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.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Boxing Men's Light-Heavyweight 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 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Light-Heavyweight Boxing Men's Light-Welterweight 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
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 AthleteEventFinalScoreRankPetar Bajić50 m pistol54133Zdravko Milutinović50 m rifle, prone5933050 metre rifle three positions114410
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 PldWDLGFGA550031185401352453022823520338265104253050051450
August 271st2nd3rd4th12-43-14-13-12-1
August 281st2nd3rd4th7-83-22-12-20-3
August 291st2nd3rd4th3-50-11-11-31-0
August 301st2nd3rd4th7-50-23-12-12-1
August 311st2nd3rd4th3-50-11-11-21-1
Group I (Classification Gold – 6th) Pos.NationPldWDLGFGA153202216253202318352122423450321318551222024650232126
August 311st2nd3rd4th3-50-11-11-21-1
September 11st2nd3rd4th4-51-20-22-01-1
September 21st2nd3rd4th6-62-22-11-11-2
September 31st2nd3rd4th2-40-11-10-11-1
September 41st2nd3rd4th5-43-00-11-11-2
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
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database