Slovenia at the
2012 Summer Olympics
IOC codeSLO
NOCSlovenian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.si (in Slovene and English)
in London
Competitors65 in 15 sports
Flag bearers Peter Kauzer[1] (opening)
Franka Anić (closing)
Medals
Ranked 42nd
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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 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
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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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References

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