Montenegro at the Olympics

Montenegro participated at the Olympic Games for the first time as an independent nation in 2008, at the Beijing Games. Before that, Montenegrin athletes competed as part of Serbia and Montenegro in 2004 and as part of Yugoslavia in earlier years.

The National Olympic Committee for Montenegro is the Montenegrin Olympic Committee. This committee was created in 2006 and was recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 2007. This recognition allowed Montenegro to begin competing on its own in the Olympic Games.

Timeline of participation

Montenegro joined the Olympic Games for the first time as its own country in 2008, during the Beijing Games. Before that, athletes from Montenegro competed together with Serbia and Montenegro in 2004, and earlier with Yugoslavia. The group that helps organize Montenegro's Olympic teams is called the Montenegrin Olympic Committee.

Olympic Year/s	Team
1920–1936	Kingdom of Yugoslavia
1948–1992 W	Yugoslavia
1992 S	Independent Olympic Participants
1994
1996–2006	FR Yugoslavia/  Serbia and Montenegro
2008–present	Montenegro

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Handball	0	1	0	1
Totals (1 entries)	0	1	0	1

Olympic participants

Summer Olympics

Montenegro joined the Olympic Games for the first time as its own country in 2008, during the Beijing Games. Before that, athletes from Montenegro competed together with athletes from Serbia and Montenegro in 2004, and even earlier, as part of Yugoslavia. The group that helps organize Montenegro's Olympic teams is called the Montenegrin Olympic Committee.

List of medalists

On August 11, 2012, Montenegro won its first Olympic medal as an independent country, earning silver in women's handball.

Before the 2012 Olympic Games, athletes from Montenegro won medals in five different sports as part of teams from Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro at the Olympics. However, none of these athletes won medals as individuals.

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Silver	Montenegro women's national handball team Sonja Barjaktarović Anđela Bulatović Katarina Bulatović Ana Đokić Marija Jovanović Milena Knežević Suzana Lazović Majda Mehmedović Radmila Miljanić Bojana Popović Jovanka Radičević Ana Radović Maja Savić Jasna Tošković Marina Vukčević	2012 London	Handball	Women's tournament