Athletes from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...

competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics

1980 Summer Olympics

The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...

in Moscow

Moscow

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, USSR

Soviet Union

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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
		Boxing Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place in the Indoor Stadium of the Olympiski Sports Complex in Moscow. The boxing schedule began on 20 July and ended on 2 August...	Men's Light Heavyweight
	Branko Skroce  Dragan Kićanović Dragan Kicanovic Dragan Kićanović is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. A 1.91m tall shooting guard, he played in the 70's and 80's and is considered as one of the best European players and scorers of all time, having won both the Mr. Europa and the Euroscar European Player of the Year awards in...   Dražen Dalipagić Dražen Dalipagic Dražen Dalipagić , born in Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Yugoslavian basketball player. He was enshrined as a player in the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007.-Yugoslavian national team:...   Duje Krstulović  Krešimir Ćosić Krešimir Cosic Krešimir Ćosić was a Croatian professional basketball player who represented Yugoslavia internationally, a member of FIBA Hall of Fame and Basketball Hall of Fame...   Mihovil Nakić Mihovil Nakić Mihovil Nakić-Vojnović is a former Croatian basketball player. A 2.04 m tall forward, he spent most of his career in Cibona, which he helped to back to back Euroleague titles in 1985 and 1986 as well as the Saporta Cup in 1987, always backing the great Dražen Petrović. He also won the 1982 Saporta...   Mirza Delibašić Mirza Delibašic Mirza Delibašić was a Bosnian basketball player. He was born in Tuzla, located in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the former Yugoslavia.- Career :...   Rajko Žižić Rajko Žižić Rajko Žižić was a Montenegrin basketball player from Milojevići, Nikšić. The 6'11", 243 pounder represented Yugoslavia at the 1976 Summer Olympics, the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics, winning silver, gold and bronze respectively.-Club history:*1970-1971 Sutjeska*1971-1981 OKK...   Ratko Radovanović  Željko Jerkov  Zoran Slavnić Zoran Slavnić Zoran "Moka" Slavnić is a Serbian retired basketball player and current coach. He played with KK Crvena zvezda for 10 senior seasons. One of the best European point gards of all time. With KK Crvena zvezda he won 2 National Championships, 3 National Cups and one Saporta Cup. He also won ACB with...	Basketball Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held from July 20 to July 30 at the Olympiiski Indoor Stadium and at the CSKA Sports Palace, both located in Moscow. Finals of both men's and women's events were held 30 July at the Olympiiski Indoor Stadium....	Men's Team Competition
	Milorad Stanulov Milorad Stanulov Milorad Stanulov is a Serbian rower who competed for Yugoslavia.- References :* at sports-reference.com...	Rowing Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 14 events. It took place in the Man-made Basin, located at the Trade Unions Olympic Sports Centre . The rowing schedule began on 20 July and ended on 27 July....	Men's Double Sculls
	Katica Iles Katica Ileš Katica Ileš is a former Yugoslav/Croatian handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.In 1980 she won the silver medal with the Yugoslav team. She played all five matches and scored nine goals.-External links:...   Slavica Jeremić Slavica Jeremic Slavica Jeremić is a Yugoslav/Serbian former handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.In 1980 she won the silver medal with the Yugoslav team. She played all five matches and scored one goal.-External links:*...   Vesna Milošević Vesna Miloševic Vesna Milošević is a former Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics....   Vesna Radović Vesna Radovic Vesna Radović is a former Yugoslav/Austrian handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics.In 1980 she won the silver medal with the Yugoslav team. She played three matches as goalkeeper....   Rada Savić  Ana Titlić Ana Titlic Ana Titlić is a former Yugoslav/Croatian handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.In 1980 she won the silver medal with the Yugoslav team. She played two matches.-External links:*...   Zorica Vojinović Zorica Vojinovic Zorica Vojinović is a former Yugoslav/Serbian handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.In 1980 she won the silver medal with the Yugoslav team. She played all five matches and scored two goals.-External links:*...   Mirjana Ognjenović Mirjana Ognjenovic Mirjana Ognjenović is a former Yugoslav/Croatian handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics....   Biserka Višnjić Biserka Višnjic Biserka Višnjić is a former Croatian handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics for the Yugoslav women's national handball team and in the 1984 Summer Olympics....   Svetlana Anastasowski  Svetlana Dasić-Kitić Svetlana Dašic-Kitic Svetlana Dašić-Kitić is a former Yugoslav and now Serbian handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics. She currently plays for Radnički....   Mirjana Durica  Jasna Kolar-Merdan Jasna Kolar-Merdan Jasna Kolar-Merdan is a former Yugoslav/Austrian handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics, in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics....	Handball	Women's Team Competition
	Milorad Krivokapić  Zoran Gopcevic  Boško Lozica  Predrag Manojlović  Zoran Mustur  Milivoj Bebić  Damir Polić  Ratko Rudić Ratko Rudić Ratko Rudić is a Croatian water polo coach and a former water polo player. , he has won 34 medals as a coach at major events, making him the most successful water polo coach ever.- Playing career :...   Slobodan Trifunović  Luka Vezilić	Water Polo Water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics Water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics as usual was a part of the swimming sport, other two parts were swimming and diving. They were not three separate sports, because they all were governed by one federation — FINA. Water Polo discipline consisted of one event: men's team.In the preliminary...	Men's Team Competition
		Judo Judo at the 1980 Summer Olympics The Judo competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics was the first time that the medal count was not dominated by Japan, as the country joined the boycott of the games because of the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Medals were awarded to male judoka in eight competitions, seven weight classes and...	Men's Heavyweight
		Wrestling Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by twenty events . They were split into two disciplines : Freestyle and Greco-Roman...	Men's Freestyle Lightweight
	Duško Mrduljaš  Josip Reić	Rowing Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 14 events. It took place in the Man-made Basin, located at the Trade Unions Olympic Sports Centre . The rowing schedule began on 20 July and ended on 27 July....	Men's Coxed Pairs
	Mira Bjedov  Vesna Despotović  Vera Đurašković  Zorica Durković  Jelica Komnenović  Biljana Majstorović  Vukica Mitić  Sanja Ozegović  Sofija Pekić  Jasmina Perasić  Marija Tonković	Basketball Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held from July 20 to July 30 at the Olympiiski Indoor Stadium and at the CSKA Sports Palace, both located in Moscow. Finals of both men's and women's events were held 30 July at the Olympiiski Indoor Stadium....	Women's Team Competition

