Yugoslavia at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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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 1988 Summer Olympics
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...

in Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...

, Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

. This was the last time that the SFR Yugoslavia competed in the Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
Shooting
Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The shooting competitions at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place in Seoul, South Korea. Competitions were held in a total of thirteen events—seven men's events, four women's events, and two events open to both genders. It was the first games for the 10 metre air pistol events, and the last for the...

 
Men's Air Rifle
Shooting
Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The shooting competitions at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place in Seoul, South Korea. Competitions were held in a total of thirteen events—seven men's events, four women's events, and two events open to both genders. It was the first games for the 10 metre air pistol events, and the last for the...

 
Women's Air Pistol

Mislav Bezmalinović 
Perica Bukić
Perica Bukic
Perica Bukić is a Croatian water polo player and politician. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, where the team won the golden medal....

 
Veselin Đuho 
Igor Gočanin 
Deni Lušić
Deni Lušić
Deni Lušić is a Croatian water polo coach and former water polo player. He is a double Olympic gold medal winner with Yugoslavia at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.-Sources:* at sports-reference.com*...

 
Igor Milanović
Igor Milanovic
Igor Milanović is a retired Serbian water polo player.With a pro career spanning twenty years he is considered by many to be the best water polo player of all-time. In his illustrious career he played 349 games for the Yugoslav national team, scoring 540 goals...

 
Tomislav Paškvalin 
Renco Posinković 
Goran Rađenović 
Dubravko Šimenc
Dubravko Šimenc
Dubravko Šimenc is a former Croatian water polo player who competed for both Yugoslavia and Croatia.Dubravko Šimenc's father Zlatko was a water polo player who won the silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics playing for Yugoslavia, and also a professor at the Faculty of Kinesiology. Šimenc's...

 
Aleksandar Šoštar
Aleksandar Šoštar
Aleksandar Šoštar is a Serbian water polo goalkeeper who played on the bronze medal squad of FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Olympics and on the gold medal squad for SFR Yugoslavia at the 1988 Summer Olympics....

 
Mirko Vičević 
Water Polo
Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics as usual was part of the swimming sport, the other two being swimming and diving. They were not seen as three separate sports, because they all were governed by one federation — FINA. Water polo discipline consisted of one event: the men's team...

 
Men's Team Competition
Wrestling
Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, 20 wrestling events were contested, for all men only. There were 10 weight classes in each of the freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling disciplines.-Freestyle:-Greco-Roman:-Medal table:...

 
Men's Freestyle Flyweight (52 kg)

Zoran Primorac
Zoran Primorac
Zoran Primorac is an accomplished male table tennis player from Croatia. He is considered to be among the best European players in the last 25 years .-Biography:Primorac was born in Zadar and started playing...

 
Table Tennis
Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Table tennis was first included in the Olympic program at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, with four events contested.-Medal summary:-Medal table:...

 
Men's Doubles

Vesna Bajkuša 
Polona Dornik 
Slađana Golić 
Kornelija Kvesić 
Mara Lakić
Mara Lakic
Mara Lakić is a former basketball player. She started her career in Jedinstvo Aida, Tuzla. She has won a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics with Yugoslavia Women Basketball National Team....

 
Žana Lelas 
Bojana Milošević 
Razija Mujanović
Razija Mujanovic
Razija Mujanović is a retired Bosnian basketball player. She started her career in Jedinstvo Aida, Tuzla, and continued in Italy, Spain, Brazil, USA, Croatia and Hungary...

 
Danira Nakić 
Stojna Vangelovska 
Eleonora Wild 
Basketball
Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at the Jamsil Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea. The United States won the gold medal in the women's competition, thus repeating their performance from the 1984 tournament. In the men's tournament, the Soviet Union took home their second gold medal in...

 
Women's Team Competition

Zoran Čutura
Zoran Cutura
Zoran Čutura is a former Croatian basketball player. Čutura won a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics with Yugoslavia....

