Yugoslavia at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Yugoslavia at the; 1988 Summer Olympics
	Flag of SFR Yugoslavia
IOC code	YUG
NOC	Yugoslav Olympic Committee
in Seoul
Competitors	155 (117 men and 38 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer	Matija Ljubek
Medals; Ranked 16th	Gold 3 Silver 4 Bronze 5 Total 12
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000;
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 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. This was the last time that the SFR Yugoslavia competed in the Summer Olympics. 155 competitors, 117 men and 38 women, took part in 72 events in 18 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Goran Maksimović	Shooting	Men's Air Rifle
Gold	Jasna Šekarić	Shooting	Women's Air Pistol
Gold	Dragan Andrić Mislav Bezmalinović Perica Bukić Veselin Đuho Igor Gočanin Deni Lušić Igor Milanović Tomislav Paškvalin Renco Posinković Goran Rađenović Dubravko Šimenc Aleksandar Šoštar Mirko Vičević	Water Polo	Men's Team Competition
Silver	Šaban Trstena	Wrestling	Men's Freestyle Flyweight (52 kg)
Silver	Ilija Lupulesku Zoran Primorac	Table Tennis	Men's Doubles
Silver	Anđelija Arbutina Vesna Bajkuša Polona Dornik Slađana Golić Kornelija Kvesić Mara Lakić Žana Lelas Bojana Milošević Razija Mujanović Danira Nakić Stojna Vangelovska Eleonora Wild	Basketball	Women's Team Competition
Silver	Franjo Arapović Zoran Čutura Danko Cvjetičanin Vlade Divac Toni Kukoč Željko Obradović Žarko Paspalj Dražen Petrović Dino Rađa Zdravko Radulović Stojko Vranković Jurij Zdovc	Basketball	Men's Team Competition
Bronze	Damir Škaro	Boxing	Men's Light Heavyweight
Bronze	Sadik Mujkić Bojan Prešern	Rowing	Men's Coxless Pairs
Bronze	Jasna Šekarić	Shooting	Women's Sport Pistol
Bronze	Gordana Perkučin Jasna Fazlić	Table Tennis	Women's Doubles
Bronze	Mirko Bašić Jožef Holpert Boris Jarak Slobodan Kuzmanovski Muhamed Memić Alvaro Načinović Goran Perkovac Zlatko Portner Iztok Puc Rolando Pušnik Momir Rnić Zlatko Saračević Irfan Smajlagić Ermin Velić Veselin Vujović	Handball	Men's Team Competition

Athletics

Men's 400 metres

Slobodan Branković
Ismail Mačev

Men's 800 metres

Slobodan Popović

Men's 1,500 metres

Branko Zorko

Men's Marathon

Mirko Vindiš

Final — 2:17:47 (→ 25th place)

Men's 400 metres Hurdles

Branislav Karaulić
Rok Kopitar

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

Branislav Karaulić, Slobodan Popović, Slobodan Branković, and Ismail Mačev

Heat — 3:05.62
Semi Final — 3:01.59 (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

Sejad Krdžalić

Qualification — 79.90 m
Final — 73.28 m (→ 12th place)

Women's 800 metres

Slobodanka Čolović

Women's High Jump

Biljana Petrović

Basketball

Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Yugoslavia roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Yugoslavia men's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
SG	4	Dražen Petrović	23 – 22 October 1964	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	KK Cibona
SG	5	Zdravko Radulović	21 – 12 December 1966	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	KK Bosna Royal
F	6	Zoran Čutura	26 – 12 March 1962	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	KK Cibona
F	7	Toni Kukoč	19 – 18 September 1968	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	KK Split
F	8	Žarko Paspalj	22 – 27 March 1966	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	KK Partizan
PG	9	Željko Obradović	28 – 9 March 1960	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	KK Partizan
G	10	Jure Zdovc	21 – 13 December 1966	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	KK Olimpija
C	11	Stojko Vranković	24 – 22 January 1964	2.18 m (7 ft 2 in)	KK Zadar
C	12	Vlade Divac	20 – 3 February 1968	2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)	KK Partizan
C	13	Dino Rađa	21 – 24 April 1967	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	KK Split
C	14	Franjo Arapović	23 – 2 June 1965	2.15 m (7 ft 1 in)	KK Cibona
SG	15	Danko Cvjetićanin	24 – 16 October 1963	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	KK Cibona

