Croatia at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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

Women

Track & road events

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		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

Croatia has qualified a women's team.

• Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players

Roster

The following is the Croatia roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Croatia women's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 4 Sandra Mandir 34 – (1977-08-04)4 August 1977 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) ŽKK Novi Zagreb G 5 Anđa Jelavić 31 – (1980-09-21)21 September 1980 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Kayseri Kaski S.K. F 6 Antonija Mišura 24 – (1988-05-19)19 May 1988 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) ŽKK Jolly JBS F 7 Lisa Ann Karčić 25 – (1986-11-11)11 November 1986 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Caja Rural Tintos de Toro G 8 Emanuela Salopek 25 – (1987-04-18)18 April 1987 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) ŽKK Medveščak C 9 Marija Vrsaljko 22 – (1989-08-08)8 August 1989 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) CB Avenida G 10 Iva Ciglar 26 – (1985-12-12)12 December 1985 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) Perpignan Basket G/F 11 Ana Lelas 29 – (1983-04-02)2 April 1983 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Basket Lattes F 12 Iva Slišković 27 – (1984-09-04)4 September 1984 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) KK Kingtrade F 13 Mirna Mazić 26 – (1985-12-24)24 December 1985 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) ŽKK Novi Zagreb C 14 Luca Ivanković 24 – (1987-09-26)26 September 1987 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) ŽKK Jolly JBS G/F 15 Jelena Ivezić 28 – (1984-03-17)17 March 1984 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Ceyhan Belediyespor	Head coach Stipe Bralić Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 28 July 2012

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	462	279	+183	10	Quarterfinals
2	Turkey	5	4	1	343	316	+27	9
3	China	5	3	2	346	363	−17	8
4	Czech Republic	5	2	3	346	332	+14	7
5	Croatia	5	1	4	324	379	−55	6
6	Angola	5	0	5	243	395	−152	5

28 July 2012 16:45

Report

United States	81–56	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 11–4, 20–24, 22–19, 28–9
Pts: Charles 14 Rebs: Parker 13 Asts: Bird 5		Pts: Ivezić 22 Rebs: Ivanković 7 Asts: Lelas 5

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Juan Arteaga (ESP), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT), Snehal Bendke (IND)

30 July 2012 09:00

Report

Croatia	58–83	China
Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 10–15, 14–25, 13–19
Pts: Mandir 22 Rebs: Ivezić 6 Asts: Jelavić, Lelas 4		Pts: Chen Nan 28 Rebs: Chen Nan 10 Asts: Miao Lijie 10

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Michael Aylen (AUS), Elena Chernova (RUS), Felicia Grinter (USA)

1 August 2012 20:00

Report

Croatia	70–89	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 20–23, 21–12, 10–32
Pts: Mandir 20 Rebs: Mandir 6 Asts: Mandir 3		Pts: Elhotová 20 Rebs: Horáková 10 Asts: Veselá 7

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Carole Delauné (FRA)

3 August 2012 09:00

Report

Angola	56–75	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 14–17, 11–18, 13–16
Pts: Tomas 15 Rebs: Mauricio, Tomas 8 Asts: Mauricio 4		Pts: Lelas 23 Rebs: Ivanković 7 Asts: Mandir 5

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Stephen Seibel (CAN), Shoko Sugruro (JPN), Peng Ling (CHN)

5 August 2012 20:00

Report

Croatia	65–70	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 7–15, 13–25, 21–12
Pts: Lelas 14 Rebs: Lelas, Mandir 6 Asts: Lelas 5		Pts: Hollingsworth 14 Rebs: Yılmaz 9 Asts: Tunçluer, Vardarlı 5

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Marcos Benito (BRA), Elena Chernova (RUS)

• 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.^[4] As a consequence, Kristijan Đurasek was selected as a replacement. Đurasek's participation was later confirmed by IOC.

Croatia has qualified 1 fencer.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		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

Men

Women

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		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		7

Roster

The following is the Croatia roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[5]

Head coaches: Slavko Goluža

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Venio Losert (1976-07-25)25 July 1976 (aged 36) 1.91 m CB Ademar León 4 CB Ivano Balić (1979-04-01)1 April 1979 (aged 33) 1.91 m RK Zagreb 5 CB Domagoj Duvnjak (1988-06-01)1 June 1988 (aged 24) 1.97 m HSV Hamburg 6 LB Blaženko Lacković (1980-12-25)25 December 1980 (aged 31) 1.96 m HSV Hamburg 8 RB Marko Kopljar (1986-02-12)12 February 1986 (aged 26) 2.10 m RK Zagreb 9 P Igor Vori (1980-09-20)20 September 1980 (aged 31) 2.03 m HSV Hamburg 10 LB Jakov Gojun (1986-04-18)18 April 1986 (aged 26) 2.04 m RK Zagreb 13 RW Zlatko Horvat (1984-09-25)25 September 1984 (aged 27) 1.80 m RK Zagreb 14 LB Drago Vuković (1983-08-03)3 August 1983 (aged 28) 1.94 m TuS N-Lübbecke 20 LB Damir Bičanić (1985-06-29)29 June 1985 (aged 27) 1.94 m Chambéry Handball 21 RB Denis Buntić (1982-10-13)13 October 1982 (aged 29) 1.99 m Vive Targi Kielce 25 GK Mirko Alilović (1985-09-15)15 September 1985 (aged 26) 2.00 m MKB Veszprém 26 LW Manuel Štrlek (1988-12-01)1 December 1988 (aged 23) 1.84 m RK Zagreb 27 RW Ivan Čupić (1986-03-27)27 March 1986 (aged 26) 1.79 m Rhein-Neckar Löwen 29 LW Ivan Ninčević (1981-10-27)27 October 1981 (aged 30) 1.84 m Füchse Berlin

