Serbia at the Olympics

Serbia at the
Olympics
IOC code SRB
NOC Olympic Committee of Serbia
Website www.oks.org.rs (in Serbian)
Medals
Gold
3
Silver
6
Bronze
6
Total
15
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
 Yugoslavia (1920–1992 W, 1996–2002)
 Independent Olympic Participants (1992 S)
 Serbia and Montenegro (2004–2006)

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 sport

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Taekwondo1102
Water polo1023
Wrestling1001
Basketball0112
Shooting0112
Canoeing0101
Swimming0101
Volleyball0101
Athletics0011
Tennis0011
Total36615

List of medalists

Medal Name(s) Games Sport Event
 SilverMilorad ČavićChina 2008 Beijing SwimmingMen's 100 m butterfly
 BronzeNovak DjokovicChina 2008 Beijing TennisMen's singles
 Bronze China 2008 Beijing Water poloMen's tournament
 GoldMilica MandićUnited Kingdom 2012 London TaekwondoWomen's +67 kg
 SilverIvana MaksimovićUnited Kingdom 2012 London ShootingWomen's 50 m rifle three positions
 BronzeAndrija ZlatićUnited Kingdom 2012 London ShootingMen's 10 m air pistol
 Bronze United Kingdom 2012 London Water poloMen's tournament
 GoldDavor ŠtefanekBrazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 66 kg
 Gold Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Water poloMen's tournament
 SilverTijana BogdanovićBrazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro TaekwondoWomen's 49 kg
 SilverMarko Tomićević
Milenko Zorić		Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro CanoeingMen's K-2 1000 m
 Silver Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro VolleyballWomen's tournament
 Silver Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro BasketballMen's tournament
 BronzeIvana ŠpanovićBrazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro AthleticsWomen's long jump
 Bronze Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro BasketballWomen's tournament

Predecessor countries

The Olympic Committee of Serbia, created in 1910 and recognized in 1912, is deemed the direct successor to both Yugoslav Olympic Committee and the Olympic Committee of Serbia and Montenegro by IOC, and therefore the inheritor to all the records of the defunct nations.[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 Kingdom of Yugoslavia532383000083238
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia11232725751003142123302679
 Independent Olympic Participants101230000010123
Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro324393000062439
Total20283433951603143628373499

See also

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