Head coach

Dušan Ivković

Legend

Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 17 September 1988

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	5	4	1	468	384	+84	9	Quarter-finals
2	Soviet Union	5	4	1	460	393	+67	9
3	Australia	5	3	2	429	408	+21	8
4	Puerto Rico	5	3	2	382	387	−5	8
5	Central African Republic	5	1	4	346	436	−90	6
6	South Korea	5	0	5	384	461	−77	5

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points average among tied; 4) Points average.

18 September 1988

Soviet Union	79–92	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 33–39, 46–53

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

20 September 1988

Central African Republic	79–92	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 33–39, 46–53

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

21 September 1988

South Korea	92–104	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 46–48, 46–56

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

23 September 1988

Australia	78–98	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 43–52, 35–46

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

24 September 1988

Puerto Rico	74–72	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 36–37, 38–35

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Quarterfinals

26 September 1988
21:30

Boxscore

Yugoslavia	95–73	Canada
Scoring by half: 40–26, 55–47
Pts: Divac 17 Rebs: Vranković 9 Asts: Cvjetićanin, Divac, Petrović 2		Pts: Walton 17 Rebs: Mungar, Walton 7 Asts: Hatch 2

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Semifinals

28 September 1988

Boxscore

Yugoslavia	91–70	Australia
Scoring by half: 44–31, 47–39
Pts: Petrović 24 Rebs: Divac 10 Asts: Petrović 3		Pts: Gaze 27 Rebs: Borner, Vlahov 4 Asts: Sengstock 4

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Gold medal match

30 September 1998

Boxscore

Yugoslavia	63–76	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 28–31, 35–45
Pts: Petrović 24 Rebs: Divac 7 Asts: Petrović 4		Pts: Marčiulionis 21 Rebs: Sabonis 15 Asts: Marčiulionis 6

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Yugoslavia roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Yugoslavia women's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
SG	4	Stojna Vangelovska	24 – 5 February 1964	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
SG	5	Mara Lakić	25 – 18 August 1963	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
C	6	Žana Lelas	18 – 28 May 1970	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
SG	7	Eleonora Vild	19 – 9 June 1969	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
C	8	Kornelija Kvesić	25 – 25 August 1963	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
SG	9	Danira Nakić	19 – 22 July 1969	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	ŽKK Šibenik
C	10	Slađana Golić	28 – 12 February 1960	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
C	11	Polona Dornik	25 – 20 November 1962	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
C	12	Razija Mujanović	21 – 15 April 1967	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	ŽKK Jedinstvo Tuzla
G	13	Vesna Bajkuša	20 – 21 May 1968	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
SG	14	Anđelija Arbutina	21 – 29 March 1967	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	ŽKK Crvena zvezda
C	15	Bojana Milošević	22 – 29 November 1965	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

Head coach

Milan Vasojević

Legend

Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 17 September 1988

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	282	234	+48	6	Semifinals
2	Yugoslavia	3	2	1	199	211	−12	5	Semifinals
3	China	3	1	2	200	214	−14	4
4	Czechoslovakia	3	0	3	202	224	−22	3

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points average among tied; 4) Points average.

19 September 1988
21:30

Boxscore

China	53–56	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 32–35, 21–21
Pts: Zheng 13 Rebs: Zheng 7 Asts: Xue 3		Pts: Nakić 13 Rebs: Golić 9 Asts: Vangelovska 4

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

22 September 1988
9:45

Boxscore

United States	101–74	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 55–40, 46–34
Pts: Edwards 23 Rebs: McClain 9 Asts: Weatherspoon 2		Pts: Golić 16 Rebs: Dornik 4 Asts: Bajkuša, Vangelovska 2

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

25 September 1988
9:45

Boxscore

Czechoslovakia	57–69	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 15–41, 42–28
Pts: Dobrovičová 17 Rebs: Dobrovičová 9 Asts: Kalužáková 3		Pts: Nakić 24 Rebs: Dornik 8 Asts: Vangelovska 7

