Olympic Summer Games 2008 / Participant (Serbia)

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Serbia took partin the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing with 91 athletes . This was the first independent Serbian participation in 96 years. In the intervening period, Serbia appeared as part of Yugoslavia (1920–1988 and 1996–2000), the independent Olympic participants (1992), and Serbia and Montenegro (2004). Since none of the Serbian participants could reach the podium in 1912, the three medals won were the first that Serbia won alone.

The flag bearer for the opening ceremony was the successful marksman Jasna Šekarić , and the volleyball player Saša Starović carried the flag for the closing ceremony .

Medals

Medal table

Medal table Serbia
space	sport				total
1	swim	-	1	-	1
2	tennis	-	-	1	1
	Water polo	-	-	1	1
total		-	1	2	3

Medalist

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Milorad Čavić	swim	100 m freestyle men

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Novak Đoković	tennis	Single men
Men's water polo team	Water polo	Water polo men

Participants by sport

Soccer

The U-21 European Championship 2007 served as qualification for the Olympics in Europe , and the semifinal participants were allowed to travel to Beijing. Serbia finished in second place after a final defeat against the Netherlands. The U-23 team was reinforced by captain and goalkeeper Vladimir Stojković and Aleksandar Živković and Miljan Mrdaković , who were also used in all three games. For women, the European participants for the Olympics were about the World Cup 2007 determines , for the Serbs not qualify could.

In the opening game against the Australians, Serbia played better than their opponents, especially on the offensive, but there were no good chances to score. After falling behind in the second half, the team secured a point with a header from Slobodan Rajković . Against Ivory Coast, the team was 1-0 down after just three minutes. After Miljan Mrdaković's equalizer and Rajković's own goal, Serbia lost 4-2, while Đorđe Rakić's 2: 3 goal in the 90th minute came too late. In the final group game against Argentina there was a 2-0 defeat despite the outstanding goalkeeper Stojković, so that the team was eliminated from the tournament as fourth and last in the group.

No.	Surname	Society*	Games	Gates	Yellow cards	Yellow-red cards	Red cards
goalkeeper
01	Vladimir Stojkovic	Sporting Lisbon	3	0	0	0	0
18th	Saša Stamenković	FK Napredak Kruševac	0	0	0	0	0
defender
02	Marko Jovanović	FK Partizan	3	0	0	0	0
03	Aleksandar Kolarov	Lazio Rome	2	0	0	0	0
04th	Gojko Kačar	Hertha BSC	3	0	0	0	0
05	Slobodan Rajković	FC Twente	3	1	0	0	0
11	Duško Tošić	Werder Bremen	2	0	0	1	0
16	Nenad Tomović	Red Star Belgrade	3	0	1	0	0
midfield player
06th	Predrag Pavlović	FK Napredak Kruševac	0	0	0	0	0
07th	Milan Smiljanić	Espanyol Barcelona	3	0	0	0	0
08th	Nikola Gulan	AC Florence	3	0	1	0	0
12	Dušan Tadić	FK Vojvodina	3	0	0	0	0
13	Ljubomir Fejsa	FK Partizan	3	0	0	0	0
15th	Aleksandar Živković	Shandong Luneng Taishan	3	0	1	0	0
17th	Zoran Tošić	FK Partizan	3	0	2	0	0
striker
09	Đorđe Rakić	Red Bull Salzburg	2	1	0	0	0
14th	Miljan Mrdaković	Vitória Guimarães	3	1	0	0	0
19th	Andrija Kaluđerović	OFK Belgrade	0	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Miroslav Đukić
Players who have not been released from their clubs
	Stefan Babović	FC Nantes
	Filip Đorđević	FC Nantes
* The club with which the player was under contract at the beginning of the Olympic Games is indicated.

Results

opponent	Result
Preliminary round
Australia	1: 1 (0: 0)
Ivory Coast	2: 4 (1: 2)
Argentina	0: 2 (0: 1)
eliminated as fourth group

athletics

Twelve Serbian athletes had qualified for the Summer Olympics, two of them did not arrive in Beijing: Aleksandar Raković in the 50 km walking discipline and Luka Rujević in the shot put.

