Slovenia competed at the

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, Australia. Slovenia won their first two summer Olympic gold medals at these games.

Medalists

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

Athletics

;Men ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Women ;Track & road events ;Field events

Badminton

Canoeing

Slalom

Cycling

Road

Mountain biking

Gymnastics

Artistic

;Men ;Women

Handball

Men's tournament

Aleš Pajovič Aleš Pajovič (born 6 January 1979) is a Slovenian retired handball player and current coach of the Austrian national team. He is best known for poking Petar Metličić in the eye at the 2004 European Men's Handball Championship semifinal matc ...

* Andrej Kastelic * Beno Lapajne * Branko Bedekovič *

Gregor Cvijič Gregor Cvijič (born 26 March 1972) is a Slovenian handball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dha ...

* Iztok Puc * Jani Likavec *

Renato Vugrinec Renato Vugrinec (born 9 June 1975) is a Slovenian-Macedonian retired handball player. Before switching his national team alliagance, Vugrinec was a long time member of Slovenia men's national handball team and represented the country on several i ...

Roman Pungartnik Roman Pungartnik (born 16 May 1971) is a Slovenian handball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharu ...

Rolando Pušnik Rolando Pušnik (born 13 December 1961) is a Slovenian former handball player. Club career Over the course of his career that spanned over 25 years, Pušnik played for Celje (two spells), Crvenka, Železničar Niš, Mepamsa San Antonio, Zagreb ...

* Tettey-Sowah Banfro * Tomaž Tomšič * Uroš Šerbec * Zoran Jovičič * Zoran Lubej

Group B

Quarterfinal

5th / 8th place

7th / 8th place

Rowing

;Men

Sailing

;Men ;Women ;Open

Shooting

;Men ;Women

Swimming

;Men ;Women

Taekwondo

;Men

Tennis

;Women

References

sports-reference
*Wallechinsky, David (2004). ''The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition)''. Toronto, Canada. . *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
{{NOCin2000SummerOlympics Nations at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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