Serbia at the Olympics facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Serbia at the Olympics
IOC code	SRB
NOC	Olympic Committee of Serbia
Website
Medals Ranked 64th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 9 8 12 29
Summer appearances
1912 1920–2004 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)

Serbia first joined the Olympic Games way back in 1912. Back then, it was known as the Kingdom of Serbia. After a long break of 96 years, Serbia came back to the Olympics as its own team at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Serbia's Olympic Journey

Early Days and First Medals

Even though Serbia did not compete in the first Olympic Games in 1896 in Athens, the Serbian King Aleksandar Obrenović was there. He was invited by the Greek King George I. At these early Games, a tennis player named Momčilo Tapavica won a bronze medal. He was from a part of Serbia called Vojvodina and competed for Kingdom of Hungary. He was the first Serb to win an Olympic medal.

Starting the Olympic Movement in Serbia

The Serbian Olympic Club was created on February 23, 1910. A very important person in Serbia's Olympic history is Major Svetomir Đukić. He is seen as the founder of the Olympic movement in Serbia. In 1912, the Club changed its name to the Olympic Committee of Serbia. That same year, the International Olympic Committee officially recognized it.

Serbia's Olympic History Under Different Flags

For many years, Serbian athletes competed as part of other teams.

• From the 1920 Summer Olympics to the 1992 Winter Olympics, they were part of the Yugoslavian team.
• At the 1992 Summer Olympics, their country was under United Nations rules. So, they competed as Independent Olympic Participants.
• Because of these rules, no Serbian athletes could compete at the 1994 Winter Olympics.
• The rules were mostly lifted in 1995. From the 1996 Summer Olympics to the 2006 Winter Olympics, Serbian athletes competed as part of the Serbia and Montenegro team.

Famous Serbian Olympians

One amazing athlete is Jasna Šekarić, a shooter who competed in seven Olympic Games. She won a gold medal in 1988. What's special about her is that she competed under four different flags during her 24-year career! She started with Yugoslavia in 1988. Then she was an Independent Participant in 1992. From 1996 to 2004, she competed for Serbia and Montenegro. Finally, in 2008 and 2012, she proudly represented Serbia.

Another important person was Borislav Stanković. He was a basketball player and later a leader in sports. He worked for FIBA, the international basketball group, and was also part of the International Olympic Committee. He helped change the rules so that NBA players could compete in the Olympics. Before the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, only professional players from other leagues were allowed.

How Serbia Participated Over Time

Timeline of Participation

This table shows how Serbia and its previous forms have taken part in the Olympics:

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)

Olympic Medals for Serbia

Medals Won at Summer Games

Here's how many medals Serbia has won at the Summer Olympics:

Games	Athletes	1 Gold	2 Silver	3 Bronze	Total	Rank
1912 Stockholm	3	0	0	0	0	–
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	92	0	1	2	3	61
2012 London	116	1	1	2	4	43
2016 Rio de Janeiro	103	2	4	2	8	32
2020 Tokyo	87	3	1	5	9	28
2024 Paris	113	3	1	1	5	27
2028 Los Angeles	future events
Total		9	8	12	29	64

Medals Won at Winter Games

Serbia has not yet won any medals at the Winter Olympics:

Games	Athletes	1 Gold	2 Silver	3 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	10	0	0	0	0	–
2014 Sochi	8	0	0	0	0	–
2018 Pyeongchang	4	0	0	0	0	–
2022 Beijing	2	0	0	0	0	-
2026 Milan/Cortina	future events
Total		0	0	0	0	–

Medals by Sport

Here are the sports where Serbian athletes have won medals:

Serbian Olympic Medalists

This table lists the athletes who have won medals for Serbia:

