Yugoslavia at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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Yugoslavia at the
1960 Summer Olympics
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg
IOC code YUG
NOC Yugoslav Olympic Committee
in Rome
Competitors116 in 14 sports
Flag bearer Radovan Radović
Medals
Ranked 18th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
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Athletes from the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 116 competitors, 107 men and 9 women, took part in 64 events in 14 sports. [1]

Contents

Yugoslavia had won silver medals in Men's Football (Soccer) for the past 3 Summer Games and finally won gold in Rome.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Andrija Anković
Vladimir Durković
Milan Galić
Fahrudin Jusufi
Tomislav Knez
Borivoje Kostić
Aleksandar Kozlina
Dusan Maravić
Željko Matuš
Željko Perušić
Novak Roganović
Velimir Sombolac
Milutin Šoškić
Silvester Takač
Blagoje Vidinić
Ante Žanetić
Football (Soccer) Men's Team Competition
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Branislav Martinović Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight

Athletics

Men's Marathon

Basketball

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Five male cyclists represented Yugoslavia in 1960.

Individual road race
Team time trial

Fencing

Two fencers, one man and one woman, represented Yugoslavia in 1960.

Men's sabre
Women's foil

Football

Gymnastics

Rowing

Yugoslavia had 12 male rowers participate in four out of seven rowing events in 1960. [2]

Men's double sculls
Men's coxless pair
Men's coxed pair
Men's coxed four

Sailing

Shooting

Six shooters represented Yugoslavia in 1960.

50 m pistol
300 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone

Swimming

Water polo

Wrestling

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References

  1. "Yugoslavia at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yugoslavia Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2018.