Yugoslavia at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Athletes from the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 35 competitors, 32 men and 3 women, took part in 16 events in 8 sports.

Athletics
Men's 110m Hurdles
 * Stanko Lorger
 * Heat — 14.6s
 * Semifinals — 14.6s
 * Final — 14.5s (→ 5th place)

Men's Marathon
 * Franjo Mihalić &mdash; 2:26:32 (→ [[Image:Med_2.png]] Silver Medal)

Cycling

 * Individual road race
 * Veselin Petrović &mdash; 5:26:58 (→ 26th place)

Football
Men's Team Competition
 * First Round:
 * Yugoslavia free


 * Quarterfinals:
 * Yugoslavia – United States 9:1 (5:1)


 * Semifinals:
 * Yugoslavia – India 4:1 (0:0)


 * Final:
 * Yugoslavia – USSR 0:1 (0:0)


 * Team Roster:
 * Petar Radenković
 * Mladen Koščak
 * Nikola Radović
 * Ivan Šantek
 * Ljubiša Spajić
 * Dobroslav Krstić
 * Dragoslav Šekularac
 * Zlatko Papec
 * Sava Antić
 * Todor Veselinović
 * Muhamed Mujić
 * Blagoje Vidinić
 * Ibrahim Biogradlić
 * Luka Lipošinović
 * Joško Vidošević
 * Vladica Popović
 * Kruno Radiljević

Rowing
Yugoslavia had one male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1956.


 * Men's single sculls
 * Perica Vlašić

Shooting
One shooter represented Yugoslavia in 1956.


 * 50 m rifle, three positions
 * Zlatko Mašek


 * 50 m rifle, prone
 * Zlatko Mašek