Montenegro at the Olympics

Montenegro at the
Olympics
IOC codeMNE
NOCMontenegrin Olympic Committee
Websitewww.cok.me(in Montenegrin)
Medals
Ranked 134th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
 Yugoslavia (1920–1992W)
 Independent Olympic Participants (1992S)
 Serbia and Montenegro (1996–2006)

Montenegro participated at the Olympic Games for the first time as an independent nation in 2008, at the Beijing Games. Previously, Montenegrin athletes have competed as part of Serbia and Montenegro in 2004 and as part of Yugoslavia before that.

The National Olympic Committee for Montenegro is the Montenegrin Olympic Committee. It was created in 2006 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 2007.

Timeline of participation

Olympic Year/s Team
1920–1936 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Kingdom of Yugoslavia
1948–1992 W  Yugoslavia
1992 S  Independent Olympic Participants
1994
1996–2006  FR Yugoslavia/
 Serbia and Montenegro
2008–present  Montenegro

Medal tables

Medals by sport

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Handball0101
Totals (1 entries)0101

Olympic participants

Summer Olympics

Sport 2008 2012 2016 2020 Athletes
Athletics 2 2 2 2 8
Boxing 1 1 2
Handball 14 15 14 43
Judo 1 1 1 1 4
Sailing 1 1 1 3
Shooting 1 1 1 3
Swimming 1 2 2 5
Tennis 1 1
Water Polo 13 13 13 12 51

List of medalists

On August 11, 2012, Montenegro won its first ever Olympic medal as an independent country, taking silver in women's handball.

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Silver Montenegro women's national handball team
  • Sonja Barjaktarović
  • Anđela Bulatović
  • Katarina Bulatović
  • Ana Đokić
  • Marija Jovanović
  • Milena Knežević
  • Suzana Lazović
  • Majda Mehmedović
  • Radmila Miljanić
  • Bojana Popović
  • Jovanka Radičević
  • Ana Radović
  • Maja Savić
  • Jasna Tošković
  • Marina Vukčević
2012 London Handball Women's tournament

Before the 2012 Olympic Games, several other athletes from the Socialist Republic of Montenegro and Republic of Montenegro have also won Olympic medals in five different sports as part of teams representing Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro at the Olympics, but none as individual competitors.[1]

See also

  • List of flag bearers for Montenegro at the Olympics
  • Montenegro at the Paralympics

References

  1. ^ "Osvajači medalja iz Crne Gore" (in Serbo-Croatian). Montenegrin Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-02-16.