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 code	SLO
NOC	Slovenian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.si (in Slovene and English)
in Sydney
Competitors	74 (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)
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
Austria (1912)  Yugoslavia (1920–1988)

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Iztok Čop Luka Špik	Rowing	Men's Double Sculls
Gold	Rajmond Debevec	Shooting	Men'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

• Aleš Pajovič
• Andrej Kastelic
• Beno Lapajne
• Branko Bedekovič
• Gregor Cvijič
• Iztok Puc
• Jani Likavec
• Renato Vugrinec
• Roman Pungartnik
• Rolando Pušnik
• Tettey-Sowah Banfro
• Tomaž Tomšič
• Uroš Šerbec
• Zoran Jovičič
• Zoran Lubej

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Sweden	5	5	0	0	155	121	+34	10
France	5	3	1	1	120	104	+16	7
Spain	5	3	0	2	144	126	+18	6
Slovenia	5	2	1	2	137	127	+10	5
Tunisia	5	1	0	4	111	117	−6	2
Australia	5	0	0	5	106	178	−72	0

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	33–22	Slovenia

5th / 8th place

France	29–27	Slovenia

7th / 8th place

Egypt	34–28	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