High jumper Dragutin Topić took part in the Olympic Games for the fifth time, his best placement was 4th place in 1996 with 2.32 meters. The marathon runner Olivera Jevtić , who was sixth in Athens in 2004 , stopped the run at 23 km. She was in the leading group in the first part of the run, but had pain in her stomach for 15 km. Discus thrower Dragana Tomašević (then 38th) and walker Predrag Filipović (39th) were also present at the 2004 Olympics . Overall, none of the participants could reach the final (the marathon and the 20 and 50 kilometer walking disciplines consist of just one run).

Coach: Jovan Jahić , Danilo Krtinić , Slavko Kuzmanović

Results

athlete	discipline	round	Result	rank	record
Men
Nenad Filipović	50 km walk		4:02:16 h	30th
Predrag Filipović	20 km walk		1:28:15 h	41.
Asmir Kolašinac	Shot put	qualification	19.01 m	16. (Qualification A) 33. (Overall qualification) (not qualified)
Goran Nava	1500 m	leader	3: 42.92 min	6. (preliminary 3) 36. (all preliminary) (not qualified)	National Serbian record
Dragutin Topić	high jump	qualification	2.25 m	11. (Qualification A) 17. (Overall qualification) (not qualified)
Women
Tatjana Jelača	Javelin throw	qualification	NM *	no valid attempt (not qualified)
Olivera Jevtić	marathon		DNF *	Run aborted
Ivana Španović	Long jump	qualification	6.30 m	16. (Qualification B) 30. (Overall qualification) (not qualified)
Dragana Tomašević	Discus throw	qualification	60.19 m	6. (Qualification B) 13. (Overall qualification) (not qualified)
Biljana Topić	Triple jump	qualification	14.14 m	6. (Qualification A) 13. (Overall qualification) (not qualified)

Cycling

The two Serbian participants in the road race, Nebojša Jovanović (Serbian-Montenegrin champion 2004) and Ivan Stević (Serbian-Montenegrin champion 2003 and 2005 and Serbian champion 2006) had nothing to do with the medal award and ended up in 85th and 67th place respectively cyclist Žolt the had qualified for the Games in the discipline time trial, but did not participate.

Coach: Nebojša Čubrić

Results

athlete	discipline	time	rank
Men
Nebojša Jovanović	Road racing	6:49:59 h (+26: 10 min)	85.
Ivan Stevic	Road racing	6:35:44 h (+11: 55 min)	67.

Wrestling

Kristijan Fris , who was third in both World Cup and European Championship in 2007, lost to later Olympic champion Nasir Mankijew from Russia in the round of 16 . Over the consolation round he finally reached seventh place with a win against the Uzbek Ildar Hafizow and a defeat in the fight against the three-time world champion Hamid Soryan Reihanpour from Iran, to whom he was defeated at the World Cup last year. Before that, Štefanek , who also took part in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and reached 18th place, ended up on rank 15 this time, slightly improved.

Coach: Milorad Dokmanac , Pajo Ivošević

Results

athlete	discipline	round	opponent	Points
Men
Kristijan Fris	Greco-Roman style up to 55 kg	Preliminary round	Juri Kowal ( Ukraine )	10: 7, 3: 1
		Round of 16	Nasir Mankijew ( Russia )	0:10, 0: 3
		Consolation Round Quarter Finals Fight 2	Ildar Hafizow ( Uzbekistan )	5: 1, 3: 1
		Consolation round semi-final fight 2 (final score 7th)	Hamid Soryan Reihanpour ( Iran )	1: 6, 1: 3
Before that, Štefanek	Greco-Roman style up to 60 kg	Round of 16 (final rank 15)	Dilshod Aripov ( Uzbekistan )	2: 5, 1: 3

rowing

The two without a helmsman with Goran Jagar and Nikola Stojić (both 2007 World Cup second in the non-Olympic discipline four with a helmsman ) missed the final of the best six as fourth of the second semi-final with 1.7 seconds behind the German two. In the final B, a time more than ten seconds worse was enough to win and finish seventh. Also Iva Obradovic only reached the B finals in the one and ended up in the final eleventh place.

