Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athletes from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 109 competitors, 92 men and 17 women, took part in 50 events in 14 sports.[1] These would be the last Summer Games in which athletes from Montenegro and Serbia participated under the name of Yugoslavia. They would compete as Serbia and Montenegro at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Flag of Yugoslavia
IOC code	YUG
NOC	Yugoslav Olympic Committee
in Sydney
Competitors	109 (92 men and 17 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Vladimir Grbić
Medals Ranked 44th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000
Other related appearances
Serbia (1912, 2008–)  Croatia (1992–)  Slovenia (1992–)  Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–)  Independent Olympic Participants (1992 S) North Macedonia (1996–)  Serbia and Montenegro (2004–2006)  Montenegro (2008–)  Kosovo (2016–)

Medalists

Further information: 2000 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2000 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Yugoslavia men's national volleyball team Vladimir Batez Slobodan Boškan Andrija Gerić Nikola Grbić Vladimir Grbić Slobodan Kovač Đula Mešter Vasa Mijić Ivan Miljković Veljko Petković Goran Vujević Igor Vušurović	Volleyball	Men's tournament
Silver	Jasna Šekarić	Shooting	Women's 10 m air pistol
Bronze	Yugoslavia men's national water polo team Aleksandar Ćirić Danilo Ikodinović Viktor Jelenić Nikola Kuljača Aleksandar Šapić Dejan Savić Aleksandar Šoštar Petar Trbojević Veljko Uskoković Jugoslav Vasović Vladimir Vujasinović Nenad Vukanić Predrag Zimonjić	Water polo	Men's tournament

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
Siniša Peša	400 m hurdles	52.14	54	Did not advance
Darko Radomirović	1500 m	3:43.57	33	Did not advance
Aleksandar Raković	50 km walk	N/A						3:49:16	11
Predrag Momirović Milan Petaković Miloš Sakić Slobodan Spasić	4 × 100 metres	39.99	31	Did not advance
Marko Janković Siniša Peša Branislav Stojanović Slaviša Vraneš	4 × 400 metres	3:07.41	22	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Danial Jahić	Long jump	7.85	21	Did not advance
Zoran Đurđević	Triple jump	16.31	26	Did not advance
Dragutin Topić	High jump	2.30	21	Did not advance
Stevan Zorić		2.15	27	Did not advance
Dragan Perić	Shot put	19.49	16	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Vukosava Đapić	100 m	12.12	60	Did not advance
Mila Savić	200 m	24.12	46	Did not advance
Olivera Jevtić	5000 m	15:11:25	11 q	N/A				DNF
Sonja Stolić		15:38.96	25	Did not advance
Olivera Jevtić	10000 m	32:06.54	4 Q	N/A				31:29.65	11
Vukosava Đapić Bijana Mitrović Elvira Pancić Mila Savić	4 × 100 metres	42.02	21	Did not advance
Vukosava Đapić Tatjana Lojanica Mila Savić Jelena Stanisavljević	4 × 400 metres	3:37.99	20	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Marija Martinović	Triple jump	13.49	22	Did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Team roster

FR Yugoslavia National Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 4 Bodiroga, Dejan 27 – (1973-03-02)March 2, 1973 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Panathinaikos G 5 Danilović, Predrag 30 – (1970-02-26)February 26, 1970 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Kinder Bologna F 13 Drobnjak, Predrag 24 – (1975-10-27)October 27, 1975 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Efes Pilsen C 15 Jestratijević, Nikola 24 – (1976-07-09)July 9, 1976 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Crvena zvezda G 10 Lukovski, Dragan 25 – (1975-03-21)March 21, 1975 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Crvena zvezda G 6 Obradović, Saša 31 – (1969-01-29)January 29, 1969 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Crvena zvezda PG 7 Rakočević, Igor 22 – (1978-03-29)March 29, 1978 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Crvena zvezda C 11 Rebrača, Željko 28 – (1972-04-09)April 9, 1972 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Panathinaikos G 9 Šćepanović, Vlado 24 – (1975-11-13)November 13, 1975 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Efes Pilsen F 8 Stojaković, Predrag 23 – (1977-06-09)June 9, 1977 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Sacramento Kings C 12 Tarlać, Dragan 27 – (1973-05-09)May 9, 1973 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Olympiacos C 14 Tomašević, Dejan 27 – (1973-05-06)May 6, 1973 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Budućnost Podgorica	Head coach Željko Obradović Legend (C) Team captain nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age as of 17 September 2000

