Athletes from the

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yu ...

competed at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

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. 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.

Medalists

Competitors

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Athletics

Men's 400 metres * Slobodan Branković * Ismail Mačev Men's 800 metres *

Slobodan Popović Slobodan Popović (Cyrillic: Слободан Поповић; born 28 September 1962 in Inđija) is a Serbian former middle distance runner competing primarily in the 800 metres. He represented his country at the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 19 ...

Men's 1,500 metres * Branko Zorko Men's Marathon *

Mirko Vindiš Miroslavo ("Mirko") Vindiš (born 8 November 1963 in Ptuj) is a retired long-distance runner from Slovenia, who won the 1988 edition of the Vienna Marathon. He represented Yugoslavia (1988) and Slovenia (1992) in the men's marathon at the Summer O ...

:* Final — 2:17:47 (→ 25th place) Men's 400 metres Hurdles * Branislav Karaulić * Rok Kopitar Men's 4 × 400 m Relay * Branislav Karaulić,

, 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 Biljana Petrović (née Bojović; born 28 February 1961) is a retired Serbian high jumper.Ljubiša Simić :*First Round — Bye :*Second Round — Lost to Mikhail Kazaryan (URS), 0:5 Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg) *

Vukašin Dobrašinović Vukašin Dobrašinović (born 15 July 1964) is a Montenegrin boxer. He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and com ...

:*First Round — Defeated

Borislav Abadzhiev Borislav Stefanov Abadzhiev ( bg, Борислав Стефанов Абаджиев; born October 14, 1963, in Vidin) is a retired boxer from Bulgaria, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea ...

(BUL), 3:2 :*Second Round — Lost to

Adrian Carew Adrian Dodson also known as Adrian Carew (born 20 September 1970) is a British former Olympic boxer. He competed for Guyana at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul under the name Adrian Carew before representing Great Britain at the 1992 Summer O ...

(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 Deyan Kirilov ( bg, Деян Кирилов; born June 20, 1964, in Sofia) is a retired boxer from Bulgaria, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul ...

(BUL), 3:2 :*Second Round — Defeated Osmond Imadiyi (NGA), 5:0 :*Quarterfinals — Defeated

Joseph Akhasamba Joseph Mukuku Akhasamba (born June 20, 1963, in Nairobi) is a Kenyan retired professional boxer who held the African heavyweight title from 1998 to 1999. As an amateur, he represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, star ...

(KEN), 5:0 :*Semifinals — Lost to Nuramgomed Shanavazov (URS), walkover Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg) *

Željko Mavrović Željko Mavrović (; ; born 17 February 1969) is a Croatian former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 1998. In 1998, as an undefeated challenger, he faced Lennox Lewis for the WBC heavyweight title, but lost in what would be his fin ...

:*First Round — Bye :*Second Round — Lost to Baik Hyun-Man (KOR), 0:5 Men's Super-Heavyweight (+ 91 kg) *

Aziz Salihu Aziz Salihu (born 1 May 1954 in Pristina, Kosovo) is one of the best retired Super heavyweight boxer of Kosovar Albanian descent. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, and won the bronze ...

:*First Round — Bye :*Second Round — Lost to

Ulli Kaden Ulrich Kaden (born 9 March 1959 in Munich) is a former East German amateur boxer, best known for winning the European title 1987 and 1989 at super heavyweight. Career Kaden was 1980 to 1988 nine times champion of East Germany. In 1981 he lost i ...

(GDR), 0:5

Canoeing

Men's C-1 500 metres * Ivan Šabjan C-1 1000 metres * Ivan Šabjan C-2 1000 metres *

Mirko Nišović Mirko Nišović (; born July 2, 1961) is a Serbian retired sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1970s to the late 1980s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals at Los Angeles in 1984 with a gold in the C-2 500 ...

Matija Ljubek Matija Ljubek (; 22 November 1953 – 11 October 2000) was a Croatian sprint canoeist who competed in the 1970s and 1980s and later became a sports official. Born in Belišće, Osijek-Baranja, Ljubek competed in four Summer Olympics where he w ...

