Croatia at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Croatia at the 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CRO
NOC	Croatian Olympic Committee
Website	www.hoo.hr (in Croatian and English)
in London
Competitors	108 in 17 sports
Flag bearers	Venio Losert (opening) Damir Martin (closing)
Medals Ranked 25th	Gold 3 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
Austria (1900)  Yugoslavia (1920–1988)

Croatia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

The Croatian Olympic Committee (Croatian: Hrvatski olimpijski odbor, HOO) sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games. A total of 108 athletes, 64 men and 44 women, competed in 17 sports. Women's basketball, men's water polo, and handball were the only team-based sports in which Croatia had its representation in these Olympic Games. Among the sports played by athletes, Croatia also marked its Olympic debut in judo and fencing.

Croatian athletes featured two sets of twins (taekwondo jins Lucija and Ana Zaninović, and Greco-Roman wrestlers Neven and Nenad Žugaj). Table tennis player and Olympic silver medalist Zoran Primorac became the first Croatian athlete to participate in seven Olympic Games as an individual athlete (his first appearance competed under the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), and was also the oldest athlete of the team, at age 43. Venio Losert, captain of the men's handball team, was appointed by the committee to carry the nation's flag at the opening ceremony.

Croatia left London with a total of 6 Olympic medals (3 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze). This was the nation's most successful Olympics, based on the most medals won at a single games. All gold medals, being the highest in the nation's Olympic history, were awarded for the first time in women's discus throw, men's trap shooting, and men's water polo.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Sandra Perković	Athletics	Women's discus	4 August
Gold	Giovanni Cernogoraz	Shooting	Men's trap	6 August
Gold	Croatia men's national water polo team Samir Barač Miho Bošković Ivan Buljubašić Damir Burić Andro Bušlje Nikša Dobud Igor Hinić Maro Joković Petar Muslim Paulo Obradović Josip Pavić Sandro Sukno Frano Vićan	Water polo	Men's tournament	12 August
Silver	David Šain Martin Sinković Damir Martin Valent Sinković	Rowing	Men's quadruple sculls	3 August
Bronze	Lucija Zaninović	Taekwondo	Women's 49 kg	8 August
Bronze	Croatia men's national handball team Mirko Alilović Ivano Balić Damir Bičanić Denis Buntić Ivan Čupić Domagoj Duvnjak Jakov Gojun Zlatko Horvat Marko Kopljar Blaženko Lacković Venio Losert Ivan Ninčević Manuel Štrlek Igor Vori Drago Vuković	Handball	Men's tournament	12 August

Croatian athletes have 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):^[1][2] Former high jump world champion Blanka Vlašić did not compete in the London Olympics due to injury problems, although she was qualified for the Games.

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

Men

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
András Haklits	Hammer throw	70.61	30	Did not advance
Ivan Horvat	Pole vault	5.35	20	Did not advance
Martin Marić	Discus throw	62.87	17	Did not advance
Nedžad Mulabegović	Shot put	19.86	18	Did not advance
Roland Varga	Discus throw	58.17	36	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nikolina Horvat	400 m hurdles	58.49	8	Did not advance
Lisa Stublić	Marathon	—				2:34:03	52

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Sandra Perković	Discus throw	65.74	3 Q	69.11 NR
Ana Šimić	High jump	1.80	29	Did not advance

Croatia has qualified a women's team.

• Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players

Roster

The following is the Croatia roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Croatia women's national basketball team – 2012 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 4 Sandra Mandir 34 – (1977-08-04)4 August 1977 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) ŽKK Novi Zagreb G 5 Anđa Jelavić 31 – (1980-09-21)21 September 1980 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Kayseri Kaski S.K. F 6 Antonija Mišura 24 – (1988-05-19)19 May 1988 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) ŽKK Jolly JBS F 7 Lisa Ann Karčić 25 – (1986-11-11)11 November 1986 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Caja Rural Tintos de Toro G 8 Emanuela Salopek 25 – (1987-04-18)18 April 1987 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) ŽKK Medveščak C 9 Marija Vrsaljko 22 – (1989-08-08)8 August 1989 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) CB Avenida G 10 Iva Ciglar 26 – (1985-12-12)12 December 1985 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) Perpignan Basket G/F 11 Ana Lelas 29 – (1983-04-02)2 April 1983 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Basket Lattes F 12 Iva Slišković 27 – (1984-09-04)4 September 1984 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) KK Kingtrade F 13 Mirna Mazić 26 – (1985-12-24)24 December 1985 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) ŽKK Novi Zagreb C 14 Luca Ivanković 24 – (1987-09-26)26 September 1987 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) ŽKK Jolly JBS G/F 15 Jelena Ivezić 28 – (1984-03-17)17 March 1984 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Ceyhan Belediyespor	Head coach Stipe Bralić Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 28 July 2012

