Yugoslavia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Yugoslavia at the
1972 Summer Olympics

IOC code YUG
NOC Yugoslav Olympic Committee
in Munich
Competitors 126 (113 men, 13 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer Mirko Sandić
Medals
Ranked 20th
Gold Silver Bronze Total
2 1 2 5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 126 competitors, 113 men and 13 women, took part in 73 events in 15 sports.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Parlov, MateMate Parlov Boxing Men's Light-Heavyweight
 Gold Živković, ZoranZoran Živković
Abas Arslanagić
Miroslav Pribanić
Đorđe Lavrnić
Slobodan Mišković
Hrvoje Horvat
Branislav Pokrajac
Zdravko Miljak
Milan Lazarević
Nebojša Popović
Zdenko Zorko
Dobrivoje Selec
Albin Vidović 		Handball Men's Team Competition
 Silver Čorak, JosipJosip Čorak Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Light-Heavyweight
 Bronze Vujin, ZvonimirZvonimir Vujin Boxing Men's Light-Welterweight
 Bronze Nenadić, MilovanMilovan Nenadić Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

  • Heat – 1:48.1
  • Semifinals – 1:49.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

  • Heat – 3:52.1 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

  • Heat – DNS (→ did not advance)

Basketball

Men's team competition

  • 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)
  • 5th/8th place: Defeated Czechoslovakia (66-63)
  • 5th/6th place: Defeated Puerto Rico (86-70) → Fifth place

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

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

  • First Round – Defeated Dumar Fall (SEN), 4:1
  • Second Round – Lost to Anthony Richardson (HOL), 2:3

Canoeing

Cycling

Five cyclists represented Yugoslavia in 1972.

Individual road race
Team time trial

Gymnastics

Handball

Yugoslavia won the second Olympic handball tournament. In the first round, they defeated all three opponents (Japan, the United States, and Hungary 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 and Romania). First place in the division earned Yugoslavia the chance to appear in the gold medal game, where they defeated Czechoslovakia.

Men's Team Competition:

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Finn

Flying Dutchman

Alternate member:: Zoricic, Filip

Shooting

Two male shooters represented Yugoslavia in 1972.

50 m pistol
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat – 56.91s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Heat – 2:05.88 (→ did not advance)

Water polo

Men's team competition

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

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  1. ↑ "Yugoslavia at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
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