Archery

Archery at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Archery at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held at the archery range, located at the Trade Unions Olympic Sports Centre . The archery schedule began on 30 July and ended on 2 August. Two archery events were contested: men's individual and women's individual...

In the second time the nation competed in Olympic archery, Yugoslavia again entered only one man. He came in eleventh place, missing a top eight finish by eight points.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Zoran Matković — 2410 points (11th place)

Athletics

Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 38 events. They were held in the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium at Luzhniki between July 24 and August 1. There were a total number of 959 participating athletes from 70 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal...

Men's 800 metres

• Milovan Savić
• Heat — 1:49.2
• Semifinals — 1:47.6 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 metres

• Dragan Zdravković
  Dragan Zdravkovic
  Dragan Zdravković is a former middle distance runner from Yugoslavia. He set his personal best in the men's 1500 metres in 1983.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 3:44.0
• Semifinals — 3:43.4
• Final — 3:43.1 (→ 9th place)

Men's 4x400 metres Relay

• Zeijko Knapić, Milovan Savić, Rok Kopitar
  Rok Kopitar
  Rok Kopitar is a former Slovenian athlete who placed 5th in the 400 m hurdles final at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, competing for Yugoslavia...
  
  , and Josip Alebić
  Josip Alebić
  Josip Alebić is a former Croatian athlete. He competed for Yugoslavia in the 400 m and 4 x 400 m relay events in the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics.-External links:...
  
  
• Heat — 3:05.3 (→ did not advance)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

• Borislav Pisić
• Heat — 14.13
• Semifinals — 14.16 (→ did not advance)

• Petar Vukičević
• Heat — 14.19
• Semifinals — 14.12 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Rok Kopitar
  Rok Kopitar
  Rok Kopitar is a former Slovenian athlete who placed 5th in the 400 m hurdles final at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, competing for Yugoslavia...
  