Group play

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Canada	5	4	1	433	373	+60	9[lower-alpha 1]
FR Yugoslavia	5	4	1	372	338	+34	9[lower-alpha 2]
Australia	5	3	2	408	407	+1	8[lower-alpha 1]
Russia	5	3	2	367	328	+39	8[lower-alpha 2]
Spain	5	1	4	349	376	−27	6
Angola	5	0	5	303	410	−107	5

Source:
Notes:

1. Tiebreaker: 1–0
2. Tiebreaker: 0–1

17 September 14:30

FR Yugoslavia	66–60	Russia
Scoring by half: 27–28, 39–32
Pts: Rebrača 18 Rebs: Drobnjak 6 Asts: Lukovski, Obradović 3 each		Pts: Panov 13 Rebs: 3 players, 5 each Asts: 3 players, 2 each

The Dome, Sydney Attendance: 8,353

19 September 21:30

Australia	66–80	FR Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 28–45, 38–35
Pts: Gaze 21 Rebs: Longley 5 Asts: Heal 6		Pts: Bodiroga 19 Rebs: Tomašević 8 Asts: Bodiroga 6

The Dome, Sydney Attendance: 8,406

21 September 19:30

FR Yugoslavia	73–64	Angola
Scoring by half: 39–32, 34–32
Pts: Tomašević 17 Rebs: Tomašević 11 Asts: Lukovski 4		Pts: Chipongue 15 Rebs: Lutonda 6 Asts: Lutonda 6

The Dome, Sydney Attendance: 8,391

23 September 11:30

Spain	65–78	FR Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 30–32, 35–46
Pts: Herreros 16 Rebs: Dueñas 10 Asts: López, Rodríguez 3 each		Pts: Danilović 14 Rebs: Rebrača 6 Asts: Danilović 4

The Dome, Sydney Attendance: 8,365

25 September 19:30

FR Yugoslavia	75–83	Canada
Scoring by half: 42–33, 33–50
Pts: Danilović 20 Rebs: Tarlać, Tomašević 7 each Asts: Lukovski 4		Pts: Nash 26 Rebs: Nash 8 Asts: Nash 8

The Dome, Sydney Attendance: 8,398

Quarter–finals

28 September 20:00

FR Yugoslavia	63–76	Lithuania
Scoring by half: 32–37, 31–39
Pts: Stojaković 20 Rebs: Tomašević 8 Asts: Tomašević 2		Pts: Einikis 26 Rebs: Einikis 8 Asts: Jasikevičius 4

Sydney SuperDome, Sydney Attendance: 14,260 Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (Greece) Renato Santos (Brazil)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Geard Ajetović	Welterweight	Jangphonak (THA) L 9–9+	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Flatwater

Men's Competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m

• Ognjen Filipović

• Qualifying Heat — 01:43.097
• Semifinal — 01:43.434 (→ did not advance)

Men's Kayak Fours 1,000 m

• Igor Kovacić, Jozef Soti, Saša Vujanić, Dragan Zorić

• Qualifying Heat — 03:04.432
• Semifinal — 03:02.713
• Final — 03:02.316 (→ 9th place)

Women's Competition

Women's Kayak Singles 500 m

• Nataša Janić

• Qualifying Heat — 01:54.395
• Semifinal — 01:55.482
• Final — 02:16.506 (→ 4th place)

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

One female fencer represented Yugoslavia in 2000.

