Croatia at the 2024 Summer Olympics

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Croatian track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):^[3]

Track and road events

Field events

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Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Filip Pravdica	Men's long jump	8.04	5 Q	7.90	9
Filip Mihaljević	Men's shot put	20.75	14	Did not advance
Martin Marković	Men's discus throw	62.31	16	Did not advance
Matija Gregurić	Men's hammer throw	73.69	17	Did not advance
Sandra Elkasević	Women's discus throw	65.63	2 Q	67.51
Marija Tolj		59.87	23	Did not advance
Sara Kolak	Women's javelin throw	64.57	2 Q	63.40	4

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Croatia entered one boxer into the Olympic tournament. Gabrijel Veočić scored an outright quarterfinal victory to secure a spot in the men's middleweight division at the 2023 European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland.^[4]

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Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gabrijel Veočić	Men's 80 kg	Bye	Ishaish (JOR) W 5–0	Pinales (DOM) L 0–5	Did not advance

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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	Japan W 30–29	Slovenia L 29–31	Germany W 31–26	Sweden L 27–38	Spain L 31–32	5	Did not advance			9

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Men's tournament

Main articles: Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Croatia men's national handball team qualified for the Olympics by securing a top two spot at the 2024 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments in Hanover, Germany.^[8]

Team roster

A 20-player roster was announced on 23 May 2024.^[9] The final squad was revealed on 7 July 2024.^[10]

Head coach: Dagur Sigurðsson^[11]

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No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Dominik Kuzmanović (2002-08-15)15 August 2002 (aged 21) 1.93 m 21 0 VfL Gummersbach 2 LW Lovro Mihić (1994-08-25) 25 August 1994 (age 31) 1.81 m 62 86 Orlen Wisła Płock 5 CB Domagoj Duvnjak (1988-06-01)1 June 1988 (aged 36) 1.98 m 257 771 THW Kiel 6 RW Mario Šoštarič (1992-11-25)25 November 1992 (aged 31) 1.93 m 20 70 OTP Bank-Pick Szeged 9 RB Luka Lovre Klarica (2001-09-25)25 September 2001 (aged 22) 1.97 m 26 66 RK Zagreb 11 LB Zvonimir Srna (1998-01-18)18 January 1998 (aged 26) 2.02 m 28 61 RK Zagreb 12 GK Matej Mandić (2002-05-02)2 May 2002 (aged 22) 2.06 m 24 0 RK Zagreb 17 LB Josip Šarac (1998-02-24)24 February 1998 (aged 26) 2.00 m 33 40 Frisch Auf Göppingen 33 CB Luka Cindrić (1993-07-05)5 July 1993 (aged 31) 1.82 m 112 321 ONE Veszprém 40 P Nikola Grahovac (1998-12-14)14 December 1998 (aged 25) 2.01 m 15 8 ONE Veszprém 41 LB Tin Lučin (1999-08-16)16 August 1999 (aged 24) 1.97 m 32 82 Nexe Našice 51 RB Ivan Martinović (1998-01-06)6 January 1998 (aged 26) 1.94 m 44 197 Rhein Neckar-Löwen 53 P Marin Šipić (1996-04-29)29 April 1996 (aged 28) 1.90 m 72 135 HC Kriens-Luzern 93 P Veron Načinović (2000-03-07)7 March 2000 (aged 24) 2.04 m 31 69 Montpellier Handball

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Group play

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	5	4	0	1	162	144	+18	8	Quarterfinals
2	Slovenia	5	3	0	2	140	142	−2	6[a]
3	Spain	5	3	0	2	151	148	+3	6[a]
4	Sweden	5	3	0	2	158	139	+19	6[a]
5	Croatia	5	2	0	3	148	156	−8	4
6	Japan	5	0	0	5	143	173	−30	0

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Source: Olympics Paris 2024 rankings^[12]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
Notes:

1. [a]

   Slovenia 2 Pts, +2 GD; Spain 2 Pts, 0 GD; Sweden 2 Pts, −2 GD.