Coach: Oleksandr Fedotow , Nebojša Ilić

Results

athlete	discipline	round	time	rank
Men
Goran Jagar / Nikola Stojić	Two without a helmsman	leader	6: 46.71 min	2nd (preliminary 3) (qualified) 5th (all preliminary)
		Semifinals	6: 38.96 min	4th (semi-finals A / B 2) (not qualified) 8th (both semi-finals)
		final	6: 49.12 min	1. (Final B) (final score 7th)
Women
Iva Obradović	One	leader	7: 49.13 min	2. (preliminary 2) (qualified) 8. (all preliminary)
		Quarter finals	7: 39.16 min	3rd (quarter finals 2) (qualified) 10th (all quarter finals)
		Semifinals	7: 52.39 min	5. (Semi-finals A / B 2) (not qualified) 11. (all semi-finals)
		final	7: 53.83 min	5th (final B) (final rank 11)

shoot

The Serbian marksmen reached the final of the top eight four times, but they could not take home a medal. One of the finalists was Damir Mikec in the free pistol 50 meter discipline, where, as in the competition with the air pistol, he subsequently moved up one rank because Kim Jong-su from North Korea was disqualified for doping abuse. Also in the final was Stevan Pletikosić , bronze medalist in 1992 in small caliber, in the 50 meter air rifle discipline.

For women, Lidija Mihajlović was ranked fourth in the three-position battle after qualifying just behind the medal ranks , but in the end it was only seventh. Jasna Šekarić , who was named “Shooter of the Millennium” by the International Shooting Sport Federation in 2000 and has already won five Olympic medals, including a gold medal, this time only took sixth place in her favorite discipline of air pistol 10 meters, in the sport pistol She could not reach the final 25 meters.

Coach: Ivan Kvasnevski , Nenad Petković , Zoran Stojiljković

Results

athlete	discipline	round	Points	rank
Men
Damir Mikec	Air pistol 10 meters	qualification	580	13. (not qualified)
	Free pistol 50 meters	qualification	559	7. (qualified)
		final	655.8	7th
Nemanja Mirosavljev	Air rifle 10 meters	qualification	593	17. (not qualified)
	Small caliber lying 50 meters	qualification	590	33. (not qualified)
	Small caliber three-position fight 50 meters	qualification	1165	20. (not qualified)
Stevan Pletikosić	Air rifle 10 meters	qualification	595	8. (qualified)
		final	697.7	7th
	Small caliber lying 50 meters	qualification	594	10. (not qualified)
	Small caliber three-position fight 50 meters	qualification	1168	11. (not qualified)
Women
Lidija Mihajlović	Air rifle 10 meters	qualification	394	20. (not qualified)
	Small caliber three-position fight	qualification	587	4. (qualified)
		final	686	7th
Jasna Šekarić	Air pistol 10 meters	qualification	384	6. (qualified)
		final	480.9	6th
	Sports pistol 25 meters	qualification	578	21. (not qualified)

swim

The President of the Serbian Swimming Federation , Dušan Dimitrijević , announced that ten athletes will take part in the 2008 Summer Olympics in the swimming discipline, but Mladen Tepavčević did not attend.

The then five-time European champion Milorad Čavić broke Serbia's old national record (49.14 seconds) in the 100 m freestyle with 48.15 seconds on August 12, but skipped the semi-finals in this discipline to win the 100 m butterfly competition to be rested. Also Milica Ostojić broke the national Serbian record (2: 03.43 minutes) over 200 m freestyle women with 2: 03.19 minutes. On August 14th, Čavić also broke the Olympic record for the 100 m butterfly (51.14 seconds) set by Jason Dunford just a few minutes earlier, as well as the European record (51.36 seconds) with 50.76 seconds. In the final he was able to improve his time again, but he was missing a hundredth of a second to the Olympic gold, which US star Michael Phelps was able to secure.

