Montenegro at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Montenegro at the 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	MNE
NOC	Montenegrin Olympic Committee
Website	www.cok.me(in Montenegrin)
in London
Competitors	34 in 7 sports
Flag bearers	Srđan Mrvaljević[1] (opening) Bojana Popović (closing)
Medals Ranked 69th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
Yugoslavia (1920–1992W)  Independent Olympic Participants (1992S)  Serbia and Montenegro (1996–2006)

Montenegro competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's second appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Montenegrin Olympic Committee sent a total of 34 athletes to the Games, 18 men and 16 women, to compete in 7 sports. Most of them participated in team-based sports, particularly in men's water polo, and women's handball. Pistol shooter Nikola Šaranović, who competed in his second Olympics for the independent nation, was the oldest member of the team, at age 41. Meanwhile, judoka Srđan Mrvaljević, who was elected as the "best athlete of the year" in 2011 by the Montenegrin Olympic Committee, became the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Montenegro left London with its first ever Olympic medal as an independent nation, taking silver by the women's handball team.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Montenegro women's national handball team Marina Vukčević Radmila Miljanić Jovanka Radičević Ana Đokić Marija Jovanović Ana Radović Anđela Bulatović Sonja Barjaktarović Maja Savić Bojana Popović Suzana Lazović Katarina Bulatović Majda Mehmedović Milena Knežević	Handball	Women's tournament	11 August

Montenegro qualified one athlete in the men's discus throw, and the other in women's marathon after having achieved the "B" standard.^[2][3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Danijel Furtula	Discus throw	57.48	38	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Slađana Perunović	Marathon	2:39:07 NR	77

Montenegro qualified one boxer in the men's light heavyweight division by invitation.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Boško Drašković	Light heavyweight	Bravo (NCA) L 11–16	Did not advance

Montenegro qualified a team in the women's tournament.

The following is the Montenegro roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Head coaches: Dragan Adžić

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Marina Vukčević (1993-08-24)24 August 1993 (aged 18) 1.75 m ŽRK Budućnost 2 RW Radmila Miljanić (1988-04-19)19 April 1988 (aged 24) 1.57 m ŽRK Budućnost 4 RW Jovanka Radičević (1986-10-23)23 October 1986 (aged 25) 1.70 m Győri Audi 5 P Ana Đokić (1979-02-09)9 February 1979 (aged 33) 1.65 m ŽRK Budućnost 8 LB Marija Jovanović (1985-12-26)26 December 1985 (aged 26) 1.82 m Oltchim Vâlcea 9 CB Ana Radović (1986-08-21)21 August 1986 (aged 25) 1.75 m ŽRK Budućnost 10 CB Anđela Bulatović (1987-01-15)15 January 1987 (aged 25) 1.75 m ŽRK Budućnost 12 GK Sonja Barjaktarović (1986-09-11)11 September 1986 (aged 25) 1.80 m ŽRK Budućnost 14 LW Maja Savić (1976-04-29)29 April 1976 (aged 36) 1.76 m ŽRK Budućnost 17 LB Bojana Popović (1979-11-20)20 November 1979 (aged 32) 1.85 m ŽRK Budućnost 26 P Suzana Lazović (1992-01-28)28 January 1992 (aged 20) 1.76 m ŽRK Budućnost 32 RB Katarina Bulatović (1984-11-15)15 November 1984 (aged 27) 1.86 m Oltchim Vâlcea 77 LW Majda Mehmedović (1990-05-25)25 May 1990 (aged 22) 1.71 m ŽRK Budućnost 90 CB Milena Knežević (1990-03-12)12 March 1990 (aged 22) 1.77 m ŽRK Budućnost

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Brazil	5	4	0	1	137	122	+15	8	Quarter-finals
Croatia	5	4	0	1	145	115	+30	8
Russia	5	3	1	1	151	125	+26	7
Montenegro	5	2	1	2	137	123	+14	5
Angola	5	1	0	4	132	142	−10	2
Great Britain	5	0	0	5	91	166	−75	0

28 July 2012 19:30	Montenegro	31 – 19	Great Britain	Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,941[5] Referees: Duţă, Florescu (ROU)
	A. Bulatović 5	(18–12)	Gerbron 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 5×

30 July 2012 19:30	Brazil	27 – 25	Montenegro	Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,974[6] Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
	do Nascimento 8	(15–16)	K. Bulatović 5
	3× 4× 1×	Report	3× 7× 1×

