Croatia at the Olympics

Croatia at the Olympics
IOC code	CRO
NOC	Croatian Olympic Committee
Website	www.hoo.hr (in Croatian and English)
Medals Ranked 47th	Gold 18 Silver 19 Bronze 15 Total 52
Summer appearances
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winter appearances
1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
Austria (1900)  Yugoslavia (1920–1988)

Croatia competed at the Olympic Games for the first time as an independent nation in 1992, and has participated in every Games since then.

The National Olympic Committee for Croatia is the Croatian Olympic Committee, which was created in 1991 and recognized in 1993.

Croatian athletes have won forty-one medal at the Summer Olympic Games, including multiple gold medals by the men's handball team in 1996 and 2004, as well as discus-thrower Sandra Perković in 2012 and 2016. At the Winter Olympic Games, Janica Kostelić won six medals (four gold) between 2002 and 2006, her brother Ivica won four silver medals (in 2006, 2010 and 2014), and Jakov Fak won a bronze in 2010.

Medals

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1900 Paris	as part of  Austria (AUT)
1904–1912	Did not participate
1920–1988	As part of  Yugoslavia (YUG)
1992 Barcelona	39	0	1	2	3	44
1996 Atlanta	84	1	1	0	2	45
2000 Sydney	88	1	0	1	2	49
2004 Athens	81	1	2	2	5	44
2008 Beijing	105	0	2	3	5	59
2012 London	110	3	1	2	6	26
2016 Rio de Janeiro	87	5	3	2	10	17
2020 Tokyo	59	3	3	2	8	26
2024 Paris	Future Event
2028 Los Angeles
2032 Brisbane
Total		14	13	14	41	48

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1924–1988	As part of  Yugoslavia (YUG)
1992 Albertville	4	0	0	0	0	–
1994 Lillehammer	3	0	0	0	0	–
1998 Nagano	6	0	0	0	0	–
2002 Salt Lake City	14	3	1	0	4	12
2006 Turin	22	1	2	0	3	16
2010 Vancouver	19	0	2	1	3	21
2014 Sochi	11	0	1	0	1	25
2018 Pyeongchang	19	0	0	0	0	–
2022 Beijing	11	0	0	0	0	-
2026 Milan–Cortina	Future Event
Total		4	6	1	11	26

Medals by summer sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	3	1	1	5
Rowing	2	3	2	7
Handball	2	0	1	3
Shooting	2	0	1	3
Sailing	1	2	0	3
Water polo	1	2	0	3
Tennis	1	1	3	5
Taekwondo	1	0	4	5
Weightlifting	1	0	1	2
Gymnastics	0	2	0	2
Basketball	0	1	0	1
Swimming	0	1	0	1
Boxing	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 sports)	14	13	14	41

Medals by winter sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Alpine skiing	4	6	0	10
Biathlon	0	0	1	1
Totals (2 sports)	4	6	1	11

