Serbia at the Olympics

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

Serbia at the
Olympics
IOC codeSRB
NOCOlympic Committee of Serbia
Websitewww.oks.org.rs (in Serbian)
Medals
Ranked 64th
Gold
9
Silver
8
Bronze
12
Total
29
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
 Yugoslavia (1920–1992 W)
 Independent Olympic Participants (1992 S)
 Serbia and Montenegro (1996–2006)

History

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Despite not participating at the first Olympic Games in 1896 in Athens, Serbian King Aleksandar Obrenović attended the Games at the invitation of Greek King George I. At these Games Momčilo Tapavica (born in today's Serbian province Vojvodina), who competed for Kingdom of Hungary, became the first athlete from today's territory of Serbia and the first ethnic Serb to win an Olympic medal, bronze in tennis.[1]

The Serbian Olympic Club was established on February 23, 1910. Major Svetomir Đukić is considered the founder of the Olympic movement in Serbia. In 1912, the Club changed its name to the Olympic Committee of Serbia and that year it was recognized by the International Olympic Committee.[2]

From the 1920 Summer Olympics 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, Serbian athletes participated as part of the Serbia and Montenegro team.

Seven-time Olympian shooter and 1988 gold medalist Jasna Šekarić competed under four different banners during 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.

Serbian former basketball player and administrator Borislav Stanković was the Secretary General of FIBA from 1976 to 2002, and a member of the International Olympic Committee. As Secretary General, he pushed for a change in FIBA's rules to allow players from the National Basketball Association (NBA) to compete at the Olympics. Prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, only professionals in leagues other than the NBA were allowed to compete.[3]

Participation

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Timeline of participation

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Date Team
1912 as part of   Austria   Serbia (SRB)
1920–1936   Kingdom of Yugoslavia (YUG)
1948–1988   SFR Yugoslavia (YUG)
1992 W   Croatia (CRO)   Slovenia (SLO)   SFR Yugoslavia (YUG)
1992 S   Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)   Independent Olympic Participants (IOP)
1994 ban on participation by the UN
1996–2006   North Macedonia (MKD)   FR Yugoslavia (YUG)/
  Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)
2008–2014   Serbia (SRB)   Montenegro (MNE)
2016–   Serbia (SRB)   Kosovo (KOS)

Medal tables

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Medals by sport

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SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
  Water polo3025
  Taekwondo2215
  Shooting1225
  Tennis1012
  Wrestling1012
  Karate1001
  Basketball0123
  Volleyball0112
  Canoeing0101
  Swimming0101
  3x3 basketball0011
  Athletics0011
Totals (12 entries)981229

List of medalists

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Medal Name(s) Games Sport Event
  Silver Milorad Čavić 2008 Beijing   Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly[4]
  Bronze Novak Djokovic 2008 Beijing   Tennis Men's singles[5]
  Bronze 2008 Beijing   Water polo Men's tournament[6]
  Gold Milica Mandić 2012 London   Taekwondo Women's +67 kg[7]
  Silver Ivana Maksimović 2012 London   Shooting Women's 50 m rifle three positions[8]
  Bronze Andrija Zlatić 2012 London   Shooting Men's 10 m air pistol[9]
  Bronze 2012 London   Water polo Men's tournament[10]
  Gold Davor Štefanek 2016 Rio de Janeiro   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg[11]
  Gold 2016 Rio de Janeiro   Water polo Men's tournament[12]
  Silver Tijana Bogdanović 2016 Rio de Janeiro   Taekwondo Women's 49 kg[13]
  Silver Marko Tomićević
Milenko Zorić
2016 Rio de Janeiro   Canoeing Men's K-2 1000 m[14]
  Silver 2016 Rio de Janeiro   Volleyball Women's tournament[15]
  Silver 2016 Rio de Janeiro   Basketball Men's tournament[16]
  Bronze Ivana Španović 2016 Rio de Janeiro   Athletics Women's long jump[17]
  Bronze 2016 Rio de Janeiro   Basketball Women's tournament[18]
  Gold Milica Mandić 2020 Tokyo   Taekwondo Women's +67 kg[19]
  Gold Jovana Preković 2020 Tokyo   Karate Women's 61 kg[20]
  Gold 2020 Tokyo   Water polo Men's tournament[21]
  Silver Damir Mikec 2020 Tokyo   Shooting Men's 10 metre air pistol[22]
  Bronze Tijana Bogdanović 2020 Tokyo   Taekwondo Women's 49 kg[23]
  Bronze Zurabi Datunashvili 2020 Tokyo   Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg[24]
  Bronze Milenko Sebić 2020 Tokyo   Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle three positions[25]
  Bronze 2020 Tokyo   Volleyball Women's tournament[26]
  Bronze 2020 Tokyo   3x3 basketball Men's tournament[27]
  Gold Zorana Arunović
Damir Mikec
2024 Paris   Shooting Mixed 10 metre air pistol team[28]
  Gold Novak Djokovic 2024 Paris   Tennis Men's singles[29]
  Gold 2024 Paris   Water polo Men's tournament[30]
  Silver Aleksandra Perišić 2024 Paris   Taekwondo Women's 67 kg[31]
  Bronze 2024 Paris   Basketball Men's basketball tournament[32]

