Montenegro at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Competitors35 in 7 sports

Montenegro at the 2016 Summer Olympics

IOC code	MNE
NOC	Montenegrin Olympic Committee
Website	www.cok.me(in Montenegrin)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	35 in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Bojana Popović^[1]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
Yugoslavia (1920–1992W) Independent Olympic Participants (1992S) Serbia and Montenegro (1996–2006)

Montenegro competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's third consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics since it gained independence from Serbia in 2006.

Montenegrin Olympic Committee sent a team of 35 athletes, 18 women and 17 men, to compete in seven different sports at the Olympics, matching the nation's roster size with London 2012.^[2]^[3] Women's handball and men's water polo were the only team-based sports in which Montenegro had representatives at the Games. Among the sports represented by the athletes, Montenegro marked its Olympic debut in tennis.

The Montenegrin team featured a number of returning Olympians; seven of them have attended in every edition of the Games since Montenegro's official debut eight years earlier, including six water polo players, led by captain Predrag Jokić, and half-middleweight judoka Srđan Mrvaljević (men's 81 kg). Meanwhile, handball team captain Bojana Popović, who helped her fellow players deliver a historic silver-medal finish for Montenegro in London four years earlier, became the nation's first ever female athlete to carry the flag in the opening ceremony.^[1]

Montenegro narrowly missed an opportunity to add another medal to its Olympic treasury in Rio de Janeiro, as the men's water polo team, led by Jokić, lost to the Italians for the bronze with a score 10–12.^[4]^[5]

Montenegrin athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[6]^[7]

Key

Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Slađana Perunović	Women's marathon	DNF

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Danijel Furtula	Men's discus throw	NM	—	did not advance

Handball

Summary

Key:

ET – After extra time
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Montenegro women's	Women's tournament	Spain L 19–25	Angola L 25–27	Romania L 21–25	Norway L 19–28	Brazil L 23–29	6	did not advance			11

Women's tournament

The Montenegrin women's handball team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of a top two finish at the second meet of the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Aarhus, Denmark.^[8]

Team roster

The following is the Montenegrin roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[9]

Head coach: Dragan Adžić

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Marina Vukčević	(1993-08-24)24 August 1993 (aged 22)	1.78 m	90	0	Metz Handball
2	RW	Radmila Miljanić-Petrović	(1988-04-19)19 April 1988 (aged 28)	1.57 m	127	180	Budućnost
4	RW	Jovanka Radičević	(1986-10-23)23 October 1986 (aged 29)	1.69 m	134	709	Vardar
8	RW	Marija Jovanović	(1985-12-26)26 December 1985 (aged 30)	1.82 m	132	507	Issy-Paris Hand
9	LB	Djurdjina Jauković	(1997-02-24)24 February 1997 (aged 19)	1.85 m	31	67	Budućnost
10	CB	Anđela Bulatović	(1987-01-15)15 January 1987 (aged 29)	1.75 m	117	176	Érd
15	RB	Andrea Klikovac	(1991-05-05)5 May 1991 (aged 25)	1.74 m	50	20	Vardar
17	LB	Bojana Popović	(1979-11-20)20 November 1979 (aged 36)	1.85 m	49	311	Budućnost
22	GK	Sonja Barjaktarović	(1986-09-11)11 September 1986 (aged 29)	1.80 m	129	0	Bursa Osmangazi Bld. SK
32	RB	Katarina Bulatović	(1984-11-15)15 November 1984 (aged 31)	1.86 m	69	397	Budućnost
66	P	Ema Ramusović	(1996-11-28)28 November 1996 (aged 19)	1.82 m	29	20	Budućnost
77	LW	Majda Mehmedović	(1990-05-25)25 May 1990 (aged 26)	1.69 m	95	213	CSM București
88	LW	Biljana Pavićević	(1988-05-12)12 May 1988 (aged 28)	1.70 m	51	71	Budućnost
90	LB	Milena Knežević	(1990-03-12)12 March 1990 (aged 26)	1.78 m	122	350	Budućnost
92	P	Suzana Lazović	(1992-01-28)28 January 1992 (aged 24)	1.76 m	92	105	Budućnost

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil (H)	5	4	1	138	117	+21	8	Quarter-finals
2	Norway	5	4	1	141	121	+20	8
3	Spain	5	3	2	125	116	+9	6
4	Angola	5	2	3	116	128	−12	4
5	Romania	5	2	3	108	119	−11	4
6	Montenegro	5	0	5	107	134	−27	0

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts

6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 16:40	Montenegro	19–25	Spain	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,115 Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	K. Bulatović 5	(10–14)	four players 4
	2× 4×	Report	3× 1×

8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 21:50	Angola	27–25	Montenegro	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Alpaidze, Berekzina (RUS)
	Guialo 7	(12–12)	K. Bulatović 9
	2× 8× 1×	Report	2× 4×

