Athletes from the

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

competed at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

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. These Games were the first Olympic appearance of Montenegrin and Serbian athletes under the

Flag of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia The flag of Serbia and Montenegro was originally adopted on 27 April 1992 as the flag of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FR Yugoslavia) and was used as such from 1992 to 2006. After the country was renamed to the State Union of Serbia and Mo ...

and the continuation of the use of Yugoslavia as a designation. The nation was not allowed to participate at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

because of international sanctions. Several Yugoslav athletes competed as Independent Olympic Participants at those Games. ''New Yugoslavia'' participated in thirteen sports: athletics, basketball, canoe/kayak, diving, fencing, judo, shooting, swimming, table tennis, volleyball, water polo, weightlifting, and wrestling.

Medalists

Gold

* Aleksandra Ivošev – Shooting — Women's 50 metre rifle three positions

Silver

Dejan Tomašević Dejan Tomašević ( sr, Дејан Томашевић; born 6 May 1973) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player. An All-EuroLeague Team selection on two occasions, he played with Borac Čačak, Crvena zvezda, Partizan, ...

, Miroslav Berić,

Dejan Bodiroga Dejan Bodiroga ( sr-Cyrl, Дејан Бодирога; born 2 March 1973) is a Serbian basketball executive and former professional player who is the Chairman of the Euroleague Basketball. During his playing career, he mainly played at the sm ...

, Željko Rebrača,

Predrag Danilović Predrag "Saša" Danilović ( sr-cyr, Предраг "Саша" Даниловић, ; born February 26, 1970), usually referred to in English as Sasha Danilović, is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player, considered one of ...

Vlade Divac Vlade Divac ( sr-Cyrl, Владе Дивац, ; born February 3, 1968) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player who was most recently the vice president of basketball operations and general manager of the Sacramento Kings ...

Aleksandar Đorđević Aleksandar "Saša" Đorđević or Sale Đorđević (Anglicized: Sasha Djordjevic; sr-Cyrl, Александар Саша Ђорђевић, ; born 26 August 1967) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. He currently serve ...

Saša Obradović Saša Obradović (Anglicized: Sasha Obradovic; sr-Cyrl, Саша Обрадовић, ; born 29 January 1969) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. He is currently the head coach for AS Monaco of the French LNB Pro A Stan ...

Žarko Paspalj Žarko Paspalj (Serbian Cyrillic: Жарко Паспаљ; born March 27, 1966) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player and sports administrator. The EuroLeague Final Four MVP in 1994, his sixteen and a half seasons career was mostly sp ...

Zoran Savić Zoran Savić ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Савић; born November 18, 1966) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former professional player who is currently the sports director for Partizan Belgrade of the Serbian KLS, the Adriatic Le ...

Nikola Lončar Nikola Lončar (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Лончар; born May 31, 1972) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He also holds Spanish citizenship. Professional career Lončar started his career at Partizan, making his professi ...

Milenko Topić Milenko Topić (; born 6 March 1969) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player. Playing career A power forward, Topić spent most of his professional career playing in the YUBA League, representing Profikolor, BFC Beočin ...

— Basketball, Men's Team Competition

Bronze

* Aleksandra Ivošev — Shooting, Women's 10 metre air rifle * Vladimir Batez, Dejan Brđović, Đorđe Đurić,

Andrija Gerić Andrija Gerić ( sr-cyrl, Андрија Герић, ; born 24 January 1977) is a retired Serbian volleyball player who played on middle blocker position. Both in the club and in the national team he wore number 12. Career Gerić made a debut fo ...

Nikola Grbić Nikola Grbić ( sr-cyrl, Никола Грбић; born 6 September 1973) is a Serbian professional volleyball coach and former player, who is currently serving as head coach for the Poland national team. The Olympic Champion Sydney 2000, a bro ...

Vladimir Grbić Vladimir "Vanja" Grbić ( sr-cyrl, Владимир Вања Грбић; born 14 December 1970) is a Serbian former volleyball player. He is 193 cm and played as passer-side attacker. He is Nikola Grbić's brother and a member of the Volley ...