Medal	Name(s)	Games	Sport	Event
2 Silver	Čavić, MiloradMilorad Čavić	2008 Beijing	Swimming	Men's 100 m butterfly
3 Bronze	Djokovic, NovakNovak Djokovic	2008 Beijing	Tennis	Men's singles
3 Bronze	Men's water polo team Aleksandar Ćirić Filip Filipović Živko Gocić Branko Peković Duško Pijetlović Andrija Prlainović Nikola Rađen Aleksandar Šapić Dejan Savić Denis Šefik Slobodan Soro Vanja Udovičić Vladimir Vujasinović	2008 Beijing	Water polo	Men's tournament
1 Gold	Mandić, MilicaMilica Mandić	2012 London	Taekwondo	Women's +67 kg
2 Silver	Maksimović, IvanaIvana Maksimović	2012 London	Shooting	Women's 50 m rifle three positions
3 Bronze	Zlatić, AndrijaAndrija Zlatić	2012 London	Shooting	Men's 10 m air pistol
3 Bronze	Men's water polo team Milan Aleksić Filip Filipović Živko Gocić Dušan Mandić Stefan Mitrović Slobodan Nikić Duško Pijetlović Gojko Pijetlović Andrija Prlainović Nikola Rađen Slobodan Soro Aleksa Šaponjić Vanja Udovičić	2012 London	Water polo	Men's tournament
1 Gold	Štefanek, DavorDavor Štefanek	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg
1 Gold	Men's water polo team Milan Aleksić Miloš Ćuk Filip Filipović Živko Gocić Nikola Jakšić Dušan Mandić Branislav Mitrović Stefan Mitrović Slobodan Nikić Duško Pijetlović Gojko Pijetlović Andrija Prlainović Sava Ranđelović	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Water polo	Men's tournament
2 Silver	Bogdanović, TijanaTijana Bogdanović	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Taekwondo	Women's 49 kg
2 Silver	Tomićević, MarkoMarko Tomićević Zorić, MilenkoMilenko Zorić	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Canoeing	Men's K-2 1000 m
2 Silver	Women's volleyball team Tijana Bošković Jovana Brakočević Bianka Buša Tijana Malešević Brankica Mihajlović Jelena Nikolić Maja Ognjenović Silvija Popović Milena Rašić Jovana Stevanović Stefana Veljković Bojana Živković	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Volleyball	Women's tournament
2 Silver	Men's basketball team Stefan Birčević Bogdan Bogdanović Nikola Jokić Stefan Jović Nikola Kalinić Milan Mačvan Stefan Marković Nemanja Nedović Miroslav Raduljica Marko Simonović Vladimir Štimac Miloš Teodosić	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Basketball	Men's tournament
3 Bronze	Španović, IvanaIvana Španović	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's long jump
3 Bronze	Women's basketball team Dajana Butulija Aleksandra Crvendakić Saša Čađo Ana Dabović Milica Dabović Nevena Jovanović Sara Krnjić Jelena Milovanović Danielle Page Sonja Petrović Tamara Radočaj Dragana Stanković	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Basketball	Women's tournament
1 Gold	Mandić, MilicaMilica Mandić	2020 Tokyo	Taekwondo	Women's +67 kg
1 Gold	Preković, JovanaJovana Preković	2020 Tokyo	Karate	Women's 61 kg
1 Gold	Men's water polo team Gojko Pijetlović Dušan Mandić Nikola Dedović Sava Ranđelović Strahinja Rašović Duško Pijetlović Đorđe Lazić Milan Aleksić Nikola Jakšić Filip Filipović Andrija Prlainović Stefan Mitrović Branislav Mitrović	2020 Tokyo	Water polo	Men's tournament
2 Silver	Mikec, DamirDamir Mikec	2020 Tokyo	Shooting	Men's 10 metre air pistol
3 Bronze	Bogdanović, TijanaTijana Bogdanović	2020 Tokyo	Taekwondo	Women's 49 kg
3 Bronze	Datunashvili, ZurabiZurabi Datunashvili	2020 Tokyo	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg
3 Bronze	Sebić, MilenkoMilenko Sebić	2020 Tokyo	Shooting	Men's 50 metre rifle three positions
3 Bronze	Women's volleyball team Bianka Buša Mina Popović Slađana Mirković Brankica Mihajlović Maja Ognjenović Ana Bjelica Maja Aleksić Milena Rašić Silvija Popović Tijana Bošković Bojana Milenković Jelena Blagojević	2020 Tokyo	Volleyball	Women's tournament
3 Bronze	Men's 3x3 basketball team Dušan Domović Bulut Dejan Majstorović Aleksandar Ratkov Mihailo Vasić	2020 Tokyo	3x3 basketball	Men's tournament
1 Gold	Arunović, ZoranaZorana Arunović Mikec, DamirDamir Mikec	2024 Paris	Shooting	Mixed 10 metre air pistol team
1 Gold	Djokovic, NovakNovak Djokovic	2024 Paris	Tennis	Men's singles
1 Gold	Men's water polo team Radoslav Filipović Dušan Mandić Strahinja Rašović Sava Ranđelović Miloš Ćuk Nikola Dedović Radomir Drašović Nikola Jakšić Nemanja Ubović Nemanja Vico Petar Jakšić Viktor Rašović Vladimir Mišović	2024 Paris	Water polo	Men's tournament
2 Silver	Perišić, AleksandraAleksandra Perišić	2024 Paris	Taekwondo	Women's 67 kg
3 Bronze	Men's basketball team Uroš Plavšić Filip Petrušev Nikola Jović Bogdan Bogdanović Vanja Marinković Ognjen Dobrić Nikola Jokić Vasilije Micić Marko Gudurić Dejan Davidovac Aleksa Avramović Nikola Milutinov	2024 Paris	Basketball	Men's basketball tournament

