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 1976 Summer Olympics

1976 Summer Olympics

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...

in Montreal

Montreal

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, Canada

Canada

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On July 26, a Croatian nationalist ran onto the field of play during the men's handball match between Yugoslavia and West Germany and burned the Yugoslav flag.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
		Canoeing Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada consisted of 11 events, all in canoe sprint, held at the rowing basin on Île Notre-Dame. The canoe slalom events introduced at the previous Games in Munich were not included in the Montreal program though four 500 m events for men were...	Men's 1000m Canadian Singles
		Wrestling Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, 20 wrestling events were contested, all for men only. There were 10 weight classes in each of the freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling disciplines.-Freestyle:-Greco-Roman:-Medal table:...	Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
		Boxing Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics There were eleven boxing events at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Light Flyweight :-First Round:* Armando Guevara def. Eduardo Baltar , 5:0* Li Byong-Uk def. Sidney McKnight , KO-1...	Men's Light Middleweight
		Wrestling Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, 20 wrestling events were contested, all for men only. There were 10 weight classes in each of the freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling disciplines.-Freestyle:-Greco-Roman:-Medal table:...	Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight
	Dražen Dalipagić Dražen Dalipagic Dražen Dalipagić , born in Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Yugoslavian basketball player. He was enshrined as a player in the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007.-Yugoslavian national team:...   Mirza Delibašić Mirza Delibašic Mirza Delibašić was a Bosnian basketball player. He was born in Tuzla, located in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the former Yugoslavia.- Career :...   Blagoje Georgijevski  Vinko Jelovac Vinko Jelovac Vinko Jelovac , is a former Croatian basketball player and coach.A long time KK Olimpija player, Jelovac competed at 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics with Yugoslav basketball team. He also competed at World basketball Championships. Jelovac was named Slovenian Sportsman of the year in 1973 and 1974.-...   Željko Jerkov  Dragan Kićanović Dragan Kicanovic Dragan Kićanović is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. A 1.91m tall shooting guard, he played in the 70's and 80's and is considered as one of the best European players and scorers of all time, having won both the Mr. Europa and the Euroscar European Player of the Year awards in...   Andro Knego  Zoran Slavnić Zoran Slavnić Zoran "Moka" Slavnić is a Serbian retired basketball player and current coach. He played with KK Crvena zvezda for 10 senior seasons. One of the best European point gards of all time. With KK Crvena zvezda he won 2 National Championships, 3 National Cups and one Saporta Cup. He also won ACB with...   Damir Šolman  Žarko Varajić Žarko Varajic Žarko Varajić is a retired Montenegrin basketball player that represented SFR Yugoslavia as a player, including at the 1976 Summer Olympic Games, where he won a silver medal.In 1979, Varajić scored 45 points - the record in the number of points scored in the final matches of...   Rajko Žižić Rajko Žižić Rajko Žižić was a Montenegrin basketball player from Milojevići, Nikšić. The 6'11", 243 pounder represented Yugoslavia at the 1976 Summer Olympics, the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics, winning silver, gold and bronze respectively.-Club history:*1970-1971 Sutjeska*1971-1981 OKK...	Basketball Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics Basketball contests at the 1976 Summer Olympics took place from July 18 to July 27 at the Centre Étienne Desmarteau and the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Canada. Women's basketball was introduced to the Olympic program for the first time at this Games...	Men's Team Competition
		Canoeing Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada consisted of 11 events, all in canoe sprint, held at the rowing basin on Île Notre-Dame. The canoe slalom events introduced at the previous Games in Munich were not included in the Montreal program though four 500 m events for men were...	Men's C1 500m Canadian Singles
		Boxing Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics There were eleven boxing events at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Light Flyweight :-First Round:* Armando Guevara def. Eduardo Baltar , 5:0* Li Byong-Uk def. Sidney McKnight , KO-1...	Men's Lightweight
		Judo Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics At the Judo competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics medals were awarded in 5 weight classes and in the open competition, and was restricted to male judoka only.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:*...	Men's Middleweight (80 kg)

Archery

Archery at the 1976 Summer Olympics

At the 1976 Summer Olympics two archery events were contested. It was the second iteration of the modern archery competition in the Olympics, following the same format as in the 1972 Summer Olympics. The two events were men's individual and women's individual, and the competition in each event...

