Serbia at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Serbia at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Serbia at the; 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SRB
NOC	Olympic Committee of Serbia
Website	www.oks.org.rs (in Serbian)
in London
Competitors	116 in 15 sports
Flag bearers	Novak Djokovic (opening) ; Milica Mandić (closing)
Medals; Ranked 42nd	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1912; 1920–2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	Yugoslavia (1920–1992 W); Independent Olympic Participants (1992 S); Serbia and Montenegro (1996–2006)

Serbia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.^[1] This was the nation's third appearance at the Summer Olympics.

The Olympic Committee of Serbia sent a total of 116 athletes to the Games, 80 men and 46 women, to compete in 15 sports. Volleyball, men's handball, men's water polo were the only team-based sports in which Serbia had its representation in these Olympic games. Among the sports played by the athletes, Serbia marked its Olympic debut in taekwondo.

Notable Serbian athletes featured butterfly swimmer and Olympic silver medalist Milorad Čavić, and world number-one male tennis player and Olympic bronze medalist Novak Djokovic, who was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.^[2] Pistol shooter and Olympic gold medalist Jasna Šekarić, the oldest of the team at age 47, became the first Serbian athlete to compete in seven Olympic games, and played as an individual competitor under five different banners. Two athletes, on the other hand, made their sixth Olympic appearance: rifle shooter Nemanja Mirosavljev, and high jumper Dragutin Topić. Water polo player Dušan Mandić, at age 18, was the youngest athlete of the team.

Serbia left London with a total of four Olympic medals (one gold, one silver, and two bronze). Taekwondo jin Milica Mandić won Serbia's first ever gold medal in Olympic history as an independent nation. Meanwhile, the men's national water polo team managed to repeat its bronze medal from Beijing. Two other medals were awarded to the athletes in shooting.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Milica Mandić	Taekwondo	Women's +67 kg	11 August
Silver	Ivana Maksimović	Shooting	Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions	4 August
Bronze	Andrija Zlatić	Shooting	Men's 10 m air pistol	28 July
Bronze	Serbia men's national water polo team Slobodan Soro Aleksa Šaponjić Živko Gocić Vanja Udovičić Dušan Mandić Duško Pijetlović Slobodan Nikić Milan Aleksić Nikola Rađen Filip Filipović Andrija Prlainović Stefan Mitrović Gojko Pijetlović	Water polo	Men's tournament	12 August

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Taekwondo	1	0	0	1
Shooting	0	1	1	2
Water polo	0	0	1	1
Total	1	1	2	4

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	7	7	14
Boxing	1	0	1
Canoeing	6	6	12
Cycling	2	0	2
Handball	15	0	15
Judo	1	0	1
Rowing	6	0	6
Shooting	3	5	8
Swimming	6	2	8
Table tennis	2	0	2
Taekwondo	1	2	3
Tennis	4	2	6
Volleyball	12	12	24
Water polo	13	0	13
Wrestling	1	0	1
Total	80	36	116

Athletics

Serbian athletes qualified in this athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):^[3]^[4]

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
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Emir Bekrić	400 m hurdles	49.21	2 Q	49.62	4	Did not advance
Nenad Filipović	50 km walk	—				DNF
Predrag Filipović	20 km walk	—				1:27:22	48
Darko Živanović	Marathon	—				DNF

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Asmir Kolašinac	Shot put	20.44	8 q	20.71	7
Dragutin Topić	High jump	NM	—	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	10.90	7.53	13.76	1.96	DNS	—	—	—	—	—	DNF
Mihail Dudaš	Points	883	942	714	767	0	—	—	—	—	—	DNF

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Olivera Jevtić	Marathon	—				DNF
Marina Munćan	1500 m	4:11.25	11	Did not advance
Ana Subotić	Marathon	—				2:38:22	71

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Tatjana Jelača	Javelin throw	57.09	26	Did not advance
Ivana Španović	Long jump	6.41	11 q	6.35	11
Biljana Topić	Triple jump	13.66	25	Did not advance
Dragana Tomašević	Discus	60.53	19	Did not advance

