Slovenia At The 2012 Summer Olympics

This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics. The Slovenian Olympic Committee (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.

Slovenia at the 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SLO
NOC	Slovenian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.si (in Slovene and English)
in London
Competitors	65 in 15 sports
Flag bearers	Peter Kauzer (opening) Franka Anić (closing)
Medals Ranked 42nd	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
Austria (1912)  Yugoslavia (1920–1988)

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.

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

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):

Men
Track & road events

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

Field events

Slalom

Slovenia qualified boats for all slalom events.

 

Sprint

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

Slovenia qualified athletes in the following events:

Road

 

Mountain biking

Artistic

Women

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

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

Slovenia qualified one boat for each of the following events:

Men

Women

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

Slovenia ensured berths in the following events:

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

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)):

Men

Women

Slovenia qualified one athlete for singles table tennis.

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

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

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