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{{use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{infobox country at games
| NOC = SLO
| NOCname = [[Slovenian Olympic Committee]]
| games = Summer Olympics
| year = 2016
| flagcaption = 
| oldcode = 
| website = {{url|www.olympic.si }}&nbsp;{{in lang|sl|en}}
| location = [[Rio de Janeiro]]
| competitors = 63
| sports = 12
| flagbearer_open = [[Vasilij Žbogar]]<ref name=flag-bearer>{{cite news|title=Vasilij Žbogar bo slovenski zastavonoša v Riu|trans-title=Vasilij Žbogar will be Slovenia's flag bearer in Rio 2016|url=http://www.delo.si/sport/drugi-sporti/vasilij-zbogar-bo-slovenski-zastavonosa-v-riu.html|language=sl|access-date=15 July 2016|publisher=[[Delo (newspaper)|Delo]]|date=14 July 2016}}</ref>
| flagbearer_close =[[Tanja Žakelj]]
| rank = 45
| gold = 1
| silver = 2
| bronze = 1
| officials = 
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year = 1992
| app_end_year = 
| summerappearances = 
| winterappearances = 
| seealso = {{flagIOC|AUT|1912 Summer}} (1912)<br />{{flagIOC|YUG}} (1920–1988)
}}
[[File:Slovene medallists Rio 2016.jpg|thumb|250px|Three of four medalists at a promotional event in Ljubljana after the Games: [[Vasilij Žbogar]] (silver), [[Tina Trstenjak]] (gold) and [[Peter Kauzer]] (silver)]]

[[Slovenia]] competed at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics as an independent nation.

The [[Slovenian Olympic Committee]] ({{langx|sl|Olimpijski komite Slovenije}}) fielded a team of 63 athletes, 39 men and 24 women, across 12 sports at the Games.<ref>{{cite web |title=POI Rio 2016 – Olimpijski komite Slovenije |url=https://www.olympic.si/dogodek/13 |website=olympic.si |access-date=8 August 2021 |language=sl}}</ref> [[Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Men's handball]] was the only team sport in which Slovenia qualified for the Games, returning to the Olympics after being absent from the previous two editions.<ref name=SLO-Olympics>{{cite news|title=Olympics: Slovenia hoping for several medals in Rio despite young team|url=http://www.sloveniatimes.com/olympics-slovenia-hoping-for-several-medals-in-rio-despite-young-team|date=3 August 2016|publisher=[[The Slovenia Times]]|access-date=21 December 2016|archive-date=24 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124234411/http://www.sloveniatimes.com/olympics-slovenia-hoping-for-several-medals-in-rio-despite-young-team|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Of the 63 participants, twenty-one of them had past Olympic experience, with sailor [[Vasilij Žbogar]] (bronze in [[Athens 2004]] and silver in [[Beijing 2008]]) headed to his fifth straight Games as the most experienced competitor and a potential medal favorite in the [[Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Finn|Finn]] class.<ref name=SLO-Olympics/> The only medalist returning from the previous Games to compete in Rio de Janeiro, Žbogar was selected by the committee to lead the Slovenian delegation as the flag bearer in the opening ceremony.<ref name=flag-bearer/><ref>{{cite news|title=Vasilij Žbogar, Slovenian flag bearer at Maracana|url=http://www.rtvslo.si/news-in-english/vasilij-zbogar-slovenian-flag-bearer-at-maracana/398192|date=15 July 2016|publisher=[[Radiotelevizija Slovenija]]|access-date=21 December 2016}}</ref> Other notable Slovenian athletes included world judo champion [[Tina Trstenjak]] in the [[Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 63 kg|women's 63 kg]], two-time slalom kayak world champion [[Peter Kauzer]], and three-time world championship medalist in canoeing [[Benjamin Savšek]].