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Semifinals

27 September 1998
9:45

Boxscore

Australia	56–57	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 30–32, 26–25
Pts: Timms 19 Rebs: Dalton 8 Asts: Dalton, Maher 2		Pts: Mujanović 20 Rebs: Dornik, Mujanović, Nakić 4 Asts: Vangelovska 2

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Gold medal game

29 September 1998
12:00

Boxscore

Yugoslavia	70–77	United States
Scoring by half: 36–42, 34–35
Pts: Nakić 23 Rebs: Golić 10 Asts: Nakić 3		Pts: Edwards 18 Rebs: Brown 8 Asts: Edwards, McConnell 3

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Boxing

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

Ljubiša Simić

First Round — Bye
Second Round — Lost to Mikhail Kazaryan (URS), 0:5

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)

Vukašin Dobrašinović

First Round — Defeated Borislav Abadzhiev (BUL), 3:2
Second Round — Lost to Adrian Carew (GUY), 1:4

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

Đorđe Petronijević

First Round — Bye
Second Round — Lost to Robert Wangila (KEN), RSC-2

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

Darko Dukić

First Round — Bye
Second Round — Defeated Vili Lesiva (SAM), RSC-2
Third Round — Lost to Egerton Marcus (CAN), KO-2

Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

Damir Škaro → Bronze Medal

First Round — Defeated Deyan Kirilov (BUL), 3:2
Second Round — Defeated Osmond Imadiyi (NGA), 5:0
Quarterfinals — Defeated Joseph Akhasamba (KEN), 5:0
Semifinals — Lost to Nuramgomed Shanavazov (URS), walk-over

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

Željko Mavrović

First Round — Bye
Second Round — Lost to Baik Hyun-Man (KOR), 0:5

Men's Super-Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

Aziz Salihu

First Round — Bye
Second Round — Lost to Ulli Kaden (GDR), 0:5

Canoeing

Men's C-1 500 metres

Ivan Šabjan

C-1 1000 metres

Ivan Šabjan

C-2 1000 metres

Mirko Nišović, Matija Ljubek

Cycling

Six male cyclists represented Yugoslavia in 1988.

Men's road race

Rajko Čubrić
Mićo Brković
Valter Bonča

Men's team time trial

Valter Bonča
Sandi Papež
Robert Šebenik
Jože Smole

Football

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group D)
- Lost to Australia 0–1
- Defeated Nigeria 3-1
- Lost to Brazil 1–2 → Finished competition at the group stage.
Team Roster
1. Dragoje Leković
2. Vujadin Stanojković
3. Predrag Spasić
4. Srečko Katanec
5. Davor Jozić
6. Dragoljub Brnović
7. Refik Šabanadžović
8. Toni Savevski
9. Ivica Barbarić
10. Dragan Stojković
11. Cvijan Milošević
12. Stevan Stojanović
13. Duško Milinković
14. Davor Šuker
15. Semir Tuce
16. Vladislav Đukić
17. Mirko Mihić
18. Nenad Jakšić
Head Coach: Ivica Osim

Gymnastics

Artistic Gymnastics

Men's Individual All-Around

Jože Kolman

Men's Floor Exercise

Jože Kolman

Men's Horse Vault

Jože Kolman

Men's Parallel Bars

Jože Kolman

Men's Horizontal Bar

Jože Kolman

Men's Rings

Jože Kolman

Men's Pommelled Horse

Jože Kolman

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Women's Individual

Milena Reljin
Dara Terzić

Handball

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group A)
- Lost to Soviet Union (18–24)
- Defeated United States (31–23)
- Defeated Algeria (23–22)
- Tied Iceland (19–19)
- Defeated Sweden (25–21)
Bronze Medal Match
- Defeated Hungary (27–23) → Bronze Medal
Team Roster

Mirko Bašić
Jožef Holpert
Boris Jarak
Slobodan Kuzmanovski
Muhamed Memić
Alvaro Načinović
Goran Perkovac
Zlatko Portner
Iztok Puc
Rolando Pušnik
Momir Rnić
Zlatko Saračević
Irfan Smajlagić
Ermin Velić
Veselin Vujović

Head Coach: ???

