Yugoslavia at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Yugoslavia at the Olympic Games
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia – Flag bearers IOC code  YUG NOC Yugoslav Olympic Committee
At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Competitors	167 in 17 sports
Medals Rank: 14	Gold 2	Silver 3	Bronze 4	Total 9
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Other related appearances
Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992 S–) Croatia (1992–) Macedonia (1996–) Serbia and Montenegro (1996–2006) Slovenia (1992–)

Athletes from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Kačar, SlobodanSlobodan Kačar	Boxing	Men's Light Heavyweight
1 Gold	Knego, AndroAndro Knego Branko Skroce 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
2 Silver	Pančić, ZoranZoran Pančić Milorad Stanulov	Rowing	Men's Double Sculls
2 Silver	Drljača, RadmilaRadmila 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
2 Silver	Roje, ZoranZoran Roje Milorad Krivokapić Zoran Gopcevic Boško Lozica Predrag Manojlović Zoran Mustur Milivoj Bebić Damir Polić Ratko Rudić Slobodan Trifunović Luka Vezilić	Water Polo	Men's Team Competition
3 Bronze	Kovačević, RadomirRadomir Kovačević	Judo	Men's Heavyweight
3 Bronze	Seidi, ŠabanŠaban Seidi	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Lightweight
3 Bronze	Celent, ZlatkoZlatko Celent Duško Mrduljaš Josip Reić	Rowing	Men's Coxed Pairs
3 Bronze	Becirspahić, MirsadaMirsada Becirspahić Mira Bjedov Vesna Despotović Vera Đurašković Zorica Durković Jelica Komnenović Biljana Majstorović Vukica Mitić Sanja Ozegović Sofija Pekić Jasmina Perasić Marija Tonković	Basketball	Women's Team Competition

Results by event

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 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 Komnenic

• 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)

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)

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
Nikica Cukrov
Ivan Gudelj
Miloš Hrstić
Milan Jovin
Nikica Klinčarski
Mišo Krstičević
Dževad Šećerbegović
Vladimir Matijević
Ante Miročević
Dušan Pešić
Tomislav Ivković
Boro Primorac
Srebrenko Repčić
Miloš Šestić
Zlatko Vujović
Zoran Vujović

Handball

Men's Team Competition

• 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 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

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
• Milorad Krivokapić

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Serbian Olympic Committee