Slovenia left Rio de Janeiro with four medals (1 gold, 2 silver, and 1 bronze), which matched its overall tally from both [[Athens 2004]] and [[London 2012]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Slovenian athletes return from Rio with four medals|url=http://www.sloveniatimes.com/slovenian-athletes-return-from-rio-with-four-medals|date=22 August 2016|publisher=[[The Slovenia Times]]|access-date=21 December 2016|archive-date=17 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917143329/http://www.sloveniatimes.com/slovenian-athletes-return-from-rio-with-four-medals|url-status=dead}}</ref> Among the nation's medalists were Trstenjak, who succeeded [[Urška Žolnir]] to become the Olympic champion in the women's 63 kg; Kauzer, who improved upon his sixth-place feat from London by taking a silver in the [[Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom K-1|men's slalom K-1]]; and Žbogar, who capped off his fifth Games with a silver and third medal overall of his Olympic career in the Finn class, making him one of the most successful Olympians in the history of independent Slovenia.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gold in Rio! Tina Trstenjak follows the footsteps of Urška Žolnir|url=http://www.rtvslo.si/news-in-english/gold-in-rio-tina-trstenjak-follows-the-footsteps-of-urska-zolnir/400037|date=10 August 2016|publisher=[[Radiotelevizija Slovenija]]|access-date=21 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Finn class sailor Žbogar wins silver|url=http://www.sloveniatimes.com/finn-class-sailor-zbogar-wins-silver|date=17 August 2016|publisher=[[The Slovenia Times]]|access-date=21 December 2016|archive-date=18 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518223510/https://sloveniatimes.com/finn-class-sailor-zbogar-wins-silver/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Medalists==
{{further information|2016 Summer Olympics medal table|List of 2016 Summer Olympics medal winners}}
{{col-begin}}
| width=78% align=left valign=top |

{| class="wikitable sortable"  style="font-size:95%"
|-
! Medal
! Name
! Sport
! Event
! Date
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[Tina Trstenjak]] ||  [[Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Judo]] || [[Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 63 kg|Women's 63 kg]] || {{dts|9 August}}
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[Peter Kauzer]] ||  [[Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom K-1|Canoeing]] || [[Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom K-1|Men's slalom K-1]] || {{dts|10 August}}
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[Vasilij Žbogar]] || [[Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Finn|Sailing]] || [[Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Finn|Men's Finn]] || {{dts|16 August}}
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || [[Anamari Velenšek]] ||  [[Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Judo]] || [[Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 78 kg|Women's 78 kg]] || {{dts|11 August}}
|}

| width=22% align=left valign=top |
{| class=wikitable style="font-size:85%; float:right"
|- bgcolor=efefef
!colspan=7|Medals by sport
|-align=center
|'''Sport'''
| bgcolor=f7f6a8 | {{gold01}}
| bgcolor=dce5e5 | {{silver02}}
| bgcolor=ffdab9 | {{bronze03}}
|'''Total'''
|-align=center
|[[#Judo|Judo]]
| style="background:#F7F6A8;"| 1
| style="background:#DCE5E5;"| 0
| style="background:#FFDAB9;"| 1
|'''2'''
|-align=center
|[[#Canoeing|Canoeing]]
| style="background:#F7F6A8;"| 0
| style="background:#DCE5E5;"| 1
| style="background:#FFDAB9;"| 0
|'''1'''
|-align=center
|[[#Sailing|Sailing]]
| style="background:#F7F6A8;"| 0
| style="background:#DCE5E5;"| 1
| style="background:#FFDAB9;"| 0
|'''1'''
|-
|-align=center
! Total
!style="background:gold"| 1
!style="background:silver"| 2
!style="background:#c96"| 1
! 4
|}
{{col-end}}

==Athletics==
{{main article|Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}
Slovenian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):<ref>{{cite web|title=iaaf.org – Top Lists|url=http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/index.html|publisher=IAAF|access-date=18 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards|url=http://www.insidethegames.biz/media/file/559/IAAF%20Rio%202016%20standards.pdf|publisher=[[IAAF]]|access-date=18 April 2015}}</ref>

{{smalldiv|1=<nowiki/>
;Key
*'''Note'''–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
*'''Q''' = Qualified for the next round
*'''q''' = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser ''or'', in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
*'''NR''' = National record
*N/A = Round not applicable for the event
*Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round}}

;Track & road events
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heat
!colspan="2"|Semifinal
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Luka Janežič]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres|Men's 400 m]]
|45.33
|2 '''Q'''
|45.07 '''[[Slovenian records in athletics|NR]]'''
|4
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Anton Kosmač]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|Men's marathon]]
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|2:29:48
|117
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Žan Rudolf]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres|Men's 800 m]]
|1:46.93
|5
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Daneja Grandovec]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon|Women's marathon]]
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|{{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Maja Mihalinec]]
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres|Women's 200 m]]
|23.38
|6
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Sabina Veit]]
|23.75
|7
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|}

