Yugoslavia at the 1976 Summer Olympics explained

Athletes from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 88 competitors, 83 men and 5 women, took part in 52 events in 14 sports.^[1]

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.^[2]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's 1000m Canadian Singles
			Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
			Men's Light Middleweight
			Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight
			Men's Team Competition
			Men's C1 500m Canadian Singles
			Men's Lightweight
			Men's Middleweight (80 kg)

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1976 Summer Olympics. 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)

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Men's 400 metres

• Josip Alebić

• Heat - 46.94 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• Luciano Sušanj

• Heat - 1:47.82

• Semi Final - 1:47.03

• Final - 1:45.75 (→ 6th place)
• Milovan Savić

• Heat - 1:47.73 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10.000 metres

• Dušan Janićijević

• Heat - 28:48.87 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Danial Temim

• Qualification - 2.10m (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Nenad Stekić

• Qualification - 7.82m

• Final - 7.89m (→ 6th place)

Men's 20 km Race Walk

• Vinko Galušić - 1:34:46 (→ 24th place)

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round

• Yugoslavia – 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.
• Semifinals

• Yugoslavia – Soviet Union 89:84 (42:42)
• Final

• Yugoslavia – United States 74:95 (38:50) → Silver Medal
• Team Roster

• Blagoja Georgievski

• Dragan Kićanović

• Vinko Jelovac

• Rajko Žižić

• Željko Jerkov

• Andro Knego

• Zoran Slavnić

• Krešimir Ćosić

• Damir Šolman

• Žarko Varajić

• Dražen Dalipagić

• Mirza Delibašić

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Ace Rusevski → Bronze Medal
  • First round
    • Defeated Gerard Hamill (IRL) 4–1
  • Second round
    • Defeated Roberto Andino (PUR) RSC-3
  • Third round
    • Defeated Reinaldo Valiente (CUB) 5–0
  • Quarterfinals
    • Defeated Yves Jeudy (HAI) RSC-2
  • Semifinals
    • Lost to Howard Davis (USA) 0–5

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Two cyclists represented Yugoslavia in 1976.

Sprint

• Vlado Fumić - 21st place

1000m time trial

• Vlado Fumić - 1:13.037 (→ 24th place)

Individual pursuit

• Bojan Ropret - 22nd place

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Men's Team Competition

• Team Roster

• Boško Lozica

• Damir Polić

• Dejan Dabović

• Đuro Savinović

• Dušan Antunović

• Miloš Marković

• Ozren Bonačić

• Predrag Manojlović

• Siniša Belamarić

• Uroš Marović

• Zoran Kačić

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Yugoslavia at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417052325/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/YUG/summer/1976/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 18 April 2015 . sports-reference.com.
2. http://povijest.net/sadrzaj/hrvatska/sr-hrvatska/415-istaknute-akcije-hrvatskih-emigranata.html Istaknute akcije hrvatskih emigranata