Slovenia at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Competitors90 (46 men and 44 women) in 15 sports

Slovenia at the 2024 Summer Olympics

IOC code	SLO
NOC	Olympic Committee of Slovenia
Website	www.olympic.si (in Slovene and English)
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors	90 (46 men and 44 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Benjamin Savšek and Ana Gros
Flag bearers (closing)	Toni Vodišek and Pia Babnik
Medals Ranked 34th	Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
Austria (1912) Yugoslavia (1920–1988)

Slovenia competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024.^[1] It was the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics as an independent nation.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Andreja Leški	Judo	Women's 63 kg	30 July
Gold	Janja Garnbret	Sport climbing	Women's combined	10 August
Silver	Toni Vodišek	Sailing	Men's Formula Kite	9 August

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	1	2
Athletics	2	5	7
Canoeing	2	2	4
Cycling	4	3	7
Golf	0	2	2
Gymnastics	0	2	2
Handball	14	14	28
Judo	1	5	6
Rowing	1	1	2
Sailing	3	3	6
Sport climbing	1	2	3
Swimming	1	4	5
Table tennis	3	0	3
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Volleyball	12	0	12
Total	46	44	90

Archery

Slovenia entered two archers for Paris 2024. Žiga Ravnikar gained a quota for Slovenia by winning the bronze medal in the men's individual recurve at the 2024 European Olympic Qualification Tournament in Essen, Germany; meanwhile Žana Pintarič qualified for the games through the world ranking.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Žiga Ravnikar	Men's individual	663	31	Musolesi (ITA) L 4–6	Did not advance
Žana Pintarič	Women's individual	638	46	Caetano (BRA) L 2–6	Did not advance
Žiga Ravnikar Žana Pintarič	Mixed team	1301	23	N/a		Did not advance				23

Athletics

Slovenian 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):^[2]

On July 2, 2024, Athletic Federation of Slovenia announced Maruša Mišmaš-Zrimšek skipping Olympics due to a muscle injury.^[3]

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 and road events
Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Matic Ian Guček	400 m hurdles	50.30	7 R	49.06	4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Anita Horvat	800 m	2:00.91	7	Did not advance
Klara Lukan	5000 m	15:09.61	12	N/a				Did not advance
Klara Lukan	10000 m	N/a		N/a				31:45.15	20

Field events
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Kristjan Čeh	Discus throw	64.80	9q	68.41	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Tina Šutej	Pole vault	4.40	12q	4.40	19
Lia Apostolovski	High jump	1.83	26	Did not advance
Neja Filipič	Triple jump	13.85	18	Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

Slovenia entered four boats into the slalom competition, for the Games through the 2023 European Games in Kraków, Poland, and 2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in London, Great Britain.^[4]^[5]

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	97.04	12	192.64	20	97.04	14	96.28	2	144.93	11
Peter Kauzer	Men's K-1	90.93	16	88.84	8	88.84	14	142.80	18	Did not advance
Eva Alina Hočevar	Women's C-1	109.57	11	108.22	10	108.22	12	109.22	4	115.48	9
Eva Terčelj	Women's K-1	99.08	13	95.93	9	95.93	11	103.11	10	101.73	7

Kayak cross

Athlete	Event	Time trial		Round 1	Repechage	Heat	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Benjamin Savšek	Men's KX-1	74.18	25	4 R	2 Q	2 Q	3	Did not advance		12
Peter Kauzer	Men's KX-1	70.74 FLT (8)	37	3 R	2 Q	3	Did not advance			24
Eva Alina Hočevar	Women's KX-1	76.48	21	3 R	1 Q	4	Did not advance			29
Eva Terčelj	Women's KX-1	74.00	12	2 Q	Bye	3	Did not advance			18

Cycling

Road

Slovenia entered a team of six road cyclists (four male and two female). Slovenia qualified four male and two female athletes through the UCI Nation Ranking and 2023 World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Domen Novak	Road race	DNF	–
Luka Mezgec		6:26:57	38
Matej Mohorič		DNF	–
Jan Tratnik	Road race	6:20:50	8
Jan Tratnik	Time trial	39:38.12	27

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Eugenia Bujak	Road race	4:07:16	42
Eugenia Bujak	Time trial	42:54.96	16
Urša Pintar	Road race	4:08:14	59
Urša Pintar	Time trial	45:07.15	31

Mountain biking

Slovenian mountain bikers secured one female quota places for the Olympic through 2023 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Tanja Žakelj	Women's cross-country	LAP (2 laps)	30

