Slovenia at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Competitors63 in 12 sports

Slovenia at the 2016 Summer Olympics

IOC code	SLO
NOC	Olympic Committee of Slovenia
Website	www.olympic.si (in Slovene and English)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	63 in 12 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Vasilij Žbogar^[1]
Flag bearer (closing)	Tanja Žakelj
Medals Ranked 45th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 4
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Slovenia competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics as an independent nation.

The Olympic Committee of Slovenia (Slovene: Olimpijski komite Slovenije) fielded a team of 63 athletes, 39 men and 24 women, across 12 sports at the Games.^[2] Men's handball was the only team sport in which Slovenia qualified for the Games, returning to the Olympics after being absent from the previous two editions.^[3]

Of the 63 participants, twenty-one of them had past Olympic experience, with sailor Vasilij Žbogar (bronze in Athens 2004 and silver in Beijing 2008) headed to his fifth straight Games as the most experienced competitor and a potential medal favorite in the Finn class.^[3] The only medalist returning from the previous Games to compete in Rio de Janeiro, Žbogar was selected by the committee to lead the Slovenian delegation as the flag bearer in the opening ceremony.^[1]^[4] Other notable Slovenian athletes included world judo champion Tina Trstenjak in the women's 63 kg, two-time slalom kayak world champion Peter Kauzer, and three-time world championship medalist in canoeing Benjamin Savšek.

Slovenia left Rio de Janeiro with four medals (1 gold, 2 silver, and 1 bronze), which matched its overall tally from both Athens 2004 and London 2012.^[5] Among the nation's medalists were Trstenjak, who succeeded Urška Žolnir to become the Olympic champion in the women's 63 kg; Kauzer, who improved upon his sixth-place feat from London by taking a silver in the men's slalom K-1; and Žbogar, who capped off his fifth Games with a silver and third medal overall of his Olympic career in the Finn class, making him one of the most successful Olympians in the history of independent Slovenia.^[6]^[7]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Tina Trstenjak	Judo	Women's 63 kg	9 August
Silver	Peter Kauzer	Canoeing	Men's slalom K-1	10 August
Silver	Vasilij Žbogar	Sailing	Men's Finn	16 August
Bronze	Anamari Velenšek	Judo	Women's 78 kg	11 August

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Judo	1	0	1	2
Canoeing	0	1	0	1
Sailing	0	1	0	1
Total	1	2	1	4

Athletics

Slovenian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[8]^[9]

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

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Luka Janežič	Men's 400 m	45.33	2 Q	45.07 NR	4	Did not advance
Anton Kosmač	Men's marathon	N/a				2:29:48	117
Žan Rudolf	Men's 800 m	1:46.93	5	Did not advance
Daneja Grandovec	Women's marathon	N/a				DNF
Maja Mihalinec	Women's 200 m	23.38	6	Did not advance
Sabina Veit	Women's 200 m	23.75	7	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Robert Renner	Men's pole vault	5.45	22	Did not advance
Maruša Černjul	Women's high jump	1.92	21	Did not advance
Martina Ratej	Women's javelin throw	59.76	18	Did not advance
Tina Šutej	Women's pole vault	4.55	8 Q	4.50	11

Canoeing

Slalom

Slovenian canoeists have qualified a maximum of one boat in each of the following classes through the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Benjamin Savšek	Men's C-1	99.69	7	94.36	3	94.36	4 Q	98.70	4 Q	99.36	6
Luka Božič Sašo Taljat	Men's C-2	105.21	6	113.41	7	105.21	6 Q	111.14	7 Q	107.73	7
Peter Kauzer	Men's K-1	91.11	8	96.88	15	91.11	12 Q	91.01	4 Q	88.70
Urša Kragelj	Women's K-1	106.86	6	102.79	4	102.79	7 Q	108.37	9 Q	108.68	9

Sprint

Slovenian canoeists have qualified one boat in each of the following events through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Špela Ponomarenko	Women's K-1 200 m	40.38	2 Q	40.79	3 FA	40.76	4
Špela Ponomarenko	Women's K-1 500 m	1:55.93	5 Q	1:58.09	3 FB	1:57.54	10

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

Slovenian riders qualified for a maximum of four quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI World and Europe Tour.^[12] One additional spot was awarded to the Slovenian cyclist in the women's road race by virtue of her top 100 individual placement in the 2016 UCI World Rankings.^[13]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Matej Mohorič	Men's road race	Did not finish
Jan Polanc	Men's road race	6:30:05	52
Primož Roglič	Men's road race	6:19:43	26
Primož Roglič	Men's time trial	1:14:55	10
Simon Špilak	Men's road race	6:30:05	57
Polona Batagelj	Women's road race	3:58:03	32

Mountain biking

Slovenian mountain bikers qualified for two women's quota places into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's sixth-place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of May 25, 2016.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Tanja Žakelj	Women's cross-country	1:35.17	13

Gymnastics

Artistic

Slovenia has entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. Teja Belak had claimed her Olympic spot in the women's apparatus and all-around events at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[14]

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Teja Belak	Vault	13.650	N/a			13.650	19	Did not advance

Handball

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
Slovenia men's	Men's tournament	Egypt W 27–26	Brazil W 31–28	Sweden W 29–24	Germany L 25–28	Poland W 25–20	2	Denmark L 30–37	Did not advance	6

