Yugoslavia competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States which took place from 29 July to 12 August 1984. Yugoslav athletes had competed in every Summer Olympic Games since their official debut in 1920. The Yugoslav Olympic Committee (JOK) sent a delegation of 139 athletes, 105 men and 34 women, competing in 16 sports, down from 164 competitors in 1980. Due to the Soviet-led boycott, Yugoslavia was one of only three Communist countries to take part at the Games, along with China and Romania.
Yugoslavia left Los Angeles with a total of 18 Olympic medals (7 gold, 4 silver, and 7 bronze), finishing ninth in the overall medal standings, the best total in the history of Yugoslavia's participation in the Olympics. Five of these medals were won in team sports and included gold in both men's and women's handball tournaments, gold in the water polo tournament and bronze medals in men's football and basketball. The most successful sport was wrestling, winning the nation five medals, while the canoeing duo of Matija Ljubek and Mirko Nišović were the only Yugoslav athletes who won more than a single Olympic medal. For the first time in its history, Yugoslavia sent athletes to compete in rhythmic gymnastics, a new event introduced into the Olympic programme, with 14-year-old gymnast Danijela Simić the youngest participant in the entire Yugoslav delegation.
Among the nation's medalists were canoeist Matija Ljubek, who took his third and fourth career Olympic medals, wrestler Shaban Sejdiu, who won his second career Olympic bronze medal, another wrestler Shaban Tërstena became the youngest Olympic Champion ever in Wrestling after winning his gold medal with the age of 19 in the Men's freestyle 52 kg. Rowers Zoran Pančić and Milorad Stanulov who won a bronze medal in double sculls after winning silver in the same event in 1980. Water polo coach Ratko Rudić led the national men's team to triumph in the tournament, a feat he would repeat in 1988.
Medalists
Yugoslavia finished in ninth position in the final medal rankings, with seven gold medals and 18 medals overall. Both totals were Yugoslavia's best ever performance at the Olympic Games.
| width="78%" align="left" valign="top" | Medal Name Sport Event Date Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg Yugoslavia women's national handball teamHandball Women's tournament Mirko Nišović Canoeing Men's C-2 500 m Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg Yugoslavia men's national water polo teamWater polo Men's tournament Boxing Men's light heavyweight Yugoslavia national handball teamHandball Men's tournament Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman +100 kg Canoeing Men's K-1 1000 m Mirko Nišović Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 m Boxing Men's flyweight Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg Zoran PančićMilorad Stanulov Rowing Men's double sculls Boxing Men's light welterweight Boxing Men's super heavyweight Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg Yugoslavia men's national basketball teamBasketball Men's tournament Yugoslavia men's national football teamFootball Men's tournament | width="22%" align="left" valign="top" |
Medals by sportSport TotalWrestling 2125Handball 2002Canoeing 1203Boxing 1124Water polo 1001Basketball 0011Football 0011Rowing 0011Total74718
Medals by dateDayDate TotalDay 129 July0000Day 230 July0000Day 331 July0000Day 41 August0000Day 52 August010 1Day 63 August1012Day 74 August0000Day 85 August0011Day 96 August0000Day 107 August0000Day 118 August0000Day 129 August1023Day 1310 August3036Day 1411 August2305Day 1512 August0000Total74718
Competitors The following is the list of number of Yugoslav athletes participating in the Games: SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 4 2 6Basketball 12 12 24Boxing 7 0 7Canoeing 3 0 3Cycling 6 0 6Equestrian 3 0 3Football 17 0 17Handball 14 15 29Gymnastics 0 2 2Judo 5 0 5Rowing 5 0 5Sailing 1 0 1Shooting 3 3 6Swimming 3 0 3Water polo 13 0 13Wrestling 9 0 9 Total 105 34 139
Athletics
Men Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionNenad StekićLong jump7.6014Did not advanceNovica ČanovićHigh jump2.1522Did not advanceHrvoje Fižuleto2.1819Did not advanceSejad KrdžalićJavelin throw76.5216Did not advance
Women Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionSnežana DančetovićLong jump6.2211 Q5.8812Lidija Benedetič-LapajneHigh jump1.8716Did not advance
Basketball
Men's tournament Roster Dražen Dalipagić Sabit Hadžić Andro Knego Emir Mutapčić Mihovil Nakić Aleksandar Petrović Dražen Petrović Ratko Radovanović Ivan Sunara Branko Vukićević Rajko Žižić Nebojša Zorkić
Preliminary round (Group A)
Preliminary round (group A) Defeated West Germany (96–83) Defeated Australia (94–64) Defeated Egypt (100–69) Defeated Brazil (98–85) Defeated Italy (69–65) Quarterfinals Defeated Uruguay (110–82) Semifinals Lost to Spain (61–74) Bronze medal match Defeated Canada (88–82) → Bronze Medal
Women's tournament Preliminary round Lost to United States (55–83) Lost to South Korea (52–55) Lost to PR China (58–79) Defeated Canada (69–68) Lost to Australia (59–62) → Sixth and last place Team roster Sanja Ožegović Slavica Šuka Jelica Komnenović Zagorka Počeković Stojna Vangelovska Slavica Pečikoza Slađana Golić Polona Dornik Biljana Majstorović Jasmina Perazić Cvetana Dekleva Marija Uzelac
Boxing
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) Redžep Redžepovski → Silver Medal First Round — Defeated Sanguo Teraporn (THA), 3:2 Second Round — Defeated Pat Clinton (GBR), KO-2 Quarterfinals — Defeated Jeff Fenech (AUS), 4:1 Semifinals — Defeated Ibrahim Bilali (KEN), 5:0 Final — Lost to Steve McCrory (USA), 4:1
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) Ljubiša Simić First Round — Lost to Pedro Nolasco (DOM), 1:4
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) Slobodan Pavlović
Men's Light welterweight (– 63.5 kg) Mirko Puzović
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg) Damir Škaro
Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg) Anton Josipović
Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg) Aziz Salihu → Bronze Medal First Round – Bye Quarterfinals – Defeated Peter Hussing (FRG), 3:2 Semifinals – Lost to Tyrell Biggs (USA), 0:5
Canoeing
Men's K-1 500 metres Milan Janić
Men's K-1 1000 metres Milan Janić
Men's C-2 500 metres Matija Ljubek, Mirko Nišović
Men's C-2 1000 metres Matija Ljubek, Mirko Nišović
Cycling
Six cyclists represented Yugoslavia in 1984.