;Field events
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Qualification
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Distance
!Position
!Distance
!Position
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Robert Renner (athlete)|Robert Renner]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault|Men's pole vault]]
|5.45
|22
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Maruša Černjul]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump|Women's high jump]]
|1.92
|21
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Martina Ratej]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw|Women's javelin throw]]
|59.76
|18
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Tina Šutej]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's pole vault|Women's pole vault]]
|4.55
|8 '''Q'''
|4.50
|11
|}

==Canoeing==
{{main article|Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

===Slalom===
Slovenian canoeists have qualified a maximum of one boat in each of the following classes through the [[2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Slalom Powerhouses Comfortably Qualify for Rio|url=http://www.canoeicf.com/news/slalom-powerhouses-comfortably-qualify-rio|publisher=[[International Canoe Federation]]|date=12 October 2015|access-date=16 October 2015}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan=6|Preliminary
!colspan=2|Semifinal
!colspan=2|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Run 1
!Rank
!Run 2
!Rank
!Best
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Benjamin Savšek]]
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom C-1|Men's C-1]]
|99.69
|7
|94.36
|3
|94.36
|4 '''Q'''
|98.70
|4 '''Q'''
|99.36
|6
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Luka Božič]]<br />[[Sašo Taljat]]
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom C-2|Men's C-2]]
|105.21
|6
|113.41
|7
|105.21
|6 '''Q'''
|111.14
|7 '''Q'''
|107.73
|7
|- align=center
|align=left|'''[[Peter Kauzer]]'''
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom K-1|Men's K-1]]
|91.11
|8
|96.88
|15
|91.11
|12 '''Q'''
|91.01
|4 '''Q'''
|88.70
|{{silver02}}
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Urša Kragelj]]
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's slalom K-1|Women's K-1]]
|106.86
|6
|102.79
|4
|102.79
|7 '''Q'''
|108.37
|9 '''Q'''
|108.68
|9
|}

===Sprint===
Slovenian canoeists have qualified one boat in each of the following events through the [[2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Olympic Canoe Sprint Qualification spots confirmed|url=http://www.canoeicf.com/news/olympic-canoe-sprint-qualification-spots-confirmed|publisher=[[International Canoe Federation]]|date=6 September 2015|access-date=8 September 2015}}</ref>

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan=2|Heats
!colspan=2|Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Špela Ponomarenko]]
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 200 metres|Women's K-1 200 m]]
|40.38
|2 '''Q'''
|40.79
|3 '''FA'''
|40.76
|4
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's K-1 500 metres|Women's K-1 500 m]]
|1:55.93
|5 '''Q'''
|1:58.09
|3 '''FB'''
|1:57.54
|10
|}
<small>Qualification Legend: '''FA''' = Qualify to final (medal); '''FB''' = Qualify to final B (non-medal)</small>

==Cycling==
{{main article|Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

===Road===
Slovenian riders qualified for a maximum of four quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI [[2015 UCI World Tour|World]] and [[2015 UCI Europe Tour|Europe]] Tour.<ref>{{cite news|title=UCI announces men's road Olympic quotas|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-announces-mens-road-olympic-quotas/|publisher=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|date=18 January 2016|access-date=20 January 2016}}</ref> One additional spot was awarded to the Slovenian cyclist in the women's road race by virtue of her top 100 individual placement in the 2016 UCI World Rankings.<ref>{{cite news|title=UCI announce women's road cycling quotas for Rio Olympics|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-announce-womens-road-cycling-quotas-for-rio-olympics/|publisher=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|date=1 June 2016|access-date=2 June 2016}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!Athlete
!Event
!Time
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Matej Mohorič]]
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's road race|Men's road race]]
|colspan=2|Did not finish
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Jan Polanc]]
|6:30:05
|52
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Primož Roglič]]
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's road race|Men's road race]]
|6:19:43
|26
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's road time trial|Men's time trial]]
|1:14:55
|10
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Simon Špilak]]
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's road race|Men's road race]]
|6:30:05
|57
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Polona Batagelj]]
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's road race|Women's road race]]
|3:58:03
|32
|}

===Mountain biking===
Slovenian mountain bikers qualified for two women's quota places into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's sixth-place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of May 25, 2016.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!Athlete
!Event
!Time
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Tanja Žakelj]]
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's cross-country|Women's cross-country]]
|1:35.17
|13
|}

== Gymnastics ==
{{main article|Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

