Serbia at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Serbia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2] It was the nation's fifth appearance at the Summer Olympics as an independent nation.

Serbia at the 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SRB
NOC	Olympic Committee of Serbia
Website	www.oks.org.rs (in Serbian)
in Tokyo, Japan 23 July 2021 (2021-07-23) – 8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors	87 (43 men and 44 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Sonja Vasić Filip Filipović[1]
Flag bearer (closing)	Jovana Preković
Medals Ranked 28th	Gold 3 Silver 1 Bronze 5 Total 9
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1912 1920–2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
Yugoslavia (1920–1992 W)  Independent Olympic Participants (1992 S)  Serbia and Montenegro (1996–2006)

Medalists

Further information: 2020 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2020 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Milica Mandić	Taekwondo	Women's +67 kg	27 July
Gold	Jovana Preković	Karate	Women's 61 kg	6 August
Gold	Serbia men's national water polo team Gojko Pijetlović Dušan Mandić Nikola Dedović Sava Ranđelović Strahinja Rašović Duško Pijetlović Đorđe Lazić Milan Aleksić Nikola Jakšić Filip Filipović Andrija Prlainović Stefan Mitrović Branislav Mitrović	Water polo	Men's tournament	8 August
Silver	Damir Mikec	Shooting	Men's 10 m air pistol	24 July
Bronze	Tijana Bogdanović	Taekwondo	Women's 49 kg	24 July
Bronze	Serbia men's national 3x3 team Dušan Domović Bulut Dejan Majstorović Aleksandar Ratkov Mihailo Vasić	Basketball	Men's 3x3 tournament	28 July
Bronze	Milenko Sebić	Shooting	Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions	2 August
Bronze	Zurab Datunashvili	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg	4 August
Bronze	Serbia women's national volleyball team Bianka Buša Mina Popović Slađana Mirković Brankica Mihajlović Maja Ognjenović (c) Ana Bjelica Maja Aleksić Milena Rašić Silvija Popović Tijana Bošković Bojana Milenković Jelena Blagojević	Volleyball	Women's tournament	8 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	2	3	5
Basketball	4	12	16
Boxing	0	1	1
Canoeing	2	1	3
Judo	2	3	5
Karate	0	1	1
Rowing	2	1	3
Shooting	3	4	7
Swimming	6	1	7
Table tennis	3	0	3
Taekwondo	0	2	2
Tennis	2	3	5
Volleyball	0	12	12
Water polo	13	0	13
Wrestling	4	0	4
Total	43	44	87

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Serbian athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[3][4]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Asmir Kolašinac	Men's shot put	19.68	29	Did not advance
Armin Sinančević		20.96	10 q	20.89	7
Ivana Španović	Women's long jump	7.00	1 Q	6.91	4
Dragana Tomašević	Women's discus throw	56.95	26	Did not advance
Marija Vučenović	Women's javelin throw	58.93	20	Did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Indoor

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Serbia women's	Women's tournament	Canada W 72–68	Spain L 70–85	South Korea W 65–61	2 QF	China W 77–70	United States L 59–79	France L 76–91	4

Women's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Serbia women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics as one of two highest-ranked eligible squads from group A at the Belgrade meet of the 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.^[5]

Team roster

Serbia women's national basketball team – 2020 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. SF 5 Sonja Vasić 32 – (1989-02-18)18 February 1989 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Spar Girona SG 6 Saša Čađo 32 – (1989-07-13)13 July 1989 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Carolo Basket SG 8 Nevena Jovanović 31 – (1990-06-30)30 June 1990 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Sopron Basket PF 9 Jelena Brooks 32 – (1989-04-28)28 April 1989 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Sopron Basket G 10 Dajana Butulija 35 – (1986-02-23)23 February 1986 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Ślęza Wrocław PF 11 Aleksandra Crvendakić 25 – (1996-03-17)17 March 1996 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) ASVEL Féminin PG 12 Yvonne Anderson 31 – (1990-03-08)8 March 1990 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Reyer Venezia C 14 Dragana Stanković 26 – (1995-01-18)18 January 1995 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) USK Praha SG 23 Ana Dabović 31 – (1989-08-18)18 August 1989 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Basket Lattes PF 24 Maja Škorić 31 – (1989-11-10)10 November 1989 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) KSC Szekszárd PF 32 Angela Dugalić 19 – (2001-12-29)29 December 2001 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Oregon Ducks C 33 Tina Krajišnik 30 – (1991-01-12)12 January 1991 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Galatasaray	Head coach Marina Maljković[6] Assistant coach(es) Miloš Pađen Vladimir Vuksanović Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 26 July 2021

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	234	205	+29	6	Quarterfinals
2	Serbia	3	2	1	207	214	−7	5
3	Canada	3	1	2	208	201	+7	4
4	South Korea	3	0	3	183	212	−29	3

Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.

