Slovenia at the 2012 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	SLO
Nocname:	Slovenian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2012
Website:
Location:	London
Competitors:	65
Sports:	15
Flagbearer:	Peter Kauzer^[1] (opening) Franka Anić (closing)
Rank:	42
Gold:	1
Silver:	1
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1992
See also:	(1912) (1920–1988)

Slovenia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics. The Slovenian Olympic Committee (sl|Olimpijski komite Slovenije) sent the nation's third-largest delegation ever to the Games. A total of 65 athletes, 28 men and 37 women, competed in 15 sports. For the first time in its Olympic history, Slovenia was represented by more female than male athletes. Slalom kayaker and multiple-time world champion Peter Kauzer was the nation's flagbearer at the opening ceremony. The London Games also featured Slovenia's Olympic debut in triathlon.

The Slovenian team contained two Olympic medalists from the Beijing Olympics: hammer thrower and defending champion Primož Kozmus, and Finn sailor Vasilij Žbogar, who both competed at their fourth Olympics. Rifle shooter and former gold medalist Rajmond Debevec, the oldest athlete on the team at 49, became the first Slovenian to compete in eight Olympic Games (including two appearances for Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia). Rower and four-time medalist Iztok Čop competed at his sixth Olympics, while Čop's rowing partner Luka Špik and butterfly swimmer Peter Mankoč both made their fifth Olympic appearances.

Slovenian athletes earned four medals in London: one gold, one silver, and two bronze. All of Slovenia's medal winners had already won medals at one or more previous Olympics.

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Slovenia qualified one archer.

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Slovenian athletes achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):^[2]

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Primož Kobe	Marathon	2:19:28	46
Brent LaRue	400 m hurdles	49.38	4 q	49.45	3	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Matija Kranjc	Javelin throw	72.63	40	Did not advance
Primož Kozmus	Hammer throw	78.12	3 Q	79.36
Rožle Prezelj	High jump	2.21	=25	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Žana Jereb	Marathon	2:42:50	88
Sonja Roman	1500 m	4:19.17	11	Did not advance
Marina Tomić	100 m hurdles	13.10	5	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Martina Ratej	Javelin throw	63.60	6 Q	61.62	7
Marija Šestak	Triple jump	14.16	12 q	13.98	11
Barbara Špiler	Hammer throw	67.21	29	Did not advance
Tina Šutej	Pole vault	4.25	19	Did not advance

Badminton

See main article: article and Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Slalom

Slovenia qualified boats for all slalom events.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Peter Kauzer	Men's K-1	90.98	9	88.10	4	88.10	5 Q	96.02	1 Q	101.01	6
Benjamin Savšek	Men's C-1	90.83	1	203.42	15	90.83	2 Q	99.92	2 Q	219.95	8
Luka Božič Sašo Taljat	Men's C-2	102.82	4	101.08	4	101.08	6 Q	113.50	8	Did not advance
Eva Terčelj	Women's K-1	107.17	7	107.57	9	107.17	11 Q	117.36	13	Did not advance

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Špela Ponomarenko	Women's K-1 200 m	42.884	4 Q	42.209	5 FB	44.953	10
Women's K-1 500 m	2:01.520	5 Q	1:53.341	5 FB	1:53.718	12

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

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Slovenia qualified athletes in the following events:

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Janez Brajkovič	Men's road race	5:46:05	21
Men's time trial	54:09.72	10
Borut Božič	Men's road race	5:46:37	46
Grega Bole	Men's road race	5:46:37	79
Polona Batagelj	Women's road race	3:35:56	22

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Blaža Klemenčič	align=left rowspan=2	Women's cross-country	1:39:42	23
Tanja Žakelj	1:34:41	10

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Women

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rok Drakšič	−66 kg		W 0010–0001	L 0002–0011	Did not advance
Aljaž Sedej	−81 kg		L 0002–1010	Did not advance
Matjaž Ceraj	+100 kg		W 0021–0002	L 0001–0020	Did not advance