Athletes with Multiple Medals

This list shows athletes who have won two or more Olympic medals while representing Serbia as an independent country.

Athlete	Sport	Gender	Years	Games				Total
Mandić, DušanDušan Mandić	Water polo	M	2012–2024	Summer	3	0	1	4
Jakšić, NikolaNikola Jakšić	Water polo	M	2016–2024	Summer	3	0	0	3
Ranđelović, SavaSava Ranđelović	Water polo	M	2016–2024	Summer	3	0	0	3
Filipović, FilipFilip Filipović	Water polo	M	2008–2020	Summer	2	0	2	4
Pijetlović, DuškoDuško Pijetlović	Water polo	M	2008–2020	Summer	2	0	2	4
Prlainović, AndrijaAndrija Prlainović	Water polo	M	2008–2020	Summer	2	0	2	4
Aleksić, MilanMilan Aleksić	Water polo	M	2012–2020	Summer	2	0	1	3
Mitrović, StefanStefan Mitrović	Water polo	M	2012–2020	Summer	2	0	1	3
Pijetlović, GojkoGojko Pijetlović	Water polo	M	2012–2020	Summer	2	0	1	3
Ćuk, MilošMiloš Ćuk	Water polo	M	2016–2024	Summer	2	0	0	2
Dedović, NikolaNikola Dedović	Water polo	M	2020–2024	Summer	2	0	0	2
Mandić, MilicaMilica Mandić	Taekwondo	W	2012–2020	Summer	2	0	0	2
Mitrović, BranislavBranislav Mitrović	Water polo	M	2016–2020	Summer	2	0	0	2
Rašović, StrahinjaStrahinja Rašović	Water polo	M	2020–2024	Summer	2	0	0	2
Šekarić, JasnaJasna Šekarić	Shooting	W	1988–2004	Summer	1	3	1	5
Nikić, SlobodanSlobodan Nikić	Water polo	M	2004–2016	Summer	1	1	1	3
Mikec, DamirDamir Mikec	Shooting	M	2008–2024	Summer	1	1	0	2
Gocić, ŽivkoŽivko Gocić	Water polo	M	2008–2016	Summer	1	0	2	3
Djokovic, NovakNovak Djokovic	Tennis	M	2008–2024	Summer	1	0	1	2
Gerić, AndrijaAndrija Gerić	Volleyball	M	1996–2000	Summer	1	0	1	2
Grbić, NikolaNikola Grbić	Volleyball	M	1996–2000	Summer	1	0	1	2
Ćirić, AleksandarAleksandar Ćirić	Water polo	M	2000–2008	Summer	0	1	2	3
Šapić, AleksandarAleksandar Šapić	Water polo	M	2000–2008	Summer	0	1	2	3
Savić, DejanDejan Savić	Water polo	M	2000–2008	Summer	0	1	2	3
Udovičić, VanjaVanja Udovičić	Water polo	M	2004–2012	Summer	0	1	2	3
Vujasinović, VladimirVladimir Vujasinović	Water polo	M	2000–2008	Summer	0	1	2	3
Bogdanović, BogdanBogdan Bogdanović	Basketball	M	2016–2024	Summer	0	1	1	2
Bogdanović, TijanaTijana Bogdanović	Taekwondo	W	2016–2020	Summer	0	1	1	2
Bošković, TijanaTijana Bošković	Volleyball	W	2016–2024	Summer	0	1	1	2
Buša, BiankaBianka Buša	Volleyball	W	2016–2024	Summer	0	1	1	2
Jokić, NikolaNikola Jokić	Basketball	M	2016–2024	Summer	0	1	1	2
Mihajlović, BrankicaBrankica Mihajlović	Volleyball	W	2016–2020	Summer	0	1	1	2
Ognjenović, MajaMaja Ognjenović	Volleyball	W	2016–2024	Summer	0	1	1	2
Popović, SilvijaSilvija Popović	Volleyball	W	2016–2024	Summer	0	1	1	2
Rašić, MilenaMilena Rašić	Volleyball	W	2016–2020	Summer	0	1	1	2
Šefik, DenisDenis Šefik	Water polo	M	2004–2008	Summer	0	1	1	2
Rađen, NikolaNikola Rađen	Water polo	M	2008–2012	Summer	0	0	2	2
Soro, SlobodanSlobodan Soro	Water polo	M	2008–2012	Summer	0	0	2	2