, Rajko Jokanović, Slobodan Kovač, Đula Mešter, Željko Tanasković, Žarko Petrović, Goran Vujević — Volleyball, Men's Team Competition

Athletics

Men's Marathon * Borislav Dević — 2:21.22 (→ 49th place) Men's 50 km Walk * Aleksandar Raković — 3:51:31 (→ 11th place) Men's High Jump *

Dragutin Topić Dragutin Topić ( sr-cyr, Драгутин Топић, born 12 March 1971 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian former high jumper. Biography Topić is a world junior record holder with 2.37 m, which he set while winning the 1 ...

:* Qualification — 2.28m :* Final — 2.32m (→ 4th place) * Stevan Zorić :* Qualification — 2.15m (→ did not advance) Men's Long Jump * Andreja Marinković :* Qualification — 7.17m (→ did not advance) Men's Shot Put * Dragan Perić :* Qualification — 19.61m :* Final — 20.07m (→ 8th place) Women's 200 metres * Marina Živković :* Heat — 23.51 (→ did not advance) Women's 400 metres * Marina Živković :* Heat — 53.10 (→ did not advance) Women's Marathon * Suzanna Ćirić — 2:49.30 (→ 55th place)

Basketball

Men's tournament

;Team Roster *

* Miroslav Berić *

* Željko Rebrača *

;Preliminary round ;Quarterfinals ;Semifinals ;Gold medal match

Canoeing

* Petar Sibinkić :*Qualifying Heat — 1:45.799 :*Repechage: 1:46.532 (→ did not advance)

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard * Siniša Žugic :* Preliminary Heat — 181.17 (→ did not advance, 38th place) * Vukan Vuletić :* Preliminary Heat — 181.17 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Fencing

; Women's épée * Tamara Savić-Šotra :*Round 1: Lost to Yuliya Garayeva of

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(7:15) (→ did not advance)

Judo

;Men's Half-Middleweight * Dragoljub Radulović ;Men's Heavyweight * Mitar Milinković

Shooting

;Men's 10m Air Rifle *

Goran Maksimović Goran Maksimović ( sr-cyrl, Горан Максимовић; born 27 July 1963 in Svetozarevo) is a Serbian sport shooter and Olympic Champion for Yugoslavia. He won a gold medal in the 10 metre air rifle event at the 1988 Summer Olympic ...

:* Qualification: 589 points (15th overall, did not advance) *

Nemanja Mirosavljev Nemanja Mirosavljev (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Миросављев; born May 10, 1970, in Novi Sad, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian sport shooter. He is currently a member of SD Novi Sad 1790. Mirosavljev has competed at five Summe ...

:* Qualification: 589 points (15th overall, did not advance) ;Men's 50m Rifle Prone * Stevan Pletikosić :* Qualification: 595 points (11th overall, did not advance) *

:* Qualification: 594 points (20th overall, did not advance) ;Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions *

:* Qualification: 1173 points (Prone: 394 points, Standing: 387 points, Kneeling: 392 points) (3rd overall, Qualified) :*Final: 95.8 points (Total: 1268.8) → 4th place * Stevan Pletikosić :*Qualification: 1156 points (Prone: 398 points, Standing: 369 points, Kneeling: 389 points) (35th overall, did not advance) ;Women's 10m Air Rifle * Aleksandra Ivošev :* Qualification: 395 points (5th overall, Qualified) :*Final: 102.2 points (Total: 497.2) → Bronze Medal *

Aranka Binder Aranka Binder ( sr-cyrl, Аранка Биндер; born 19 June 1966) is a Serbian sport shooter of Hungarian ethnicity. She won a bronze medal in Women's Air Rifle in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímp ...

:* Qualification: 393 points (Shootoff: 4th: 100; 3rd: 98) (9th overall, did not advance) ;Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions * Aleksandra Ivošev :* Qualification: 587 points (Prone: 199 points, Standing: 193 points, Kneeling: 195 points) (2nd overall, Qualified) :*Final: 99.1 points (Total: 686.1) → Gold Medal *

:* Qualification: 574 points (Prone: 197 points, Standing: 189 points, Kneeling: 188 points) (22nd overall, did not advance) ;Women's 10m Air Pistol *

Jasna Šekarić Jasna Šekarić (; born 17 December 1965) is a Serbian sport shooter, considered as one of the most successful female shooters in ISSF history. She has won a total of five Olympic medals: one gold, three silvers and one bronze. She has also won ...