27 July 2024 14:00	Croatia	30–29	Japan	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,749 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Šoštarič 6	(13–18)	Yasuhira 10
	3×	Report	4×

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29 July 2024 11:00	Slovenia	31–29	Croatia	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,788 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Janc, Vlah 8	(13–13)	three players 5
	1× 5×	Report	1× 8× 1×

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31 July 2024 11:00	Croatia	31–26	Germany	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,774 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Martinović 9	(15–13)	Golla 8
	1× 5× 1×	Report

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2 August 2024 14:00	Croatia	27–38	Sweden	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,774 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
	Martinović 8	(15–18)	Pellas 9
	1× 4×	Report	3×

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4 August 2024 21:00	Spain	32–31	Croatia	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,723 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Rodríguez 6	(20–15)	Klarica 7
	2×	Report	1× 6×

Croatia qualified three judokas for the following weight classes at the Games. Zlatko Kumrić (men's heavyweight, 100 kg), Katarina Krišto (women's half-middleweight, 63 kg) and Barbara Matić (women's middleweight, 70 kg) got qualified via quota based on IJF World Ranking List and continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

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Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Zlatko Kumrić	Men's –100 kg	Pirelli (ITA) L 00–10	Did not advance
Katarina Krišto	Women's –63 kg	Guimendego (CAF) W 10–00	Takaichi (JPN) W 01–00	Kim (KOR) W 10–00	Awiti Alcaraz (MEX) L 00–11	Bye	Fazliu (KOS) L 00–10	5
Barbara Matić	Women's –70 kg	Bye	Polling (ITA) W 10–00	Tsunoda (ESP) W 10–00	van Dijke (NED) W 10–00	Bye	Butkereit (GER) W 01–00

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Croatian rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.

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Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Damir Martin	Men's single sculls	6:54.83	2 QF	Bye		6:53.55	2 SA/B	6:58.23	6 FB	6:57.77	11
Valent Sinković Martin Sinković	Men's coxless pair	6:35.28	1 SA/B	Bye		—N/a		6:29.98	1 FA	6:23.66
Anton Lončarić Patrik Lončarić	Men's double sculls	6:24.62	3 SA/B	Bye		—N/a		6:49.51	6 FB	6:26.04	12

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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

Croatian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2023 Sailing World Championships in The Hague, Netherlands; and 2024 ILCA European Championships in Athens, Greece.

Elimination events

Medal race events

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

Croatian shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.^[13]

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Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Petar Gorša	Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions	583	31	Did not advance
	Men's 10 m air rifle	629.8	8 Q	165.6	6
Miran Maričić	Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions	585	26	Did not advance
	Men's 10 m air rifle	631.3	4 Q	230.0
Giovanni Cernogoraz	Men's trap	122	7	Did not advance

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Croatian swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT):^[14][15][16]

Croatia entered a full squad of male athletes and one female single player into the Games. Croatian men's senior team qualified by virtue of the results as the three highest team, not yet qualified, through the final ITTF teams ranking;^[17] meanwhile one women's qualified for the games through the world ranking.

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Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Andrej Gaćina	Men's singles	Bye	O Ionescu (ROU) W 4–1	Lin Y (TPE) L 0–4	Did not advance
Tomislav Pucar		Bye	Bouloussa (ALG) W 4–0	Lebrun (FRA) L 0–4	Did not advance
Andrej Gaćina Tomislav Pucar Filip Zeljko	Men's team	—N/a			South Korea L 0–3	Did not advance
Ivana Malobabić	Women's singles	Bye	Jian (SGP) L 3–4	Did not advance

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Croatia qualified three athlete to compete at the games. Ivan Šapina and Lena Stojković qualified for Paris 2024 by finishing within the top five in the Olympic rankings in their respective divisions. Meanwhile, the third athlete, Marko Golubić, qualified for the Games after his semifinal victory at the 2024 European Olympic Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.

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Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marko Golubić	Men's −68 kg	Pié (DOM) W 3–0, 10–2	Sinden (GBR) L 6–8, 11–9, 10–18	Did not advance
Ivan Šapina	Men's +80 kg	Ann (GAM) W 7–1, 10–1	Ordemann (NOR) W 3–5, 13–7, 5–3	Salimi (IRI) L 12–5, 8–9, 6–9	Bye	Alba (CUB) L 1–6, 0–9	5
Lena Stojković	Women's −49 kg	Kafadar (CAN) W 0–0, 6–5	Dhahri (TUN) W 3–3, 7–3, 4–1	Wongpattanakit (THA) L 0–8, 5–11	Bye	Dinçel (TUR) W 1–0, 5–3

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Croatia entered four tennis players into the Olympic tournament.