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	5	4	0	1	153	141	+12	8^[a]	Quarter-finals
2	Slovenia	5	4	0	1	137	126	+11	8^[a]
3	Brazil (H)	5	2	1	2	141	150	−9	5
4	Poland	5	2	0	3	139	140	−1	4
5	Egypt	5	1	1	3	129	143	−14	3
6	Sweden	5	1	0	4	132	131	+1	2

Judo

Slovenia has qualified a total of five judokas for the following weight classes at the Games. Mihael Žgank, Tina Trstenjak, Anamari Velenšek, and two-time Olympian Rok Drakšič were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men and top 14 for women in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016, while Adrian Gomboc at men's half-lightweight (66 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the European region, as the highest-ranked Slovenian judoka outside of direct qualifying position.^[18]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	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
Adrian Gomboc	Men's −66 kg	Bye	Margvelashvili (GEO) W 100–000	Punza (ZAM) W 101–000	Bouchard (CAN) W 100–000	Basile (ITA) L 000–000 S	Bye	Sobirov (UZB) L 000–110	5
Rok Drakšič	Men's −73 kg	Bye	Muki (ISR) L 000–100	Did not advance
Mihael Žgank	Men's −90 kg	Bye	Kukolj (SRB) L 000–100	Did not advance
Tina Trstenjak	Women's −63 kg	N/a	Bye	Gwend (ITA) W 000–000 S	Yang Jx (CHN) W 101–000	M Silva (BRA) W 101–000	Bye	Agbegnenou (FRA) W 101–000
Anamari Velenšek	Women's −78 kg	N/a	Bye	Turks (UKR) W 001–000	Castillo (CUB) W 100-000	Harrison (USA) L 000–100	Bye	Malzahn (GER) W 100–000

Sailing

Slovenian sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual Worlds, and European qualifying regattas.^[19]

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Vasilij Žbogar	Men's Finn	3	1	7	10	15	8	5	4	9	8	6	68
Veronika Macarol Tina Mrak	Women's 470	2	6	5	4	~~DSQ~~	12	4	DSQ	5	6	1	67	6

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

Shooting

Slovenian shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2014 and 2015 ISSF World Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and European Championships or Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.^[20]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Boštjan Maček	Men's trap	113	22	Did not advance
Živa Dvoršak	Women's 10 m air rifle	414.7	17	N/a		Did not advance
Živa Dvoršak	Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions	572	30	N/a		Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Slovenian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying 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 Selection Time (OST)):^[21]^[22]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Martin Bau	1500 m freestyle	15:29.95	36	N/a		Did not advance
Damir Dugonjič	100 m breaststroke	1:00.41	21	Did not advance
Anže Tavčar	100 m freestyle	49.38	36	Did not advance
Anže Tavčar	200 m freestyle	1:49.96	39	Did not advance
Robert Žbogar	200 m butterfly	1:57.05	22	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anja Klinar	400 m freestyle	4:09.07	18	N/a		Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	DNS		N/a		Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:08.43	14 Q	2:09.44	15	Did not advance
Tjaša Oder	800 m freestyle	8:33.14	13	N/a		Did not advance
Špela Perše	10 km open water	N/a				1:58.59	16
Tjaša Vozel	100 m breaststroke	1:11.15	35	Did not advance
Anja Klinar Tjaša Oder Tjaša Pintar Janja Šegel	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:02.22	15	N/a		Did not advance

Table tennis

Slovenia has entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. 2012 Olympian Bojan Tokič secured one of ten available Olympic spots in the men's singles by winning the group final match at the European Qualification Tournament in Halmstad, Sweden.^[23]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bojan Tokič	Men's singles	Bye	No Alamian (IRI) W 4–1	Wang Zy (POL) W 4–2	Apolónia (POR) W 4–1	Ovtcharov (GER) L 1–4	Did not advance

Tennis

Slovenia has entered one tennis player into the Olympic tournament. Due to the withdrawal of several tennis players from the Games, Polona Hercog (world no. 84) received a spare ITF Olympic place to compete in the women's singles, as the next highest-ranked eligible player, not yet qualified, in the WTA World Rankings as of June 6, 2016.^[24]^[25]

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
Polona Hercog	Women's singles	Puig (PUR) L 3–6, 2–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Slovenia has entered one triathlete to compete at the Games. London 2012 Olympian Mateja Šimic was ranked among the top 40 eligible triathletes in the women's event based on the ITU Olympic Qualification List as of May 15, 2016.^[26]^[27]

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Mateja Šimic	Women's	19:37	01:06	1:03:59	00:38	37:08	2:02.28	31

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 21:50	Slovenia	27–26	Egypt	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pálsson, Elíasson (ISL)
	Janc 8	(15–15)	El-Ahmar 7
	3× 9×	Report	4× 5× 1×

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 16:40	Brazil	28–31	Slovenia	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Chiuffa 8	(13–16)	Janc 6
	2× 6×	Report	2× 13×

11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 19:50	Slovenia	29–24	Sweden	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lopéz, Ramírez (ESP)
	Janc, Razgor 5	(14–13)	Tollbring 6
	4× 7×	Report	4× 6×

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 09:30	Slovenia	25–28	Germany	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nikolov, Nachevski (MKD)
	Dolenec 6	(12–11)	Gensheimer 6
	4× 6×	Report	4× 8×

15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 09:30	Poland	20–25	Slovenia	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Bielecki 4	(13–13)	Zarabec 7
	2× 5× 1×	Report	2× 8×