Slovenia at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Slovenia at the 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SLO
NOC	Slovenian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.si (Slovene) (English)
in London
Competitors	65 in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Peter Kauzer[1] (opening) Franka Anić (closing)
Medals Ranked 43rd	Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 1 2 4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Other related appearances
Austria (1912) Yugoslavia (1920–1988)

Slovenia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. 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 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 marked Slovenia's Olympic debut in triathlon.

The Slovenian team featured two Olympic medalists from Beijing: 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 of the team at age 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 medalled at one or more previous Olympics.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Žolnir, UrškaUrška 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 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 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 N/A 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 N/A 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 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 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 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 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 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 N/A  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 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 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 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 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 Govejsek 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 N/A Did not advance Tjaša Oder 800 m freestyle 8:41.82 25 N/A Did not advance Mojca Sagmeister 400 m freestyle 4:21.55 32 N/A 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 Govejsek Sara Isaković Tjaša Oder Mojca Sagmeister 4 × 200 m freestyle relay 8:04.69 14 N/A Did not advance Table tennis 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 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 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 N/A  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 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 References Staff (3 July 2012). "Peter Kauzer zastavnoša na igrah v Londonu" [Peter Kauzer Will Be the Flag Bearer at the London Games]. Slovenian Press Agency (in Slovenian). Retrieved 4 July 2012. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011. 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