Athletes from the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. For the first time in history the country won medals.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Gymnastics Men's All-Around Competition Gymnastics Men's Horizontal Bar
Athletics
Five athletes represented Yugoslavia in 1924. It was the nation's debut appearance in the sport.
Ranks given are within the heat.
AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank Peroslav Ferković Decathlon N/A 5517.925 18 Đuro Gašpar Decathlon N/A did not finish Veljko Narančić Shot put N/A 13.215 6 did not advance Discus throw N/A 37.35 8 did not advance Stanko Perpar 200 m Unknown 3 did not advance Aleksa Spahić Pentathlon N/A Elim-3
Cycling
Four cyclists represented Yugoslavia in 1924. It was the nation's debut in the sport.
Road cycling Men CyclistEventFinalResultRank Ðuro Ðukanović Time trial 7:17:23.6 35 Ivan Kosmatin 7:18:24.0 37 Koloman Sović 7:21:35.0 41 Milan Truban 7:53:40.0 50 Ðuro Dukanović Ivan Kosmatin Koloman Sović Milan Truban Team time trial 21:57:22.6 10
Equestrian
A single equestrian represented Yugoslavia in 1924. It was the nation's debut in the sport. Seunig finished last in the dressage event.
EquestrianEventFinal Score Rank Vladimir Seunig Dressage 167.6 24
Football
Yugoslavia competed in the Olympic football tournament for the second time in 1924.
Team Roster Dragutin Vrđuka Stjepan Vrbančić Eugen Dasović Marijan Marjanović Rudolf Rupec Janko Rodin Dragutin Babić Dušan Petković Emil Perška Vladimir Vinek Emil Plazzeriano
Round 1
Final rank 17th
Gymnastics
Eight gymnasts represented Yugoslavia in 1924. It was the nation's debut in the sport. Leon Štukelj took the gold medal in the horizontal bar to become Yugoslavia's first Olympic medalist (and first champion) in any sport; he would go on to finish first overall and take the all-around gold medal.
Artistic
GymnastEventFinal Score Rank Stane Derganc All-around 95.293 30 Horizontal bar 12.100 58 Parallel bars 18.92 40 Pommel horse 19.930 6 Rings 18.493 27 Rope climbing 8 (9.4 s) 24 Sidehorse vault 9.85 5 Vault 8.00 26 Stane Hlastan All-around 81.249 44 Horizontal bar 15.066 38 Parallel bars 19.05 36 Pommel horse 16.330 36 Rings 17.543 48 Rope climbing 0 (13.4 s) 66 Sidehorse vault 9.86 4 Vault 3.40 62 Mihael Oswald All-around 91.066 36 Horizontal bar 14.280 42 Parallel bars 16.85 57 Pommel horse 16.130 37 Rings 19.160 23 Rope climbing 8 (9.4 s) 24 Sidehorse vault 8.93 38 Vault 7.716 28 Rastko Poljšak All-around 77.665 45 Horizontal bar 13.536 47 Parallel bars 18.00 51 Pommel horse 15.220 42 Rings 15.333 50 Rope climbing 4 (10.4 s) 45 Sidehorse vault 7.96 58 Vault 3.616 61 Janez Porenta All-around 100.172 20 Horizontal bar 14.166 44 Parallel bars 18.90 41 Pommel horse 18.270 18 Rings 19.560 21 Rope climbing 10 (8.4 s) 6 Sidehorse vault 9.516 19 Vault 9.76 6 Josip Primožič All-around 77.393 47 Horizontal bar 13.460 48 Parallel bars 19.42 34 Pommel horse 12.630 51 Rings 14.583 55 Rope climbing 3 (10.8 s) 47 Sidehorse vault 8.55 45 Vault 5.75 49 Leon Štukelj All-around 110.340 Horizontal bar 19.730 Parallel bars 20.40 20 Pommel horse 19.370 10 Rings 21.330 4 Rope climbing 10 (8.6 s) 10 Sidehorse vault 9.60 17 Vault 9.91 4 Stane Žilič All-around 95.523 29 Horizontal bar 16.330 28 Parallel bars 19.00 37 Pommel horse 15.740 38 Rings 18.233 28 Rope climbing 10 (8.0 s) 5 Sidehorse vault 9.06 34 Vault 7.16 39 Leon Štukelj Janez Porenta Stane Žilič Stane Derganc Mihael Oswald Stane Hlastan Rastko Poljšak Josip Primožič Team 762.101 4
Swimming
Ranks given are within the heat.
Men
SwimmerEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalResultRankResultRankResultRank Ivo Pavelić 400 m freestyle 3:28.4 6 did not advance Ante Roje 1500 m freestyle DNF — did not advance Đura Sentđerđi 400 m freestyle 6:41.4 4 did not advance Vlado Smokvina 100 m freestyle 1:11.6 5 did not advance Atilije Venturini 400 m freestyle 6:28.0 3 did not advance Ivo Arčanin Ante Roje Vlado Smokvina Atilije Venturini 4×200 m freestyle relay 12:02.4 3 did not advance
Tennis
Men
AthleteEventRound of 128Round of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRank Đorđe Dunđerski Singles L 6–8, 1–6, 6–2, 2–6 did not advance
Wrestling
Greco-Roman
Men's
Athlete Event First round Second round Third round Fourth round Fifth round Sixth round Seventh round Eighth round RankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResult Nikola Grbić Middleweight W W W L W L Did not advance =5 Stevan Nađ Light heavyweight L L did not advance =12
References Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database