1 August 2012 11:15	Montenegro	30 – 25	Angola	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,354[7] Referees: Abdulla, Bamutref (QAT)
	Popović, K. Bulatović 6	(13–14)	Carlos 7
	3× 3×	Report	3× 3×

3 August 2012 14:30	Croatia	27 – 26	Montenegro	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,541[8] Referees: Lopez, Sabroso (ESP)
	Penezić 10	(12–12)	Popović 10
	3× 5×	Report	2× 4×

5 August 2012 14:30	Montenegro	25 – 25	Russia	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,444[9] Referees: Abrahamsen, Kristiansen (NOR)
	Bulatović 7	(15–16)	three players 4
	2× 6×	Report	2× 8× 1×

Quarter-final

7 August 2012 20:30	France	22 – 23	Montenegro	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,559[10] Referees: Olesen, Pedersen (DEN)
	Signaté 5	(13–13)	Popović, Bulatović 6
	3× 2×	Report	4× 3×

Semi-final

9 August 2012 20:30	Spain	26 – 27	Montenegro	Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,087[11] Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
	Alberto 6	(13–13)	Bulatović 9
	2× 1×	Report	3× 4×

Final

11 August 2012 20:30	Norway	26 – 23	Montenegro	Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,739[12] Referees: Bonaventura, Bonaventura (FRA)
	Sulland 10	(13–10)	Bulatović 10
	3× 3×	Report	3× 7× 1×

Final rank

 Silver

Montenegro qualified 1 judoka by world ranking in the men's half-heavyweight division.

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
Srđan Mrvaljević	Men's −81 kg	Bye	Naulu (FIJ) W 0111–0003	Valois-Fortier (CAN) L 0011–0112	Did not advance

Montenegro qualified 1 boat in the men's Laser class through a tripartite invitation.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Milivoj Dukić	Laser	26	33	35	32	22	30	24	38	23	24	EL	249	30

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

Montenegro qualified one shooter for the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nikola Šaranović	50 m pistol	524	38	Did not advance
	10 m air pistol	565	41	Did not advance

Montenegro qualified a team in the men's competition through the Men's water polo qualification tournament.

• Men's event – 1 team of 13 players

Team roster

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

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	2012 club
1	Denis Sefik	D	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	115 kg (254 lb)	20 September 1976	ASD Civitavecchia
2	Draško Brguljan	D	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	27 December 1984	TEVA-Vasas-UNIQA
3	Vjekoslav Pasković	D	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	23 March 1985	Posillipo
4	Antonio Petrović	CB	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	24 September 1982	RN Savona
5	Dragan Drasković	D	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	1 September 1988	RN Bogliasco
6	Aleksandar Radović	D	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	24 February 1987	VK Partizan
7	Mlađan Janović	D	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	11 June 1984	RN Savona
8	Nikola Janović	D	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	22 March 1980	VK Jug Dubrovnik
9	Aleksandar Ivović	CB	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	24 February 1986	PVK Jadran
10	Boris Zloković	CF	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	16 March 1983	Pro Recco
11	Vladimir Gojković	D	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	29 January 1981	PVK Jadran
12	Predrag Jokić	CF	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	3 February 1983	VK Budva
13	Miloš Šćepanović	GK	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	9 October 1982	PVK Jadran

Head coach: Ranko Perović

Group play

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

29 July 2012 19:40	Report	Montenegro	7–8	United States	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–3, 2–2, 3–2
		Ivović 3	Goals	Varellas 3

31 July 2012 10:00	Report	Hungary	10–11	Montenegro	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Sergi Sanchez (ESP), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–4, 3–3, 2–2
		Biros 3	Goals	Brguljan 3

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

4 August 2012 10:00	Report	Montenegro	12–8	Romania	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Alan Balfanbayev (KAZ)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–1, 3–2, 4–4
		Ivović 3	Goals	Diaconu 3

6 August 2012 18:20	Report	Great Britain	4–13	Montenegro	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Ni Shiwei (CHN), Kazuhiko Makita (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 2–4, 1–2, 0–3
		four players 1	Goals	Zloković 3

Quarterfinal

8 August 2012 14:30	Report	Spain	9–11	Montenegro	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Ulrich Spiegel (GER)
		Score by quarters: 4–4, 1–3, 1–3, 3–1
		Vallès, Minguell 2	Goals	Zloković 4

Semifinal

10 August 2012 15:40	Report	Croatia	7–5	Montenegro	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Daniel Flahive (AUS), Georgios Stavridis (GRE)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–0, 2–2, 0–2
		Sukno 2	Goals	Ivović, Gojković 2

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

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