Serbia at the Olympics

Serbia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Serbia IOC code  SRB NOC Olympic Committee of Serbia Website www.oks.org.rs (Serbian)
Olympic history
Summer Games
1912 1920–2004 2008 2012 2016
Winter Games
2010 2014
Other related appearances
Yugoslavia (1920–1992W) Independent Olympic Participants (1992S) 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. 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 42 2016 Rio de Janeiro 2020 Tokyo Total 1 2 4 7 87

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 2022 Beijing Total 0 0 0 0 –

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Taekwondo	1	0	0	1
Shooting	0	1	1	2
Swimming	0	1	0	1
Water polo	0	0	2	2
Tennis	0	0	1	1
Total	1	2	4	7

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Silver	Milorad Čavić	2008 Beijing	Swimming	Men's 100 m butterfly
Bronze	Novak Đoković	2008 Beijing	Tennis	Men's singles
Bronze	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	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

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
• Momčilo Tapavica
• 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.