Yugoslavia at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Athletes from the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. As a partial support to the Dutch-led boycott, Yugoslav athletes under the Olympic flag instead of the national flag. 35 competitors, 32 men and 3 women, took part in 16 events in 8 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Athletics

Men's 110m Hurdles

• Stanko Lorger

• Heat — 14.6s
• Semifinals — 14.6s
• Final — 14.5s (→ 5th place)

Men's Marathon

• Franjo Mihalić — 2:26:32 (→ Silver Medal)

Cycling

Individual road race

• Veselin Petrović — 5:26:58 (→ 26th place)

Football

Men's Team Competition

• First Round:

• Yugoslavia free

• Quarterfinals:

• Yugoslavia – United States 9:1 (5:1)

• Semifinals:

• Yugoslavia – India 4:1 (0:0)

• Final:

• Yugoslavia – USSR 0:1 (0:0)

• Team Roster:

• Petar Radenković
• Mladen Koščak
• Nikola Radović
• Ivan Šantek
• Ljubiša Spajić
• Dobroslav Krstić
• Dragoslav Šekularac
• Zlatko Papec
• Sava Antić
• Todor Veselinović
• Muhamed Mujić
• Blagoje Vidinić
• Ibrahim Biogradlić
• Luka Lipošinović
• Joško Vidošević
• Vladica Popović
• Kruno Radiljević

Rowing

Yugoslavia had one male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1956.^[2]

Men's single sculls

• Perica Vlašić

Shooting

One shooter represented Yugoslavia in 1956.

50 m rifle, three positions

• Zlatko Mašek

50 m rifle, prone

• Zlatko Mašek

Swimming

Water polo

Wrestling

References

1. "Yugoslavia at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yugoslavia Rowing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2018.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database