Slovenia at the 2012 Summer Olympics
# Slovenia at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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 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

Slovenia qualified one archer.

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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):

### 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

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Matija Kranjc | Javelin throw | 72.63 | 40 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Primož Kozmus | Hammer throw | 78.12 | 3 Q | 79.36 | |
| Rožle Prezelj | High jump | 2.21 | =25 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Žana Jereb | Marathon | — | — | — | — | 2:42:50 | 88 |
| Sonja Roman | 1500 m | 4:19.17 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marina Tomić | 100 m hurdles | 13.10 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance |
| Tina Šutej | Pole vault | 4.25 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Badminton

| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Canoeing

### Slalom

Slovenia qualified boats for all slalom events.

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | 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 | Did not advance |

### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 |
| Špela Ponomarenko | 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

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Janez Brajkovič | Men's road race | 5:46:05 | 21 |
| Janez Brajkovič | 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 | Women's cross-country | 1:34:41 | 10 |

## Gymnastics

### Artistic

**Women**

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

## Judo

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Aljaž Sedej | −81 kg | Bye | Stevens (USA) L 0002–1010 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Matjaž Ceraj | +100 kg | — | Bondarenko (UKR) W 0021–0002 | Kim S-M (KOR) L 0001–0020 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lucija Polavder | +78 kg | Bye | Bryant (GBR) L 0000–0011 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Rowing

Slovenia qualified the following boats:

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Iztok Čop Luka Špik | Double sculls | 6:17.78 | =2 SA/B | Bye | 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 | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| 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 | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| 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:

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Rajmond Debevec | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1161 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rajmond Debevec | 50 m rifle prone | 596 | 3 Q | 701.0 | |
| Boštjan Maček | Trap | 121 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

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

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Damir Dugonjič | 100 m breaststroke | 1:00.77 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Peter Mankoč | 100 m butterfly | 52.44 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Robert Žbogar | 200 m butterfly | 1:58.99 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Anja Čarman | 100 m backstroke | 1:02.68 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anja Čarman | 200 m backstroke | 2:13.01 | 25 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nastja Govejšek | 100 m freestyle | 56.21 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sara Isaković | 200 m freestyle | 1:58.96 | 16 Q | 1:58.47 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sara Isaković | 100 m butterfly | 59.86 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anja Klinar | 200 m butterfly | 2:09.24 | 14 Q | 2:07.84 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anja Klinar | 400 m individual medley | 4:38.20 | 10 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tjaša Oder | 800 m freestyle | 8:41.82 | 25 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mojca Sagmeister | 400 m freestyle | 4:21.55 | 32 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tanja Šmid | 200 m breaststroke | 2:32.19 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tjaša Vozel | 100 m breaststroke | 1:09.63 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance |

## Table tennis

Slovenia qualified one athlete for singles table tennis.

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Bojan Tokič | Men's singles | Bye | Bye | Liu S (ARG) W 4–3 | Gao N (SIN) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo

Slovenia qualified 3 athletes.

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Bronze Medal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Tennis

Slovenia qualified 4 players.

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Polona Hercog | Women's singles | Martínez (ESP) L 2–6, 4–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 |