  
• Heat — 50.34
• Semifinals — 50.55
• Final — 49.67 (→ 5th place)

Men's High Jump

• Vaso Komnenic
• Qualification — 2.21 m
• Final — 2.24 m (→ 6th place)

Men's Long Jump

• Nenad Stekić
  Nenad Stekic
  Nenad Stekić is a retired Serbian and Yugoslav long jumper, best known for his two silver medals at the European Championships. His personal best was 8.45 metres, was a European record, achieved in July 1975 in Montreal. In the seam yaeras, he was declared the best athlete of Yugoslavia in choice...
  
  
• Qualification — 5.75 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

• Milan Spasojević
• Qualification — 16.48 m
• Final — 16.09 m (→ 10th place)

Men's Shot Put

• Vladimir Milic
  Vladimir Milić
  Vladimir Milić is a retired Serbian shot putter who represented SFR Yugoslavia.He was born in Žegar, SR Croatia, but represented the club AK Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade. He won the gold medal at the 1982 European Indoor Championships, the gold medal at the 1979 Mediterranean Games and the bronze...
  
  
• Qualification — 20.56 m
• Final — 20.07 m (→ 8th place)

Women's 1,500 metres

• Breda Pergar
  Breda Pergar
  Breda Pergar , born in Maribor, SFR Yugoslavia, now Slovenia, was a middle distance and long distance. A one-time Olympian , she is best known for winning the gold medal at the 1981 Summer Universiade in Bucharest in the women's 3,000 metres event, clocking 8:53.78 on 26 July 1981.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 4:13.2 (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

• Lidija Benedetič
• Qualification — 1.80 m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place in the Indoor Stadium of the Olympiski Sports Complex in Moscow. The boxing schedule began on 20 July and ended on 2 August...

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Fazlija Sacirović
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Lost to Veli Koota
     Veli Koota
     Veli Veikko Koota is a retired male boxer from Finland, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he lost in the third round of the men's bantamweight division to Venezuela's eventual silver medalist Bernardo Piñango.-References:* Rishi is a...
     
      (Finland) after referee stopped contest in second round

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Dejan Marović
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Miroslav Šandor (Czechoslovakia) on points (5-0)
  3. Third Round — Lost to Krzysztof Kosedowski
     Krzysztof Kosedowski
     Krzysztof Kazimierz Kosedowski is a retired boxer from Poland, who won the bronze medal in the featherweight division at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union...
     
      (Poland) on points (1-4)

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Geza Tumbas
  1. First Round — Defeated Norman Stevens (Australia) on points (4-1)
  2. Second Round — Lost to Angel Herrera (Cuba) on points (0-5)

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)

• Ace Rusevski
  Ace Rusevski
  Ace Rusevski is a retired Macedonian boxer, who represented Yugoslavia at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he won the bronze medal in the lightweight division after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual gold medalist Howard Davis Jr...
  
  
  1. First Round — Defeated Margarit Anastasov (Bulgaria) on points (4-1)
  2. Second Round — Defeated Boualem Belaouane (Algeria) on points (5-0)
  3. Quarter Finals — Lost to Patrizio Oliva
     Patrizio Oliva
     Patrizio Oliva is an Italian former boxer, who won the gold medal in the light welterweight division at the 1980 Moscow Olympics as an amateur and the WBA World light welterweight title as a professional....
     
      (Italy) on points (2-3)

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

• Aziz Salihu
  Aziz Salihu
  Aziz Salihu is a retired heavyweight boxer of Albanian descent. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, and won the bronze medal in the super heavyweight division , after a loss in the semifinals at the hands of Tyrell Biggs of the United States...
  
  
  1. First Round — Lost to Piotr Zaev
     Piotr Zaev
     Pyotr Ivanovich Zayev is a former boxer, who won the silver medal for the USSR in the Heavyweight division at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. In the final he was defeated by titleholder Teófilo Stevenson of Cuba...
     