 
Danko Cvjetičanin
Danko Cvjeticanin
Danko Cvjetičanin is a retired Yugoslavian and Croatian basketball player who won two silver medals at Olympic Games, one with Yugoslavia and the other with Croatia, and two European Club titles with Cibona...

 
Vlade Divac
Vlade Divac
Vlade Divac is a retired Yugoslav and Serbian professional basketball player who spent most of his career in the NBA. At , he played center and was known for his passing skills...

 
Toni Kukoč
Toni Kukoc
Toni Kukoč is a retired Croatian professional basketball player. He was renowned for his versatility and passing ability; although his natural position was small forward, he played all five positions on the court with prowess and demonstrated court vision and an outside shooting touch that were...

 
Željko Obradović
Željko Obradovic
Želimir “Željko” Obradović is a Serbian professional basketball coach and a former professional basketball player...

 
Žarko Paspalj
Žarko Paspalj
Žarko Paspalj is a retired Serbian professional basketball player and current sports administrator...

 
Dražen Petrović
Dražen Petrovic
Dražen Petrović was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he initially achieved success playing professional basketball in Europe in the 1980s before joining the American NBA in 1989...

 
Dino Rađa 
Zdravko Radulović
Zdravko Radulovic
Zdravko Radulović is a retired Croatian basketball player. A 1.91 m shooting guard, he was a very prolific scorer, leading the Euroleague in scoring during the 1992-93 season with 23.9 ppg.Radulović has been a member of the Yugoslav national team...

 
Stojko Vranković
Stojko Vrankovic
Stojan "Stojko" Vranković is a retired Croatian basketball player who also represented Yugoslavia....

 
Jurij Zdovc 
Basketball
Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place at the Jamsil Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea. The United States won the gold medal in the women's competition, thus repeating their performance from the 1984 tournament. In the men's tournament, the Soviet Union took home their second gold medal in...

 
Men's Team Competition
Boxing
Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place in the Chamshil Students' Gymnasium in Seoul. The boxing schedule began on September 17 and ended on October 2. Twelve boxing events were contested, with the participation of 441 athletes and 159 officials from 106 countries...

 
Men's Light Heavyweight

Bojan Prešeren 
Rowing
Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul featured 14 events in total, for men and women, held on the Han River Regatta Course.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-See also:*Rowing at the Summer Olympics*Olympic medalists in rowing...

 
Men's Coxless Pairs
Shooting
Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The shooting competitions at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place in Seoul, South Korea. Competitions were held in a total of thirteen events—seven men's events, four women's events, and two events open to both genders. It was the first games for the 10 metre air pistol events, and the last for the...

 
Women's Sport Pistol

Jasna Fazlić
Jasna Fazlic
Jasna Rather ; born December 20, 1970 in Foča, Yugoslavia ) is a former Yugoslav and now American table tennis player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 2000 Summer Olympics, and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.In 1988 she won the bronze...

 
Table Tennis
Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Table tennis was first included in the Olympic program at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, with four events contested.-Medal summary:-Medal table:...

 
Women's Doubles

Jožef Holpert
Jožef Holpert
Jožef Holpert is a former Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.In 1988, he was part of the Yugoslav team, which won the bronze medal. He played all six matches and scored 15 goals....

 
Boris Jarak
Boris Jarak
Boris Jarak is a former Yugoslav/Croatian handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.In 1988 he was part of the Yugoslav team which won the bronze medal. He played two matches....

 
Slobodan Kuzmanovski
Slobodan Kuzmanovski
Slobodan Kuzmanovski is a former Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics....

 
Muhamed Memić
Muhamed Memic
Muhamed Memić was a Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.In 1988 he was part of the Yugoslav team which won the bronze medal. Also World Champion in 1986.-External links:*...

 
Alvaro Načinović
Alvaro Nacinovic
Alvaro Načinović is a former Croatian handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and Croatia respectively....

 
Goran Perkovac
Goran Perkovac
Goran Perkovac is a former Croatian handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and Croatia respectively....