Coach: Dejan Pejinovic , Petar Popović

Results

athlete	discipline	round	time	rank	Record / medal
Men
Milorad Čavić	100 m freestyle	leader	48.15 s	2. (preliminary 7) 6. (all preliminary) (qualified)	National Serbian record
		Semifinals	DNS *	not started
	100 m butterfly	leader	50.76 s	1st (preliminary 9) 1st (all preliminary) (qualified)	Olympic record European record
		Semifinals	50.92 s	1st (semi-final run 2) 1st (all semi-final runs) (qualified)
		final	50.59 s	2.	Silver European record
Ivan Lenđer	100 m butterfly	leader	53.41 s	7. (preliminary 5) 40. (all preliminary) (not qualified)
Vladan Marković	200 m butterfly	leader	2: 03.12 min	7. (Preliminary 2) 43. (All preliminary) (not qualified)
Čaba Silađi	100 m chest	leader	1: 02.31 min	3. (Preliminary 4) 40. (All preliminary) (not qualified)
Radovan Siljevski	200 m freestyle	leader	1: 50.25 min	3. (Preliminary 3) 40th (all preliminary) (not qualified)
Women
Nađa Higl	100 m chest	leader	1: 13.19 min	8. (Preliminary 3) 42nd (all preliminary) (not qualified)
	200 m chest	leader	2: 32.78 min	3. (Preliminary 3) 33. (all preliminary) (not qualified)
Miroslava Najdanovski	100 m freestyle	leader	56.50 s	7. (Preliminary 4) 38. (All preliminary) (not qualified)
	50 m freestyle	leader	DNS *	not started
Milica Ostojić	200 m freestyle	leader	2: 03.19 min	3. (Preliminary 1) 40. (All preliminary) (not qualified)	National Serbian record
Marica Štražmešter	100 m back	leader	1: 03.56 s	3. (Preliminary 2) 40. (All preliminary) (not qualified)

tennis

In the men’s third in the world rankings, Novak Đoković , advanced to the semi-finals, where he failed against Spanish player Rafael Nadal . In the subsequent game for third place, he prevailed against James Blake from the United States and won the bronze medal. The second Serbian starter, Janko Tipsarević , injured his ankle in the second set of the game against Olivier Rochus on August 12 and had to end the match early. The double with the top player Nenad Zimonjić (fourth place in the double world rankings) failed in the first round due to the Czech representatives Martin Damm and Pavel Vízner .

Ana Ivanović, gold medal favorite and world number one, did not start because of an injury, she had canceled her participation in the Olympic tennis tournament at short notice.

Coach: Duško Ilić (Zimonjić), Marko Janković (Janković), Marián Vajda (Đoković), Dejan Vraneš (Tipsarević)

Results

athlete	discipline	round	opponent	Result	medal
Men
Novak Đoković	singles	1 round	Robby Ginepri ( United States )	2: 0 (6: 4, 6: 4)
		2nd round	Rainer Schüttler ( Germany )	2: 0 (6: 4, 6: 2)
		Round of 16	Mikhail Juschny ( Russia )	2: 0 (7: 6 (7: 3), 6: 3)
		Quarter finals	Gaël Monfils ( France )	2: 1 (4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4)
		Semifinals	Rafael Nadal ( Spain )	1: 2 (4: 6, 6: 1, 4: 6)
		Bronze game	James Blake ( United States )	2: 0 (6: 3, 7: 6 (7: 4))	bronze
Janko Tipsarevic	singles	1 round	David Ferrer ( Spain )	2: 0 (7: 6 (10: 8), 6: 2)
		2nd round	Olivier Rochus ( Belgium )	RET * (6: 7 (5: 7), 3: 2)
Janko Tipsarević / Nenad Zimonjić	Double	1 round	Martin Damm / Pavel Vízner ( Czech Republic )	1: 2 (6: 3, 0: 6, 2: 6)
Women
Jelena Janković	singles	1 round	Cara Black ( South Africa )	2: 0 (6: 3, 6: 3)
		2nd round	Aljona Bondarenko ( Ukraine )	2: 0 (7: 5, 6: 1)
		Round of 16	Dominika Cibulková ( Slovakia )	2: 0 (7: 5, 6: 1)
		Quarter finals	Dinara Safina ( Russia )	1: 2 (2: 6, 7: 5, 3: 6)

Table tennis

The only Serbian starter in table tennis, Aleksandar Karakašević , who won the US Open for the third time in 2007, was looked after by former doubles world champion and two-time European champion Zoran Kalinić . The end for him came in the second round against the 42-year-old former world and European champion and later fourth-placed Jörgen Persson from Sweden.