In the first time the nation competed in Olympic archery, Yugoslavia entered one man. He came in ninth place, missing a top eight finish by only one point.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Bojan Postruznik – 2421 points (→ 9th place)

Athletics

Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, 37 events were contested in athletics. There were a total number of 1006 participating athletes from 80 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:**...

Men's 400 metres

• Josip Alebić
  Josip Alebić
  Josip Alebić is a former Croatian athlete. He competed for Yugoslavia in the 400 m and 4 x 400 m relay events in the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics.-External links:...
  
  
• Heat — 46.94 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• Lučano Sušanj
• Heat — 1:47.82
• Semi Final — 1:47.03
• Final — 1:45.75 (→ 6th place)

• Milovan Savić
• Heat — 1:47.73 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10.000 metres

• Dušan Janićijević
• Heat — 28:48.87 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Danial Temim
• Qualification — 2.10m (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Nenad Stekić
  Nenad Stekic
  Nenad Stekić is a retired Serbian and Yugoslav long jumper, best known for his two silver medals at the European Championships. His personal best was 8.45 metres, was a European record, achieved in July 1975 in Montreal. In the seam yaeras, he was declared the best athlete of Yugoslavia in choice...
  
  
• Qualification — 7.82m
• Final — 7.89m (→ 6th place)

Men's 20km Race Walk

• Vinko Galušić — 1:34:46 (→ 24th place)

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round
• Yugoslavia – Puerto Rico
  Puerto Rico national basketball team
  The Puerto Rico men's national basketball team represents Puerto Rico in international basketball competitions such as the Olympics, the World Championship, and the Americas Championship...
  
   84:63 (38:29)
• Yugoslavia – Czechoslovakia
  Czechoslovakia national basketball team
  The Czechoslovakian national basketball team was the basketball side that represented Czechoslovakia in international competitions. After the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the Czech Republic and Slovakia set up their own national teams.- Medals :...
  
   99:81 (51:43)
• Yugoslavia – United States
  United States national basketball team
  The United States men's national basketball team represents the United States of America in international men's basketball. The USA is the most successful team in international competition, winning medals in all sixteen Olympic tournaments it has entered, coming away with thirteen golds...
  
   93:112 (55:51)
• Yugoslavia – Italy
  Italy national basketball team
  The Italian national basketball team is the national basketball team representing Italy. It is administrated by the Federazione Italiana Pallacanestro ....
  
   88:87 (41:57)
• Yugoslavia – Egypt
  Egypt national basketball team
  The Egypt national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Egypt in international competitions.-Eurobasket 1937:The Egyptians finished last at the second European basketball championship, the Eurobasket 1937 held by FIBA Europe continental federation...
  
   20:0 b.b.
• Semifinals
• Yugoslavia – Soviet Union
  Soviet Union national basketball team
  The Soviet national basketball team was the basketball side that represented the Soviet Union in international competitions. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the successor countries all set up their own national teams...
  
   89:84 (42:42)
• Final
• Yugoslavia – United States
  United States national basketball team
  The United States men's national basketball team represents the United States of America in international men's basketball. The USA is the most successful team in international competition, winning medals in all sixteen Olympic tournaments it has entered, coming away with thirteen golds...
  
   74:95 (38:50) → Silver Medal
• Team Roster
• Blagoja Georgijevski
• Dragan Kićanović
  Dragan Kicanovic
  Dragan Kićanović is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. A 1.91m tall shooting guard, he played in the 70's and 80's and is considered as one of the best European players and scorers of all time, having won both the Mr. Europa and the Euroscar European Player of the Year awards in...
  
  
• Vinko Jelovac
  Vinko Jelovac
  Vinko Jelovac , is a former Croatian basketball player and coach.A long time KK Olimpija player, Jelovac competed at 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics with Yugoslav basketball team. He also competed at World basketball Championships. Jelovac was named Slovenian Sportsman of the year in 1973 and 1974.-...
  
  
• Rajko Žižić
  Rajko Žižić
  Rajko Žižić was a Montenegrin basketball player from Milojevići, Nikšić. The 6'11", 243 pounder represented Yugoslavia at the 1976 Summer Olympics, the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics, winning silver, gold and bronze respectively.-Club history:*1970-1971 Sutjeska*1971-1981 OKK...
  