:*Qualification: 384 points (5th overall, Qualified) :*Final: 103.1 points (Total: 487.1) → 4th * Marija Mladenović :*Qualification: 379 points (34th overall, did not advance) ;Women's 25m Pistol *

:*Qualification: 580 points (8th overall, Qualified) :*Final: 100.4 points (Total: 680.4) → 6th

Swimming

Men's 100 Freestyle * Nikola Kalabić :* Heat — 52.98 (→ did not advance, 53rd place) Men's 100 Butterfly *

Vladan Marković Vladan Marković (Serbian Cyrillic: Владан Марковић; born 20 March 1977 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia with height 1.87 cm and weight 90 kg) is a Serbian swimmer also considered to be one of the country's all-time best. He is the ...

:* Heat — 54.90 (→ did not advance, 28th place) Men's 200 Butterfly *

:* Heat — 2:01.80 (→ did not advance, 28th place) Women's 50 Freestyle * Duška Radan :* Heat — 27.62 (→ did not advance, 45th place) Women's 100 Freestyle * Duška Radan :* Heat — 1:00.34 (→ did not advance, 46th place) Women's 200 Backstroke * Maja Grozdanić :* Heat — 2:20.65 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Table tennis

Men's Singles Competition *

Ilija Lupulesku Ilija Lupulesku ( sr-cyr, Илија Лупулеску; born October 30, 1967) is a former Serbian and later American table tennis player who competed at the 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in ...

*Preliminary Round (Group D) :*Lost to Lee Chul-Seung of

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...

(1–2) :*Defeated Isaac Opoku of

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(0–2) :*Lost to

Jan-Ove Waldner Jan-Ove Waldner (; born 3 October 1965),Jan-Ove Waldner profile.'' Swedish Table Tennis Federation in Sweden commonly ''J-O Waldner'' (, is a Swedish former table tennis player. He is often referred to as "the Mozart of table tennis."Bishop, G. ...

of Sweden (0–2) :* 3rd in pool D (→ did not advance) * Slobodan Grujić *Preliminary Round (Group F) :*Defeated Philippe Saive of

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

(2–1) :*Defeated Mark Smythe of Australia (2–1) :*Lost to Liu Guoliang of China (1–2) :* 2nd in pool F (→ did not advance) *

Aleksandar Karakašević Aleksandar Karakašević ( sr-cyr, Александар Каракашевић; born 9 December 1975) is a Serbian table tennis player. His powerful backhand has helped him win against some of the top players in the world. He won a bronze medal a ...

*Preliminary Round (Group N) :*Lost to Li Gun-Sang of

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and T ...

(1–2) :*Lost to Yoo Nam-Kyu of

(0–2) :*Defeated

Michael Hyatt Charlene "Michael" Hyatt is a British-born American actress. Before her work in film and television, she performed on stages throughout the United States, particularly in ''Ragtime'' on Broadway. She has played Brianna Barksdale on ''The Wire'' ...

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

(2–0) :* 3rd in pool N (→ did not advance) Men's Doubles Competition *

and Slobodan Grujić *Preliminary Round (Group H) :*Defeated Sule Olaleye and

Segun Toriola Segun Moses Toriola (born 18 September 1974 in Ilorin, Kwara, Nigeria) is a retired Nigeria professional table tennis player. He is the youngest of nine brothers. Since 1995 he has been ranked as the best Nigerian player. He has been amongst t ...

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

(2–0) :*Defeated

Petr Korbel Petr Korbel (born 6 June 1971 in Havířov, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech table tennis player who has competed in five Olympics from 1992 to 2008. His best performance was in 1996 when he came fourth in the singles, losing to Germany's Jörg Roßkop ...

and Josef Plachy of

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(2–0) :*Lost to Koji Matsushita and

Hiroshi Shibutani is a Japanese former international table tennis player. He won a bronze medal at the 1997 World Table Tennis Championships in the men's doubles with Kōji Matsushita and three years later won another bronze at the 2000 World Team Table Tennis ...

of Japan (0–2) :* 2nd in pool H (→ did not advance)

