| Noc: | CRO |
| Nocname: | Croatian Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Competitors: | 60 |
| Sports: | 16 |
| Flagbearer Open: | Sandra Perković Josip Glasnović |
| Flagbearer Close: | Andro Bušlje |
| Rank: | 26 |
| Gold: | 3 |
| Silver: | 3 |
| Bronze: | 2 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| See also: | (1900) (1920–1988) |
Croatia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] It was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Croatian squad of 59 athletes, the smallest delegation since Barcelona 1992, was named on 5 July 2021.[2]
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The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 7 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| 4 | 2 | 6 | |||||
| 13 | 0 | 13 | |||||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 40 | 20 | 60 |
See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Croatian athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[3] [4]
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | |||
| Bojana Bjeljac | align=left rowspan=2 | Women's marathon | 2:39:32 | 53 |
| Matea Parlov Koštro | 2:33:18 | 21 | ||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | |||
| Filip Mihaljević | Men's shot put | 20.67 | 15 | Did not advance | ||
| Ana Šimić | Women's high jump | 1.86 | 25 | Did not advance | ||
| Sandra Perković | align=left rowspan=2 | Women's discus throw | 63.75 | 3 q | 65.01 | 4 |
| Marija Tolj | 61.48 | 13 | Did not advance | |||
| Sara Kolak | Women's javelin throw | — | Did not advance | |||
See main article: Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Croatia entered two boxers into the Olympic tournament. Youth Olympic medalist Luka Plantić (men's light heavyweight) and Nikolina Čačić (women's featherweight) secured spots by winning their quarterfinal and box-off matches, respectively, at the 2020 European Qualification Tournament in Villebon-sur-Yvette, France.[5]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Luka Plantić | Men's light heavyweight | W 3–2 | L 1–4 | Did not advance | ||||
| Nikolina Čačić | Women's featherweight | W 5–0 | L 0–5 | Did not advance | ||||
See main article: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.
Croatia qualified one canoeist for the men's C-1 class by finishing in the top eleven at the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain, marking the country's recurrence to the sport after an eight-year absence.[6]
Croatia qualified a single boat (women's K-1 500 m) for the Games by virtue of placing 2nd at the 2021 European Qualification Regatta in Szeged, Hungary. A further boat qualified (women's C-1 200 m) by virtue of winning the World Olympic Qualifier in Barnaul, Russia. This signified the first time that Croatia has qualified female canoeists.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Vanesa Tot | Women's C-1 200 m | 49.280 | 6 QF | 48.375 | 5 | Did not advance | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Anamaria Govorčinović | Women's K-1 200 m | 42.901 | 3 QF | 43.307 | 3 | Did not advance | |||
| Women's K-1 500 m | 1:52.015 | 5 QF | 1:53.967 | 4 | Did not advance | |||||
See main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.
Croatia received a spare berth, freed up by withdrawal of Sweden, to send one rider competing in the men's Olympic road race, as the highest-ranked nation for men, not yet qualified, in the UCI World Ranking.[7]
See main article: Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.
Croatia entered two artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. Tin Srbić secured one of the two places available for individual-based gymnasts, neither part of the team nor qualified through the all-around, in the horizontal bar exercise at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.[8] On the women's side, Rio 2016 Olympian Ana Đerek received a spare berth from the apparatus event, as one of the twelve highest-ranked eligible gymnasts, not yet qualified, at the same tournament.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Ana Đerek | Balance beam | 11.633 | 11.633 | 74 | Did not advance | |||||||
| Floor | 12.433 | 12.433 | 58 | Did not advance | |||||||||
See main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Croatia entered three female judokas into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympic Qualification Rankings.[9]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Barbara Matić | Women's –70 kg | W 10–00 | L 00–01 | Did not advance | W 10–00 | L 00–01 | 5 | ||
| Karla Prodan | Women's –78 kg | W 01–00 | L 00–01 | Did not advance | |||||
| Ivana Maranić | Women's +78 kg | L 00–11 | Did not advance | ||||||
See main article: Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Croatia entered one karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. 2018 world champion Ivan Kvesić qualified directly for the men's kumite +75-kg category by finishing among the top four karateka at the end of the combined WKF Olympic Rankings.
