Yugoslavia at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia
IOC code	YUG
NOC	Yugoslav Olympic Committee
in Munich
Competitors	126 (113 men, 13 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Mirko Sandić
Medals Ranked 20th	Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000
Other related appearances
Serbia (1912, 2008–)  Croatia (1992–)  Slovenia (1992–)  Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992 S–)  Independent Olympic Participants (1992 S)  North Macedonia (1996–)  Serbia and Montenegro (1996–2006)  Montenegro (2008–)  Kosovo (2016–)

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
Gold	Mate Parlov	Boxing	Men's Light-Heavyweight
Gold	Zoran Živković Abas Arslanagić Miroslav Pribanić Đorđe Lavrnić Slobodan Mišković Hrvoje Horvat Branislav Pokrajac Zdravko Miljak Milan Lazarević Nebojša Popović Zdenko Zorko Dobrivoje Selec Albin Vidović	Handball	Men's Team Competition
Silver	Josip Čorak	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Light-Heavyweight
Bronze	Zvonimir Vujin	Boxing	Men's Light-Welterweight
Bronze	Milovan Nenadić	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight

Athletics

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

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

Yugoslavia men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club SG 4 Ratomir Tvrdić 28 – (1943-09-14)14 September 1943 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Jugoplastika SG 5 Ljubodrag Simonović 23 – (1949-01-01)1 January 1949 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Crvena zvezda 6 Vinko Jelovac 23 – (1948-09-18)18 September 1948 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) AŠK Olimpija C 7 Žarko Knežević 25 – (1947-07-17)17 July 1947 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Partizan 8 Miroljub Damnjanović 21 – (1950-11-25)25 November 1950 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Radnički Belgrade 9 Dragan Kapičić 24 – (1948-08-07)7 August 1948 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Crvena zvezda PG 10 Blagoja Georgievski 21 – (1950-10-15)15 October 1950 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Rabotnički C 11 Krešimir Ćosić 23 – (1948-11-26)26 November 1948 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) BYU SF 12 Damir Šolman 22 – (1949-09-07)7 September 1949 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Jugoplastika PG 13 Nikola Plećaš 24 – (1948-01-10)10 January 1948 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Lokomotiva Zagreb SG 14 Dragutin Čermak 27 – (1944-10-12)12 October 1944 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Partizan 15 Milun Marović 24 – (1947-09-15)15 September 1947 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Radnički Belgrade	Head coach Ranko Žeravica Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 27 August 1972

Boxing

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

Cycling

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

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)

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Finn

• Fabris Minski – 146.0 (→ 21st place)

Flying Dutchman

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

Alternate member:: Zoricic, Filip

Shooting

Two male shooters represented Yugoslavia in 1972.

Open

Swimming

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

Men's team competition

Preliminary round

Pool A

Nation	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
United States	5	5	0	0	31	18
Yugoslavia	5	4	0	1	35	24
Cuba	5	3	0	2	28	23
Romania	5	2	0	3	38	26
Mexico	5	1	0	4	25	30
Canada	5	0	0	5	14	50

	August 27		1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Yugoslavia	12-4	Canada	3-1	4-1	3-1	2-1

	August 28		1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Romania	7-8	Yugoslavia	3-2	2-1	2-2	0-3

	August 29		1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Mexico	3-5	Yugoslavia	0-1	1-1	1-3	1-0

	August 30		1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Yugoslavia	7-5	Cuba	0-2	3-1	2-1	2-1

	August 31		1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Yugoslavia	3-5	United States	0-1	1-1	1-2	1-1

Group I (Classification Gold – 6th)

Pos.	Nation	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1	Soviet Union	5	3	2	0	22	16
2	Hungary	5	3	2	0	23	18
3	United States	5	2	1	2	24	23
4	West Germany	5	0	3	2	13	18
5	Yugoslavia	5	1	2	2	20	24
6	Italy	5	0	2	3	21	26

	August 31		1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Yugoslavia	3-5	United States	0-1	1-1	1-2	1-1

	September 1		1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Yugoslavia	4-5	Soviet Union	1-2	0-2	2-0	1-1

	September 2		1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Yugoslavia	6-6	Italy	2-2	2-1	1-1	1-2

	September 3		1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Yugoslavia	2-4	Hungary	0-1	1-1	0-1	1-1

	September 4		1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Yugoslavia	5-4	West Germany	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

Wrestling