Multiple medal winners

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This is a list of people who have won two or more Olympic medals, who represented Serbia as an independent country at least once.

Athlete Sport Gender Years Games       Total
Dušan Mandić   Water polo M 2012–2024 Summer 3 0 1 4
Nikola Jakšić   Water polo M 2016–2024 Summer 3 0 0 3
Sava Ranđelović   Water polo M 2016–2024 Summer 3 0 0 3
Filip Filipović   Water polo M 2008–2020 Summer 2 0 2 4
Duško Pijetlović   Water polo M 2008–2020 Summer 2 0 2 4
Andrija Prlainović   Water polo M 2008–2020 Summer 2 0 2 4
Milan Aleksić   Water polo M 2012–2020 Summer 2 0 1 3
Stefan Mitrović   Water polo M 2012–2020 Summer 2 0 1 3
Gojko Pijetlović   Water polo M 2012–2020 Summer 2 0 1 3
Miloš Ćuk   Water polo M 2016–2024 Summer 2 0 0 2
Nikola Dedović   Water polo M 2020–2024 Summer 2 0 0 2
Milica Mandić   Taekwondo W 2012–2020 Summer 2 0 0 2
Branislav Mitrović   Water polo M 2016–2020 Summer 2 0 0 2
Strahinja Rašović   Water polo M 2020–2024 Summer 2 0 0 2
Jasna Šekarić   Shooting W 1988–2004 Summer 1 3 1 5
Slobodan Nikić   Water polo M 2004–2016 Summer 1 1 1 3
Damir Mikec   Shooting M 2008–2024 Summer 1 1 0 2
Živko Gocić   Water polo M 2008–2016 Summer 1 0 2 3
Novak Djokovic   Tennis M 2008–2024 Summer 1 0 1 2
Andrija Gerić   Volleyball M 1996–2000 Summer 1 0 1 2
Nikola Grbić   Volleyball M 1996–2000 Summer 1 0 1 2
Aleksandar Ćirić   Water polo M 2000–2008 Summer 0 1 2 3
Aleksandar Šapić   Water polo M 2000–2008 Summer 0 1 2 3
Dejan Savić   Water polo M 2000–2008 Summer 0 1 2 3
Vanja Udovičić   Water polo M 2004–2012 Summer 0 1 2 3
Vladimir Vujasinović   Water polo M 2000–2008 Summer 0 1 2 3
Bogdan Bogdanović   Basketball M 2016–2024 Summer 0 1 1 2
Tijana Bogdanović   Taekwondo W 2016–2020 Summer 0 1 1 2
Tijana Bošković   Volleyball W 2016–2024 Summer 0 1 1 2
Bianka Buša   Volleyball W 2016–2024 Summer 0 1 1 2
Nikola Jokić   Basketball M 2016–2024 Summer 0 1 1 2
Brankica Mihajlović   Volleyball W 2016–2020 Summer 0 1 1 2
Maja Ognjenović   Volleyball W 2016–2024 Summer 0 1 1 2
Silvija Popović   Volleyball W 2016–2024 Summer 0 1 1 2
Milena Rašić   Volleyball W 2016–2020 Summer 0 1 1 2
Denis Šefik   Water polo M 2004–2008 Summer 0 1 1 2
Nikola Rađen   Water polo M 2008–2012 Summer 0 0 2 2
Slobodan Soro   Water polo M 2008–2012 Summer 0 0 2 2
  • People in bold are still active competitors
  • Olympics in italic are medals won for the predecessor countries

Medal winners as medal winning coach

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Athlete Sport Gender Games As participant As head coach
Years       Total Years       Total
Dejan Savić   Water polo M Summer 2000–2008 0 1 2 3 2016–2020 2 0 0 2
Goran Maksimović   Shooting M Summer 1988 1 0 0 1 2004–2012 0 2 1 3
Aleksandar Đorđević   Basketball M Summer 1996 0 1 0 1 2016 0 1 0 1