Golf

Slovenia entered two golfers into the Olympic tournament. Ana Belac qualified directly for the games in the women's individual competitions, based on her world ranking positions, on the IGF World Rankings. Pia Babnik qualified as a reserve after cancellations of other athletes or their failure to achieve internal requirements of their national federations.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
Athlete	Event	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Pia Babnik	Women's	74	66	74	73	287	−1	T22
Ana Belac	Women's	77	72	76	76	301	+13	T49

Gymnastics

Artistic

Slovenia entered one female artistic gymnast into the games. Lucija Hribar qualified for the games by virtue of her individual results, through all-around event at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.^[8]

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Lucija Hribar	All-around	13.133	13.133	10.133	11.666	48.065	55	Did not advance

Rhythmic

Slovenia entered one rhythmic gymnast into the individual all-around tournament by virtue of top fifteen eligible nation's results at the 2023 World Championships in Valencia, Spain.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
Athlete	Event	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Ekaterina Vedeneeva	Individual	34.150 (7)	32.600 (11)	32.300 (8)	31.750 (8)	130.800	6 Q	34.100 (7)	31.950 (8)	33.150 (8)	32.700 (5)	131.900	6

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	Spain L 22–25	Croatia W 31–29	Sweden W 29–24	Japan W 29–28	Germany L 29–36	2	Norway W 33–28	Denmark L 30–31	Spain L 22–23	4
Slovenia women's	Women's tournament	Denmark L 19–27	South Korea W 30–23	Germany L 22–41	Norway L 22–29	Sweden L 23–27	6	Did not advance	11

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	5	4	1	140	110	+30	8^[a]	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	5	4	1	140	125	+15	8^[a]
3	Denmark	5	4	1	126	116	+10	8^[a]
4	Germany	5	1	4	136	134	+2	2^[b]
5	South Korea	5	1	4	107	133	−26	2^[b]
6	Slovenia	5	1	4	116	147	−31	2^[b]

Judo

Slovenia qualified six judokas for the following weight classes at the Games. Maruša Štangar (women's extra-lightweight, 48 kg), Kaja Kajzer (women's lightweight, 57 kg), Andreja Leški (women's half-middleweight, 63 kg), Anka Pogačnik (women's middleweight, 70 kg), and Metka Lobnik (women's half-heavyweight, 78 kg) got qualified via quota based on IJF World Ranking List and continental quota based on Olympic point rankings. Enej Marinič obtained invitation from International Judo Federation being the first reserve on the ranking of judokas in men's competition (half-heavyweight, 100 kg).^[20]

Men

Athlete	Event	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	Rank
Enej Marinič	Men's +100 kg	Tataroğlu (TUR) L 00–11	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	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	Rank
Maruša Štangar	Women's −48 kg	Nikolić (SRB) L 00–01	Did not advance
Kaja Kajzer	Women's −57 kg	Nelson-Levy (ISR) L 00–01	Did not advance
Andreja Leški	Women's −63 kg	Askilashvili (GEO) W 10–00	Belkadi (ALG) W 10–01	Beauchemin-Pinard (CAN) W 01–00	Agbegnenou (FRA) W 01–00	Bye	Awiti Alcaraz (MEX) W 10–01
Anka Pogačnik	Women's −70 kg	Memneloum (CHA) W 10–00	Tsunoda (ESP) L 00–01	Did not advance
Metka Lobnik	Women's −78 kg	Kuka (KOS) L 00–10	Did not advance

Rowing

Slovenian rowers qualified two boats in following classes through the 2024 World Rowing Olympic & Paralympic Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Isak Žvegelj	Men's single sculls	7:01.23	4 R	7:06.90	1 QF	7:06:42	5 SC/D	7:09.41	4 FD	6:59.46	22
Nina Kostanjšek	Women's single sculls	7:46.30	3 QF	Bye		7:56.31	5 SC/D	7:48.86	2 FC	7:39.00	18

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

Toni Vodišek qualified through the 2023 Sailing World Championships in The Hague, Netherlands. At the 2024 ILCA Senior European Championships in Athens, Greece, Žan Luka Zelko clinched norm in ILCA 7 event. Lina Eržen qualified in IQFoil category through the Last Chance Regatta in Hyères, France. At the same event, Jakob Božič and Tina Mrak acquired their olympic berth in Mixed 470 and Lin Pletikos in Women's ILCA 6 class.