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	462	279	+183	10	Quarterfinals
2	Turkey	5	4	1	343	316	+27	9
3	China	5	3	2	346	363	−17	8
4	Czech Republic	5	2	3	346	332	+14	7
5	Croatia	5	1	4	324	379	−55	6
6	Angola	5	0	5	243	395	−152	5

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dinko Mulić	Men's K-1	293.58	22	143.28	20	143.28	22	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kristijan Đurasek	Men's road race	5:46:37	68
Radoslav Rogina		5:46:37	41

• Robert Kišerlovski was initially selected for road race, but he had to withdraw after he got injured on the 14th stage of Tour de France.^[4] As a consequence, Kristijan Đurasek was selected as a replacement. Đurasek's participation was later confirmed by IOC.

Croatia has qualified 1 fencer.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Bojan Jovanović	Individual foil	Gomez (MEX) L 14–15	Did not advance

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Filip Ude	Pommel horse	—	13.933	—				13.933	32	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB			F	V	UB	BB
Tina Erceg	All-around	13.466	13.500	12.833	12.266	52.065	40	Did not advance

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Croatia men's	Men's tournament	South Korea W 31–21	Serbia W 31–23	Hungary W 26–19	Denmark W 32–21	Spain W 30–25	1	Tunisia W 25–23	France L 22–25	Hungary W 33–26
Croatia women's	Women's tournament	Brazil L 23–24	Angola W 28–23	Russia W 30–28	Montenegro W 27–26	Great Britain W 37–14	2	Spain L 22–25	Did not advance		7

Roster

The following is the Croatia roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[5]

Head coaches: Slavko Goluža

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Venio Losert (1976-07-25)25 July 1976 (aged 36) 1.91 m CB Ademar León 4 CB Ivano Balić (1979-04-01)1 April 1979 (aged 33) 1.91 m RK Zagreb 5 CB Domagoj Duvnjak (1988-06-01)1 June 1988 (aged 24) 1.97 m HSV Hamburg 6 LB Blaženko Lacković (1980-12-25)25 December 1980 (aged 31) 1.96 m HSV Hamburg 8 RB Marko Kopljar (1986-02-12)12 February 1986 (aged 26) 2.10 m RK Zagreb 9 P Igor Vori (1980-09-20)20 September 1980 (aged 31) 2.03 m HSV Hamburg 10 LB Jakov Gojun (1986-04-18)18 April 1986 (aged 26) 2.04 m RK Zagreb 13 RW Zlatko Horvat (1984-09-25)25 September 1984 (aged 27) 1.80 m RK Zagreb 14 LB Drago Vuković (1983-08-03)3 August 1983 (aged 28) 1.94 m TuS N-Lübbecke 20 LB Damir Bičanić (1985-06-29)29 June 1985 (aged 27) 1.94 m Chambéry Handball 21 RB Denis Buntić (1982-10-13)13 October 1982 (aged 29) 1.99 m Vive Targi Kielce 25 GK Mirko Alilović (1985-09-15)15 September 1985 (aged 26) 2.00 m MKB Veszprém 26 LW Manuel Štrlek (1988-12-01)1 December 1988 (aged 23) 1.84 m RK Zagreb 27 RW Ivan Čupić (1986-03-27)27 March 1986 (aged 26) 1.79 m Rhein-Neckar Löwen 29 LW Ivan Ninčević (1981-10-27)27 October 1981 (aged 30) 1.84 m Füchse Berlin

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Croatia	5	5	0	0	150	109	+41	10	Quarter-finals
Denmark	5	4	0	1	124	129	−5	8
Spain	5	3	0	2	140	126	+14	6
Hungary	5	2	0	3	114	128	−14	4
Serbia	5	1	0	4	120	131	−11	2
South Korea	5	0	0	5	115	140	−25	0