 
Zlatko Portner
Zlatko Portner
Zlatko Portner is a former Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.During his successful career he played for RK Metaloplastika and FC Barcelona Handbol....

 
Iztok Puc
Iztok Puc
Iztok Puc was a Slovenian handball player who was one of the world's top players of the 1980s and 1990s. During his career he has played professionally for RK Borac, RK Zagreb, RK Celje and RD Prule 67 and won a total of 18 domestic trophies. He was also a member of the RK Zagreb squad which won...

 
Rolando Pušnik
Rolando Pušnik
Rolando Pušnik is a Slovenian former handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and in the 2000 Summer Olympics for Slovenia.He was born in Celje....

 
Momir Rnić
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....

 
Zlatko Saračević
Zlatko Saracevic
Zlatko "Zlatan" Saračević is a Croatian former handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Croatia.He was born in Banja Luka....

 
Irfan Smajlagić
Irfan Smajlagic
Irfan "Pipe" Smajlagić is a Croatian former handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Croatia.He was born in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

 
Ermin Velić
Ermin Velic
Ermin Velić is a former Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.In 1988 he was part of the Yugoslav team which won the bronze medal. He played four matches as goalkeeper.-External links:*...

 
Veselin Vujović
Veselin Vujovic
Veselin Vujović is a former Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. During his career he played for RK Metaloplastika Šabac, Barcelona and Granollers...

 
Handball
Handball at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Final results for the Handball competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-Group A:-Group B:-5th to 12th places:-Bronze Medal match:-Final:-Team Rosters:...

 
Men's Team Competition

Athletics
Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul a total number of 42 events in athletics were contested: 24 by men and 18 by women. There were a total number of 1617 participating athletes from 149 countries.-Men's events:...

Men's 400 metres
  • Slobodan Branković
    Slobodan Branković
    Slobodan Branković is a Serbian former track and field athlete who specialised in the 400 metres. He is currently the general secretary of the Athletics Federation of Serbia....

  • Ismail Mačev


Men's 800 metres
  • Slobodan Popović


Men's 1,500 metres
  • Branko Zorko
    Branko Zorko
    Branko Zorko is a Croatian middle distance runner, a notable 1500 m competitor in the 1990s. Probably his biggest accomplishment is winning the first international medal for the country of Croatia, winning a bronze medal at the 1992 European Indoor Athletics Championships...



Men's Marathon
  • Mirko Vindiš
    Mirko Vindiš
    Miroslavo Vindiš is a retired long-distance runner from Slovenia, who won the 1988 edition of the Vienna Marathon. He represented Yugoslavia and Slovenia in the men's marathon at the Summer Olympics. Vindiš set his personal best on November 1, 1987 at the New York...

  • Final — 2:17:47 (→ 25th place)


Men's 400 metres Hurdles
  • Branislav Karaulić
  • 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...



Men's 4x400 m Relay
  • Branislav Karaulić, Slobodan Popović, Slobodan Branković
    Slobodan Branković
    Slobodan Branković is a Serbian former track and field athlete who specialised in the 400 metres. He is currently the general secretary of the Athletics Federation of Serbia....

    , and Ismail Mačev
  • Heat — 3:05.62
  • Semi Final — 3:01.59 (→ did not advance)


Men's Javelin Throw
  • Sejad Krdžalić
    Sejad Krdžalic
    Sejad Krdžalić is a retired javelin thrower from Yugoslavia, who finished in twelfth place at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He set his personal best on 30 May 1987 in Belgrade.-Achievements:...

  • Qualification — 79.90 m
  • Final — 73.28 m (→ 12th place)


Women's 800 metres
  • Slobodanka Čolović


Women's High Jump
  • Biljana Petrović
    Biljana Petrovic
    Biljana Petrović is a retired yugoslavian high jumper from Kraljevo, Serbia. She set her personal best on 22 June 1990, jumping 2.00 metres at a meet in Saint-Denis, near Paris, France. She competed for Yugoslavia at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where she finished in 22nd place...


Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Defeated Soviet Union (92–79)
  • Defeated Central African Republic (102–61)
  • Defeated South Korea (104–92)
  • Defeated Australia (98–78)
  • Lost to Puerto Rico (72–74)
  • Quarterfinals
  • Defeated Canada (95–73)
  • Semifinals
  • Defeated Australia (91–70)
  • Final
  • Lost to Soviet Union (63–76) → Silver Medal
  • Team Roster
  • Franjo Arapović
    Franjo Arapovic
    Franjo Arapović is a former Croatian basketball center - tall - who won the silver medal with the Croatia national basketball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain...

  • Zoran Čutura
    Zoran Cutura
    Zoran Čutura is a former Croatian basketball player. Čutura won a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics with Yugoslavia....

  • Danko Cvjetičanin
    Danko Cvjeticanin
    Danko Cvjetičanin is a retired Yugoslavian and Croatian basketball player who won two silver medals at Olympic Games, one with Yugoslavia and the other with Croatia, and two European Club titles with Cibona...

  • Vlade Divac
    Vlade Divac
    Vlade Divac is a retired Yugoslav and Serbian professional basketball player who spent most of his career in the NBA. At , he played center and was known for his passing skills...

  • Toni Kukoč
    Toni Kukoc
    Toni Kukoč is a retired Croatian professional basketball player. He was renowned for his versatility and passing ability; although his natural position was small forward, he played all five positions on the court with prowess and demonstrated court vision and an outside shooting touch that were...

  • Željko Obradović
    Željko Obradovic
    Želimir “Željko” Obradović is a Serbian professional basketball coach and a former professional basketball player...

  • Žarko Paspalj
    Žarko Paspalj
    Žarko Paspalj is a retired Serbian professional basketball player and current sports administrator...

  • Dražen Petrović
    Dražen Petrovic
    Dražen Petrović was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he initially achieved success playing professional basketball in Europe in the 1980s before joining the American NBA in 1989...

  • Dino Rađa
  • Zdravko Radulović
    Zdravko Radulovic
    Zdravko Radulović is a retired Croatian basketball player. A 1.91 m shooting guard, he was a very prolific scorer, leading the Euroleague in scoring during the 1992-93 season with 23.9 ppg.Radulović has been a member of the Yugoslav national team...

  • Stojko Vranković
    Stojko Vrankovic
    Stojan "Stojko" Vranković is a retired Croatian basketball player who also represented Yugoslavia....

  • Jurij Zdovc
  • Head Coach: Dušan Ivković
    Dušan Ivkovic
    Dušan "Duda" Ivković is a Serbian former professional basketball player and current coach. In 2008, he was named one of the 10 Greatest Coaches in Euroleague history....


Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Quarterfinals
  • Semifinals
  • Final
  • Lost to United States → Silver Medal
  • Team Roster
  • Stojna Vangelovska
  • Mara Lakić
    Mara Lakic
    Mara Lakić is a former basketball player. She started her career in Jedinstvo Aida, Tuzla. She has won a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics with Yugoslavia Women Basketball National Team....

  • Zana Lelas
  • Eleonora Wild
  • Kornelija Kvesić
  • Danira Nakić
  • Sladjana Golić
  • Polona Dornik
  • Razija Mujanović
    Razija Mujanovic
    Razija Mujanović is a retired Bosnian basketball player. She started her career in Jedinstvo Aida, Tuzla, and continued in Italy, Spain, Brazil, USA, Croatia and Hungary...

  • Vesna Bajkuša
  • Andjelija Arbutina
  • Bojana Milošević
  • Head Coach: ???

Boxing
Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place in the Chamshil Students' Gymnasium in Seoul. The boxing schedule began on September 17 and ended on October 2. Twelve boxing events were contested, with the participation of 441 athletes and 159 officials from 106 countries...

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
  • Ljubiša Simić
    Ljubiša Simic
    Ljubiša Simić is a former boxer from Yugoslavia, who competed in two Summer Olympics for his native country: in 1984 and in 1988. In both occasions he had an early exit from the tournament...

