Serbia at the Olympics

Despite not participating in the first Olympic Games in 1896 in Athens, Serbian king Aleksandar Obrenović attended the games at the invitation of Greek king George I and at these Games Momčilo Tapavica who competed for Kingdom of Hungary (born in today's Serbian province Vojvodina), became the first athlete from today's territory of Serbia and the first an ethnic Serb to win an Olympic medal, bronze in tennis.[1] Track and field athlete György Sztantics born in Subotica won gold medal in 3000 m walk at the 1906 Intercalated Games, while gymnast József Bittenbinder born in Pančevo won silver medal in team competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Serbian Olympic Club was established on February 23, 1910. Major Svetomir Đukić is considered the founder of the Olympic movement in Serbia. In 1912 the Club has changed its name to the Olympic Committee of Serbia and that year it was recognized by the International Olympic Committee.[2]

From 1920 to the 1992 Winter Olympics Serbian athletes participated as part of the Yugoslavian team. At the 1992 Summer Olympics they participated as Independent Olympic Participants as their nation was under United Nations sanctions. The continuing sanctions meant that no Serbian athletes competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics. Sanctions were mostly lifted in 1995. From the 1996 Summer Olympics to the 2006 Winter Olympics they participated as part of the Serbia and Montenegro team.

Seven-time Olympian shooter and 1988 gold medalist Jasna Šekarić competed under four different banners during her twenty-four-year Olympic career. She started under the flag of Yugoslavia in 1988, then she competed as an Independent Participant in 1992, under the flag of Serbia and Montenegro from 1996 to 2004 and in 2008 and 2012 she represented Serbia.

Serbian former basketball player and administrator Borislav Stanković was the Secretary General of FIBA from 1976 to 2002, and a member of the International Olympic Committee. As Secretary General, he pushed for a change in FIBA's rules to allow players from the National Basketball Association (NBA) to compete at the Olympics. Prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, only professionals in leagues other than the NBA were allowed to compete.[3]

This is a list of people who have won two or more Olympic medals, who represented Serbia as an independent country at least once.

Athlete	Sport	Gender	Years	Games				Total
Jasna Šekarić	Shooting	W	1988–2004	Summer	1	3	1	5
Slobodan Nikić	Water polo	M	2004–2016	Summer	1	1	1	3
Filip Filipović	Water polo	M	2008–2016	Summer	1	0	2	3
Duško Pijetlović	Water polo	M	2008–2016	Summer	1	0	2	3
Andrija Prlainović	Water polo	M	2008–2016	Summer	1	0	2	3
Živko Gocić	Water polo	M	2008–2016	Summer	1	0	2	3
Milan Aleksić	Water polo	M	2012–2016	Summer	1	0	1	2
Andrija Gerić	Volleyball	M	1996–2000	Summer	1	0	1	2
Nikola Grbić	Volleyball	M	1996–2000	Summer	1	0	1	2
Gojko Pijetlović	Water polo	M	2012–2016	Summer	1	0	1	2
Dušan Mandić	Water polo	M	2012–2016	Summer	1	0	1	2
Stefan Mitrović	Water polo	M	2012–2016	Summer	1	0	1	2
Aleksandar Ćirić	Water polo	M	2000–2008	Summer	0	1	2	3
Dejan Savić	Water polo	M	2000–2008	Summer	0	1	2	3
Aleksandar Šapić	Water polo	M	2000–2008	Summer	0	1	2	3
Vanja Udovičić	Water polo	M	2004–2012	Summer	0	1	2	3
Vladimir Vujasinović	Water polo	M	2000–2008	Summer	0	1	2	3
Denis Šefik	Water polo	M	2004–2008	Summer	0	1	1	2
Nikola Rađen	Water polo	M	2008–2012	Summer	0	0	2	2
Slobodan Soro	Water polo	M	2008–2012	Summer	0	0	2	2

• People in bold are still active competitors
• Olympics in italic are medals won for the predecessor countries

Medal winners as medal winning coach

Athlete	Sport	Gender	Games	As participant					As head coach
				Years				Total	Years				Total
Dejan Savić	Water polo	M	Summer	2000–2008	0	1	2	3	2016	1	0	0	1
Goran Maksimović	Shooting	M	Summer	1988	1	0	0	1	2004–2012	0	2	1	3
Aleksandar Đorđević	Basketball	M	Summer	1996	0	1	0	1	2016	0	1	0	1

The Olympic Committee of Serbia, created in 1910 and recognized in 1912, is deemed the direct successor to both Yugoslav Olympic Committee and the Olympic Committee of Serbia and Montenegro by IOC.[4] In the period from 1920 to 2006, athletes representing these defunct countries won a total of 99 medals: 95 at Summer Games and 4 at Winter Games.

Country	№ Summer	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	№ Winter	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	№ Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Combined Total
Kingdom of Yugoslavia	5	3	2	3	8	3	0	0	0	0	8	3	2	3	8
SFR Yugoslavia	11	23	27	25	75	10	0	3	1	4	21	23	30	26	79
Independent Olympic Participants	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3
Serbia and Montenegro	3	2	4	3	9	3	0	0	0	0	6	2	4	3	9
Total	20	28	34	33	95	16	0	3	1	4	36	28	37	34	99

• List of flag bearers for Serbia at the Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for Serbia
• Serbia at the Paralympics
• List of Yugoslav Olympic medalists

• "Serbia". International Olympic Committee.
• "Serbia". Olympedia.com.
• "Olympic Analytics/SRB". olympanalyt.com.