See main article: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Croatia qualified two boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta. Rowing crews in the men's single sculls and men's coxless pair confirmed Olympic places for their boats at the 2019 FISA World Championships in Ottensheim, Austria[10] [11]
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Damir Martin | Men's single sculls | 7:09.17 | 1 QF | 7:17.71 | 1 SA/B | 6:45.27 | 2 FA | 6:42.58 | |||
| Martin Sinković Valent Sinković | Men's coxless pair | 6:32.41 | 1 SA/B | 6:15.63 | 1 FA | 6:15.29 | |||||
See main article: Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Croatian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas.[12]
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | ||||
| Tonči Stipanović | Men's Laser | 15 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 82 | ||||
| Mihovil Fantela Šime Fantela | Men's 49er | 4 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 106 | 8 | |
| Elena Vorobeva | Women's Laser Radial | 11 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 23 | EL | 126 | 12 | |||
See main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Croatian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.[13]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |||
| Josip Glasnović | Men's trap | 120 | 22 | Did not advance | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Petar Gorša | Men's 10 m air rifle | 626.5 | 16 | Did not advance | |||
| Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1176 | 7 Q | 427.2 | 5 | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Miran Maričić | Men's 10 m air rifle | 625.0 | 25 | Did not advance | |||
| Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1178 | 5 Q | 416.2 | 6 | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Snježana Pejčić | Women's 10 m air rifle | 622.6 | 31 | Did not advance | |||
| Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1169 | 10 | Did not advance | |||||
| Petar Gorša Snježana Pejčić | Mixed 10 m air rifle team | 624.2 | 17 | Did not advance | ||||
See main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Croatian swimmers further 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)):[14] [15]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Nikola Miljenić | Men's 50 m freestyle | 22.14 | =19 | Did not advance | |||
| Men's 100 m freestyle | 49.25 | 28 | Did not advance | |||||
| Men's 100 m butterfly | 52.68 | 40 | Did not advance | |||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Ema Rajić | Women's 50 m freestyle | 26.49 | =45 | Did not advance | |||
| Women's 100 m breaststroke | 1:10.02 | 33 | Did not advance | |||||
See main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Croatia entered three athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. The men's team secured a berth by advancing to the quarterfinal round of the 2020 World Olympic Qualification Event in Gondomar, Portugal, permitting a maximum of two starters to compete in the men's singles tournament.[16]
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Andrej Gaćina | align=left rowspan=2 | Men's singles | W 4–0 | L 0–4 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Tomislav Pucar | L 0–4 | Did not advance | |||||||||
| Andrej Gaćina Frane Tomislav Kojić Tomislav Pucar | Men's team | L 0–3 | Did not advance | ||||||||
See main article: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Croatia entered three athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Kristina Tomić (women's 49 kg) and Matea Jelić (women's 67 kg) qualified directly for their respective weight classes by finishing among the top five taekwondo practitioners at the end of the WT Olympic Rankings. With the 2019 World Taekwondo Grand Slam winner already qualified in the men's welterweight category (80 kg), 2018 European champion Toni Kanaet secured a third spot for the Croatian roster, as the next highest-placed eligible taekwondo practitioner in the rankings. Meanwhile, Ivan Šapina scored a semifinal victory in the men's heavyweight category (+80 kg) to book the remaining spot on the Croatian taekwondo squad at the 2021 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.[17]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Toni Kanaet | Men's −80 kg | W 21–15 | L 0–22 | Did not advance | W 30–10 | W 24–18 | ||
| Ivan Šapina | Men's +80 kg | W 6–4 | L 6–8 | Did not advance | ||||
| Kristina Tomić | Women's −49 kg | L 5–25 | Did not advance | |||||
| Matea Jelić | Women's −67 kg | W 22–2 | W 30–9 | W 15–4 | W 25–22 | |||
See main article: Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Qualification. Croatia qualified six tennis players.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |||
| Marin Čilić | Singles | W 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 7–6(9–7) | L 7–5, 4–6, 4–6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Marin Čilić Ivan Dodig | align=left rowspan=2 | Doubles | W 6–2, 6–4 | W 6–3, 7–5 | W 4–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–7] | W 6–2, 6–2 | L 4–6, 6–3, [6–10] | ||
| Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić | W 7–6(8–6), 6–4 | W 7–5, 6–7(5–7), [10–7] | W 6–3, 6–3 | W 6–4, 6–4 | W 6–4, 3–6, [10–6] | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |||
| Donna Vekić | Singles | W 6–2, 6–7(2–7), 6–3 | W 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–3) | L 6–7(3–7), 4–6 | did not advance | ||||
| Darija Jurak Donna Vekić | Doubles | Withdrew due to Jurak's positive COVID-19 test | |||||||
See main article: Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament. Croatian men's water polo team qualified for the Olympics by winning the third-place match against Russia by a penalty shot at the 2020 Men's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament.[18]
See main article: Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Croatia qualified two wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. One of them granted an Olympic license by advancing to the top two finals of the men's Greco-Roman 77 kg at the 2021 European Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary, while another Croatian wrestler claimed one of the remaining slots in the men's Greco-Roman 87 kg at the 2021 World Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.[19] [20]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Božo Starčević | Men's −77 kg | W 3–1 PP | L 1–3 PP | Did not advance | 9 | |||
| Ivan Huklek | Men's −87 kg | W 3–1 PP | W 3–1 PP | L 1–3 PP | L 1–3 PP | 5 | ||