Yugoslavia at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Yugoslavia at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia
IOC code	YUG
NOC	Yugoslav Olympic Committee
in Seoul
Competitors	155 (117 men and 38 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer	Matija Ljubek
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold 3 Silver 4 Bronze 5 Total 12
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 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. This was the last time that the SFR Yugoslavia competed in the Summer Olympics. 155 competitors, 117 men and 38 women, took part in 72 events in 18 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Goran Maksimović	Shooting	Men's Air Rifle
Gold	Jasna Šekarić	Shooting	Women's Air Pistol
Gold	Dragan Andrić Mislav Bezmalinović Perica Bukić Veselin Đuho Igor Gočanin Deni Lušić Igor Milanović Tomislav Paškvalin Renco Posinković Goran Rađenović Dubravko Šimenc Aleksandar Šoštar Mirko Vičević	Water Polo	Men's Team Competition
Silver	Šaban Trstena	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Flyweight (52 kg)
Silver	Ilija Lupulesku Zoran Primorac	Table Tennis	Men's Doubles
Silver	Anđelija Arbutina Vesna Bajkuša Polona Dornik Slađana Golić Kornelija Kvesić Mara Lakić Žana Lelas Bojana Milošević Razija Mujanović Danira Nakić Stojna Vangelovska Eleonora Wild	Basketball	Women's Team Competition
Silver	Franjo Arapović Zoran Čutura Danko Cvjetičanin Vlade Divac Toni Kukoč Željko Obradović Žarko Paspalj Dražen Petrović Dino Rađa Zdravko Radulović Stojko Vranković Jurij Zdovc	Basketball	Men's Team Competition
Bronze	Damir Škaro	Boxing	Men's Light Heavyweight
Bronze	Sadik Mujkić Bojan Prešern	Rowing	Men's Coxless Pairs
Bronze	Jasna Šekarić	Shooting	Women's Sport Pistol
Bronze	Gordana Perkučin Jasna Fazlić	Table Tennis	Women's Doubles
Bronze	Mirko Bašić Jožef Holpert Boris Jarak Slobodan Kuzmanovski Muhamed Memić Alvaro Načinović Goran Perkovac Zlatko Portner Iztok Puc Rolando Pušnik Momir Rnić Zlatko Saračević Irfan Smajlagić Ermin Velić Veselin Vujović	Handball	Men's Team Competition

Athletics

Men's 400 metres

• Slobodan Branković
• Ismail Mačev

Men's 800 metres

• Slobodan Popović

Men's 1,500 metres

• Branko Zorko

Men's Marathon

• Mirko Vindiš

• Final — 2:17:47 (→ 25th place)

Men's 400 metres Hurdles

• Branislav Karaulić
• Rok Kopitar

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

• Branislav Karaulić, Slobodan Popović, Slobodan Branković, and Ismail Mačev

• Heat — 3:05.62
• Semi Final — 3:01.59 (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Sejad Krdžalić

• Qualification — 79.90 m
• Final — 73.28 m (→ 12th place)

Women's 800 metres

• Slobodanka Čolović

Women's High Jump

• Biljana Petrović

Basketball

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Yugoslavia roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Yugoslavia men's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. SG 4 Dražen Petrović 7003873100000000000♠23 – (1964-10-22)22 October 1964 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) KK Cibona SG 5 Zdravko Radulović 7003795000000000000♠21 – (1966-12-12)12 December 1966 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) KK Bosna Royal F 6 Zoran Čutura 7003968600000000000♠26 – (1962-03-12)12 March 1962 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) KK Cibona F 7 Toni Kukoč 7003730400000000000♠19 – (1968-09-18)18 September 1968 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) KK Split F 8 Žarko Paspalj 7003821000000000000♠22 – (1966-03-27)27 March 1966 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) KK Partizan PG 9 Željko Obradović 7004104190000000000♠28 – (1960-03-09)9 March 1960 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) KK Partizan G 10 Jure Zdovc 7003794900000000000♠21 – (1966-12-13)13 December 1966 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) KK Olimpija C 11 Stojko Vranković 7003900500000000000♠24 – (1964-01-22)22 January 1964 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) KK Zadar C 12 Vlade Divac 7003753200000000000♠20 – (1968-02-03)3 February 1968 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) KK Partizan C 13 Dino Rađa 7003781700000000000♠21 – (1967-04-24)24 April 1967 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) KK Split C 14 Franjo Arapović 7003850800000000000♠23 – (1965-06-02)2 June 1965 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) KK Cibona SG 15 Danko Cvjetićanin 7003910300000000000♠24 – (1963-10-16)16 October 1963 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) KK Cibona	Head coach Dušan Ivković Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 17 September 1988

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	5	4	1	468	384	+84	9	Quarter-finals
2	Soviet Union	5	4	1	460	393	+67	9
3	Australia	5	3	2	429	408	+21	8
4	Puerto Rico	5	3	2	382	387	−5	8
5	Central African Republic	5	1	4	346	436	−90	6
6	South Korea	5	0	5	384	461	−77	5

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points average among tied; 4) Points average.

