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 1948–1992 W 1992 S 1994 1996–2006 FR Yugoslavia/ 2008–present
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 1920–1988 as part of as part of the 1996–2004 as part of 19 0 0 0 0 – 34 0 1 0 1 69 34 0 0 0 0 – 34 0 0 0 0 – 19 0 0 0 0 – future event Total 0 1 0 1 137
Medals by Winter Games GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 1924–1992 as part of did not participate 1998–2006 as part of 1 0 0 0 0 – 2 0 0 0 0 – 3 0 0 0 0 – 3 0 0 0 0 – 2 0 0 0 0 – future event Total 0 0 0 0 –
Medals by summer sport
Olympic participants
Summer Olympics Sport2008201220162020AthletesAthletics 2 2 2 2 8Boxing 1 1 2Handball 14 15 14 43Judo 1 1 1 1 4Sailing 1 1 1 3Shooting 1 1 1 3Swimming 1 2 2 5Tennis 1 1Water 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 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.
Medal Games Sport Team Name Water polo Men Boško Vuksanović Football Men Nikola Radović Water polo Men Boško Vuksanović Water polo Men Boris Čukvas, Božidar Stanišić Water polo Men Dejan Dabović, Đorđe Perišić Basketball Men Žarko Varajić, Rajko Žižić Basketball Men Rajko Žižić Water polo Men Milivoj Bebić, Zoran Gopčević, Milorad Krivokapić, Zoran Mustur Handball Women Svetlana Mugoša, Ljiljana Mugoša, Zorica Pavićević Handball Men Veselin Vujović Water polo Men Milorad Krivokapić, Andrija Popović Basketball Men Rajko Žižić Football Men Ljubomir Radanović Water polo Men Igor Gočanin, Mirko Vičević Handball Men Veselin Vujović Volleyball Men Goran Vujević, Vladimir Batez Volleyball Men Goran Vujević, Igor Vušurović, Vladimir Batez Water polo Men Veljko Uskoković, Nenad Vukanić Water polo Men Vladimir Gojković, Predrag Jokić
See also List of flag bearers for Montenegro at the Olympics Montenegro at the Paralympics
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