Athletes from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 88 competitors, 83 men and 5 women, took part in 52 events in 14 sports.
On 26 July a Croatian nationalist ran onto the field of play during the men's handball match between Yugoslavia and West Germany and burned the Yugoslav flag.Istaknute akcije hrvatskih emigranata
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Canoeing Men's 1000m Canadian Singles Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight Boxing Men's Light Middleweight Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight Dražen Dalipagić Mirza Delibašić Blagoja Georgievski Vinko Jelovac Željko Jerkov Dragan Kićanović Andro Knego Zoran Slavnić Damir Šolman Žarko Varajić Rajko Žižić Basketball Men's Team Competition Canoeing Men's C1 500m Canadian Singles Boxing Men's Lightweight Judo Men's Middleweight (80 kg)
Archery
In the first time the nation competed in Olympic archery, Yugoslavia entered one man. He came in ninth place, missing a top eight finish by only one point.
Men's Individual Competition: Bojan Postruznik – 2421 points (→ 9th place)
Athletics
Men's 400 metres Josip Alebić Heat — 46.94 (→ did not advance)
Men's 800 metres Luciano Sušanj Heat — 1:47.82 Semi Final — 1:47.03 Final — 1:45.75 (→ 6th place)
Milovan Savić Heat — 1:47.73 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10.000 metres Dušan Janićijević Heat — 28:48.87 (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump Danial Temim Qualification — 2.10m (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump Nenad Stekić Qualification — 7.82m Final — 7.89m (→ 6th place)
Men's 20 km Race Walk Vinko Galušić — 1:34:46 (→ 24th place)
Basketball
Men's team competition Preliminary Round Yugoslavia – Puerto Rico 84:63 (38:29) Yugoslavia – Czechoslovakia 99:81 (51:43) Yugoslavia – United States 93:112 (55:51) Yugoslavia – Italy 88:87 (41:57) Yugoslavia – Egypt 20:0 b.b. Semifinals Yugoslavia – Soviet Union 89:84 (42:42) Final Yugoslavia – United States 74:95 (38:50) → Silver Medal
Team Roster Blagoja Georgievski Dragan Kićanović Vinko Jelovac Rajko Žižić Željko Jerkov Andro Knego Zoran Slavnić Krešimir Ćosić Damir Šolman Žarko Varajić Dražen Dalipagić Mirza Delibašić
Boxing
Lightweight (– 60 kg) Ace Rusevski → Bronze Medal First round Defeated Gerard Hamill (IRL) 4–1 Second round Defeated Roberto Andino (PUR) RSC-3 Third round Defeated Reinaldo Valiente (CUB) 5–0 Quarterfinals Defeated Yves Jeudy (HAI) RSC-2 Semifinals Lost to Howard Davis (USA) 0–5
Canoeing
Cycling
Two cyclists represented Yugoslavia in 1976.
Sprint Vlado Fumić — 21st place
1000m time trial Vlado Fumić — 1:13.037 (→ 24th place)
Individual pursuit Bojan Ropret — 22nd place
Handball
Judo
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Water polo
Men's team competition Team Roster Boško Lozica Damir Polić Dejan Dabović Đuro Savinović Dušan Antunović Miloš Marković Ozren Bonačić Predrag Manojlović Siniša Belamarić Uroš Marović Zoran Kačić
Wrestling
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database