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 Sandi Papež (born 25 February 1965) is a Yugoslav former cyclist. He competed in the team time trial at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seo ...

* Robert Šebenik * Jože Smole

Football

Men's team competition

*Preliminary round (group D) **Lost to Australia 0–1 **Defeated Nigeria 3-1 **Lost to Brazil 1–2 → Finished competition at the group stage. *Team roster *#

Dragoje Leković Dragoje Leković ( sr-Cyrl, Драгоје Лековић, ; born 21 November 1967) is a retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career Leković was born in Sivac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia. In Yugoslavia, he played ...

Vujadin Stanojković Vujadin Stanojković (Macedonian: Вујадин Станојковиќ; born 10 September 1963) is a Yugoslav and Macedonian former professional footballer and current manager. Club career Born in Kumanovo, Stanojković made his Yugoslav First ...

Predrag Spasić Predrag Spasić ( sr-cyr, Предраг Спасић; born 13 May 1965) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a central defender. Club career Spasić was born in Kragujevac, PR Serbia, Yugoslavia. Over the course of his career he playe ...

*# Srečko Katanec *# Davor Jozić *#

Dragoljub Brnović Dragoljub Brnović (Cyrillic: Драгољуб Брновић; born 2 November 1963) is a Yugoslav and Montenegrin retired footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career In his country, Brnović played for OFK Titograd, Budućnost Titogr ...

*# Refik Šabanadžović *#

Toni Savevski Toni Savevski ( mk, Тони Савевски; born 14 June 1963) is a Macedonian football player who played as a midfielder. Savevski is widely regarded as one of the best foreign players to have played in the Greek football league. After ret ...

*# Ivica Barbarić *#

Dragan Stojković Dragan Stojković ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Стојковић, ; born 3 March 1965), also known by the nickname Piksi (Пикси), is a Serbian former footballer who played as a midfielder, and the current manager of the Serbia national team. Wi ...

*# Cvijan Milošević *#

Stevan Stojanović Stevan Stojanović ( sr-cyr, Стеван Стојановић; born 29 October 1964) is a retired Serbian football goalkeeper best known for captaining Red Star Belgrade side which won the 1991 European Cup Final. Club career He came through ...

*# Duško Milinković *#

Davor Šuker Davor Šuker (; born 1 January 1968) is a Croatian football administrator and former footballer who played as a striker. He served as president of the Croatian Football Federation from 2012 to 2021. He began his footballing career in his hometo ...

Semir Tuce Semir Tuce (born 11 February 1964) is a Bosnian retired footballer, who played as left winger. He was part of the Velež Mostar ''second golden era'', which won the 1985–86 Yugoslav Cup. Club career Velež Mostar Tuce was born in Mostar and ...

Vladislav Đukić Vladislav Đukić ( sr-cyr, Владислав Ђукић; also transliterated Djukić; born 7 September 1962) is a retired Serbian football striker. International career He made his debut for Yugoslavia against West Germany West Germany ...

Mirko Mihić Mirko Mihić (born July 24, 1965) is a Serbian football coach and retired player. Club career Born in Belgrade, Serbia, Mihić played as a striker for FK Sloboda Tuzla in the Yugoslav First League. He also played in the Yugoslav First League wit ...

Nenad Jakšić Nenad Jakšić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ненад Јакшић; born 12 October 1965) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Career Jakšić began his playing career at his hometown club Dinamo Vranje. He then spent fi ...

*Head coach: Ivica Osim

Gymnastics

Artistic Gymnastics

Men's Individual All-Around *

Jože Kolman Jože Kolman (born 5 February 1967) is a Slovenian gymnast. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), offi ...

Men's Floor Exercise *

Men's Horse Vault *

Men's Parallel Bars *

Men's Horizontal Bar *

Men's Rings *

Men's Pommelled Horse *

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Women's Individual * Milena Reljin * Dara Terzić

Handball

Men's team competition

*Preliminary round (group A) **Lost to Soviet Union (18–24) **Defeated United States (31–23) **Defeated Algeria (23–22) **Tied Iceland (19–19) **Defeated Sweden (25–21) *Bronze Medal Match **Defeated Hungary (27–23) → Bronze Medal *Team roster :*

Mirko Bašić Mirko Bašić (born 14 September 1960 in Bjelovar, SFR Yugoslavia) is a former Croatian handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. He has also played six EHF Champions League finals winning two in ...