Elimination events

Athlete	Event	Race																											Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	QF	SF1	SF2	SF3	SF4	SF5	SF6	F1	F2	F3	F4	F5	F6	Final rank
Toni Vodišek	Men's Formula Kite	2	5	1	3	10	1	12	N/a								Bye						SCP 5	DPI 4.1	4	N/a
Lina Eržen	Women's iQFoil	14	13	17	7	9	19	9	23	24	19	23	UFD 25	10	17	Did not advance													21

Medal race events

Athlete	Event	Race										Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	M*	Net points	Final rank
Žan Luka Zelko	Men's ILCA 7	27	10	33	23	2	21	14	16	N/a	EL	113	17
Lin Pletikos	Women's ILCA 6	31	9	38	17	37	35	22	22	17	EL	190	28
Jakob Božič Tina Mrak	Mixed 470	15	8	17	18	17	15	10	17	N/a	EL	99	17

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

Sport climbing

Slovenia entered three sport climbers into the Olympic tournament. Janja Garnbret qualified directly for the women's boulder & lead combined event, by winning the gold medal and securing one of the three berths at the 2023 IFSC World Championships in Bern, Switzerland.^[21] Mia Krampl and Luka Potočar earned their quota on June 22, 2024, qualifying through the 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series in Budapest, Hungary.

Boulder & lead combined

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Boulder		Lead		Total	Rank	Boulder		Lead		Total	Rank
		Result	Place	Result	Place	Total	Rank	Result	Place	Result	Place	Total	Rank
Luka Potočar	Men's	19.6	17	24.0	=11	43.6	16	Did not advance
Janja Garnbret	Women's	99.6	1	96.1	=1	195.7	1 Q	84.4	1	84.1	3	168.5
Mia Krampl	Women's	28.4	17	51.1	=10	79.5	17	Did not advance

Swimming

Slovenia's women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay qualified on February 11, 2024, having one of the thirteen best combined fastest times at both the 2023 and 2024 World Championships, the latter being FINA's qualification criterium. With the result of 3:41.72, Neža Klančar, Katja Fain, Janja Šegel and Hana Sekuti finished eighth at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships.^[22] Sekuti was later replaced by Tjaša Pintar to complete the women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay.^[23]

Neža Klančar achieved qualifying norm for the 50 m freestyle event on December 3, 2023, with the result of 24.70, which was enough for the second place at the 2023 Rotterdam Qualification Meet.^[24]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sašo Boškan	Men's 200 m freestyle	1:48.75	21	Did not advance
Neža Klančar	Women's 50 m freestyle	24.64	=11 Q	24.40	=7 Q	24.35 NR	6
Neža Klančar	Women's 100 m freestyle	54.12	7 Q	53.96 NR	6	Did not advance
Neža Klančar Janja Šegel Katja Fain Tjaša Pintar	Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:41.29	14	N/a		Did not advance

Table tennis

Slovenia entered a full squad of male athletes into the Games. Their national men's senior team qualified ranking 11th on the ITTF World Team Ranking released on March 4, 2024, enabling participation of men's team as well as two single berths in men's singles tournament.^[25]

Men

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
Darko Jorgić	Singles	N/a	N/a	Quek (SGP) W 4–2	Pitchford (GBR) W 4–2	Lin (TPE) L 0–4	Did not advance
Deni Kožul	Singles	N/a	N/a	Achanta (IND) W 4–2	Togami (JPN) L 2–4	Did not advance
Darko Jorgić Deni Kožul Peter Hribar	Team	N/a				France L 0–3	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Slovenia qualified one athlete to compete at the games. Patrik Divkovič qualified for Paris 2024 by advancing to the final round of 2024 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Patrik Divkovič	Men's +80 kg	Bye	Ordemann (NOR) L 1–2	Did not advance				=11

27 July 2024 09:00	Spain	25–22	Slovenia	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,776 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
	Gómez 7	(8–11)	Bombač 5
	3×	Report	5×

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×

31 July 2024 16:00	Slovenia	29–24	Sweden	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,813 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Janc 10	(15–14)	Wanne 6
	1× 4× 1×	Report	1× 3× 1×

2 August 2024 19:00	Japan	28–29	Slovenia	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,652 Referees: Hansen, Madsen (DEN)
	Yasuhira 8	(15–15)	Vlah 14
	7×	Report	1× 6×

4 August 2024 14:00	Germany	36–29	Slovenia	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,685 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Häfner 7	(23–14)	Horžen 7
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