• People in bold are still active competitors
• Olympics in italic are medals won for the predecessor countries

Medal Winners as Coaches

Some athletes have won medals and later coached teams to medals!

Athlete	Sport	Gender	Games	As participant					As head coach
				Years				Total	Years				Total
Savić, DejanDejan Savić	Water polo	M	Summer	2000–2008	0	1	2	3	2016–2020	2	0	0	2
Maksimović, GoranGoran Maksimović	Shooting	M	Summer	1988	1	0	0	1	2004–2012	0	2	1	3
Đorđević, AleksandarAleksandar Đorđević	Basketball	M	Summer	1996	0	1	0	1	2016	0	1	0	1

Serbia's Olympic Past: Predecessor Countries

The Olympic Committee of Serbia was founded in 1910. It is seen as the direct continuation of the Yugoslav Olympic Committee and the Olympic Committee of Serbia and Montenegro. This means that the medals won by athletes from these older countries are also part of Serbia's Olympic history. From 1920 to 2006, athletes representing these former countries won a total of 99 medals. Most of these (95) were at the Summer Games, and 4 were at the Winter Games.

Here's a breakdown of medals won by these predecessor countries:

Country	№ Summer	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	№ Winter	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	№ Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Combined Total
Kingdom of Yugoslavia	5	3	2	3	8	3	0	0	0	0	8	3	2	3	8
SFR Yugoslavia	11	23	27	25	75	10	0	3	1	4	21	23	30	26	79
Independent Olympic Participants	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3
Serbia and Montenegro	3	2	4	3	9	3	0	0	0	0	6	2	4	3	9
Total	20	28	34	33	95	16	0	3	1	4	36	28	37	34	99

See Also

In Spanish: Serbia en los Juegos Olímpicos para niños

• List of flag bearers for Serbia at the Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for Serbia
• Serbia at the Paralympics
• List of Yugoslav Olympic medalists