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Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić	Men's doubles	—N/a	Koepfer / Struff (GER) L 3–6, 7–6(7–5), [5–10]	Did not advance
Petra Martić	Women's singles	Bucșa (ESP) L 4–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Donna Vekić		Bronzetti (ITA) W 6–2, 7–5	Andreescu (CAN) W 6–3, 6–4	Gauff (USA) W 7–6(9–7), 6–2	Kostyuk (UKR) W 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(10–8)	Schmiedlová (SVK) W 6–4, 6–0	Zheng (CHN) L 2–6, 3–6
Donna Vekić Mate Pavić	Mixed doubles	—N/a	Xin Wang / Zhang (CHN)	Withdrew due to Vekić wanting to focus on her singles event

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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	Montenegro W 11–8	Italy L 11–14	Romania W 11–8	Greece W 14–13	United States L 11–14	4 Q	Spain W 10–8	Hungary W 9–8	Serbia L 11–13

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Men's tournament

Main articles: Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Croatia men's national water polo team qualified for the Olympics by securing an outright berth at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships.^[18]

Team roster

The roster was announced on 7 July 2024.^[19]

Head coach: Ivica Tucak^[20]

• 1 Marko Bijač (c) GK
• 2 Rino Burić CB
• 3 Loren Fatović W
• 4 Luka Lončar CF
• 5 Maro Joković W
• 6 Luka Bukić D
• 7 Ante Vukičević D
• 8 Marko Žuvela CB
• 9 Jerko Marinić Kragić D
• 10 Josip Vrlić CF
• 11 Matias Biljaka CB
• 12 Konstantin Kharkov W
• 13 Toni Popadić GK

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	5	3	1	0	1	61	52	+9	11[a]	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	5	3	1	0	1	60	43	+17	11[a]
3	United States	5	3	0	0	2	59	51	+8	9[b]
4	Croatia	5	3	0	0	2	58	57	+1	9[b]
5	Montenegro	5	1	0	2	2	45	50	−5	5
6	Romania	5	0	0	0	5	37	67	−30	0

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Source: Olympics
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
Notes:

1. [a]

   Greece 9–8 Italy
2. [b]

   Croatia 11–14 United States

28 July 2024 (2024-07-28) 16:35 v	Report	Croatia	11–8	Montenegro	Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), David Gómez (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–4, 3–1, 3–2
		Fatović 3	Goals	Đurđić 3

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30 July 2024 (2024-07-30) 12:05 v	Report	Croatia	11–14	Italy	Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Sébastien Dervieux (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 4–3, 2–3, 3–6, 2–2
		Fatović, Kharkov 2	Goals	Di Fulvio 4

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1 August 2024 (2024-08-01) 19:30 v	Report	Romania	8–11	Croatia	Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Tamás Kovács (HUN), Chisato Kurosaki (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 3–3, 4–5, 1–0
		Fulea, Țepeluș 2	Goals	three players 2

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3 August 2024 (2024-08-03) 12:05 v	Report	Croatia	14–13	Greece	Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), David Gómez (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–3, 7–3, 3–4
		Kharkov 4	Goals	five players 2

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5 August 2024 (2024-08-05) 18:30 v	Report	Croatia	11–14	United States	Paris La Défense Arena, Paris Referees: Sébastien Dervieux (FRA), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 3–5, 2–1, 4–3
		Kharkov 5	Goals	Daube, Irving 3

Quarterfinal

7 August 2024 (2024-08-07) 14:00 v	Report	Croatia	10–8	Spain	Paris La Défense Arena, Paris Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Darren Spiritosanto (USA)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 4–3, 2–2, 2–3
		three players 2	Goals	three players 2

Semifinal

9 August 2024 (2024-08-09) 19:35 v	Report	Hungary	8–9	Croatia	Paris La Défense Arena, Paris Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), David Gómez (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–4, 2–2, 1–0
		Jansik, Vámos 2	Goals	Fatović 5

Final

11 August 2024 (2024-08-11) 14:00 v	Report	Serbia	13–11	Croatia	Paris La Défense Arena, Paris Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 5–2, 3–3, 3–3, 2–3
		Ćuk 3	Goals	Marinić Kragić 3

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