Serbia at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Websitewww.oks.org.rs (in Serbian)
Competitors87 (43 men and 44 women) in 15 sports
Serbia at the
2020 Summer Olympics
IOC codeSRB
NOCOlympic Committee of Serbia
Websitewww.oks.org.rs (in Serbian)
in Tokyo, Japan
23 July 2021 (2021-07-23) – 8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors87 (43 men and 44 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Sonja Vasić
Filip Filipović[1]
Flag bearer (closing)Jovana Preković
Medals
Ranked 28th
Gold
3
Silver
1
Bronze
4
Total
8
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Yugoslavia (1920–1992 W)
 Independent Olympic Participants (1992 S)
 Serbia and Montenegro (1996–2006)

Serbia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] It was the nation's fifth appearance at the Summer Olympics as an independent nation.

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 GoldMilica MandićTaekwondoWomen's +67 kg27 July
 GoldJovana PrekovićKarateWomen's 61 kg6 August
 Gold Serbia men's national water polo team
Water poloMen's tournament8 August
 SilverDamir MikecShootingMen's 10 m air pistol24 July
 BronzeTijana BogdanovićTaekwondoWomen's 49 kg24 July
 BronzeSerbia men's national 3x3 teamBasketballMen's 3x3 tournament28 July
 BronzeMilenko SebićShootingMen's 50 m rifle 3 positions2 August
 Bronze Serbia women's national volleyball team VolleyballWomen's tournament8 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics235
Basketball41216
Boxing011
Canoeing213
Judo235
Karate011
Rowing213
Shooting347
Swimming617
Table tennis303
Taekwondo022
Tennis235
Volleyball01212
Water polo13013
Wrestling404
Total434487

Athletics

Serbian athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[3][4]

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
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Asmir Kolašinac Men's shot put 19.68 29 Did not advance
Armin Sinančević 20.96 10 q 20.89 7
Ivana Španović Women's long jump 7.00 1 Q 6.91 4
Dragana Tomašević Women's discus throw 56.95 26 Did not advance
Marija Vučenović Women's javelin throw 58.93 20 Did not advance

Basketball

Boxing

Serbia entered one boxer into the Olympic tournament for the first time at the Games. Nina Radovanović topped the list of boxers vying for qualification from Europe in the women's flyweight category based on the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings.[8]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Nina Radovanović Women's flyweight  Bujold (CAN)
W 5–0
 Havrayimana (BDI)
W 5–0
 Huang H-w (TPE)
L 0–5
Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Serbian canoeists qualified three boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.[9]

Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Strahinja Stefanović Men's K-1 200 m 34.996 1 SF Bye 35.855 5 FB 36.329 11
Bojan Zdelar 37.092 5 QF 36.531 4 Did not advance
Men's K-1 1000 m 3:45.074 2 SF Bye 3:29.525 8 FB 3:31.689 16
Milica Novaković Women's K-1 200 m 41.579 3 QF 41.340 2 SF 40.257 6 FB 40.527 13
Women's K-1 500 m 1:49.802 5 QF 1:49.348 1 SF 1:53.149 3 FB 1:54.458 12

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal); FC = Qualify to final C (non-medal)

Judo

Serbia qualified five judoka (two men and three women) for each of the following weight classes at the Games. 2017 world champion Nemanja Majdov (men's middleweight, 90 kg), Rio 2016 Olympian Aleksandar Kukolj (men's half-heavyweight, 100 kg), Milica Nikolić (women's extra-lightweight, 48 kg), and Marica Perišić (women's lightweight, 57 kg) were selected among the top 18 judoka of their respective weight classes based on the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021, while Anja Obradović (women's haf-middleweight, 63 kg) accepted a continental berth from Europe as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position.[10]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Nemanja Majdov Men's −90 kg Bye  Trippel (GER)
L 00–01
Did not advance
Aleksandar Kukolj Men's −100 kg N/a  Takayawa (FIJ)
W 10–00
 Cho G-h (KOR)
L 00–10
Did not advance
Milica Nikolić Women's −48 kg N/a  Boukli (FRA)
W 10–00
 Bilodid (UKR)
L 00–01
Did not advance
Marica Perišić Women's −57 kg N/a  Aldass (EOR)
W 10–00
 Nelson-Levy (ISR)
L 00–10
Did not advance
Anja Obradović Women's −63 kg N/a  Franssen (NED)
L 00–10
Did not advance

