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.

Croatian athletes featured two sets of twins (taekwondo jins Lucija and Ana Zaninović, and Greco-Roman wrestlers Neven and Nenad Žugaj).

Venio Losert, captain of the men's handball team, was appointed by the committee to carry the nation's flag at the opening ceremony.

[5] Head coaches: Slavko Goluža The following is the Croatia roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

[24] Croatia has ensured berths in the following events of taekwondo by reaching the top 3 of the 2011 World Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan:[25][26] The Croatia men's national water polo team (13 athletes) qualified for the Olympic Games by reaching the semi-finals at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, People's Republic of China.