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Montenegro at the Olympics

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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)

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

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Timeline of participation

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Date Team
1912 as part of  Austria  Serbia (SRB)
1920–1936 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Kingdom of Yugoslavia (YUG)
1948–1988 Socialist 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)
1994 ban 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

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Medals by sport

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SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Handball0101
Totals (1 entries)0101

Olympic participants

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Summer Olympics

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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

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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

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References

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