Women's épée

• Tamara Savić-Šotra

• Round 1 — Defeated Silvia Lesoil of Norway (15:8)
• Round 2 — Lost to Laura Flessel-Colovic of France (9:15) (→ did not advance)

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Defeated South Korea (25-24)
• Defeated Egypt (25-22)
• Lost to Germany (22-28)
• Defeated Cuba (33-26)
• Lost to Russia (25-27)

• Quarterfinals

• Defeated France (26-21)

• Semifinals

• Lost to Russia (26-29)

• Bronze Medal Game

• Lost to Spain (22-26)

• Team Roster

• Dejan Perić
• Arpad Šterbik
• Petar Kapisoda
• Vladan Matić
• Nenad Peruničić
• Nedeljko Jovanović
• Igor Butulija
• Aleksandar Knežević
• Žikica Milosavljević
• Goran Đukanović
• Ratko Đurković
• Dragan Škrbić
• Ratko Nikolić
• Ivan Lapčević
• Nebojša Golić

• Head Coach:Veselin Vujović

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Women's Competition over 78 kg:

• Mara Kovačević

• Round of 32: Bye
• Round of 16: Lost to Brigitte Oliver of Belgium

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Coxless Pairs:

• Nikola Stojić and Đorđe Višacki

• Heat: 6:42.62 (1st in heat 2, advanced to semifinal A/B)
• Semifinal A/B: 6:43.23 (2nd in semifinal A/B, advanced to final A)
• Final A: 6:38.70 (5th overall)

Men's Coxless Fours:

• Filip Filipić, Boban Ranković, Ivan Smiljanić, and Mladen Stegić

• Heat: 6:16.46 (5th in heat 1, advanced to repechage)
• Repechage: 6:09.69 (1st in repechage, advanced to semifinal A/B)
• Semifinal A/B: 6:08.82 (5th in semifinal A/B, advanced to final B)
• Final B: 6:01.29 (2nd in final B, 8th overall)

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's 10m Air Rifle

• Nemanja Mirosavljev

• Qualification: 587 points (27th overall, did not advance)

• Stevan Pletikosić

• Qualification: 583 points (38th overall, did not advance)

Men's 50m Rifle Prone

• Stevan Pletikosić

• Qualification: 591 points (30th overall, did not advance)

• Goran Maksimović

• Qualification: 589 points (35th overall, did not advance)

Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions

• Nemanja Mirosavljev

• Qualification: 1161 points (Prone: 397 points, Standing: 374 points, Kneeling: 390 points) (15th overall, did not advance)

• Stevan Pletikosić

• Qualification: 1156 points (Prone: 398 points, Standing: 369 points, Kneeling: 389 points) (29th overall, did not advance)

Women's 10m Air Rifle

• Aranka Binder

• Qualification: 392 points (15th overall, did not advance)

• Aleksandra Ivošev

• Qualification: 391 points (20th overall, did not advance)

Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions

• Aleksandra Ivošev

• Qualification: 573 points (Prone: 196 points, Standing: 185 points, Kneeling: 191 points) (22nd overall, did not advance)

• Aranka Binder

• Qualification: 572 points (Prone: 196 points, Standing: 187 points, Kneeling: 189 points) (23rd overall, did not advance)

Women's 10m Air Pistol

• Jasna Šekarić

• Qualification: 388 points (2nd overall, Qualified)
• Final: 98.5 points (Total: 486.5) → Silver Medal

Women's 25m Pistol

• Jasna Šekarić

• Qualification: 577 points (17th overall, did not advance)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's 50 m freestyle

• Nebojša Bikić

• Preliminary Heat — 23.57 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m freestyle

• Nikola Kalabić

• Preliminary Heat — 51.82 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m freestyle

• Nikola Kalabić

• Preliminary Heat — 1:54.75 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m butterfly

• Milorad Čavić

• Preliminary Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m butterfly

• Vladan Marković

• Preliminary Heat — 02:00.02 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m breaststroke

• Nikola Savčić

• Preliminary Heat — 01:04.64 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m backstroke

• Milorad Čavić

• Preliminary Heat — 58.25 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m backstroke

• Miloš Cerović

• Preliminary Heat — 02:09.07 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m individual medley

• Đorđe Filipović

• Preliminary Heat — 02:09.58 (→ did not advance)

Women's 50 m freestyle

• Duška Radan

• Preliminary Heat — 27.7 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m backstroke

