Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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. 164 competitors, 135 men and 28 women, took part in 69 events in 17 sports.
Medalists
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
Milovan Savić (born 16 June 1953 in Novi Sad) is a Croatian former middle distance runner who competed for SFR Yugoslavia in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпи ...
** Heat – 1:49.2
** Semifinals – 1:47.6 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1,500 metres
*
Dragan Zdravković
Dragan Zdravković (born 16 December 1959, in Senjski Rudnik) is a Serbian former middle-distance runner. He represented Yugoslavia in international competition from the late 1970s to 1980s, and was a finalist at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Zdravko ...
Milovan Savić
Milovan Savić (born 16 June 1953 in Novi Sad) is a Croatian former middle distance runner who competed for SFR Yugoslavia in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпи ...
Borisav Pisić
Borisav Pisić–Piske (31 January 1949 – 21 April 2015)
** 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
Nenad Stekić ( sr-Cyrl, Ненад Стекић; 7 March 1951 – 18 July 2021Milan 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
*# First Round – Bye
*# Second Round – Lost to Veli Koota (Finland) after referee stopped contest in second round
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
* Dejan Marović
*# First Round – Bye
*# Second Round – Defeated Miroslav Šandor (Czechoslovakia) on points (5-0)
*# Third Round – Lost to
Krzysztof Kosedowski
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(Poland) on points (1-4)
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
* Geza Tumbas
*# First Round – Defeated Norman Stevens (Australia) on points (4-1)
*# Second Round – Lost to Angel Herrera (Cuba) on points (0-5)
Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)
*
Ace Rusevski
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*# First Round – Defeated Margarit Anastasov (Bulgaria) on points (4-1)
*# Second Round – Defeated Boualem Bel Alouane (Algeria) on points (5-0)
*# Quarter Finals – Lost to
Patrizio Oliva
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Early lif ...
(Italy) on points (2-3)
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)
*
Aziz Salihu
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*# First Round – Lost to
Piotr Zaev
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Bruno Bulić
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Bojan Udovič
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Bruno Bulić
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Bojan Udovič
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Football
Men's team competition
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
*Team Roster
**
Dragan Pantelić
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Nikica Cukrov
Nikica Cukrov (born 6 March 1954) is a Croatian professional football manager and retired player.
International career
He made his debut for Yugoslavia in a November 1977 Balkan Cup friendly match against Greece, coming on as a 69th-minute sub ...
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Ivan Gudelj
Ivan Gudelj (born 21 September 1960) is a Croatian former football midfielder who represented Yugoslavia.
Club career
Zmijavci-bred Gudelj started his player career in a club from the neighbouring village of Runovići — NK Mračaj. There, h ...
Milan Jovin
Milan "Mile" Jovin (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Joвин ;born December 13, 1955) is a Serbian former football player and manager.
As a player, he got 4 caps for Yugoslavia. He spent eight years playing for Red Star Belgrade.
As a manager, he ...
**
Nikica Klinčarski
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Club career
He played a total of 518 matches for FK Partizan being by this the second player with most games played in ...
Ante Miročević
Ante Miročević (born 6 August 1952) is a former Montenegrin footballer who played as a midfielder. He earned six caps for Yugoslavia. He was the first player playing in a club from Montenegro to earn a cap for the Yugoslavia national team.
Clu ...
*Preliminary Round (Group B)
** Defeated Algeria (22-18)
** Defeated Switzerland (26-21)
** Defeated Romania (23-21)
** Defeated Kuwait (44-10)
** Lost to Soviet Union (17-22)
*Classification Match
** 5th/6th place: Lost to Spain (23-24) → 6th place
*Team Roster
** Zlatan Arnautović
** Momir Rnić (handballer born 1955), Momir Rnic
** Enver Koso
** Drago Jovović
** Stjepan Obran
** Jasmin Mrkonja
** Petar Mahne
** Pavel Jurina
** Goran Nerić
** Jovica Cvetković
** Velibor Nenadić
** Adnan Dizdar
** Mile Isaković
** Jovica Elezović
Judo
Men's Heavyweight
* Radomir Kovačević, Radomir Kovacevic
** Bronze medal
Rowing
Sailing
Men's Flying Dutchman
* Danko Mandić
** Final standing - 9th place
* Zoran Kalebić
** Final standing - 9th place
Men's Finn class
* Minski Fabris, Minski Fabras
** Final standing - 11th place
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
Men's team competition
*Preliminary Round (Group B)
** Lost to Poland (1-3)
** Defeated Brazil (3-2)
** Lost to Romania (1-3)
** Defeated Libya (3-0)
*Classification Matches
** 5th/8th place: Defeated Cuba (3-2)
** 5th/6th place: Lost to Brazil (2-3) → 6th place
*Team Roster
** Vladimir Bogoevski
** Vladimir Trifunović
** Aleksandar Tacevski
** Zdravko Kuljić
** Goran Srbinovski
** Slobodan Lozančić
** Ivica Jelić
** Boro Jović
** Radovan Malević
** Miodrag Mitić
** Ljubomir Travica
** Mladen Kašić
Water polo
Men's team competition
*Preliminary Round (Group C)
** Drew with Cuba (6-6)
** Defeated Bulgaria (9-2)
** Defeated Australia (9-2)
*Final Round (Group A)
** Drew with Cuba (7-7)
** Defeated Hungary (8-7)
** Defeated Netherlands (5-4)
** Defeated Spain (7-6)
** Lost to Soviet Union (7-8) → Silver Medal
*Team Roster
** Luka Vezilić
** Zoran Gopcević
** Damir Polić
** Ratko Rudić
** Zoran Mustur
** Zoran Roje
** Milivoj Bebić
** Slobodan Trifunović
** Boško Lozica
** Predrag Manojlović (water polo), Predrag Manojlović
** Milorad Krivokapić (water polo), Milorad Krivokapić