Yugoslavia at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Yugoslavia competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States which took place from 29 July to 12 August 1984. Yugoslav athletes had competed in every Summer Olympic Games since their official debut in 1920. The Yugoslav Olympic Committee (JOK) sent a delegation of 139 athletes, 105 men and 34 women, competing in 16 sports, down from 164 competitors in 1980. Due to the Soviet-led boycott, Yugoslavia was one of only three Communist countries to take part at the Games, along with China and Romania.

Yugoslavia left Los Angeles with a total of 18 Olympic medals (7 gold, 4 silver, and 7 bronze), finishing ninth in the overall medal standings, the best total in the history of Yugoslavia's participation in the Olympics. Five of these medals were won in team sports and included gold in both men's and women's handball tournaments, gold in the water polo tournament and bronze medals in men's football and basketball. The most successful sport was wrestling, winning the nation five medals, while the canoeing duo of Matija Ljubek and Mirko Nišović were the only Yugoslav athletes who won more than a single Olympic medal. For the first time in its history, Yugoslavia sent athletes to compete in rhythmic gymnastics, a new event introduced into the Olympic programme, with 14-year-old gymnast Danijela Simić the youngest participant in the entire Yugoslav delegation.

Among the nation's medalists were canoeist Matija Ljubek, who took his third and fourth career Olympic medals, wrestler Shaban Sejdiu, who won his second career Olympic bronze medal, another wrestler Shaban Tërstena became the youngest Olympic Champion ever in Wrestling after winning his gold medal with the age of 19 in the Men's freestyle 52 kg. Rowers Zoran Pančić and Milorad Stanulov who won a bronze medal in double sculls after winning silver in the same event in 1980. Water polo coach Ratko Rudić led the national men's team to triumph in the tournament, a feat he would repeat in 1988.

Medalists
Yugoslavia finished in ninth position in the final medal rankings, with seven gold medals and 18 medals overall. Both totals were Yugoslavia's best ever performance at the Olympic Games.


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Competitors
The following is the list of number of Yugoslav athletes participating in the Games:

Athletics

 * Key
 * Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
 * Q = Qualified for the next round
 * q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
 * NR = National record
 * N/A = Round not applicable for the event
 * Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round


 * Men
 * Field events


 * Women
 * Field events

Men's tournament

 * Roster
 * Dražen Dalipagić
 * Sabit Hadžić
 * Andro Knego
 * Emir Mutapčić
 * Mihovil Nakić
 * Aleksandar Petrović
 * Dražen Petrović
 * Ratko Radovanović
 * Ivan Sunara
 * Branko Vukićević
 * Rajko Žižić
 * Nebojša Zorkić


 * Preliminary round (Group A)


 * Preliminary round (group A)
 * Defeated West Germany (96–83)
 * Defeated Australia (94–64)
 * Defeated Egypt (100–69)
 * Defeated Brazil (98–85)
 * Defeated Italy (69–65)
 * Quarterfinals
 * Defeated Uruguay (110–82)
 * Semifinals
 * Lost to Spain (61–74)
 * Bronze Medal Match
 * Defeated Canada (88–82) → [[Image:Med 3.png]] Bronze Medal

Women's tournament

 * Preliminary round
 * Lost to United States (55–83)
 * Lost to South Korea (52–55)
 * Lost to PR China (58–79)
 * Defeated Canada (69–68)
 * Lost to Australia (59–62) → Sixth and last place
 * Team roster
 * Sanja Ožegović
 * Slavica Šuka
 * Jelica Komnenović
 * Zagorka Počeković
 * Stojna Vangelovska
 * Slavica Pečikoza
 * Slađana Golić
 * Polona Dornik
 * Biljana Majstorović
 * Jasmina Perazić
 * Cvetana Dekleva
 * Marija Uzelac

Boxing
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
 * Redžep Redžepovski → [[Image:Med 2.png]] Silver Medal
 * First Round — Defeated Sanguo Teraporn (THA), 3:2
 * Second Round — Defeated Pat Clinton (GBR), KO-2
 * Quarterfinals — Defeated Jeff Fenech (AUS), 4:1
 * Semifinals — Defeated Ibrahim Bilali (KEN), 5:0
 * Final — Lost to Steve McCrory (USA), 4:1

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
 * Ljubiša Simić
 * First Round — Lost to Pedro Nolasco (DOM), 1:4

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
 * Slobodan Pavlović

Men's Light welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
 * Mirko Puzović

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
 * Damir Škaro

Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
 * Anton Josipović

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)
 * Aziz Salihu → [[Image:Med 3.png]] Bronze Medal
 * First Round – Bye
 * Quarterfinals – Defeated Peter Hussing (FRG), 3:2
 * Semifinals – Lost to Tyrell Biggs (USA), 0:5

Canoeing
Men's K-1 500 metres
 * Milan Janić

Men's K-1 1000 metres
 * Milan Janić

Men's C-2 500 metres
 * Matija Ljubek, Mirko Nišović

Men's C-2 1000 metres
 * Matija Ljubek, Mirko Nišović

Cycling
Six cyclists represented Yugoslavia in 1984.


 * Individual road race
 * Bojan Ropret — +1:19 (→ 7th place)
 * Primož Čerin — +15:30 (→ 35th place)
 * Jure Pavlič — +18:04 (→ 42nd place)
 * Marko Cuderman — +22:20 (→ 46th place)


 * Team time trial
 * Bruno Bulić
 * Primož Čerin
 * Janez Lampič
 * Bojan Ropret

Equestrianism
Individual dressage
 * Alojz Lah
 * Dušan Mavec
 * Stojan Moderc

Team dressage
 * Alojz Lah
 * Dušan Mavec
 * Stojan Moderc

Men's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group play


 * Preliminary round (group B)
 * Defeated Cameroon (2–1)
 * Defeated Canada (1–0)
 * Defeated Iraq (4–2)
 * Quarterfinals
 * Defeated West Germany (5–2)
 * Semifinals
 * Lost to France (2–4, after extra time)
 * Bronze Medal Match
 * Defeated Italy (2–1) → [[Image:Med 3.png]] Bronze Medal
 * Team roster

Gymnastics
Individual all-around
 * Milena Reljin
 * Danijela Simić

Men's tournament

 * Team roster
 * Zlatan Arnautović
 * Mirko Bašić
 * Jovica Elezović
 * Mile Isaković
 * Pavle Jurina
 * Milan Kalina
 * Slobodan Kuzmanovski
 * Dragan Mladenović
 * Zdravko Rađenović
 * Momir Rnić
 * Branko Štrbac
 * Veselin Vujović
 * Veselin Vuković
 * Zdravko Zovko
 * Head coach: Branislav Pokrajac

Women's tournament

 * Preliminary Round Robin
 * Yugoslavia – Federal Republic of Germany 20:19 (11:12)
 * Yugoslavia – Austria 30:15 (15:8)
 * Yugoslavia – United States 33:20 (14:10)
 * Yugoslavia – South Korea 29:23 (15:14)
 * Yugoslavia – China 31:25 (15:15) → [[Image:Med 1.png]] Gold Medal
 * Team roster
 * Jasna Ptujec
 * Mirjana Ognjenović
 * Zorica Pavićević
 * Ljubinka Janković
 * Svetlana Anastasovska
 * Svetlana Dašić
 * Emilija Erčić
 * Alenka Cuderman
 * Svetlana Mugoša
 * Mirjana Đurica
 * Biserka Višnjić
 * Slavica Đukić
 * Jasna Kolar-Merdan
 * Ljiljana Mugoša
 * Dragica Đurić
 * Head coach: Josip Samaržija

Judo
Men's Half-Lightweight
 * Franc Očko

Men's Lightweight
 * Vojo Vujević

Men's Half-Middleweight
 * Filip Leščak

Men's Middleweight
 * Stanko Lopatić

Men's Heavyweight
 * Radomir Kovačević

Rowing

 * Men

Sailing

 * Men

Shooting
Men's 10m Air Rifle
 * Rajmond Debevec
 * Šaćir Džeko

Men's 50m 3 Positions
 * Goran Maksimović
 * Rajmond Debevec

Men's 50m Rifle Prone
 * Goran Maksimović

Women's 10m Air Rifle
 * Valentina Atanaskovski
 * Mirjana Jovović

Women's 50m 3 Positions
 * Biserka Vrbek
 * Mirjana Jovović

Swimming
Men's 200 m Freestyle
 * Borut Petrič
 * Heat — 1:52.74 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
 * Darjan Petrič
 * Heat — 1:55.68 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle
 * Darjan Petrič
 * Heat — 3:54.39
 * Final — 3:54.88 (→ 6th place)
 * Borut Petrič
 * Heat — 3:56.07
 * B-Final — scratched (→ 18th place)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle
 * Borut Petrič
 * Heat — 15:36.44 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
 * Darjan Petrič
 * Heat — 15:39.79 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly
 * Hrvoje Barić
 * Heat — 56.70 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Men's tournament

 * Team roster
 * Milorad Krivokapić
 * Deni Lušić
 * Zoran Petrović
 * Božo Vuletić
 * Veselin Đuho
 * Zoran Roje
 * Milivoj Bebić
 * Perica Bukić
 * Goran Sukno
 * Tomislav Paškvalin
 * Igor Milanović
 * Dragan Andrić
 * Andrija Popović

Wrestling
Men's Lightweight
 * Greco-Roman
 * Vlado Lisjak

Men's Welterweight
 * Karlo Kasap

Men's Middleweight
 * Momir Petković

Men's Light-Heavyweight
 * Karolj Kopas

Men's Heavyweight
 * Jožef Tertei

Men's Super-Heavyweight
 * Refik Memišević

Men's Flyweight
 * Freestyle
 * Šaban Trstena

Men's Bantamweight
 * Zoran Šorov

Men's Welterweight
 * Šaban Sejdi