  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Mikhail Kazaryan
    Mekhak Ghazaryan
    Mekhak Ghazaryan is a retired boxer from Armenia. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he lost in the second round of the men's lightweight division to Canada's Michael Strange....

     (URS), 0:5


Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)
  • Vukašin Dobrašinović
  • First Round — Defeated Borislav Abadzhiev
    Borislav Abadzhiev
    Borislav Abadzhiev is a retired boxer from Bulgaria, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he was defeated in the first round of the Men's Light-Welterweight Division by Yugoslavia's Vukašin Dobrašinović. He is best known for winning the...

     (BUL), 3:2
  • Second Round — Lost to Adrian Carew (GUY), 1:4


Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
  • Đorđe Petronijević
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Robert Wangila
    Robert Wangila
    Robert Napunyi Wangila was a Kenyan boxer who won a welterweight gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games...

     (KEN), RSC-2


Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
  • Darko Dukić
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Defeated Vili Lesiva (SAM), RSC-2
  • Third Round — Lost to Egerton Marcus
    Egerton Marcus
    Egerton Marcus is a retired Canadian boxer who won the silver medal in the Middleweight division at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.-Early life:...

     (CAN), KO-2


Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
  • Damir Škaro
    Damir Škaro
    Damir Škaro is a former Croatian amateur boxer who won the Light Heavyweight Bronze medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul with Yugoslavia, as well as a Croatian politician....

     → Bronze Medal
  • First Round — Defeated Deyan Kirilov
    Deyan Kirilov
    Deyan Kirilov is a retired boxer from Bulgaria, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he was defeated in the first round of the Men's Light Heavyweight Division by Yugoslavia's eventual bronze medalist Damir Škaro.-References:*...

     (BUL), 3:2
  • Second Round — Defeated Osmond Imadiyi (NGA), 5:0
  • Quarterfinals — Defeated Joseph Akhasamba
    Joseph Akhasamba
    Joseph Akhasamba is a retired boxer from Kenya, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He won the gold medal in the men's light heavyweight division at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.-References:*...

     (KEN), 5:0
  • Semifinals — Lost to Nuramgomed Shanavazov (URS), walk-over


Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
  • Željko Mavrović
    Željko Mavrovic
    Željko Mavrović is a retired male boxer from Croatia turned enterpreneur.-Background:Mavrović was born in Zagreb, in the neighbourhood Srednjaci ....

  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Baik Hyun-Man
    Baik Hyun-Man
    Baik Hyun-Man is a former heavyweight amateur boxer from South Korea, who won the silver medal in his weight division at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. In the final he was knocked out in the first round by Ray Mercer of the United States.- Results :-External links:*...

     (KOR), 0:5


Men's Super-Heavyweight (+ 91 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...

  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Ulli Kaden
    Ulli Kaden
    Ulli Kaden is a former East German amateur boxer best known to win the European title 1987 and 1989 at super heavyweight.-Career:Kaden was 1980 to 1988 nine times champion of East Germany....

     (GDR), 0:5

Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group D)
    • Lost to Australia 0–1
    • Defeated Nigeria 3-1
    • Lost to Brazil 1–2 → Finished competition at the group stage.
  • Team Roster
    1. Dragoje Leković
      Dragoje Lekovic
      Dragoje Leković is a retired Serbian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.-Club career:Leković was born in Sivac, Serbia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...

    2. Vujadin Stanojković
      Vujadin Stanojkovic
      Vujadin Stanojković is a former Yugoslav/Macedonian football coach and former player. He is of Serbian ethnic origin....

    3. Predrag Spasić
      Predrag Spasic
      Predrag Spasić is a retired Serbian footballer who played as a central defender.Over the course of his career Spasić played for FK Radnicki Kragujevac , FK Partizan, Real Madrid, CA Osasuna, Atlético Marbella and FK Radnički Novi Beograd, retiring at only 31.He was capped 31 times for the...

