Serbia at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Serbia competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's fourth appearance at the Summer Olympics as an independent nation. It was represented by 103 competitors (45 women and 58 men) in 14 sports.

With the total of eight medals (two gold, four silver and two bronze), it was the nation's most successful appearance at the Olympics since the break up of Yugoslavia, doubling the amount won at the 2012 games. Gold medals were won by the water polo team and wrestler Davor Štefanek. All four Serbian teams that participated in the Games – men's water polo, men's basketball, women's volleyball and women's basketball – won a medal. The remaining medals were won by Tijana Bogdanović (taekwondo, silver), Marko Tomićević–Milenko Zorić (kayak, silver) and Ivana Španović (long jump, bronze).

Medalists

Further information: 2016 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2016 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Davor Štefanek	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg	16 August
Gold	Serbia men's national water polo teamTemplate:CompactTable	Water polo	Men's tournament	20 August
Silver	Tijana Bogdanović	Taekwondo	Women's 49 kg	17 August
Silver	Marko Tomićević Milenko Zorić	Canoeing	Men's K-2 1000 metres	18 August
Silver	Serbia women's national volleyball teamTemplate:CompactTable	Volleyball	Women's tournament	20 August
Silver	Serbia men's national basketball teamTemplate:CompactTable	Basketball	Men's tournament	21 August
Bronze	Ivana Španović	Athletics	Women's long jump	17 August
Bronze	Serbia women's national basketball teamTemplate:CompactTable	Basketball	Women's tournament	20 August

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	7	5	12
Basketball	12	12	24
Canoeing (sprint)	6	4	10
Cycling (road) Cycling (mountain)	1	1	2
Judo	1	0	1
Rowing	4	0	4
Shooting	5	4	9
Swimming	2	2	4
Table tennis	1	0	1
Taekwondo	0	2	2
Tennis	3	3	6
Volleyball (indoor)	0	12	12
Water polo	13	0	13
Wrestling	3	0	3
Total	58	45	103

Medals by date
Day	Date				Total
Day 1	6 August	0	0	0	0
Day 2	7 August	0	0	0	0
Day 3	8 August	0	0	0	0
Day 4	9 August	0	0	0	0
Day 5	10 August	0	0	0	0
Day 6	11 August	0	0	0	0
Day 7	12 August	0	0	0	0
Day 8	13 August	0	0	0	0
Day 9	14 August	0	0	0	0
Day 10	15 August	0	0	0	0
Day 11	16 August	1	0	0	1
Day 12	17 August	0	1	1	2
Day 13	18 August	0	1	0	1
Day 14	19 August	0	0	0	0
Day 15	20 August	1	1	1	3
Day 16	21 August	0	1	0	1
Total		2	4	2	8

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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

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
Milan Ristić	110 m hurdles	13.66	6	Did not advance
Anđelko Rističević	Marathon	—				2:30:17	119
Nenad Filipović	50 km walk	—				4:25:41	46
Predrag Filipović		—				4:39:48	49
Vladimir Savanović		—				4:15:53	42

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Asmir Kolašinac	Shot put	20.16	15	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Mihail Dudaš	Result	10.83	7.29	14.23	2.04	49.13	14.65	43.27	4.60	DNS	—	DNF
	Points	899	883	742	840	855	892	731	790	—	—

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Tamara Salaški	400 m	52.70	3	Did not advance
Amela Terzić	800 m	2:00.99	2 Q	2:03.81	7	Did not advance
	1500 m	4:15.17	10	Did not advance
Olivera Jevtić	Marathon	—				DNF

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ivana Španović	Long jump	6.87	1 Q	7.08 NR
Dragana Tomašević	Discus throw	57.67	19	Did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Serbia men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by securing its lone outright berth and winning the final match over Puerto Rico at the Belgrade leg of the 2016 FIBA World Qualifying Tournament, signifying the nation's debut in the sport since it gained independence from Montenegro in 2006.

Team roster

Group play

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Quarter-final

Semi-final

Gold medal game

Women's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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

Team roster

Group play

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Quarter-final

Semi-final

Bronze medal game

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Sprint

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marko Novaković	K-1 200 m	34.938	3 Q	34.778	5 FB	37.415	13
Dejan Pajić	K-1 1000 m	3:36.884	4 Q	3:48.158	8 FB	3:40.502	15
Nebojša Grujić Marko Novaković	K-2 200 m	31.776	2 Q	32.513	3 FA	32.656	6
Marko Tomićević Milenko Zorić	K-2 1000 m	3:15.298	1 FA	Bye		3:10.969
Marko Tomićević Milenko Zorić Dejan Pajić Vladimir Torubarov	K-4 1000 m	3:05.272	6 Q	2:59.636	3 FA	3:10.241	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Olivera Moldovan	K-1 200 m	43.339	5 Q	42.123	7	Did not advance
Dalma Ružičić-Benedek	K-1 500 m	1:54.048	5 Q	1:57.294	3 FA	1:55.095	7
Nikolina Moldovan Milica Starović	K-2 500 m	1:46.410	5 Q	1:46.008	6 FB	1:48.146	10
Nikolina Moldovan Olivera Moldovan Dalma Ružičić-Benedek Milica Starović	K-4 500 m	1:39.316	7 Q	1:38.398	5 FB	1:42.818	14

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

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ivan Stević	Men's road race	Did not finish

Mountain biking

Serbia has qualified one mountain biker for the women's Olympic cross-country race, as a result of her nation's seventeenth-place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of May 25, 2016.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jovana Crnogorac	Women's cross-country	LAP (2 laps)	27

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Serbia has qualified one judoka for the men's middleweight category (90 kg) at the Games. Aleksander Kukolj was directly ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Aleksandar Kukolj	Men's −90 kg	Bye	Žgank (SLO) W 100–000	Baker (JPN) L 000–100	Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Serbia has qualified two boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta. One rowing crew had confirmed Olympic place for their boat in the men's pair at the 2015 FISA World Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette, France, while the men's double sculls rowers had added one more boat to the Serbian roster as a result of their top two finish at the 2016 European & Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nenad Beđik Miloš Vasić	Men's pair	DNF		6:34.52	2 SA/B	6:31.00	5 FB	7:04.71	10
Marko Marjanović Andrija Šljukić	Men's double sculls	7:07.29	4 R	6:20.62	3 SA/B	6:27.66	5 FB	7:03.13	10

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 article: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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.