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Croatia	5	5	0	0	150	109	+41	10	Quarter-finals
Denmark	5	4	0	1	124	129	−5	8
Spain	5	3	0	2	140	126	+14	6
Hungary	5	2	0	3	114	128	−14	4
Serbia	5	1	0	4	120	131	−11	2
South Korea	5	0	0	5	115	140	−25	0

29 July 2012 11:15	Croatia	31 – 21	South Korea	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,068[6] Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	Čupić 8	(14–8)	Jeong Yi-kyeong 5
	1× 4×	Report	2× 6×

31 July 2012 16:15	Serbia	23 – 31	Croatia	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,827[7] Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Vujin 6	(9–13)	Čupić 8
	4× 3×	Report	3× 4×

2 August 2012 14:30	Croatia	26 – 19	Hungary	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,950[8] Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
	Čupić 7	(11–9)	Császár, Nagy 4
	3× 6×	Report	3× 2×

4 August 2012 16:15	Croatia	32 – 21	Denmark	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,800[9] Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
	three players 5	(14–9)	Eggert Jensen, Lindberg 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

6 August 2012 19:30	Spain	25 – 30	Croatia	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,856[10] Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Entrerríos, Tomás 5	(10–11)	Čupić, Lacković 7
	3× 3×	Report	4× 2×

Quarter-final

8 August 2012 21:30	Croatia	25 – 23	Tunisia	Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,578[11] Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	Čupić 8	(11–12)	Jallouz, Alouini 4
	2× 3×	Report	4× 5× 1×

Semifinal

10 August 2012 20:30	France	25 – 22	Croatia	Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,849[12] Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
	three players 4	(12–10)	Horvat 6
	4× 2×	Report	4× 2×

Bronze medal match

12 August 2012 11:00	Hungary	26 – 33	Croatia	Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,263[13] Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Harsányi 7	(14–19)	Čupić 8
	4× 4×	Report	3× 3×

Roster

The following is the Croatia roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[14]

Head coaches: Vladimir Canjuga

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Jelena Grubišić (1987-01-20)20 January 1987 (aged 25) 1.84 m RK Krim 2 CB Miranda Tatari (1983-09-20)20 September 1983 (aged 28) 1.74 m Podravka Koprivnica 5 LW Dijana Jovetić (1984-05-21)21 May 1984 (aged 28) 1.70 m ŽRK Budućnost 6 P Andrea Šerić (1985-08-03)3 August 1985 (aged 26) 1.84 m RK Krim 8 LW Anita Gaće (1983-04-14)14 April 1983 (aged 29) 1.77 m Podravka Koprivnica 10 RW Nikica Pušić-Koroljević (1983-03-19)19 March 1983 (aged 29) 1.77 m Podravka Koprivnica 13 LB Lidija Horvat (1982-05-05)5 May 1982 (aged 30) 1.84 m Podravka Koprivnica 14 RB Kristina Franić (1987-05-22)22 May 1987 (aged 25) 1.80 m RK Krim 15 RB Andrea Penezić (1985-11-13)13 November 1985 (aged 26) 1.86 m RK Krim 16 GK Ivana Jelčić (1980-03-16)16 March 1980 (aged 32) 1.80 m Podravka Koprivnica 18 CB Ivana Lovrić (1984-09-01)1 September 1984 (aged 27) 1.73 m RK Samobor 19 RW Maja Zebić (1982-05-31)31 May 1982 (aged 30) 1.78 m SD Itxako 20 P Vesna Milanović-Litre (1986-05-30)30 May 1986 (aged 26) 1.80 m Podravka Koprivnica 29 RB Sonja Bašić (1987-11-26)26 November 1987 (aged 24) 1.82 m Lokomotiva Zagreb

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Brazil	5	4	0	1	137	122	+15	8	Quarter-finals
Croatia	5	4	0	1	145	115	+30	8
Russia	5	3	1	1	151	125	+26	7
Montenegro	5	2	1	2	137	123	+14	5
Angola	5	1	0	4	132	142	−10	2
Great Britain	5	0	0	5	91	166	−75	0

28 July 2012 14:30	Croatia	23 – 24	Brazil	Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,942[15] Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Jovetić 6	(10–9)	do Nascimento, Amorim 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 6× 1×

30 July 2012 09:30	Angola	23 – 28	Croatia	Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,892[16] Referees: Al-Nuaimi, Omar (UAE)
	Guialo, M. Kiala 5	(11–13)	Zebić 9
	2× 4×	Report	3× 2×

1 August 2012 21:15	Russia	28 – 30	Croatia	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,098[17] Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	Turey 6	(15–15)	Penezić 10
	3× 5×	Report	3× 6×

3 August 2012 14:30	Croatia	27 – 26	Montenegro	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,541[18] Referees: Lopez, Sabroso (ESP)
	Penezić 10	(12–12)	Popović 10
	3× 5×	Report	2× 4×

5 August 2012 16:15	Croatia	37 – 14	Great Britain	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,792[19] Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	three players 5	(17–6)	Fairbrother 3
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

Quarter-final

7 August 2012 13:30	Spain	25 – 22	Croatia	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,553[20] Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Pinedo 7	(13–12)	Tatari 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 6×

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		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

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

Men

Women

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

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.^[21]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		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
	Double trap	114	23	Did not advance
Petar Gorša	10 m air rifle	586	43	Did not advance

Women

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)):^[22][23]

Men

Women

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.^[24]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		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		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		Bye	Rodríguez (CHI) W 4–0	Póta (HUN) L 1–4	Did not advance

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:^[25][26]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		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