Yugoslavia at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Yugoslavia competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States which took place from 29 July to 12 August 1984. Yugoslav athletes had competed in every Summer Olympic Games since their official debut in 1920. The Yugoslav Olympic Committee (JOK) sent a delegation of 139 athletes, 105 men and 34 women, competing in 16 sports, down from 164 competitors in 1980.^[1] Due to the Soviet-led boycott, Yugoslavia was one of only three Communist countries to take part at the Games, along with China and Romania.

Yugoslavia at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Flag of Yugoslavia
IOC code	YUG
NOC	Yugoslav Olympic Committee
in Los Angeles
Competitors	139 (105 men, 34 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Dražen Dalipagić
Medals Ranked 9th	Gold 7 Silver 4 Bronze 7 Total 18
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
Serbia (1912, 2008–)  Croatia (1992–)  Slovenia (1992–)  Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992 S–)  Independent Olympic Participants (1992 S)  North Macedonia (1996–)  Serbia and Montenegro (1996–2006)  Montenegro (2008–)  Kosovo (2016–)

Yugoslavia left Los Angeles with a total of 18 Olympic medals (7 gold, 4 silver, and 7 bronze), finishing ninth in the overall medal standings, the best total in the history of Yugoslavia's participation in the Olympics. Five of these medals were won in team sports and included gold in both men's and women's handball tournaments, gold in the water polo tournament and bronze medals in men's football and basketball. The most successful sport was wrestling, winning the nation five medals, while the canoeing duo of Matija Ljubek and Mirko Nišović were the only Yugoslav athletes who won more than a single Olympic medal. For the first time in its history, Yugoslavia sent athletes to compete in rhythmic gymnastics, a new event introduced into the Olympic programme, with 14-year-old gymnast Danijela Simić the youngest participant in the entire Yugoslav delegation.

Among the nation's medalists were canoeist Matija Ljubek, who took his third and fourth career Olympic medals, wrestler Shaban Sejdiu, who won his second career Olympic bronze medal, another wrestler Shaban Tërstena became the youngest Olympic Champion ever in Wrestling after winning his gold medal with the age of 19 in the Men's freestyle 52 kg.^[2][3] Rowers Zoran Pančić and Milorad Stanulov who won a bronze medal in double sculls after winning silver in the same event in 1980. Water polo coach Ratko Rudić led the national men's team to triumph in the tournament, a feat he would repeat in 1988.