:* Jožef Holpert :*

Boris Jarak Boris Jarak (born 19 April 1963) is a former Yugoslav/Croatian handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics. In 1988 he was part of the Yugoslav team which won the bronze medal. He played two matches. In 1995 he was part of the Cro ...

Slobodan Kuzmanovski Slobodan Kuzmanovski (; born 11 June 1962) is a Serbian handball coach and former player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. Club career Born in Šabac, Kuzmanovski started out at his hometown ...

:* Muhamed Memić :* Alvaro Načinović :*

Goran Perkovac Goran Perkovac (born 16 September 1962) is a Croatian handball coach and former player who is currently the head coach of the Croatia national team. Perkovac competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia a ...

Zlatko Portner Zlatko Portner (; 16 January 1962 – 23 September 2020) was a Serbian handball coach and player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1988 Summer Olympics. Club career After playing for Crvenka, Portner joined Yugoslav champions Metaloplastika, be ...

Iztok Puc Iztok Puc (14 September 1966 – 20 October 2011) was a Croatian-Slovenian handball player, who was one of the world's top players of the 1980s and 1990s. During his career he played professionally for RK Borac Banja Luka, Borac Banja Luka, RK Z ...

:* Rolando Pušnik :* Momir Rnić :* Zlatko Saračević :*

Irfan Smajlagić Irfan "Pipe" Smajlagić (born 16 October 1961) is a Bosnian-born Croatian former handball player and current coach, who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Croatia. In 1988 he was part of the ...

Ermin Velić Ermin Velić (born April 1, 1959 in Jajce) is a Yugoslav former handball player who won bronze medal in the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as ...

Veselin Vujović Veselin Vujović (born 18 January 1961) is a Montenegrin handball coach and former professional player. He is the current coach of Iran national team. As a player, Vujović competed at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics for the Yugoslavia natio ...

*Head coach: ???

Women's Team Competition

*Team roster :*

Svetlana Anastasovska Svetlana Anastasovska-Obućina (née Anastasovska, sr-cyrl, Светлана Анастасовска-Обућина, born April 26, 1961, in Belgrade) is a former Macedonian handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics, ...

Slavica Đukić Slavica Đukić ( sr-cyrl, Славица Ђукић, german: Slavica Djukic, born 7 January 1960 in Veliko Gradište, Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a former Yugoslav/Austrian handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, in the 19 ...

:* Dragica Đurić :* Mirjana Đurica :* Zita Galic :* Ljubinka Janković :* Nataša Kolega :* Mirjana Krstić :* Ljiljana Marković :* Svetlana Mičić :* Ljiljana Mugoša :* Svetlana Mugoša :* Dragana Pešić :* Slavica Rinčić :* Desanka Stojanović

Judo

Men's Half-Lightweight *

Dragomir Bečanović Dragomir Bečanović (born 10 February 1965) is a Montenegrin retired judoka. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1988 Summer Olympics and 1989 World Judo Championships, where he earned a gold medal. He is the father of sprinter Stefan Bečanov ...

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 ;Women

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 Anamarija Petričević (born 23 August 1972) is a retired Croatian swimmer. Anamarija Petričević is a daughter of Đurđica Bjedov, gold and silver medalist in swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Petričević competed for Yugoslavia at the ...

:* Heat – 2:40.80 (→ did not advance, 32nd place) Women's 200 m Individual Medley *

:* Heat – 2:19.38 :* Final – 2:19.63 (→ 13th place) Women's 400 m Individual Medley *

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

Table tennis

Men's Singles Competition * Zoran Primorac *

Ilija Lupulesku Ilija Lupulesku ( sr-cyr, Илија Лупулеску; born October 30, 1967) is a former Serbian and later American table tennis player who competed at the 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in ...

