Yugoslavia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Yugoslavia at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Yugoslavia at the; 1972 Summer Olympics
	Flag of SFR Yugoslavia
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 2 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 5
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); North 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	Mate Parlov	Boxing	Men's Light-Heavyweight
Gold	Zoran 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	Josip Čorak	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Light-Heavyweight
Bronze	Zvonimir Vujin	Boxing	Men's Light-Welterweight
Bronze	Milovan Nenadić	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight

Athletics

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)

Basketball

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

Yugoslavia men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
SG	4	Ratomir Tvrdić	28 – (1943-09-14)14 September 1943	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Jugoplastika
SG	5	Ljubodrag Simonović	23 – (1949-01-01)1 January 1949	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	Crvena zvezda
	6	Vinko Jelovac	23 – (1948-09-18)18 September 1948	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	AŠK Olimpija
C	7	Žarko Knežević	25 – (1947-07-17)17 July 1947	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	Partizan
	8	Miroljub Damnjanović	21 – (1950-11-25)25 November 1950	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Radnički Belgrade
	9	Dragan Kapičić	24 – (1948-08-07)7 August 1948	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Crvena zvezda
PG	10	Blagoja Georgievski	21 – (1950-10-15)15 October 1950	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Rabotnički
C	11	Krešimir Ćosić	23 – (1948-11-26)26 November 1948	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	BYU
SF	12	Damir Šolman	22 – (1949-09-07)7 September 1949	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Jugoplastika
PG	13	Nikola Plećaš	24 – (1948-01-10)10 January 1948	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	Lokomotiva Zagreb
SG	14	Dragutin Čermak	27 – (1944-10-12)12 October 1944	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	Partizan
	15	Milun Marović	24 – (1947-09-15)15 September 1947	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	Radnički Belgrade

Head coach

Ranko Žeravica

Legend

Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 27 August 1972

Boxing

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Svetomir Belić

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

Radoš Čubrić – 43rd place
Jože Valenčič – 51st place
Eugen Pleško – did not finish (→ no ranking)
Janez Zakotnik – did not finish (→ no ranking)

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:

Yugoslavia - Gold medal (6–0)

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Finn

Fabris Minski – 146.0 (→ 21st place)

Flying Dutchman

Anton Grego and Simo Nikolic – 63.7 (→ 5th place)

Alternate member:: Zoricic, Filip

Shooting

Two male shooters represented Yugoslavia in 1972.

Open

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Petar Bajić	50 m pistol	541	33
Zdravko Milutinović	50 m rifle, prone	593	30
Zdravko Milutinović	50 metre rifle three positions	1144	10

Swimming

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)

Water polo

Men's team competition

Preliminary round

Pool A

Nation	Pld	W	L	GF	GA
United States	5	5	0	31	18
Yugoslavia	5	4	1	35	24
Cuba	5	3	2	28	23
Romania	5	2	3	38	26
Mexico	5	1	4	25	30
Canada	5	0	5	14	50

	August 27		1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Yugoslavia	12-4	Canada	3-1	4-1	3-1	2-1

	August 28		1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Romania	7-8	Yugoslavia	3-2	2-1	2-2	0-3

	August 29		1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Mexico	3-5	Yugoslavia	0-1	1-1	1-3	1-0

	August 30		1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Yugoslavia	7-5	Cuba	0-2	3-1	2-1	2-1

	August 31		1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Yugoslavia	3-5	United States	0-1	1-1	1-2	1-1

Group I (Classification Gold – 6th)

Pos.	Nation	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1	Soviet Union	5	3	2	0	22	16
2	Hungary	5	3	2	0	23	18
3	United States	5	2	1	2	24	23
4	West Germany	5	0	3	2	13	18
5	Yugoslavia	5	1	2	2	20	24
6	Italy	5	0	2	3	21	26

	August 31		1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Yugoslavia	3-5	United States	0-1	1-1	1-2	1-1

	September 1		1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Yugoslavia	4-5	Soviet Union	1-2	0-2	2-0	1-1

	September 2		1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Yugoslavia	6-6	Italy	2-2	2-1	1-1	1-2

	September 3		1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Yugoslavia	2-4	Hungary	0-1	1-1	0-1	1-1

	September 4		1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Yugoslavia	5-4	West Germany	3-0	0-1	1-1	1-2

Team Roster

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

^ "Yugoslavia at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

External links

[sports-reference-1] "Yugoslavia at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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