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Yugoslavia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Yugoslavia at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia
IOC codeYUG
NOCYugoslav Olympic Committee
in Munich
Competitors126 (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)
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

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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

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Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

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Main article: Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's team competition

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  • 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 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
SG 5 Ljubodrag Simonović 23 – (1949-01-01)1 January 1949 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Crvena zvezda Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
6 Vinko Jelovac 23 – (1948-09-18)18 September 1948 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) AŠK Olimpija Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
C 7 Žarko Knežević 25 – (1947-07-17)17 July 1947 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Partizan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
8 Miroljub Damnjanović 21 – (1950-11-25)25 November 1950 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Radnički Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
9 Dragan Kapičić 24 – (1948-08-07)7 August 1948 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Crvena zvezda Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
PG 10 Blagoja Georgievski 21 – (1950-10-15)15 October 1950 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Rabotnički Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
C 11 Krešimir Ćosić 23 – (1948-11-26)26 November 1948 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) BYU United States
SF 12 Damir Šolman 22 – (1949-09-07)7 September 1949 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Jugoplastika Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
PG 13 Nikola Plećaš 24 – (1948-01-10)10 January 1948 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Lokomotiva Zagreb Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
SG 14 Dragutin Čermak 27 – (1944-10-12)12 October 1944 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Partizan Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
15 Milun Marović 24 – (1947-09-15)15 September 1947 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Radnički Belgrade Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Head coach
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 27 August 1972

Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Five cyclists represented Yugoslavia in 1972.

Individual road race
Team time trial

Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Handball

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Main article: Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

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Main article: Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Finn

Flying Dutchman

Alternate member:: Zoricic, Filip

Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Two male shooters represented Yugoslavia in 1972.

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

Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat – 56.91s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

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

Water polo

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Main article: Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's team competition

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Preliminary round

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Pool A

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

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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

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Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

References

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  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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