List of medalists

Summer sports

Medal	Name(s)	Games	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Men's basketball team Dražen Petrović Velimir Perasović Danko Cvjetičanin Toni Kukoč Vladan Alanović Franjo Arapović Žan Tabak Stojko Vranković Alan Gregov Arijan Komazec Dino Rađa Aramis Naglić (Team coached by Petar Skansi)	1992 Barcelona	Basketball	Men's tournament	6 August 1992
Bronze	Goran Ivanišević and Goran Prpić	1992 Barcelona	Tennis	Men's doubles	5 August 1992
Bronze	Goran Ivanišević	1992 Barcelona	Tennis	Men's singles	6 August 1992
Gold	Men's handball team Patrik Ćavar Valner Franković Slavko Goluža Bruno Gudelj Vladimir Jelčić Božidar Jović Nenad Kljaić Venio Losert Valter Matošević Zoran Mikulić Alvaro Načinović Goran Perkovac Iztok Puc Zlatko Saračević Irfan Smajlagić Vladimir Šuster (Team coached by Velimir Kljaić)	1996 Atlanta	Handball	Men's tournament	4 August 1996
Silver	Men's water polo team Maro Balić Perica Bukić Damir Glavan Igor Hinić Vjekoslav Kobešćak Joško Kreković Ognjen Kržić Dubravko Šimenc Siniša Školneković Ratko Štritof Renato Vrbičić Tino Vegar Zdeslav Vrdoljak (Team coached by Bruno Silić)	1996 Atlanta	Water polo	Men's tournament	28 July 1996
Gold	Nikolaj Pešalov	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Men's 62 kg	17 September 2000
Bronze	Igor Francetić, Tihomir Franković, Tomislav Smoljanović, Nikša Skelin, Siniša Skelin, Krešimir Čuljak, Igor Boraska, Branimir Vujević, Silvijo Petriško	2000 Sydney	Rowing	Men's eight with coxswain	24 September 2000
Gold	Men's handball team Venio Losert Vlado Šola Valter Matošević Nikša Kaleb Ivano Balić Blaženko Lacković Vedran Zrnić Igor Vori Davor Dominiković Mirza Džomba Drago Vuković Slavko Goluža Goran Šprem Denis Špoljarić Petar Metličić (Team coached by Lino Červar)	2004 Athens	Handball	Men's tournament	29 August 2004
Silver	Nikša Skelin and Siniša Skelin	2004 Athens	Rowing	Men's coxless pair	21 August 2004
Silver	Duje Draganja	2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 50 metre freestyle	20 August 2004
Bronze	Mario Ančić and Ivan Ljubičić	2004 Athens	Tennis	Men's doubles	20 August 2004
Bronze	Nikolaj Pešalov	2004 Athens	Weightlifting	Men's 69 kg	18 August 2004
Silver	Blanka Vlašić	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Women's high jump	23 August 2008
Silver	Filip Ude	2008 Beijing	Gymnastics	Men's pommel horse	17 August 2008
Bronze	Snježana Pejčić	2008 Beijing	Shooting	Women's 10 metre air rifle	9 August 2008
Bronze	Martina Zubčić	2008 Beijing	Taekwondo	Women's 57 kg	21 August 2008
Bronze	Sandra Šarić	2008 Beijing	Taekwondo	Women's 67 kg	22 August 2008
Gold	Sandra Perković	2012 London	Athletics	Women's discus throw	4 August 2012
Gold	Giovanni Cernogoraz	2012 London	Shooting	Men's trap	6 August 2012
Gold	Men's water polo team Josip Pavić Damir Burić Miho Bošković Nikša Dobud Maro Joković Petar Muslim Ivan Buljubašić Andro Bušlje Sandro Sukno Samir Barač Igor Hinić Paulo Obradović Frano Vićan (Team coached by Ratko Rudić)	2012 London	Water polo	Men's tournament	12 August 2012
Silver	David Šain, Martin Sinković, Damir Martin, Valent Sinković	2012 London	Rowing	Men's quadruple sculls	3 August 2012
Bronze	Lucija Zaninović	2012 London	Taekwondo	Women's 49 kg	8 August 2012
Bronze	Men's handball team Venio Losert Ivano Balić Domagoj Duvnjak Blaženko Lacković Marko Kopljar Igor Vori Jakov Gojun Zlatko Horvat Drago Vuković Damir Bičanić Denis Buntić Mirko Alilović Manuel Štrlek Ivan Čupić Ivan Ninčević (Team coached by Slavko Goluža)	2012 London	Handball	Men's tournament	12 August 2012
Gold	Josip Glasnović	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Shooting	Men's trap	8 August 2016
Gold	Martin Sinković and Valent Sinković	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Rowing	Men's double sculls	11 August 2016
Gold	Sandra Perković	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's discus throw	16 August 2016
Gold	Šime Fantela and Igor Marenić	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Sailing	Men's 470	17 August 2016
Gold	Sara Kolak	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's javelin throw	18 August 2016
Silver	Damir Martin	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Rowing	Men's single sculls	13 August 2016
Silver	Tonči Stipanović	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Sailing	Men's laser	16 August 2016
Silver	Men's water polo team Josip Pavić Damir Burić Antonio Petković Luka Lončar Maro Joković Luka Bukić Xavier García Andro Bušlje Sandro Sukno Ivan Krapić Anđelo Šetka Marko Macan Marko Bijač (Team coached by Ivica Tucak)	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Water polo	Men's tournament	20 August 2016
Bronze	Filip Hrgović	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Boxing	Men's super heavyweight	19 August 2016
Bronze	Blanka Vlašić	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's high jump	20 August 2016
Gold	Matea Jelić	2020 Tokyo	Taekwondo	Women's 67 kg	26 July 2021
Gold	Martin Sinković and Valent Sinković	2020 Tokyo	Rowing	Men's coxless pair	29 July 2021
Gold	Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić	2020 Tokyo	Tennis	Men's doubles	30 July 2021
Silver	Marin Čilić and Ivan Dodig	2020 Tokyo	Tennis	Men's doubles	30 July 2021
Silver	Tonči Stipanović	2020 Tokyo	Sailing	Men's laser	1 August 2021
Silver	Tin Srbić	2020 Tokyo	Gymnastics	Men's horizontal bar	3 August 2021
Bronze	Toni Kanaet	2020 Tokyo	Taekwondo	Men's 80 kg	26 July 2021
Bronze	Damir Martin	2020 Tokyo	Rowing	Men's single sculls	30 July 2021

