Yugoslavia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Yugoslavia at the Olympic Games

Flag of SFR Yugoslavia
IOC code:   YUG
1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Competitors 128 in 15 sports
Medals
Rank: 20		 Gold
2		 Silver
1		 Bronze
2		 Total
5
Summer Olympic Games appearances
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Winter Olympic Games appearances
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Athletes from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

  • Mate Parlov — Boxing, Men's Light-Heavyweight
  • Zoran Živković, Abas Arslanagić, Miroslav Pribanić, Đorđe Lavrnić, Slobodan Mišković, Hrvoje Horvat, Branislav Pokrajac, Zdravko Miljak, Milan Lazarević, Nebojša Popović, Zdenko Zorko, and Albin Vidović — Handball, Men's Team Competition

[edit] Silver

  • Josip Čorak — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light-Heavyweight

[edit] Bronze

  • Zvonimir Vujin — Boxing, Men's Light-Welterweight
  • Milovan Nenadić — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight

[edit] Results by event

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[edit] Handball

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)

[edit] Sailing

Finn:

  • Fabris Minski - 146.0 (→ 21st place)

Flying Dutchman:

  • Anton Grego, Simo Nikolic - 63.7 (→ 5th place)

Alternate member::Zoricic, Filip

[edit] Water polo

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Defeated Canada (12-4)
  • Defeated Romania (8-7)
  • Defeated Mexico (5-3)
  • Defeated Cuba (7-5)
  • Lost to United States (3-5)
  • Final Round (Group I)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (4-5)
  • Drew with Italy (6-6)
  • Lost to Hungary (2-4)
  • Defeated West Germany (5-4) → Fifth place
  • Team Roster
  • Dušan Antunović
  • Siniša Belamarić
  • Ozren Bonačić
  • Zoran Janković
  • Ronald Lopatini
  • Miloš Marković
  • Uroš Marović
  • Đorđe Perišić
  • Ratko Rudić
  • Mirko Sandić
  • Karlo Stipanić

[edit] References


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