Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

, represented by the

Slovenian Olympic Committee Slovenian Olympic Committee ( sl, Olimpijski komite Slovenije, OKS) ensures the participation of Slovenian athletes at the Olympic Games, the Mediterranean Games, and the European Youth Olympic Festival. Members of the Committee are 39 Sports Fe ...

(''Olimpijski komite Slovenije'', abbreviated OKS), sent a team with 62 athletes to compete in 11 sports at the

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. The flag on the opening ceremony was held by Slovenian

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Urška Žolnir Urška Žolnir (born 9 October 1981) is a Slovenian retired judoka and a politician. She's a member of Judo Club Sankaku Celje. She won the bronze medal in the half-middleweight (–63 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics and gold me ...

, who was bronze in 2004 Olympics Judo Competition.

Medalists

;Notes *

Primož Kozmus Primož Kozmus (born 30 September 1979 in Novo Mesto) is a Slovenian hammer thrower. His gold medals in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 2009 World Championships in Berlin made him the first ever Slovenian athlete to win both titles. ...

wins the first ever Olympic track and field gold medal for independent

. *

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wins the first swimming medal and reaches first women's swimming finals in independent

. *

Rajmond Debevec Rajmond Debevec (born 29 March 1963) is a Slovenian sport shooter. He has won three Olympic and ten World Championship medals in shooting. He formerly held the world record in the 50 meter rifle 3 positions event. Career Debevec started shooti ...

was ranked fourth before the last shot, but a mistake by the U.S. competitor and then-leader

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allowed for Debevec to attain the bronze medal.

Athletics

;Men ;Track & road events * Damjan Zlatnar did not compete in the quarterfinal round of the men's 110 metre hurdles because of Achilles' tendon injury. ;Field events ;Combined events –

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;Women ;Track & road events ;Field events

Badminton

Canoeing

Slalom

Sprint

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Road

Mountain biking

Gymnastics

Artistic

;Men ;Women

Judo

;Men ;Women

Rowing

;Men 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

;Men ;Women ;Open M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

;Men

Swimming

;Men * Luka Turk withdrew from the Games because of injury."Luka Turk odpovedal nastop na OI
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Table tennis

References

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