1968 Summer Olympics / Participants (Yugoslavia)

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The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia took part in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with a delegation of 69 athletes (59 men and 10 women) in 54 competitions in eleven competitions.

The Yugoslav athletes won three gold, three silver and two bronze medals. Olympic champions were Đurđica Bjedov, swimmer over 100 meters chest, gymnast Miroslav Cerar on the pommel horse and the men's water polo team. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the wrestler Branislav Simić .

Participants by sport

basketball

• silver

  Dragutin Čermak

  Krešimir Ćosić

  Vladimir Cvetković

  Ivo Daneu

  Radivoje Korać

  Zoran Marojević

  Nikola Plećaš

  Trajko Rajković

  Dragoslav Ražnatović

  Petar Skansi

  Damir Šolman

  Aljoša Žorga

Boxing

• Jovan Pajković

  Featherweight: eliminated in the second round

• Zvonimir Vujin

  Lightweight: bronze

• Ljubinko Veselinović

  Light welterweight: eliminated in the second round

• Mate Parlov

  Middleweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals

• Petar Miloš

  Heavyweight: eliminated in the 1st round

canoe

• Zlatomir Šuvački

  Kayak two-man 1000 m: eliminated in the semifinals

• Staniša Radmanović

  Kayak two-man 1000 m: eliminated in the semifinals

athletics

Men

• Miodrag Todosijević

  High jump: 9th place

• Polde Milek

  High jump: eliminated in qualification

• Nedo Farčić

  10,000 m: 9th place

  Marathon: race not finished

Women

• Marijana Lubej

  100 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals

  200 m: eliminated in the 1st round

  80 m hurdles: eliminated in the 1st round

  Pentathlon: 12th place

• Vera Nikolić

  800 m: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Snežana Hrepevnik

  High jump: 14th place

• Nataša Urbančič

  Javelin throw: 6th place

• Ðurđa Fočić

  Pentathlon: 29th place

Cycling

• Rudi Valenčič

  Road race: 39th place

  Team time trial: 16th place

• Franc Škerlj

  Team time trial: 16th place

• Tanasije Kuvalja

  Road Race: Race not finished

  Team time trial: 16th place

• Cvitko Bilić

  Road race: 25th place

  Team time trial: 16th place

Wrestling

• Boško Marinko

  Flyweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Karlo Čović

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Sreten Damjanović

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Stevan Horvat

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: silver

• Milan Nenadić

  Welterweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Branislav Simić

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: bronze

• Boris Dimovski

  Flyweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 3rd round

• Simeon Šutev

  Bantamweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round

shoot

• Slobodan Paunović

  Small bore rifle, three position fight 50 m: 11th place

• Vladimir Grozdanović

  Small bore rifle, three-position fight 50 m: 31st place

• Branislav Lončar

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 41st place

• Dušan Epifanić

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 62nd place

swim

Men

• Danijel Vrhovšek

  200 m back: eliminated in the semi-finals

• Slavko Kurbanović

  100 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run

Women

• Mirjana Šegrt

  100 m freestyle: 7th place

  200 m freestyle: 5th place

  4 x 100 meter medley relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Zdenka Gašparač

  100 m back: eliminated in the semi-finals

  200 m back: 6th place

  4 x 100 meter medley relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Ana Boban

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter medley relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Đurđica Bjedov

  100 m chest: gold

  200 m chest: silver

  4 x 100 meter medley relay: eliminated in the run-up

sailing

• Simo Nikolić

  Flying Dutchman: 13th place

• Antun Grego

  Flying Dutchman: 13th place

do gymnastics

Men

• Miloš Vratič

  Individual all-around: 42nd place

  Bars: 63rd place

  Floor: 71st place

  Horse jump: 23rd place

  Horizontal bar: 44th place

  Rings: 63rd place

  Pommel horse: 29th place

  Team all-around competition: 6th place

• Tine Šrot

  Individual all-around: 84th place

  Bars: 90th place

  Floor: 103rd place

  Horse jump: 41st place

  Horizontal bar: 90th place

  Rings: 25th place

  Pommel horse: 73rd place

  Team all-around competition: 6th place

• Janez Brodnik

  Individual all-around: 23rd place

  Bars: 39th place

  Floor: 46th place

  Horse jump: 15th place

  Horizontal bar: 17th place

  Rings: 22nd place

  Pommel horse: 41st place

  Team all-around competition: 6th place

• Miroslav Cerar

  Individual all-around: 9th place

  Bars: 12th place

  Floor: 14th place

  Horse jump: 15th place

  Horizontal bar: 19th place

  Rings: 15th place

  Pommel horse: gold

  Team all-around competition: 6th place

• Damir Anic

  Individual all-around: 75th place

  Bars: 79th place

  Floor: 75th place

  Horse jump: 75th place

  Horizontal bar: 75th place

  Rings: 82nd place

  Pommel horse: 63rd place

  Team all-around competition: 6th place

• Milenko Kersnić

  Individual all-around: 30th place

  Bars: 19th place

  Floor: 34th place

  Horse jump: 30th place

  Horizontal bar: 55th place

  Rings: 38th place

  Pommel horse: 53rd place

  Team all-around competition: 6th place

Women

• Nataša Bajin-Šljepica

  Individual all-around: 54th place

  Floor: 49th place

  Horse jump: 46th place

  Balance beam: 31st place

  Uneven bars: 83rd place

Water polo

• gold

  Ozren Bonačić

  Dejan Dabović

  Zdravko lever

  Zoran Janković

  Ronald Lopatny

  Uroš Marović

  Đorđe Perišić

  Miroslav Poljak

  Mirko Sandić

  Karlo Stipanić

  Ivo Trumbic

Web links

• Yugoslav Olympic team from 1968 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )