Serbia at the 2024 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:SRB
Nocname:Olympic Committee of Serbia
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2024
Location:Paris, France
Website: 
Competitors:112
Competitors Men:69
Competitors Women:43
Sports:15
Flagbearer Open:Dušan Mandić & Maja Ognjenović[1]
Flagbearer Close:Zorana Arunović & Damir Mikec
Rank:27
Gold:3
Silver:1
Bronze:1
Officials:Sonja Vasić, chef de mission
Appearances:auto
See also: (1920–1992 W)
(1992 S)
(1996–2006)

Serbia competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's sixth appearance at the Summer Olympics as an independent nation.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate

Serbia men's national water polo team
Serbia men's national basketball team

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that alternate athletes (AP) are not counted:[2]

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Athletics2 4 6
Basketball16 12 28
Boxing1 2 3
Canoeing4 4 8
Cycling1 1 2
Judo3 3 6
Rowing2 1 3
Shooting2 1 3
Swimming4 1 5
Table tennis0 1 1
Taekwondo2 1 3
Tennis2 0 2
12 12 24
Water polo13 0 13
Wrestling5 0 5
Total 69 43 112

Athletics

See main article: article, Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Serbian track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for the Games, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[3]

Track & road events
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Armin SinančevićMen's shot put19.3124Did not advance
Angelina TopićWomen's high jump1.9212 q
Milica Gardaševićalign=left rowspan=2Women's long jump6.4818Did not advance
Ivana Španović6.5116Did not advance
Adriana VilagošWomen's javelin throw60.4913Did not advance

Basketball

See main article: article and Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

5×5 basketball

Summary
TeamEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal /
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Serbia men'sMen's tournament
L 84–110

W 107–66

W 96–85
2
W 95–90

L 91–95

W 93–83
Serbia women'sWomen's tournament
W 58–55

W 81–59

L 62–70
2
L 67–85
Did not advance6

Men's tournament

See main article: 2024 Serbia men's Olympic basketball team, Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification. Serbia men's basketball team qualified for the Games by reaching the semifinal stage and securing an outright berth as one of two highest-ranked squads from Europe at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Philippines, Japan & Indonesia.[4]

Team roster
Group play--------
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game

Women's tournament

See main article: Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification. Serbia women's national basketball team qualified for the Games by placing in the top three at the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belém, Brazil.[5]

Team roster
Group play--------
Quarterfinals

3×3 basketball

Summary

Men's tournament

See main article: article, Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 3x3 tournament and Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 3x3 qualification. Serbia men's national 3x3 team qualified directly for the Games by securing an outright berth, as one of the three highest-ranked squads, in the men's category of the FIBA rankings.[6]

Team rosterThe roster was announced on 8 July 2024.[7]
Group play------------------------
Play-in

Boxing

See main article: article, Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Serbia entered three boxers into the Olympic tournament. Both Russian-born, Vahid Abasov (men's welterweight) and Natalia Shadrina (women's lightweight) secured the spots on the Serbian squad in their respective weight divisions by advancing to the semifinal match at the 2023 European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland.[8] Meanwhile, the third boxer, Sara Ćirković (women's bantamweight) qualified for the Games by advancing to the semifinal round, and obtain one of four eligible spots, in her own weight division, at the first Olympic Qualification Tournament in Busto Arsizio, Italy.[9]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Vahid AbasovMen's welterweight
L 2–3
Did not advance
Sara ĆirkovićWomen's bantamweight
L 1–4
Did not advance
Natalia ShadrinaWomen's lightweight
W 5–0

L 2–3
Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Serbian canoeists qualified three boats in the following distances for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany.[10] [11]

Men
AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Marko Dragosavljević
Marko Novaković
align=left rowspan=2K-2 500 m1:30.714 QF1:28.572 SF1:30.207 FB1:31.5011
Anđelo Džombeta
Vladimir Torubarov
1:34.225 QF1:29.464 SF1:34.658 FB1:35.0016
Marko Dragosavljević
Anđelo Džombeta
Marko Novaković
Vladimir Torubarov
K-4 500 m1:20.991 SF1:19.912 F1:21.526
Women
AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Milica NovakovićK-1 500 m1:50.372 SF1:50.413 FB1:51.559
Anastazija Bajuk
Marija Dostanić
Milica Novaković
Dunja Stanojev
K-4 500 m1:36.405 SF1:35.253Did not advance9
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Road

Serbia entered one female and one male rider to compete in the road race events at the Games, through the establishment UCI Nation Ranking.[12] [13]

AthleteEventTimeRank
Ognjen IlićMen's road race6:39.2764
Jelena ErićWomen's road race4:10.4766

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Serbia has qualified six judokas for the following weight classes at the Games via IJF Olympics rankings and continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.[14] [15]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Strahinja BunčićMen's −66 kg
W 01–00

W 01–00

L 00–10
Did not advance
W

L 00–01
5
Nemanja MajdovMen's −90 kg
L 00–10
Did not advance
Aleksandar KukoljMen's −100 kg
L 00–01
Did not advance
Milica NikolićWomen's −48 kg
W 01–00

L 00–10
Did not advance
Marica PerišićWomen's −57 kg
W 10–00

W 01–00

L 00–01
Did not advance
L 00–10
Did not advance7
Milica ŽabićWomen's +78 kg
W 10–00

W 10–00

L 00–10
Did not advance
W

L 00–10
5
Mixed

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Serbian rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes for the Games, through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade; and 2024 Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.

AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Martin Mačković
Nikolaj Pimenov
Men's double sculls6:17.364 R6:31.541 SA/B6:17.354 FB6:13.857
Jovana ArsićWomen's single sculls7:48.293 QF7:56.185 SC/D7:44.601 FC7:26.0913
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: Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Serbian shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023 and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.[16]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
align=left rowspan=2Lazar KovačevićMen's 50 m rifle 3 positions5925 Q407.48
Men's 10 m air rifle625.537Did not advance
Damir MikecMen's 10 m air pistol5841 Q136.97
Zorana ArunovićWomen's 10 m air pistol57510Did not advance
Mixed

Swimming

See main article: article, Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Serbian swimmers achieved the entry 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 Consideration Time (OCT):[17] [18]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
align=left rowspan=2Andrej BarnaMen's 50 m freestyle22.1930 Did not advance
Men's 100 m freestyle48.3410 Q48.1114Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2Velimir StjepanovićMen's 100 m freestyle48.4013 Q48.7816Did not advance
Men's 200 m freestyle1:47.5618Did not advance
Nikola Aćin
Andrej Barna
Justin Cvetkov
Velimir Stjepanović
Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay3:14.6811Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2Anja CrevarWomen's 200 m butterfly2:18.4617Did not advance
Women's 400 m medley4:49.1616Did not advance

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Serbia entered one table tennis player into Olympic tournament. Izabela Lupulesku qualified for the Games by virtue of nominated into the top twelve eligible ranked players, in the women's single class, through the release of the final world ranking for Paris 2024.

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Serbia entered three athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Aleksandra Perišić qualified directly for the Games by virtue of finishing within the top five in the Olympic rankings in her weight division; meanwhile Lev Korneev and Stefan Takov qualified for the Games through the re-allocations of ineligible Individual Neutral Athletes quota, at the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.

AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal /
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Lev KorneevMen's −58 kg
W 2–0

L 0–2
Did not advance
Stefan TakovMen's −80 kg
L 0–2
Did not advance
Aleksandra PerišićWomen's –67 kg
W 2–1

W 2–0

W 2–0

L 0–2

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Serbia entered two tennis players into the Olympic tournament. Beijing 2008 bronze medalist Novak Djokovic (world no. 2) and Dušan Lajović (world no. 57) qualified directly for the men's singles as two of the top 56 eligible players in the ATP World Rankings as of 10 June 2024.[19]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Novak Djokovicalign=left rowspan=2Men's singles
W 6–0, 6–1

W 6–1, 6–4

W 7–5, 6–3

W 6–3, 7–6(7–3)

W 6–4, 6–2

W 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–2)
Dušan Lajović
L 3–6, 7–6(8–6), 3–6
Did not advance

Volleyball

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Indoor

Summary
TeamEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal /
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Serbia men'sMen's tournament
L 2–3

L 0–3

W 3–2
3Did not advance9
Serbia women'sWomen's tournament
W 3–0

L 2–3

L 1–3
3
L 0–3
Did not advance7

Men's tournament

See main article: article, Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification. Serbia men's volleyball team qualified for the Games by virtue of their rank in the World Ranking qualification.[20]

Team roster
Group play--------

Women's tournament

See main article: article, Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification. Serbia women's volleyball team qualified for the Games by securing an outright berth as the one of two highest-ranked nations at the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Ningbo, China.[21]

Team roster
Group play--------
Quarterfinal

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Men's tournament

See main article: Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Water polo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification. Serbia men's national water polo team qualified for the Games by advancing to the quarterfinals and securing an outright berth at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar.[22]

Team roster
Group play----------------
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Gold medal game

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Serbia qualified six wrestlers for the following classes into the Olympic competition. Three of them qualified for the Games by virtue of top five results through the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia;[23] [24] meanwhile the other wrestlers qualified for the Games through the European Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan; and World Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey. Stevan Mićić withdrew from Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 57 kg because of injury. Khetag Tsabolov qualified after victory in a doping case with CAS.