10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 11:30	Romania	25–21	Montenegro	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed (EGY)
	Neagu 10	(11–9)	K. Bulatović 9
	3× 4×	Report	4× 4×

12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 16:40	Montenegro	19–28	Norway	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Coulibaly, Diabaté (CIV)
	Jauković 5	(11–16)	Mørk 6
	2× 5×	Report	3× 4×

14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 09:30	Montenegro	23–29	Brazil	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mousaviyan, Kolahdouzan (IRI)
	Pavićević 6	(10–12)	Belo 6
	4× 5×	Report	3× 3×

Judo

Montenegro has received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a judoka competing in the men's half-middleweight category (81 kg) to the Olympics.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Srđan Mrvaljević	Men's −81 kg	Bye	Duminică (MDA) L 000–002	did not advance

Sailing

Montenegro has qualified one boat in the Laser class through the individual fleet World Championships.^[11]^[12]

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Milivoj Dukić	Men's Laser	12	26	35	24	33	19	32	34	33	29	EL	232	29

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Swimming

Montenegro has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics, signifying the nation's return to the sport after an eight-year hiatus.^[13]^[14]^[15]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maksim Inić	Men's 50 m freestyle	23.88	51	did not advance
Jovana Terzić	Women's 100 m freestyle	59.59	42	did not advance

Tennis

Montenegro has entered one tennis player for the first time into the Olympic tournament. Danka Kovinić (world no. 54) qualified directly for the women's singles as one of the top 56 eligible players in the WTA World Rankings as of June 6, 2016.^[16]^[17]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Danka Kovinić	Women's singles	Keys (USA) L 3–6, 3–6	did not advance

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	2016 club
1	Zdravko Radić	GK	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	24 June 1979	Lazio
2	Draško Brguljan	D	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	27 December 1984	Orvosegyetem
3	Vjekoslav Pasković	D	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	23 March 1985	Galatasaray
4	Antonio Petrović	CF	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	24 September 1982	Primorje Rijeka
5	Darko Brguljan	CB	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	5 November 1990	Canottieri Napoli
6	Aleksandar Radović	D	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	24 February 1987	Waspo Hannover
7	Mlađan Janović	D	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	11 June 1984	Galatasaray
8	Uroš Čučković	D	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	101 kg (223 lb)	25 April 1990	Eger
9	Aleksandar Ivović	CB	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	107 kg (236 lb)	24 February 1986	Pro Recco
10	Saša Mišić	CF	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	109 kg (240 lb)	27 March 1987	Kinef Kirishi
11	Filip Klikovac	CF	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	118 kg (260 lb)	7 February 1989	Posillipo
12	Predrag Jokić (c)	CB	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	3 February 1983	Waspo Hannover
13	Miloš Šćepanović	GK	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	9 October 1982	Galatasaray

6 August 2016 19:30	Report	France	4–7	Montenegro	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), Péter Molnár (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 0–2, 0–3, 1–0, 3–2
		four players 1	Goals	Radović 3

8 August 2016 20:50	Report	Croatia	8–7	Montenegro	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–1, 1–2, 3–2
		three players 2	Goals	Brguljan, Janović 2

10 August 2016 13:00	Report	Montenegro	5–6	Italy	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Péter Molnár (HUN), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–1, 0–1, 3–2
		Brguljan 2	Goals	Di Fulvio 3

12 August 2016 11:40	Report	United States	5–8	Montenegro	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Radosław Koryzna (POL), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–0, 2–2, 2–4
		Samuels 2	Goals	Da. Brguljan 2

Montenegro at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Handball

Women's tournament

Judo

Sailing

Swimming

Tennis

Water polo

Men's tournament

References

External links

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	3	1	1	46	35	+11	7	Quarter-finals
2	Croatia	5	3	0	2	37	37	0	6
3	Italy	5	3	0	2	40	41	−1	6
4	Montenegro	5	2	1	2	36	32	+4	5
5	United States	5	2	0	3	35	35	0	4
6	France	5	1	0	4	28	42	−14	2

14 August 2016 12:50	Report	Montenegro	9–9	Spain	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), Radosław Koryzna (POL)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–2, 2–4, 2–1
		three players 2	Goals	Molina 2

16 August 2016 11:00	Report	Hungary	9–9 (PSO)	Montenegro	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Mark Koganov (AZE), Joseph Peila (USA)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–3, 3–3, 3–1 PSO: 2–4
		Erdélyi, Vámos 3	Goals	Ivović 3

18 August 2016 12:20	Report	Montenegro	8–12	Croatia	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Joseph Peila (USA)
		Score by quarters: 3–4, 2–3, 1–1, 2–4
		Brguljan, Ivović 3	Goals	Bušlje 4

20 August 2016 13:00	Report	Montenegro	10–12	Italy	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Sergey Naumov (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 3–3, 2–4, 4–3
		Janović 3	Goals	C. Presciutti 4

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