September 18

Soviet Union	79–92	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 33–39, 46–53

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

September 20

Central African Republic	79–92	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 33–39, 46–53

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

September 21

South Korea	92–104	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 46–48, 46–56

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

September 23

Australia	78–98	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 43–52, 35–46

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

September 24

Puerto Rico	74–72	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 36–37, 38–35

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Quarterfinals

26 September 1998 (1998-09-26) 21:30

Boxscore

Yugoslavia	95–73	Canada
Scoring by half: 40–26, 55–47
Pts: Divac 17 Rebs: Vranković 9 Asts: Cvjetićanin, Divac, Petrović 2		Pts: Walton 17 Rebs: Mungar, Walton 7 Asts: Hatch 2

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Semifinals

28 September 1998 (1998-09-28)

Boxscore

Yugoslavia	91–70	Australia
Scoring by half: 44–31, 47–39
Pts: Petrović 24 Rebs: Divac 10 Asts: Petrović 3		Pts: Gaze 27 Rebs: Borner, Vlahov 4 Asts: Sengstock 4

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Gold medal match

30 September 1998 (1998-09-30)

Boxscore

Yugoslavia	63–76	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 28–31, 35–45
Pts: Petrović 24 Rebs: Divac 7 Asts: Petrović 4		Pts: Marčiulionis 21 Rebs: Sabonis 15 Asts: Marčiulionis 6

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Women's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Yugoslavia roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Yugoslavia women's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. SG 4 Stojna Vangelovska 7003899300000000000♠24 – (1964-02-05)5 February 1964 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) SG 5 Mara Lakić 7003916400000000000♠25 – (1963-08-18)18 August 1963 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) C 6 Žana Lelas 7003668900000000000♠18 – (1970-05-28)28 May 1970 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) SG 7 Eleonora Vild 7003704200000000000♠19 – (1969-06-09)9 June 1969 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) C 8 Kornelija Kvesić 7003915700000000000♠25 – (1963-08-25)25 August 1963 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) SG 9 Danira Nakić 7003699900000000000♠19 – (1969-07-22)22 July 1969 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) ŽKK Šibenik C 10 Slađana Golić 7004104470000000000♠28 – (1960-02-12)12 February 1960 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) C 11 Polona Dornik 7003943500000000000♠25 – (1962-11-20)20 November 1962 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) C 12 Razija Mujanović 7003782800000000000♠21 – (1967-04-15)15 April 1967 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) ŽKK Jedinstvo Tuzla G 13 Vesna Bajkuša 7003742600000000000♠20 – (1968-05-21)21 May 1968 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) SG 14 Anđelija Arbutina 7003784500000000000♠21 – (1967-03-29)29 March 1967 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) ŽKK Crvena zvezda C 15 Bojana Milošević 7003833000000000000♠22 – (1965-11-29)29 November 1965 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Head coach Milan Vasojević Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 17 September 1988

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	282	234	+48	6	Semifinals
2	Yugoslavia	3	2	1	199	211	−12	5
3	China	3	1	2	200	214	−14	4
4	Czechoslovakia	3	0	3	202	224	−22	3

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points average among tied; 4) Points average.

19 September 1998 (1998-09-19) 21:30

Boxscore

China	53–56	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 32–35, 21–21
Pts: Zheng 13 Rebs: Zheng 7 Asts: Xue 3		Pts: Nakić 13 Rebs: Golić 9 Asts: Vangelovska 4

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

22 September 1998 (1998-09-22) 9:45

Boxscore

United States	101–74	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 55–40, 46–34
Pts: Edwards 23 Rebs: McClain 9 Asts: Weatherspoon 2		Pts: Golić 16 Rebs: Dornik 4 Asts: Bajkuša, Vangelovska 2

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

25 September 1998 (1998-09-25) 9:45

Boxscore

Czechoslovakia	57–69	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 15–41, 42–28
Pts: Dobrovičová 17 Rebs: Dobrovičová 9 Asts: Kalužáková 3		Pts: Nakić 24 Rebs: Dornik 8 Asts: Vangelovska 7

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Semifinals

27 September 1998 (1998-09-27) 9:45

Boxscore

Australia	56–57	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 30–32, 26–25
Pts: Timms 19 Rebs: Dalton 8 Asts: Dalton, Maher 2		Pts: Mujanović 20 Rebs: Dornik, Mujanović, Nakić 4 Asts: Vangelovska 2

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Gold medal game

29 September 1998 (1998-09-29) 12:00

Boxscore

Yugoslavia	70–77	United States
Scoring by half: 36–42, 34–35
Pts: Nakić 23 Rebs: Golić 10 Asts: Nakić 3		Pts: Edwards 18 Rebs: Brown 8 Asts: Edwards, McConnell 3

