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Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capit ...
competed at the
Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...
for the first time as an independent nation in 1992, and has participated in every Games since then. The
National Olympic Committee A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games ...
for Croatia is the
Croatian Olympic Committee The Croatian Olympic Committee ( hr, Hrvatski olimpijski odbor (HOO)) is the non-profit organization representing Croatian athletes in the International Olympic Committee. The COC organizes Croatia's representatives at the Summer and Winter Olymp ...
, which was created in 1991 and recognized in 1993. Croatian athletes have won forty-one medals at the
Summer Olympic Games The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...
, including multiple gold medals by the men's handball team in 1996 and 2004, as well as discus-thrower
Sandra Perković Sandra Perković (born 21 June 1990) is a Croatian discus thrower. She is a two-time Olympic (2012, 2016) and World (2013, 2017) champion and record six-time European champion ( 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022) which no other female athlete ...
in 2012 and 2016. At the
Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were he ...
,
Janica Kostelić Janica Kostelić (; born 5 January 1982) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and four-time Olympic gold medalist from Croatia. In addition to the Olympics, she won five gold medals at the World Championships. In World Cup competition, she w ...
won six medals (four gold) between 2002 and 2006, her brother
Ivica Ivica is a Slavic masculine given name, a diminutive form of Ivan. The direct English equivalent of the name is Johnny, while the equivalent of its augmentative Ivan is John. It is one of the frequent male given names in Croatia, and is also pres ...
won four silver medals (in 2006, 2010 and 2014), and
Jakov Fak Jakov Fak (born 1 August 1987) is a Croatian biathlete competing for Slovenia since 2010. As a member of the Croatian biathlon team, Fak won bronze medals at the 2009 World Championships and at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where he was also the C ...
won a bronze in 2010.


Medals


Medals by Summer Games


Medals by Winter Games


Medals by summer sport


Medals by winter sport


List of medalists


Summer sports


Winter sports


Multiple medal winners

This following list only contains Olympic medal winners for Croatia as an independent country.


See also

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List of flag bearers for Croatia at the Olympics This is a list of flag bearers who have represented Croatia at the Olympics.:Olympic competitors for Croatia *
Croatia at the Paralympics Croatia, following its independence, made its Paralympic Games début at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, sending three competitors in swimming, two in shooting and one in track and field. The latter, Milka Milinković, won Croatia's firs ...
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Milan Neralić Milan Neralić (26 February 1875 in Slunj – 17 February 1918 in Vienna) was an Austrian fencer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Biography Born to a Serb family, he was the first person from Croatia to take part in ...
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List of Yugoslav Olympic medalists The Yugoslav Olympic medalists are athletes who competed and won medals for various Yugoslav entities at the Summer and Winter Olympic games between 1920 and 2002. While being part of Yugoslavia, athletes represented three distinct national entit ...


External links

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Sportnet
Bernard Jurišić: Tuđe nećemo - svoje ne damo (medals of Yugoslavia won by Croatian sportsmen), April 1, 2008, accessed September 30, 2010 {{DEFAULTSORT:Croatia At The Olympics