      (Soviet Union) on points (0-5)

Men's Team Competition

PRELIMINARY ROUND (GROUP D)

July 21, 1980
Yugoslavia - Finland 2-0 (0-0) Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

July 23, 1980
Yugoslavia - Costa Rica 3-2 (2-1) Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

July 25, 1980
Yugoslavia - Iraq 1-1 (0-0) Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

FINAL STANDINGS GROUP D:

1. Yugoslavia 3 2 1 0 ( 6- 3) 5 *
2. Iraq 3 1 2 0 ( 4- 1) 4 *
3. Finland 3 1 1 1 ( 3- 2) 3
4. Costa Rica 3 0 0 3 ( 2- 9) 0

* Qualified for quarter-finals

QUARTER-FINALS

July 27, 1980
Yugoslavia - Algeria 3-0 (2-0) Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

SEMI-FINALS

July 29, 1980
Czechoslovakia - Yugoslavia 2-0 (2-0) Dynamo Stadium, Moscow

BRONZE MEDAL GAME

August 1, 1980
Yugoslavia - Soviet Union 0-2 (0-0) Dynamo Stadium, Moscow

TEAM ROSTER

Dragan Pantelić

Dragan Pantelic

Dragan Pantelić is a former Serbian football goalkeeper.-Football career:...

Nikica Cukrov

Nikica Cukrov

Nikica Cukrov is a former Croatian football player. He was capped 14 times for Yugoslavia.-External links:*...

Ivan Gudelj

Ivan Gudelj

Ivan Gudelj is a Croatian former football midfielder who represented Yugoslavia.Born in the town of Imotski, he grew up in the nearby village of Zmijavci.- Club career :...

Miloš Hrstić

Miloš Hrstic

Miloš Hrstić is a former Croatian footballer.During his club career he played for NK Rijeka, Deportivo de La Coruña and Olimpija Ljubljana...

Milan Jovin

Milan Jovin

Milan "Mile" Jovin is a former Serbian football player. He got 4 caps for Yugoslavia.-External links:*...

Nikica Klinčarski

Nikica Klincarski

Nikica Klinčarski is a former Macedonian football player, SFR Yugoslavia international. He was the assistant coach at FK Partizan until 2010.-Club career:...

Mišo Krstičević

Mišo Krsticevic

Mišo Krstičević is a former Croatian football player. He capped 7 times for Yugoslavia....

Dževad Šećerbegović

Dževad Šecerbegovic

Dževad Šećerbegović is a Bosnian winger who played for SFR Yugoslavia.-Career:Born in Gornji Rahić, Brčko, Šećerbegović spent most of his football career playing for local side FK Sloboda Tuzla. At the end of his career, he moved to Turkey and signed with Beşiktaş J.K. for two seasons.Šećerbegović...

Vladimir Matijević

Vladimir Matijevic (footballer)

Vladimir Matijević is a former Bosnian football player. He got 3 caps for Yugoslavia.-External links:* *...

Ante Miročević

Ante Mirocevic

Ante Miročević is a former Montenegrin football player. He got 6 caps for Yugoslavia. He holds distinction as the very first player playing in a club from Montenegro to earn a cap for the Yugoslavia national team....

Dušan Pešić

Dušan Pešic

Dušan Pešić is a Serbian former international footballer who played midfield.He begin playing with FK Napredak Kruševac where he became one of the most influential players. In 1980 he moved to HNK Hajduk Split having won with them the 1984 Yugoslav Cup. He also played abroad with Turkish...

Tomislav Ivković

Tomislav Ivkovic

Tomislav Ivković is a retired Croatian footballer who played as a goalkeeper....

Boro Primorac

Boro Primorac

Boro Primorac is a Croatian football coach and a former Yugoslav international player. Currently, he is the first team coach at Arsenal....

Srebrenko Repčić

Srebrenko Repcic

Srebrenko Repčić is a Bosnian Serb football manager and former player....

Miloš Šestić

Miloš Šestic

Miloš Šestić is a Serbian retired footballer who spent most of his career at Red Star Belgrade during the 1970s and early 1980s. He also played for Olympiacos, FK Vojvodina, FK Zemun, OFK Beograd and FK Voždovac as well as the Yugoslavia national football team.- References :...

Zlatko Vujović

Zlatko Vujovic

Zlatko Vujović is a retired Bosnian Croat footballer who played as a striker....