29 July 2012 11:15	Croatia	31 – 21	South Korea	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,068[6] Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	Čupić 8	(14–8)	Jeong Yi-kyeong 5
	1× 4×	Report	2× 6×

31 July 2012 16:15	Serbia	23 – 31	Croatia	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,827[7] Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Vujin 6	(9–13)	Čupić 8
	4× 3×	Report	3× 4×

2 August 2012 14:30	Croatia	26 – 19	Hungary	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,950[8] Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
	Čupić 7	(11–9)	Császár, Nagy 4
	3× 6×	Report	3× 2×

4 August 2012 16:15	Croatia	32 – 21	Denmark	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,800[9] Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
	three players 5	(14–9)	Eggert Jensen, Lindberg 5
	3× 2×	Report	3× 3×

6 August 2012 19:30	Spain	25 – 30	Croatia	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,856[10] Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Entrerríos, Tomás 5	(10–11)	Čupić, Lacković 7
	3× 3×	Report	4× 2×

Quarter-final

8 August 2012 21:30	Croatia	25 – 23	Tunisia	Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,578[11] Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	Čupić 8	(11–12)	Jallouz, Alouini 4
	2× 3×	Report	4× 5× 1×

Semifinal

10 August 2012 20:30	France	25 – 22	Croatia	Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,849[12] Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
	three players 4	(12–10)	Horvat 6
	4× 2×	Report	4× 2×

Bronze medal match

12 August 2012 11:00	Hungary	26 – 33	Croatia	Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,263[13] Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Harsányi 7	(14–19)	Čupić 8
	4× 4×	Report	3× 3×

Roster

The following is the Croatia roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[14]

Head coaches: Vladimir Canjuga

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Jelena Grubišić (1987-01-20)20 January 1987 (aged 25) 1.84 m RK Krim 2 CB Miranda Tatari (1983-09-20)20 September 1983 (aged 28) 1.74 m Podravka Koprivnica 5 LW Dijana Jovetić (1984-05-21)21 May 1984 (aged 28) 1.70 m ŽRK Budućnost 6 P Andrea Šerić (1985-08-03)3 August 1985 (aged 26) 1.84 m RK Krim 8 LW Anita Gaće (1983-04-14)14 April 1983 (aged 29) 1.77 m Podravka Koprivnica 10 RW Nikica Pušić-Koroljević (1983-03-19)19 March 1983 (aged 29) 1.77 m Podravka Koprivnica 13 LB Lidija Horvat (1982-05-05)5 May 1982 (aged 30) 1.84 m Podravka Koprivnica 14 RB Kristina Franić (1987-05-22)22 May 1987 (aged 25) 1.80 m RK Krim 15 RB Andrea Penezić (1985-11-13)13 November 1985 (aged 26) 1.86 m RK Krim 16 GK Ivana Jelčić (1980-03-16)16 March 1980 (aged 32) 1.80 m Podravka Koprivnica 18 CB Ivana Lovrić (1984-09-01)1 September 1984 (aged 27) 1.73 m RK Samobor 19 RW Maja Zebić (1982-05-31)31 May 1982 (aged 30) 1.78 m SD Itxako 20 P Vesna Milanović-Litre (1986-05-30)30 May 1986 (aged 26) 1.80 m Podravka Koprivnica 29 RB Sonja Bašić (1987-11-26)26 November 1987 (aged 24) 1.82 m Lokomotiva Zagreb

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Brazil	5	4	0	1	137	122	+15	8	Quarter-finals
Croatia	5	4	0	1	145	115	+30	8
Russia	5	3	1	1	151	125	+26	7
Montenegro	5	2	1	2	137	123	+14	5
Angola	5	1	0	4	132	142	−10	2
Great Britain	5	0	0	5	91	166	−75	0

28 July 2012 14:30	Croatia	23 – 24	Brazil	Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,942[15] Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Jovetić 6	(10–9)	do Nascimento, Amorim 5
	3× 4×	Report	3× 6× 1×

30 July 2012 09:30	Angola	23 – 28	Croatia	Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,892[16] Referees: Al-Nuaimi, Omar (UAE)
	Guialo, M. Kiala 5	(11–13)	Zebić 9
	2× 4×	Report	3× 2×

1 August 2012 21:15	Russia	28 – 30	Croatia	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,098[17] Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	Turey 6	(15–15)	Penezić 10
	3× 5×	Report	3× 6×

