Yugoslavia at the 1988 Winter Olympics explained

Athletes from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				24 February
				26 February
				23 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Alpine skiing	5	4	9
Biathlon	1	–	1
Bobsleigh	2	–	2
Cross-country skiing	2	0	2
Figure skating	0	1	1
Ski jumping	5	–	5
Speed skating	1	1	2
Total	16	6	22

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Klemen Bergant	Super-G			1:43.41	16
Tomaž Čižman				1:42.47	9
Robert Žan	Giant Slalom	1:07.67	1:04.51	2:12.18	23
Klemen Bergant		1:07.16	1:03.88	2:11.04	15
Rok Petrovič		1:06.31	1:03.01	2:09.32	9
Tomaž Čižman		1:06.16	DNF	DNF	-
Klemen Bergant	Slalom	DNF	-	DNF	-
Robert Žan		DNF	-	DNF	-
Rok Petrovič		53.05	48.58	1:41.63	11
Grega Benedik		52.34	49.04	1:41.38	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Veronika Šarec	Super-G			1:23.17	27
Mateja Svet				1:21.96	20
Mojca Dežman	Giant Slalom	1:04.12	1:10.24	2:14.36	18
Katra Zajc		1:02.87	1:09.61	2:12.48	15
Veronika Šarec		1:02.73	DNF	DNF	-
Mateja Svet		1:00.95	1:06.85	2:07.80	4
Veronika Šarec	Slalom	DNF	-	DNF	-
Katra Zajc		51.06	DNF	DNF	-
Mojca Dežman		50.86	49.35	1:40.21	9
Mateja Svet		49.21	49.16	1:38.37

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Men

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km C	Sašo Grajf	46:12.3	44
	Janež Kršinar	45:54.8	39
30 km C	Sašo Grajf	1'36:19.2	53
	Janež Kršinar	1'32:02.1	34
50 km F	Sašo Grajf	2'23:47.1	52
	Janež Kršinar	2'12:33.5	30

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Women

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Matjaž Zupan	Normal hill	83.5	100.2	78.0	87.4	190.0	16
Rajko Lotrič		85.0	105.6	74.0	74.5	180.1	26
Primož Ulaga		84.5	105.8	72.0	71.3	177.1	30
Miran Tepeš		84.0	106.0	83.5	105.2	211.2	4
Primož Ulaga	Large hill	94.5	72.2	101.0	88.0	161.0	40
Miran Tepeš		105.0	98.4	102.5	96.4	194.8	10
Matjaž Debelak		113.0	107.6	108.0	100.1	207.7
Matjaž Zupan		111.5	110.0	98.5	85.8	195.8	9

Men's team large hill

¹ Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Behudin Merdović	56.21	35
1000 m	Behudin Merdović	1:23.88	35
1500 m	Behudin Merdović	2:06.11	39

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Bibija Kerla	44.47	30
1000 m	Bibija Kerla	1:30.89	26
1500 m	Bibija Kerla	2:21.69	28

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1988, full results by sports-reference.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Olympedia – Yugoslavia at the 1988 Winter Olympics . 2023-10-25 . www.olympedia.org.