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Yugoslavia at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
YUG

3
  
3

Flag bearer
  
Branislav Simić

Yugoslavia at the 1968 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Yugoslav Olympic Committee

Competitors
  
69 (59 men, 10 women) in 11 sports

Medals Ranked 16th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 3 3 2 8

Athletes from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 69 competitors, 59 men and 10 women, took part in 54 events in 11 sports.

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Cycling

Four male cyclists represented Yugoslavia in 1968.

Individual road race
  • Cvitko Bilić
  • Rudi Valenčič
  • Tanasije Kuvalja
    • Team time trial
  • Cvitko Bilić
  • Rudi Valenčič
  • Tanasije Kuvalja
  • Franc Škerlj

    • Shooting

    Four shooters, all men, represented Yugoslavia in 1968.

    50 m rifle, three positions
  • Slobodan Paunović
  • Vladimir Grozdanović
    • 50 m rifle, prone
  • Branislav Lončar
  • Dušan Epifanić

    • Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Defeated United Arab Republic (13:2)
  • Tied with East Germany (4:4)
  • Defeated Mexico (9:0)
  • Defeated Netherlands (7:4)
  • Lost to Italy (4:5)
  • Defeated Greece (11:1)
  • Defeated Japan (17:2)
  • Semifinals
  • Defeated Hungary (8:6)
  • Final
  • Defeated Soviet Union (13:11) → Gold Medal
  • Team Roster
  • Ozren Bonačić
  • Dejan Dabović
  • Zdravko Hebel
  • Zoran Janković
  • Ronald Lopatny
  • Uroš Marović
  • Đorđe Perišić
  • Miroslav Poljak
  • Mirko Sandić
  • Karlo Stipanić
  • Ivo Trumbić

    • References

    Yugoslavia at the 1968 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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