Medalists

Main article: 1984 Summer Olympics medal table

Yugoslavia finished in ninth position in the final medal rankings, with seven gold medals and 18 medals overall. Both totals were Yugoslavia's best ever performance at the Olympic Games.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Vlado Lisjak Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg 3 August  Gold Yugoslavia women's national handball team Svetlana Anastasovska Alenka Cuderman Svetlana Dašić Slavica Dukić Dragica Đurić Mirjana Đurica Emilija Erčić Ljubinka Janković Jasna Kolar-Merdan Ljiljana Mugoša Svetlana Mugoša Mirjana Ognjenović Zorica Pavićević Jasna Ptujec Biserka Višnjić Handball Women's tournament 9 August  Gold Matija Ljubek Mirko Nišović Canoeing Men's C-2 500 m 10 August  Gold Shaban Tërstena Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg 10 August  Gold Yugoslavia men's national water polo team Dragan Andrić Milivoj Bebić Perica Bukić Veselin Đuho Milorad Krivokapić Deni Lušić Igor Milanović Tomislav Paškvalin Zoran Petrović Andrija Popović Zoran Roje Goran Sukno Božo Vuletić Water polo Men's tournament 10 August  Gold Anton Josipović Boxing Men's light heavyweight 11 August  Gold Yugoslavia national handball team Zlatan Arnautović Mirko Bašić Jovica Elezović Mile Isaković Pavle Jurina Milan Kalina Slobodan Kuzmanovski Dragan Mladenović Zdravko Rađenović Momir Rnić Branko Štrbac Veselin Vujović Veselin Vuković Zdravko Zovko Handball Men's tournament 11 August  Silver Refik Memišević Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman +100 kg 2 August  Silver Milan Janić Canoeing Men's K-1 1000 m 11 August  Silver Matija Ljubek Mirko Nišović Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 m 11 August  Silver Redžep Redžepovski Boxing Men's flyweight 11 August  Bronze Jožef Tertei Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg 3 August  Bronze Zoran Pančić Milorad Stanulov Rowing Men's double sculls 5 August  Bronze Mirko Puzović Boxing Men's light welterweight 9 August  Bronze Aziz Salihu Boxing Men's super heavyweight 9 August  Bronze Shaban Sejdiu Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg 10 August  Bronze Yugoslavia men's national basketball team Dražen Dalipagić Sabit Hadžić Andro Knego Emir Mutapčić Mihovil Nakić Aleksandar Petrović Dražen Petrović Ratko Radovanović Ivan Sunara Branko Vukićević Rajko Žižić Nebojša Zorkić Basketball Men's tournament 10 August  Bronze Yugoslavia men's national football team Mirsad Baljić Mehmed Baždarević Vlado Čapljić Borislav Cvetković Stjepan Deverić Milko Đurovski Marko Elsner Nenad Gračan Tomislav Ivković Srečko Katanec Branko Miljuš Mitar Mrkela Jovica Nikolić Ivan Pudar Ljubomir Radanović Admir Smajić Dragan Stojković Football Men's tournament 10 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Wrestling 2 1 2 5 Handball 2 0 0 2 Canoeing 1 2 0 3 Boxing 1 1 2 4 Water polo 1 0 0 1 Basketball 0 0 1 1 Football 0 0 1 1 Rowing 0 0 1 1 Total 7 4 7 18 Medals by date Day Date Total Day 1 29 July 0 0 0 0 Day 2 30 July 0 0 0 0 Day 3 31 July 0 0 0 0 Day 4 1 August 0 0 0 0 Day 5 2 August 0 1 0 1 Day 6 3 August 1 0 1 2 Day 7 4 August 0 0 0 0 Day 8 5 August 0 0 1 1 Day 9 6 August 0 0 0 0 Day 10 7 August 0 0 0 0 Day 11 8 August 0 0 0 0 Day 12 9 August 1 0 2 3 Day 13 10 August 3 0 3 6 Day 14 11 August 2 3 0 5 Day 15 12 August 0 0 0 0 Total 7 4 7 18

Competitors

The following is the list of number of Yugoslav athletes participating in the Games:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	4	2	6
Basketball	12	12	24
Boxing	7	0	7
Canoeing	3	0	3
Cycling	6	0	6
Equestrian	3	0	3
Football	17	0	17
Handball	14	15	29
Gymnastics	0	2	2
Judo	5	0	5
Rowing	5	0	5
Sailing	1	0	1
Shooting	3	3	6
Swimming	3	0	3
Water polo	13	0	13
Wrestling	9	0	9
Total	105	34	139

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Key

• Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Nenad Stekić	Long jump	7.60	14	Did not advance
Novica Čanović	High jump	2.15	22	Did not advance
Hrvoje Fižuleto		2.18	19	Did not advance
Sejad Krdžalić	Javelin throw	76.52	16	Did not advance

Women

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Snežana Dančetović	Long jump	6.22	11 Q	5.88	12
Lidija Benedetič-Lapajne	High jump	1.87	16	Did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Roster

• Dražen Dalipagić
• Sabit Hadžić
• Andro Knego
• Emir Mutapčić
• Mihovil Nakić
• Aleksandar Petrović
• Dražen Petrović
• Ratko Radovanović
• Ivan Sunara
• Branko Vukićević
• Rajko Žižić
• Nebojša Zorkić

Preliminary round (Group A)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	5	5	0	457	366	+91	10	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	5	4	1	437	363	+74	9
3	Australia	5	3	2	383	403	−20	8
4	West Germany	5	2	3	384	376	+8	7
5	Brazil	5	1	4	401	423	−22	6	9th–12th classification round
6	Egypt	5	0	5	349	480	−131	5

Source: [ FIBA archive]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

• Preliminary round (group A)
  • Defeated West Germany (96–83)
  • Defeated Australia (94–64)
  • Defeated Egypt (100–69)
  • Defeated Brazil (98–85)
  • Defeated Italy (69–65)
• Quarterfinals
  • Defeated Uruguay (110–82)
• Semifinals
  • Lost to Spain (61–74)
• Bronze Medal Match
  • Defeated Canada (88–82) → Bronze Medal

