Yugoslavia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

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

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

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

• Cvitko Bilić
• Radoš Čubrić
• Jože Valenčič
• Janez Zakotnik

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

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

Group I (Classification Gold – 6th)

Team Roster

• Dušan Antunović
• Siniša Belamarić
• Ozren Bonačić
• Zoran Janković
• Ronald Lopatny
• Miloš Marković
• Uroš Marović
• Đorđe Perišić
• Ratko Rudić
• Mirko Sandić
• Karlo Stipanić

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database