Yugoslavia at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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Yugoslavia competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich under the IOC country code YUG. It was the thirteenth appearance of the European nation, which made its Olympic debut in 1912.
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Yugoslavia | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
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, 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
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)
Yachting
Finn:- Fabris Minski - 146.0 (→ 21st place)
- Anton Grego, Simo Nikolic - 63.7 (→ 5th place)
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)
- Team Roster
| National Olympic Committees at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany |
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