Croatia at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Croatia at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Croatia at the; 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CRO
NOC	Croatian Olympic Committee
Website	www.hoo.hr (in Croatian and English)
in London
Competitors	110 in 17 sports
Flag bearers	Venio Losert (opening) ; Damir Martin (closing)
Medals; Ranked 25th	Gold 3 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	Austria (1900); Yugoslavia (1920–1988)

Croatia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

The Croatian Olympic Committee (Croatian: Hrvatski olimpijski odbor, HOO) sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games. A total of 108 athletes, 64 men and 44 women, competed in 17 sports. Women's basketball, men's water polo, and handball were the only team-based sports in which Croatia had its representation in these Olympic Games. Among the sports played by athletes, Croatia also marked its Olympic debut in judo and fencing.

Croatian athletes featured two sets of twins (taekwondo jins Lucija and Ana Zaninović, and Greco-Roman wrestlers Neven and Nenad Žugaj). Table tennis player and Olympic silver medalist Zoran Primorac became the first Croatian athlete to participate in seven Olympic Games as an individual athlete (his first appearance competed under the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), and was also the oldest athlete of the team, at age 43. Venio Losert, captain of the men's handball team, was appointed by the committee to carry the nation's flag at the opening ceremony.

Croatia left London with a total of 6 Olympic medals (3 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze). This was the nation's most successful Olympics, based on the most medals won at a single games. All gold medals, being the highest in the nation's Olympic history, were awarded for the first time in women's discus throw, men's trap shooting, and men's water polo.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Sandra Perković	Athletics	Women's discus	4 August
Gold	Giovanni Cernogoraz	Shooting	Men's trap	6 August
Gold	Croatia men's national water polo team Samir Barač Miho Bošković Ivan Buljubašić Damir Burić Andro Bušlje Nikša Dobud Igor Hinić Maro Joković Petar Muslim Paulo Obradović Josip Pavić Sandro Sukno Frano Vićan	Water polo	Men's tournament	12 August
Silver	David Šain Martin Sinković Damir Martin Valent Sinković	Rowing	Men's quadruple sculls	3 August
Bronze	Lucija Zaninović	Taekwondo	Women's 49 kg	8 August
Bronze	Croatia national handball team Mirko Alilović Ivano Balić Damir Bičanić Denis Buntić Ivan Čupić Domagoj Duvnjak Jakov Gojun Zlatko Horvat Marko Kopljar Blaženko Lacković Venio Losert Ivan Ninčević Manuel Štrlek Igor Vori Drago Vuković	Handball	Men's tournament	12 August

Athletics

Croatian athletes have 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):^[1]^[2] Former high jump world champion Blanka Vlašić did not compete in the London Olympics due to injury problems, although she was qualified for the Games.

Key

Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
András Haklits	Hammer throw	70.61	30	Did not advance
Ivan Horvat	Pole vault	5.35	20	Did not advance
Martin Marić	Discus throw	62.87	17	Did not advance
Nedžad Mulabegović	Shot put	19.86	18	Did not advance
Roland Varga	Discus throw	58.17	36	Did not advance

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nikolina Horvat	400 m hurdles	58.49	8	Did not advance
Lisa Stublić	Marathon	—				2:34:03	52

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Sandra Perković	Discus throw	65.74	3 Q	69.11 NR
Ana Šimić	High jump	1.80	29	Did not advance

Basketball

Croatia has qualified a women's team.

Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players

Women's tournament

Roster

Template:2012 Summer Olympics Croatia women's basketball team roster

Group play

Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's basketball group A standings Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's basketball game A3 Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's basketball game A4 Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's basketball game A8 Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's basketball game A10 Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's basketball game A15

Canoeing

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dinko Mulić	Men's K-1	293.58	22	143.28	20	143.28	22	Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kristijan Đurasek	Men's road race	5:46:37	68
Radoslav Rogina	Men's road race	5:46:37	41

Robert Kišerlovski was initially selected for road race, but he had to withdraw after he got injured on the 14th stage of Tour de France.^[3] As a consequence, Kristijan Đurasek was selected as a replacement. Đurasek's participation was later confirmed by IOC.

Fencing

Croatia has qualified 1 fencer.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Bojan Jovanović	Individual foil	Gomez (MEX) L 14–15	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Filip Ude	Pommel horse	—	13.933	—				13.933	32	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank	F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank
Tina Erceg	All-around	13.466	13.500	12.833	12.266	52.065	40	Did not advance

Handball

Summary

Key:

ET – After extra time
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Croatia men's	Men's tournament	South Korea W 31–21	Serbia W 31–23	Hungary W 26–19	Denmark W 32–21	Spain W 30–25	1	Tunisia W 25–23	France L 22–25	Hungary W 33–26
Croatia women's	Women's tournament	Brazil L 23–24	Angola W 28–23	Russia W 30–28	Montenegro W 27–26	Great Britain W 37–14	2	Spain L 22–25	Did not advance		5

Men's tournament

Roster

Template:2012 Summer Olympics Croatia men's handball team roster

Group play

Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's handball group B standings Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's handball game B1 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's handball game B5 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's handball game B8 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's handball game B11 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's handball game B15

Quarter-final

Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's handball game C4

Semifinal

Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's handball game D2

Bronze medal match

Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's handball game E1

Women's tournament

Roster

Template:2012 Summer Olympics Croatia women's handball team roster

Group play

Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's handball group A standings Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's handball game A2 Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's handball game A4 Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's handball game A9 Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's handball game A11 Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's handball game A15