Women's tournament

• Preliminary round
  • Lost to United States (55–83)
  • Lost to South Korea (52–55)
  • Lost to PR China (58–79)
  • Defeated Canada (69–68)
  • Lost to Australia (59–62) → Sixth and last place
• Team roster
  • Sanja Ožegović
  • Slavica Šuka
  • Jelica Komnenović
  • Zagorka Počeković
  • Stojna Vangelovska
  • Slavica Pečikoza
  • Slađana Golić
  • Polona Dornik
  • Biljana Majstorović
  • Jasmina Perazić
  • Cvetana Dekleva
  • Marija Uzelac

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Redžep Redžepovski → Silver Medal
  1. First Round — Defeated Sanguo Teraporn (THA), 3:2
  2. Second Round — Defeated Pat Clinton (GBR), KO-2
  3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Jeff Fenech (AUS), 4:1
  4. Semifinals — Defeated Ibrahim Bilali (KEN), 5:0
  5. Final — Lost to Steve McCrory (USA), 4:1

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Ljubiša Simić
  1. First Round — Lost to Pedro Nolasco (DOM), 1:4

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Slobodan Pavlović

Men's Light welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

• Mirko Puzović

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Damir Škaro

Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Anton Josipović

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

• Aziz Salihu → Bronze Medal
  1. First Round – Bye
  2. Quarterfinals – Defeated Peter Hussing (FRG), 3:2
  3. Semifinals – Lost to Tyrell Biggs (USA), 0:5

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's K-1 500 metres

• Milan Janić

Men's K-1 1000 metres

• Milan Janić

Men's C-2 500 metres

• Matija Ljubek, Mirko Nišović

Men's C-2 1000 metres

• Matija Ljubek, Mirko Nišović

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Six cyclists represented Yugoslavia in 1984.

Individual road race

• Bojan Ropret — +1:19 (→ 7th place)
• Primož Čerin — +15:30 (→ 35th place)
• Jure Pavlič — +18:04 (→ 42nd place)
• Marko Cuderman — +22:20 (→ 46th place)

Team time trial

• Bruno Bulić
• Primož Čerin
• Janez Lampič
• Bojan Ropret

Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrian at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Individual dressage

• Alojz Lah
• Dušan Mavec
• Stojan Moderc

Team dressage

• Alojz Lah
• Dušan Mavec
• Stojan Moderc

Football

Main article: Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Yugoslavia squad in the men's football tournament of the 1984 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Coach: Ivan Toplak

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	1984 club
1	1GK	Ivan Pudar	(1961-08-16)16 August 1961 (aged 22)	2	0	Hajduk Split
2	2DF	Vlado Čapljić	(1962-03-22)22 March 1962 (aged 22)	3	0	Željezničar
3	2DF	Mirsad Baljić	(1962-03-04)4 March 1962 (aged 22)	6	1	Željezničar
4	3MF	Srečko Katanec	(1963-07-16)16 July 1963 (aged 21)	5	0	Olimpija
5	2DF	Marko Elsner	(1960-04-11)11 April 1960 (aged 24)	5	0	Red Star
6	2DF	Ljubomir Radanović	(1960-07-21)21 July 1960 (aged 24)	6	1	Partizan
7	3MF	Admir Smajić	(1963-09-07)7 September 1963 (aged 20)	3	0	Partizan
8	3MF	Nenad Gračan	(1962-01-23)23 January 1962 (aged 22)	6	1	Rijeka
9	4FW	Milko Đurovski	(1963-02-26)26 February 1963 (aged 21)	2	0	Red Star
10	3MF	Mehmed Baždarević	(1960-09-28)28 September 1960 (aged 23)	6	0	Željezničar
11	4FW	Borislav Cvetković	(1962-09-30)30 September 1962 (aged 21)	3	5	Dinamo Zagreb
12	1GK	Tomislav Ivković	(1960-08-11)11 August 1960 (aged 23)	4	0	Red Star
13	3MF	Jovica Nikolić	(1959-02-11)11 February 1959 (aged 25)	5	3	Red Star
14	4FW	Stjepan Deverić	(1961-08-20)20 August 1961 (aged 22)	5	5	Dinamo Zagreb
15	2DF	Branko Miljuš	(1960-08-17)17 August 1960 (aged 23)	5	0	Hajduk Split
16	3MF	Dragan Stojković	(1965-03-03)3 March 1965 (aged 19)	5	0	Radnički Niš
17	3MF	Mitar Mrkela	(1965-07-10)10 July 1965 (aged 19)	4	0	Red Star

