Yugoslavia at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Archery

In the second time the nation competed in Olympic archery, Yugoslavia again entered only one man. He came in eleventh place, missing a top eight finish by eight points.

Men's Individual Competition:

Zoran Matković – 2410 points (11th place)

Athletics

Men's 200 metres

Aleksandar Popović

Heat – 21.65

Quarterfinals – 21.66 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 metres

Josip Alebić

Heat – 47.61

Quarterfinals – 46.60 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

Milovan Savić

Heat – 1:49.2

Semifinals – 1:47.6 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 metres

Dragan Zdravković

Heat – 3:44.0

Semifinals – 3:43.4

Final – 3:43.1 (→ 9th place)

Men's 4x400 metres Relay

Zeijko Knapić, Milovan Savić, Rok Kopitar, and Josip Alebić

Heat – 3:05.3 (→ did not advance)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

Borislav Pisić

Heat – 14.13

Semifinals – 14.16 (→ did not advance)

Petar Vukičević

Heat – 14.19

Semifinals – 14.12 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

Rok Kopitar

Heat – 50.34

Semifinals – 50.55

Final – 49.67 (→ 5th place)

Men's High Jump

Vaso Komnenić

Qualification – 2.21 m

Final – 2.24 m (→ 6th place)

Men's Long Jump

Nenad Stekić

Qualification – 5.75 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

Milan Spasojević

Qualification – 16.48 m

Final – 16.09 m (→ 10th place)

Men's Shot Put

Vladimir Milic

Qualification – 20.56 m

Final – 20.07 m (→ 8th place)

Women's 1,500 metres

Breda Pergar

Heat – 4:13.2 (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

Lidija Benedetič

Qualification – 1.80 m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Fazlija Sacirović

1. First Round – Bye
2. Second Round – Lost to Veli Koota (Finland) after referee stopped contest in second round

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

Dejan Marović

1. First Round – Bye
2. Second Round – Defeated Miroslav Šandor (Czechoslovakia) on points (5-0)
3. Third Round – Lost to Krzysztof Kosedowski (Poland) on points (1-4)

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

Geza Tumbas

1. First Round – Defeated Norman Stevens (Australia) on points (4-1)
2. Second Round – Lost to Angel Herrera (Cuba) on points (0-5)

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)

Ace Rusevski

1. First Round – Defeated Margarit Anastasov (Bulgaria) on points (4-1)
2. Second Round – Defeated Boualem Belaouane (Algeria) on points (5-0)
3. Quarter Finals – Lost to Patrizio Oliva (Italy) on points (2-3)

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

Aziz Salihu

1. First Round – Lost to Piotr Zaev (Soviet Union) on points (0-5)

Cycling

Four cyclists represented Yugoslavia in 1980.

Individual road race

Bruno Bulić

Vinko Polončič

Bojan Ropret

Bojan Udovič

Team time trial

Bruno Bulić

Vinko Polončič

Bojan Ropret

Bojan Udovič

Men's team competition

PRELIMINARY ROUND (GROUP D)July 21, 1980Yugoslavia - Finland 2-0 (0-0) Dinamo Stadium, MinskJuly 23, 1980Yugoslavia - Costa Rica 3-2 (2-1) Dinamo Stadium, MinskJuly 25, 1980Yugoslavia - Iraq 1-1 (0-0) Dinamo Stadium, MinskFINAL STANDINGS GROUP D:1. Yugoslavia 3 2 1 0 ( 6- 3) 5 *2. Iraq 3 1 2 0 ( 4- 1) 4 *3. Finland 3 1 1 1 ( 3- 2) 34. Costa Rica 3 0 0 3 ( 2- 9) 0* Qualified for quarter-finalsQUARTER-FINALSJuly 27, 1980Yugoslavia - Algeria 3-0 (2-0) Dinamo Stadium, MinskSEMI-FINALSJuly 29, 1980Czechoslovakia - Yugoslavia 2-0 (2-0) Dynamo Stadium, MoscowBRONZE MEDAL GAMEAugust 1, 1980 Yugoslavia - Soviet Union 0-2 (0-0) Dynamo Stadium, Moscow

Team Roster

Dragan Pantelić

Nikica Cukrov

Ivan Gudelj

Miloš Hrstić

Milan Jovin

Nikica Klinčarski

Mišo Krstičević

Dževad Šećerbegović

Vladimir Matijević

Ante Miročević

Dušan Pešić

Tomislav Ivković

Boro Primorac

Srebrenko Repčić

Miloš Šestić

Zlatko Vujović

Zoran Vujović

Men's team competition

Preliminary Round (Group B)

Defeated Algeria (22-18)

Defeated Switzerland (26-21)

Defeated Romania (23-21)

Defeated Kuwait (44-10)

Lost to Soviet Union (17-22)

Classification Match

5th/6th place: Lost to Spain (23-24) → 6th place

Team Roster

Zlatan Arnautović

Momir Rnic

Enver Koso

Drago Jovović

Stjepan Obran

Jasmin Mrkonja

Petar Mahne

Pavel Jurina

Goran Nerić

Jovica Cvetković

Velibor Nenadić

Adnan Dizdar

Mile Isaković

Jovica Elezović

Swimming

Men's 200m Freestyle

Borut Petrič

Final – 1.56,51 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1.500m Freestyle

Borut Petrič

Final – 15.21,78 (→ 5th place)

Men's team competition

Preliminary Round (Group B)

Lost to Poland (1-3)

Defeated Brazil (3-2)

Lost to Romania (1-3)

Defeated Libya (3-0)

Classification Matches

5th/8th place: Defeated Cuba (3-2)

5th/6th place: Lost to Brazil (2-3) → 6th place

Team Roster

Vladimir Bogoevski

Vladimir Trifunović

Aleksandar Tacevski

Zdravko Kuljić

Goran Srbinovski

Slobodan Lozančić

Ivica Jelić

Boro Jović

Radovan Malević

Miodrag Mitić

Ljubomir Travica

Mladen Kašić

Men's team competition

Preliminary Round (Group C)

Drew with Cuba (6-6)

Defeated Bulgaria (9-2)

Defeated Australia (9-2)

Final Round (Group A)

Drew with Cuba (7-7)

Defeated Hungary (8-7)

Defeated Netherlands (5-4)

Defeated Spain (7-6)

Lost to Soviet Union (7-8) → Silver Medal

Team Roster

Luka Vezilić

Zoran Gopcević

Damir Polić

Ratko Rudić

Zoran Mustur

Zoran Roje

Milivoj Bebić

Slobodan Trifunović

Boško Lozica

Predrag Manojlović

Milorad Krivokapić