Yugoslavia at the 1972 Summer Olympics explained

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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's Light-Heavyweight
			Men's Team Competition
			Men's Greco-Roman Light-Heavyweight
			Men's Light-Welterweight
			Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics. 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)

Basketball

See main article: article and Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

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:

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

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

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics. 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

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Handball

See main article: article and 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

See main article: article and Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Finn

• Fabris Minski – 146.0 (→ 21st place)

Flying Dutchman

• Anton Grego and Simo Nikolic – 63.7 (→ 5th place)

Alternate member:: Zoricic, Filip

Shooting

See main article: article and 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

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

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)

Water polo

See main article: article and Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men's team competition

Pool A

Nation	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
	5	5	0	0	31	18
	5	4	0	1	35	24
	5	3	0	2	28	23
	5	2	0	3	38	26
	5	1	0	4	25	30
	5	0	0	5	14	50

width=20%		width=12%	August 27	width=20%		width=8%	1st	width=8%	2nd	width=8%	3rd	width=8%	4th
	12-4		3-1	4-1	3-1	2-1

width=20%		width=12%	August 28	width=20%		width=8%	1st	width=8%	2nd	width=8%	3rd	width=8%	4th
	7-8		3-2	2-1	2-2	0-3

width=20%		width=12%	August 29	width=20%		width=8%	1st	width=8%	2nd	width=8%	3rd	width=8%	4th
	3-5		0-1	1-1	1-3	1-0

width=20%		width=12%	August 30	width=20%		width=8%	1st	width=8%	2nd	width=8%	3rd	width=8%	4th
	7-5		0-2	3-1	2-1	2-1

width=20%		width=12%	August 31	width=20%		width=8%	1st	width=8%	2nd	width=8%	3rd	width=8%	4th
	3-5		0-1	1-1	1-2	1-1

Group I (Classification Gold – 6th)

Pos.	Nation	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1		5	3	2	0	22	16
2		5	3	2	0	23	18
3		5	2	1	2	24	23
4		5	0	3	2	13	18
5		5	1	2	2	20	24
6		5	0	2	3	21	26

width=20%		width=12%	August 31	width=20%		width=8%	1st	width=8%	2nd	width=8%	3rd	width=8%	4th
	3-5		0-1	1-1	1-2	1-1

width=20%		width=16%	September 1	width=20%		width=8%	1st	width=8%	2nd	width=8%	3rd	width=8%	4th
	4-5		1-2	0-2	2-0	1-1

width=20%		width=16%	September 2	width=20%		width=8%	1st	width=8%	2nd	width=8%	3rd	width=8%	4th
	6-6		2-2	2-1	1-1	1-2

width=20%		width=16%	September 3	width=20%		width=8%	1st	width=8%	2nd	width=8%	3rd	width=8%	4th
	2-4		0-1	1-1	0-1	1-1

width=20%		width=16%	September 4	width=20%		width=8%	1st	width=8%	2nd	width=8%	3rd	width=8%	4th
	5-4		3-0	0-1	1-1	1-2

Team Roster

• Dušan Antunović

• Siniša Belamarić

• Ozren Bonačić

• Zoran Janković

• Ronald Lopatny

• Miloš Marković

• Uroš Marović

• Đorđe Perišić

• Ratko Rudić

• Mirko Sandić

• Karlo Stipanić

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Yugoslavia at the 1972 Munich Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055243/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/YUG/summer/1972/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 14 October 2014 . sports-reference.com.