.23 11
Milan Janša
Janez Klemenčič
Rok Kolander
Matej Prelog		 Coxless four 6:07.90 3 Q BYE — 6:04.07 2 Q 5:58.34 4

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Tomaž Čopi
Mitja Margon		 470 23 13 3 4 12 13 25 5 15 9 4 78 9
Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Janja Orel
Klara Maučec		 470 15 19 12 19 16 2 15 11 14 15 17 117 17
Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Vasilij Žbogar Laser 7 6 30 19 DNF 33 12 16 31 16 5 142 19

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Rajmond Debevec 50 metre rifle three positions 1177 OR 1 Q 1275.1 OR
50 metre rifle prone 593 19 did not advance
10 m air rifle 591 9 did not advance
Andraz Lipolt Trap 106 32 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Natalija Prednik 10 m air rifle 391 20 did not advance

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jure Bučar 400 m freestyle 4:00.19 35 did not advance
Peter Mankoč 50 m freestyle 23.02 25 did not advance
100 m freestyle 50.28 21 did not advance
100 m butterfly 54.15 23 did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:03.45 18 did not advance
Blaž Medvešek 100 m backstroke 57.26 32 did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:01.67 23 did not advance
Marko Milenkovič 400 m individual medley 4:26.62 30 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Alenka Kejžar 200 m individual medley 2:18.33 NR 19 did not advance
Nataša Kejžar 100 m breaststroke 1:10.44 NR 15 1:10.66 16 did not advance

Taekwondo
Main article: Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Marcel More Men's −80 kg BYE  Livaja (SWE)
L 2–4		 did not advance

Tennis
Main article: Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Tina Pisnik Women's singles  Tanasugarn (THA)
L 4–6, 3–6		 did not advance
Katarina Srebotnik  Habšudová (SVK)
L 3–6, 6–7 (7–9)		 did not advance
Katarina Srebotnik
Tina Križan		 Women's doubles  Likhovtseva /
Myskina (RUS)
L 6–7 (4–6), 3–6		 did not advance

References
  • sports-reference
  • Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
  • International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • International Olympic Committee Web Site
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