• Marica Stražmešter

• Preliminary Heat — 01:07.21 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m backstroke

• Marica Stražmešter

• Preliminary Heat — 02:22.59 (→ did not advance)

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Singles Competition

• Slobodan Grujić
• Preliminary Round (Group L)

• Defeated Peter Akinlabi of Nigeria (3-0)
• Lost to Lee Chul-Seung of South Korea (2-3)
• 2nd in pool L (→ did not advance)

Men's Doubles Competition

• Slobodan Grujić and Ilija Lupulesku
• Preliminary Round (Group H)

• Defeated Brett Clarke and Jeff Plumb of Australia (2-0)
• Defeated Timo Boll and Jörg Roßkopf of Germany (2-0)

• Round of 16

• Lost to Kim Taek-Soo and Oh Sang-Eun of South Korea (0-3) (→ did not advance)

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Doubles Competition:

• Dušan Vemić and Nenad Zimonjić

• First round — lost to Arnaud Clément and Nicolas Escudé 3-6, 3-6

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Lost to Russia (1-3)
• Lost to Italy (2-3)
• Defeated United States (3-0)
• Defeated Argentina (3-1)
• Defeated South Korea (3-2)

• Quarterfinals

• Defeated the Netherlands (3-2)

• Semifinals

• Defeated Italy (3-0)

• Final

• Defeated Russia (3-0) → Gold Medal

• Team Roster

• Vladimir Batez
• Slobodan Boškan
• Andrija Gerić
• Nikola Grbić
• Vladimir Grbić
• Slobodan Kovač
• Đula Mešter
• Vasa Mijić
• Ivan Miljković
• Veljko Petković
• Goran Vujević
• Igor Vušurović

• Head Coach: Zoran Gajić

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yugoslavia	5	4	0	1	41	22	+19	9
Croatia	5	4	0	1	42	30	+12	9
Hungary	5	3	2	0	49	39	+10	6
United States	5	2	3	0	42	39	+3	4
Netherlands	5	1	4	0	34	55	-21	2
Greece	5	0	5	0	22	45	-23	0

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23 September 2000 12:00	Yugoslavia	9–1	Netherlands	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Moliner Molins (ESP), Turcotte (CAN)
	Score by quarters: 3-0, 3-1, 2-0, 1-0

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24 September 2000 14:30	United States	5–8	Yugoslavia	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Moliner Molins (ESP), Schwartz (ISR)
	Score by quarters: 1-3, 2-2, 1-2, 1-1

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25 September 2000 19:15	Yugoslavia	10–3	Greece	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Kerr (AUS), Balfanbayev (KAZ)
	Score by quarters: 4-2, 2-1, 3-0, 1-0

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26 September 2000 19:15	Croatia	4–4	Yugoslavia	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Dani (ITA), Afanasiev (RUS)*
	Score by quarters: 1-2, 0-0, 2-1, 1-1

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27 September 2000 09:30	Yugoslavia	10–9	Hungary	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Kerr (AUS), Ludecke (GER)
	Score by quarters: 3-3, 2-3, 3-2, 2-1

Quarterfinals

29 September 2000 20:30	Australia	3–7	Yugoslavia	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Ludecke (GER), Turcotte (CAN)
	Score by quarters: 1-2, 0-2, 1-2, 1-1

Semifinals

30 September 2000 15:45	Hungary	8–7	Yugoslavia	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Kerr (AUS), Ludecke (GER)
	Score by quarters: 3-2, 2-3, 2-2, 1-0

Bronze medal match

1 October 2000 15:00	Spain	3–8	Yugoslavia	Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre Referees: Tulga (TUR), Afanasiev (RUS)
	Score by quarters: 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 0-2

Roster

Bronze Medal

Aleksandar Šoštar Nikola Kuljača Vladimir Vujasinović Predrag Zimonjić Petar Trbojević

Dejan Savić Aleksandar Ćirić Aleksandar Šapić Veljko Uskoković

Jugoslav Vasović Nenad Vukanić Viktor Jelenić Danilo Ikodinović

Notes

• 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
• Serbian Olympic Committee

References

1. "Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2012.