Croatia at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Croatia
Croatia at the Olympic Games
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IOC code	CRO
NOC	Croatian Olympic Committee
Website	www.hoo.hr (Croatian) (English)
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	68 in 13 sports
	Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
	1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016;
Winter Games
	1992; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014;
	Other related appearances
	Austria (1900); Yugoslavia (1920–1988)

Croatia is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This will be the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Athletics

Croatian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[1]^[2]

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

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ivan Horvat	Pole vault
Filip Mihaljević	Shot put
Marin Premeru
Stipe Žunić

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andrea Ivančević	100 m	Bye
Andrea Ivančević	100 m hurdles			N/A
Matea Matošević	Marathon	N/A
Marija Vrajić Trošić	Marathon	N/A

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Sara Kolak	Javelin throw
Sandra Perković	Discus throw
Ana Šimić	High jump
Blanka Vlašić	High jump

Boxing

Croatia has entered two boxers to compete in the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Hrvoje Sep and Filip Hrgović were the only Croatians to be selected to the Olympic team by virtue of top two finishes of their respective division in the AIBA Pro Boxing series and World Series of Boxing.^[3]^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hrvoje Sep	Light heavyweight
Filip Hrgović	Super heavyweight

Cycling

Road

Croatian riders qualified for a maximum of two quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI Europe Tour.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's road race
	Men's road race

Gymnastics

Artistic

Croatia has entered two artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. Beijing 2008 silver medalist Filip Ude and Ana Đerek had claimed their Olympic spots each in the men's and women's apparatus and all-around events, respectively, at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[6]^[7]

Men

Athlete	Qualification								Final
	Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Filip Ude

Women

Athlete	Qualification						Final
	Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Ana Đerek

Handball

Men's tournament

Croatia men's handball team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of a top two finish at the third meet of the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Herning, Denmark.^[8]

Team roster

Men's team event – 1 team of 14 players

Group play

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7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 09:30 v	Croatia	v	Qatar	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 21:50 v	Argentina	v	Croatia	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro

11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 14:40 v	Denmark	v	Croatia	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 11:30 v	Croatia	v	France	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro

15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 19:50 v	Croatia	v	Tunisia	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro

Judo

Croatia has qualified one judoka for the women's middleweight category (70 kg) at the Games. Barbara Matić earned a continental quota spot from the European region as Croatia's top-ranked judoka based on points in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.

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
Barbara Matić	Women's −70 kg

Rowing

Croatia has qualified two boats for each of the following classes into the Olympic regatta. Rowers competing in the men's single and double sculls had confirmed Olympic places for their boats at the 2015 FISA World Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette, France.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Damir Martin	Men's single sculls
Martin Sinković Valent Sinković	Men's double sculls					N/A

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

Croatian sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and European qualifying regattas.^[9] The Finn sailor will be selected after the 2016 World Championships.^[10]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*	Net points	Final rank
Luka Mratović	RS:X
Tonči Stipanović	Laser											N/A
Ivan Kljaković-Gašpić	Finn											N/A
Šime Fantela Igor Marenić	470											N/A
Petar Cupać Pavle Kostov	49er

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Tina Mihelić	Laser Radial

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

Shooting

Croatian 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.^[11]

Following the completion of the two-year qualifying period, Croatia had selected a total of seven shooters to compete at the Games, including 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Snježana Pejčić and defending Olympic trap champion Giovanni Cernogoraz.^[12]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Giovanni Cernogoraz	Trap
Josip Glasnović	Trap
Petar Gorša	10 m air rifle			N/A
	50 m rifle prone			N/A
	50 m rifle 3 positions			N/A

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Valentina Gustin	10 m air rifle			N/A
Marija Marović	10 m air pistol			N/A
Marija Marović	25 m pistol
Snježana Pejčić	10 m air rifle			N/A
Snježana Pejčić	50 m rifle 3 positions			N/A
Tanja Perec	50 m rifle 3 positions			N/A

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

Swimming

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 potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[13]^[14]

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Matea Samardžić	200 m backstroke

Table tennis

Croatia has entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. Remarkably going to his third Olympics, Andrej Gaćina was automatically selected among the top 22 eligible players in the men's singles based on the ITTF Olympic Rankings.^[15]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Andrej Gaćina	Men's singles

Taekwondo

Croatia entered three athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. Twin sisters and 2012 Olympians Lucija and Ana Zaninović qualified automatically and respectively for the women's flyweight (49 kg) and featherweight (57 kg) category by finishing in the top 6 WTF Olympic rankings.^[16]^[17] Filip Grgić secured the third spot on the Croatian team by virtue of his top two finish in the men's lightweight category (68 kg) at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.^[18]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Filip Grgić	Men's −68 kg
Lucija Zaninović	Women's −49 kg
Ana Zaninović	Women's −57 kg

Water polo

Men's tournament

Croatia men's water polo team qualified for the Olympics, after reaching the final in the men's tournament at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia.^[19]

Team roster

Men's team event – 1 team of 13 players

Group play

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6 August 2016
10:20

United States

–

Croatia

Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro

8 August 2016
09:00

Croatia

–

Montenegro

Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro

10 August 2016
20:50

Spain

–

Croatia

Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro

12 August 2016
09:00

Croatia

–

Italy

Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro

14 August 2016
16:50

France

–

Croatia

Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

References

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Croatia at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Contents

Athletics

Boxing

Cycling

Road

Gymnastics

Artistic

Handball

Men's tournament

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Water polo

Men's tournament

References

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