Karate

Serbia entered one karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. 2018 world champion Jovana Preković qualified directly for the women's kumite 61-kg category by finishing among the top four karateka at the end of the combined WKF Olympic Rankings.[11]

Athlete Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Jovana Preković Women's −61 kg  Sadini (MAR)
W 3–1
 Grande (PER)
W 1–0
 Serogina (UKR)
W 6–4
 Farouk (EGY)
W 1–1 S
1 Q  Çoban (TUR)
W 2–0
 Yin Xy (CHN)
W 0–0 H
1st place, gold medalist(s)

Rowing

Serbia qualified one boat in the men's pair for the Games by topping the B-final and securing seventh out of eleven berths available at the 2019 FISA World Championships in Ottensheim, Austria.[12] Meanwhile, the women's single sculls rower added one boat for the Serbian roster with a bronze-medal finish in the A-final at the 2021 European Continental Qualification Regatta in Varese, Italy.[13]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Martin Mačković
Miloš Vasić
Men's pair 6:43.18 3 SA/B Bye N/a 6:17.47 2 FA 6:22.34 5
Jovana Arsić Women's single sculls 7:46.74 3 QF Bye 8:09.37 4 SC/D 7:39.26 2 FC 7:43.30 15

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Shooting

Serbian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by June 6, 2021.[14]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Damir Mikec 10 m air pistol 578 8 Q 237.9 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Milenko Sebić 10 m air rifle 623.2 31 Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 1180 4 Q 448.2 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Milutin Stefanović 10 m air rifle 621.3 38 Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 1164 23 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Andrea Arsović 10 m air rifle 623.3 29 Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 1175 5 Q 402.4 8
Zorana Arunović 10 m air pistol 573 17 Did not advance
25 m pistol 584 9 Did not advance
Jasmina Milovanović 10 m air pistol 566 33 Did not advance
25 m pistol 575 30 Did not advance
Sanja Vukašinović 10 m air rifle 617.8 44 Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 1161 25 Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final / BM
Points Rank Points Rank Opposition
Result
Rank
Damir Mikec
Zorana Arunović
10 m air pistol team 577 5 Q 384 4 q  Kostevych /
Omelchuk (UKR)
L 12–16
4
Milenko Sebić
Sanja Vukašinović
10 m air rifle team 612.4 29 Did not advance
Milutin Stefanović
Andrea Arsović
624.5 16 Did not advance

Swimming

Serbian swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[15][16]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Andrej Barna Men's 50 m freestyle 22.29 28 Did not advance
Men's 100 m freestyle 48.30 13 Q 47.94 NR 9 Did not advance
Vuk Čelić Men's 800 m freestyle 8:04.85 33 N/a Did not advance
Čaba Silađi Men's 100 m breaststroke 1:00.19 26 Did not advance
Velimir Stjepanović Men's 200 m freestyle 1:46.26 14 Q 1:47.62 16 Did not advance
Nikola Aćin
Andrej Barna
Uroš Nikolić
Velimir Stjepanović
Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:13.71 NR 10 N/a Did not advance
Anja Crevar Women's 200 m individual medley 2:17.62 26 Did not advance
Women's 400 m individual medley 4:40.50 10 N/a Did not advance

Table tennis

Serbia entered three athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. The men's team secured a berth by advancing to the quarterfinal round of the 2020 World Olympic Qualification Event in Gondomar, Portugal, permitting a maximum of two starters to compete in the men's singles tournament.[17][18]

Athlete Event Preliminary Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Dimitrije Levajac Men's singles Bye  Skachkov (ROC)
L 2–4
Did not advance
Žolt Peto  Gionis (GRE)
L 0–4
Did not advance
Marko Jevtović
Dimitrije Levajac
Žolt Peto
Men's team N/a  Brazil
L 2–3
Did not advance

Taekwondo

Serbia entered two athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Rio 2016 silver medalist Tijana Bogdanović (women's 49 kg) and London 2012 champion Milica Mandić (women's +67 kg) qualified directly for their respective weight classes by finishing among the top five taekwondo practitioners at the end of the WT Olympic Rankings.

Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Tijana Bogdanović Women's −49 kg Bye  Cerezo (ESP)
L 4–12
Did not advance  Wu Jy (CHN)
W 12–9
 Yamada (JPN)
W 20–6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Milica Mandić Women's +67 kg N/a  Ogallo (KEN)
W 13–0
 Kowalczuk (POL)
W 11–4
 Laurin (FRA)
W 7–5
Bye  Lee D-b (KOR)
W 10–7
1st place, gold medalist(s)

Tennis

Serbia entered five tennis players into the Olympic tournament. Beijing 2008 bronze medalist and world No. 1 Novak Djokovic and Miomir Kecmanović (world no. 47) qualified directly as one of the top 56 eligible players in the ATP World Rankings, while Nina Stojanović (world no. 85) and Ivana Jorović (world no. 90) did so for the women's singles based on their WTA World Rankings of June 13, 2021.[19][20]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Novak Djokovic Men's singles  Dellien (BOL)
W 6–2, 6–2
 Struff (GER)
W 6–4, 6–3
 Davidovich Fokina (ESP)
W 6–3, 6–1
 Nishikori (JPN)
W 6–2, 6–0
 Zverev (GER)
L 6–1, 3–6, 1–6
 Carreño Busta (ESP)
L 4–6, 7–6(8–6), 3–6
4
Miomir Kecmanović  Majchrzak (POL)
W 6–4, 6–2
 Humbert (FRA)
L 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 5–7
Did not advance
Ivana Jorović Women's singles  van Uytvanck (BEL)
L 3–6, 2–6
Did not advance
Nina Stojanović  Hibino (JPN)
W 6–3, 6–3
 Sakkari (GRE)
L 1–6, 2–6
Did not advance
Aleksandra Krunić
Nina Stojanović
Women's doubles N/a  Xu Yf /
Yang Zx (CHN)
L 6–4, 4–6, [16–18]
Did not advance
Novak Djokovic
Nina Stojanović
Mixed doubles N/a  Stefani /
Melo (BRA)
W 6–3, 6–4
 Siegemund /
Krawietz (GER)
W 6–1, 6–2
 Vesnina /
Karatsev (ROC)
L 6–7(4–7), 5–7
 Barty /
Peers (AUS)
L WO
4

Volleyball

Indoor

Summary
Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Serbia women's Women's tournament  Dominican Republic
W 3–0
 Japan
W 3–0
 Kenya
W 3–0
 Brazil
L 1–3
 South Korea
W 3–0
2 QF  Italy
W 3–0
 United States
L 0–3
 South Korea
W 3–0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Women's tournament

Serbia women's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by securing an outright berth as the highest-ranked nation for pool A at the Intercontinental Olympic Qualification Tournament in Wrocław, Poland.[21]

Team roster

The following is the Serbian roster.[22]

Head coach: Zoran Terzić

Group play

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Brazil 5 5 0 14 15 3 5.000 434 315 1.378 Quarter-finals
2  Serbia 5 4 1 12 13 3 4.333 381 313 1.217
3  South Korea 5 3 2 7 9 10 0.900 374 415 0.901
4  Dominican Republic 5 2 3 8 10 10 1.000 411 406 1.012
5  Japan (H) 5 1 4 4 6 12 0.500 378 395 0.957
6  Kenya 5 0 5 0 0 15 0.000 242 376 0.644
Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host
25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
14:20
Serbia  3–0  Dominican Republic Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Kang Joo-hee (KOR), Evgeny Makshanov (RUS)
(25–18, 25–12, 25–20)
Results Statistics

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
14:20
Japan  0–3  Serbia Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Patricia Rolf (USA), Juraj Mokrý (SVK)
(23–25, 16–25, 24–26)
Results Statistics

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
14:20
Serbia  3–0  Kenya Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Hamid Al-Rousi (UAE), Sumie Myoi (JPN)
(25–21, 25–11, 25–20)
Results Statistics

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
16:25
Serbia  1–3  Brazil Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Fabrice Collados (FRA), Wojciech Maroszek (POL)
(20–25, 16–25, 25–23, 19–25)
Results Statistics

2 August 2021 (2021-08-02)
09:00
Serbia  3–0  South Korea Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Evgeny Makshanov (RUS), Sumie Myoi (JPN)
(25–18, 25–17, 25–15)
Results Statistics
Quarterfinal
4 August 2021 (2021-08-04)
17:00
Serbia  3–0  Italy Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Evgeny Makshanov (RUS)
(25–21, 25–14, 25–21)
Results Statistics
Semifinal
6 August 2021 (2021-08-06)
13:00
Serbia  0–3  United States Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Hernán Casamiquela (ARG), Susana Rodríguez (ESP)
(19–25, 15–25, 23–25)
Results Statistics
Bronze medal match
8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)
09:00
South Korea  0–3  Serbia Ariake Arena, Tokyo
Referees: Daniele Rapisarda (ITA), Patricia Rolf (USA)
(18–25, 15–25, 15–25)
Results Statistics

Water polo

Wrestling

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