Boxing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Aleksandar Drenovak	Middleweight	Delgado (ECU) W 13–12	Kılıççı (TUR) L 11–20	Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marko Novaković	K-1 200 m	35.212	2 Q	36.293	3 FA	37.094	7
Marko Tomićević	K-1 1000 m	3:30.693	2 Q	3:43.589	7 FB	3:30.754	10
Aleksandar Aleksić Ervin Holpert Dejan Terzić Milenko Zorić	K-4 1000 m	3:21.437	5 Q	2:56.346	7	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nikolina Moldovan	K-1 200 m	42.383	3 Q	42.394	4 FB	45.064	11
Nikolina Moldovan Olivera Moldovan	K-2 500 m	1:44.335	3 Q	1:43.586	4 FA	1:48.941	8
Renata Kubik Antonija Nađ Antonija Panda Marta Tibor	K-4 500 m	1:40.756	5 Q	1:33.823	7	Did not advance

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

Cycling

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ivan Stević	Men's road race	5:46.37	54
Gabor Kasa	Men's road race	OTL

Handball

Serbia qualified a team in the men's tournament.

Men's tournament

Team roster

Template:2012 Summer Olympics Serbia men's handball team roster

Reserve player: Žarko Šešum

Group play

Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's handball group B standings Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's handball game B2 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's handball game B5 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's handball game B9 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's handball game B10 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's handball game B13

Judo

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Dmitrij Gerasimenko	Men's −90 kg	Kone (CIV) W 1000–0000	González (CUB) L 0002–0011	Did not advance

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nikola Stojić Nenad Beđik	Pair	6:23.87	4 R	6:26.61	2 SA/B	7:07.78	6 FB	DNS	12
Radoje Đerić Goran Jagar Miloš Vasić Miljan Vuković	Four	5:53.35	5 R	6:01.97	1 SA/B	6:07.41	6 FB	6:11.94	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

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Damir Mikec	10 m air pistol	578	17	Did not advance
Damir Mikec	50 m pistol	564	16	Did not advance
Nemanja Mirosavljev	10 m air rifle	591	30	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	595	10	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1162	23	Did not advance
Andrija Zlatić	10 m air pistol	585	3 Q	685.2
Andrija Zlatić	50 m pistol	564	3 Q	655.9	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Andrea Arsović	10 m air rifle	395	15	Did not advance
Andrea Arsović	50 m rifle 3 positions	577	22	Did not advance
Zorana Arunović	10 m air pistol	385	5 Q	483.5	7
Zorana Arunović	25 m pistol	583	8 Q	787.3	4
Ivana Maksimović	10 m air rifle	392	37	Did not advance
Ivana Maksimović	50 m rifle 3 positions	590	2 Q	687.5
Jasna Šekarić	25 m pistol	579	18	Did not advance
Bobana Veličković	10 m air pistol	379	22	Did not advance

Swimming

Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Milorad Čavić	100 m butterfly	51.90	5 Q	51.66	4 Q	51.81	=4
Ivan Lenđer	100 m butterfly	52.40	18	Did not advance
Đorđe Marković	400 m freestyle	3:55.35	22	—		Did not advance
Čaba Silađi	100 m breaststroke	1:01.95	31	Did not advance
Radovan Siljevski	200 m freestyle	1:51.40	32	Did not advance
Velimir Stjepanović	200 m butterfly	1:54.99 NR	3 Q	1:55.13	8 Q	1:55.07	6
Milorad Čavić Ivan Lenđer Radovan Siljevski Velimir Stjepanović	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:18.79 NR	13	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nađa Higl	200 m breaststroke	2:28.38	25	Did not advance
Miroslava Najdanovski	50 m freestyle	26:46	42	Did not advance
Miroslava Najdanovski	100 m freestyle	57.45	35	Did not advance