===Artistic===
Slovenia has entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. [[Teja Belak]] had claimed her Olympic spot in the women's apparatus and all-around events at the [[2016 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event|Olympic Test Event]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Rio 2016 Olympic qualifiers in Women's Artistic Gymnastics: See the updated list!|url=http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/site/figNews/view?id=1515|publisher=[[International Federation of Gymnastics|FIG]]|date=17 April 2016|access-date=18 April 2016}}</ref>

;Women
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan=3|Athlete
!rowspan=3|Event
!colspan=6|Qualification
!colspan=6|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!colspan=4|Apparatus
!rowspan=2|Total
!rowspan=2|Rank
!colspan=4|Apparatus
!rowspan=2|Total
!rowspan=2|Rank
|- style="font-size:95%"
!{{Tooltip| V | Vault}}
!{{Tooltip| UB | Uneven bars}}
!{{Tooltip| BB | Balance beam}}
!{{Tooltip| F | Floor}}
!{{Tooltip| V | Vault}}
!{{Tooltip| UB | Uneven bars}}
!{{Tooltip| BB | Balance beam}}
!{{Tooltip| F | Floor}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Teja Belak]]
|align=left|[[Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's vault|Vault]]
|13.650
|colspan=3 {{n/a}}
|13.650
|19
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|}

==Handball==
{{main article|Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

;Summary
{{smalldiv|1=<nowiki/>
'''Key''':
* ET – After [[Overtime (sports)#Handball|extra time]]
* P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
}}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan=2|Team
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan=6|Group Stage
!Quarterfinal
!Semifinal
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Rank
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Slovenia men's national handball team|Slovenia men's]]
|align=left|[[Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Men's tournament]]
|{{hb|EGY}}<br />'''W''' 27–26
|{{hb|BRA}}<br />'''W''' 31–28
|{{hb|SWE}}<br />'''W''' 29–24
|{{hb|GER}}<br />'''L''' 25–28
|{{hb|POL}}<br />'''W''' 25–20
|2
|{{hb|DEN}}<br />'''L''' 30–37
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|6
|}

===Men's tournament===
{{main article|Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament}}
The Slovenian men's handball team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of a top two finish at the second meet of the [[Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification#2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament #2|Olympic Qualification Tournament]] in [[Malmö]], [[Sweden]], signifying the nation's Olympic comeback to the sport for the first time since [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Sweden and Slovenia qualify for Rio 2016|url=https://archive.ihf.info/en-us/mediacentre/news/newsdetails.aspx?ID=3174|publisher=[[International Handball Federation|IHF]]|date=10 April 2016|access-date=11 April 2016}}</ref>

;Team roster
{{#section:Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters|SLO}}

;Group stage
{{#section:Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|B}}
{{#section:Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|B3}}
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{{#section:Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|B5}}
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{{#section:Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|B9}}
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{{#section:Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|B10}}
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{{#section:Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|B13}}
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;Quarterfinal
{{#section:Handball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|C3}}

==Judo==
{{main article|Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}
Slovenia has qualified a total of five judokas for the following weight classes at the Games. Mihael Žgank, [[Tina Trstenjak]], [[Anamari Velenšek]], and two-time Olympian [[Rok Drakšič]] were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men and top 14 for women in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016, while [[Adrian Gomboc]] at men's half-lightweight (66&nbsp;kg) earned a continental quota spot from the European region, as the highest-ranked Slovenian judoka outside of direct qualifying position.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.intjudo.eu/News/cikk3913|title=IJF Officially Announces Qualified Athletes for Rio 2016 Olympic Games|date=23 June 2016|publisher=[[International Judo Federation]]|access-date=24 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804171231/http://www.intjudo.eu/News/cikk3913|archive-date=4 August 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event
!Round of 64
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!Repechage
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Adrian Gomboc]]
|align=left|[[Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 66 kg|Men's −66 kg]]
|{{n/a|Bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Vazha Margvelashvili|Margvelashvili]]|GEO|2016 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 100–000
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mathews Punza|Punza]]|ZAM|2016 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 101–000
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Antoine Bouchard (judoka)|Bouchard]]|CAN|2016 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 100–000
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Fabio Basile|Basile]]|ITA|2016 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 000–000 {{abbr|S|Decision by shido}}
|{{n/a|Bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Rishod Sobirov|Sobirov]]|UZB|2016 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 000–110
|5
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Rok Drakšič]]
|align=left|[[Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 73 kg|Men's −73 kg]]
|{{n/a|Bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Sagi Muki|Muki]]|ISR|2016 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 000–100
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Mihael Žgank]]
|align=left|[[Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 90 kg|Men's −90 kg]]
|{{n/a|Bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Aleksandar Kukolj|Kukolj]]|SRB|2016 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 000–100
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|'''[[Tina Trstenjak]]'''
|align=left|[[Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 63 kg|Women's −63 kg]]
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a|Bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Edwige Gwend|Gwend]]|ITA|2016 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 000–000 {{abbr|S|Decision by shido}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Yang Junxia|Yang Jx]]|CHN|2016 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 101–000
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mariana Silva|M Silva]]|BRA|2016 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 101–000
|{{n/a|Bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Clarisse Agbegnenou|Agbegnenou]]|FRA|2016 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 101–000
|{{gold01}}
|-align=center
|align=left|'''[[Anamari Velenšek]]'''
|align=left|[[Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 78 kg|Women's −78 kg]]
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a|Bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Viktoriya Turks|Turks]]|UKR|2016 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 001–000
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Yalennis Castillo|Castillo]]|CUB|2016 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 100-000
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kayla Harrison|Harrison]]|USA|2016 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 000–100
|{{n/a|Bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Luise Malzahn|Malzahn]]|GER|2016 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 100–000
|{{bronze03}}
|}