    4. Srečko Katanec
      Srecko Katanec
      Srečko Katanec is a Slovenian football manager and a former player capped for Yugoslavia and Slovenia. His last position was as the manager of the United Arab Emirates national football team.-Career:...

    5. Davor Jozić
      Davor Jozic
      Davor Jozić is a former footballer of Bosnian Croat ethnicity.Jozić started playing at a local club FK Igman Konjic and then he moved to FK Sarajevo where he played in 450 games. After came clubs such as Cesena, Club América, and Spezia...

    6. Dragoljub Brnović
      Dragoljub Brnovic
      Dragoljub Brnović is a former Montenegrin football player. He was born on 2 November 1963 in Montenegro, Yugoslavia. He played at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy for the Yugoslav team, where he became notorious for missing one of the penalty kicks in the quarter-finals against Argentina, sending...

    7. Refik Šabanadžović
      Refik Šabanadžovic
      Refik Šabanadžović is a retired Montenegrin-born Bosnian footballer.-Club career:His career began in a small Montenegrin club FK Dečić Tuzi. He was spotted there by Titograd's FK Budućnost and moved there shortly after...

    8. Toni Savevski
      Toni Savevski
      Toni Savevski is a football player from the Republic of Macedonia. Savevski is widely regarded as one of the best foreign midfielders to have played in the Greek football league....

    9. Ivica Barbarić
      Ivica Barbaric
      Ivica Barbarić is a former Croatian football player. He capped once for Yugoslavia. He currently coaches Japan's J. League Division 2 side Ehime FC.-External links:*...

    10. Dragan Stojković
      Dragan Stojkovic
      Dragan Stojković , also known under the nickname Piksi is a Serbian former footballer and current manager of J...

    11. Cvijan Milošević
      Cvijan Miloševic
      Cvijan Milošević is a Bosnian Serb former football player. He was capped once for the Yugoslav national team....

    12. Stevan Stojanović
      Stevan Stojanovic
      Stevan Stojanović is a retired Serbian football goalkeeper who played for Red Star Belgrade....

    13. Duško Milinković
      Duško Milinković
      Dušan "Duško" Milinković is a former Serbian football player. He played in the Yugoslav football team in the summer 1988 Olympic Games...

    14. Davor Šuker
      Davor Šuker
      Davor Šuker , is a retired Croatian footballer. He played as a striker for a number of European clubs as well as the Croatian national team, where he is the all-time top goal scorer with 45 goals....

    15. Semir Tuce
      Semir Tuce
      Semir Tuce was considered the best player of the 1980s in football club Velež. With his deadly left foot he tortured all the goalkeepers in former Yugoslav league. He played for Velež during 1983–1989 before going to Switzerland to play for Luzern. During his active time he played 187 games for...

    16. Vladislav Đukić
    17. Mirko Mihić
      Mirko Mihić
      Mirko Mihić is a Bosnian football manager and former player.Mihić played as a striker for FK Sloboda Tuzla in the Yugoslav First League. He also played in the Yugoslav First League with Hajduk Split and FK Rad. He would later join Eordaikos F.C. in the Greek second division and Kavala F.C. in the...

    18. Nenad Jakšić
      Nenad Jakšić
      Nenad Jakšić is a former Serbian soccerplayer and current president of FK Dinamo Vranje.Jakšić played for Dinamo Vranje and later for FK Radnički Niš and teams from Greece and Cyprus. He participated for Yugoslavia at the 1988 Olympic Games....

  • Head Coach: Ivica Osim
    Ivica Osim
    Ivan "Ivica" Osim is a Bosnian former football player and manager. He was most recently head coach of Japan, before he suffered a stroke in November 2007 and left the post...


Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
    • Lost to Soviet Union (18–24)
    • Defeated United States (31–23)
    • Defeated Algeria (23–22)
    • Tied Iceland (19–19)
    • Defeated Sweden (25–21)
  • Bronze Medal Match
    • Defeated Hungary (27–23) → Bronze Medal
  • Team Roster
  • Mirko Bašić
    Mirko Bašic
    Mirko Bašić is a former Yugoslav/Croatian handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics....

