Athletes from Yugoslavia competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. This was the country's 10th appearance in the Summer Olympics. Yugoslavia's delegation had 75 competitors (72 men and 3 women), who took part in 32 events in 9 sports.
The youngest athlete was swimmer Slobodan Dijaković, aged 17 years and 100 days at the opening ceremony, and the oldest was gymnast Ivan Čaklec (32 years and 75 days), who competed in his third Olympics. Gymnast Miroslav Cerar was Yugoslavia's flag bearer at the opening ceremony, and went on to become the country's most decorated athlete of the games, winning one gold and one bronze medal.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Gymnastics Men's pommel horse Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman middleweight Zoran Janković Milan Muškatirović Ante Nardeli Frane Nonković Vinko Rosić Mirko Sandić Zlatko Šimenc Božidar Stanišić Karlo Stipanić Ivo Trumbić Water Polo Men's team competition Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman featherweight
Competitors The following is the list of Yugoslav competitors at the 1964 Olympic Games by sport. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 6 3 9Basketball 12 0 12Canoeing 4 0 4Football 16 0 16Gymnastics 6 0 6Rowing 11 0 11Swimming 2 0 2Water polo 11 0 11Wrestling 4 0 4Total 72 3 75
Athletics
Track events Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSimo Važić1500 m3:43.75th q3:48.39th Did not advanceFranc Červan5000 m14:16.67throwspan=2 colspan=2 Did not advanceSimo Važić14:33.89thDid not advanceFranc Červan10000 mcolspan=4 rowspan=1 29:21.0 10thÐani Kovač400 m hurdlesDSQcolspan=2 Did not advanceSlavko Špan3000 m steeplechase8:57.66thcolspan=2 rowspan=1 Did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankGizela Farkaš800 m2:08.74th2:09.97thDid not advanceDraga Stamejčič80 m hurdles10.84th Q10.73rd Q 10.87th
Field events Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankRoman LešekPole vault4.6014= Q4.7013thDako RadoševićDiscus throw52.7116thDid not advance
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionOlga GereHigh jump1.708th Q1.717th
Combined event – Women's pentathlon AthleteEvent 200 mFinalRankDraga StamejčičResult 10.9 12.73 1.54 6.19 25.2 4790 5thPoints 1061 904 880 1031 914
Basketball
Summary TeamEventGroup stageClass. 5th–8thOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankYugoslavia men'sMen's tournamentW 84–71L 64–68W 74–70W 73–64L 61–69W 99–66W 74–45L 63–75W 78–557th
Twelve male basketball players represented Yugoslavia:
Canoeing
Men AthletesEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankDragan DesančićAleksandar KerčovVladimir IgnjatijevićStaniša RadmanovićMen's K-4 1000 metres3:20.303rd3:27.842nd3:19.798th
Football
Summary TeamEventGroup stageQuarter-finalClass. 5th-8thOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankYugoslavia men'sMen's tournamentW 3–1L 5–6L 0–1W 6–1L 0–36th
Gymnastics
Rowing
Men AthletesEventSemifinalRepechageFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankZdenko Balaš (c)Ante GuberinaSlavko JanjuševićCoxed pair8:20.334th7:40.894thDid not advanceJadran BarutJože BercZdenko Balaš (c)Alojz ColjaBoris KlavoraLucijan KlevaMarko MandičPavao MartićVjekoslav SkalakEight6:02.434th5:59.231st6:27.154th
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSlobodan Dijaković400 m freestyle4:41.05th colspan=2 Did not advanceVeljko Rogošić400 m individual medley5:11.06th colspan=2 Did not advanceSlobodan Dijaković1500 m freestyle18:31.26throwspan=2 colspan=2 Did not advanceVeljko Rogošić18:05.52ndDid not advance
Water polo
Summary TeamEventGroup stageSemifinal roundFinal roundOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankYugoslavia men'sMen's tournamentW 2–1W 7–2W 8–0W 6–2D 4–4W 2–0W 2–1
Wrestling
References
Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database