Yugoslav Olympic Committee

The Yugoslav Olympic Committee (Serbo-Croatian: Jugoslovenski olimpijski komitet / Југословенски олимпијски комитет; Slovene: Jugoslovanski оlimpijski кomite; Macedonian: Југословенски олимписки комитет) was the non-profit organization representing athletes from former Yugoslavia states in the International Olympic Committee. The YOC organized Yugoslavia's representatives at the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.

It was established in Zagreb in 1919 (recognized by the IOC in 1920) as Jugoslavenski olimpijski odbor, before moving to Belgrade in 1927, and it took the place of the Serbian Olympic Committee in the Association of National Olympic Committees. During the dissolution of Yugoslavia, several new committees were formed in the break-away countries, while FR Yugoslavia (later Serbia and Montenegro) inherited the place of the YOC. Nowadays, Serbia is considered the only direct successor of Yugoslavia.^[1]

Successors

• Olympic Committee of Serbia (1910-1918, 2006) inherited the spot of YOC

Other Olympic Committees formed with the dissolution of Yugoslavia:

• Croatian Olympic Committee (1991)
• Slovenian Olympic Committee (1991)
• Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992)
• Olympic Committee of Kosovo (1992)
• Macedonian Olympic Committee (1992)
• Montenegrin Olympic Committee (2006)

See also

• List of Yugoslav Olympic medalists

References

1. ↑ History at Serbian Olympic Committee official website, retrieved 18-1-2014