26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 17:20 v

Boxscore

Serbia	72–68	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 20–15, 9–17, 27–23
Pts: Vasić 16 Rebs: Dabović 6 Asts: Crvendakić, Dabović 5		Pts: Fields 19 Rebs: Nurse 6 Asts: Achonwa 5

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Amy Bonner (USA), Leandro Lezcano (ARG), Maj Forsberg (DEN)

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29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 17:20 v

Boxscore

Spain	85–70	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 22–24, 18–14, 26–12
Pts: Ndour 20 Rebs: Ndour 9 Asts: Ouviña 8		Pts: Brooks 16 Rebs: Anderson 8 Asts: three players 4

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Maj Forsberg (DEN), Andreia Silva (BRA)

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1 August 2021 (2021-08-01) 21:00 v

Boxscore

South Korea	61–65	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 10–17, 14–15, 20–18, 17–15
Pts: Park Ji-h 17 Rebs: Park Ji-s. 11 Asts: Park Ji-h., Park Ji-s. 5		Pts: Crvendakić 15 Rebs: Vasić 10 Asts: three players 4

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Amy Bonner (USA), Andreia Silva (BRA)

Quarterfinal

4 August 2021 (2021-08-04) 10:00 v

Boxscore

China	70–77	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 19–19, 25–14, 12–28
Pts: Shao 17 Rebs: Han 7 Asts: Li Yua. 6		Pts: Brooks 18 Rebs: Vasić 10 Asts: Dabović 6

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Luis Castillo (ESP), Maripier Malo (CAN), Rabah Noujaim (LIB)

Semifinal

6 August 2021 (2021-08-06) 13:40 v

Boxscore

United States	79–59	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 25–12, 16–11, 17–16, 21–20
Pts: Griner 15 Rebs: Griner 12 Asts: Bird, Taurasi 4		Pts: Anderson 15 Rebs: Dugalić 10 Asts: Vasić 3

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Yu Jung (TPE), Andreia Silva (BRA)

Bronze medal game

7 August 2021 (2021-08-07) 16:00 v

Boxscore

Serbia	76–91	France
Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 17–24, 16–24, 20–24
Pts: Anderson 24 Rebs: Vasić 8 Asts: Anderson, Brooks 5		Pts: Williams 17 Rebs: Williams 8 Asts: three players 4

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Amy Bonner (USA), Takaki Kato (JPN)

3x3 basketball

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage								Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Serbia men's	Men's tournament	China W 22–13	Netherlands W 16–15	Poland W 15–12	Belgium W 21–14	Japan W 21–11	Latvia W 22–16	ROC W 21–10	1 SF	Bye	ROC L 10–21	Belgium W 21–10

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 3x3 tournament

Serbia men's national 3x3 team qualified directly for the Olympics by securing an outright berth, as one of the three highest-ranked squads, in the men's category of the FIBA rankings.^[7]

Team roster

Head coach: Goran Vojkić

• Dušan Domović Bulut
• Dejan Majstorović
• Aleksandar Ratkov
• Mihailo Vasić

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Serbia	7	7	0	138	91	+47	Semifinals
2	Belgium	7	4[a]	3	126	127	−1
3	Latvia	7	4[a]	3	133	129	+4	Quarterfinals
4	Netherlands	7	4[a]	3	132	129	+3
5	ROC	7	3	4	116	125	−9
6	Japan (H)	7	2[b]	5	123	134	−11
7	Poland	7	2[b]	5	120	130	−10
8	China	7	2[b]	5	119	142	−23

Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Belgium 2–0, Latvia 1–1, Netherlands 0–2
2. Japan 1–1, 123 PS; Poland 1–1, 120 PS; China 1–1, 119 PS

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 12:00 v

Report

China	13–22	Serbia
Pts: Hu 6		Pts: Domović Bulut 11

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Glenn Tuitt (USA)

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24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 15:25 v

Report

Serbia	16–15	Netherlands
Pts: Vasić 5		Pts: Voorn 6

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Marek Maliszewski (POL)

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25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 12:00 v