The entire shooting squad was named to the Serbian roster for the Games on July 6, 2016, with rifle specialist Stevan Pletikosić becoming the first male shooter to compete at his sixth Olympics. Notable absence in the roster was pistol legend Jasna Šekarić, who bid to establish a historic milestone as one of the first female athletes, alongside Georgian shooter Nino Salukvadze to appear in eight editions of the Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Dimitrije Grgić	10 m air pistol	579	9	Did not advance
	50 m pistol	552	16	Did not advance
Damir Mikec	10 m air pistol	575	25	Did not advance
	50 m pistol	551	18	Did not advance
Stevan Pletikosić	50 m rifle prone	621.6	21	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1168	25	Did not advance
Milenko Sebić	10 m air rifle	620.0	33	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	620.4	34	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1172	11	Did not advance
Milutin Stefanović	10 m air rifle	624.3	12	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Andrea Arsović	10 m air rifle	413.5	26	—		Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	573	28	—		Did not advance
Zorana Arunović	10 m air pistol	382	11	—		Did not advance
	25 m pistol	576	19	Did not advance
Ivana Anđušić Maksimović	10 m air rifle	415.4	12	—		Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	578	19	—		Did not advance
Bobana Veličković	10 m air pistol	385	6 Q	—		96.4	7
	25 m pistol	576	21	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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)):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Čaba Silađi	100 m breaststroke	1:00.76	26	Did not advance
Velimir Stjepanović	100 m freestyle	49.24	32	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:46.64	10 Q	1:47.28	13	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	3:46.78	14	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anja Crevar	200 m individual medley	2:15.33	27	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:43.19	20	—		Did not advance
Katarina Simonović	200 m freestyle	2:00.06	30	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:15.57	23	—		Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Serbia has entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. Aleksandar Karakašević granted an invitation from ITTF to compete in the men's singles as one of the next seven highest-ranked eligible players, not yet qualified, on the Olympic Ranking List.

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
Aleksandar Karakašević	Men's singles	Yan (AUS) W 4–2	Drinkhall (GBR) L 1–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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. 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.

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	Abakarova (AZE) W 3–2	Wu Jy (CHN) W 17–7	Manjarrez (MEX) W 10–0	Bye	Kim S-h (KOR) L 6–7
Milica Mandić	Women's +67 kg	Skaar (NOR) W 8–2	Walkden (GBR) L 0–5	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Serbia has entered six tennis players (three men and three women) into the Olympic tournament. Beijing 2008 bronze medalist and world no. 1 seed Novak Djokovic and London 2012 Olympian Viktor Troicki (world no. 21) qualified directly for the men's singles as three of the top 56 eligible players in the ATP World Rankings, while Ana Ivanovic (world no. 25) and three-time Olympian Jelena Janković (world no. 24) did so for the women's singles based on their WTA World Rankings as of June 6, 2016.

Having been directly entered to the singles, Djokovic and Janković also opted to play with their partners Nenad Zimonjić and Aleksandra Krunić, respectively, in the men's and women's doubles.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Novak Djokovic	Singles	del Potro (ARG) L 6–7(4–7), 6–7(2–7)	Did not advance
Viktor Troicki		A Murray (GBR) L 3–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Novak Djokovic Nenad Zimonjić	Doubles	—	Čilić / Draganja (CRO) W 6–2, 6–2	Melo / Soares (BRA) L 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Aleksandra Krunić	Singles	Mladenovic (FRA) L 1–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Ana Ivanovic		Suárez Navarro (ESP) L 6–2, 1–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Jelena Janković Aleksandra Krunić	Doubles	—	Konta / Watson (GBR) L 2–6, 1–6	Did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Indoor

Women's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 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.

Team roster

Group play

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Quarter-final

Semi-final

Gold medal match

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 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.

Team roster

Group play

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Quarter-final

Semi-final

Gold medal game

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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 Olympic places were awarded to Serbian wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament.

Key:

• VT – Victory by Fall.
• PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.
• ST – Decision by points – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) 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	Bye	Tasmuradov (UZB) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					13
Davor Štefanek	−66 kg	Bye	Inoue (JPN) W 4–0 ST	Stäbler (GER) W 3–1 PP	Bolkvadze (GEO) W 5–0 VT	Bye		Arutyunyan (ARM) W 3–1 PP
Viktor Nemeš	−75 kg	Bye	Turdiev (UZB) W 3–1 PP	Madsen (DEN) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance	Bye	Abdevali (IRI) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance	8

Reaction to Kosovo's participation

Because of Albanian boycotts 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. On December 9, 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 a participant at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 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 voted for Kosovo in the IOC after membership of Kosovo was guaranteed while foreign minister Ivica Dačić and minister of sports Vanja Udovičić expressed disapproval, but said there would be no boycott of the games or any protests. However, just two days after the opening ceremony Udovičić advised Serbian athletes to withdraw themselves from any medal ceremonies if they have to share the podium with athletes from Kosovo.

See also

• Serbia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

External links

• Olympic Committee of Serbia