  
• Željko Jerkov
• Andro Knego
• Zoran Slavnić
  Zoran Slavnić
  Zoran "Moka" Slavnić is a Serbian retired basketball player and current coach. He played with KK Crvena zvezda for 10 senior seasons. One of the best European point gards of all time. With KK Crvena zvezda he won 2 National Championships, 3 National Cups and one Saporta Cup. He also won ACB with...
  
  
• Krešimir Ćosić
  Krešimir Cosic
  Krešimir Ćosić was a Croatian professional basketball player who represented Yugoslavia internationally, a member of FIBA Hall of Fame and Basketball Hall of Fame...
  
  
• Damir Šolman
• Žarko Varajić
  Žarko Varajic
  Žarko Varajić is a retired Montenegrin basketball player that represented SFR Yugoslavia as a player, including at the 1976 Summer Olympic Games, where he won a silver medal.In 1979, Varajić scored 45 points - the record in the number of points scored in the final matches of...
  
  
• Dražen Dalipagić
  Dražen Dalipagic
  Dražen Dalipagić , born in Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Yugoslavian basketball player. He was enshrined as a player in the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007.-Yugoslavian national team:...
  
  
• Mirza Delibašić
  Mirza Delibašic
  Mirza Delibašić was a Bosnian basketball player. He was born in Tuzla, located in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the former Yugoslavia.- Career :...
  
  

Boxing

Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

There were eleven boxing events at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Light Flyweight :-First Round:* Armando Guevara def. Eduardo Baltar , 5:0* Li Byong-Uk def. Sidney McKnight , KO-1...

Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Ace Rusevski
  Ace Rusevski
  Ace Rusevski is a retired Macedonian boxer, who represented Yugoslavia at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he won the bronze medal in the lightweight division after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual gold medalist Howard Davis Jr...
  
   → Bronze Medal
  • First round
    • Defeated Gerard Hamill (IRL
      Ireland at the 1976 Summer Olympics
      Ireland competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.-Archery:In Ireland's first appearance in archery competition at the Olympics, the nation was represented by one man, James Conroy.Men's Individual Competition:...
      
      ) 4-1
  • Second round
    • Defeated Roberto Andino
      Roberto Andino
      Roberto Andino is a retired boxer from Puerto Rico, who competed in the men's lightweight division . He represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Canada. Andino captured the silver medal at the 1979 Pan American Games.-References:*...
      
       (PUR
      Puerto Rico at the 1976 Summer Olympics
      Puerto Rico competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. 80 competitors, 73 men and 7 women, took part in 74 events in 12 sports.- Bronze:* Orlando Montalvo — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight -Archery:...
      
      ) RSC-3
  • Third round
    • Defeated Reinaldo Valiente (CUB
      Cuba at the 1976 Summer Olympics
      Cuba competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics, held in Montreal, the largest city in the French-Canadian province of Quebec. 156 competitors took part in 76 events covering 14 sports.- Gold:...
      
      ) 5-0
  • Quarterfinals
    • Defeated Yves Jeudy (HAI
      Haiti at the 1976 Summer Olympics
      Haiti competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. Haiti sent ten track and field athletes and three boxers to the games.-Athletics:Women's 100 metres* Antoinette Gauthier* Round 1 — 13.11 seconds...
      
      ) RSC-2
  • Semifinals
    • Lost to Howard Davis (USA
      United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics
      The United States competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. 396 competitors, 278 men and 118 women, took part in 189 events in 19 sports.-Medalists:...
      
      ) 0-5

Cycling

Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

The cycling competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal consisted of two road cycling events and four track cycling events, all for men only. The 2000m tandem event, contested at the previous 13 Games since 1908, was dropped from the Olympic cycling program.-Medal summary:-Medal...

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Vlado Fumić — 1:13.037 (→ 24th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint (Scratch)

• Vlado Fumić — 21st place

Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit

• Bojan Ropret — 22nd place

Men's Team Competition

• Team Roster
• Boško Lozica
• Damir Polić
• Dejan Dabović
• Ðuro Savinović
• Dušan Antunović
• Miloš Marković
  Miloš Marković
  Miloš Marković is a Serbian football player. The forward currently plays for FK Novi Pazar in Serbian SuperLiga.-Early career:...
  
  
• 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....
  
  
• Predrag Manojlović
• Siniša Belamarić
• Uroš Marović
• Zoran Kačić