Serbia at the Olympics

Serbia at the Olympics
IOC code	SRB
NOC	Olympic Committee of Serbia
Website	www.oks.org.rs (Serbian)
Medals	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 0 0
Summer appearances
1912 1920–2004 2008 2012 2016
Winter appearances
2010 2014
Other related appearances
Yugoslavia (1920–1992 W) Independent Olympic Participants (1992 S) Serbia and Montenegro (1996–2006)

Serbia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1912 as the Kingdom of Serbia. Serbia returned to the Olympics as an independent team after ninety-six years at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

History

Despite not participating in the first Olympic Games in 1896 in Athens, Serbian king Aleksandar Obrenović attended the games at the invitation of Greek king George I and at these Games Momčilo Tapavica who competed for Hungary, became the first ethnic Serb to win an Olympic medal, bronze in tennis.^[1]

From 1920 to the 1992 Winter Olympics Serbian athletes participated as part of the Yugoslavian team. At the 1992 Summer Olympics they participated as Independent Olympic Participants as their nation was under United Nations sanctions. The continuing sanctions meant that no Serbian athletes competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics. Sanctions were mostly lifted in 1995. From the 1996 Summer Olympics to the 2006 Winter Olympics they participated as part of the Serbia and Montenegro team.

The best example to illustrate the situation is the seven-time Olympian shooter and the 1988 gold medalist Jasna Šekarić who competed under four different banners at her twenty-four-year Olympic career. She started under the flag of Yugoslavia in 1988, then she competed as an Independent Participant in 1992, under the flag of Serbia and Montenegro from 1996 to 2004 and in 2008 and 2012 she represented Serbia.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1912 Stockholm 3 0 0 0 0 – 1920–1988 as part of  Yugoslavia (YUG) 1992 Barcelona as part of the  Independent Olympic Participants (IOP) 1996–2004 as part of  Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) 2008 Beijing 92 0 1 2 3 61 2012 London 116 1 1 2 4 43 2016 Rio de Janeiro 103 2 4 2 8 32 2020 Tokyo Future event Total 3 6 6 15 72

Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1924–1992 as part of  Yugoslavia (YUG) 1994–2006 as part of  Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) 2010 Vancouver 10 0 0 0 0 – 2014 Sochi 8 0 0 0 0 – 2018 Pyeongchang Future events 2022 Beijing Total 0 0 0 0 –

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Taekwondo	1	1	0	2
Water polo	1	0	2	3
Wrestling	1	0	0	1
Basketball	0	1	1	2
Shooting	0	1	1	2
Canoeing	0	1	0	1
Swimming	0	1	0	1
Volleyball	0	1	0	1
Athletics	0	0	1	1
Tennis	0	0	1	1
Total	3	6	6	15

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Silver	Milorad Čavić	2008 Beijing	Swimming	Men's 100 m butterfly
Bronze	Novak Djokovic	2008 Beijing	Tennis	Men's singles
Bronze	Men's water polo team Aleksandar Ćirić Filip Filipović Živko Gocić Branko Peković Duško Pijetlović Andrija Prlainović Nikola Rađen Aleksandar Šapić Dejan Savić Denis Šefik Slobodan Soro Vanja Udovičić Vladimir Vujasinović	2008 Beijing	Water polo	Men's tournament
Gold	Milica Mandić	2012 London	Taekwondo	Women's +67 kg
Silver	Ivana Maksimović	2012 London	Shooting	Women's 50 m rifle three positions
Bronze	Andrija Zlatić	2012 London	Shooting	Men's 10 m air pistol
Bronze	Men's water polo team Milan Aleksić Filip Filipović Živko Gocić Dušan Mandić Stefan Mitrović Slobodan Nikić Duško Pijetlović Gojko Pijetlović Andrija Prlainović Nikola Rađen Slobodan Soro Aleksa Šaponjić Vanja Udovičić	2012 London	Water polo	Men's tournament
Gold	Štefanek, DavorDavor Štefanek	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg
Gold	Men's water polo team Milan Aleksić Miloš Ćuk Filip Filipović Živko Gocić Nikola Jakšić Dušan Mandić Branislav Mitrović Stefan Mitrović Slobodan Nikić Duško Pijetlović Gojko Pijetlović Andrija Prlainović Sava Ranđelović	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Water polo	Men's tournament
Silver	Tijana Bogdanović	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Taekwondo	Women's 49 kg
Silver	Marko Tomićević Milenko Zorić	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Canoeing	Men's K-2 1000 m
Silver	Women's volleyball team Tijana Bošković Jovana Brakočević Bianka Buša Tijana Malešević Brankica Mihajlović Jelena Nikolić Maja Ognjenović Silvija Popović Milena Rašić Jovana Stevanović Stefana Veljković Bojana Živković	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Volleyball	Women's tournament
Silver	Men's basketball team Stefan Birčević Bogdan Bogdanović Nikola Jokić Stefan Jović Nikola Kalinić Milan Mačvan Stefan Marković Nemanja Nedović Miroslav Raduljica Marko Simonović Vladimir Štimac Miloš Teodosić	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Basketball	Men's tournament
Bronze	Ivana Španović	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's long jump
Bronze	Women's basketball team Dajana Butulija Aleksandra Crvendakić Saša Čađo Ana Dabović Milica Dabović Nevena Jovanović Sara Krnjić Jelena Milovanović Danielle Page Sonja Petrović Tamara Radočaj Dragana Stanković	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Basketball	Women's tournament

Old countries

The Olympic Committee of Serbia, created in 1910 and recognized in 1912, continues the tradition of the Yugoslav Olympic Committee and the Olympic Committee of Serbia and Montenegro.^[2] In the period from 1920 to 2006, athletes representing these defunct countries won a total of 99 medals: 95 at Summer Games and 4 at Winter Games.

Country	№ Summer	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	№ Winter	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	№ Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Combined Total
Kingdom of Yugoslavia	5	3	2	3	8	3	0	0	0	0	8	3	2	3	8
SFR Yugoslavia	11	23	27	25	75	10	0	3	1	4	21	23	30	26	79
Independent Olympic Participants	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3
FR Yugoslavia	2	2	2	3	7	2	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	3	7
Serbia and Montenegro	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2
Total	20	28	34	33	95	16	0	3	1	4	36	28	37	34	99

See also

• List of flag bearers for Serbia at the Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for Serbia
• Serbia at the Paralympics
• List of Yugoslav Olympic medalists

References

1. Official site of Olympic Committee of Serbia, 1896 Olympic Games (Serbian)
2. Official site of Olympic Committee of Serbia, History of Olympic Committee (Serbian)

External links

• "Serbia". International Olympic Committee.
• "Results and Medalists". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee.
• "Serbia". Sports-Reference.com.