Predecessor countries

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The Olympic Committee of Serbia, created in 1910 and recognized in 1912, is deemed the direct successor to both the Yugoslav Olympic Committee and the Olympic Committee of Serbia and Montenegro by the IOC.[33] In the period from 1920 to 2006, athletes representing these defunct countries won a total of 99 medals: 95 at the Summer Games and 4 at the 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
  Serbia and Montenegro 3 2 4 3 9 3 0 0 0 0 6 2 4 3 9
Total 20 28 34 33 95 16 0 3 1 4 36 28 37 34 99

See also

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References

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  1. ^ [1] Official site of Olympic Committee of Serbia, 1896 Olympic Games (Serbian)
  2. ^ History of Olympic Committee of Serbia on official site (Serbian)
  3. ^ McCallum, Jack (2013). Dream Team How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever. Random House. ISBN 9780345520494. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  4. ^ Beijing 2008: Swimming 100m Butterfly Men Results   Olympics.com. Accessed 12 September 2024.
  5. ^ Beijing 2008: Tennis Results   Olympics.com. Accessed 12 September 2024.
  6. ^ Beijing 2008: Water Polo Men Results   Olympics.com. Accessed 12 September 2024.
  7. ^ London 2012: Taekwondo 67 kg Women Results   Olympics.com. Accessed 12 September 2024.
  8. ^ London 2012: Shooting 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women Results   Olympics.com. Accessed 12 September 2024.
  9. ^ London 2012: Shooting 10m Air Pistol 60 Shots Men Results   Olympics.com. Accessed 12 September 2024.
  10. ^ London 2012: Water Polo Men Results   Olympics.com. Accessed 12 September 2024.
  11. ^ Rio 2016: Wrestling Greco-Roman 66 kg Men Results   Olympics.com. Accessed 12 September 2024.
  12. ^ Rio 2016: Water Polo Men Results   Olympics.com. Accessed 12 September 2024.
  13. ^ Rio 2016: Taekwondo - 49 kg Women Results   Olympics.com. Accessed 12 September 2024.
  14. ^ Rio 2016: Canoe Sprint K-2 1000m (Kayak Double) Men Results   Olympics.com. Accessed 12 September 2024.
  15. ^ Rio 2016: Volleyball Women Results   Olympics.com. Accessed 12 September 2024.
  16. ^ Rio 2016: Basketball Men Results   Olympics.com. Accessed 12 September 2024.
  17. ^ Rio 2016: Athletics Long Jump Women Results   Olympics.com. Accessed 12 September 2024.
  18. ^ Rio 2016: Basketball Women Results   Olympics.com. Accessed 12 September 2024.
  19. ^ Tokyo 2020: Taekwondo Women +67kg Results   Olympics.com. Accessed 12 September 2024.
  20. ^ Tokyo 2020: Karate Women's Kumite -61kg Results   Olympics.com. Accessed 12 September 2024.
  21. ^ Tokyo 2020: Water Polo Men Results   Olympics.com. Accessed 12 September 2024.
  22. ^ Tokyo 2020: Shooting 10m Air Pistol Men Results   Olympics.com. Accessed 12 September 2024.
  23. ^ Tokyo 2020: Taekwondo Women -49kg Results   Olympics.com. Accessed 12 September 2024.
  24. ^ Tokyo 2020: Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 87kg Results   Olympics.com. Accessed 12 September 2024.
  25. ^ Tokyo 2020: Shooting 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men Results   Olympics.com. Accessed 12 September 2024.
  26. ^ Tokyo 2020: Volleyball Women Results   Olympics.com. Accessed 12 September 2024.
  27. ^ Tokyo 2020: 3x3 Basketball Men Results   Olympics.com. Accessed 12 September 2024.
  28. ^ Paris 2024: 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Gold Medal Match Results   Olympics.com. Accessed 12 September 2024.
  29. ^ Paris 2024: DJOKOVIC Novak vs ALCARAZ Carlos Results   Olympics.com. Accessed 12 September 2024.
  30. ^ Paris 2024: Water Polo Men Team Medals and Ranking   Olympics.com. Accessed 12 September 2024.
  31. ^ Paris 2024: Taekwondo - Women -67kg Gold Medal Contest Contest 338 MARTON Viviana vs PERISIC Aleksandra Results   Olympics.com. Accessed 12 September 2024.
  32. ^ Paris 2024: Basketball - Men's Bronze Medal Game Game 49 Germany vs Serbia Results   Olympics.com. Accessed 12 September 2024.
  33. ^ [2] Official site of Olympic Committee of Serbia, History of Olympic Committee (Serbian)
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