Results

athlete	discipline	round	opponent	Result
Men
Aleksandar Karakašević	singles	1 round	Cem Zeng ( Turkey )	4: 1
		2nd round	Jörgen Persson ( Sweden )	2: 4

volleyball

Indoor volleyball

The men's team was able to European elimination tournament where they in the final European champion defeated Spain for Olympic qualifying . The women made the jump to Beijing via a tournament in Tokyo in May 2008.

In Group B, after three defeats at the beginning, including against defending champions Brazil, with two victories against Germany and Egypt , the men finally qualified for the quarter-finals, where despite leading twice against the USA, they ended in the tie-break. In contrast to the men, the women started with two opening wins against the underdogs from Kazakhstan and Algeria, but lost the remaining three games clearly with 0: 3. In the quarter-finals they were also defeated by Cuba with 0: 3, with two sets going to the opponent just 24:26.

Men	Women
player 1 Nikola Kovačević ( Perugia Volley ) 2 Dejan Bojović ( Gabeca Montichiari ) 3 Novica Bjelica ( Copra Nordmeccanica ) 4 Bojan Janić ( Marmi Lanza Verona ) 5 Vlado Petković ( OK Budućnost Podgorica ) 8 Marko Samardžić (Libero) ( Tours VB ) 9 Nikola Grbić ( Trentino Volley ) 10 Miloš Nikić ( Sparkling Milano ) 12 Andrija Gerić ( Lube Macerata ) 14 Ivan Miljković ( M. Roma Volley ) 15 Saša Starović ( OK Budućnost Podgorica ) 18 Marko Podraščanin ( Famigliulo Corigliano ) Trainer Igor Kolaković (1st trainer) Željko Bulatović (2nd coach)	Players 1 Jelena Nikolić ( Takefuji Bamboo ) 2 Jovana Brakočević ( Spess Volley Conegliano ) 3 Ivana Đerisilo-Stanković ( Voléro Zurich ) 5 Nataša Krsmanović ( Voléro Zurich ) 7 Brižitka Molnar ( Metal Galati ) 9 Jovana Vesović ( Jedinstvo Užice ) 10 Maja Ognjenović ( Metal Galati ) 11 Vesna Čitaković-Djurišić ( Eczacıbaşı Zentiva ) 13 Maja Simanić ( ŽOK Rijeka ) 15 Sanja Malagurski ( Hit Nova Gorica ) 17 Stefana Veljković ( Postar 064 Belgrade ) 18 Suzana Ćebić (Libero) ( Jedinstvo Užice ) Trainer Zoran Terzić (1st trainer) Nebijša Protić (2nd trainer)
P accreditation *
Nemanja Petrić ( OK Budućnost Podgorica ), Nikola Rosić ( Moerser SC ), Dragan Stanković ( Red Star Belgrade )	Ivana Nešović ( Red Star Belgrade ), Aleksandra Petrović ( Poštar 064 Belgrade ), Silvija Popović ( Poštar 064 Belgrade )
The club with which the player was under contract at the beginning of the Olympic Games is indicated.
Results opponent Result Preliminary round  Russia 1: 3 (25:20, 21:25, 22:25, 14:25)  Brazil 1: 3 (27:25, 20:25, 17:25, 21:25)  Poland 1: 3 (29:31, 25:22, 22:25, 21:25)  Germany 3: 1 (25:21, 27:25, 24:26, 25:23)  Egypt 3: 0 (25:16, 25:13, 25:17) Quarter finals  United States 2: 3 (25:20, 23:25, 25:21, 18:25, 12:15)	Results opponent Result Preliminary round  Kazakhstan 3: 1 (25:21, 25:17, 23:25, 25:21)  Algeria 3: 0 (25:14, 25:13, 25:13)  Brazil 0: 3 (15:25, 13:25, 23:25)  Italy 0: 3 (23:25, 20:25, 19:25)  Russia 0: 3 (21:25, 16:25, 20:25) Quarter finals  Cuba 0: 3 (24:26, 19:25, 24:26)

