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Yugoslavia at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Yugoslavia at the
1960 Summer Olympics
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg
IOC codeYUG
NOCYugoslav Olympic Committee
in Rome
Competitors116 in 14 sports
Flag bearerRadovan Radović
Medals
Ranked 18th
Gold
1
Silver
1
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)
North Macedonia North Macedonia (1996–)
Serbia and Montenegro (2004–2006)
Montenegro (2008–)
Kosovo (2016–)

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]

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

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 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 Branislav Martinović Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight

Athletics

Men's Marathon

  • Franjo Škrinjar
    → 2:21.40 (10th place)
  • Franjo Mihalić
    → 2:21:52 (12th place)

Basketball

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Five male cyclists represented Yugoslavia in 1960.

Individual road race
  • Janez Žirovnik
  • Ivan Levačić
  • Nevenko Valčić
  • Alojz Bajc
Team time trial
  • Ivan Levačić
  • Veselin Petrović
  • Janez Žirovnik
  • Nevenko Valčić

Fencing

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

Men's sabre
  • Aleksandar Vasin
Women's foil
  • Vera Jeftimijades

Football

Gymnastics

Rowing

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

Men's double sculls
  • Joža Lovec
  • Perica Vlašić
Men's coxless pair
  • Nikola Čupin
  • Antun Ivanković
Men's coxed pair
  • Paško Škarica
  • Ante Vrčić
  • Josip Bujas (cox)
Men's coxed four
  • Vladimir Nekora
  • Janez Pintar
  • Adolf Potočar
  • Vekoslav Skalak
  • Nikola Stipanicev (cox)

Sailing

Shooting

Six shooters represented Yugoslavia in 1960.

50 m pistol
  • Karlo Umek
  • Ilija Ničić
300 m rifle, three positions
  • Josip Ćuk
  • Vladimir Grozdanović
50 m rifle, three positions
  • Miroslav Stojanović
  • Branislav Lončar
50 m rifle, prone
  • Miroslav Stojanović
  • Josip Ćuk

Swimming

Water polo

Wrestling

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.

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