Croatia at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Croatia at the Olympic Games
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At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	67 in 12 sports
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
Olympic history (summary)
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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
		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
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andrea Ivančević	100 m	BYE
	100 m hurdles			N/A
Matea Matošević	Marathon	N/A
Marija Vrajić Trošić		N/A

Field events

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

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
		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

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

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarter-finals
2	Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Tunisia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Qatar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on August 2016. Source:
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.

Rowing

Croatian rowers have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2015 FISA World Championships.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Damir Martin	Single sculls
Martin Sinković Valent Sinković	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
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Luka Mratović	RS:X
Tonči Stipanović	Laser											N/A
	Finn											N/A
Šime Fantela Igor Marenić	470											N/A
Petar Cupać Pavle Kostov	49er

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
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
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Giovanni Cernogoraz	Trap
Josip Glasnović
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
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Valentina Gustin	10 m air rifle			N/A
Marija Marović	10 m air pistol			N/A
	25 m pistol
Snježana Pejčić	10 m air rifle			N/A
	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
		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
		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
		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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarter-finals
2	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Montenegro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 6 August 2016. Source:
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 August 2016

United States

–

Croatia

Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro

8 August 2016

Croatia

–

Montenegro

Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro

10 August 2016

Spain

–

Croatia

Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro

12 August 2016

Croatia

–

Italy

Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro

14 August 2016

France

–

Croatia

Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

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