| Noc: | SRB |
| Nocname: | Olympic Committee of Serbia |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Competitors: | 87 |
| Competitors Men: | 43 |
| Competitors Women: | 44 |
| Sports: | 15 |
| Flagbearer Open: | Sonja Vasić Filip Filipović[1] |
| Rank: | 28 |
| Gold: | 3 |
| Silver: | 1 |
| Bronze: | 5 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| See also: | (1920–1992 W) (1992 S) (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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serbia men's national water polo team | |||||
| Serbia women's national volleyball team |
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||
| 4 | 12 | 16 | |||||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 3 | 4 | 7 | |||||
| 6 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||
| 0 | 12 | 12 | |||||
| 13 | 0 | 13 | |||||
| 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| Total | 43 | 44 | 87 |
See main article: article, Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. 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]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | |||
| Asmir Kolašinac | align=left rowspan=2 | 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 | ||
See main article: article and Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament. Serbia women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics as one of two highest-ranked eligible squads from group A at the Belgrade meet of the 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[5]
See main article: article and Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 3x3 tournament. Serbia men's national 3x3 team qualified directly for the Olympics by securing an outright berth, as one of the three highest-ranked squads, in the men's category of the FIBA rankings.[6]
See main article: Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. 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.[7]
See main article: article, Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.
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.[8]
| 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 | 35.855 | 5 FB | 36.329 | 11 | |||
| Bojan Zdelar | 37.092 | 5 | 36.531 | 4 | Did not advance | |||||
| Men's K-1 1000 m | 3:45.074 | 2 | 3:29.525 | 8 FB | 3:31.689 | 16 | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Milica Novaković | Women's K-1 200 m | 41.579 | 3 | 41.340 | 2 | 40.257 | 6 FB | 40.527 | 13 |
| Women's K-1 500 m | 1:49.802 | 5 | 1:49.348 | 1 | 1:53.149 | 3 FB | 1:54.458 | 12 | ||
See main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. 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.[9]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Nemanja Majdov | Men's −90 kg | L 00–01 | Did not advance | |||||||
| Aleksandar Kukolj | Men's −100 kg | W 10–00 | L 00–10 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Milica Nikolić | Women's −48 kg | W 10–00 | L 00–01 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Marica Perišić | Women's −57 kg | W 10–00 | L 00–10 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Anja Obradović | Women's −63 kg | L 00–10 | Did not advance | |||||||
See main article: Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. 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.[10]
See main article: article, Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. 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.[11] 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.[12]
| 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 | 6:17.47 | 2 FA | 6:22.34 | 5 | ||||
| Jovana Arsić | Women's single sculls | 7:46.74 | 3 QF | 8:09.37 | 4 SC/D | 7:39.26 | 2 FC | 7:43.30 | 15 | ||
See main article: article, Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. 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.[13]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |||
| Damir Mikec | 10 m air pistol | 578 | 8 Q | 237.9 | ||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Milenko Sebić | 10 m air rifle | 623.2 | 31 | Did not advance | |
| 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1180 | 4 Q | 448.2 | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Milutin Stefanović | 10 m air rifle | 621.3 | 38 | Did not advance | |
| 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1164 | 23 | Did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Andrea Arsović | 10 m air rifle | 623.3 | 29 | Did not advance | |
| 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1175 | 5 Q | 402.4 | 8 | ||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Zorana Arunović | 10 m air pistol | 573 | 17 | Did not advance | |
| 25 m pistol | 584 | 9 | Did not advance | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Jasmina Milovanović | 10 m air pistol | 566 | 33 | Did not advance | |
| 25 m pistol | 575 | 30 | Did not advance | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Sanja Vukašinović | 10 m air rifle | 617.8 | 44 | Did not advance | |
| 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1161 | 25 | Did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final / | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Damir Mikec Zorana Arunović | 10 m air pistol team | 577 | 5 Q | 384 | 4 q | L 12–16 | 4 | |
| Milenko Sebić Sanja Vukašinović | align=left rowspan=2 | 10 m air rifle team | 612.4 | 29 | Did not advance | |||
| Milutin Stefanović Andrea Arsović | 624.5 | 16 | Did not advance | |||||
See main article: article, Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. 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)):[14] [15]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | 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 | 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 | Did not advance | ||||
| align=left rowspan=2 | 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 | Did not advance | |||||
See main article: article, Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. 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.[16] [17]
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Dimitrije Levajac | align=left rowspan=2 | Men's singles | L 2–4 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Žolt Peto | L 0–4 | Did not advance | ||||||||
| Marko Jevtović Dimitrije Levajac Žolt Peto | Men's team | L 2–3 | Did not advance | |||||||
See main article: article, Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. 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 / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Tijana Bogdanović | Women's −49 kg | L 4–12 | Did not advance | W 12–9 | W 20–6 | ||||
| Milica Mandić | Women's +67 kg | W 13–0 | W 11–4 | W 7–5 | W 10–7 | ||||
See main article: article, Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. 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.[18] [19]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Men's singles | W 6–2, 6–2 | W 6–4, 6–3 | W 6–3, 6–1 | W 6–2, 6–0 | L 6–1, 3–6, 1–6 | L 4–6, 7–6(8–6), 3–6 | 4 | |
| Miomir Kecmanović | W 6–4, 6–2 | L 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 5–7 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Ivana Jorović | align=left rowspan=2 | Women's singles | L 3–6, 2–6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Nina Stojanović | W 6–3, 6–3 | L 1–6, 2–6 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Aleksandra Krunić Nina Stojanović | Women's doubles | L 6–4, 4–6, [16–18] | Did not advance | ||||||
| Novak Djokovic Nina Stojanović | Mixed doubles | W 6–3, 6–4 | W 6–1, 6–2 | L 6–7(4–7), 5–7 | L | 4 | |||
See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 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.[20]
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See main article: article and Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
See main article: article and Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament. Serbian men's water polo team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the 2019 FINA World League Super Final in Belgrade.[21]
See main article: article, Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Serbia qualified four wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Three of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's freestyle (57 kg) and the men's Greco-Roman (67 and 97 kg) at the 2019 World Championships, while an additional license was awarded to the Serbian wrestler, who progressed to the top two finals of the men's Greco-Roman 87 kg at the 2021 World Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.[22] [23]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Mate Nemeš | Men's –67 kg | L 1–3 PP | Did not advance | 13 | ||||
| Zurab Datunashvili | Men's –87 kg | L 1–3 PP | Did not advance | W 3–1 PP | W 3–1 PP | |||
| Mikheil Kajaia | Men's –97 kg | L 1–3 PP | Did not advance | 14 | ||||