Montenegro competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's third consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics since it gained independence from Serbia in 2006.
Montenegrin Olympic Committee sent a team of 35 athletes, 18 women and 17 men, to compete in seven different sports at the Olympics, matching the nation's roster size with London 2012. Women's handball and men's water polo were the only team-based sports in which Montenegro had representatives at the Games. Among the sports represented by the athletes, Montenegro marked its Olympic debut in tennis.
The Montenegrin team featured a number of returning Olympians; seven of them have attended in every edition of the Games since Montenegro's official debut eight years earlier, including six water polo players, led by captain Predrag Jokić, and half-middleweight judoka Srđan Mrvaljević (men's 81 kg). Meanwhile, handball team captain Bojana Popović, who helped her fellow players deliver a historic silver-medal finish for Montenegro in London four years earlier, became the nation's first ever female athlete to carry the flag in the opening ceremony.
Montenegro narrowly missed an opportunity to add another medal to its Olympic treasury in Rio de Janeiro, as the men's water polo team, led by Jokić, lost to the Italians for the bronze with a score 10–12.
Athletics
Montenegrin athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):
Track & road events AthleteEventFinalResultRankSlađana PerunovićWomen's marathon
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionDanijel FurtulaMen's discus throw—did not advance
Handball
Summary Key: ET – After extra time P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
TeamEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMontenegro women'sWomen's tournamentL 19–25L 25–27L 21–25L 19–28L 23–296did not advance11
Women's tournament
The Montenegrin women's handball team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of a top two finish at the second meet of the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Aarhus, Denmark.
Team roster
Group play
Judo
Montenegro has received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a judoka competing in the men's half-middleweight category (81 kg) to the Olympics.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankSrđan MrvaljevićMen's −81 kgL 000–002did not advance
Sailing
Montenegro has qualified one boat in the Laser class through the individual fleet World Championships.
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank12345678910M*Milivoj DukićMen's Laser12263524331932343329EL23229 M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Swimming
Montenegro has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics, signifying the nation's return to the sport after an eight-year hiatus.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMaksim InićMen's 50 m freestyle23.8851did not advanceJovana TerzićWomen's 100 m freestyle59.5942did not advance
Tennis
Montenegro has entered one tennis player for the first time into the Olympic tournament. Danka Kovinić (world no. 54) qualified directly for the women's singles as one of the top 56 eligible players in the WTA World Rankings as of June 6, 2016.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankDanka KovinićWomen's singlesL 3–6, 3–6did not advance
Water polo
Summary Key: FT – After full time. P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
TeamEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMontenegro men'sMen's tournamentW 7–4L 7–8L 5–6W 8–5D 9–94W 4–2PFT: 9–9L 8–12L 10–124
Men's tournament
The Montenegro men's water polo team qualified for the Olympics after securing a spot in the final and having attained an automatic berth by virtue of Serbia, as 2015 FINA World League champions, winning the other semifinal at the 2016 European Championships in Belgrade.
Team roster
Group play
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Bronze medal match
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