Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

in Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. Slovenia won their first summer Olympic gold medal at these games.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
	Luka Špik Luka Spik Luka Špik , is a Slovenian rower and Olympic gold medalist.Špik and Iztok Čop won the 1999 World Championship, and gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, which was the first Olympic gold medal for independent Slovenia....	Rowing Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics Final results for the Rowing events at the 2000 Summer Olympics:The event is probably most noted for Steve Redgrave's winning his fifth Olympic gold medal in as many games in the British men's coxless four. However, there were a number of other dramatic races. Both the men's and women's single...	Men's Double Sculls
		Shooting Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics The shooting competitions at the 2000 Summer Olympics were carried out at the Sydney International Shooting Centre in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia during the first week of the Games, from Saturday 16 September 2000 to Saturday 23 September 2000....	Men's Small-bore Rifle (Three Positions)

Archery

Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held at Sydney International Archery Park in Sydney, Australia with ranking rounds on 16 September and regular competition held from 17 September to 20 September...

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's individual
	Peter Koprivnikar
1/32 eliminations	Lost to	Butch Johnson Butch Johnson Richard Andrew Johnson is an archer from Woodstock, Connecticut in the United States. He has competed in the Summer Olympics five times, and was a part of the gold medal U.S. team at the 1996 Olympics and the bronze medal U.S...   United States	164-151

Men's Competition

Men's 400m

• Matija Šestak
• Round 1 — 45.95 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m

• Urban Acman, Bost Jan Fridrih, Matic Osovnikar
  Matic Osovnikar
  Matic Osovnikar is a Slovenian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.Osovnikar competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics where he achieved third place in his 100 metres heat, thus making through to the second round but narrowly missed out on a placing in the semi-finals after achieving fourth place in...
  
  , and Matic Šušteršič
• Round 1 — 39.25
• Semifinal — DSQ (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x400m

• Boštjan Horvat, Sergej Šalamon, Matija Šestak, Jože Vrtačič
• Round 1 — 03:10.07 (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Primož Kozmus
  Primož Kozmus
  Primož Kozmus is a Slovenian hammer thrower and the current Olympic champion. His gold medals in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 2009 World Championships in Berlin made him the first ever Slovenian athlete to win both titles.His personal best throw and Slovenian record is 82.58 metres,...
  
  
• Qualifying — 68.83 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Gregor Cankar
  Gregor Cankar
  Gregor Cankar is a Slovenian athlete competing in long jump who won the bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics. He finished sixth at the 1996 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• Qualifying — 7.98 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Roman Kejžar
• Final — 2:26:38 (→ 62nd place)

Women's competition

Women's 200m

• Alenka Bikar
  Alenka Bikar
  Alenka Bikar is a retired female sprinter from Slovenia who specialised in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-External links:*...
  
  
• Round 1 — 23.26
• Round 2 — 23.01 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400m

• Brigita Langerholc
  Brigita Langerholc
  Brigita Langerholc is a Slovenian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.She finished fourth at the 2000 Olympics in a personal best time of 1:58.51 minutes, which still stands. In 2001 she won the silver medal at the Mediterranean Games and a gold medal at the Universiade...
  
  
• Round 1 — DNS (→ did not advance)

Women's 800m

• Brigita Langerholc
  Brigita Langerholc
  Brigita Langerholc is a Slovenian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.She finished fourth at the 2000 Olympics in a personal best time of 1:58.51 minutes, which still stands. In 2001 she won the silver medal at the Mediterranean Games and a gold medal at the Universiade...
  
  
• Round 1 — 02:01.89
• Semifinal — 01:59.05
• Final — 01:58.51 (→ 4th place)

Women's 1,500m

• Helena Javornik
  Helena Javornik
  Helena Javornik is a Slovenian long-distance runner who has specialized in all distances from 1500 metres to the marathon race....
  
  
• Round 1 — 04:18.18 (→ did not advance)

Women's 5,000m

• Helena Javornik
  Helena Javornik
  Helena Javornik is a Slovenian long-distance runner who has specialized in all distances from 1500 metres to the marathon race....
  
  
• Round 1 — 16:09.60 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4x400m

• Jolanda Čeplak
  Jolanda Ceplak
  Jolanda Čeplak is a Slovenian middle distance athlete. She was born in Celje and lived in Velenje until moving to Monaco.-Running career:...
  
  , Brigita Langerholc
  Brigita Langerholc
  Brigita Langerholc is a Slovenian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.She finished fourth at the 2000 Olympics in a personal best time of 1:58.51 minutes, which still stands. In 2001 she won the silver medal at the Mediterranean Games and a gold medal at the Universiade...
  
