Serbia at the 2012 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	SRB
Nocname:	Olympic Committee of Serbia
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2012
Website:
Location:	London
Competitors:	116
Sports:	15
Flagbearer:	Novak Djokovic (opening) Milica Mandić (closing)
Rank:	42
Gold:	1
Silver:	1
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto
See also:	(1920–1992 W) (1992 S) (1996–2006)

Serbia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.^[1] This was the nation's third appearance at the Summer Olympics.

The Olympic Committee of Serbia sent a total of 116 athletes to the Games, 80 men and 46 women, to compete in 15 sports. Volleyball, men's handball, men's water polo were the only team-based sports in which Serbia had its representation in these Olympic games. Among the sports played by the athletes, Serbia marked its Olympic debut in taekwondo.

Notable Serbian athletes featured butterfly swimmer and Olympic silver medalist Milorad Čavić, and world number-one male tennis player and Olympic bronze medalist Novak Djokovic, who was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Pistol shooter and Olympic gold medalist Jasna Šekarić, the oldest of the team at age 47, became the first Serbian athlete to compete in seven Olympic games, and played as an individual competitor under five different banners. Two athletes, on the other hand, made their sixth Olympic appearance: rifle shooter Nemanja Mirosavljev, and high jumper Dragutin Topić. Water polo player Dušan Mandić, at age 18, was the youngest athlete of the team.

Serbia left London with a total of four Olympic medals (one gold, one silver, and two bronze). Taekwondo jin Milica Mandić won Serbia's first ever Olympic gold medal as an independent nation. Meanwhile, the men's national water polo team managed to repeat its bronze medal from Beijing. Two other medals were awarded to the athletes in shooting.

Medalists

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Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
Taekwondo	1	0	0	1
Shooting	0	1	1	2
Water polo	0	0	1	1
Total	1	1	2	4

Competitors

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Athletics	7	7	14
Boxing	1	0	1
Canoeing	6	6	12
Cycling	2	0	2
Handball	15	0	15
Judo	1	0	1
Rowing	6	0	6
Shooting	3	5	8
Swimming	6	2	8
Table tennis	2	0	2
Taekwondo	1	2	3
Tennis	4	2	6
Volleyball	12	12	24
Water polo	13	0	13
Wrestling	1	0	1
Total	80	36	116

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Serbian athletes qualified in this athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):^[2]

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Emir Bekrić	400 m hurdles	49.21	2 Q	49.62	4	Did not advance
Nenad Filipović	50 km walk
Predrag Filipović	20 km walk	1:27:22	48
Darko Živanović	Marathon

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Asmir Kolašinac	Shot put	20.44	8 q	20.71	7
Dragutin Topić	High jump		—	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m				400 m					1500 m	Final	Rank
Mihail Dudaš	Result	10.90	7.53	13.76	1.96		—	—	—	—	—
Points	883	942	714	767	0	—	—	—	—	—

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Olivera Jevtić	Marathon
Marina Munćan	1500 m	4:11.25	11	Did not advance
Ana Subotić	Marathon	2:38:22	71

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Tatjana Jelača	Javelin throw	57.09	26	Did not advance
Ivana Španović	Long jump	6.41	11 q	6.35	11
Biljana Topić	Triple jump	13.66	25	Did not advance
Dragana Tomašević	Discus	60.53	19	Did not advance

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Men

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marko Novaković	K-1 200 m	35.212	2 Q	36.293	3 FA	37.094	7
Marko Tomićević	K-1 1000 m	3:30.693	2 Q	3:43.589	7 FB	3:30.754	10
Aleksandar Aleksić Ervin Holpert Dejan Terzić Milenko Zorić	K-4 1000 m	3:21.437	5 Q	2:56.346	7	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nikolina Moldovan	K-1 200 m	42.383	3 Q	42.394	4 FB	45.064	11
Nikolina Moldovan Olivera Moldovan	K-2 500 m	1:44.335	3 Q	1:43.586	4 FA	1:48.941	8
Renata Kubik Antonija Nađ Antonija Panda Marta Tibor	K-4 500 m	1:40.756	5 Q	1:33.823	7	Did not advance

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

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ivan Stević	align=left rowspan=2	Men's road race	5:46.37	54
Gabor Kasa

Handball

See main article: article and Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Serbia qualified a team in the men's tournament.

