Slovenia at the 2000 Summer Olympics
# 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.

## 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

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

## Athletics

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Urban Acman Boštjan Fridrih Matic Osovnikar Matic Šušteršič | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.25 | 5 q | — | — | DSQ | DSQ | did not advance | did not advance |
| Boštjan Horvat Sergej Šalamon Matija Šestak Jože Vrtačič | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:10.07 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Gregor Cankar | Long jump | 7.98 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Primož Kozmus | Hammer throw | 68.83 | 38 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Alenka Bikar | 200 m | 23.26 | 6 q | 23.01 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Helena Javornik | 1500 m | 4:18.18 | 34 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Helena Javornik | 5000 m | 16:09.60 | 40 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Brigita Langerholc | 400 m | DNS | DNS | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Brigita Langerholc | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Evfemija Štorga | Javelin throw | 54.94 | 27 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Anja Valant | Triple jump | 14.36 | 4 Q | 13.59 | 9 |

## Badminton

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Canoeing

### Slalom

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | Qualifying | Qualifying | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Men's K-1 | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Cycling

### Road

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

### Mountain biking

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

## Gymnastics

### Artistic

**Men**

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank |
| Mitja Petkovšek | Parallel bars | — | — | — | — | 8.687 | — | 8.687 | 75 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

**Women**

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | UB | V | HB | F | Total | Rank | UB | V | HB | F | Total | Rank |
| Mojca Mavric | Individual all-around | 8.512 | 8.212 | 8.525 | 8.825 | 34.074 | 62 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Handball

### 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 |

## Rowing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals C-D | Semifinals C-D | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Iztok Čop Luka Špik | Double sculls | 6:24.92 | 1 Q | BYE | 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 | BYE | — | — | 6:04.07 | 2 Q | 5:58.34 | 4 |

## Sailing

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Net points | Final rank |
| Tomaž Čopi Mitja Margon | 470 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 78 | 9 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Net points | Final rank |
| Janja Orel Klara Maučec | 470 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 117 | 17 |

### Open

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Net points | Final rank |
| Vasilij Žbogar | Laser | 7 | 6 | 30 | 19 | DNF | 33 | 12 | 16 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 142 | 19 |

## Shooting

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Rajmond Debevec | 50 metre rifle three positions | 1177 OR | 1 Q | 1275.1 OR | |
| Rajmond Debevec | 50 metre rifle prone | 593 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Rajmond Debevec | 10 m air rifle | 591 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Andraz Lipolt | Trap | 106 | 32 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Natalija Prednik | 10 m air rifle | 391 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Swimming

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Jure Bučar | 400 m freestyle | 4:00.19 | 35 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Peter Mankoč | 50 m freestyle | 23.02 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Peter Mankoč | 100 m freestyle | 50.28 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Peter Mankoč | 100 m butterfly | 54.15 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Peter Mankoč | 200 m individual medley | 2:03.45 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Blaž Medvešek | 100 m backstroke | 57.26 | 32 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Blaž Medvešek | 200 m backstroke | 2:01.67 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Marko Milenkovič | 400 m individual medley | 4:26.62 | 30 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Alenka Kejžar | 200 m individual medley | 2:18.33 NR | 19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Nataša Kejžar | 100 m breaststroke | 1:10.44 NR | 15 | 1:10.66 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Taekwondo

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Tennis

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Katarina Srebotnik | Women's singles | Habšudová (SVK) L 3–6, 6–7 (7–9) | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Katarina Srebotnik Tina Križan | Women's doubles | Likhovtseva / Myskina (RUS) L 6–7 (4–6), 3–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
