Montenegro at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Montenegro at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Montenegro at the; 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	MNE
NOC	Montenegrin Olympic Committee
Website	www.cok.me(in Montenegrin)
in Paris, France; 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024
Competitors	19 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Milivoj Dukić & Danka Kovinić
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	Yugoslavia (1920–1992W); Independent Olympic Participants (1992S); Serbia and Montenegro (1996–2006)

Montenegro competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's fifth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics since its official debut in 2008.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	0	1
Boxing	0	1	1
Sailing	1	0	1
Swimming	1	1	2
Tennis	0	1	1
Water polo	13	0	13
Total	16	3	19

Athletics

Montenegro sent one sprinter to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[1]

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

Track events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Darko Pešić	Men's 100 m	11.85	43	—		Did not advance

Boxing

Montenegro entered one female boxer into the Olympic tournament. Bojana Gojković (women's bantamweight) secured her spots in her division, through receiving the allocations of universality spots.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bojana Gojković	Women's 54 kg	Huang (TPE) L 0–5	Did not advance

Sailing

Montenegrin sailors qualified one boat in the following classes through the 2024 ILCA World Championships in Adelaide, Australia.^[3]

Medal race events

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*	Net points	Final rank
Milivoj Dukić	Men's Laser	3	23	13	33	7	32	2	26	Cancelled		—		EL	106	14

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

Swimming

Montenegro has received a Universality invitation from World Aquatics to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Miloš Milenković	Men's 100 m butterfly	54.26	34	Did not advance
Jovana Kuljača	Women's 50 m freestyle	27.19	40	Did not advance

Tennis

Montenegro entered one tennis player into the games. Rio 2016 Olympian, Danka Kovinić will represent the nations at the games by virtue of the universality spots allocations results; marking the nations comeback to the sports after the last participation at 2016.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Danka Kovinić	Women's singles	Sakkari (GRE) L 0–6, 1–6	Did not advance

Water polo

Summary

Key:

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

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Montenegro men's	Men's tournament	Croatia L 8–11	Greece L 16–17	Italy L 9–11	United States L 7–12	Romania W 10–7	5	Did not advance			9

Men's tournament

Montenegro men's national water polo team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the quarterfinals and securing an outright berth at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar.^[6]

Team roster

A 18-player roster was announced on 28 June 2024.^[7]

Head coach: Vladimir Gojković^[8]

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	5	3	1	0	1	61	52	+9	11^[a]	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	5	3	1	0	1	60	43	+17	11^[a]
3	United States	5	3	0	0	2	59	51	+8	9^[b]
4	Croatia	5	3	0	0	2	58	57	+1	9^[b]
5	Montenegro	5	1	0	2	2	45	50	−5	5
6	Romania	5	0	0	0	5	37	67	−30	0

Source: Olympics
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:

^ ^a ^b Greece 9–8 Italy
^ ^a ^b Croatia 11–14 United States

28 July 2024 (2024-07-28) 16:35 v	Report	Croatia	11–8	Montenegro	Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), David Gómez (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 3–1, 2–4, 3–1, 3–2
		Fatović 3	Goals	Đurđić 3

30 July 2024 (2024-07-30) 19:30 v	Report	Montenegro	16–17	Greece	Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Tamás Kovács (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 3–3, 2–3, 3–4 PSO: 4–5
		Popadić 4	Goals	Vlachopoulos 3

1 August 2024 (2024-08-01) 16:35 v	Report	Italy	11–9	Montenegro	Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Michiel Zwart (NED)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–2, 3–3, 1–1 PSO: 3–1
		Di Fulvio, Echenique 2	Goals	Popadić 3

3 August 2024 (2024-08-03) 16:35 v	Report	Montenegro	7–12	United States	Paris Aquatic Centre, Paris Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Zhang Liang (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 1–4, 1–3, 4–3, 1–2
		Đurđić 3	Goals	Daube 5

5 August 2024 (2024-08-05) 21:40 v	Report	Romania	7–10	Montenegro	Paris La Défense Arena, Paris Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Yasser Mehalhel (EGY)
		Score by quarters: 3–3, 1–2, 1–2, 2–3
		Fulea 2	Goals	Mršić 3