Women

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
Vesna Đukić	−57 kg	L 0002–0011	Did not advance
Urška Žolnir	−63 kg	W 0000–1100	W 1000–0001	W 1100–0000	W 1000–0000		W 0100–0011
Raša Sraka	−70 kg		W 1102–0001	L 1000–0001	Did not advance	L 1000–0001	Did not advance	7
Anamari Velenšek	−78 kg	L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Lucija Polavder	+78 kg		L 0000–0011	Did not advance

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Slovenia qualified the following boats:

Men

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

See main article: article and Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Slovenia qualified one boat for each of the following events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Karlo Hmeljak	Laser	23	30	18	33	35	31	DNF	25	27	32	EL	253	31
Vasilij Žbogar	Finn	8	6	5	3	8	5	9	6	2	6	14	63	6

Women

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

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Slovenia ensured berths in the following events:^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Rajmond Debevec	50 m rifle 3 positions	1161	27	Did not advance
50 m rifle prone	596	3 Q	701.0
Boštjan Maček	Trap	121	7	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Živa Dvoršak	50 m rifle 3 positions	574	36	Did not advance
10 m air rifle	396	11	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Slovenian swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of two swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Damir Dugonjič	100 m breaststroke	1:00.77	18	Did not advance
Peter Mankoč	100 m butterfly	52.44	19	Did not advance
Robert Žbogar	200 m butterfly	1:58.99	24	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Anja Čarman	100 m backstroke	1:02.68	34	Did not advance
200 m backstroke	2:13.01	25	Did not advance
Nastja Govejšek	100 m freestyle	56.21	28	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Sara Isaković	200 m freestyle	1:58.96	16 Q	1:58.47	14	Did not advance
100 m butterfly	59.86	31	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Anja Klinar	200 m butterfly	2:09.24	14 Q	2:07.84	11	Did not advance
400 m individual medley	4:38.20	10	Did not advance
Tjaša Oder	800 m freestyle	8:41.82	25	Did not advance
Mojca Sagmeister	400 m freestyle	4:21.55	32	Did not advance
Tanja Šmid	200 m breaststroke	2:32.19	33	Did not advance
Tjaša Vozel	100 m breaststroke	1:09.63	30	Did not advance
Urša Bežan Nastja Govejšek Sara Isaković Tjaša Oder Mojca Sagmeister	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:04.69	14	Did not advance

Table tennis

See main article: article and Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Slovenia qualified one athlete for singles table tennis.^[5]

Taekwondo

See main article: article and Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Slovenia qualified 3 athletes.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ivan Trajkovič	Men's +80 kg	L 4–9	Did not advance
Franka Anić	Women's −67 kg	W 15–11	W 10–5	L 0–7		L 3–8	Did not advance	5
Nuša Rajher	Women's +67 kg	W 17–16	L 9–11	Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Slovenia qualified 4 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
Blaž Kavčič	Men's singles	W 6–3, 6–2	L 2–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Polona Hercog	Women's singles	L 2–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Andreja Klepač Katarina Srebotnik	Women's doubles		W 7–6^(7–0), 6–3, 2–6	L 5–7, 6–4, 4–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

See main article: article and Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. News: Staff . 3 July 2012 . Peter Kauzer zastavnoša na igrah v Londonu . Peter Kauzer Will Be the Flag Bearer at the London Games . sl . . 4 July 2012 . 14 January 2013 . https://archive.today/20130114041332/http://www.sta.si/vest.php?id=1775690 . dead .
2. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. 4 June 2011.
3. Web site: Quota places by nation and name. . 2 June 2011 . . 5 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140405211236/http://www.issf-sports.org/results/og_qualification/quota_places/quota_places_by_nation_and_name.ashx . dead .
4. Web site: Swimming World Rankings. FINA. 8 June 2011.
5. Web site: Direct Qualifiers for 2012 London Olympic Games – Provisional list. International Table Tennis Federation. 17 May 2011. PDF. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110809193041/http://www.ittf.com/World_Events/2012OG/Players_byWR_OG2012.pdf. 9 August 2011.