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)

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

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

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 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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