Women's Team Competition

Team Roster

Svetlana Anastasovska
Slavica Đukić
Dragica Đurić
Mirjana Đurica
Zita Galic
Ljubinka Janković
Nataša Kolega
Mirjana Krstić
Ljiljana Marković
Svetlana Mičić
Ljiljana Mugoša
Svetlana Mugoša
Dragana Pešić
Slavica Rinčić
Desanka Stojanović

Judo

Men's Half-Lightweight

Dragomir Bečanović

Men's Half-Middleweight

Filip Leščak

Men's Middleweight

Ivan Todorov

Men's Heavyweight

Dragomir Kusmuk

Rowing

Men's coxless pair

Bojan Prešern
Sadik Mujkič

Men's coxed pair

Janez Ambrožič
Milan Janša
Sašo Mirjanič

Men's coxed four

Sead Marušić
Lazo Pivač
Zlatko Celent
Vladimir Banjanac
Darko Varga

Sailing

Division II

Roland Milošević

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Rajmond Debevec	10 m air rifle	585	25	Did not advance
Goran Maksimović	50 m rifle three positions	1173	8 Q	1271.5	8
	50 m rifle prone	596	11	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	594 OR	1 Q	695.6 OR
Srećko Pejović	50 m rifle three positions	1165	21	Did not advance
Srećko Pejović	50 m rifle prone	588	47	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Mladenka Maleniča	50 m rifle three positions	570	28	Did not advance
Mladenka Maleniča	10 m air rifle	387	22	Did not advance
Jasna Šekarić	25 m pistol	591 OR	1 Q	686
Jasna Šekarić	10 m air pistol	389	2 Q	489.5 OR

Swimming

Men's 400 m Freestyle

Darjan Petrič

Heat – 3:56.94 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Igor Majcen

Heat – 3:58.90 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

Darjan Petrič

Heat – 15:16.99
Final – 15:37.12 (→ 8th place)

Igor Majcen

Heat – 15:29.16 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

Anamarija Petričević

Heat – 2:40.80 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

Anamarija Petričević

Heat – 2:19.38
Final – 2:19.63 (→ 13th place)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

Anamarija Petričević

Heat – 4:54.17 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Table tennis

Men's Singles Competition

Men's Doubles Competition

Zoran Primorac, Ilija Lupulesku

Women's Singles Competition

Jasna Fazlić
Gordana Perkučin

Women's Doubles Competition

Jasna Fazlić, Gordana Perkučin

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

Slobodan Živojinović
Goran Ivanišević

Men's Doubles Competition

Slobodan Živojinović, Goran Ivanišević

Women's Singles Competition

Sabrina Goleš
1. First Round – Defeated Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Spain) 6-4, 6–2
2. Second Round – Lost to Gabriela Sabatini (Argentina) 1–6, 0–6

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group B)

Lost to United States (6–7)
Defeated Hungary (10–9)
Defeated Greece (17–7)
Defeated Spain (10–8)
Defeated China (17–7)

Semi Finals

Defeated West Germany (14–10)

Final

Defeated United States (9–7) → Gold Medal

Team Roster

Aleksandar Šoštar
Deni Lusić
Dubravko Šimenc
Perica Bukić
Veselin Đuho
Dragan Andrić
Mirko Vičević
Igor Gočanin
Mislav Bezmalinović
Tomislav Paškvalin
Igor Milanović
Goran Rađenović
Renco Posinković

Head Coach: Ratko Rudić

Wrestling

Greco-Roman

Zoran Galović
Nandor Sabo
Franc Podlesek
Goran Kasum
Bernard Ban
Jožef Tertei

Men's Freestyle

Šaban Trstena
Zoran Šorov
Šaban Sejdi
Čedo Nikolovski

References

^ "Yugoslavia at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
^ "1988 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men". FIBA. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
^ "1988 Olympic Games : Tournament for Women". FIBA. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

External links

[Sports_Reference-1] "Yugoslavia at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2016.

[2] "1988 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men". FIBA. Retrieved 30 July 2018.

[3] "1988 Olympic Games : Tournament for Women". FIBA. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

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