Slovenia at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Slovenia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's fourth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics since the post-Yugoslav era. The Olympic Committee of Slovenia (Template:Langx) sent the nation's largest ever delegation to the Games in Olympic history. A total of 79 athletes, 56 men and 23 women, competed in 10 sports. For the second consecutive time, men's handball was the only team-based sport in which Slovenia had its representation at these Games.

The Slovenian team featured three defending Olympic champions from Sydney: double sculls pair Iztok Čop and Luka Špik, and rifle shooter Rajmond Debevec, who became the first Slovenian to compete in six Olympic Games (including two appearances for Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia). Sprinter Merlene Ottey, who granted a dual citizenship in 2002, also set a historic milestone as the first female track and field athlete to participate in seventh Olympics, although she appeared for her native Jamaican team in previous editions.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Handball team goalkeeper Beno Lapajne was appointed by the committee to carry the Slovenian flag in the opening ceremony.<ref name=beno-lap>Template:Cite news</ref>

Slovenia left Athens with a total of four medals, one silver and bronze, failing to achieve an Olympic gold for the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Unable to defend their Olympic rowing title from the previous Games, Čop and Špik managed to settle only for the silver after losing out to France by two seconds in the men's double sculls.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Meanwhile, the remaining medals were awarded to the athletes for the first time in women's judo and sailing.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Template:Silver medal	Template:Sortname Template:Sortname	Rowing	Men's double sculls	Template:Dts
Template:Bronze medal	Template:Sortname	Judo	Women's 63 kg	Template:Dts
Template:Bronze medal	Template:Sortname	Sailing	Laser class	Template:Dts
Template:Bronze medal	Template:Sortname	Athletics	Women's 800 m	Template:Dts

Athletics

Template:Main article Slovenian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Boštjan Buč	3000 m steeplechase	8:37.29	10	colspan=4 Template:N/a	Did not advance
Roman Kejžar	Marathon	colspan=6 Template:N/a	2:23:34	54
Matic Osovnikar	100 m	10.15 NR	3 Q	10.26	4	Did not advance
	200 m	20.57	4 Q	20.47 NR	4 q	20.89	8	Did not advance
Matija Šestak	400 m	45.88	4 q	colspan=2 Template:N/a	46.54	7	Did not advance
Damjan Zlatnar	110 m hurdles	13.66 NR	7 q	Template:Abbr		Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Gregor Cankar	Long jump	7.32	39	Did not advance
Primož Kozmus	Hammer throw	78.81	5 Q	78.56	6
Rožle Prezelj	High jump	2.20	=20	Did not advance
Igor Primc	Discus throw	56.33	30	Did not advance
Jure Rovan	Pole vault	5.50	25	Did not advance
Boštjan Šimunič	Triple jump	16.07	37	Did not advance
Miroslav Vodovnik	Shot put	20.04	12 q	19.34	11
Peter Zupanc	Javelin throw	77.34	22	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	23.09	2 Q	23.38	7	Did not advance
Jolanda Čeplak	800 m	2:00.61	1 Q	colspan=2 Template:N/a	1:58.80	2 Q	1:56.43	Template:Bronze03
Helena Javornik	10000 m	colspan=6 Template:N/a	31:06.63 NR	10
Merlene Ottey	100 m	11.14	2 Q	11.24	3 Q	11.21	5	Did not advance
	200 m	22.72 NR	3 Q	23.07	4 q	Template:Abbr		Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Tina Čarman	Long jump	5.72	36	Did not advance
Teja Melink	Pole vault	4.15	=24	Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Simon Hočevar	Men's C-1	104.17	9	105.18	11	209.35	9 Q	100.24	8 Q	99.54	6	199.78	6
Uroš Kodelja	Men's K-1	102.24	19	97.99	13	200.23	17 Q	96.68	8 Q	104.93	10	201.61	10
Nada Mali	Women's K-1	165.65	19	110.83	10	278.48	19	Did not advance

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jernej Župančič Regent	K-1 1000 m	3:32.552	7 q	3:35.050	6	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Andrej Hauptman	Men's road race	5:41:56	5
Uroš Murn		5:44:13	50
Gorazd Štangelj	Men's road race	5:43:20	43
	Men's time trial	1:03:45.84	35
Tadej Valjavec	Men's road race	5:41:56	26

