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 made their Olympic debut as part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, where fencer Milan Neralić, born in what is now Croatia, represented Austria and secured a bronze medal in the men's masters sabre event. This marked the first Olympic medal for a Croatian athlete, though official records attribute it to Austria. From 1920 to 1988 Croatian athletes participated as part of Yugoslavia before gaining independence.
Croatian athletes have won forty-seven medals at the Summer Olympic Games, including multiple gold medals by the rowers Martin Sinković and Valent Sinković in 2016, 2020, and 2024; men's handball team in 1996 and 2004, as well as discus-thrower Sandra Elkasević in 2012, 2016 and 2024. 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.
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games
Medals by Winter Games
Medals by summer sport
Medals by winter sport
List of medalists Summer Olympics Medal Name(s) Games Sport Event Date Basketball Men's tournament Goran Prpić Tennis Men's doubles Tennis Men's singles Handball Men's tournament Water polo Men's tournament Weightlifting Men's 62 kg Igor Francetić Tihomir Franković Tomislav Smoljanović Nikša Skelin Siniša Skelin Krešimir Čuljak Igor Boraska Branimir Vujević Silvijo Petriško (cox) Rowing Men's eight Handball Men's tournament Siniša Skelin Rowing Men's coxless pair Swimming Men's 50 metre freestyle Ivan Ljubičić Tennis Men's doubles Weightlifting Men's 69 kg Blanka Vlašić Athletics Women's high jump Gymnastics Men's pommel horse Shooting Women's 10 metre air rifle Taekwondo Women's 57 kg Taekwondo Women's 67 kg Sandra Perković Athletics Women's discus throw Giovanni Cernogoraz Shooting Men's trap Water polo Men's tournament David Šain Martin Sinković Damir Martin Valent Sinković Rowing Men's quadruple sculls Taekwondo Women's 49 kg Handball Men's tournament Josip Glasnović Shooting Men's trap Martin SinkovićValent Sinković Rowing Men's double sculls Sandra Perković Athletics Women's discus throw Šime FantelaIgor Marenić Sailing Men's 470 Sara Kolak Athletics Women's javelin throw Damir Martin Rowing Men's single sculls Tonči Stipanović Sailing Men's laser Water polo Men's tournament Filip Hrgović Boxing Men's super heavyweight Blanka Vlašić Athletics Women's high jump Taekwondo Women's 67 kg Martin Sinković Valent Sinković Rowing Men's coxless pair Nikola MektićMate Pavić Tennis Men's doubles Marin ČilićIvan Dodig Tennis Men's doubles Tonči Stipanović Sailing Men's laser Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar Taekwondo Men's 80 kg Damir Martin Rowing Men's single sculls Ivan Huklek Wrestling Men's –87kg Judo Women's 70 kg Martin Sinković Valent Sinković Rowing Men's coxless pair Tennis Women's singles Water polo Men's tournament Shooting Men's 10 metre air rifle Athletics Women's discus throw Lena Stojković Taekwondo Women's 49 kg
Winter Olympics Medal Name Games Sport Event Date Alpine skiing Women's combined Alpine skiing Women's slalom Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom Alpine skiing Women's super-G Alpine skiing Women's combined Alpine skiing Women's super-G Alpine skiing Men's combined Alpine skiing Men's combined Alpine skiing Men's slalom Biathlon Men's sprint Alpine skiing Men's combined
Multiple medal winners This following list only contains Olympic medal winners for Croatia as an independent country.
Athlete Sex Sport Years GamesGoldSilverBronzeTotal F 2002–2006 Winter 4 2 0 6 M 2012–2024 Summer 3 1 0 4 M 2012–2024 Summer 3 1 0 4 M 1996–2012 Summer 2 0 1 3 F 2012–2024 Summer 2 0 1 3 M 1996–2004 Summer 2 0 0 2 M 1996–2004 Summer 2 0 0 2 M 2012–2024 Summer 1 2 0 3 M 1996–2012 Summer 1 1 0 2 M 2012–2016 Summer 1 1 0 2 M 2012–2016 Summer 1 1 0 2 M 2012–2016 Summer 1 1 0 2 M 2012–2016 Summer 1 1 0 2 M 2000–2004 Summer 1 0 1 2 M 2004–2012 Summer 1 0 1 2 M 2004–2012 Summer 1 0 1 2 M 2004–2012 Summer 1 0 1 2 M 2004–2012 Summer 1 0 1 2 M 2006–2014 Winter 0 4 0 4 M 2012–2020 Summer 0 2 1 3 M 2016–2024 Summer 0 2 0 2 M 2016–2024 Summer 0 2 0 2 M 2016–2024 Summer 0 2 0 2 M 2016–2020 Summer 0 2 0 2 M 2000–2004 Summer 0 1 1 2 M 2000–2004 Summer 0 1 1 2 F 2008–2016 Summer 0 1 1 2 M 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
Sportnet Bernard Jurišić: Tuđe nećemo - svoje ne damo (medals of Yugoslavia won by Croatian sportsmen), April 1, 2008, accessed September 30, 2010