Montenegro at the Olympics facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Montenegro at the Olympics
IOC code	MNE
NOC	Montenegrin Olympic Committee
Medals Ranked 134th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 1 0 1
Summer appearances
2008 2012 2016 2020
Winter appearances
2010 2014 2018
Other related appearances
Yugoslavia (1920–1992 W)  Independent Olympic Participants (1992 S)  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.

Participation

Timeline of participation

Date	Team
1912	as part of  Austria				Serbia (SRB)
1920–1936	Kingdom of Yugoslavia (YUG)
1948–1988	SFR Yugoslavia (YUG)
1992 W	Croatia (CRO)	Slovenia (SLO)	SFR Yugoslavia (YUG)
1992 S			Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	Independent Olympic Participants (IOP)
1994				ban on participation by the UN
1996–2006				North Macedonia (MKD)	FR Yugoslavia (YUG)/  Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)
2008–2014					Serbia (SRB)		Montenegro (MNE)
2016–					Serbia (SRB)	Kosovo (KOS)

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1920–1988 as part of  Yugoslavia (YUG) 1992 Barcelona as part of the  Independent Olympic Participants (IOP) 1996–2004 as part of  Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) 2008 Beijing 19 0 0 0 0 – 2012 London 34 0 1 0 1 69 2016 Rio de Janeiro 34 0 0 0 0 – 2020 Tokyo 34 0 0 0 0 – 2024 Paris 19 0 0 0 0 – 2028 Los Angeles future event Total 0 1 0 1 137

Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1924–1992 as part of  Yugoslavia (YUG) 1994 Lillehammer did not participate 1998–2006 as part of  Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) 2010 Vancouver 1 0 0 0 0 – 2014 Sochi 2 0 0 0 0 – 2018 Pyeongchang 3 0 0 0 0 – 2022 Beijing 3 0 0 0 0 - 2026 Milan/Cortina future event Total 0 0 0 0 –

Medals by sport

Olympic participants

Summer Olympics

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
2 Silver	women's national handball team, MontenegroMontenegro 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.

Medal	Games	Sport	Team	Name
2 Silver	1952 Helsinki	Water polo	Men	Boško Vuksanović
2 Silver	1956 Melbourne	Football	Men	Nikola Radović
2 Silver	1956 Melbourne	Water polo	Men	Boško Vuksanović
2 Silver	1964 Tokyo	Water polo	Men	Boris Čukvas, Milan Muškatirović, Božidar Stanišić
1 Gold	1968 Mexico City	Water polo	Men	Dejan Dabović, Đorđe Perišić
2 Silver	1976 Montreal	Basketball	Men	Žarko Varajić, Rajko Žižić
1 Gold	1980 Moscow	Basketball	Men	Ratko Radovanović, Rajko Žižić
2 Silver	1980 Moscow	Water polo	Men	Milivoj Bebić, Zoran Gopčević, Milorad Krivokapić, Zoran Mustur
1 Gold	1984 Los Angeles	Handball	Women	Svetlana Mugoša, Ljiljana Mugoša, Zorica Pavićević
1 Gold	1984 Los Angeles	Handball	Men	Veselin Vujović
1 Gold	1984 Los Angeles	Water polo	Men	Milorad Krivokapić, Andrija Popović
3 Bronze	1984 Los Angeles	Basketball	Men	Ratko Radovanović, Rajko Žižić
3 Bronze	1984 Los Angeles	Football	Men	Ljubomir Radanović
1 Gold	1988 Seoul	Water polo	Men	Igor Gočanin, Mirko Vičević
2 Silver	1988 Seoul	Basketball	Men	Zdravko Radulović, Žarko Paspalj
3 Bronze	1988 Seoul	Handball	Men	Veselin Vujović
2 Silver	1996 Atlanta	Basketball	Men	Žarko Paspalj
3 Bronze	1996 Atlanta	Volleyball	Men	Goran Vujević, Vladimir Batez
1 Gold	2000 Sydney	Volleyball	Men	Goran Vujević, Igor Vušurović, Vladimir Batez
3 Bronze	2000 Sydney	Water polo	Men	Veljko Uskoković, Nenad Vukanić
2 Silver	2004 Athens	Water polo	Men	Vladimir Gojković, Predrag Jokić

See also

In Spanish: Montenegro en los Juegos Olímpicos para niños

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