Report

Poland	12–15	Serbia
Pts: Pawłowski 4		Pts: Vasić 5

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS), Markos Michaelides (SUI)

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25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 15:25 v

Report

Serbia	21–14	Belgium
Pts: Domović Bulut 13		Pts: Bogaerts 6

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Cecília Tóth (HUN)

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26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 12:00 v

Report

Serbia	21–11	Japan
Pts: Domović Bulut 7		Pts: Yasuoka 8

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Glenn Tuitt (USA)

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26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 15:25 v

Report

Latvia	16–22	Serbia
Pts: three players 5		Pts: Majstorović 11

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Marek Maliszewski (POL)

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27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 18:00 v

Report

Serbia	21–10	ROC
Pts: Vasić 8		Pts: Karpenkov 5

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Cecília Tóth (HUN)

Semifinal

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 17:30 v

Report

Serbia	10–21	ROC
Pts: Domović Bulut 5		Pts: Zuev 11

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Markos Michaelides (SUI)

Bronze medal match

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 21:15 v

Report

Serbia	21–10	Belgium
Pts: Domović Bulut 7		Pts: Vervoort 5

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Marek Maliszewski (POL)

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Serbia entered one boxer into the Olympic tournament for the first time at the Games. Nina Radovanović topped the list of boxers vying for qualification from Europe in the women's flyweight category based on the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nina Radovanović	Women's flyweight	Bujold (CAN) W 5–0	Havrayimana (BDI) W 5–0	Huang H-w (TPE) L 0–5	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Sprint

Serbian canoeists qualified three boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Strahinja Stefanović	Men's K-1 200 m	34.996	1 SF	Bye		35.855	5 FB	36.329	11
Bojan Zdelar		37.092	5 QF	36.531	4	Did not advance
	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:45.074	2 SF	Bye		3:29.525	8 FB	3:31.689	16
Milica Novaković	Women's K-1 200 m	41.579	3 QF	41.340	2 SF	40.257	6 FB	40.527	13
	Women's K-1 500 m	1:49.802	5 QF	1:49.348	1 SF	1:53.149	3 FB	1:54.458	12

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal); FC = Qualify to final C (non-medal)

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Serbia qualified five judoka (two men and three women) for each of the following weight classes at the Games. 2017 world champion Nemanja Majdov (men's middleweight, 90 kg), Rio 2016 Olympian Aleksandar Kukolj (men's half-heavyweight, 100 kg), Milica Nikolić (women's extra-lightweight, 48 kg), and Marica Perišić (women's lightweight, 57 kg) were selected among the top 18 judoka of their respective weight classes based on the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021, while Anja Obradović (women's haf-middleweight, 63 kg) accepted a continental berth from Europe as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nemanja Majdov	Men's −90 kg	Bye	Trippel (GER) L 00–01	Did not advance
Aleksandar Kukolj	Men's −100 kg	—	Takayawa (FIJ) W 10–00	Cho G-h (KOR) L 00–10	Did not advance
Milica Nikolić	Women's −48 kg	—	Boukli (FRA) W 10–00	Bilodid (UKR) L 00–01	Did not advance
Marica Perišić	Women's −57 kg	—	Aldass (EOR) W 10–00	Nelson-Levy (ISR) L 00–10	Did not advance
Anja Obradović	Women's −63 kg	—	Franssen (NED) L 00–10	Did not advance

Karate

Main articles: Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Serbia entered one karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. 2018 world champion Jovana Preković qualified directly for the women's kumite 61-kg category by finishing among the top four karateka at the end of the combined WKF Olympic Rankings.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jovana Preković	Women's −61 kg	Sadini (MAR) W 3–1	Grande (PER) W 1–0	Serogina (UKR) W 6–4	Farouk (EGY) W 1–1 S	1 Q	Çoban (TUR) W 2–0	Yin Xy (CHN) W 0–0 H

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Serbia qualified one boat in the men's pair for the Games by topping the B-final and securing seventh out of eleven berths available at the 2019 FISA World Championships in Ottensheim, Austria.^[12] Meanwhile, the women's single sculls rower added one boat for the Serbian roster with a bronze-medal finish in the A-final at the 2021 European Continental Qualification Regatta in Varese, Italy.^[13]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Martin Mačković Miloš Vasić	Men's pair	6:43.18	3 SA/B	Bye		—		6:17.47	2 FA	6:22.34	5
Jovana Arsić	Women's single sculls	7:46.74	3 QF	Bye		8:09.37	4 SC/D	7:39.26	2 FC	7:43.30	15

