Yugoslavia at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Yugoslavia at the
1984 Winter Olympics
Yugoslavia at the; 1984 Winter Olympics
	Flag of SFR Yugoslavia
IOC code	YUG
NOC	Yugoslav Olympic Committee
in Sarajevo
Competitors	72 (59 men, 13 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Jure Franko (alpine skiing)
Medals ; Ranked 14th	Gold0Silver1Bronze0Total1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
	1924 ; 1928 ; 1932; 1936 ; 1948 ; 1952 ; 1956 ; 1960; 1964 ; 1968 ; 1972 ; 1976 ; 1980 ; 1984 ; 1988 ; 1992 ; 1994; 1998 ; 2002 ;
Other related appearances
	Croatia (1992–); Slovenia (1992–); Bosnia and Herzegovina (1994–); North Macedonia (1998–); Serbia and Montenegro (1998–2006); Montenegro (2010–); Serbia (2010–); Kosovo (2018–)

Last updated June 24, 2025

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the host nation for the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. Prior to these Games, Yugoslavia had never won a medal at the Winter Games, but Jure Franko won a silver medal in the men's giant slalom to become a national hero.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Jure Franko	Alpine Skiing	Men's giant slalom	14 February

Alpine skiing

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Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Tomaž Jemc	Downhill	—				1:49.68	30
Janež Pleteršek	Downhill	—				1:48.97	27
Grega Benedik	Giant slalom	Did not finish
Jure Franko	Giant slalom	1:21.15	4	1:20.26	1	2:41.41
Jure Franko	Slalom	Did not finish
Bojan Križaj	Giant slalom	1:22.18	12	1:21.30	9	2:43.48	9
Bojan Križaj	Slalom	52.98	10	48.53	5	1:41.51	7
Boris Strel	Giant slalom	1:21.23	5	1:21.13	6	2:42.36	5
Tomaž Cerkovnik	Slalom	53.39	15	49.58	11	1:42.97	11
Jože Kuralt	Slalom	53.52	19	51.33	13	1:44.85	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Andreja Leskovšek	Giant slalom	1:11.20	16	1:13.41	17	2:24.61	16
Andreja Leskovšek	Slalom	52.00	21	Disqualified
Veronika Šarec	Giant slalom	1:11.71	23	1:13.30	15	2:25.01	20
Mateja Svet	Giant slalom	1:11.88	24	1:14.34	26	2:26.22	23
Mateja Svet	Slalom	51.12	19	49.73	15	1:40.85	15
Nuša Tome	Giant slalom	1:12.18	32	1:14.03	23	2:26.21	22
Nuša Tome	Slalom	50.69	17	Did not finish
Anja Zavadlav	Slalom	Did not finish

Biathlon

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Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Andrej Lanišek	Individual	1:24:23.1	6	41
Andrej Lanišek	Sprint	36:16.0	5	49
Jure Velepec	Individual	1:27:05.8	1	17
Marjan Vidmar	Individual	1:26:32.1	8	46
Marjan Vidmar	Sprint	37:08.1	3	54
Tomislav Lopatić	Sprint	40:18.2	9	57
Andrej Lanišek Jure Velepec Zoran Ćosić Franjo Jakovac	Relay	1:54:13.8	3+15	17

Bobsleigh

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Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zdravko Stojnić Siniša Tubić	Two-man	53.76	22	54.09	25	52.82	19	53.35	23	3:34.02	22
Boris Rađenović Nikola Korica	Two-man	53.85	23	54.01	24	53.05	21	53.22	21	3:34.13	24
Zdravko Stojnić Mario Franjić Siniša Tubić Nikola Korica	Four-man	51.32	18	51.90	21	51.65	19	51.61	16	3:26.48	19
Nenad Prodanović Ognjen Sokolović Zoran Sokolović Borislav Vujadinović	Four-man	51.62	23	51.96	22	52.35	23	52.38	24	3:28.31	23

