Montenegro at the Olympics

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Montenegro at the
Olympics
Flag of Montenegro.svg
IOC code MNE
NOC Montenegrin Olympic Committee
Website www.cok.me (in Montenegrin)
Medals
Ranked 134th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia (1920–1992W)
Olympic flag.svg  Independent Olympic Participants (1992S)
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro.svg  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.

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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

DateTeam
1912as part of Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg  Austria State Flag of Serbia (1882-1918).svg  Serbia  (SRB)
1920–1936 Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg Kingdom of Yugoslavia (YUG)
1948–1988 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg SFR Yugoslavia (YUG)
1992 WFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO) Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg SFR Yugoslavia (YUG)
1992 SFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina  (BIH)Olympic flag.svg  Independent Olympic Participants  (IOP)
1994ban on participation by the UN
1996–2006Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia  (MKD) Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg FR Yugoslavia (YUG)/
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro.svg  Serbia and Montenegro  (SCG)
2008–2014Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia  (SRB)Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro  (MNE)
2016–Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia  (SRB)Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo  (KOS)

Medal tables

Medals by sport

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Handball pictogram.svg  Handball 0101
Totals (1 entries)0101

Olympic participants

Summer Olympics

Sport 2008 2012 2016 2020 Athletes
Athletics 22228
Boxing 112
Handball 14151443
Judo 11114
Sailing 1113
Shooting 1113
Swimming 1225
Tennis 11
Water Polo 1313131251

List of medalists

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

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Montenegro women's national handball team
2012 London Handball pictogram.svg 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]

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References

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