Yugoslavia at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Yugoslavia at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia
IOC code	YUG
NOC	Yugoslav Olympic Committee
in Mexico City
Competitors	69 (59 men, 10 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Branislav Simić
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 3 3 2 8
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000
Other related appearances
Serbia (1912, 2008–) Croatia (1992–) Slovenia (1992–) Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992 S–) Independent Olympic Participants (1992 S) Macedonia (1996–) Serbia and Montenegro (1996–2006) Montenegro (2008–) Kosovo (2016–)

Athletes from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 69 competitors, 59 men and 10 women, took part in 54 events in 11 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Cerar, MiroslavMiroslav Cerar	Gymnatics	Men's Pommeled Horse
Gold	Bjedov, ĐurđicaĐurđica Bjedov	Swimming	Women's 100m Breaststroke
Gold	Bonačić, OzrenOzren Bonačić Dejan Dabović Zdravko Hebel Zoran Janković Ronald Lopatny Uroš Marović Đorđe Perišić Miroslav Poljak Mirko Sandić Karlo Stipanić Ivo Trumbić	Water Polo	Men's Team Competition
Silver	Bjedov, ĐurđicaĐurđica Bjedov	Swimming	Women's 200m Breaststroke
Silver	Horvat, StevanStevan Horvat	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight
Silver	Čermak, DragutinDragutin Čermak Kresimir Ćosić Vladimir Cvetković Ivo Daneu Radivoj Korać Zoran Marojević Nikola Plećaš Trajko Rajković Dragoslav Ražnatović Petar Skansi Damir Šolman Aljoša Žorga	Basketball	Men's Team Competition
Bronze	Vujin, ZvonimirZvonimir Vujin	Boxing	Men's Lightweight
Bronze	Simić, BranislavBranislav Simić	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight

Athletics

Basketball

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Four male cyclists represented Yugoslavia in 1968.

Individual road race

• Cvitko Bilić
• Rudi Valenčič
• Tanasije Kuvalja

Team time trial

• Cvitko Bilić
• Rudi Valenčič
• Tanasije Kuvalja
• Franc Škerlj

Gymnastics

Sailing

Shooting

Four shooters, all men, represented Yugoslavia in 1968.

50 m rifle, three positions

• Slobodan Paunović
• Vladimir Grozdanović

50 m rifle, prone

• Branislav Lončar
• Dušan Epifanić

Swimming

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Defeated United Arab Republic (13:2)
• Tied with East Germany (4:4)
• Defeated Mexico (9:0)
• Defeated Netherlands (7:4)
• Lost to Italy (4:5)
• Defeated Greece (11:1)
• Defeated Japan (17:2)

• Semifinals

• Defeated Hungary (8:6)

• Final

• Defeated Soviet Union (13:11) → Gold Medal

• Team Roster

• Ozren Bonačić
• Dejan Dabović
• Zdravko Hebel
• Zoran Janković
• Ronald Lopatny
• Uroš Marović
• Đorđe Perišić
• Miroslav Poljak
• Mirko Sandić
• Karlo Stipanić
• Ivo Trumbić

Wrestling

References

1. "Yugoslavia at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 6 September 2014.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database