Republic of Macedonia at the Olympics

Macedonia at the
Olympics

IOC code MKD
NOC FYR Macedonian Olympic Committee
Website www.mok.org.mk (in Macedonian)
Medals
Gold Silver Bronze Total
0 0 1 1
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
 Yugoslavia (1920–1988)
 Independent Olympic Participants (1992)

The Republic of Macedonia first competed as an independent nation at the Olympic Games at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and has participated in every Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games since then. Previously, until 1988, Macedonian athletes competed for Yugoslavia. The country participates officially under its provisional UN appellation "former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" due to the dispute that has arisen over its name.

Medal tables

Medals by sport

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Wrestling 0 0 1 1 52
Total 0 0 1 1 141

List of medalists

Only one athlete representing Macedonia since 1996 has won an Olympic medal.

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Bronze Magomed Ibragimov Australia 2000 Sydney Wrestling Men's freestyle 85 kg

Several other athletes from the Socialist Republic of Macedonia (a constituent country of the former SFR Yugoslavia) have also won Olympic medals, competing for Yugoslavia.[1]

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Silver Vidinić, BlagojaBlagoja Vidinić Australia 1956 Melbourne Football Men's team
 Gold Vidinić, BlagojaBlagoja Vidinić Italy 1960 Rome Football Men's team
 Silver Georgievski, BlagojaBlagoja Georgievski Canada 1976 Montreal Basketball Men's team
 Bronze Rusevski, AceAce Rusevski Canada 1976 Montreal Boxing Men's lightweight
 Bronze Sejdi, ŠabanŠaban Sejdi Soviet Union 1980 Moscow Wrestling Men's freestyle lightweight
 Gold Trstena, ŠabanŠaban Trstena United States 1984 Los Angeles Wrestling Men's freestyle flyweight
 Silver Redzepovski, RedzepRedzep Redzepovski United States 1984 Los Angeles Boxing Men's flyweight
 Bronze Salihu, AzizAziz Salihu United States 1984 Los Angeles Boxing Men's super heavyweight
 Bronze DjurovskiMilko Đurovski United States 1984 Los Angeles Football Men's team
 Bronze Sejdi, ŠabanŠaban Sejdi United States 1984 Los Angeles Wrestling Men's freestyle welterweight
 Silver Vangelovska, StojnaStojna Vangelovska South Korea 1988 Seoul Basketball Women's team
 Silver Trstena, ŠabanŠaban Trstena South Korea 1988 Seoul Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg

See also

Notes

  1. "МЕДАЛИСТИ НА ОИ" (in Macedonian). Makedonski Olimpiski Komitet. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
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