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Team roster

• Reserve player: Žarko Šešum

Group play----------------

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nikola Stojić Nenad Beđik	Pair	6:23.87	4 R	6:26.61	2 SA/B	7:07.78	6 FB		12
Radoje Đerić Goran Jagar Miloš Vasić Miljan Vuković	Four	5:53.35	5 R	6:01.97	1 SA/B	6:07.41	6 FB	6:11.94	10

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

See main article: article and Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Damir Mikec	10 m air pistol	578	17	Did not advance
50 m pistol	564	16	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Nemanja Mirosavljev	10 m air rifle	591	30	Did not advance
50 m rifle prone	595	10	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	1162	23	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Andrija Zlatić	10 m air pistol	585	3 Q	685.2
50 m pistol	564	3 Q	655.9	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Andrea Arsović	10 m air rifle	395	15	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	577	22	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Zorana Arunović	10 m air pistol	385	5 Q	483.5	7
25 m pistol	583	8 Q	787.3	4
align=left rowspan=2	Ivana Maksimović	10 m air rifle	392	37	Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions	590	2 Q	687.5
Jasna Šekarić	25 m pistol	579	18	Did not advance
Bobana Veličković	10 m air pistol	379	22	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Milorad Čavić	align=left rowspan=2	100 m butterfly	51.90	5 Q	51.66	4 Q	51.81	=4
Ivan Lenđer	52.40	18	Did not advance
Đorđe Marković	400 m freestyle	3:55.35	22	Did not advance
Čaba Silađi	100 m breaststroke	1:01.95	31	Did not advance
Radovan Siljevski	200 m freestyle	1:51.40	32	Did not advance
Velimir Stjepanović	200 m butterfly	1:54.99 NR	3 Q	1:55.13	8 Q	1:55.07	6
Milorad Čavić Ivan Lenđer Radovan Siljevski Velimir Stjepanović	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:18.79 NR	13	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nađa Higl	200 m breaststroke	2:28.38	25	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Miroslava Najdanovski	50 m freestyle	26:46	42	Did not advance
100 m freestyle	57.45	35	Did not advance

Table tennis

See main article: article and Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marko Jevtović	align=left rowspan=2	Men's singles		L 1–4	Did not advance
Aleksandar Karakašević	L 1–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: article and Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Damir Fejzić	Men's −68 kg	W 5–3	L 3–8	Did not advance
Dragana Gladović	Women's −57 kg	L 1–15	Did not advance		L 2–15	Did not advance
Milica Mandić	Women's +67 kg	W 16–2	W 6–4	W 11–3	W 9–7

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Novak Djokovic	Singles	W 6–7^(7–9), 6–2, 6–2	W 6–2, 6–1	W 4–6, 7–5, 6–1	W 6–1, 7–5	L 5–7, 5–7	L 5–7, 4–6	4
Janko Tipsarević	W 6–3, 6–4	W 3–6, 6–3, 6–4	L 5–7, 6–7^(14–16)	Did not advance
Viktor Troicki	L 4–6, 6–7^(3–7)	Did not advance
Janko Tipsarević Nenad Zimonjić	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles		W 6–3, 6–3	W 6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 11–9	L 4–6, 6–7^(3–7)	Did not advance
Novak Đoković Viktor Troicki		L 6–7^(8–10), 3–6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ana Ivanovic	Singles	W 6–4, 7–5	W 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)	L 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Jelena Janković	L 3–6, 1–6	Did not advance

Mixed

Volleyball

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Indoor

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Serbia men's	Men's tournament	L 3–0	W 3–1	L 2–3	L 3–2	L 3–0	5	Did not advance
Serbia women's	Women's tournament	L 3–1	L 1–3	L 0–3	L 3–0	L 3–0	6	Did not advance

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Team roster

Group play----------------

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Team roster

Group play----------------

Water polo

See main article: article and Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Serbia will participate in the men's tournament.

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play----------------

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal match

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Men's Greco-Roman

See also

• Serbia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

External links

• The list of qualified athletes

Notes and References

1. http://www.london2012.com/country/serbia/ Serbia – Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
2. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. 4 June 2011.