Athletes from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...

competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics

1972 Summer Olympics

The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....

in Munich

Munich

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, West Germany

West Germany

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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
		Boxing Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics:It was held August 27 to September 10, with the participation of 357 fighters from 81 countries.-Medal table:-Light Flyweight :-First Round:...	Men's Light-Heavyweight
	Abas Arslanagić Abas Arslanagic Abaz Arslanagić is a Bosnian handball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.He was born in Derventa, Democratic Federal Yugoslavia....   Miroslav Pribanić Miroslav Pribanic Miroslav Pribanić was a Croatian handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Yugoslav team which won the gold medal at the Munich Games...   Đorđe Lavrnić  Slobodan Mišković Slobodan Miškovic Slobodan Mišković is a Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Yugoslav team which won the gold medal at the Munich Games. He played all six matches and scored four goals.-External links:*...   Hrvoje Horvat Hrvoje Horvat Hrvoje Horvat is a Croatian handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics for SFR Yugoslavia.-International career:...   Branislav Pokrajac Branislav Pokrajac Branislav Pokrajac is a Serbian former handball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.He was born in Belgrad.In 1972 he was part of the Yugoslav team which won the gold medal at the Munich Games...   Zdravko Miljak Zdravko Miljak Zdravko Miljak is a Croatian handball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.He was born in Vinkovci, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia....   Milan Lazarević Milan Lazarevic Milan Lazarević is a Yugoslav/Serbian handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Yugoslav team which won the gold medal at the Munich Games. He played all six matches and scored 27 goals.-External links:*...   Nebojša Popović Nebojša Popovic (handballer) Nebojša Popović is a Bosnian Serb former handball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.He was born in Prijedor, Bosnia-Herzegovina....   Zdenko Zorko Zdenko Zorko Zdenko Zorko is a Croatian former handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia.He was born in Zagreb....   Dobrivoje Selec  Albin Vidović Albin Vidovic Albin Vidović is a Croatian handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Yugoslav team which won the gold medal. He played one match.-External links:* ...	Handball Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics was the second appearance of the sport at the Olympics, returning to the Olympic program after a 36 year absence. It was contested by sixteen teams.The teams were split into four groups of four teams each...	Men's Team Competition
		Wrestling Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics At the 1972 Summer Olympics, 20 wrestling events were contested, for all men. There were 10 weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and 10 classes in freestyle wrestling.- Freestyle:-Greco-Roman:-Medal table:-Participating nations:...	Men's Greco-Roman Light-Heavyweight
		Boxing Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics:It was held August 27 to September 10, with the participation of 357 fighters from 81 countries.-Medal table:-Light Flyweight :-First Round:...	Men's Light-Welterweight
		Wrestling Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics At the 1972 Summer Olympics, 20 wrestling events were contested, for all men. There were 10 weight classes in Greco-Roman wrestling and 10 classes in freestyle wrestling.- Freestyle:-Greco-Roman:-Medal table:-Participating nations:...	Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight

Athletics

Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, 38 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 14 for women. There were a total number of 1324 participating athletes from 104 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:*...

Men's 800 metres

• Jože Medjumurec
• Heat — 1:48.1
• Semifinals — 1:49.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

• Jože Medjumurec
• Heat — 3:52.1 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

• Daniel Korica
• Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round
• Defeated Italy (85-78)
• Defeated Poland (85-64)
• Lost to Puerto Rico (74-79)
• Defeated Philippines (117-76)
• Defeated West Germany (81-56)
• Defeated Senegal (73-57)
• Lost to Soviet Union (67-74)
• Classification Matches
• 5th/8th place: Defeated Czechoslovakia (66-63)
• 5th/6th place: Defeated Puerto Rico (86-70) → Fifth place

• Team roster:

Dragutin Čermak, Krešimir Ćosić, Miroljub Damjanović, Blagoja Georgievski, Vinko Jelovac, Dragan Kapičić, Žarko Knežević, Milun Marović, Nikola Plećaš, Ljubodrag Simonović, Damir Šolman, Rato Tvrdić, headcoach:

Boxing

Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics:It was held August 27 to September 10, with the participation of 357 fighters from 81 countries.-Medal table:-Light Flyweight :-First Round:...

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Svetomir Belić
• First Round — Defeated Dumar Fall (SEN), 4:1
• Second Round — Lost to Anthony Richardson
  Anthony Richardson
  Anthony Richardson , born Anthony Thomas Stewart Currie Richardson, was a British author of adult adventure fiction and non-fiction.-Biography:...
  