  • Jožef Holpert
    Jožef Holpert
    Jožef Holpert is a former Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.In 1988, he was part of the Yugoslav team, which won the bronze medal. He played all six matches and scored 15 goals....

  • Boris Jarak
    Boris Jarak
    Boris Jarak is a former Yugoslav/Croatian handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.In 1988 he was part of the Yugoslav team which won the bronze medal. He played two matches....

  • Slobodan Kuzmanovski
    Slobodan Kuzmanovski
    Slobodan Kuzmanovski is a former Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics....

  • Muhamed Memić
    Muhamed Memic
    Muhamed Memić was a Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.In 1988 he was part of the Yugoslav team which won the bronze medal. Also World Champion in 1986.-External links:*...

  • Alvaro Načinović
    Alvaro Nacinovic
    Alvaro Načinović is a former Croatian handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and Croatia respectively....

  • Goran Perkovac
    Goran Perkovac
    Goran Perkovac is a former Croatian handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and Croatia respectively....

  • Zlatko Portner
    Zlatko Portner
    Zlatko Portner is a former Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.During his successful career he played for RK Metaloplastika and FC Barcelona Handbol....

  • Iztok Puc
    Iztok Puc
    Iztok Puc was a Slovenian handball player who was one of the world's top players of the 1980s and 1990s. During his career he has played professionally for RK Borac, RK Zagreb, RK Celje and RD Prule 67 and won a total of 18 domestic trophies. He was also a member of the RK Zagreb squad which won...

  • Rolando Pušnik
    Rolando Pušnik
    Rolando Pušnik is a Slovenian former handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and in the 2000 Summer Olympics for Slovenia.He was born in Celje....

  • Momir Rnić
    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....

  • Zlatko Saračević
    Zlatko Saracevic
    Zlatko "Zlatan" Saračević is a Croatian former handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Croatia.He was born in Banja Luka....

  • Irfan Smajlagić
    Irfan Smajlagic
    Irfan "Pipe" Smajlagić is a Croatian former handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Croatia.He was born in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

  • Ermin Velić
    Ermin Velic
    Ermin Velić is a former Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.In 1988 he was part of the Yugoslav team which won the bronze medal. He played four matches as goalkeeper.-External links:*...

  • Veselin Vujović
    Veselin Vujovic
    Veselin Vujović is a former Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. During his career he played for RK Metaloplastika Šabac, Barcelona and Granollers...

  • Head Coach: ???

Swimming
Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics took place in Seoul, South Korea. The swimming competition, held from September 18 to September 25, was notable for the seven medals, including five golds, won by Matt Biondi, the six golds won by Kristin Otto, and the three individual golds won by Janet Evans...

Men's 400 m Freestyle
  • Darjan Petrič
    Darjan Petric
    Darjan Petrič is a former Slovenian freestyle swimmer, who represented Yugoslavia in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1980. He is the brother of swimmer Borut Petrič, the youngest participant at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.-References:*...

  • Heat – 3:56.94 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

  • Igor Majcen
    Igor Majcen
    Igor Majcen is a retired male freestyle swimmer from Slovenia. He is a three-time Olympian, making his debut in 1988 for FR Yugoslavia....

  • Heat – 3:58.90 (→ did not advance, 28th place)


Men's 1500 m Freestyle
  • Darjan Petrič
    Darjan Petric
    Darjan Petrič is a former Slovenian freestyle swimmer, who represented Yugoslavia in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1980. He is the brother of swimmer Borut Petrič, the youngest participant at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.-References:*...

  • Heat – 15:16.99
  • Final – 15:37.12 (→ 8th place)

  • Igor Majcen
    Igor Majcen
    Igor Majcen is a retired male freestyle swimmer from Slovenia. He is a three-time Olympian, making his debut in 1988 for FR Yugoslavia....