Zoran Vujović

Zoran Vujovic

Zoran Vujović is a retired Bosnian Croat footballer who played as a defender....

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)
• Defeated Algeria (22-18)
• Defeated Switzerland (26-21)
• Defeated Romania (23-21)
• Defeated Kuwait (44-10)
• Lost to Soviet Union (17-22)
• Classification Match
• 5th/6th place: Lost to Spain (23-24) → 6th place
• Team Roster
• Zlatan Arnautović
  Zlatan Arnautovic
  Zlatan Arnautović is a former Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• Momir Rnic
  Momir Rnic
  Momir Rnić is a former Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics, in the 1984 Summer Olympics, and in the 1988 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• Enver Koso
• Drago Jovović
• Stjepan Obran
• Jasmin Mrkonja
• Petar Mahne
• Pavel Jurina
• Goran Nerić
  Goran Neric
  Goran Nerić is an international Canadian, French, and Yugoslav documentary film director and screenwriter.His first documentary film “Zona Arizona” was awarded at the festival “Traces de vies” at Clermont-Ferrand, France...
  
  
• Jovica Cvetković
• Velibor Nenadić
• Adnan Dizdar
• Mile Isaković
  Mile Isakovic
  Mile Isaković is a former Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• Jovica Elezović
  Jovica Elezovic
  Jovica Elezović |Vrbas]]) is a former Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics.In 1980 he was a member of the Yugoslav handball team which finished sixth. He played four matches and scored five goals.Four years later he was part of the...
  
  

Swimming

Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Swimming as usual was one of the three Aquatics disciplines at the 1980 Summer Olympics--the other two being Water Polo and Diving. The swimming competition consisted of 26 events: 13 for men and 13 for women. It was held in the Swimming Pool of the Olimpiysky Sports Complex between July 20 and...

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Borut Petrič
  Borut Petric
  Borut Petrič is a former Slovenian freestyle swimmer, who represented Yugoslavia in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1976. A brother of swimmer Darjan Petrič, he won the silver medal in the men's 1500 m freestyle at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships in Berlin...
  
  
• Final — 1.56,51 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1.500m Freestyle

• Borut Petrič
  Borut Petric
  Borut Petrič is a former Slovenian freestyle swimmer, who represented Yugoslavia in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1976. A brother of swimmer Darjan Petrič, he won the silver medal in the men's 1500 m freestyle at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships in Berlin...
  
  
• Final — 15.21,78 (→ 5th place)

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)
• Lost to Poland (1-3)
• Defeated Brazil (3-2)
• Lost to Romania (1-3)
• Defeated Libya (3-0)
• Classification Matches
• 5th/8th place: Defeated Cuba (3-2)
• 5th/6th place: Lost to Brazil (2-3) → 6th place
• Team Roster
• Vladimir Bogoevski
• Vladimir Trifunović
• Aleksandar Tacevski
• Zdravko Kuljić
• Goran Srbinovski
• Slobodan Lozančić
• Ivica Jelić
• Boro Jović
• Radovan Malević
• Miodrag Mitić
• Ljubomir Travica
  Ljubomir Travica
  Ljubomir Travica is a Serbian volleyball player and coach.-Biography:Travica was born in Ervenik and started his career with HAOK Mladost in Zagreb...
  
  
• Mladen Kašić

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group C)
• Drew with Cuba (6-6)
• Defeated Bulgaria (9-2)
• Defeated Australia (9-2)
• Final Round (Group A)
• Drew with Cuba (7-7)
• Defeated Hungary (8-7)
• Defeated Netherlands (5-4)
• Defeated Spain (7-6)
• Lost to Soviet Union (7-8) → Silver Medal
• Team Roster
• Luka Vezilić
• Zoran Gopcević
• Damir Polić
• Ratko Rudić
  Ratko Rudić
  Ratko Rudić is a Croatian water polo coach and a former water polo player. , he has won 34 medals as a coach at major events, making him the most successful water polo coach ever.- Playing career :...
  
  
• Zoran Mustur
• Zoran Roje
• Milivoj Bebić
• Slobodan Trifunović
• Boško Lozica
• Predrag Manojlović
• Milorad Krivokapić