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Serbian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by June 6, 2021.^[14]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Damir Mikec	10 m air pistol	578	8 Q	237.9
Milenko Sebić	10 m air rifle	623.2	31	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1180	4 Q	448.2
Milutin Stefanović	10 m air rifle	621.3	38	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1164	23	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Andrea Arsović	10 m air rifle	623.3	29	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1175	5 Q	402.4	8
Zorana Arunović	10 m air pistol	573	17	Did not advance
	25 m pistol	584	9	Did not advance
Jasmina Milovanović	10 m air pistol	566	33	Did not advance
	25 m pistol	575	30	Did not advance
Sanja Vukašinović	10 m air rifle	617.8	44	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1161	25	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final / BM
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Damir Mikec Zorana Arunović	10 m air pistol team	577	5 Q	384	4 q	Kostevych / Omelchuk (UKR) L 12–16	4
Milenko Sebić Sanja Vukašinović	10 m air rifle team	612.4	29	Did not advance
Milutin Stefanović Andrea Arsović		624.5	16	Did not advance

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Serbian swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[15][16]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andrej Barna	Men's 50 m freestyle	22.29	28	Did not advance
	Men's 100 m freestyle	48.30	13 Q	47.94 NR	9	Did not advance
Vuk Čelić	Men's 800 m freestyle	8:04.85	33	—		Did not advance
Čaba Silađi	Men's 100 m breaststroke	1:00.19	26	Did not advance
Velimir Stjepanović	Men's 200 m freestyle	1:46.26	14 Q	1:47.62	16	Did not advance
Nikola Aćin Andrej Barna Uroš Nikolić Velimir Stjepanović	Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:13.71 NR	10	—		Did not advance
Anja Crevar	Women's 200 m individual medley	2:17.62	26	Did not advance
	Women's 400 m individual medley	4:40.50	10	—		Did not advance

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Serbia entered three athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. The men's team secured a berth by advancing to the quarterfinal round of the 2020 World Olympic Qualification Event in Gondomar, Portugal, permitting a maximum of two starters to compete in the men's singles tournament.^[17][18]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Dimitrije Levajac	Men's singles	Bye	Skachkov (ROC) L 2–4	Did not advance
Žolt Peto			Gionis (GRE) L 0–4	Did not advance
Marko Jevtović Dimitrije Levajac Žolt Peto	Men's team	—				Brazil (BRA) L 2–3	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Serbia entered two athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Rio 2016 silver medalist Tijana Bogdanović (women's 49 kg) and London 2012 champion Milica Mandić (women's +67 kg) qualified directly for their respective weight classes by finishing among the top five taekwondo practitioners at the end of the WT Olympic Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tijana Bogdanović	Women's −49 kg	Bye	Cerezo (ESP) L 4–12	Did not advance		Wu Jy (CHN) W 12–9	Yamada (JPN) W 20–6
Milica Mandić	Women's +67 kg	—	Ogallo (KEN) W 13–0	Kowalczuk (POL) W 11–4	Laurin (FRA) W 7–5	Bye	Lee D-b (KOR) W 10–7

Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Serbia entered five tennis players into the Olympic tournament. Beijing 2008 bronze medalist and world No. 1 Novak Djokovic and Miomir Kecmanović (world no. 47) qualified directly as one of the top 56 eligible players in the ATP World Rankings, while Nina Stojanović (world no. 85) and Ivana Jorović (world no. 90) did so for the women's singles based on their WTA World Rankings of June 13, 2021.^[19][20]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Novak Djokovic	Men's singles	Dellien (BOL) W 6–2, 6–2	Struff (GER) W 6–4, 6–3	Davidovich Fokina (ESP) W 6–3, 6–1	Nishikori (JPN) W 6–2, 6–0	Zverev (GER) L 6–1, 3–6, 1–6	Carreño Busta (ESP) L 4–6, 7–6(8–6), 3–6	4
Miomir Kecmanović		Majchrzak (POL) W 6–4, 6–2	Humbert (FRA) L 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 5–7	Did not advance
Ivana Jorović	Women's singles	van Uytvanck (BEL) L 3–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Nina Stojanović		Hibino (JPN) W 6–3, 6–3	Sakkari (GRE) L 1–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Aleksandra Krunić Nina Stojanović	Women's doubles	—	Xu Yf / Yang Zx (CHN) L 6–4, 4–6, [16–18]	Did not advance
Novak Djokovic Nina Stojanović	Mixed doubles	—	Stefani / Melo (BRA) W 6–3, 6–4	Siegemund / Krawietz (GER) W 6–1, 6–2	Vesnina / Karatsev (ROC) L 6–7(4–7), 5–7	Barty / Peers (AUS) L WO	4

