Athletes from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. 88 competitors, 83 men and 5 women, took part in 52 events in 14 sports.
On 26 July a Croatian nationalist ran onto the field of play during the men's handball match between Yugoslavia and West Germany and burned the Yugoslav flag.
In the first time the nation competed in Olympic archery, Yugoslavia entered one man. He came in ninth place, missing a top eight finish by only one point.
Men's Individual Competition:
Bojan Postruznik – 2421 points (→ 9th place)Men's 400 metres
Josip AlebićHeat — 46.94 (→ did not advance)Men's 800 metres
Lučano SušanjHeat — 1:47.82Semi Final — 1:47.03Final — 1:45.75 (→ 6th place)Milovan SavićHeat — 1:47.73 (→ did not advance)Men's 10.000 metres
Dušan JanićijevićHeat — 28:48.87 (→ did not advance)Men's High Jump
Danial TemimQualification — 2.10m (→ did not advance)Men's Long Jump
Nenad StekićQualification — 7.82mFinal — 7.89m (→ 6th place)Men's 20 km Race Walk
Vinko Galušić — 1:34:46 (→ 24th place)Preliminary RoundYugoslavia – Puerto Rico 84:63 (38:29)Yugoslavia – Czechoslovakia 99:81 (51:43)Yugoslavia – United States 93:112 (55:51)Yugoslavia – Italy 88:87 (41:57)Yugoslavia – Egypt 20:0 b.b.SemifinalsYugoslavia – Soviet Union 89:84 (42:42)FinalYugoslavia – United States 74:95 (38:50) → Silver MedalTeam RosterBlagoja GeorgievskiDragan KićanovićVinko JelovacRajko ŽižićŽeljko JerkovAndro KnegoZoran SlavnićKrešimir ĆosićDamir ŠolmanŽarko VarajićDražen DalipagićMirza DelibašićLightweight (– 60 kg)
Ace Rusevski → Bronze MedalFirst roundDefeated Gerard Hamill (IRL) 4-1Second roundDefeated Roberto Andino (PUR) RSC-3Third roundDefeated Reinaldo Valiente (CUB) 5-0QuarterfinalsDefeated Yves Jeudy (HAI) RSC-2SemifinalsLost to Howard Davis (USA) 0-5Two cyclists represented Yugoslavia in 1976.
SprintVlado Fumić — 21st place1000m time trialVlado Fumić — 1:13.037 (→ 24th place)Individual pursuitBojan Ropret — 22nd placeTeam RosterBoško LozicaDamir PolićDejan DabovićÐuro SavinovićDušan AntunovićMiloš MarkovićOzren BonačićPredrag ManojlovićSiniša BelamarićUroš MarovićZoran Kačić