==Sailing==
{{main article|Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}
Slovenian sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the [[2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships]], the individual Worlds, and European qualifying regattas.<ref name="isaf">{{cite news|url=http://www.sailing.org/events/isafworlds/38623.php|title=Rio 2016 Olympic Places Awarded In Men's And Women's 470 At Santander 2014 ISAF Worlds|publisher=[[International Sailing Federation|ISAF]]|access-date=19 September 2014}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan=11|Race
!rowspan=2|Net points
!rowspan=2|Final rank
|-style="font-size:95%"
!1
!2
!3
!4
!5
!6
!7
!8
!9
!10
!M*
|-align=center
|align=left|'''[[Vasilij Žbogar]]'''
|align=left|[[Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Finn|Men's Finn]]
|3
|1
|7
|10
|<s>15</s>
|8
|5
|4
|9
|8
|6
|68
|{{silver02}}
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Veronika Macarol]]<br />[[Tina Mrak]]
|align=left|[[Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 470|Women's 470]]
|2
|6
|5
|4
|<s>DSQ</s>
|12
|4
|DSQ
|5
|6
|1
|67
|6
|}
<small>'''M''' = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race</small>

==Shooting==
{{main article|Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}
Slovenian shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the [[2014 ISSF World Shooting Championships|2014]] and 2015 ISSF World Championships, the [[2015 ISSF World Cup]] series, and European Championships or Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/ogqualification/quota_places_by_nation_and_number.ashx|title=Quota Places by Nation and Number|date=30 May 2016|website=www.issf-sports.org/|publisher=[[International Shooting Sport Federation|ISSF]]|access-date=30 May 2016}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan=2|Qualification
!colspan=2|Semifinal
!colspan=2|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Points
!Rank
!Points
!Rank
!Points
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Boštjan Maček]]
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's trap|Men's trap]]
|113
|22
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Živa Dvoršak]]
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre air rifle|Women's 10 m air rifle]]
|414.7
|17
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre rifle three positions|Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions]]
|572
|30
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|}
<small>Qualification Legend: '''Q''' = Qualify for the next round; '''q''' = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)</small>

==Swimming==
{{main article|Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}
Slovenian swimmers have so far 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)):<ref>{{cite web|title=Swimming World Rankings|url=http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=805|publisher=[[FINA]]|access-date=14 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System|url=http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/rio2016/2014-07%20-%20Rio%202016%20-%20Qualification%20System%20-%20FINAL%20-%20Swimming%20-%20EN.pdf|format=[[PDF]]|work=[[Rio 2016]]|publisher=[[FINA]]|access-date=23 January 2015}}</ref>

;Men
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heat
!colspan="2"|Semifinal
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Martin Bau]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle|1500 m freestyle]]
|15:29.95
|36
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Damir Dugonjič]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke|100 m breaststroke]]
|1:00.41
|21
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Anže Tavčar]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]]
|49.38
|36
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle|200 m freestyle]]
|1:49.96
|39
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Robert Žbogar]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly|200 m butterfly]]
|1:57.05
|22
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|}

