Yugoslavia at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Yugoslavia at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Flag of FPR Yugoslavia
IOC code	YUG
NOC	Yugoslav Olympic Committee
in Helsinki
Competitors	87 (77 men, 10 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Oto Rebula
Medals Ranked 21st	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 3
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)   North Macedonia (1996–)   Serbia and Montenegro (1996–2006)   Montenegro (2008–)   Kosovo (2016–)

Athletes from the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 87 competitors, 77 men and 10 women, took part in 48 events in 11 sports. ^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Duje Bonačić Velimir Valenta Mate Trojanović Petar Šegvić	Rowing	Men's Coxless Four
Silver	Vladimir Beara Branko Stanković Tomislav Crnković Zlatko Čajkovski Ivan Horvat Vujadin Boškov Tihomir Ognjanov Rajko Mitić Bernard Vukas Stjepan Bobek Branko Zebec Dušan Cvetković Milorad Diskić Ratko Čolić Slavko Luštica Zdravko Rajkov Vladimir Čonč Vladimir Firm	Football	Men's Team Competition
Silver	Zdravko Kovačić Veljko Bakašun Ivo Štakula Boško Vuksanović Ivica Kurtini Lovro Radonjić Zdravko Ježić Juraj Amšel Vlado Ivković Marko Brainović Dragoslav D. Šiljak	Water Polo	Men's Team Competition

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Football

Main article: Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Coxless four gold medalists Petar Šegvić, Mate Trojanović, Velimir Valenta and Duje Bonačić with their coach Davor Jelaska

Yugoslavia had 13 male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1952. ^[2]

Men's coxless four

• Duje Bonačić
• Velimir Valenta
• Mate Trojanović
• Petar Šegvić

Men's eight

• Ladislav Matetić
• Branko Belačić
• Vladimir Horvat
• Vojko Šeravić
• Karlo Pavlenč
• Boris Beljak
• Stanko Despot
• Drago Husjak
• Zdenko Bego (cox)

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Six shooters represented Yugoslavia in 1952.

50 m pistol

• Edvard Delorenco
• Rudolf Vuk

300 m rifle, three positions

• Jovan Kratohvil
• Stjepan Prauhardt

50 m rifle, three positions

• Zlatko Mašek

50 m rifle, prone

• Zlatko Mašek

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Boris Škanata	100 m backstroke	1:07.5	2 Q	1:07.8	2 Q	1:08.1	7
Blago Barbieri	200 m breaststroke	2:47.3	5	Did not advance
Nikola Trojanović		2:42.4	4	2:41.8	7	Did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Yugoslavia at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yugoslavia Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2018.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database