History

Croatia made its first Summer Olympic appearance in 1992 after gaining independence from Yugoslavia and has competed ever since. The nation sends a large delegation of athletes, typically over 80 compete. Croatia competes in a variety of sports though sends sizable groups in athletics, handball, sailing, shooting and water polo.

Croatia has won medals at every Summer Olympics it has participated in and has won a total of 33 in 12 sports. Their most successful sports include athletics (5), rowing (5) and aquatics (4 with 1 in swimming and 3 in water polo). They also medal in other team sports including three in handball and one in basketball. Croatia’s most successful summer athlete is handball player Venio Losert whom won two golds (1996 and 2004) and one bronze (2012) medals with the men’s handball team.

Qualified Quotas

Athletics

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Shot Put	Filip Mihaljevic	Filip Mihaljevic

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Marathon	Bojana Bjeljac	Bojana Bjeljac
	Matea Parlov Kostro	Matea Parlov Kostro
Women’s High Jump	Ana Simic
Women’s Discus Throw	Sandra Perkovic	Sandra Perkovic
	Marija Tolj
Women’s Javelin Throw	Sara Kolak	Sara Kolak

Boxing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Light Heavyweight	Luka Plantic	Luka Plantic
Women’s Featherweight	Nikolina Cacic	Nikolina Cacic

Canoeing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s C1 Slalom	Matija Marinic	Matija Marinic
Women’s K1 200m	Eligible to Compete	Anamaria Govorcinovic
Women’s K1 500m	Anamaria Govorcinovic	Anamaria Govorcinovic
Women’s C1 200m	Vanesa Tot	Vanesa Tot

Cycling

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Road Race	Qualified Via Rankings	Josip Rumac

Gymnastics

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Artistic Individual Events	Tin Srbic	Tin Srbic
Women’s Artistic Individual Events	Ana Derek	Ana Derek

Judo

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s -70kg	Barbara Matic	Barbara Matic
Women’s -78kg	Karla Prodan	Karla Prodan
Women’s +78kg	Ivana Maranic	Ivana Maranic

Karate

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s +75kg	Ivan Kvesic	Ivan Kvesic

Rowing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Single Sculls	Damir Martin	Damir Martin
Men’s Coxless Pair	Martin Sinkovic Valent Sinkovic	Martin Sinkovic Valent Sinkovic

Sailing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Laser	Tonci Stipanovic	Tonci Stipanovic
Women’s Laser Radial	Elena Vorobeva	Elena Vorobeva
Men’s 49er	Sime Fantela Mihovil Fantela	Sime Fantela Mihovil Fantela

Shooting

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions	Double Starter	Petar Gorsa
	Double Starter	Miran Maricic
Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions	Snjezana Pejcic	Snjezana Pejcic
Men’s 10m Air Rifle	Petar Gorsa	Petar Gorsa
	Miran Maricic	Miran Maricic
Women’s 10m Air Rifle	Double Starter	Snjezana Pejcic
Mixed Team 10m Air Rifle	Eligible to Compete
Men’s Trap	Josip Glasnovic	Josip Glasnovic

Swimming

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 800m Freestyle	Franko Grgic
Men’s 1500m Freestyle	Franko Grgic	Franko Grigic
	Marin Mogic	Marin Mogic

Table Tennis

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Singles	From Team Quota	Tomislav Pucar
	From Team Quota	Andrej Gacina
Men’s Team	Tomislav Pucar Andrej Gacina Frane Kojic Filip Zeljko	Tomislav Pucar Andrej Gacina Frane Kojic

Taekwondo

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s -80kg	Toni Kanaet	Toni Kanaet
Men’s +80kg	Ivan Sapina	Ivan Sapina
Women’s -49kg	Kristina Tomic	Kristina Tomic
Women’s -67kg	Matea Jelic	Matea Jelic

Tennis

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Singles	Marin Cilic
Women’s Singles	Donna Vekic
Men’s Doubles	Nikola Mektic Mate Pavic
	Marin Cilic Ivan Dodig
Women’s Doubles	Darija Jurak Donna Vekic

Water Polo

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Tournament	Andro Buslje Ante Vukicevic Javier Garcia Josip Vrlic Loren Fatovic Lovre Milos Luka Bukic Luka Loncar Marko Bijac Marko Mecan Maro Jokovic Tino Buric Toni Popadic	Marko Bijac Luka Bukic Andro Buslje Loren Fatovic Javier Garcia Maro Jokovic Luka Loncar Marko Macan Lovre Milos Paulo Obradovic Josip Vrlic Ante Vukicevic Ivan Marcelic*

* Reserve Athlete

Wrestling

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Greco-Roman -77kg	Bozo Starcevic	Bozo Starcevic
Men’s Greco-Roman -87kg	Ivan Huklek	Ivan Huklek