Croatia at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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	61 in 13 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[edit]

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	2	3	5
Boxing	1	0	1
Canoeing	1	1	2
Cycling	1	0	1
Gymnastics	2	0	2
Handball	14	0	14
Rowing	5	0	5
Sailing	4	2	6
Shooting	2	0	2
Swimming	2	1	3
Table tennis	3	1	4
Taekwondo	2	1	3
Water polo	13	0	13
Total	52	9	61

Athletics[edit]

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 Pravdica	Men's long jump
Filip Mihaljević	Men's shot put
Sandra Elkasević	Women's discus throw

Boxing[edit]

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[edit]

Slalom[edit]

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[edit]

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)

Cycling[edit]

BMX[edit]

Croatia entered one BMX rider to compete in the men's freestyle, by finishing in the top six at the 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series.

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Marin Ranteš	Men's freestyle

Gymnastics[edit]

Artistic[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

A 20-player roster was announced on 23 May 2024.^[6]

Head coach: Dagur Sigurðsson

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Dominik Kuzmanović	(2002-08-15)15 August 2002 (aged 21)	1.91 m	12	0	RK Nexe Našice
5	CB	Domagoj Duvnjak	(1988-06-01)1 June 1988 (aged 36)	1.98 m	244	751	THW Kiel
6	RW	Mario Šoštarič	(1992-11-25)25 November 1992 (aged 31)	1.93 m	6	19	OTP Bank-Pick Szeged
12	GK	Matej Mandić	(2002-05-02)2 May 2002 (aged 22)	2.04 m	10	0	RK Zagreb
16	GK	Filip Ivić	(1992-08-30)30 August 1992 (aged 31)	1.95 m	52	1	Chambéry Savoie MHB
17	LB	Josip Šarac	(1998-02-24)24 February 1998 (aged 26)	2.01 m	13	8	Frisch Auf Göppingen
20	RB	Mateo Maraš	(2000-12-17)17 December 2000 (aged 23)	2.03 m	14	24	Tatabánya KC
21	P	Veron Načinović	(2000-03-07)7 March 2000 (aged 24)	2.04 m	17	31	Montpellier Handball
30	LB	Marko Mamić	(1994-03-06)6 March 1994 (aged 30)	2.02 m	79	123	SC DHfK Leipzig
33	CB	Luka Cindrić	(1993-07-05)5 July 1993 (aged 31)	1.81 m	99	292	Dinamo București
39	LW	David Mandić	(1997-09-14)14 September 1997 (aged 26)	1.87 m	40	98	MT Melsungen
41	LB	Tin Lučin	(1999-08-16)16 August 1999 (aged 24)	1.96 m	23	66	Orlen Wisła Płock
51	RB	Ivan Martinović	(1998-01-06)6 January 1998 (aged 26)	1.94 m	36	154	MT Melsungen
53	P	Marin Šipić	(1996-04-29)29 April 1996 (aged 28)	1.90 m	57	117	HC Kriens-Luzern
57	RW	Filip Glavaš	(1997-05-06)6 May 1997 (aged 27)	1.84 m	28	96	RK Zagreb
58	LB	Zvonimir Srna	(1998-01-18)18 January 1998 (aged 26)	2.02 m	16	23	RK Zagreb
59	RB	Luka Lovre Klarica	(2001-09-25)25 September 2001 (aged 22)	1.98 m	11	19	RK Zagreb
62	LW	Marin Jelinić	(1996-12-07)7 December 1996 (aged 27)	1.94 m	25	64	OTP Bank-Pick Szeged
	GK	Sandro Meštrić	(1996-08-31)31 August 1996 (aged 27)	1.98 m			Industria Kielce
	P	Nikola Grahovac	(1998-12-14)14 December 1998 (aged 25)	2.01 m	12	7	HBW Balingen-Weilstetten

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.

27 July 2024 14:00	Croatia	v	Japan	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris

29 July 2024 11:00	Slovenia	v	Croatia	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris

31 July 2024 11:00	Croatia	v	Germany	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris

2 August 2024 14:00	Croatia	v	Sweden	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris

4 August 2024 21:00	Spain	v	Croatia	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris

Rowing[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Miran Maričić	Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions
Giovanni Cernogoraz	Men's trap

Swimming[edit]

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):^[8]^[9]^[10]

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
Jana Pavalić	Women's 50 m freestyle

Table tennis[edit]

Croatia entered a full squad of male athletes and one women single player 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.^[11]; meanwhile one women's qualified for the games through the world ranking.

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
	Men's singles
	Men's singles
	Men's team	—
Ivana Malobabic	Women's singles

Taekwondo[edit]

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[edit]

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	Montenegro	Italy	Romania	Greece	United States

Men's tournament[edit]

Croatia men's national water polo team qualified for the Olympics by securing an outright berth at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships.^[12]

Team roster

Men's team event – one team of 13 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[edit]

^ "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.
^ "Seniori: Popis igrača koji počinju pripreme za Olimpijske igre". hrs.hr (in Croatian). 23 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 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] "Seniori: Popis igrača koji počinju pripreme za Olimpijske igre". hrs.hr (in Croatian). 23 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.

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

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

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

[10] "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.

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

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

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Croatia at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Competitors[edit]

Athletics[edit]

Boxing[edit]

Canoeing[edit]

Slalom[edit]

Sprint[edit]

Cycling[edit]

BMX[edit]

Gymnastics[edit]

Artistic[edit]

Handball[edit]

Men's tournament[edit]

Rowing[edit]

Sailing[edit]

Shooting[edit]

Swimming[edit]

Table tennis[edit]

Taekwondo[edit]

Water polo[edit]

Men's tournament[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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