  • Heat – 15:29.16 (→ did not advance, 18th place)


Women's 200 m Breaststroke
  • Anamarija Petričević
    Anamarija Petričević
    Anamarija Petričević is a retired Croatian swimmer.Anamarija Petričević is a daughter of Đurđica Bjedov, gold and silver medalist in swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Petričević competed for Yugoslavia at the 1988 Summer Olympics...

  • Heat – 2:40.80 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)


Women's 200 m Individual Medley
  • Anamarija Petričević
    Anamarija Petričević
    Anamarija Petričević is a retired Croatian swimmer.Anamarija Petričević is a daughter of Đurđica Bjedov, gold and silver medalist in swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Petričević competed for Yugoslavia at the 1988 Summer Olympics...

  • Heat – 2:19.38
  • Final – 2:19.63 (→ 13th place)


Women's 400 m Individual Medley
  • Anamarija Petričević
    Anamarija Petričević
    Anamarija Petričević is a retired Croatian swimmer.Anamarija Petričević is a daughter of Đurđica Bjedov, gold and silver medalist in swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Petričević competed for Yugoslavia at the 1988 Summer Olympics...

  • Heat – 4:54.17 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Tennis
Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Tennis returned to the Summer Olympic Games at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, having been left out since the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. Tennis had been a demonstration sport at the 1984 Summer Olympics....

Women's Singles Competition
  • Sabrina Goleš
    Sabrina Goleš
    Sabrina Goleš is a former Yugoslav tennis player, from modern day Croatia....

    1. First Round – Defeated Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
      Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
      Aránzazu 'Arantxa' Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario is a Spanish former professional tennis player...

       (Spain) 6-4, 6–2
    2. Second Round – Lost to Gabriela Sabatini
      Gabriela Sabatini
      Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini is a former professional Argentine tennis player. She was one of the leading players on the women's circuit in the late-1980s and early-1990s...

       (Argentina) 1–6, 0–6

Water polo
Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Water polo at the 1988 Summer Olympics as usual was part of the swimming sport, the other two being swimming and diving. They were not seen as three separate sports, because they all were governed by one federation — FINA. Water polo discipline consisted of one event: the men's team...

Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Lost to United States (6–7)
  • Defeated Hungary (10–9)
  • Defeated Greece (17–7)
  • Defeated Spain (10–8)
  • Defeated China (17–7)
  • Semi Finals
  • Defeated West Germany (14–10)
  • Final
  • Defeated United States (9–7) → Gold Medal

  • Team Roster
  • Aleksandar Šoštar
    Aleksandar Šoštar
    Aleksandar Šoštar is a Serbian water polo goalkeeper who played on the bronze medal squad of FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Olympics and on the gold medal squad for SFR Yugoslavia at the 1988 Summer Olympics....

  • Deni Lusić
    Deni Lušić
    Deni Lušić is a Croatian water polo coach and former water polo player. He is a double Olympic gold medal winner with Yugoslavia at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.-Sources:* at sports-reference.com*...

  • Dubravko Šimenc
    Dubravko Šimenc
    Dubravko Šimenc is a former Croatian water polo player who competed for both Yugoslavia and Croatia.Dubravko Šimenc's father Zlatko was a water polo player who won the silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics playing for Yugoslavia, and also a professor at the Faculty of Kinesiology. Šimenc's...

  • Perica Bukić
    Perica Bukic
    Perica Bukić is a Croatian water polo player and politician. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, where the team won the golden medal....

  • Veselin Đuho
  • Dragan Andrić
  • Mirko Vičević
  • Igor Gočanin
  • Mislav Bezmalinović
  • Tomislav Paškvalin
  • Igor Milanović
    Igor Milanovic
    Igor Milanović is a retired Serbian water polo player.With a pro career spanning twenty years he is considered by many to be the best water polo player of all-time. In his illustrious career he played 349 games for the Yugoslav national team, scoring 540 goals...

  • Goran Rađenović
  • Renco Posinković
  • Head Coach: 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 :...

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