3 August 2012 14:30	Croatia	27 – 26	Montenegro	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,541[18] Referees: Lopez, Sabroso (ESP)
	Penezić 10	(12–12)	Popović 10
	3× 5×	Report	2× 4×

5 August 2012 16:15	Croatia	37 – 14	Great Britain	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,792[19] Referees: Marina, Minore (ARG)
	three players 5	(17–6)	Fairbrother 3
	3× 3×	Report	3× 4×

Quarter-final

7 August 2012 13:30	Spain	25 – 22	Croatia	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,553[20] Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Pinedo 7	(13–12)	Tatari 5
	3× 3×	Report	3× 6×

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tomislav Marijanović	Men's −81 kg	Bye	Tchrikishvili (GEO) L 0001–0010	Did not advance
Marijana Mišković	Women's −63 kg	—	Bye	Ueno (JPN) L 0000–0001	Did not advance

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mario Vekić	Single sculls	7:02.63	2 QF	Bye		7:05.78	4 SC/D	7:33.51	1 FC	7:27.60	15
Damir Martin David Šain Martin Sinković Valent Sinković	Quadruple sculls	5:09.38	1 SA/B	Bye		—		6:03.39	1 FA	5:44.78

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

Croatia has qualified 1 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	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Luka Mratović	RS:X	24	19	26	20	22	11	14	16	18	36	—					EL	170	21
Tonči Stipanović	Laser	5	6	20	4	3	1	8	13	6	15	—					16	77	4
Ivan Kljaković Gašpić	Finn	3	3	7	9	5	6	3	7	4	10	—					8	55	5
Šime Fantela Igor Marenić	470	DSQ	13	9	10	8	5	15	1	2	22	—					2	87	6
Petar Cupać Pavle Kostov	49er	13	17	8	15	13	14	17	4	19	15	17	3	14	12	19	EL	181	17
Dan Lovrović Marin Lovrović, Jr.	Star	8	12	16	15	14	13	14	15	12	15	—					EL	116	16

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Tina Mihelić	Laser Radial	14	12	22	25	17	25	14	13	14	17	EL	148	17
Enia Ninčević Romana Župan	470	4	16	13	11	20	11	8	20	19	14	EL	115	17

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

Thanks to the wins at the 2011 ISSF World Cup competitions, 2011 European Shooting Championships and 2012 European Championships for 10 m events, Croatia has earned five quota places in shooting events.^[21]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Giovanni Cernogoraz	Trap	122	6 Q	146 S/O 6 OR
Bojan Đurković	10 m air rifle	590	36	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1152	35	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	595	8 Q	698	7
Anton Glasnović	Trap	122	5 Q	143	6
	Double trap	114	23	Did not advance
Petar Gorša	10 m air rifle	586	43	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Snježana Pejčić	10 m air rifle	395	18	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	584	6 Q	681.9	5

Croatian swimmers have achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[22][23]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mario Todorović	50 m freestyle	22.75	28	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sanja Jovanović	100 m backstroke	1:03.38	36	Did not advance
Kim Daniela Pavlin	200 m backstroke	2:15:67	33	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:17:17	30	Did not advance
Karla Šitić	10 km open water	—				1:58:54.7	11

Croatia has qualified four athletes for singles table tennis events. Based on his ITTF world rankings as of 16 May 2011 Zoran Primorac has qualified for the men's event.^[24]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Andrej Gaćina	Men's singles	Bye		Persson (SWE) W 4–0	Shibaev (RUS) W 4–3	Chuang C-y (TPE) L 2–4	Did not advance
Zoran Primorac		Bye		Lashin (EGY) L 3–4	Did not advance
Cornelia Molnar	Women's singles	Bye	Zhang (USA) W 4–0	Kim J (PRK) L 1–4	Did not advance
Tian Yuan		Bye	Rodríguez (CHI) W 4–0	Póta (HUN) L 1–4	Did not advance

Croatia has ensured berths in the following events of taekwondo by reaching the top 3 of the 2011 World Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan:^[25][26]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lucija Zaninović	Women's −49 kg	Kang (CAF) W 14–0 PTG	López (ARG) W 13–4	Wu Jy (CHN) L 7–19	Bye	Alegría (MEX) W 1–0 SDP	Did not advance
Ana Zaninović	Women's −57 kg	Hamada (JPN) L 11–14	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Marin Čilić	Men's singles	Melzer (AUT) W 7–6(6–5), 6–2	Hewitt (AUS) L 4–6, 5–7	Did not advance
Ivan Dodig		del Potro (ARG) L 4–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Ivo Karlović		Withdrew because of injury on 26 July
Marin Čilić Ivan Dodig	Men's doubles	—	Cabal / Giraldo (COL) W 6–3, 6–4	Brunström / Lindstedt (SWE) W 6–3, 6–2	Ferrer / F López (ESP) L 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Petra Martić	Women's singles	Withdrew because of injury on 27 July

The Croatia men's national water polo team (13 athletes) qualified for the Olympic Games by reaching the semi-finals at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, People's Republic of China.