Individual road race Bojan Ropret — +1:19 (→ 7th place) Primož Čerin — +15:30 (→ 35th place) Jure Pavlič — +18:04 (→ 42nd place) Marko Cuderman — +22:20 (→ 46th place)
Team time trial Bruno Bulić Primož Čerin Janez Lampič Bojan Ropret
Equestrianism
Individual dressage Alojz Lah Dušan Mavec Stojan Moderc
Team dressage Alojz Lah Dušan Mavec Stojan Moderc
Football
Men's tournament Roster
Group play
Preliminary round (group B) Defeated Cameroon (2–1) Defeated Canada (1–0) Defeated Iraq (4–2) Quarterfinals Defeated West Germany (5–2) Semifinals Lost to France (2–4, after extra time) Bronze medal match Defeated Italy (2–1) → Bronze Medal Team roster
Gymnastics
Individual all-around Milena Reljin Danijela Simić
Handball
Men's tournament Team roster Zlatan Arnautović Mirko Bašić Jovica Elezović Mile Isaković Pavle Jurina Milan Kalina Slobodan Kuzmanovski Dragan Mladenović Zdravko Rađenović Momir Rnić Branko Štrbac Veselin Vujović Veselin Vuković Zdravko Zovko Head coach: Branislav Pokrajac
Women's tournament Preliminary Round Robin Yugoslavia – Federal Republic of Germany 20:19 (11:12) Yugoslavia – Austria 30:15 (15:8) Yugoslavia – United States 33:20 (14:10) Yugoslavia – South Korea 29:23 (15:14) Yugoslavia – China 31:25 (15:15) → Gold Medal Team roster Jasna Ptujec Mirjana Ognjenović Zorica Pavićević Ljubinka Janković Svetlana Anastasovska Svetlana Dašić Emilija Erčić Alenka Cuderman Svetlana Mugoša Mirjana Đurica Biserka Višnjić Slavica Đukić Jasna Kolar-Merdan Ljiljana Mugoša Dragica Đurić Head coach: Josip Samaržija
Judo
Men's Half-Lightweight Franc Očko
Men's Lightweight Vojo Vujević
Men's Half-Middleweight Filip Leščak
Men's Middleweight Stanko Lopatić
Men's Heavyweight Radomir Kovačević
Rowing
Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechageFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankZoran PančićMilorad StanulovDouble sculls6:49.985 R6:39.702 Q6:39.59Zlatko CelentMirko IvančićDario VidoševićCoxed pair7:27.284 R7:28.683 FB7:25.607
Sailing
Men AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567Dušan PuhWindglider1517137141619118.015
Shooting
Men's 10m Air Rifle Rajmond Debevec Šaćir Džeko
Men's 50m 3 Positions Goran Maksimović Rajmond Debevec
Men's 50m Rifle Prone Goran Maksimović
Women's 10m Air Rifle Valentina Atanaskovski Mirjana Jovović
Women's 50m 3 Positions Biserka Vrbek Mirjana Jovović
Swimming
Men's 200 m Freestyle Borut Petrič Heat — 1:52.74 (→ did not advance, 19th place) Darjan Petrič Heat — 1:55.68 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Men's 400 m Freestyle Darjan Petrič Heat — 3:54.39 Final — 3:54.88 (→ 6th place) Borut Petrič Heat — 3:56.07 B-Final — scratched (→ 18th place)
Men's 1500 m Freestyle Borut Petrič Heat — 15:36.44 (→ did not advance, 15th place) Darjan Petrič Heat — 15:39.79 (→ did not advance, 16th place)
Men's 100 m Butterfly Hrvoje Barić Heat — 56.70 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Water polo
Men's tournament Team roster Milorad Krivokapić Deni Lušić Zoran Petrović Božo Vuletić Veselin Đuho Zoran Roje Milivoj Bebić Perica Bukić Goran Sukno Tomislav Paškvalin Igor Milanović Dragan Andrić Andrija Popović
Wrestling
Greco-Roman Men's Lightweight Vlado Lisjak
Men's Welterweight Karlo Kasap
Men's Middleweight Momir Petković
Men's Light-Heavyweight Karolj Kopas
Men's Heavyweight Jožef Tertei
Men's Super-Heavyweight Refik Memišević
Freestyle Men's Flyweight Šaban Trstena
Men's Bantamweight Zoran Šorov
Men's Welterweight Šaban Sejdi
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database