Yugoslavia at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Yugoslavia at the
1980 Summer Olympics
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg
IOC code YUG
NOC Yugoslav Olympic Committee
in Moscow
Competitors164 (135 men, 28 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer Matija Ljubek
Medals
Ranked 14th
Gold
2
Silver
3
Bronze
4
Total
9
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
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Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia (1992–)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia (1992–)
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992 S–)
Olympic flag.svg  Independent Olympic Participants (1992 S)
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia (1996–)
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Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro (2008–)
Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo (2016–)

Athletes from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 164 competitors, 135 men and 28 women, took part in 69 events in 17 sports. [1]

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Slobodan Kačar Boxing Men's Light Heavyweight
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Andro Knego
Branko Skroče
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
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Zoran Pančić
Milorad Stanulov
Rowing Men's Double Sculls
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Radmila 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
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Zoran Roje
Milorad Krivokapić
Zoran Gopčević
Boško Lozica
Predrag Manojlović
Zoran Mustur
Milivoj Bebić
Damir Polić
Ratko Rudić
Slobodan Trifunović
Luka Vezilić
Water Polo Men's Team Competition
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Radomir Kovačević Judo Men's Heavyweight
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Shaban Sejdiu Wrestling Men's Freestyle Lightweight
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Zlatko Celent
Duško Mrduljaš
Josip Reić
Rowing Men's Coxed Pairs
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mersada Bećirspahić
Mira Bjedov
Vesna Despotović
Vera Đurašković
Zorica Đurković
Jelica Komnenović
Biljana Majstorović
Vukica Mitić
Sanja Ožegović
Sofija Pekić
Jasmina Perazić
Marija Tonković
Basketball Women's Team Competition

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:

Athletics

Men's 200 metres

Men's 400 metres

Men's 800 metres

Men's 1,500 metres

Men's 4x400 metres Relay

Men's 110 m Hurdles

Men's 400 m Hurdles

Men's High Jump

Men's Long Jump

Men's Triple Jump

Men's Shot Put

Women's 1,500 metres

Women's High Jump

Basketball

Boxing

Men's Bantamweight ( 54 kg)


Men's Featherweight ( 57 kg)


Men's Lightweight ( 60 kg)


Men's Light-Welterweight ( 63,5 kg)


Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

Canoeing

Cycling

Four cyclists represented Yugoslavia in 1980.

Individual road race
Team time trial

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

Handball

Men's team competition

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 200m Freestyle

Men's 1.500m Freestyle

Volleyball

Men's team competition

Water polo

Men's team competition

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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References

  1. "Yugoslavia at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2015.