Volleyball

Men's Indoor Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group B) :* Defeated Russia (3–1) :* Defeated South Korea (3–0) :* Defeated Tunisia (3–1) :* Lost to the Netherlands (0–3) :* Lost to Italy (0–3) *Quarterfinals :* Defeated Brazil (3–2) *Semifinals :* Lost to Italy (1–3) *Bronze Medal Match :* Defeated Russia (3–1) → Bronze Medal *Team Roster :* Vladimir Batez :* Dejan Brđović (captain) :* Đorđe Đurić :*

:* Rajko Jokanović :* Slobodan Kovač :* Đula Mešter :* Željko Tanasković :* Žarko Petrović :* Goran Vujević

Water polo

Preliminary round

Group A

*Saturday July 20, 1996
*Sunday July 21, 1996
*Monday July 22, 1996
*Tuesday July 23, 1996
*Wednesday July 24, 1996

Quarterfinals

*Friday July 26, 1996

Semifinals

*Saturday July 27, 1996 — 5th/8th place

Finals

*Sunday July 28, 1996 — 7th place *Team Roster :*

Igor Milanović Igor Milanović ( sr-Cyrl, Игор Милановић; born 18 December 1965) is a Serbian professional water polo head coach and former player. He is considered one of the best water polo players of all time. Milanović had an illustrious profe ...

Mirko Vičević Mirko Vičević (30 June 1968) is a Montenegrin retired water polo player. He achieved 1057 goals in his career. He is a member of the World House of Fame. He was part of the Yugoslavia team which won the gold medal in water polo in the 1986 Worl ...

Aleksandar Šoštar Aleksandar Šoštar ( sr-cyrl, Александар Шоштар; born 21 January 1964) is a Serbian water polo goalkeeper who played on the bronze medal squad of FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Olympics and on the gold medal squad for SFR Yugos ...

Viktor Jelenić Viktor Jelenić ( sr-cyr, Виктор Јеленић; born 31 October 1970 in Belgrade, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a former Serbian water polo player. He was part of the gold medal winning team of Yugoslavia at the 1991 World Cha ...

Aleksandar Šapić Aleksandar Šapić ( sr-cyrl, Александар Шапић; born 1 June 1978) is a Serbian politician, and former professional water polo player serving as mayor of Belgrade since 20 June 2022. A member and current vice-president of the Serb ...

Dejan Savić Dejan Savić ( sr-cyr, Дејан Савић; born 24 April 1975) is a Serbian professional water polo coach and former player. He currently serves as head coach of the Serbia men's national water polo team and Crvena zvezda. During his playing ...

Petar Trbojević Petar Trbojević (born 9 September 1973 in Niš, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Serbian water polo player who played on the bronze medal squad of FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the silver medal squad of Serbia and Montenegr ...

Veljko Uskoković Veljko Uskoković ( cnr, Вељко Ускоковић; born 29 March 1971 in Cetinje, Montenegro) is a retired Montenegrin water polo player. His club achievements are: European Champion 2000 (Becej team), 4 times Yugosl ...

Vladimir Vujasinović Vladimir Vujasinović ( sr-cyrl, Владимир Вујасиновић; ; born 14 August 1973) is a Serbian professional water polo head coach and former player. He currently serves as head coach of VK Novi Beograd. During his playing career ...

:* Predrag Zimonjić :* Ranko Perović :* Vaso Subotić :*

Milan Tadić Milan Tadić (born 21 February 1970) is a Serbian water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics. See also * Serbia and Montenegro men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of men's Olympi ...

Weightlifting

Men

Wrestling

Greco-Roman

Men's Middleweight * Aleksandar Jovančević :*Round 1: Lost to Raatbek Sanatbayev of

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(0–3) :*Classification Round 2: Defeated Elias Marcano of

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

(11–1) :*Classification Round 3: Defeated Anton Arghira of

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

(5–0) :*Classification Round 4: Lost to Levon Geghamyan of

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(0–2) → 9th place Men's Light-Heavyweight * Goran Kasum :*Round 1: Defeated Doug Cox of

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(3–0) :*Round 2: Lost to Hakkı Başar of

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

(0–3) :*Classification Round 3: Lost to Reynaldo Peña of

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(0–3) → 18th place

References

External links

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results databaseSerbian Olympic Committee
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