Croatia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Croatian squad of 59 athletes, the smallest delegation since Barcelona 1992, was named on 5 July 2021.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date Taekwondo Women's −67 kg Rowing Men's coxless pair Tennis Men's doubles Tennis Men's doubles Sailing Men's Laser Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar Taekwondo Men's –80 kg Rowing Men's single sculls Wrestling Men's –87kg

Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games: SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 1 6 7Boxing 1 1 2Canoeing 1 2 3Cycling 1 0 1Gymnastics 1 1 2Judo 0 3 3Karate 1 0 1Rowing 3 0 3Sailing 3 1 4Shooting 3 1 4Swimming 1 1 2Table tennis 3 0 3Taekwondo 2 2 4Tennis 4 2 6Water polo 13 0 13Wrestling 2 0 2 Total 40 20 60

Athletics

Croatian athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):

Track & road events AthleteEventFinalResultRankBojana BjeljacWomen's marathon2:39:3253Matea Parlov Koštro2:33:1821

Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionFilip MihaljevićMen's shot put20.6715Did not advanceAna ŠimićWomen's high jump1.8625Did not advanceSandra PerkovićWomen's discus throw63.753 q65.014Marija Tolj61.4813Did not advanceSara KolakWomen's javelin throw—Did not advance

Boxing

Croatia entered two boxers into the Olympic tournament. Youth Olympic medalist Luka Plantić (men's light heavyweight) and Nikolina Čačić (women's featherweight) secured spots by winning their quarterfinal and box-off matches, respectively, at the 2020 European Qualification Tournament in Villebon-sur-Yvette, France.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankLuka PlantićMen's light heavyweightW 3–2L 1–4Did not advanceNikolina ČačićWomen's featherweightW 5–0L 0–5Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom Croatia qualified one canoeist for the men's C-1 class by finishing in the top eleven at the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain, marking the country's recurrence to the sport after an eight-year absence.

AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalRun 1RankRun 2RankBestRankTimeRankTimeRankMatija MarinićMen's C-1100.335101.665100.335109.9411Did not advance

Sprint Croatia qualified a single boat (women's K-1 500 m) for the Games by virtue of placing 2nd at the 2021 European Qualification Regatta in Szeged, Hungary. A further boat qualified (women's C-1 200 m) by virtue of winning the World Olympic Qualifier in Barnaul, Russia. This signified the first time that Croatia has qualified female canoeists.

AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankVanesa TotWomen's C-1 200 m49.2806 QF48.3755Did not advanceAnamaria GovorčinovićWomen's K-1 200 m42.9013 QF43.3073Did not advanceWomen's K-1 500 m1:52.0155 QF1:53.9674Did not advance Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road Croatia received a spare berth, freed up by withdrawal of Sweden, to send one rider competing in the men's Olympic road race, as the highest-ranked nation for men, not yet qualified, in the UCI World Ranking.

AthleteEventTimeRankJosip RumacMen's road raceDid not finish

Gymnastics

Artistic Croatia entered two artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. Tin Srbić secured one of the two places available for individual-based gymnasts, neither part of the team nor qualified through the all-around, in the horizontal bar exercise at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. On the women's side, Rio 2016 Olympian Ana Đerek received a spare berth from the apparatus event, as one of the twelve highest-ranked eligible gymnasts, not yet qualified, at the same tournament.

Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankTin SrbićHorizontal barcolspan=5 14.63314.6333 Qcolspan=5 14.90014.900

Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankAna ĐerekBalance beamcolspan=2 11.63311.63374Did not advanceFloorcolspan=3 12.43312.43358Did not advance

Judo

Croatia entered three female judokas into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympic Qualification Rankings.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankBarbara MatićWomen's –70 kgW 10–00L 00–01Did not advanceW 10–00L 00–015Karla ProdanWomen's –78 kgW 01–00L 00–01Did not advanceIvana MaranićWomen's +78 kgL 00–11Did not advance

Karate

Croatia entered one karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. 2018 world champion Ivan Kvesić qualified directly for the men's kumite +75-kg category by finishing among the top four karateka at the end of the combined WKF Olympic Rankings.

AthleteEventGroup stageSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultRankIvan KvesićMen's +75 kg W 3–2 L 1–3L 1–4W 3–13Did not advance

Rowing

Croatia qualified two boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta. Rowing crews in the men's single sculls and men's coxless pair confirmed Olympic places for their boats at the 2019 FISA World Championships in Ottensheim, Austria

AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankDamir MartinMen's single sculls7:09.171 QFcolspan=2 7:17.711 SA/B6:45.272 FA6:42.58Martin SinkovićValent SinkovićMen's coxless pair6:32.411 SA/Bcolspan=2 colspan=2 6:15.631 FA6:15.29 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

Croatian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas.

AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank123456789101112M*Tonči StipanovićMen's Laser1563134511710colspan=2 882Mihovil FantelaŠime FantelaMen's 49er414813136143110211068Elena VorobevaWomen's Laser Radial1121316157211823colspan=2 EL12612 M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; STP = Standard Penalty (a penalty applied by the Race Committee); DSQ = Disqualification

Shooting

Croatian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.

AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankJosip GlasnovićMen's trap12022colspan=2 rowspan=7 Did not advancePetar GoršaMen's 10 m air rifle626.516Did not advanceMen's 50 m rifle 3 positions11767 Q427.25Miran MaričićMen's 10 m air rifle625.025Did not advanceMen's 50 m rifle 3 positions11785 Q416.26Snježana PejčićWomen's 10 m air rifle622.631Did not advanceWomen's 50 m rifle 3 positions116910Did not advancePetar GoršaSnježana PejčićMixed 10 m air rifle team624.217Did not advance

Swimming

Croatian swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankNikola MiljenićMen's 50 m freestyle22.14=19Did not advanceMen's 100 m freestyle49.2528Did not advanceMen's 100 m butterfly52.6840Did not advanceEma RajićWomen's 50 m freestyle26.49=45Did not advanceWomen's 100 m breaststroke1:10.0233Did not advance

Table tennis

Croatia entered three athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. The men's team secured a berth by advancing to the quarterfinal round of the 2020 World Olympic Qualification Event in Gondomar, Portugal, permitting a maximum of two starters to compete in the men's singles tournament.

AthleteEventPreliminaryRound 1Round 2Round 3Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAndrej GaćinaMen's singlesW 4–0L 0–4Did not advanceTomislav Pucarcolspan=2 L 0–4Did not advanceAndrej GaćinaFrane Tomislav KojićTomislav PucarMen's teamcolspan=4 L 0–3Did not advance

Taekwondo

Croatia entered three athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Kristina Tomić (women's 49 kg) and Matea Jelić (women's 67 kg) qualified directly for their respective weight classes by finishing among the top five taekwondo practitioners at the end of the WT Olympic Rankings. With the 2019 World Taekwondo Grand Slam winner already qualified in the men's welterweight category (80 kg), 2018 European champion Toni Kanaet secured a third spot for the Croatian roster, as the next highest-placed eligible taekwondo practitioner in the rankings. Meanwhile, Ivan Šapina scored a semifinal victory in the men's heavyweight category (+80 kg) to book the remaining spot on the Croatian taekwondo squad at the 2021 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankToni KanaetMen's −80 kgW 21–15L 0–22 Did not advance W 30–10W 24–18Ivan ŠapinaMen's +80 kg W 6–4 L 6–8Did not advanceKristina TomićWomen's −49 kgL 5–25Did not advanceMatea JelićWomen's −67 kgW 22–2W 30–9 W 15–4 W 25–22

Tennis

Croatia qualified six tennis players.

Men AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMarin ČilićSinglesW 6–7(5–7), 7–5, 7–6(9–7)L 7–5, 4–6, 4–6Did not advanceMarin ČilićIvan DodigDoublesW 6–2, 6–4W 6–3, 7–5W 4–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–7]W 6–2, 6–2L 4–6, 6–3, [6–10]Nikola MektićMate PavićW 7–6(8–6), 6–4W 7–5, 6–7(5–7), [10–7]W 6–3, 6–3W 6–4, 6–4W 6–4, 3–6, [10–6]

Women AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankDonna VekićSinglesW 6–2, 6–7(2–7), 6–3W 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–3)L 6–7(3–7), 4–6did not advanceDarija JurakDonna VekićDoublesWithdrew due to Jurak's positive COVID-19 test

Mixed AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankDarija JurakIvan DodigDoublesL 7–5, 4–6, [9–11]Did not advance

Water polo

Summary

TeamEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankCroatia men'sMen's tournament W 23–7 L 8–11 W 13–8 W 14–12 L 4–8 2 L 11–15 W 12–10 W 14–115

Men's tournament

Croatian men's water polo team qualified for the Olympics by winning the third-place match against Russia by a penalty shot at the 2020 Men's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament.

Team roster

Group play

Quarterfinal

Classification semifinal

Fifth place game

Wrestling