Cross-country skiing

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Men

Athlete	Event	Race
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ivo Čarman	15 km	45:04.0	35
Ivo Čarman	30 km	1:38:09.6	40
Dušan Ðuričić	15 km	45:24.6	40
	30 km	1:39:04.6	44
	50 km	2:28:23.4	32
Sašo Grajf	15 km	46:21.1	48
Jože Klemenčić	15 km	Disqualified
	30 km	1:37:40.1	38
	50 km	2:35:22.4	42
Janež Kršinar	30 km	1:40:45.5	51
Janež Kršinar	50 km	2:30:16.2	36
Ivo Čarman Jože Klemenčić Janež Kršinar Dušan Đurišič	4x10 km relay	2:04:42.8	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Race
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jana Mlakar	5 km	18:54.1	34
Jana Mlakar	10 km	34:52.2	30
Metka Munih	5 km	20:12.0	43
	10 km	37:18.4	43
	20 km	1:13:35.8	38
Tatjana Smolnikar	5 km	20:21.8	45
Tatjana Smolnikar	10 km	37:58.1	44
Andreja Smrekar	5 km	19:41.7	41
Andreja Smrekar	10 km	36:10.4	41
Jana Mlakar Andreja Smrekar Tatjana Smolnikar Metka Munih	4x5 km relay	1:02:28.4	10

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Miljan Begovic	17	22	21	40.0	21

Women

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Sanda Dubravčić	8	9	9	17.4	10

Ice hockey

Group A

Top two teams (shaded ones) advanced to the medal round.

Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Soviet Union	5	5	0	0	42	5	10
Sweden	5	3	1	1	34	15	7
West Germany	5	3	1	1	27	17	7
Poland	5	1	4	0	16	37	2
Italy	5	1	4	0	15	31	2
Yugoslavia	5	1	4	0	8	37	2

West Germany 8-1 Yugoslavia
Sweden 11-0 Yugoslavia
USSR 9-1 Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia 5-1 Italy
Poland 8-1 Yugoslavia

Roster

Luge

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Suad Karajica	54.075	32	48.293	27	47.797	23	48.123	25	3:18.288	28
Dušan Dragojević	47.480	18	47.332	17	47.465	18	47.338	18	3:09.615	16

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dajana Karajica	43.901	21	43.250	16	42.890	16	42.619	16	2:52.660	17

Nordic combined

^[1] Events:

normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Robert Kaštrun	Individual	83.0	86.0	200.7	11	56:09.4	133.390	28	334.090	27

Ski jumping

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Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Primož Ulaga	Normal hill	59.0	35.4	82.5	95.5	130.9	57
Bojan Globočnik		80.0	91.5	73.0	74.8	166.3	40
Miran Tepeš		81.0	92.6	80.0	90.5	183.1	27
Vasja Bajc		83.0	94.8	82.0	95.2	190.0	17
Miran Tepeš	Large hill	77.0	47.0	95.0	83.7	130.7	45
Primož Ulaga		99.0	89.3	103.0	95.9	185.2	13
Tomaž Dolar		101.5	93.8	100.5	91.9	185.7	11
Vasja Bajc		103.5	99.6	94.0	81.8	181.4	15

Speed skating

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Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Behudin Merdović	500 m	46.34	41
	1000 m	1:33.33	43
	1500 m	2:19.25	40
	5000 m	Disqualified
Nenad Žvanut	500 m	42.55	39
Nenad Žvanut	1000 m	1:26.63	41

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bibija Kerla	500 m	58.23	32
	1000 m	1:51.06	36
	1500 m	2:46.32	32
	3000 m	5:37.67	26
Dubravka Vukušić	500 m	51.99	31
	1000 m	2:03.02	38
	1500 m	2:42.12	31

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Sarajevo '84 Final Report" (PDF). Organising Committee of the XlVth Winter Olympic Games 1984 at Sarajevo. LA84 Foundation. 1984. Retrieved November 11, 2013.

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[OfficialReport-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Sarajevo '84 Final Report" (PDF). Organising Committee of the XlVth Winter Olympic Games 1984 at Sarajevo. LA84 Foundation. 1984. Retrieved November 11, 2013.

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v t e Nations at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
Africa	Egypt Morocco Senegal
America	Argentina Bolivia British Virgin Islands Canada Chile Costa Rica Mexico Puerto Rico United States
Asia	China Chinese Taipei Japan North Korea South Korea Lebanon Mongolia
Europe	Andorra Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Finland France East Germany West Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Italy Liechtenstein Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Romania San Marino Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Oceania	Australia New Zealand

Yugoslavia at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Contents

Medalists

Alpine skiing

Biathlon

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

Figure skating

Ice hockey

Group A

Luge

Nordic combined

Ski jumping

Speed skating

References