Yugoslavia at the 1972 Summer Olympics
# Yugoslavia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Mate Parlov | Boxing | Men's Light-Heavyweight |
| Gold | Zoran Živković 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 |
| Silver | Josip Čorak | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman Light-Heavyweight |
| Bronze | Zvonimir Vujin | Boxing | Men's Light-Welterweight |
| Bronze | Milovan Nenadić | 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

## 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

## 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

## 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)

## 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

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Petar Bajić | 50 m pistol | 541 | 33 |
| Zdravko Milutinović | 50 m rifle, prone | 593 | 30 |
| Zdravko Milutinović | 50 metre rifle three positions | 1144 | 10 |

## 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

**Pool A**

| Nation | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 18 |
| Yugoslavia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 24 |
| Cuba | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 23 |
| Romania | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 26 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 30 |
| Canada | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 50 |
| | August 27 | | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
| Yugoslavia | 12-4 | Canada | 3-1 | 4-1 | 3-1 | 2-1 |
| | August 28 | | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
| Romania | 7-8 | Yugoslavia | 3-2 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-3 |
| | August 29 | | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
| Mexico | 3-5 | Yugoslavia | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-0 |
| | August 30 | | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
| Yugoslavia | 7-5 | Cuba | 0-2 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 |
| | August 31 | | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
| Yugoslavia | 3-5 | United States | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 |

**Group I (Classification Gold – 6th)**

| Pos. | Nation | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 16 |
| 2 | Hungary | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 18 |
| 3 | United States | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 23 |
| 4 | West Germany | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 18 |
| 5 | Yugoslavia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 24 |
| 6 | Italy | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 26 |
| | August 31 | | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
| Yugoslavia | 3-5 | United States | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 |
| | September 1 | | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
| Yugoslavia | 4-5 | Soviet Union | 1-2 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 1-1 |
| | September 2 | | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
| Yugoslavia | 6-6 | Italy | 2-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 |
| | September 3 | | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
| Yugoslavia | 2-4 | Hungary | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| | September 4 | | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
| Yugoslavia | 5-4 | West Germany | 3-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 |

**Team Roster**


   * Dušan Antunović

   * Siniša Belamarić

   * Ozren Bonačić

   * Zoran Janković

   * Ronald Lopatny

   * Miloš Marković

   * Uroš Marović

   * Đorđe Perišić

   * Ratko Rudić

   * Mirko Sandić

   * Karlo Stipanić