  , Meta Macuš, and Aleksandra Prokofjev
• Round 1 — 03:35.00 (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Evfemija Štorga
  Evfemija Štorga
  Evfemija Štorga is a retired female javelin thrower from Slovenia. She set her personal best in 2000.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Qualifying — 54.94 (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

• Anja Valant
  Anja Valant
  Anja Valant is a Slovenian triple jumper.Her personal best jump is 14.69 metres, achieved on 4 June 2000 in Kalamata. This was the Slovenian national record until Marija Šestak jumped 14.92 metres on 3 June 2007 in Ljubljana....
  
  
• Qualifying — 14.36
• Final — 13.59 (→ 9th place)

Badminton

Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Badminton was held at The Dome and Exhibition Complex at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney from September 17–23, 2000. The competition included five events ....

Women's Singles

• Maja Pohar
• Round of 64 — Bye
• Round of 32 — Lost to Julia Mann of Great Britain (→ did not advance)

Men's Competition

Men's Kayak Singles

• Fedja Marušič
  Fedja Marušič
  Fedja Marušič is a Slovenian slalom canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. He won two silver medals in the K-1 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, earning them in 1995 and 1999....
  
  
• Qualifying — 258.10
• Final — 281.99 (→ 15th place)

• Dejan Kralj
  Dejan Kralj
  Dejan Kralj is a Slovenian slalom canoer who competed from the early to mid 2000s. He won a bronze medal in the K-1 team event at the 2005 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Penrith....
  
  
• Qualifying — 258.29
• Final — 228.08 (→ 10th place)

Men's Canoe Singles

• Simeon Hočevar
• Qualifying — 274.25
• Final — 240.64 (→ 7th place)

Women's competition

Women's Kayak Singles

• Nada Mali
  Nada Mali
  Nada Mali is a Slovenian slalom canoer who competed in the early to mid 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she earned her best finish of 17th in the K-1 event, but did not advance beyond the qualifying round in either Olympics she competed.-References:**...
  
  
• Qualifying — 325.45 (→ did not advance)

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike

• Primož Strančar
• Final — Lapped (→ 37th place)

• Rok Drašler
• Final — DNF

Road Cycling

Men's Individual Time Trial

• Martin Hvastija
• Final — 1:01:08.83 (→ 22nd place)

Men's Road Race

• Andrej Hauptman
  Andrej Hauptman
  Andrej Hauptman is a Slovenian former professional road racing cyclist.-Palmarès:2000...
  
  
• Final — 5:30:46 (→ 26th place)

• Uroš Murn
  Uroš Murn
  Uroš Murn was a Slovenian professional road bicycle racer, most recently for UCI ProTour team Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team. Murn joined Discovery Channel having previously ridden on the ProTour for Phonak Hearing Systems...
  
  
• Final — 5:30:46 (→ 32nd place)

• Martin Hvastija
• Final — DNF

• Tadej Valjavec
  Tadej Valjavec
  Tadej Valjavec is a Slovenian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Continental team Zheroquadro Radenska. He is well known as a good climber due to his rides on mountain stages in the Giro d'Italia...
  
  
• Final — DNF

Rowing

Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Final results for the Rowing events at the 2000 Summer Olympics:The event is probably most noted for Steve Redgrave's winning his fifth Olympic gold medal in as many games in the British men's coxless four. However, there were a number of other dramatic races. Both the men's and women's single...

Men's Double Sculls

• Luka Špik
  Luka Spik
  Luka Špik , is a Slovenian rower and Olympic gold medalist.Špik and Iztok Čop won the 1999 World Championship, and gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, which was the first Olympic gold medal for independent Slovenia....
  
   and Iztok Čop
  Iztok Cop
  Iztok Čop is a Slovenian rower and Olympic gold medallist.Iztok started rowing at the age of 13 in Bled, where Slovenia's best rowing club is located....
  
  

Men's Coxless Pairs

• Miha Pirih
  Miha Pirih
  Miha Pirih is a Slovenian rower who represented Slovenia at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000.-References:*...
  
   and Gregor Sračnjek

Men's Coxless Fours

• Janez Klemenčič
  Janez Klemencic
  Janez Klemenčič is a former Slovenian rower and Olympic medallist at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country.-References:...
  
  
• Milan Janša
  Milan Janša
  Milan Janša is a former Slovenian rower and Olympic medallist at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 for Yugoslavia.-References:*...
  
  
• Rok Kolander
  Rok Kolander
  Rok Kolander is a Slovenian rower who represented Slovenia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Men's Coxless Four.-References:* *...
  
  
• Matej Prelog
  Matej Prelog
  Matej Prelog is a Slovenian rower, who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the Men's Coxless Four, alongside Janez Klemenčič, Milan Janša, and Rok Kolander.-References:*...
  
