Slovenia at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Slovenia at the 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SLO
NOC	Olympic Committee of Slovenia
Website	www.olympic.si  (in Slovene and English)
in London
Competitors	65 in 15 sports
Flag bearers	Peter Kauzer [1] (opening) Franka Anić (closing)
Medals Ranked 42nd	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 4
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Slovenia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics. The Olympic Committee of Slovenia (Slovene : 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.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Urška Žolnir	Judo	Women's 63 kg	31 July
Silver	Primož Kozmus	Athletics	Men's hammer throw	5 August
Bronze	Iztok Čop Luka Špik	Rowing	Men's double sculls	2 August
Bronze	Rajmond Debevec	Shooting	Men's 50 m rifle prone	3 August

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Slovenia qualified one archer.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Klemen Štrajhar	Men's individual	639	58	Dai Xx  (CHN) (7) L 0–6	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: 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] [3] [4]}

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

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

Žana Jereb at the Marathon

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

Main article: Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Maja Tvrdy	Women's singles	Sato  (JPN) L 20–22, 18–21	Egelstaff  (GBR) L 15–21, 10–21	3	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Slovenia qualified boats for all slalom events. ^[4]

Eva Terčelj in K-1 semifinal

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
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

Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Slovenia qualified athletes in the following events:

Road

Janez Brajkovič at the road race

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	Women's cross-country	1:39:42	23
Tanja Žakelj		1:34:41	10

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB			F	V	UB	BB
Saša Golob	All-around	13.500	0.000	12.066	13.033	38.599	60	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	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
Rok Drakšič	−66 kg	Bye	Valderrama  (VEN) W 0010–0001	Ungvári  (HUN) L 0002–0011	Did not advance
Aljaž Sedej	−81 kg	Bye	Stevens  (USA) L 0002–1010	Did not advance
Matjaž Ceraj	+100 kg	—	Bondarenko  (UKR) W 0021–0002	Kim S-M  (KOR) L 0001–0020	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vesna Đukić	−57 kg	Matsumoto  (JPN) L 0002–0011	Did not advance
Urška Žolnir	−63 kg	Malzahn  (GER) W 0000–1100	García  (ECU) W 1000–0001	Schlesinger  (ISR) W 1100–0000	Tsedevsuren  (MGL) W 1000–0000	Bye	Xu L  (CHN) W 0100–0011
Raša Sraka	−70 kg	Bye	Blanco  (ESP) W 1102–0001	Hwang Y-S  (KOR) L 1000–0001	Did not advance	Alvear  (COL) L 1000–0001	Did not advance	7
Anamari Velenšek	−78 kg	Pogorzelec  (POL) L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Lucija Polavder	+78 kg	Bye	Bryant  (GBR) L 0000–0011	Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Slovenia qualified the following boats:

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Iztok Čop Luka Špik	Double sculls	6:17.78	=2 SA/B	Bye		6:19.97	1 FA	6:34.35

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

Main article: 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

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Teja Černe Tina Mrak	470	12	9	12	15	17	17	17	14	16	16	EL	127	18

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

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Slovenia ensured berths in the following events: ^[5]

Men

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

Swimming

Main article: 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)): ^{[6] [7]}

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
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
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
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

Main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Slovenia qualified one athlete for singles table tennis. ^[8]

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
Bojan Tokič	Men's singles	Bye		Liu S  (ARG) W 4–3	Gao N  (SIN) L 0–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: 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	Cha D-M  (KOR) L 4–9	Did not advance
Franka Anić	Women's −67 kg	Aytmukhambetova  (KAZ) W 15–11	Sergerie  (CAN) W 10–5	Hwang K-S  (KOR) L 0–7	Bye	McPherson  (USA) L 3–8	Did not advance	5
Nuša Rajher	Women's +67 kg	Yergeshova  (KAZ) W 17–16 SDP	Baryshnikova  (RUS) L 9–11	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Slovenia qualified 4 players.

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
Blaž Kavčič	Men's singles	Vardhan  (IND) W 6–3, 6–2	Ferrer  (ESP) L 2–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Polona Hercog	Women's singles	Martínez  (ESP) L 2–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Andreja Klepač Katarina Srebotnik	Women's doubles	—	Chakhnashvili / Tatishvili  (GEO) W 7–6(7–0), 6–3, 2–6	Errani / Vinci  (ITA) L 5–7, 6–4, 4–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Mateja Šimic	Women's	19:31	0:43	1:07:11	0:34	37:36	2:05:35	37

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