Montenegro at the Olympics
| Montenegro at the Olympics | |
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| IOC code | MNE |
| NOC | Montenegrin Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| Medals Ranked 134th |
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| 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.
Participation
Timeline of participation
| Date | Team | ||||||
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| 1912 | as part of  Austria |
 Serbia (SRB) |
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| 1920–1936 |  Kingdom of Yugoslavia (YUG)
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| 1948–1988 |  SFR Yugoslavia (YUG)
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| 1992 W |  Croatia (CRO) |
 Slovenia (SLO) |
SFR Yugoslavia (YUG)
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| 1992 S |  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) |
Independent Olympic Participants (IOP)
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| 1994 | ban on participation by the UN | ||||||
| 1996–2006 |  North Macedonia (MKD) |
 FR Yugoslavia (YUG)/ Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)
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| 2008–2014 |  Serbia (SRB) |
 Montenegro (MNE)
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| 2016– | Serbia (SRB) |
 Kosovo (KOS)
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Medal tables
Medals by sport
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Handball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (1 entries) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
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
References
- ^ "Osvajači medalja iz Crne Gore" (in Serbo-Croatian). Montenegrin Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
External links
- "Montenegro". International Olympic Committee.
- "Montenegro". Olympedia.com.
- "Olympic Analytics/MNE". olympanalyt.com.
- "Winners of the Medals from Montenegro". Montenegrin Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2007-10-14. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
- "Yugoslav Olympic medallists by sports". Olympic Committee of Serbia. Archived from the original on 2008-01-17. Retrieved 2008-01-14.
