Montenegro

Montenegro

Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...

competed as an independent nation for the first time at the Olympic Games

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

 at the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

 in Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

, People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

. Montenegro was the youngest nation to participate in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Athletes from Montenegro participated in three difference events. In individual events, the new nation had representatives in boxing

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 and shooting

Shooting sports

A shooting sport is a competitive sport involving tests of proficiency using various types of guns such as firearms and airguns . Hunting is also a shooting sport, and indeed shooting live pigeons was an Olympic event...

. Boxer Milorad Gajović

Milorad Gajovic

Milorad Gajović is a Montenegrin amateur boxer who qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics as a heavyweight. He has also had some success as an amateur kickboxer.-Boxing career:...

 represented his country in the heavyweight

Heavyweight

Heavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing...

 division, while Nikola Šaranović competed in 10 m air pistol and 50 m pistol precision shooting events. In team competition, Montenegro competed in water polo

Water polo

Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...

. The Montenegro national water polo team won the 2007 European Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament

2007 European Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament

The 2007 Men's European Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing 2008 was held in Bratislava, Slovakia from September 2 to September 9, 2007. Croatia, Hungary, Spain and Serbia had already qualified for the Olympics, so they did not participate...

 to qualify for the Olympic games.

Montenegro failed to win any medals, but did advance to the bronze medal match in men's water polo, where they lost to Serbia, 6-4.

History

Montenegro created its National Olympic Committee

National Olympic Committee

National Olympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, they are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games...

 in 2006, and gained International Olympic Committee

International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...

 recognition in 2007 during the IOC's meetings in Guatemala City

Guatemala City

Guatemala City , is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala and Central America...

. Previously, Montenegrin athletes competed as part of the Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia and Montenegro was a country in southeastern Europe, formed from two former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia : Serbia and Montenegro. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was established in 1992 as a federation called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...

 team in 2004, and as part of Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia at the Olympics

Teams from Yugoslavia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1920. Previously, several athletes from Croatia, Slovenia and Vojvodina had competed for Austria or Hungary when those countries were part of the Empire of Austria-Hungary...

 teams before that. Montenegro was also part of the Yugoslavian team in 1992 Summer Olympics

1992 Summer Olympics

The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...

 that participated as the Independent Olympic Participants

Independent Olympic Participants at the 1992 Summer Olympics

During the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, athletes from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Macedonia competed as Independent Olympic Participants. Macedonian athletes could not appear under their own flag because their NOC had not been formed...

. Following Montenegro's referendum to become a free nation, Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

 was declared the successor state and inherited the joint nation's National Olympic Committee. The admittance of Montenegro, along with Tuvalu

Tuvalu at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Tuvalu made their first ever appearance in an Olympic Games when the country sent three athletes to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Athletes from Tuvalu competed in two events....

 and the Marshall Islands

Marshall Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The Marshall Islands gained International Olympic Committee recognition in 2007, and sent a team to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, for their first ever appearance....

, brings the total number of nations competing in the 2008 Olympics to 204.

Athletics

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Goran Stojiljković Goran Stojiljković Goran Stojiljković is a retired Serbian footballer, who played as a forward.-Football career:...	Men's marathon	2:28:14	62nd

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats round 1		Heats round 2		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Milena Milašević Milena Milasevic Milena Milasevic is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Montenegro.Milasevic represented Montenegro at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed eighth in her heat without advancing to the second round. She ran the distance...	Women's 100 metres	12.65	66th	Did not advance

Boxing

Milorad Gajović

Milorad Gajovic

Milorad Gajović is a Montenegrin amateur boxer who qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics as a heavyweight. He has also had some success as an amateur kickboxer.-Boxing career:...

 qualified in the heavyweight class at the second European continental qualifying tournament.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition	Opposition	Opposition	Opposition
		Result	Result	Result	Result
Milorad Gajović Milorad Gajovic Milorad Gajović is a Montenegrin amateur boxer who qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics as a heavyweight. He has also had some success as an amateur kickboxer.-Boxing career:...	Heavyweight Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Heavyweight The heavyweight competition was the second-highest weight class featured in amateur boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and was held at the Workers Indoor Arena. Heavyweights were limited to a maximum of 91 kilograms in body mass....	Ilias Pavlidis 3:7	Did not advance

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First repechage round	Repechage quarterfinals	Repechage semifinals	Final
		Opposition	Opposition	Opposition	Opposition	Opposition	Opposition	Opposition	Opposition	Opposition
		Result	Result	Result	Result	Result	Result	Result	Result	Result
Srđan Mrvaljević	−81 kg Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 81 kg -Mat 1:-Mat 2:-Repechage:...	0020:0010	1011:0000	0111:0001	0000:0010			0000:1002	Did not advance

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Nikola Šaranović	10 m air pistol Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air pistol -Qualification round:The qualification round was held between 12:00 and 13:45 China Standard Time , with all shooters fitting into a single relay.DQ Disqualified – Q Qualified for final-Final:...	570	41st	Did not advance		41st
	50 m pistol Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre pistol -Qualification round:DQ Disqualified – Q Qualified for final-Final:DQ Disqualified...	535	45th	Did not advance		45th

Swimming

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marina Kuč	Women's 200 metre breaststroke Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Heat 5:-Heat 6:-Semifinals:-Final:-References:...	2:31.24	31st	Did not advance

Water polo

Men's tournament

The national team

Montenegro men's national water polo team

The Montenegro men's national water polo team represents Montenegro in international men's water polo competitions and is controlled by the Water Polo and Swimming Federation of Montenegro.-Prior history:...

 qualified as one of the twelve teams in the men's tournament by winning the European qualifying tournament

2007 European Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament

The 2007 Men's European Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing 2008 was held in Bratislava, Slovakia from September 2 to September 9, 2007. Croatia, Hungary, Spain and Serbia had already qualified for the Olympics, so they did not participate...

 in September 2007. The team finished in 4th place.

Roster

Group play

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8

UTC+8

UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as .With an estimated population of 1.53 billion living within the time zone, roughly 22.5% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in world, as well as a possible...

).

Medal round

Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Bronze medal game