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Indoor

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Serbia women's	Women's tournament	Dominican Republic W 3–0	Japan W 3–0	Kenya W 3–0	Brazil L 1–3	South Korea W 3–0	2 QF	Italy W 3–0	United States L 0–3	South Korea W 3–0

Women's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Serbia women's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by securing an outright berth as the highest-ranked nation for pool A at the Intercontinental Olympic Qualification Tournament in Wrocław, Poland.^[21]

Team roster

The following is the Serbian roster.^[22]

Head coach: Zoran Terzić

• 1 Bianka Buša OS
• 5 Mina Popović MB
• 8 Slađana Mirković S
• 9 Brankica Mihajlović OS
• 10 Maja Ognjenović (c) S
• 13 Ana Bjelica OP
• 14 Maja Aleksić MB
• 16 Milena Rašić MB
• 17 Silvija Popović L
• 18 Tijana Bošković OP
• 19 Bojana Milenković OS
• 20 Jelena Blagojević OS

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	14	15	3	5.000	434	315	1.378	Quarter-finals
2	Serbia	5	4	1	12	13	3	4.333	381	313	1.217
3	South Korea	5	3	2	7	9	10	0.900	374	415	0.901
4	Dominican Republic	5	2	3	8	10	10	1.000	411	406	1.012
5	Japan (H)	5	1	4	4	6	12	0.500	378	395	0.957
6	Kenya	5	0	5	0	0	15	0.000	242	376	0.644

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 14:20	Serbia	3–0	Dominican Republic	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Kang Joo-hee (KOR), Evgeny Makshanov (RUS)
	(25–18, 25–12, 25–20) Results Statistics

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27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 14:20	Japan	0–3	Serbia	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Patricia Rolf (USA), Juraj Mokrý (SVK)
	(23–25, 16–25, 24–26) Results Statistics

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29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 14:20	Serbia	3–0	Kenya	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Hamid Al-Rousi (UAE), Sumie Myoi (JPN)
	(25–21, 25–11, 25–20) Results Statistics

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31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 16:25	Serbia	1–3	Brazil	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Fabrice Collados (FRA), Wojciech Maroszek (POL)
	(20–25, 16–25, 25–23, 19–25) Results Statistics

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2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 09:00	Serbia	3–0	South Korea	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Evgeny Makshanov (RUS), Sumie Myoi (JPN)
	(25–18, 25–17, 25–15) Results Statistics

Quarterfinal

4 August 2021 (2021-08-04) 17:00	Serbia	3–0	Italy	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Evgeny Makshanov (RUS)
	(25–21, 25–14, 25–21) Results Statistics

Semifinal

6 August 2021 (2021-08-06) 13:00	Serbia	0–3	United States	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Hernán Casamiquela (ARG), Susana Rodríguez (ESP)
	(19–25, 15–25, 23–25) Results Statistics

Bronze medal match

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08) 09:00	South Korea	0–3	Serbia	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Daniele Rapisarda (ITA), Patricia Rolf (USA)
	(18–25, 15–25, 15–25) Results Statistics

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• FT – After full time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Serbia men's	Men's tournament	Spain L 12–13	Kazakhstan W 19–5	Australia W 14–8	Croatia L 12–14	Montenegro W 13–6	3 QF	Italy W 10–6	Spain W 10–9	Greece W 13–10

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Serbian men's water polo team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the 2019 FINA World League Super Final in Belgrade.^[23]

Team roster

Serbia's final squad was announced on 8 July 2021.^[24]

Head coach: Dejan Savić^[25]