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	3	3	0	0	7	3	+4	6	Qualified for quarter-finals
2	Canada	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	3
3	Cameroon	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	2
4	Iraq	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source: FIFA

• Preliminary round (group B)
  • Defeated Cameroon (2–1)
  • Defeated Canada (1–0)
  • Defeated Iraq (4–2)
• Quarterfinals
  • Defeated West Germany (5–2)
• Semifinals
  • Lost to France (2–4, after extra time)
• Bronze Medal Match
  • Defeated Italy (2–1) → Bronze Medal
• Team roster

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Individual all-around

• Milena Reljin
• Danijela Simić

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

• Team roster
  • Zlatan Arnautović
  • Mirko Bašić
  • Jovica Elezović
  • Mile Isaković
  • Pavle Jurina
  • Milan Kalina
  • Slobodan Kuzmanovski
  • Dragan Mladenović
  • Zdravko Rađenović
  • Momir Rnić
  • Branko Štrbac
  • Veselin Vujović
  • Veselin Vuković
  • Zdravko Zovko
• Head coach: Branislav Pokrajac

Women's tournament

• Preliminary Round Robin
  • Yugoslavia – Federal Republic of Germany 20:19 (11:12)
  • Yugoslavia – Austria 30:15 (15:8)
  • Yugoslavia – United States 33:20 (14:10)
  • Yugoslavia – South Korea 29:23 (15:14)
  • Yugoslavia – China 31:25 (15:15) → Gold Medal
• Team roster
  • Jasna Ptujec
  • Mirjana Ognjenović
  • Zorica Pavićević
  • Ljubinka Janković
  • Svetlana Anastasovska
  • Svetlana Dašić
  • Emilija Erčić
  • Alenka Cuderman
  • Svetlana Mugoša
  • Mirjana Đurica
  • Biserka Višnjić
  • Slavica Đukić
  • Jasna Kolar-Merdan
  • Ljiljana Mugoša
  • Dragica Đurić
• Head coach: Josip Samaržija

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Half-Lightweight

• Franc Očko

Men's Lightweight

• Vojo Vujević

Men's Half-Middleweight

• Filip Leščak

Men's Middleweight

• Stanko Lopatić

Men's Heavyweight

• Radomir Kovačević

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zoran Pančić Milorad Stanulov	Double sculls	6:49.98	5 R	6:39.70	2 Q	6:39.59
Zlatko Celent Mirko Ivančić Dario Vidošević	Coxed pair	7:27.28	4 R	7:28.68	3 FB	7:25.60	7

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Dušan Puh	Windglider	15	17	13	7	14	16	19	118.0	15

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's 10m Air Rifle

• Rajmond Debevec
• Šaćir Džeko

Men's 50m 3 Positions

• Goran Maksimović
• Rajmond Debevec

Men's 50m Rifle Prone

• Goran Maksimović

Women's 10m Air Rifle

• Valentina Atanaskovski
• Mirjana Jovović

Women's 50m 3 Positions

• Biserka Vrbek
• Mirjana Jovović

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Borut Petrič
  • Heat — 1:52.74 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
• Darjan Petrič
  • Heat — 1:55.68 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Darjan Petrič
  • Heat — 3:54.39
  • Final — 3:54.88 (→ 6th place)
• Borut Petrič
  • Heat — 3:56.07
  • B-Final — scratched (→ 18th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Borut Petrič
  • Heat — 15:36.44 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
• Darjan Petrič
  • Heat — 15:39.79 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Hrvoje Barić
  • Heat — 56.70 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

• Team roster
  • Milorad Krivokapić
  • Deni Lušić
  • Zoran Petrović
  • Božo Vuletić
  • Veselin Đuho
  • Zoran Roje
  • Milivoj Bebić
  • Perica Bukić
  • Goran Sukno
  • Tomislav Paškvalin
  • Igor Milanović
  • Dragan Andrić
  • Andrija Popović

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Greco-Roman

Men's Lightweight

• Vlado Lisjak

Men's Welterweight

• Karlo Kasap

Men's Middleweight

• Momir Petković

Men's Light-Heavyweight

• Karolj Kopas

Men's Heavyweight

• Jožef Tertei

Men's Super-Heavyweight

• Refik Memišević

Freestyle

Men's Flyweight

• Šaban Trstena

Men's Bantamweight

• Zoran Šorov

Men's Welterweight

• Šaban Sejdi