Montenegro at the Olympics

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.

Montenegro at the
Olympics
IOC codeMNE
NOCMontenegrin Olympic Committee
Websitewww.cok.me(in Montenegrin)
Medals
Ranked 134th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
 Yugoslavia (1920–1992W)
 Independent Olympic Participants (1992S)
 Serbia and Montenegro (1996–2006)

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

Medal tables

Medals by sport

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Handball0101
Totals (1 entries)0101

Olympic participants

Summer Olympics

Sport 2008 2012 2016 2020 Athletes
Athletics22228
Boxing11 2
Handball14151443
Judo11114
Sailing1113
Shooting11 13
Swimming1225
Tennis11
Water Polo1313131251

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
 SilverMontenegro women's national handball team
2012 London HandballWomen'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

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