Winter sports

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Janica Kostelić	2002 Salt Lake City	Alpine skiing	Women's combined	14 February 2002
Gold	Janica Kostelić	2002 Salt Lake City	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom	20 February 2002
Gold	Janica Kostelić	2002 Salt Lake City	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom	22 February 2002
Silver	Janica Kostelić	2002 Salt Lake City	Alpine skiing	Women's super-G	17 February 2002
Gold	Janica Kostelić	2006 Turin	Alpine skiing	Women's combined	18 February 2006
Silver	Janica Kostelić	2006 Turin	Alpine skiing	Women's super-G	20 February 2006
Silver	Ivica Kostelić	2006 Turin	Alpine skiing	Men's combined	14 February 2006
Silver	Ivica Kostelić	2010 Vancouver	Alpine skiing	Men's combined	21 February 2010
Silver	Ivica Kostelić	2010 Vancouver	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom	27 February 2010
Bronze	Jakov Fak	2010 Vancouver	Biathlon	Men's sprint	14 February 2010
Silver	Ivica Kostelić	2014 Sochi	Alpine skiing	Men's combined	14 February 2014

Multiple medal winners

This following list only contains Olympic medal winners for Croatia as an independent country.

Athlete	Sex	Sport	Years	Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Janica Kostelić	F	Alpine skiing	2002–2006	Winter	4	2	0	6
Martin Sinković	M	Rowing	2012–2020	Summer	2	1	0	3
Valent Sinković	M	Rowing	2012–2020	Summer	2	1	0	3
Venio Losert	M	Handball	1996–2012	Summer	2	0	1	3
Slavko Goluža	M	Handball	1996–2004	Summer	2	0	0	2
Valter Matošević	M	Handball	1996–2004	Summer	2	0	0	2
Sandra Perković	F	Athletics	2012–2016	Summer	2	0	0	2
Igor Hinić	M	Water polo	1996–2012	Summer	1	1	0	2
Josip Pavić	M	Water polo	2012–2016	Summer	1	1	0	2
Damir Burić	M	Water polo	2012–2016	Summer	1	1	0	2
Maro Joković	M	Water polo	2012–2016	Summer	1	1	0	2
Andro Bušlje	M	Water polo	2012–2016	Summer	1	1	0	2
Sandro Sukno	M	Water polo	2012–2016	Summer	1	1	0	2
Nikolaj Pešalov	M	Weightlifting	2000–2004	Summer	1	0	1	2
Ivano Balić	M	Handball	2004–2012	Summer	1	0	1	2
Blaženko Lacković	M	Handball	2004–2012	Summer	1	0	1	2
Igor Vori	M	Handball	2004–2012	Summer	1	0	1	2
Drago Vuković	M	Handball	2004–2012	Summer	1	0	1	2
Ivica Kostelić	M	Alpine skiing	2006–2014	Winter	0	4	0	4
Damir Martin	M	Rowing	2012–2020	Summer	0	2	1	3
Tonči Stipanović	M	Sailing	2016–2020	Summer	0	2	0	2
Nikša Skelin	M	Rowing	2000–2004	Summer	0	1	1	2
Siniša Skelin	M	Rowing	2000–2004	Summer	0	1	1	2
Blanka Vlašić	F	Athletics	2008–2016	Summer	0	1	1	2
Goran Ivanišević	M	Tennis	1992	Summer	0	0	2	2

See also

• List of flag bearers for Croatia at the Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for Croatia
• Croatia at the Paralympics
• Milan Neralić
• List of Yugoslav Olympic medalists

External links

• "Croatia". International Olympic Committee.
• "Croatia". Olympedia.com.
• "Olympic Analytics/CRO". olympanalyt.com.
• Sportnet(in Croatian) Bernard Jurišić: Tuđe nećemo - svoje ne damo (medals of Yugoslavia won by Croatian sportsmen), April 1, 2008, accessed September 30, 2010