Serbia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.^[1] This was the nation's third appearance at the Summer Olympics.

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Serbia at the 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SRB
NOC	Olympic Committee of Serbia
Website	www.oks.org.rs (in Serbian)
in London
Competitors	116 in 15 sports
Flag bearers	Novak Djokovic (opening) Milica Mandić (closing)
Medals Ranked 42nd	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 4
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)

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The Olympic Committee of Serbia sent a total of 116 athletes to the Games, 80 men and 46 women, to compete in 15 sports. Volleyball, men's handball, men's water polo were the only team-based sports in which Serbia had its representation in these Olympic games. Among the sports played by the athletes, Serbia marked its Olympic debut in taekwondo.

Notable Serbian athletes featured butterfly swimmer and Olympic silver medalist Milorad Čavić, and world number-one male tennis player and Olympic bronze medalist Novak Djokovic, who was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.^[2] Pistol shooter and Olympic gold medalist Jasna Šekarić, the oldest of the team at age 47, became the first Serbian athlete to compete in seven Olympic games, and played as an individual competitor under five different banners. Two athletes, on the other hand, made their sixth Olympic appearance: rifle shooter Nemanja Mirosavljev, and high jumper Dragutin Topić. Water polo player Dušan Mandić, at age 18, was the youngest athlete of the team.

Serbia left London with a total of four Olympic medals (one gold, one silver, and two bronze). Taekwondo jin Milica Mandić won Serbia's first ever Olympic gold medal as an independent nation. Meanwhile, the men's national water polo team managed to repeat its bronze medal from Beijing. Two other medals were awarded to the athletes in shooting.

Serbian athletes qualified in this athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):^[3][4]

Men

Track & road events

Field events

Combined events – Decathlon

Women

Track & road events

Field events

Men

More information Athlete, Event ...

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Aleksandar Drenovak	Middleweight	Delgado (ECU) W 13–12	Kılıççı (TUR) L 11–20	Did not advance

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Serbia qualified a team in the men's tournament.

Men's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Serbia roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[5]

Head coaches: Veselin Vuković

More information No., Pos. ...

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Dragan Marjanac (1985-02-26)26 February 1985 (aged 27) 1.92 m 58 1 BSV Bern Muri 5 LB Žarko Šešum (1986-06-16)16 June 1986 (aged 26) 1.95 m 106 271 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 6 LB Marko Vujin (1984-12-07)7 December 1984 (aged 27) 1.97 m 80 332 THW Kiel 7 RW Ivan Nikčević (1981-02-11)11 February 1981 (aged 31) 1.82 m 95 346 Wisła Płock 9 CB Nikola Manojlović (1981-12-01)1 December 1981 (aged 30) 1.95 m 32 36 RK Cimos Koper 11 P Alem Toskić (1982-02-12)12 February 1982 (aged 30) 1.90 m 124 256 Celje Pivovarna Laško 12 GK Darko Stanić (1978-10-08)8 October 1978 (aged 33) 1.90 m 74 0 RK Metalurg 13 LB Momir Ilić (1981-12-22)22 December 1981 (aged 30) 2.00 m 104 355 THW Kiel 15 LW Dobrivoje Marković (1986-04-22)22 April 1986 (aged 26) 1.90 m 90 171 BM Ciudad Encantada 17 RW Rajko Prodanović (1986-04-24)24 April 1986 (aged 26) 1.86 m 88 199 Pick Szeged 20 LB Momir Rnić (1987-11-01)1 November 1987 (aged 24) 1.97 m 55 83 Frisch Auf Göppingen 22 P Bojan Beljanski (1986-06-22)22 June 1986 (aged 26) 2.00 m 36 40 Frisch Auf Göppingen 23 CB Nenad Vučković (1980-08-23)23 August 1980 (aged 31) 1.92 m 96 185 MT Melsungen 25 CB Dalibor Čutura (1975-06-14)14 June 1975 (aged 37) 1.90 m 23 53 CB Ademar León 26 LB Ivan Stanković (1982-04-27)27 April 1982 (aged 30) 1.92 m 45 74 US Créteil

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• Reserve player: Žarko Šešum

Group play

More information Pld, W ...