Freestyle
Greco-Roman
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal /
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Georgii TibilovMen's −60 kg
L 7–8
Did not advance12
Mate NemešMen's −67 kg
L 2–3
Did not advance
L 0–8
Did not advance10
Aleksandr KomarovMen's −87 kg
W 10–0

L 2–2
Did not advance8
Mikheil KajaiaMen's −97 kg
L 1–6
Did not advance14

Notes and References

  1. News: Maja Ognjenović i Dušan Mandić nosioci zastave Srbije na ceremoniji otvaranja Olimpijskih igara u Parizu. Maja Ognjenović and Dušan Mandić, flagbearers of Serbia at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris. sr. Olympic Committee of Serbia. 10 July 2024. 10 July 2024.
  2. Web site: Tim Srbija za Olimpijske igre Pariz 2024. Serbian. Olympic Committee of Serbia. 21 July 2024.
  3. News: Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards. International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. 27 December 2022.
  4. News: Serbia and Germany qualify directly to Paris 2024. FIBA. 6 September 2023. 6 September 2023.
  5. News: Serbia clinches spot in Paris 2024. FIBA. 12 February 2024. 12 February 2024.
  6. News: First teams qualified for 3x3 basketball at Paris 2024 Olympics. FIBA. 1 November 2023. 1 November 2023.
  7. News: Dvostruki svetski šampioni predstavljaju Srbiju u Parizu. Sport Klub. 8 July 2024. Serbian.
  8. News: European Games 2023: Ireland's Kellie Harrington and France's Sofiane Oumiha among stars to secure European boxing quotas for Paris 2024. International Olympic Committee. 29 June 2023. 29 June 2023.
  9. Web site: Boxing 1st World Qualification Tournament - Busto Arsizio: Which boxers have obtained quotas for Paris 2024?. Olympics. 11 March 2024. 12 March 2024.
  10. News: First 25 Olympic quotas earned in Duisburg. International Canoe Federation. 25 August 2023. 26 August 2023.
  11. News: ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships 2023: All final results, Paris 2024 qualification berths, and medals table - complete list. 28 August 2023. International Olympic Committee. 9 September 2023.
  12. News: Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations. 18 October 2023. International Olympic Committee. 20 October 2023.
  13. News: Dve olimpijske norme za srpske bicikliste!. Two Olympic quotas for Serbian cyclists!. sr. B92. 16 November 2023. 16 November 2023.
  14. Web site: Olympic ranking — Serbia . . 29 May 2024.
  15. Web site: Šestoro srpskih džudista obezbedilo vizu za Olimpijske igre u Parizu! . oks.org.rs . 28 May 2024 . 29 May 2024.
  16. Web site: Quota Places by Nation and Number. 1 January 2018. issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 18 September 2022.
  17. Web site: Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Swimming. World Aquatics. 17 September 2023.
  18. Web site: Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification. World Aquatics. 4 June 2023.
  19. News: Djokovic, Lajovic form Serbia's team for Paris 2024. International Tennis Federation. 20 June 2024. 23 June 2024.
  20. News: Muška odbojkaška reprezentacija Srbije izborila plasman na Olimpijske igre u Parizu! . sr. . 23 June 2024.
  21. News: Sve je gotovo, Srbija ide na Olimpijske igre!. sr. mozzartsport.com. 23 September 2023. 23 September 2023.
  22. News: Serbia earns Olympic berth; Greece edges out France. total-waterpolo.com. 9 February 2024. 9 February 2024.
  23. News: Freestyle Wrestling: 2024 Paris Olympic Games Qualified Nations. 19 September 2023. United World Wrestling. 25 September 2023. 25 September 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230925171039/https://uww.org/article/freestyle-wrestling-2024-paris-olympic-games-qualified-nations. dead.
  24. Web site: 1st Phase - 2023 Senior World Championships - Belgrade (SRB). United World Wrestling. 11 October 2023. 12 October 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231012070347/https://uww-prod-d8-filesystem.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/2023-09/1st_phase_belgrade_qualified_nocs.pdf?VersionId=4Yt.hJhw2TsJsVKN8j7Z1U7JeReTbmZf. dead.