Combined events at the Olympics combined event featured on the programme, as happened at the 1904 Summer Olympics, but the Greeks introduced a variation of the Ancient Olympic pentathlon. This contained four track and field events – standing long jump, ancient-style discus throw, javelin throw and a stadion race (192 m) – with the final event being Greco-Roman wrestling. American Martin Sheridan was the initial favourite, having already won gold and silver medals in individual jump and throws events, but dropped out due to injury. Lawson Robertson and István Mudin each won two of the rounds (Robertson the long jump and stadion, Mudin the discus
Croatia at the 2012 Summer Olympics injury problems, although she was qualified for the Games. Croatia has qualified a women's team. Croatia has qualified 1 fencer. Croatia has qualified 1 boat for each of the following events. Thanks to the wins at the 2011 ISSF World Cup competitions, 2011 European Shooting Championships and 2012 European Championships for 10 m events, Croatia has earned five quota places in shooting events. Croatian swimmers have achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): Croatia has qualified