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Yugoslavia at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Yugoslavia at the
1948 Summer Olympics
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg
IOC codeYUG
NOCYugoslav Olympic Committee
in London
Competitors90 in 8 sports
Flag bearerBožo Grkinić
Medals
Ranked 24th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
0
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Serbia (1912, 2008–)
Croatia (1992–)
Slovenia (1992–)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992 S–)
Independent Olympic Participants (1992 S)
Macedonia (1996–)
Serbia and Montenegro (2004–2006)
Montenegro (2008–)
Kosovo (2016–)

Athletes from the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. Ninety competitors—79 men and 11 women—took part in 35 events in 8 sports.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Silver Ivan Gubijan Athletics Men's Hammer Throw
 Silver Franjo Šoštarić
Miroslav Brozović
Branko Stanković
Zlatko Čajkovski
Aleksandar Atanacković
Prvoslav Mihajlović
Rajko Mitić
Franjo Wölfl
Stjepan Bobek
Željko Čajkovski
Ljubomir Lovrić
Zvonimir Cimermančić
Bernard Vukas
Ivan Jazbinšek
Ratko Kacian
Frane Matošić
Béla Pálfi
Miodrag Jovanović
Kosta Tomašević
Josip Takač
Božo Broketa
Aleksandar Petrović
Football Men's Team Competition

Athletics

Men's 400 metres

  • Marko Račič
  • Zvonko Sabolović

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

  • Petar Šegedin
  • Đorđe Stefanović

Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

  • Jerko Bulić
  • Aleksandar Ćosić
  • Marko Račič
  • Zvonko Sabolović

Men's discus throw

  • Danilo Žerjal

Men's javelin throw

  • Dušan Vujačić
  • Mirko Vujačić

Men's hammer throw

Men's decathlon

  • Davorin Marčelja
  • Oto Rebula

Women's 100 metres

  • Alma Butia

Women's 200 metres

  • Alma Butia

Women's shot put

  • Marija Radosavljević

Women's discus throw

  • Julija Matej

Cycling

Four male cyclists represented Yugoslavia in 1948.

Individual road race
  • Milan Poredski
  • August Prosenik
  • Aleksandar Strain
  • Aleksandar Zorić
Team road race
  • Milan Poredski
  • August Prosenik
  • Aleksandar Strain
  • Aleksandar Zorić

Football

Gymnastics

Rowing

Yugoslavia had 21 male rowers participate in five out of seven rowing events in 1948.[2]

Men's single sculls
  • Dragutin Petrovečki
Men's coxed pair
  • Vladeta Ristić
  • Marko Horvatin
  • Duško Ðorđević (cox; semi-final)
  • Predrag Sarić (cox; round one)
Men's coxless four
  • Petar Ozretić
  • Ivo Lipanović
  • Mate Mojtić
  • Klement Alujević
Men's coxed four
  • Šime Bujas
  • Stipe Krnčević
  • Jakov Labura
  • Daniel Krnćević
  • Duško Ðorđević (cox)
Men's eight
  • Mile Petrović
  • Sreta Novičić
  • Sveto Drenovac
  • Branko Becić
  • Ivan Telesmanić
  • Karlo Pavlenć
  • Slobodan Jovanović
  • Bogdan Sirotanović
  • Predrag Sarić (cox)

Swimming

Water polo

Art competitions

References

  1. ^ "Yugoslavia at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yugoslavia Rowing at the 1948 London Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2018.

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