Serbia at the 2016 Summer Olympics
| Serbia at the 2016 Summer Olympics |
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| IOC code | SRB | ||||||||
| NOC | Olympic Committee of Serbia | ||||||||
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| in Rio de Janeiro | |||||||||
| Competitors | 103 in 14 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer |
Ivana Anđušić Maksimović (opening) Tijana Bogdanović (closing) |
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Medals Ranked 32nd |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |||||||||
| Other related appearances | |||||||||
 Yugoslavia (1920–1992 W) Independent Olympic Participants (1992 S) Serbia and Montenegro (1996–2006) |
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Serbia competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's fourth appearance at the Summer Olympics as an independent nation. The Olympic Committee of Serbia confirmed a roster of 103 athletes, 58 men and 45 women, to compete across 14 sports at the Games.
Serbia left Rio de Janeiro with a total of 8 medals (2 gold, 4 silver, and 2 bronze), signifying the nation's most successful feat in Summer Olympic history since the break-up of Yugoslavia, and also doubling its previous medal tally set at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Fifty-four Serbian athletes (about 52 percent of the whole team) contributed to the medal count, with the majority of those coming in traditional team sports (men's water polo, men's and women's basketball, and women's volleyball).
Five Serbian athletes collected medals in their respective individual-based sports. Among them were Greco-Roman wrestler Davor Štefanek, who became the first Serbian to win an Olympic gold in his pet sport after 32 years; long jumper Ivana Španović, who established history as the nation's first track and field athlete to stand on the Olympic podium in six decades; taekwondo fighter Tijana Bogdanović, who captured a silver in the women's flyweight category (49 kg); and kayak tandem Marko Tomićević and Milenko Zorić, who steadily paddled their way towards a runner-up finish in the long-distance double (men's K-2 1000 m).
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