Athletes from the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. As a partial support to the Dutch-led boycott, Yugoslav athletes competed under the Olympic flag instead of the national flag. 35 competitors, 32 men and 3 women, took part in 16 events in 8 sports.

Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Athletics Men's Marathon Ibrahim Biogradlić Mladen Koščak Dobroslav Krstić Luka Liposinović Muhamed Mujić Zlatko Papec Petar Radenković Nikola Radović Ivan Santek Dragoslav Šekularac Ljubiša Spajić Todor Veselinović Blagoje Vidinić Football (Soccer) Men's Team Competition Tomislav Franjković Vlado Ivković Zdravko Ježić Hrvoje Kačić Zdravko Kovačić Lovro Radonjić Marijan Žužej Water Polo Men's Team Competition

Athletics

Men's 110m Hurdles Stanko Lorger Heat — 14.6s Semifinals — 14.6s Final — 14.5s (→ 5th place)

Men's Marathon Franjo Mihalić — 2:26:32 (→ Silver Medal) - Franjo reached the medal podium despite tripping and falling while getting water from a refreshment table at the 15 km mark of the race.

Cycling

Individual road race Veselin Petrović — 5:26:58 (→ 26th place)

Football

Men's Team Competition First Round: Yugoslavia free Quarterfinals: Yugoslavia – United States 9:1 (5:1) Semifinals: Yugoslavia – India 4:1 (0:0) Final: Yugoslavia – USSR 0:1 (0:0)

Team Roster: Petar Radenković Mladen Koščak Nikola Radović Ivan Šantek Ljubiša Spajić Dobroslav Krstić Dragoslav Šekularac Zlatko Papec Sava Antić Todor Veselinović Muhamed Mujić Blagoje Vidinić Ibrahim Biogradlić Luka Lipošinović Joško Vidošević Vladica Popović Kruno Radiljević

Rowing

Yugoslavia had one male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1956.

Men's single sculls Perica Vlašić

Shooting

One shooter represented Yugoslavia in 1956.

50 m rifle, three positions Zlatko Mašek

50 m rifle, prone Zlatko Mašek

Swimming

Women AthleteEventHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankVinka Jeričević200 m breaststroke 2:56.0 5 Q 2:55.8 4

Water polo

Wrestling

References

External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database