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Croatia	5	5	0	0	150	109	+41	10	Quarter-finals
Denmark	5	4	0	1	124	129	−5	8
Spain	5	3	0	2	140	126	+14	6
Hungary	5	2	0	3	114	128	−14	4
Serbia	5	1	0	4	120	131	−11	2
South Korea	5	0	0	5	115	140	−25	0

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Source: ^{[citation needed]}

29 July 2012 16:15	Spain	26 – 21	Serbia	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,600[6] Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
	Sarmiento Melián 5	(10–14)	Ilić 6
	3× 5×	Report	3× 5×

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31 July 2012 16:15	Serbia	23 – 31	Croatia	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,827[7] Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Vujin 6	(9–13)	Čupić 8
	4× 3×	Report	3× 4×

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2 August 2012 19:30	Serbia	25 – 26	Denmark	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,504[8] Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Vujin 7	(11–13)	Hansen 7
	3× 7×	Report	2× 3×

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4 August 2012 11:15	South Korea	22 – 28	Serbia	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,525[9] Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Jeong Han 6	(10–12)	Nikčević, Toskić 5
	3× 2×	Report	6× 1×

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6 August 2012 09:30	Hungary	26 – 23	Serbia	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,159[10] Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
	Mocsai 9	(9–11)	Ilić, Prodanović 5
	4× 3×	Report	3× 4×

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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

Men

More information Athlete, Event ...

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Damir Mikec	10 m air pistol	578	17	Did not advance
	50 m pistol	564	16	Did not advance
Nemanja Mirosavljev	10 m air rifle	591	30	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	595	10	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1162	23	Did not advance
Andrija Zlatić	10 m air pistol	585	3 Q	685.2
	50 m pistol	564	3 Q	655.9	6

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Women

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Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Andrea Arsović	10 m air rifle	395	15	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	577	22	Did not advance
Zorana Arunović	10 m air pistol	385	5 Q	483.5	7
	25 m pistol	583	8 Q	787.3	4
Ivana Maksimović	10 m air rifle	392	37	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	590	2 Q	687.5
Jasna Šekarić	25 m pistol	579	18	Did not advance
Bobana Veličković	10 m air pistol	379	22	Did not advance

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Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.

Men

Women

Men

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Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Novak Djokovic	Singles	Fognini (ITA) W 6–7(7–9), 6–2, 6–2	Roddick (USA) W 6–2, 6–1	Hewitt (AUS) W 4–6, 7–5, 6–1	Tsonga (FRA) W 6–1, 7–5	Murray (GBR) L 5–7, 5–7	del Potro (ARG) L 5–7, 4–6	4
Janko Tipsarević		Nalbandian (ARG) W 6–3, 6–4	Petzschner (GER) W 3–6, 6–3, 6–4	Isner (USA) L 5–7, 6–7(14–16)	Did not advance
Viktor Troicki		Almagro (ESP) L 4–6, 6–7(3–7)	Did not advance
Janko Tipsarević Nenad Zimonjić	Doubles	—	Kližan / Lacko (SVK) W 6–3, 6–3	Nestor / Pospisil (CAN) W 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 11–9	Benneteau / Gasquet (FRA) L 4–6, 6–7(3–7)	Did not advance
Novak Đoković Viktor Troicki		—	Brunström / Lindstedt (SWE) L 6–7(8–10), 3–6	Did not advance

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Women

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Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ana Ivanovic	Singles	McHale (USA) W 6–4, 7–5	Baltacha (GBR) W 6–4, 7–6(7–5)	Clijsters (BEL) L 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Jelena Janković		S. Williams (USA) L 3–6, 1–6	Did not advance

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Mixed

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Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ana Ivanovic Nenad Zimonjić	Doubles	Mirza / Paes (IND) L 2–6, 4–6	Did not advance

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Serbia will participate in the men's tournament.

