Serbia first participated in the summer Olympics in 1912. After the formation and breakup of both Yugoslavia, as well as Serbia and Montenegro, Serbia would once again compete as an independent nation at Beijing 2008. At the Beijing 2008 Olympics, three medals were won by Serbian athletes.
Perhaps the Beijing 2008 games will be best known for Michael Phelps' eight medals, but also when Phelps edged Milorad 'Mike' Cavic (pictured) in the men's 100m butterfly (swimming) final-by a fingertip! Despite Cavic's protest filed against Fina, the results stood and Fina's request from Cavic was overturned. Cavic's silver was the lone silver for Serbia, in just their second summer games as an independent nation.
Besides Cavic's silver, there are no gold medals. However, Serbia has two bronze medals, both from Beijing 2008. Novak Djokovic (pictured), currently the world's #1 singles tennis player, defeated James Blake (USA) in the third place singles' match.
The other bronze for Serbia came at Beijing when the men's water polo team defeated Montenegro for third place.
As of now, 75 Serbian athletes are headed to London to compete in twelve events, including various athletics and swimming events, plus wrestling, taekwondo, boxing and cycling. Men's handball and water polo teams have also qualified for the London games.
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