Croatia at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Croatia at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Croatia at the Olympic Games

Flag of Croatia – Flag bearers
IOC code  CRO
NOC Croatian Olympic Committee
Website www.hoo.hr (Croatian)
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
Competitors 33 in 7 sports
Medals Gold
0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
0		 Total
0
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012
Winter Games
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Other related appearances
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 Hungary (1896–1912)
Yugoslavia (1920–1988)

Croatia Croatia is scheduled to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom from July 27 to August 12, 2012.

A member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) which represents Croatian athletes at the Olympic Games is the Croatian Olympic Committee (COC; Croatian: Hrvatski olimpijski odbor).

The 2012 Summer Olympics are the sixth Summer Olympics, and twelfth overall, Croatia is going to participate at.

For now, 35 Croatian athletes have secured a spot at the 2012 Summer Olympics in 7 sports.

Sports in which the Croatian athletes will be competing are: athletics, shooting, table tennis, taekwondo, swimming and water polo.

Lisa Christina Stublić is the first Croatian athlete to compete at the Olympic Games in the marathon (athletics).

Lucija Zaninović is the first Croatian taekwondoist to compete at the Olympic Games in the weight category up to 49 kg. Moreover, Lucija and Ana Zaninović are the first Croatian twins to compete at the Olympic Games.

Contents

Returning athletes

Athlete Sport Event Rank 1988 Rank 1992 Rank 1996 Rank 2000 Rank 2004 Rank 2008
Martin Marić athletics discus throw - - - - - 29.
Blanka Vlašić athletics high jump - - - 17. 11. Silver medal icon.svg
Nedžad Mulabegović athletics shot put - - - - 29. 29.
Snježana Pejčić shooting 10 m air rifle - - - - - Bronze medal icon.svg
50 m rifle three positions - - - - - 26.
Zoran Primorac table tennis doubles Silver medal icon.svg× 9. 17. - - -
singles - 9. 9. 1. round 3. round 1/4 finals

× Zoran Primorac won this medal for Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Qualification

Croatian athletes have so far 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]

Qualified athletes at the A Standard
Qualified athletes at the B Standard
  • Men's shot put - Nedžad Mulabegović
  • Men's hammer throw - András Haklits
  • Women's 400 m hurdles - Nikolina Horvat
  • Women's high jump - Ana Šimić (not qualified because Blanka Vlašić qualified at the A standard)
  • Women's discus throw - Vera Begić (not qualified because Sandra Perković qualified at the A standard)

Cycling (road) pictogram.svg Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Road

  • Men's Road Race - 2 quota places

Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete(s) Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Valent Sinković
Martin Sinković
Damir Martin
David Šain		 Quadruple sculls

Shooting pictogram.svgShooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Qualification

Thanks to the wins at the 2011 ISSF World Cup competitions, Croatia has qualified for two quota places in shooting events.[3]

Table tennis pictogram.svgTable tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Qualification

Croatia has qualified one athlete 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.[4]

  • Men's singles - Zoran Primorac (ranked 24. in the ITTF world rankings)

Taekwondo pictogram.svg Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Qualification

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:[5][6]

  • Women's –49 – 1 quota place - Lucija Zaninović (second position at the 2011 World Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in the weight category up to 49 kg)
  • Women's –57 – 1 quota place - Ana Zaninović (third position at the 2011 World Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in the weight category up to 57 kg)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Qualification

Croatian 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 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[7][8]

Swimmers who achieved the Olympic Qualifying Time
  • None
Swimmers who achieved the Olympic Selection Time
  • Men's 50 m freestyle: Mario Todorović
  • Men's 100 m freestyle: Mario Todorović, Dominik Straga (Dominik Straga isn't qualified because Mario Todorović has a faster time.)
  • Men's 200 m freestyle: Dominik Straga
  • Women's 100 m backstroke: Sanja Jovanović
  • Women's 200 m backstroke: Kim Daniela Pavlin
  • Men's 100 m breaststroke: Lovro Bilonić
  • Men's 100 m butterfly: Mario Todorović, Dominik Straga, Boris Lončarić (Dominik Straga and Boris Lončarić aren't qualified because Mario Todorović has a faster time.)
  • Women's 200 m individual medley: Kim Daniela Pavlin
  • Men's 200 m individual medley: Nikša Roki

Water polo pictogram.svg Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Qualification

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.

Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Qualification

Croatia has so far qualified one quota place in wrestling.

  • Men's Greco-Roman -74kg - 1 quota place - Neven Žugaj (bronze medalist at the 2011 World Wrestling Championships)

Reference

  1. ^ "iaaf.org - Top Lists". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/index.html. Retrieved 4 June 2011. 
  2. ^ IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS, IAAF, http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/Statistics/Standards/05/97/61/20110415082248_httppostedfile_EntryStandards_London2012_24135.pdf, retrieved 4 June 2011 
  3. ^ "Quota places by Nation and Name". ISSF. 8 March 2011. http://www.issf-sports.org/results/og_qualification/quota_places/quota_places_by_nation_and_name.ashx. Retrieved 27 May 2011. 
  4. ^ "Direct Qualifiers for 2012 London Olympic Games - Provisional list" (PDF). International Table Tennis Federation. http://www.ittf.com/World_Events/2012OG/Players_byWR_OG2012.pdf. Retrieved 27 May 2011. 
  5. ^ "Competition Results (Day 3 of World Olympic Taekwondo Qualification Tournament on July 2, 2011 in Baku, Azerbaijan)". World Taekwondo Federation. http://www.wtf.org/wtf_eng/site/news/notice.html?bbs_no=5618&bbs_code=10008&bbs_num=510&symode=view. Retrieved 3 July 2011. 
  6. ^ "Competition Results (Day 4 & final of World Olympic Taekwondo Qualification Tournament on July 3, 2011 in Baku, Azerbaij". World Taekwondo Federation. http://www.wtf.org/wtf_eng/site/news/notice.html?bbs_no=5621&bbs_code=10008&bbs_num=511&symode=view&PHPSESSID=905db7bdb36de72956bd39cc87eb4c37. Retrieved 4 July 2011. 
  7. ^ http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/london2012/sw/sw_qual.pdf
  8. ^ http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=805

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