Croatia_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics References

Croatia at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Croatia at the; 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CRO
NOC	Croatian Olympic Committee
Website	www.hoo.hr (in Croatian and English)
in Paris, France; 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024
Competitors	55 in 12 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances ( overview)
	1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	Austria (1900); Yugoslavia (1920–1988)

Croatia is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It will be the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics as an independent nation.

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	3	4
Boxing	1	0	1
Canoeing	1	1	2
Gymnastics	2	0	2
Handball	14	0	14
Rowing	5	0	5
Sailing	4	2	6
Shooting	1	0	1
Swimming	2	0	2
Table Tennis	3	0	3
Taekwondo	2	1	3
Water polo	12	0	12
Total	48	7	55

Athletics

Croatian 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):^[1]

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

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Bojana Bjeljac	Women's marathon
Matea Parlov Koštro	Women's marathon

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Filip Mihaljević	Men's shot put
Sandra Perković	Women's discus throw

Boxing

Croatia entered one boxer into the Olympic tournament. Gabrijel Veočić scored an outright quarterfinal victory to secure a spot in the men's middleweight division at the 2023 European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gabrijel Veočić	Men's middleweight	0

Canoeing

Slalom

Croatia entered one single boat into the slalom competition, for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in London, Great Britain.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Men's C-1

Sprint

Croatian canoeists qualified one boats in the following distances for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Women's K-1 500 m

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Gymnastics

Artistic

Croatia entered two male gymnasts into the Games. Tin Srbić directly secured his quota to compete at the Olympics by being the highest-ranked eligible athlete in the horizontal bar exercise at the 2023 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium;^[4] meanwhile, Aurel Benović qualified through the final ranking of 2024 Apparatus World Cup Series.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Aurel Benović	Floor		—								—
Tin Srbić	Horizontal bar	—								—

Handball

Summary

Key:

ET: After extra time
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Croatia men's	Men's tournament

Men's tournament

Croatia men's national handball team qualified for the Olympics by securing a top two spot at the 2024 IHF Men's Olympic Qualification Tournaments in Hanover, Germany.^[5]

Team roster

Men's team event – 1 team of 14 players

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Qualification
1	Spain	Quarter-finals
2	Croatia
3	Germany
4	Slovenia
5	Sweden
6	Japan

First match(es) will be played: 27 July 2024. Source: IHF
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 qualified boats in each of the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Men's single sculls
	Men's double sculls
	Men's coxless pair

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 qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2023 Sailing World Championships in The Hague, Netherlands; and 2024 ILCA European Championships in Athens, Greece.

Elimination events

Athlete	Event	Race																									Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	QF	SF1	SF2	SF3	SF4	SF5	SF6	F1	F2	F3	F4	F5	F6	Final rank
	Women's IQFoil										—
	Men's Formula Kite													—

Medal race events

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*	Net points	Final rank
	Men's ILCA 7											—
	Men's 49er
	Women's ILCA 6											—

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

Shooting

Croatian shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	Men's trap

Swimming

Croatian swimmers achieved the entry 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 Consideration Time (OCT):^[7]^[8]^[9]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jere Hribar	Men's 50 m freestyle
Nikola Miljenić	Men's 100 m freestyle

Table tennis

Croatia entered a full squad of male athletes into the Games. Croatian men's senior team qualified by virtue of the results as the three highest team, not yet qualified, through the final ITTF teams ranking.^[10]

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
	Singles
	Singles
	Team	—

Taekwondo

Croatia qualified three athlete to compete at the games. Ivan Šapina and Lena Stojković qualified for Paris 2024 by finishing within the top five in the Olympic rankings in their respective divisions. Meanwhile, the third athlete, Marko Golubić, qualified for the Games after his semifinal victory at the 2024 European 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
Marko Golubić	Men's −68 kg
Ivan Šapina	Men's +80 kg
Lena Stojković	Women's −49 kg

Water polo

Summary

Key:

FT – After full time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Croatia men's	Men's tournament

Men's tournament

Croatia men's national water polo team qualified for the Olympics by securing an outright berth at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships.^[11]

Team roster

Men's team event – one team of 12 players

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Qualification
1	Croatia	Quarterfinals
2	Italy
3	Romania
4	Greece
5	United States
6	Montenegro

First match(es) will be played: 28 July 2024. Source: ^{[
citation needed]}
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.

28 July 2024
16:35
v

Croatia

–

Montenegro

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

30 July 2024
12:05
v

Croatia

–

Italy

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

1 August 2024
19:30
v

Romania

–

Croatia

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

3 August 2024
12:05
v

Croatia

–

Greece

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

5 August 2024
18:30
v

Croatia

–

United States

Paris Aquatics Centre, Paris

References

^ "Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
^ "European Games 2023: Ireland's Kellie Harrington and France's Sofiane Oumiha among stars to secure European boxing quotas for Paris 2024". Olympics. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
^ "Mallory Franklin and Benjamin Savsek reclaim individual world titles after six-year wait while 24 Olympic quotas in C1 are confirmed". International Olympic Committee. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
^ "What we learned from the 2023 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships and Paris 2024 Olympic qualifier in Antwerp". International Olympic Committee. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
^ "Austria set up Paris 2024 duel with Germany after seeing off Algeria". ihf.info. 16 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
^ "Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification". World Aquatics. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
^ "Miljenić s državnim rekordom osigurao A normu za OI u Parizu!" (in Croatian). HRT. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
^ "Plivač Jere Hribar izborio A olimpijsku normu (50 m slobodno) za Pariz, drugu za hrvatsko plivanje" (in Croatian). Croatian Olympic Committee. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
^ "Seven Teams Secure Final Spots for Paris 2024 Olympics Team Events". ITTF. 4 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
^ "Tucak o Srbiji: Maksimalni respekt, no možemo ih dobiti". hrt.hr. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

[1] "Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.

[2] "European Games 2023: Ireland's Kellie Harrington and France's Sofiane Oumiha among stars to secure European boxing quotas for Paris 2024". Olympics. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.

[3] "Mallory Franklin and Benjamin Savsek reclaim individual world titles after six-year wait while 24 Olympic quotas in C1 are confirmed". International Olympic Committee. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.

[4] "What we learned from the 2023 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships and Paris 2024 Olympic qualifier in Antwerp". International Olympic Committee. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.

[5] "Austria set up Paris 2024 duel with Germany after seeing off Algeria". ihf.info. 16 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2024.

[6] "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

[7] "Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification". World Aquatics. Retrieved 4 June 2023.

[8] "Miljenić s državnim rekordom osigurao A normu za OI u Parizu!" (in Croatian). HRT. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.

[9] "Plivač Jere Hribar izborio A olimpijsku normu (50 m slobodno) za Pariz, drugu za hrvatsko plivanje" (in Croatian). Croatian Olympic Committee. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.

[10] "Seven Teams Secure Final Spots for Paris 2024 Olympics Team Events". ITTF. 4 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.

[11] "Tucak o Srbiji: Maksimalni respekt, no možemo ih dobiti". hrt.hr. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

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Competitors

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Slalom

Sprint

Gymnastics

Artistic

Handball

Men's tournament

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Water polo

Men's tournament

See also

References