Serbia at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Serbia at the Olympic Games
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At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	77 in 11 sports
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
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Other related appearances
Yugoslavia (1920–1992W) Independent Olympic Participants (1992S) Serbia and Montenegro (1996–2006)

Serbia is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This will be the nation's fourth appearance at the Summer Olympics as an independent nation.

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	4	5	9
Basketball	0	12	12
Canoeing	6	4	10
Cycling	1	0	1
Rowing	2	0	2
Shooting	5	4	9
Swimming	3	1	4
Taekwondo	0	2	2
Volleyball	0	12	12
Water polo	13	0	13
Wrestling	3	0	3
Total	37	40	77

Athletics

Serbian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[1][2]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nenad Filipović	50 km walk	N/A
Predrag Filipović		N/A
Vladimir Savanović		N/A

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Asmir Kolašinac	Shot put

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Amela Terzić	800 m
	1500 m
Olivera Jevtić	Marathon	N/A
Ana Subotić		N/A

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ivana Španović	Long jump
Dragana Tomašević	Discus throw

Basketball

Women's tournament

The Serbian women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the EuroBasket Women 2015 in Hungary.^[3]

Team roster

• Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarter-finals
2	OQT 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Senegal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	OQT 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 6 August 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Canoeing

Sprint

Serbian canoeists have qualified one boat in each of the following events through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marko Dragosavljević	K-1 200 m
Dejan Pajić	K-1 1000 m
Nebojša Grujić Marko Novaković	K-2 200 m
Marko Tomićević Milenko Zorić	K-2 1000 m

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nikolina Moldovan	K-1 200 m
Dalma Ružičić-Benedek Milica Starović	K-2 500 m
Nikolina Moldovan Olivera Moldovan Dalma Ružičić-Benedek Milica Starović	K-4 500 m

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

Serbia has qualified one rider in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of his top 200 individual ranking in the 2015 UCI Europe Tour.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ivan Stević	Men's road race

Rowing

Serbian rowers have qualified one boat in each of the following events through the 2015 FISA World Championships.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nenad Beđik Miloš Vasić	Pair

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Shooting

Serbian shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2014 ISSF World Shooting Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and European Championships or Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Dimitrije Grgić	10 m air pistol
Damir Mikec	10 m air pistol
	50 m pistol
Stevan Pletikosić	10 m air rifle
Milenko Sebić	50 m rifle 3 positions
Milutin Stefanović	10 m air rifle

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Andrea Arsović	10 m air rifle
	50 m rifle 3 positions
Ivana Maksimović	10 m air rifle
	50 m rifle 3 positions
Jasna Šekarić	10 m air pistol
Bobana Veličković

Swimming

Serbian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[7][8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Čaba Silađi[9]	100 m breaststroke
Velimir Stjepanović[10]	100 m freestyle
	200 m freestyle
	400 m freestyle			N/A
Arkady Vyatchanin[11]	100 m backstroke
	200 m backstroke

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anja Crevar[12]	400 m individual medley			N/A

Taekwondo

Serbia entered two athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. Reigning Olympic champion Milica Mandić qualified automatically for the women's heavyweight category (+67 kg) by finishing in the top 6 WTF Olympic rankings.^[13] 2015 European Games silver medalist Tijana Bogdanović secured the remaining spot on the Serbian team by virtue of her top two finish in the women's flyweight category (49 kg) at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.^[14]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tijana Bogdanović	Women's −49 kg
Milica Mandić	Women's +67 kg

Volleyball

Indoor

Women's tournament

The Serbian women's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by reaching the top two towards the final match of the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup in Japan.^[15]

Team roster

• Women's indoor event – 1 team of 12 players

Water polo

Men's tournament

The Serbian men's water polo team qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2015 FINA World League Super Final in Italy.^[16]

Team roster

• Men's team event – 1 team of 13 players

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarter-finals
2	Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Brazil (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Hungary	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 6 August 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host.

6 August 2016

Serbia

–

Hungary

Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro

8 August 2016

Serbia

–

Greece

Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro

10 August 2016

Brazil

–

Serbia

Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro

12 August 2016

Serbia

–

Australia

Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro

14 August 2016

Serbia

–

Japan

Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro

Wrestling

Serbia has qualified three wrestlers for each the following weight classes into the Olympic competition. One of them finished among the top six to secure an Olympic spot in the men's Greco-Roman 66 kg at the 2015 World Championships, while two more places had been awarded to the Serbian wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament.^[17]

Key:

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kristijan Fris	−59 kg
Davor Štefanek	−66 kg
Viktor Nemeš	−75 kg

Reaction to Kosovo's participation

After the breakup of Yugoslavia, only Serbs from Kosovo and Metohija participated as part of Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia at the Olympics. On February 17, 2008 Kosovo's Parliament declared independence from Serbia, but Serbia doesn't recognize it and considers it its southern province.^[18] On December 9th, 2014 the International Olympic Committee recognized the Olympic Committee of Kosovo despite it not being a member or observer state of the United Nations, and therefore Kosovo is expected to participate at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[19] In reaction to the decision of the International Olympic Committee to accept Kosovo as a full member, Vlade Divac said that the Serbian Olympic Committee did all they could, while foreign minister Ivica Dačić and minister of sports Vanja Udovičić expressed their protest, but said there would be no boycott of the games or any protests.^[20][21]

See also

• Serbia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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