Slovenia at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Slovenia at the Olympic Games
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At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	43 in 8 sports
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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 (1912) Yugoslavia (1920–1988)

Slovenia 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 after gaining its independence from the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Athletics

Slovenian 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

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Luka Janežič	400 m
Tone Kosmač	Marathon	N/A
Žan Rudolf	800 m

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Robert Renner	Pole vault

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Daneja Grandovec	Marathon	N/A
Maja Mihalinec	200 m
Maruša Mišmaš	3000 m steeplechase			N/A
Sabina Veit	200 m

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Martina Ratej	Javelin throw

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.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Benjamin Savšek	Men's C-1
Luka Božič Sašo Taljat	Men's C-2
Peter Kauzer	Men's K-1
Eva Terčelj	Women's K-1

Sprint

Slovenian canoeists have qualified one boat in each of the following events through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Špela Ponomarenko	Women's K-1 200 m
	Women's K-1 500 m

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.^[5]

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

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.^[6]

Women

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

Handball

Men's tournament

The Slovenian men's handball team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of a top two finish at the second meet of the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Malmö, Sweden, signifying the nation's Olympic comeback to the sport for the first time since 2004.^[7]

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	Poland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarter-finals
2	Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Brazil (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Egypt	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.
(H) Host.

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.^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
	Finn

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
	470

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.^[9]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Boštjan Maček	Trap

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	10 m air pistol

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)):^[10][11]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Damir Dugonjič	100 m breaststroke

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anja Klinar	400 m freestyle			N/A
	200 m butterfly
	400 m individual medley			N/A
Tjaša Oder	800 m freestyle			N/A

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.^[12]

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
Bojan Tokič	Men's singles

See also

• Slovenia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

References

1. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
2. "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
3. "Slalom Powerhouses Comfortably Qualify for Rio". International Canoe Federation. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
4. "Olympic Canoe Sprint Qualification spots confirmed". International Canoe Federation. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
5. "UCI announces men's road Olympic quotas". Cyclingnews.com. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
6. "Rio 2016 Olympic qualifiers in Women's Artistic Gymnastics: See the updated list!". FIG. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
7. "Sweden and Slovenia qualify for Rio 2016". IHF. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
8. "Rio 2016 Olympic Places Awarded In Men's And Women's 470 At Santander 2014 ISAF Worlds". ISAF. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
9. "Quota places by Nation and Name". ISSF. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
10. "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
11. "Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Rio 2016 (FINA). Retrieved 23 January 2015.
12. Marshall, Ian (14 April 2016). "Once Again an Olympian, Panagiotis Gionis Books Place in Memorable Style". ITTF. Retrieved 15 April 2016.