Table tennis

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marko Jevtović	Men's singles	Bye	Saive (BEL) L 1–4	Did not advance
Aleksandar Karakašević	Men's singles	Bye		Zwickl (HUN) L 1–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Damir Fejzić	Men's −68 kg	López (PER) W 5–3	Stamper (GBR) L 3–8	Did not advance
Dragana Gladović	Women's −57 kg	Jones (GBR) L 1–15	Did not advance		Hamada (JPN) L 2–15	Did not advance
Milica Mandić	Women's +67 kg	Crawley (SAM) W 16–2	Espinoza (MEX) W 6–4	Baryshnikova (RUS) W 11–3	Bye		Graffe (FRA) W 9–7

Tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Novak Djokovic	Singles	Fognini (ITA) W 6–7^(7–9), 6–2, 6–2	Roddick (USA) W 6–2, 6–1	Hewitt (AUS) W 4–6, 7–5, 6–1	Tsonga (FRA) W 6–1, 7–5	Murray (GBR) L 5–7, 5–7	del Potro (ARG) L 5–7, 4–6	4
Janko Tipsarević		Nalbandian (ARG) W 6–3, 6–4	Petzschner (GER) W 3–6, 6–3, 6–4	Isner (USA) L 5–7, 6–7^(14–16)	Did not advance
Viktor Troicki		Almagro (ESP) L 4–6, 6–7^(3–7)	Did not advance
Janko Tipsarević Nenad Zimonjić	Doubles	—	Kližan / Lacko (SVK) W 6–3, 6–3	Nestor / Pospisil (CAN) W 6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 11–9	Benneteau / Gasquet (FRA) L 4–6, 6–7^(3–7)	Did not advance
Novak Đoković Viktor Troicki	Doubles	—	Brunström / Lindstedt (SWE) L 6–7^(8–10), 3–6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ana Ivanovic	Singles	McHale (USA) W 6–4, 7–5	Baltacha (GBR) W 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)	Clijsters (BEL) L 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Jelena Janković	Singles	S. Williams (USA) L 3–6, 1–6	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ana Ivanovic Nenad Zimonjić	Doubles	Mirza / Paes (IND) L 2–6, 4–6	Did not advance

Volleyball

Indoor

Men's tournament

Team roster

Template:2012 Summer Olympics Serbia men's volleyball team roster

Group play

Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's volleyball group B standings Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's volleyball game B2 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's volleyball game B4 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's volleyball game B7 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's volleyball game B12 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's volleyball game B13

Women's tournament

Team roster

Template:2012 Summer Olympics Serbia women's volleyball team roster

Group play

Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's volleyball group B standings Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's volleyball game B1 Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's volleyball game B5 Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's volleyball game B7 Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's volleyball game B12 Template:2012 Summer Olympics women's volleyball game B15

Water polo

Serbia will participate in the men's tournament.

Men's tournament

Roster

Template:2012 Summer Olympics Serbia men's water polo team roster

Group play

Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's water polo group B standings Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's water polo game B1 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's water polo game B4 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's water polo game B8 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's water polo game B10 Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's water polo game B13

Quarterfinal

Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's water polo game C4

Semifinal

Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's water polo game F2

Bronze medal match

Template:2012 Summer Olympics men's water polo game G1

Wrestling

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
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Aleksandar Maksimović	−66 kg	Bayakhmetov (KAZ) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance						16

External links

The list of qualified athletes

References

^ Serbia – Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Archived 2012-11-07 at the Wayback Machine
^ Novak: Čast mi je da nosim zastavu (in Serbian), B92, retrieved 6 June 2012
^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
^ IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 4 June 2011

[1] Serbia – Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Archived 2012-11-07 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Novak: Čast mi je da nosim zastavu (in Serbian), B92, retrieved 6 June 2012

[3] "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.

[4] IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 4 June 2011

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Others	Independent Olympic Athletes

Medalists

Competitors

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Sprint

Cycling

Road

Handball

Men's tournament

Judo

Rowing

Shooting

Swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Volleyball

Indoor

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Water polo

Men's tournament

Wrestling

See also

External links

References