Yugoslavia at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Yugoslavia at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia
IOC code	YUG
NOC	Yugoslav Olympic Committee
in Moscow
Competitors	164 (135 men, 28 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Matija Ljubek
Medals Ranked 14th	Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze 4 Total 9
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000
Other related appearances
Serbia (1912, 2008–)  Croatia (1992–)  Slovenia (1992–)  Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992 S–)  Independent Olympic Participants (1992 S)  Macedonia (1996–)  Serbia and Montenegro (2004–2006)  Montenegro (2008–)  Kosovo (2016–)

Athletes from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 164 competitors, 135 men and 28 women, took part in 69 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Slobodan Kačar	Boxing	Men's Light Heavyweight
Gold	Andro Knego Branko Skroče Dragan Kićanović Dražen Dalipagić Duje Krstulović Krešimir Ćosić Mihovil Nakić Mirza Delibašić Rajko Žižić Ratko Radovanović Željko Jerkov Zoran Slavnić	Basketball	Men's Team Competition
Silver	Zoran Pančić Milorad Stanulov	Rowing	Men's Double Sculls
Silver	Radmila Drljača Katica Iles Slavica Jeremić Vesna Milošević Vesna Radović Rada Savić Ana Titlić Zorica Vojinović Mirjana Ognjenović Biserka Višnjić Svetlana Anastasowski Svetlana Dasić-Kitić Mirjana Durica Jasna Kolar-Merdan	Handball	Women's Team Competition
Silver	Zoran Roje Milorad Krivokapić Zoran Gopčević Boško Lozica Predrag Manojlović Zoran Mustur Milivoj Bebić Damir Polić Ratko Rudić Slobodan Trifunović Luka Vezilić	Water Polo	Men's Team Competition
Bronze	Radomir Kovačević	Judo	Men's Heavyweight
Bronze	Šaban Sejdi	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Lightweight
Bronze	Zlatko Celent Duško Mrduljaš Josip Reić	Rowing	Men's Coxed Pairs
Bronze	Mersada Bećirspahić Mira Bjedov Vesna Despotović Vera Đurašković Zorica Đurković Jelica Komnenović Biljana Majstorović Vukica Mitić Sanja Ožegović Sofija Pekić Jasmina Perazić Marija Tonković	Basketball	Women's Team Competition

Archery

In the second time the nation competed in Olympic archery, Yugoslavia again entered only one man. He came in eleventh place, missing a top eight finish by eight points.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Zoran Matković – 2410 points (11th place)

Athletics

Men's 200 metres

• Aleksandar Popović
  • Heat – 21.65
  • Quarterfinals – 21.66 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 metres

• Josip Alebić
  • Heat – 47.61
  • Quarterfinals – 46.60 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• Milovan Savić
  • Heat – 1:49.2
  • Semifinals – 1:47.6 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 metres

• Dragan Zdravković
  • Heat – 3:44.0
  • Semifinals – 3:43.4
  • Final – 3:43.1 (→ 9th place)

Men's 4x400 metres Relay

• Zeijko Knapić, Milovan Savić, Rok Kopitar, and Josip Alebić
  • Heat – 3:05.3 (→ did not advance)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

• Borislav Pisić
  • Heat – 14.13
  • Semifinals – 14.16 (→ did not advance)
• Petar Vukičević
  • Heat – 14.19
  • Semifinals – 14.12 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Rok Kopitar
  • Heat – 50.34
  • Semifinals – 50.55
  • Final – 49.67 (→ 5th place)

Men's High Jump

• Vaso Komnenić
  • Qualification – 2.21 m
  • Final – 2.24 m (→ 6th place)

Men's Long Jump

• Nenad Stekić
  • Qualification – 5.75 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

• Milan Spasojević
  • Qualification – 16.48 m
  • Final – 16.09 m (→ 10th place)

Men's Shot Put

• Vladimir Milic
  • Qualification – 20.56 m
  • Final – 20.07 m (→ 8th place)

Women's 1,500 metres

• Breda Pergar
  • Heat – 4:13.2 (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

• Lidija Benedetič
  • Qualification – 1.80 m (→ did not advance)

Basketball

Boxing

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Fazlija Sacirović
  1. First Round – Bye
  2. Second Round – Lost to Veli Koota (Finland) after referee stopped contest in second round

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Dejan Marović
  1. First Round – Bye
  2. Second Round – Defeated Miroslav Šandor (Czechoslovakia) on points (5-0)
  3. Third Round – Lost to Krzysztof Kosedowski (Poland) on points (1-4)

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Geza Tumbas
  1. First Round – Defeated Norman Stevens (Australia) on points (4-1)
  2. Second Round – Lost to Angel Herrera (Cuba) on points (0-5)

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)

• Ace Rusevski
  1. First Round – Defeated Margarit Anastasov (Bulgaria) on points (4-1)
  2. Second Round – Defeated Boualem Belaouane (Algeria) on points (5-0)
  3. Quarter Finals – Lost to Patrizio Oliva (Italy) on points (2-3)

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

• Aziz Salihu
  1. First Round – Lost to Piotr Zaev (Soviet Union) on points (0-5)

Canoeing

Cycling

Four cyclists represented Yugoslavia in 1980.

Individual road race

• Bruno Bulić
• Vinko Polončič
• Bojan Ropret
• Bojan Udovič

Team time trial

• Bruno Bulić
• Vinko Polončič
• Bojan Ropret
• Bojan Udovič

Football

PRELIMINARY ROUND (GROUP D)

July 21, 1980
Yugoslavia - Finland 2-0 (0-0) Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

July 23, 1980
Yugoslavia - Costa Rica 3-2 (2-1) Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

July 25, 1980
Yugoslavia - Iraq 1-1 (0-0) Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

FINAL STANDINGS GROUP D:

1. Yugoslavia          3 2 1 0 ( 6- 3) 5 *
2. Iraq                3 1 2 0 ( 4- 1) 4 *
3. Finland             3 1 1 1 ( 3- 2) 3
4. Costa Rica          3 0 0 3 ( 2- 9) 0

* Qualified for quarter-finals

QUARTER-FINALS

July 27, 1980
Yugoslavia - Algeria 3-0 (2-0) Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

SEMI-FINALS

July 29, 1980
Czechoslovakia - Yugoslavia 2-0 (2-0) Dynamo Stadium, Moscow

BRONZE MEDAL GAME

August 1, 1980 
Yugoslavia - Soviet Union 0-2 (0-0) Dynamo Stadium, Moscow

Handball

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Borut Petrič
  • Final – 1.56,51 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1.500m Freestyle

• Borut Petrič
  • Final – 15.21,78 (→ 5th place)

Volleyball

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database