Yugoslavia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Yugoslavia
flagcaption=Flag of SFR Yugoslavia
games=1972 Summer
competitors=128
sports=15
gold=2
silver=1
bronze=2
total=5
rank=20

Athletes from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

Medalists

Gold

* Mate Parlov — Boxing, Men's Light-Heavyweight
* Zoran Živković, Abas Arslanagić, Miroslav Pribanić, Đorđe Lavrnić, Slobodan Mišković, Hrvoje Horvat, Branislav Pokrajac, Zdravko Miljak, Milan Lazarević, Nebojša Popović, Zdenko Zorko,Dobrivoje Selec and 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
* Milovan Nenadić — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight

Results by event

=Athletics=

Men's 800 metres
*Joze Medjimureć:* Heat — 1:48.1:* Semifinals — 1:49.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres
*Joze Medjimureć:* 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: Dragutin Čermak, Krešimir Ćosić, Miroljub Damjanović, Blagoja Georgievski, Vinko Jelovac, Dragan Kapičić, Žarko Knežević, Milun Marović, Nikola Plećaš, Ljubodrag Simonović, Damir Šolman, Rato Tvrdić, headcoach:

=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=

Men's Individual Road Race
* Radoš Čubrić — 43rd place
* Jože Valenčić — 51st place
* Eugen Pleško — did not finish (→ no ranking)
* Janež Zakotnik — did not finish (→ no ranking)

=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

=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 (Group A):* Defeated Canada (12-4):* Defeated Romania (8-7):* Defeated Mexico (5-3):* Defeated Cuba (7-5):* Lost to United States (3-5)
*Final Round (Group I):* Lost to Soviet Union (4-5):* Drew with Italy (6-6):* Lost to Hungary (2-4):* Defeated West Germany (5-4) → Fifth place

* Team Roster:* Dušan Antunović:* Siniša Belamarić:* Ozren Bonačić:* Zoran Janković:* Ronald Lopatny:* Miloš Marković:* Uroš Marović:* Đorđe Perišić:* Ratko Rudić:* Mirko Sandić:* Karlo Stipanić

References

* [http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]
* [http://www.okscg.org.yu/i120e.htm Serbian Olympic Committee]