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competed at the

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, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's third consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics since it gained independence from Serbia in 2006.

Montenegrin Olympic Committee The Montenegrin Olympic Committee ( Montenegrin: Црногорски олимпијски комитет / Crnogorski olimpijski komitet) is the National Olympic Committee representing Montenegro. It is responsible for promoting the Olympic ideals ...

sent a team of 35 athletes, 18 women and 17 men, to compete in seven different sports at the Olympics, matching the nation's roster size with

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and men's water polo were the only team-based sports in which Montenegro had representatives at the Games. Among the sports represented by the athletes, Montenegro marked its Olympic debut in tennis. The Montenegrin team featured a number of returning Olympians; seven of them have attended in every edition of the Games since Montenegro's official debut eight years earlier, including six water polo players, led by captain

Predrag Jokić Predrag Jokić ( sr-cyrl, Предраг Јокић; born 3 February 1983 in Kotor) is a Montenegrin 1.88 m tall water polo player. He is a member of the Montenegro men's national water polo team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 ...

, and half-middleweight judoka

Srđan Mrvaljević Srđan Mrvaljević (born 16 May 1984, in Belgrade) is a Montenegrin judoka. He competed in the men's 81 kg event at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In 2011 he was elected "best athlete of Montenegro" by the Montenegrin Olympic Committee. He competed f ...

(men's 81 kg). Meanwhile, handball team captain Bojana Popović, who helped her fellow players deliver a historic silver-medal finish for Montenegro in London four years earlier, became the nation's first ever female athlete to carry the flag in the opening ceremony. Montenegro narrowly missed an opportunity to add another medal to its Olympic treasury in Rio de Janeiro, as the men's water polo team, led by Jokić, lost to the Italians for the bronze with a score 10–12.

Athletics

Montenegrin athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): ;Track & road events ;Field events

Handball

;Summary Key: * ET – After

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* P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Women's tournament

The Montenegrin women's handball team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of a top two finish at the second meet of the Olympic Qualification Tournament in

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Judo

Montenegro has received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a judoka competing in the men's half-middleweight category (81 kg) to the Olympics.

Sailing

Montenegro has qualified one boat in the Laser class through the individual fleet World Championships. M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Swimming

Montenegro has received a Universality invitation from

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to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics, signifying the nation's return to the sport after an eight-year hiatus.

Tennis

Montenegro has entered one tennis player for the first time into the Olympic tournament.

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(world no. 54) qualified directly for the women's singles as one of the top 56 eligible players in the WTA World Rankings as of June 6, 2016.

Water polo

;Summary Key: * FT – After full time. * P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Men's tournament

The Montenegro men's water polo team qualified for the Olympics after securing a spot in the final and having attained an automatic berth by virtue of Serbia, as 2015 FINA World League champions, winning the other semifinal at the 2016 European Championships in

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References

External links

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