  

Sailing

Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

• Tomaž Čopi and Mitja Margon
• Race 1 — (23)
• Race 2 — 13
• Race 3 — 3
• Race 4 — 4
• Race 5 — 12
• Race 6 — 13
• Race 7 — (25)
• Race 8 — 5
• Race 9 — 15
• Race 10 — 9
• Race 11 — 4
• Final — 78 (→ 9th place)

Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

• Janja Orel and Klara Maučeč
• Race 1 — 15
• Race 2 — (19)
• Race 3 — 12
• Race 4 — (19)
• Race 5 — 16
• Race 6 — 2
• Race 7 — 15
• Race 8 — 11
• Race 9 — 14
• Race 10 — 15
• Race 11 — 17
• Final — 117 (→ 17th place)

Open Laser

• Vasilij Žbogar
  Vasilij Žbogar
  Vasilij Žbogar , is a Slovenian sailor.Žbogar competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze medal and in the 2008 Summer Olympic, where he won a silver medal, both of them in laser class...
  
  
• Race 1 — 7
• Race 2 — 6
• Race 3 — 30
• Race 4 — 19
• Race 5 — (44) DNF
• Race 6 — (33)
• Race 7 — 12
• Race 8 — 16
• Race 9 — 31
• Race 10 — 16
• Race 11 — 5
• Final — 142 (→ 19th place)

Swimming

Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 swimming events were contested, between September 15–23, 2000. There was a total of 954 participants from 150 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men:...

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Peter Mankoč
  Peter Mankoc
  Peter Mankoč is one of the best Slovenian swimmers of all time and one of the most successful short course European Championship swimmers in the history of the event.- Personal :...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 23.02 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Peter Mankoč
  Peter Mankoc
  Peter Mankoč is one of the best Slovenian swimmers of all time and one of the most successful short course European Championship swimmers in the history of the event.- Personal :...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 50.28 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Freestyle

• Jure Bučar
  Jure Bucar
  Jure Bučar is a retired male freestyle swimmer from Slovenia. He represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 .-References:*...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 04:00.19 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Peter Mankoč
  Peter Mankoc
  Peter Mankoč is one of the best Slovenian swimmers of all time and one of the most successful short course European Championship swimmers in the history of the event.- Personal :...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 54.15 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Blaž Medvešek
  Blaž Medvešek
  Blaž Medvešek is a former backstroke swimmer from Slovenia, who competed for his native country of Slovenia at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece as well as at 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 57.26 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Blaž Medvešek
  Blaž Medvešek
  Blaž Medvešek is a former backstroke swimmer from Slovenia, who competed for his native country of Slovenia at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece as well as at 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 02:01.67 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Peter Mankoč
  Peter Mankoc
  Peter Mankoč is one of the best Slovenian swimmers of all time and one of the most successful short course European Championship swimmers in the history of the event.- Personal :...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 02:03.45 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

• Marko Milenkovič
  Marko Milenkovic
  Marko Milenkovič is a retired male medley and backstroke swimmer from Slovenia, who twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 2000 and 2004.-References:*...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 04:26.62 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Medly Relay

• Blaž Medvešek
  Blaž Medvešek
  Blaž Medvešek is a former backstroke swimmer from Slovenia, who competed for his native country of Slovenia at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece as well as at 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia...
  
  , Emil Tahirovič
  Emil Tahirovic
  Emil Tahirovič is an Olympic breaststroke swimmer from Slovenia. He swam for Slovenia at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics.He swam for Slovenia at:*Olympics: 2000, 2004*Mediterranean Games: 2005, 2009...
  
  , Peter Mankoč
  Peter Mankoc
  Peter Mankoč is one of the best Slovenian swimmers of all time and one of the most successful short course European Championship swimmers in the history of the event.- Personal :...
  
  , Jernej Godec
  Jernej Godec
  Jernej Godec is a freestyle and butterfly swimmer from Slovenia, who competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 03:44.17 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100m Breaststroke

• Nataša Kejžar
  Nataša Kejžar
  Nataša Kejžar is an olympic swimmer, born October 14, 1976 in Jesenice, Slovenia, Yugoslavia. She studied at Faculty of Computer and Information Science, Ljubljana and achieved her PhD degree in Statistics in 2007. She is...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 01:10.44
• Semi-final — 01:10.66 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

• Alenka Kejžar
  Alenka Kejžar
  Alenka Kejžar is an Olympic class swimmer. She was born February 15, 1979 in Kranj, Slovenia. Kejžar attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. She was a Golden Key member....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 02:18.33 (→ did not advance)