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

Sailing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Laser	Tonci Stipanovic
Men’s 49er	Sime Fantela Mihovil Fantela

Shooting

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 10m Air Rifle	Petar Gorsa
	Miran Maricic
Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions	Snjezana Pejcic
Men’s Trap	Josip Glasnovic

Swimming

Men’s Events

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