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Croatia men's	Men's tournament	Greece W 8–6	Spain W 8–7	Italy W 11–6	Australia W 11–6	Kazakhstan W 12–4	2	United States W 8–2	Montenegro W 7–5	Italy W 8–6

Roster

The following is the Croatian roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[27]

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	2012 club
1	Josip Pavić	GK	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	15 January 1982	HAVK Mladost
2	Damir Burić	CB	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	115 kg (254 lb)	2 December 1980	Pro Recco
3	Miho Bošković	D	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	11 January 1983	TEVA-Vasas-UNIQA
4	Nikša Dobud	CF	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	118 kg (260 lb)	5 August 1985	VK Jug Dubrovnik
5	Maro Joković	D	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	1 October 1987	VK Jug Dubrovnik
6	Ivan Buljubašić	CB	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	108 kg (238 lb)	31 October 1987	Primorje EB
7	Petar Muslim	D	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	26 March 1988	Primorje EB
8	Andro Bušlje	CB	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	115 kg (254 lb)	4 January 1986	VK Jug Dubrovnik
9	Sandro Sukno	D	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	30 June 1990	Pro Recco
10	Samir Barač	D	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	2 November 1973	Primorje EB
11	Igor Hinić	CF	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	110 kg (243 lb)	4 December 1975	HAVK Mladost
12	Paulo Obradović	D	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	9 March 1986	VK Jug Dubrovnik
13	Frano Vićan	GK	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	24 January 1976	VK Jug Dubrovnik

Head coach: Ratko Rudić

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Croatia	5	5	0	0	50	29	+21	10	Quarterfinals
Italy	5	3	1	1	40	36	+4	7
Spain	5	3	0	2	52	42	+10	6
Australia	5	2	0	3	40	44	−4	4
Greece	5	1	1	3	41	43	−2	3
Kazakhstan	5	0	0	5	24	53	−29	0

29 July 2012 10:00	Report	Greece	6–8	Croatia	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), György Juhász (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 1–2, 2–2, 1–3
		Fountoulis, Mourikis 2	Goals	three players 2

31 July 2012 11:20	Report	Croatia	8–7	Spain	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Radoslaw Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–2, 2–4, 1–0
		Sukno, Dobud 2	Goals	Español 4

2 August 2012 19:40	Report	Italy	6–11	Croatia	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 1–1, 1–3, 1–3
		Figlioli, Gallo 2	Goals	Bošković, Sukno 3

4 August 2012 11:20	Report	Croatia	11–6	Australia	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Ulrich Spiegel (GER), Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 3–1, 3–2, 3–2
		Joković 3	Goals	Whalan 3

6 August 2012 10:00	Report	Kazakhstan	4–12	Croatia	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: German Moller (ARG), Brian Littlejohn (GBR)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–1, 2–4, 1–3
		Zhilyayev 2	Goals	Dobud 5

Quarter-final

8 August 2012 20:00	Report	Croatia	8–2	United States	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), György Juhász (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 3–0, 2–2, 1–0
		Bošković, Obradović 2	Goals	Bailey, Varellas 1

Semifinal

10 August 2012 15:40	Report	Croatia	7–5	Montenegro	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–0, 2–2, 0–2
		Sukno 2	Goals	Ivović, Gojković 2

Gold medal match

12 August 2012 15:50	Report	Croatia	8–6	Italy	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Sergi Sancherz (ESP), Gyorgy Juhasz (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–0, 2–1, 3–3
		Joković 3	Goals	Felugo 3

Key

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Neven Žugaj	−74 kg	Tolba (EGY) W 3–0 PO	Ahmadov (AZE) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance					10
Nenad Žugaj	−84 kg	Bye	Gaber (EGY) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance		Noumonvi (FRA) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance		14