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Serbian roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[13]

More information №, Name ...

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	2012 club
1	Slobodan Soro	GK	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	23 December 1978	VK Partizan
2	Aleksa Šaponjić	D	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	4 June 1992	CA Golden Bears
3	Živko Gocić	D	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	22 August 1982	Szolnoki Vízilabda SC
4	Vanja Udovičić	CB	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	102 kg (225 lb)	12 September 1982	Radnicki
5	Dušan Mandić	D	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	16 June 1994	VK Partizan
6	Duško Pijetlović	CF	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	25 April 1985	Crvena Zvezda
7	Slobodan Nikić	CF	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	25 January 1983	Galatasaray Waterpolo
8	Milan Aleksić	CB	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	13 May 1986	Szolnoki Vízilabda SC
9	Nikola Rađen	CB	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	103 kg (227 lb)	29 January 1985	Crvena Zvezda
10	Filip Filipović	D	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	2 May 1987	Radnički
11	Andrija Prlainović	D	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	28 April 1987	Crvena Zvezda
12	Stefan Mitrović	D	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	29 March 1988	VK Partizan
13	Gojko Pijetlović	GK	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	7 August 1983	Ferencvárosi

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Head coach: Dejan Udovičić

Group play

More information Pld, W ...

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Serbia	5	4	1	0	69	38	+31	9	Quarterfinals
Montenegro	5	3	1	1	54	41	+13	7
Hungary	5	3	0	2	65	52	+13	6
United States	5	3	0	2	43	44	−1	6
Romania	5	1	0	4	48	55	−7	2
Great Britain	5	0	0	5	28	77	−49	0

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Source: ^{[citation needed]}

29 July 2012 15:30	Report	Hungary	10–14	Serbia	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Sergi Sanchez (ESP), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 1–3, 3–5, 4–4
		three players 2	Goals	Prlainović 5

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31 July 2012 18:20	Report	Serbia	21–7	Great Britain	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Gus Pinker (RSA), Kazuhiko Makita (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 7–2, 6–1, 5–1
		Prlainović 5	Goals	Figes 3

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2 August 2012 14:10	Report	Montenegro	11–11	Serbia	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–3, 2–1, 5–4, 3–3
		Ivović 3	Goals	Prlainović 5

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4 August 2012 19:40	Report	Serbia	11–6	United States	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Sergi Sanchez (ESP), Massimiliano Caputi (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 4–1, 1–2, 3–1, 3–2
		Udovičić 3	Goals	Bailey 2

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6 August 2012 14:10	Report	Romania	4–12	Serbia	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Ulrich Spiegel (GER), Steven Rotsart (USA)
		Score by quarters: 0–3, 1–3, 0–4, 3–2
		four players 1	Goals	Nikić, Mitrović 3

Quarterfinal

8 August 2012 15:50	Report	Australia	8–11	Serbia	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Sergi Sanchez (ESP), Steven Rotsart (USA)
		Score by quarters: 3–2, 4–2, 1–2, 0–5
		Campbell, Beadsworth 2	Goals	Filipović 3

Semifinal

10 August 2012 19:50	Report	Italy	9–7	Serbia	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Sergi Sanchez (ESP), Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 2–2, 2–1, 1–2
		Gallo 3	Goals	Udovičić 3

Bronze medal match

12 August 2012 14:30	Report	Montenegro	11–12	Serbia	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Massimiliano Caputi (ITA), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 2–3, 3–1, 5–4, 1–4
		Ivović 3	Goals	Filipović 3

Men's Greco-Roman

More information Athlete, Event ...

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Aleksandar Maksimović	−66 kg	Bayakhmetov (KAZ) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance						16

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