Handball

Men's tournament

Roster

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Group play

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Classification match (11th–12th place)

Judo

Template:Main article Five Slovenian judoka (one men and four women) qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sašo Jereb	−73 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0010–1000	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Petra Nareks	−52 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0001–0010	Did not advance
Urška Žolnir	−63 kg	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 0010–0001	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 1020–0000	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0111–1000	colspan=3 Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 0100–0010	Template:Bronze03
Raša Sraka	−70 kg	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0001–0012	Did not advance		Template:FlagIOCathlete W 0010–0000	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0000–0200	Did not advance
Lucija Polavder	+78 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0000–1010	Did not advance

Rowing

Template:Main article Slovenian rowers qualified the following boats:

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Davor Mizerit	Single sculls	7:24.60	3 R	7:01.31	1 SA/B/C	7:04.07	3 FB	6:55.64	9
Andrej Hrabar Matija Pavšič	Pair	7:05.36	5 R	6:30.89	3 SA/B	6:46.12	5 FB	6:27.11	9
Iztok Čop Luka Špik	Double sculls	6:45.26	1 SA/B	colspan=2 Template:N/a	6:11.96	1 FA	6:31.72	Template:Silver02
Janez Klemenčič Miha Pirih Tomaž Pirih Gregor Sračnjek	Four	6:25.36	3 SA/B	colspan=2 Template:N/a	5:55.53	4 FB	5:50.59	9

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Sailing

Template:Main article Slovenian sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Gašper Vinčec	Finn	4	24	14	19	DNF	19	8	17	18	5	23	151	20
Tomaž Čopi Davor Glavina	470	13	13	17	6	15	20	8	19	15	6	14	126	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Vesna Dekleva Klara Maučec	470	3	5	14	18	2	15	1	2	18	3	2	65	4

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Vasilij Žbogar	Laser	21	13	3	8	4	1	14	1	14	5	13	76	Template:Bronze03

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

Template:Main article One Slovenian shooter qualified to compete in the following events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Rajmond Debevec	10 m air rifle	589	=29	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	594	=9	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1166	5 Q	1262.6	4

Swimming

Template:Main article Slovenian swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Peter Mankoč	50 m freestyle	Template:Abbr		Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	49.54	10 Q	49.71	13	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:50.72	22	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	54.14	29	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	Template:Abbr		Did not advance
Blaž Medvešek	200 m backstroke	2:01.13	15 Q	1:59.37	7 Q	2:00.06 NR	8
Marko Milenkovič	400 m individual medley	4:30.99	31	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance
Emil Tahirovič	100 m breaststroke	1:02.12	17	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:18.65	36	Did not advance
Bojan Zdešar	400 m freestyle	3:59.38	31	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:31.57	20	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance
Jernej Godec Peter Mankoč Blaž Medvešek Emil Tahirovič	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:44.17	14	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anja Čarman	400 m freestyle	4:17.79	24	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	Template:Abbr		colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:17.62	23	Did not advance
Sara Isaković	50 m freestyle	26.81	36	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	56.67	=26	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	2:01.71	18	Did not advance
Alenka Kejžar	200 m backstroke	Template:Abbr		Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:32.64	18	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:18.60	18	Did not advance
Anja Klinar	200 m butterfly	2:18.15	28	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:46.66	13	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance
Lavra Babič Anja Čarman Sara Isaković Anja Klinar	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:16.89	16	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance

Tennis

Template:Main article Slovenia nominated four female tennis players to compete in the tournament.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Maja Matevžič	Women's singles	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 7–6(7–3), 7–5	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–6, 0–6	Did not advance
Tina Pisnik		Template:FlagIOCathlete L 3–7, 7–5, 4–6	Did not advance
Katarina Srebotnik		Template:FlagIOCathlete W 6–3, 0–6, 6–4	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 5–7, 4–6	Did not advance
Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	Women's doubles	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 5–7, 3–6	Did not advance
Maja Matevžič Tina Pisnik		Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–6, 2–6	Did not advance

See also

• Slovenia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
• Slovenia at the 2005 Mediterranean Games

External links

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad Template:Webarchive
• Slovenian Olympic Committee Template:In lang

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