Serbia at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Serbia is expected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games have been postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] It will be the nation's fifth appearance at the Summer Olympics as an independent nation.

Serbia at the
2020 Summer Olympics
IOC codeSRB
NOCOlympic Committee of Serbia
Websitewww.oks.org.rs (in Serbian)
in Tokyo, Japan
Competitors65 in 12 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Yugoslavia (1920–1992 W)
 Independent Olympic Participants (1992 S)
 Serbia and Montenegro (1996–2006)

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics112
Basketball41216
Canoeing112
Karate011
Rowing202
Shooting246
Swimming314
Table tennis303
Taekwondo022
Volleyball01212
Water polo12012
Wrestling303
Total313465

Athletics
Main articles: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Serbian athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[2][3]

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
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Armin Sinančević Men's shot put
Ivana Španović Women's long jump

Basketball
Main article: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Summary
Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Serbia women's Women's tournament







Serbia men's 3×3 Men's 3×3 tournament


N/A


Indoor

Women's tournament

Serbia women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics as one of two highest-ranked eligible squads from group A at the Belgrade meet of the 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[4]

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

3x3 basketball

Men's tournament

Serbia men's national 3x3 team qualified directly for the Olympics by securing an outright berth, as one of the three highest-ranked squads, in the men's category of the FIBA rankings.[5]

Team roster
  • Men's team event – 1 team of 4 players

Canoeing
Main articles: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Sprint

Serbian canoeists qualified three boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.[6]

Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Men's K-1 200 m
Women's K-1 200 m
Women's K-1 500 m

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

Karate
Main articles: Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Serbia entered one karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. 2018 world champion Jovana Preković qualified directly for the women's kumite 61-kg category by finishing among the top four karateka at the end of the combined WKF Olympic Rankings.[7]

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Jovana Preković Women's −61 kg

Rowing
Main articles: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Serbia qualified one boat in the men's pair for the Games by topping the B-final and securing seventh out of eleven berths available at the 2019 FISA World Championships in Ottensheim, Austria.[8]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
 
 		 Men's 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
Main articles: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Serbian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.[9]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions
Men's 10 m air pistol
Women's 10 m air rifle
Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions
  Women's 10 m air pistol
 

Swimming
Main articles: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Serbian swimmers further 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)):[10][11]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Vuk Čelić Men's 800 m freestyle N/A
Čaba Silađi Men's 100 m breaststroke
Velimir Stjepanović Men's 200 m freestyle
Anja Crevar Women's 400 m individual medley N/A

Table tennis
Main articles: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Serbia entered three athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. The men's team secured a berth by advancing to the quarterfinal round of the 2020 World Olympic Qualification Event in Gondomar, Portugal, permitting a maximum of two starters to compete in the men's singles tournament.[12]

Athlete Event Preliminary Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
  Men's singles
 
 
 
 		 Men's team N/A

Taekwondo
Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Serbia entered two athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Rio 2016 silver medalist Tijana Bogdanović (women's 49 kg) and London 2012 champion Milica Mandić (women's +67 kg) qualified directly for their respective weight classes by finishing among the top five taekwondo practitioners at the end of the WT Olympic Rankings.

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

Volleyball
Main article: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Summary
Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Serbia women's Women's tournament  Dominican Republic
 Japan
 Kenya
 Brazil
 South Korea



Indoor

Women's tournament
Main article: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Serbia women's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by securing an outright berth as the highest-ranked nation for pool A at the Intercontinental Olympic Qualification Tournament in Wrocław, Poland.[13]

Team roster
  • Women's team event – 1 team of 12 players
Group play
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Japan (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 — Quarterfinals
2  Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
3  Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
4  South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
5  Dominican Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
6  Kenya 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 —
Source: FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.
TBD

v		 Serbia  v  Dominican Republic Ariake Arena, Tokyo

TBD

v		 Japan  v  Serbia Ariake Arena, Tokyo

TBD

v		 Serbia  v  Kenya Ariake Arena, Tokyo

TBD

v		 Serbia  v  Brazil Ariake Arena, Tokyo

TBD

v		 Serbia  v  South Korea Ariake Arena, Tokyo

Water polo
Main article: Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Summary
Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Serbia men's Men's tournament







Men's tournament
Main article: Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Serbian men's water polo team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the 2019 FINA World League Super Final in Belgrade.[14]

Team roster
  • Men's team event – 1 team of 12 players

Wrestling
Main articles: Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Serbia qualified three wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition; all of whom finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's freestyle (57 kg) and the men's Greco-Roman (67 and 97 kg) at the 2019 World Championships.[15]

Key:

  • VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
  • VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
  • PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
  • SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Stevan Mićić −57 kg
Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Mate Nemeš −67 kg
Mikheil Kajaia −97 kg

References
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  2. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
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  4. "Tokyo 2020 Women's Olympic Basketball Tournament field complete". FIBA. 9 February 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  5. "Historic day for FIBA as first 8 qualified teams announced for 3x3 basketball's debut at Tokyo 2020 Olympics". FIBA. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  6. "First round of Olympic canoe sprint quotas allocated". International Canoe Federation. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  7. "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". World Karate Federation. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  8. "B-finals take on new meaning when Tokyo 2020 spots are available". International Rowing Federation. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  9. "Quota Places by Nation and Number". www.issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  10. "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
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  12. Marshall, Ian (24 January 2020). "2020 ITTF World Team Qualification Tournament: Day Three". ITTF. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  13. "Serbia, Italy complete Tokyo 2020 puzzle". FIVB. 4 August 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  14. "Serbia Edges Croatia 12-11 for Men's Water Polo Super Final Title". SwimSwam. 23 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
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