Quarter-final

Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's handball game C3

Judo

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tomislav Marijanović	Men's −81 kg	Bye	Tchrikishvili (GEO) L 0001–0010	Did not advance
Marijana Mišković	Women's −63 kg	—	Bye	Ueno (JPN) L 0000–0001	Did not advance

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mario Vekić	Single sculls	7:02.63	2 QF	Bye		7:05.78	4 SC/D	7:33.51	1 FC	7:27.60	15
Damir Martin David Šain Martin Sinković Valent Sinković	Quadruple sculls	5:09.38	1 SA/B	Bye		—		6:03.39	1 FA	5:44.78

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; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Croatia has qualified 1 boat for each of the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*	Net points	Final rank
Luka Mratović	RS:X	24	19	26	20	22	11	14	16	18	36	—					EL	170	21
Tonči Stipanović	Laser	5	6	20	4	3	1	8	13	6	15	—					16	77	4
Ivan Kljaković Gašpić	Finn	3	3	7	9	5	6	3	7	4	10	—					8	55	5
Šime Fantela Igor Marenić	470	~~DSQ~~	13	9	10	8	5	15	1	2	22	—					2	87	6
Petar Cupać Pavle Kostov	49er	13	17	8	15	13	14	17	4	19	15	17	3	14	12	19	EL	181	17
Dan Lovrović Marin Lovrović, Jr.	Star	8	12	16	15	14	13	14	15	12	15	—					EL	116	16

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Tina Mihelić	Laser Radial	14	12	22	25	17	25	14	13	14	17	EL	148	17
Enia Ninčević Romana Župan	470	4	16	13	11	20	11	8	20	19	14	EL	115	17

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

Shooting

Thanks to the wins at the 2011 ISSF World Cup competitions, 2011 European Shooting Championships and 2012 European Championships for 10 m events, Croatia has earned five quota places in shooting events.^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Giovanni Cernogoraz	Trap	122	6 Q	146 S/O 6 OR
Bojan Đurković	10 m air rifle	590	36	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1152	35	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	595	8 Q	698	7
Anton Glasnović	Trap	122	5 Q	143	6
Anton Glasnović	Double trap	114	23	Did not advance
Petar Gorša	10 m air rifle	586	43	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Snježana Pejčić	10 m air rifle	395	18	Did not advance
Snježana Pejčić	50 m rifle 3 positions	584	6 Q	681.9	5

Swimming

Croatian swimmers have achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[5]^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mario Todorović	50 m freestyle	22.75	28	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sanja Jovanović	100 m backstroke	1:03.38	36	Did not advance
Kim Daniela Pavlin	200 m backstroke	2:15:67	33	Did not advance
Kim Daniela Pavlin	200 m individual medley	2:17:17	30	Did not advance
Karla Šitić	10 km open water	—				1:58:54.7	11

Table tennis

Croatia has qualified four athletes for singles table tennis events. Based on his ITTF world rankings as of 16 May 2011 Zoran Primorac has qualified for the men's event.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Andrej Gaćina	Men's singles	Bye		Persson (SWE) W 4–0	Shibaev (RUS) W 4–3	Chuang C-y (TPE) L 2–4	Did not advance
Zoran Primorac	Men's singles	Bye		Lashin (EGY) L 3–4	Did not advance
Cornelia Molnar	Women's singles	Bye	Zhang (USA) W 4–0	Kim J (PRK) L 1–4	Did not advance
Tian Yuan	Women's singles	Bye	Rodríguez (CHI) W 4–0	Póta (HUN) L 1–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Croatia has ensured berths in the following events of taekwondo by reaching the top 3 of the 2011 World Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan:^[8]^[9]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lucija Zaninović	Women's −49 kg	Kang (CAF) W 14–0 PTG	López (ARG) W 13–4	Wu Jy (CHN) L 7–19	Bye	Alegría (MEX) W 1–0 SDP	Did not advance
Ana Zaninović	Women's −57 kg	Hamada (JPN) L 11–14	Did not advance

Tennis

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Marin Čilić	Men's singles	Melzer (AUT) W 7–6^(6–5), 6–2	Hewitt (AUS) L 4–6, 5–7	Did not advance
Ivan Dodig		del Potro (ARG) L 4–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Ivo Karlović		Withdrew because of injury on 26 July
Marin Čilić Ivan Dodig	Men's doubles	—	Cabal / Giraldo (COL) W 6–3, 6–4	Brunström / Lindstedt (SWE) W 6–3, 6–2	Ferrer / F López (ESP) L 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Petra Martić	Women's singles	Withdrew because of injury on 27 July

Water polo

The Croatia men's national water polo team (13 athletes) qualified for the Olympic Games by reaching the semi-finals at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, People's Republic of China.

Summary

Key:

FT – After full time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Croatia men's	Men's tournament	Greece W 8–6	Spain W 8–7	Italy W 11–6	Australia W 11–6	Kazakhstan W 12–4	2	United States W 8–2	Montenegro W 7–5	Italy W 8–6

Men's tournament

Roster

Template:2012 Summer Olympics Croatia men's water polo team roster

Group play

Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's water polo group A standings Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's water polo game A1 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's water polo game A4 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's water polo game A8 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's water polo game A10 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's water polo game A13

Quarter-final

Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's water polo game C1

Semifinal

Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's water polo game F1

Gold medal match

Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's water polo game G2

Wrestling

Key

VT - Victory by Fall.
PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Neven Žugaj	−74 kg	Tolba (EGY) W 3–0 ^PO	Ahmadov (AZE) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance					10
Nenad Žugaj	−84 kg	Bye	Gaber (EGY) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance		Noumonvi (FRA) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance		14

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