page_title: Croatia at the 2012 Summer Olympics
section_title: Basketball
hierarchical_section_title: Croatia at the 2012 Summer Olympics / Basketball
caption_attribution_description: The Croatian Women's Basketball team singing their national anthem prior to their match with Angola in the Group A preliminary rounds for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Right to left: Sandra Mandir, Anđa Jelavić, Antonija Mišura, Lisa Ann Karčić, Emanuela Salopek, Marija Vrsaljko, Iva Ciglar, Ana Lelas, Iva Slišković, Mirna Mazić, Luca Ivanković, Jelena Ivezić.
context_page_description: Croatia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
  The Croatian Olympic Committee sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games. A total of 108 athletes, 64 men and 44 women, competed in 17 sports. Women's basketball, men's water polo, and handball were the only team-based sports in which Croatia had its representation in these Olympic Games. Among the sports played by athletes, Croatia also marked its Olympic debut in judo and fencing.
  Croatian athletes featured two sets of twins. Table tennis player and Olympic silver medalist Zoran Primorac became the first Croatian athlete to participate in seven Olympic Games as an individual athlete, and was also the oldest athlete of the team, at age 43. Venio Losert, captain of the men's handball team, was appointed by the committee to carry the nation's flag at the opening ceremony.
  Croatia left London with a total of 6 Olympic medals. This was the nation's most successful Olympics, based on the most medals won at a single games.
context_section_description: Croatia has qualified a women's team.
  Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players
caption: Croatia team singing national anthem prior to their match with Angola in the Group A preliminary rounds at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Right to left: Mandir, Jelavić, Mišura, Karčić, Salopek, Vrsaljko, Ciglar, Lelas, Slišković, Mazić, Ivanković, Ivezić.
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