   (HOL), 2:3

Cycling

Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

The cycling competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich consisted of two road cycling events and five track cycling events, all for men only.-Medal table:-Medal summary:-References:*...

Men's Individual Road Race

• Radoš Čubrić — 43rd place
• Jože Valenčić — 51st place
• Eugen Pleško — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Janež Zakotnik — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Handball

Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics was the second appearance of the sport at the Olympics, returning to the Olympic program after a 36 year absence. It was contested by sixteen teams.The teams were split into four groups of four teams each...

Yugoslavia won the second Olympic handball tournament. In the first round, they defeated all three opponents (Japan

Japan at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Japan competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 184 competitors, 148 men and 36 women, took part in 113 events in 21 sports.-Gold:* Takao Kawaguchi — Judo, Men's Lightweight...

, the United States

United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics

The United States competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 400 competitors, 316 men and 84 women, took part in 185 events in 21 sports.-Medalists:...

, and Hungary

Hungary at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Hungary competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 232 competitors, 187 men and 45 women, took part in 134 events in 20 sports.- Gold:* András Balczó — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition...

 to take first place in the group and join seven other teams in advancing to the second round. There, they defeated both of the other teams they played (West Germany

West Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics

West Germany was the host nation of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. 423 competitors, 340 men and 83 women, took part in 183 events in 23 sports.-Medalists:...

 and Romania

Romania at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Romania competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 159 competitors, 132 men and 27 women, took part in 102 events in 16 sports.- Gold:* Ivan Patzaichin — Canoeing, Men's C1 1,000m Canadian Singles...

). First place in the division earned Yugoslavia the chance to appear in the gold medal game, where they defeated Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Czechoslovakia competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 181 competitors, 145 men and 36 women, took part in 93 events in 17 sports.-Medalists:...

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Men's Team Competition:

• Yugoslavia - Gold medal (6-0)

Sailing

Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....

Finn

• Fabris Minski — 146.0 (→ 21st place)

Flying Dutchman

• Anton Grego and Simo Nikolic
  Simo Nikolic
  Simo Nikolić is a former Yugoslav striker who played for FK Partizan, FK Galenika, Olympique Lyonnais and AS Béziers.-External links:*...
  
   — 63.7 (→ 5th place)

Alternate member:: Zoricic, Filip

Swimming

Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics

The 1972 Summer Olympics were held in Munich, West Germany, 29 events in swimming were contested. There was a total of 532 participants from 52 countries competing....

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Sandro Rudan
• Heat — 56.91s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Sandro Rudan
• Heat — 2:05.88 (→ did not advance)

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
• Defeated Canada (12-4)
• Defeated Romania (8-7)
• Defeated Mexico (5-3)
• Defeated Cuba (7-5)
• Lost to United States (3-5)
• Final Round (Group I)
• Lost to Soviet Union (4-5)
• Drew with Italy (6-6)
• Lost to Hungary (2-4)
• Defeated West Germany (5-4) → Fifth place

• Team Roster
• Dušan Antunović
• Siniša Belamarić
• Ozren Bonačić
  Ozren Bonacic
  Ozren Bonačić is a former Croatian water polo player and Olympic medalist with the Yugoslavia men's national water polo team....
  
  
• Zoran Janković
  Zoran Jankovic (water polo)
  Zoran Janković was Yugoslavian water polo player notable for winning a silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and a gold medal in Mexico City in 1968, with the Yugoslavian men's water polo team...
  
  
• Ronald Lopatny
• Miloš Marković
  Miloš Marković
  Miloš Marković is a Serbian football player. The forward currently plays for FK Novi Pazar in Serbian SuperLiga.-Early career:...
  
  
• Uroš Marović
• Đorđe Perišić
• Ratko Rudić
  Ratko Rudić
  Ratko Rudić is a Croatian water polo coach and a former water polo player. , he has won 34 medals as a coach at major events, making him the most successful water polo coach ever.- Playing career :...
  
  
• Mirko Sandić
  Mirko Sandic
  Mirko Sandić was a Serbian water polo player who led the Yugoslav team to gold at the 1968 Summer Olympics and silver at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Overall, Sandic played more than 235 matches for the Yugoslav national team giving over 250 goals....
  
  
• Karlo Stipanić