Montenegro at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:MNE
Nocname:Montenegrin Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2008
Location:Beijing
Competitors:19[1]
Sports:6
Flagbearer:Veljko Uskoković
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:2008
See also: (1920–1992W)
(1992S)
(1996–2006)

Montenegro competed as an independent nation for the first time at the Olympic Games at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. Montenegro was the youngest nation to participate in the 2008 Summer Olympics.Athletes from Montenegro participated in three different events. In individual events, the new nation had representatives in boxing and shooting. Boxer Milorad Gajović represented his country in the heavyweight division, while Nikola Šaranović competed in 10 m air pistol and 50 m pistol precision shooting events. In team competition, Montenegro competed in water polo. The Montenegro national water polo team won the 2007 European Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament to qualify for the Olympic games.[2]

Montenegro failed to win any medals, but did advance to the bronze medal match in men's water polo, where they lost to Serbia, 6–4.

History

Montenegro created its National Olympic Committee in 2006,[3] and gained International Olympic Committee recognition in 2007 during the IOC's meetings in Guatemala City. Previously, Montenegrin athletes competed as part of the Serbia and Montenegro team in 2004, and as part of Yugoslavia teams before that. Montenegro was also part of the Yugoslavian team in the 1992 Summer Olympics that participated as the Independent Olympic Participants. Following Montenegro's referendum to become a free nation, Serbia was declared the successor state and inherited the joint nation's National Olympic Committee. The admittance of Montenegro, along with Tuvalu and the Marshall Islands, brought the total number of nations that competed in the 2008 Olympics to 204.[4] [5]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men
Women

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Milorad Gajović qualified in the heavyweight class at the second European continental qualifying tournament.[6]

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Nikola Šaranović participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, at the age of 39. He ranked 40 in the Men's Air pistol 10 metres event. Šaranović also competed in the Men's Free Pistol 50 metres event, and ranked 44 overall.[7] He did not earn any medals in the 2008 Summer Olympics, but went on to participate in both events again in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
align=left rowspan=2Nikola Šaranović10 m air pistol57041Did not advance
50 m pistol53545Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Marina Kuč represented Montenegro in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. She ranked 31st in the preliminaries for the Women's 200m Breaststroke event with a finishing time of 2:31.24.

Women

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament

The national team qualified as one of the twelve teams in the men's tournament by winning the European qualifying tournament in September 2007.[2] The team finished in fourth place.

Roster
Group playAll times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Bronze medal game

Notes and References

  1. Web site: - Komšiluk sa ukupno 199 predstavnika - B92 - Sport - Olimpijada.
  2. Web site: Montenegro goes to the Olympic games! . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080108150024/http://www.wpolomne.org/seniors-news.html . 2008-01-08 .
  3. Web site: 2008 Summer Olympics Country Profile. NBCOlympics.com. 2008-07-31.
  4. News: Two new National Olympic Committees on board! . . 2007-07-06 . 2007-07-08 . "the number of National Olympic Committees across the globe now totals 205" . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080402005733/http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/olympic_news/full_story_uk.asp?id=2237 . 2008-04-02 .
  5. Web site: Montenegro, Tuvalu join Olympic movement. July 6, 2007. ESPN.com. 2008-07-31.
  6. http://www.aiba.org/default.aspx?pId=1231 2nd AIBA European Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament
  7. Web site: Nikola Šaranović. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418010106/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/nikola-saranovic-1.html. dead. April 18, 2020. July 10, 2017. Sports Reference.