Water polo

Danilo Ikodinović , who competed at the Olympics for Serbia and Montenegro in 2000 and 2004 and won bronze and silver respectively, was in mortal danger after a motorcycle accident on June 27, 2008 and was unable to take part in the games.

The end for Serbia, as winner of the World League in 2007 for the Olympics qualified , came in the semifinals against the Americans, who could still beat them earlier in the group stage. In the game for third place they secured bronze with a 6: 4 against Montenegro, with some players facing each other who won the silver medal together in Athens in 2004.

Men goal 1 Denis Šefik 13 Slobodan Soro Outfield player 2 Andrija Prlainović 3 Živko Gočić 4 Vanja Udovičić 5 Dejan Savić 6 Duško Pijetlović 7 Nikola Rađen 8 Filip Filipović 9 Aleksandar Ćirić 10 Aleksandar Šapić 11 Vladimir Vujasinović 12 Branko Peković Trainer Dejan Udovičić Injured Danilo Ikodinović Slobodan Nikić The club with which the player was under contract at the beginning of the Olympic Games is indicated.

Results opponent Result medal Preliminary round  Germany 11: 7 (1: 3, 5: 2, 2: 2, 3: 0)  Croatia 8:11 (3: 1, 1: 4, 1: 4, 3: 2)  United States 4: 2 (0: 0, 2: 1, 2: 0, 0: 1)  People's Republic of China 15: 5 (5: 2, 2: 1, 4: 2, 4: 0)  Italy 12:13 (3: 3, 2: 3, 3: 5, 4: 2) Quarter finals  Spain 9: 5 (0: 1, 5: 1, 2: 1, 2: 2) Semifinals  United States 5:10 (3: 3, 1: 2, 1: 2, 0: 3) Bronze game  Montenegro 6: 4 (2: 0, 2: 1, 2: 1, 0: 2) bronze

Remarks

*
DNF - did not finish (competition not finished)
DNS - did not start (not started)
NM - no mark (no evaluation)
P-accreditation - athletes with a P-accreditation in a team sport are not allowed to live in the Olympic village, but on Participate in team training. Such athletes move up in the squad in the event of an injury.
RET - retired (abandoned / withdrawn)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ de.fifa.com: Australia - Serbia
2. ↑ de.fifa.com: Serbia - Ivory Coast
3. ↑ de.fifa.com: Argentina - Serbia
4. ↑ peking.ARD.de: Football - Men , de.fifa.com: Olympic Football Tournament Beijing 2008
5. ↑ peking.ARD.de: Athletics
6. ↑ peking.ARD.de: Cycling
7. ↑ peking.ARD.de: Wrestling
8. ↑ WorldRowing.com: 2008 Olympic Games Results
9. ↑ peking.ARD.de: Shooting
10. ↑ peking.ARD.de: Swimming
11. ↑ ATP world rankings in singles from August 4, 2008
12. ↑ ATP world rankings in doubles from August 4, 2008
13. ↑ news.ch: "Forfait by Ana Ivanovic" , www.focus.de: "Thumb slows Ivanovic in Beijing"
14. ↑ peking.ARD.de: Tennis
15. ↑ peking.ARD.de: table tennis
16. ↑ peking.ARD.de: Volleyball - men
17. ↑ peking.ARD.de: Volleyball - women
18. ↑ www.mondo.rs: "Najvažniji meč Dače Ikodinovića" (Serbian) ( Memento of the original from August 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
19. ↑ peking.ARD.de: Water polo - men

Web links

• Olympic Committee of Serbia