;Women
{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heat
!colspan="2"|Semifinal
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left rowspan=3|[[Anja Klinar]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle|400 m freestyle]]
|4:09.07
|18
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle|800 m freestyle]]
|colspan=2|{{abbr|DNS|Did not start}}
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly|200 m butterfly]]
|2:08.43
|14 '''Q'''
|2:09.44
|15
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Tjaša Oder]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle|800 m freestyle]]
|8:33.14
|13
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Špela Perše]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon 10 kilometre|10 km open water]]
|colspan=4 {{n/a}}
|1:58.59
|16
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Tjaša Vozel]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke|100 m breaststroke]]
|1:11.15
|35
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Anja Klinar]]<br />[[Tjaša Oder]]<br />[[Tjaša Pintar]]<br />[[Janja Šegel]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4 × 200 m freestyle relay]]
|8:02.22
|15
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|}

==Table tennis==
{{main article|Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}
Slovenia has entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. 2012 Olympian [[Bojan Tokič]] secured one of ten available Olympic spots in the men's singles by winning the group final match at the European Qualification Tournament in [[Halmstad]], [[Sweden]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Ian|last=Marshall|title=Once Again an Olympian, Panagiotis Gionis Books Place in Memorable Style|url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=43996&Competition_ID=2631&|publisher=[[International Table Tennis Federation|ITTF]]|date=14 April 2016|access-date=15 April 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507210132/http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=43996&Competition_ID=2631&|archive-date=7 May 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
|-
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event
!Preliminary
!Round 1
!Round 2
!Round 3
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Bojan Tokič]]
|align=left|[[Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]]
|{{n/a|Bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Noshad Alamian|No Alamian]]|IRI|2016 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 4–1
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Wang Zengyi|Wang Zy]]|POL|2016 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 4–2
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Tiago Apolónia|Apolónia]]|POR|2016 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 4–1
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Dimitrij Ovtcharov|Ovtcharov]]|GER|2016 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 1–4
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|}

==Tennis==
{{main article|Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}
Slovenia has entered one tennis player into the Olympic tournament. Due to the withdrawal of several tennis players from the Games, [[Polona Hercog]] (world no. 84) received a spare ITF Olympic place to compete in the women's singles, as the next highest-ranked eligible player, not yet qualified, in the [[Women's Tennis Association|WTA]] World Rankings as of June 6, 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.itftennis.com/news/232270.aspx|title=ITF announces updated entries for Rio 2016 Olympics|publisher=[[International Tennis Federation]]|date=30 July 2016|access-date=30 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.delo.si/sport/oi2016/polona-hercog-v-rio-matej-mohoric-padel.html|title=Polona Hercog v Rio, Matej Mohorič padel|trans-title=Polona Hercog in Rio, Matej Mohorič gone|language=sl|publisher=[[Delo (newspaper)|Delo]]|date=30 July 2016|access-date=30 July 2016}}</ref>

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event
!Round of 64
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br/>Score
!Opposition<br/>Score
!Opposition<br/>Score
!Opposition<br/>Score
!Opposition<br/>Score
!Opposition<br/>Score
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Polona Hercog]]
|align=left|[[Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Monica Puig|Puig]]|PUR|2016 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 3–6, 2–6{{0}}
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|}

==Triathlon==
{{main article|Triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}
Slovenia has entered one triathlete to compete at the Games. London 2012 Olympian [[Mateja Šimic]] was ranked among the top 40 eligible triathletes in the women's event based on the ITU Olympic Qualification List as of May 15, 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mateja Šimic v Mehiki potrdila olimpijsko vozovnico|trans-title=Mateja Šimic confirms her Olympic ticket in Mexico|language=sl|url=http://www.rtvslo.si/sport/novice/mateja-simic-v-mehiki-potrdila-olimpijsko-vozovnico/392538|publisher=[[Radiotelevizija Slovenija]]|date=8 May 2016|access-date=24 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=National Federations select athletes for Rio Olympics|url=http://www.triathlon.org/news/article/athletes_selected_for_rio_olympics|publisher=[[International Triathlon Union]]|date=18 May 2016|access-date=26 May 2016}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!Athlete
!Event
!Swim (1.5&nbsp;km)
!Trans 1
!Bike (40&nbsp;km)
!Trans 2
!Run (10&nbsp;km)
!Total Time
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Mateja Šimic]]
|align=left|[[Triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's|Women's]]
|19:37
|01:06
|1:03:59
|00:38
|37:08
|2:02.28
|31
|}

==See also==
*[[Slovenia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
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