No.	Player	Pos.	L/R	Height	Weight	Date of birth (age)	Apps	OG/ Goals	Club	Ref
1	Gojko Pijetlović	10GK	2R	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	(1983-08-07)7 August 1983 (aged 37)	270	2/0	Novi Beograd	[26]
2	Dušan Mandić	50D	1L	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	(1994-06-16)16 June 1994 (aged 27)	194	2/13	Novi Beograd	[27]
3	Nikola Dedović	50D	2R	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	(1992-01-25)25 January 1992 (aged 29)	29	0/0	Spandau 04	[28]
4	Sava Ranđelović	20CB	2R	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	(1993-07-17)17 July 1993 (aged 28)	166	1/2	Vasas	[29]
5	Đorđe Lazić	40CF	2R	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	(1996-05-19)19 May 1996 (aged 25)	34	0/0	Brescia	[30]
6	Duško Pijetlović	40CF	2R	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	(1985-04-25)25 April 1985 (aged 36)	452	3/29	Novi Beograd	[31]
7	Strahinja Rašović	50D	2R	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1992-03-09)9 March 1992 (aged 29)	84	0/0	Novi Beograd	[32]
8	Milan Aleksić	20CB	2R	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	(1986-05-13)13 May 1986 (aged 35)	259	2/9	Partizan	[33]
9	Nikola Jakšić	20CB	2R	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	(1997-01-17)17 January 1997 (aged 24)	99	1/4	Novi Beograd	[34]
10	Filip Filipović (C)	50D	1L	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	101 kg (223 lb)	(1987-05-02)2 May 1987 (aged 34)	652	3/41	Olympiacos	[35]
11	Andrija Prlainović	50D	2R	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	(1987-04-28)28 April 1987 (aged 34)	325	3/31	Marseille	[36]
12	Stefan Mitrović	50D	2R	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	(1988-03-29)29 March 1988 (aged 33)	256	2/18	Partizan	[37]
13	Branislav Mitrović	10GK	2R	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	(1985-01-30)30 January 1985 (aged 36)	163	1/0	Vasas	[38]
Average				1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	31 years, 234 days	229

Note: Age as of 23 July 2021
Source: Serbia Men | Tokyo 2020 Olympics Archived 2021-07-22 at the Wayback Machine

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	5	0	0	61	31	+30	10	Quarterfinals
2	Croatia	5	3	0	2	62	46	+16	6[a]
3	Serbia	5	3	0	2	70	46	+24	6[a]
4	Montenegro	5	2	0	3	54	56	−2	4[b]
5	Australia	5	2	0	3	49	60	−11	4[b]
6	Kazakhstan	5	0	0	5	35	92	−57	0

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FINA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
Notes:

1. Croatia 14–12 Serbia
2. Australia 10–15 Montenegro

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 18:20 v	Report	Serbia	12–13	Spain	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 3–5, 3–2, 3–3
		four players 2	Goals	Munarriz 4

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27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 14:00 v	Report	Kazakhstan	5–19	Serbia	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), György Kun (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–3, 2–6, 0–6
		Medvedev, Vuksanović 2	Goals	Pijetlović 4

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29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 19:50 v	Report	Serbia	14–8	Australia	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 6–0, 4–1, 1–2, 3–5
		Mandić 4	Goals	B. Edwards 2

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31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 15:30 v	Report	Croatia	14–12	Serbia	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 5–3, 1–1, 4–4, 4–4
		Joković, Obradović 4	Goals	Jakšić 3

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2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 14:00 v	Report	Serbia	13–6	Montenegro	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Alessandro Severo (ITA), Frank Ohme (GER)
		Score by quarters: 6–1, 2–1, 3–2, 2–2
		Filipović 3	Goals	Ivović 3

Quarterfinal

4 August 2021 (2021-08-04) 18:20 v	Report	Italy	6–10	Serbia	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–4, 1–0, 2–1
		Presciutti 2	Goals	Filipović 3

Semifinal

6 August 2021 (2021-08-06) 19:50 v	Report	Serbia	10–9	Spain	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 2–0, 2–5, 1–2, 5–2
		Mandić 3	Goals	three players 2

Gold medal game

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08) 16:30 v	Report	Greece	10–13	Serbia	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), Xevi Buch (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–6, 4–2, 2–2, 1–3
		three players 2	Goals	three players 3

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Serbia qualified four wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Three of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's freestyle (57 kg) and the men's Greco-Roman (67 and 97 kg) at the 2019 World Championships, while an additional license was awarded to the Serbian wrestler, who progressed to the top two finals of the men's Greco-Roman 87 kg at the 2021 World Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[39][40]

Key:

• VF (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
• VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
• PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Stevan Mićić	Men's –57 kg	Takahashi (JPN) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance				14

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mate Nemeš	Men's –67 kg	Stäbler (GER) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance				13
Zurab Datunashvili	Men's –87 kg	Beleniuk (UKR) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance		Sid Azara (ALG) W 3–1 PP	Huklek (CRO) W 3–1 PP
Mikheil Kajaia	Men's –97 kg	Hancock (USA) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance				14