* Zoran Kalinić Men's Doubles Competition * Zoran Primorac,

Women's Singles Competition * Jasna Fazlić *

Gordana Perkučin Gordana Perkučin (born May 7, 1962 in Novi Kneževac) is a Yugoslav and Serbian table tennis player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Table tennis career In 1988 she won the bronze medal in the women's ...

Women's Doubles Competition * Jasna Fazlić,

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition *

Slobodan Živojinović Slobodan "Bobo" Živojinović ( sr-cyr, Слободан Живојиновић, ; born 23 July 1963) is a Serbian former professional tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia. Together with Nenad Zimonjić, he is the only tennis playe ...

Goran Ivanišević Goran Ivanišević (; born 13 September 1971) is a Croatian former professional tennis player and current coach. He is the only player to win a Wimbledon singles title as a wildcard. He achieved this in 2001 while ranked world No. 125, after ...

Men's Doubles Competition *

Women's Singles Competition *

Sabrina Goleš Sabrina Goleš (born 3 June 1965) is a former Croatian tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia. Biography Sabrina Goleš was ranked no. 3 among juniors in the world in 1983 (in the juniors, she won the Italian Open and Rolex Port Washing ...

*# First Round – Defeated

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Aránzazu Isabel María "Arantxa" Sánchez Vicario (; born 18 December 1971) is a Spanish former world No. 1 tennis player. She won 14 Grand Slam titles: four in singles, six in women's doubles, and four in mixed doubles. She also won four Ol ...

(Spain) 6-4, 6–2 *# Second Round – Lost to

Gabriela Sabatini Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini (; born 16 May 1970) is an Argentine-Italian former professional tennis player. A former world No. 3 in both singles and doubles, Sabatini was one of the leading players from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, amassing 41 ...

(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 Aleksandar Šoštar ( sr-cyrl, Александар Шоштар; born 21 January 1964) is a Serbian water polo goalkeeper who played on the bronze medal squad of FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Olympics and on the gold medal squad for SFR Yugos ...

:* Deni Lusić :*

Dubravko Šimenc Dubravko Šimenc (born 2 November 1966 in Zagreb) is a former Croatian water polo player who competed for both Yugoslavia and Croatia, and later water polo coach. Dubravko Šimenc's father Zlatko was a water polo player who won the silver med ...

Perica Bukić Perica Bukić (born 20 February 1966) is a Croatian former professional water polo player and politician. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics. Bukić was given the honour to carry the national flag of Croatia at the ...

Veselin Đuho Veselin Đuho (born 5 January 1960) is a Croatian professional water polo coach and former player who was a two-time Olympic gold medalist for Yugoslavia at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics. Đuho was born in Foča but moved to Dubrovnik as a ...

:* Dragan Andrić :*

Mirko Vičević Mirko Vičević (30 June 1968) is a Montenegrin retired water polo player. He achieved 1057 goals in his career. He is a member of the World House of Fame. He was part of the Yugoslavia team which won the gold medal in water polo in the 1986 Worl ...

:* Igor Gočanin :* Mislav Bezmalinović :* Tomislav Paškvalin :*

Igor Milanović Igor Milanović ( sr-Cyrl, Игор Милановић; born 18 December 1965) is a Serbian professional water polo head coach and former player. He is considered one of the best water polo players of all time. Milanović had an illustrious profe ...

Goran Rađenović Goran Rađenović ( sr-Cyrl, Горан Рађеновић; born 4 November 1966 in Niš) is a former Serbian water polo player and now he is water polo coach. During his career he played in Partizan, Roma and Budva and won numerous national and ...

Renco Posinković Renco Posinković (January 4, 1964) is a former Yugoslav and Croatian water polo water polo player and coach. He was part of the Yugoslavia team which won the gold medal in water polo in the 1988 Summer Olympics. See also * Yugoslavia men's Olym ...

*Head coach:

Ratko Rudić Ratko Rudić (born 7 June 1948 in Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a retired Croatian water polo coach and a former water polo player. , he has won 38 medals as a coach at major events, making him the most successful water polo coach in ...

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

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