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Yugoslavia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
YUG

2
  
1

Flag bearer
  
Mirko Sandić

Yugoslavia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Yugoslav Olympic Committee

Competitors
  
126 (113 men, 13 women) in 15 sports

Medals Ranked 20th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 2 1 2 5

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.

Contents

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)

    • 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:

    • Dragutin Čermak, Krešimir Ćosić, Miroljub Damjanović, Blagoja Georgievski, Vinko Jelovac, Dragan Kapičić, Žarko Knežević, Milun Marović, Nikola Plećaš, Ljubodrag Simonović, Damir Šolman, Rato Tvrdić, headcoach:

    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

    • 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

    • 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)

    • 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)

    • Team Roster

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

    • References

    Yugoslavia at the 1972 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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