Macedonia at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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Macedonia at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Flag of Macedonia.svg
IOC code MKD
NOC Olympic Committee of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Website www.mok.org.mk  (in Macedonian)
in London
Competitors4 in 2 sports
Flag bearers Marko Blaževski (opening) [1]
Kristijan Efremov (closing)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
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Macedonia , under the name of Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, held from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's fifth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Yugoslav era.

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Four athletes were selected to the team by wild card places, without having qualified, competing only in athletics and swimming. This was also the nation's smallest delegation to be sent to the Games in the post-Yugoslav era. Marko Blaževski, medley swimmer and finance student at the Wingate University in North Carolina, was appointed by the Macedonian Olympic Committee to be the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. For the first time in Olympic history, Macedonia did not qualify athletes in freestyle wrestling, slalom canoeing, and shooting.

Macedonia failed for the third consecutive time to win an Olympic medal.

Athletics

Macedonian athletes received wild cards for both men's and women's 400 metres.

Key
Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Kristijan Efremov 400 m 47.927did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Hristina Risteska 400 m 1:00.867did not advance

Swimming

Macedonia has selected one swimmer to qualify in the Olympic Games. [2]

Men
AthleteEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Marko Blaževski 400 m individual medley 4:32.3834did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Simona Marinova 800 m freestyle 9:28.4135did not advance

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References

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  2. Wingate University swimmer to compete in Olympics Archived 2012-07-29 at the Wayback Machine