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Boxing

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Ljubiša Simić

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Lost to Mikhail Kazaryan (URS), 0:5

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)

• Vukašin Dobrašinović

• First Round — Defeated Borislav Abadzhiev (BUL), 3:2
• Second Round — Lost to Adrian Carew (GUY), 1:4

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Đorđe Petronijević

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Lost to Robert Wangila (KEN), RSC-2

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Darko Dukić

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Vili Lesiva (SAM), RSC-2
• Third Round — Lost to Egerton Marcus (CAN), KO-2

Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Damir Škaro → Bronze Medal

• First Round — Defeated Deyan Kirilov (BUL), 3:2
• Second Round — Defeated Osmond Imadiyi (NGA), 5:0
• Quarterfinals — Defeated Joseph Akhasamba (KEN), 5:0
• Semifinals — Lost to Nuramgomed Shanavazov (URS), walk-over

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

• Željko Mavrović

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Lost to Baik Hyun-Man (KOR), 0:5

Men's Super-Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

• Aziz Salihu

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Lost to Ulli Kaden (GDR), 0:5

Canoeing

Men's C-1 500 metres

• Ivan Šabjan

C-1 1000 metres

• Ivan Šabjan

C-2 1000 metres

• Mirko Nišović, Matija Ljubek

Cycling

Six male cyclists represented Yugoslavia in 1988.

Men's road race

• Rajko Čubrić
• Mićo Brković
• Valter Bonča

Men's team time trial

• Valter Bonča
• Sandi Papež
• Robert Šebenik
• Jože Smole

Football

Gymnastics

Handball

Judo

Men's Half-Lightweight

• Dragomir Bečanović

Men's Half-Middleweight

• Filip Leščak

Men's Middleweight

• Ivan Todorov

Men's Heavyweight

• Dragomir Kusmuk

Rowing

Men's coxless pair

• Bojan Prešern
• Sadik Mujkič

Men's coxed pair

• Janez Ambrožič
• Milan Janša
• Sašo Mirjanič

Men's coxed four

• Sead Marušić
• Lazo Pivač
• Zlatko Celent
• Vladimir Banjanac
• Darko Varga

Sailing

Division II

• Roland Milošević

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Rajmond Debevec	10 m air rifle	585	25	Did not advance
Goran Maksimović	50 m rifle three positions	1173	8 Q	1271.5	8
	50 m rifle prone	596	11	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	594 OR	1 Q	695.6 OR
Srećko Pejović	50 m rifle three positions	1165	21	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	588	47	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Mladenka Maleniča	50 m rifle three positions	570	28	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	387	22	Did not advance
Jasna Šekarić	25 m pistol	591 OR	1 Q	686
	10 m air pistol	389	2 Q	489.5 OR

Swimming

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Darjan Petrič

• Heat – 3:56.94 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

• Igor Majcen

• Heat – 3:58.90 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Darjan Petrič

• Heat – 15:16.99
• Final – 15:37.12 (→ 8th place)

• Igor Majcen

• Heat – 15:29.16 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Anamarija Petričević

• Heat – 2:40.80 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Anamarija Petričević

• Heat – 2:19.38
• Final – 2:19.63 (→ 13th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Anamarija Petričević

• Heat – 4:54.17 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Table tennis

Men's Singles Competition

• Zoran Primorac
• Ilija Lupulesku
• Zoran Kalinić

Men's Doubles Competition

• Zoran Primorac, Ilija Lupulesku

Women's Singles Competition

• Jasna Fazlić
• Gordana Perkučin

Women's Doubles Competition

• Jasna Fazlić, Gordana Perkučin

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

• Slobodan Živojinović
• Goran Ivanišević

Men's Doubles Competition

• Slobodan Živojinović, Goran Ivanišević

Women's Singles Competition

• Sabrina Goleš
  1. First Round – Defeated Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Spain) 6-4, 6–2
  2. Second Round – Lost to Gabriela Sabatini (Argentina) 1–6, 0–6

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Lost to United States (6–7)
• Defeated Hungary (10–9)
• Defeated Greece (17–7)
• Defeated Spain (10–8)
• Defeated China (17–7)

• Semi Finals

• Defeated West Germany (14–10)

• Final

• Defeated United States (9–7) → Gold Medal

• Team Roster

• Aleksandar Šoštar
• Deni Lusić
• Dubravko Šimenc
• Perica Bukić
• Veselin Đuho
• Dragan Andrić
• Mirko Vičević
• Igor Gočanin
• Mislav Bezmalinović
• Tomislav Paškvalin
• Igor Milanović
• Goran Rađenović
• Renco Posinković

• Head Coach: Ratko Rudić

Wrestling

Greco-Roman

• Zoran Galović
• Nandor Sabo
• Franc Podlesek
• Goran Kasum
• Bernard Ban
• Jožef Tertei

Men's Freestyle

• Šaban Trstena
• Zoran Šorov
• Šaban Sejdi
• Čedo Nikolovski

References

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database