1996 Summer Olympics / Participant (Yugoslavia)

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Yugoslavia took part in the 1996 Summer Olympics in the US metropolis of Atlanta with 68 athletes, 9 women and 59 men, in 13 sports.

Flag bearer

The water polo player Igor Milanović carried the flag of Yugoslavia during the opening ceremony on July 19 at the Centennial Olympic Stadium .

Medalist

With a recovered gold, a silver and two bronze, the Yugoslav team was ranked 41 in the medal count .

gold

Name / s	sport	competition
Aleksandra Ivošev	shoot	Small caliber three-position fight

silver

Name / s	sport	competition
Vlade Divac , Žarko Paspalj , Dejan Tomašević , Miroslav Berić , Dejan Bodiroga , Željko Rebrača , Predrag Danilović , Aleksandar Đorđević , Saša Obradović , Zoran Savić , Nikola Lončar and Milenko Topić	basketball	Men's tournament

bronze

Name / s	sport	competition
Aleksandra Ivošev	shoot	Women, air rifle
Đula Mešter , Vladimir Batez , Goran Vujević , Andrija Gerić , Đorđe Đurić , Dejan Brdović , Žarko Petrović , Slobodan Kovač , Vladimir Grbić , Nikola Grbić , Željko Tanasković and Rajko Jokanović	volleyball	Men's tournament

Participants by sport

basketball

• Squad

  Vlade Divac

  Žarko Paspalj

  Dejan Tomašević

  Miroslav Beric

  Dejan Bodiroga

  Željko Rebrača

  Predrag Danilović

  Aleksandar Đorđević

  Saša Obradović

  Zoran Savic

  Nikola Lončar

  Milenko Topic

Group A:

• Yugoslavia - Greece 71:63
• Yugoslavia - Australia 91:68
• Yugoslavia - South Korea 118-65
• Yugoslavia - Brazil 101-82
• Yugoslavia - Puerto Rico 97:86

Quarter finals:

Yugoslavia - China 121: 68

Semifinals:

Yugoslavia - Lithuania 66:58

Final:

Yugoslavia - United States 69:95

fencing

Women

• Tamara Savić-Šotra

  Epee, singles: 36th place

Weightlifting

Men

• Miodrag Kovačić

  Featherweight: 34th place

Judo

Men

• Dragoljub Radulović

  Light middleweight: 21st place

• Mitar Milinković

  Heavyweight: 21st place

canoe

Men

• Petar Sibinkich

  Kayak single, 500 meters: hope run

athletics

Men Borislav Devic Marathon: 49th place Andreja Marinković Long jump: 41st place in qualification Dragan Peric Shot put: 8th place Aleksandar Raković 50 kilometers of walking: 11th place Dragutin Topić High jump: 4th place Stevan Zorić High jump: 27th place in qualification

Women Suzana Ćirić Marathon: 55th place Marina Živković 200 meters: heats 400 meters: heats

Wrestling

Men

• Aleksandar Jovančević

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 9th place

• Goran Kasum

  Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 18th place

shoot

Men Goran Maksimović Air rifle: 15th place Small bore, three-position battle: 4th place Small caliber, lying: 20th place Nemanja Mirosavljev Air rifle: 15th place Stevan Pletikosić Small bore, three-position fight: 35th place Small bore, lying: 11th place

Women Aranka Binder Air rifle: 9th place Small caliber, three-position battle: 22nd place Aleksandra Ivošev Air rifle: bronze Small caliber, three-position battle: gold Marija Mladenović Air pistol: 34th place Jasna Šekarić Air pistol: 4th place Sports pistol: 6th place

swim

Men Nikola Kalabic 100 meters freestyle: 53rd place Vladan Marković 100 meter butterfly: 28th place 200 meter butterfly: 28th place

Women Maja Grozdanić 200 meters back: 27th place Duška Radan 50 meter freestyle: 45th place 100 meters freestyle: 46th place

Volleyball (hall)

• Men

• Vladimir Batez
• Dejan Brdović (captain)
• Đorđe Đurić
• Andrija Geric
• Nikola Grbić
• Vladimir Grbić
• Rajko Jokanović
• Slobodan Kovač
• Đula Mešter
• Željko Tanasković
• Žarko Petrović
• Goran Vujevic

Group:

Group B
space	team	sentences	Points
1.	Italy	15: 0	10
2.	Netherlands	12: 3	8th
3.	Yugoslavia	9: 8	6th
4th	Russia	7: 9	4th
5.	South Korea	3:12	2
6th	Tunisia	1:15	0

Quarter finals :

• Brazil 3-2

Semifinals :

• Italy 1: 3

Bronze game :

• Russia 3-1

Water polo

Men

• Igor Milanović
• Mirko Vičević
• Aleksandar Šoštar
• Viktor Jelenic
• Aleksandar Šapić
• Dejan Savic
• Petar Trbojevic
• Veljko Uskoković
• Vladimir Vujasinović
• Predrag Zimonjić
• Ranko Perović
• Vaso Subotić
• Milan Tadić

Group A:

• Yugoslavia - Netherlands 11: 8
• Yugoslavia - Russia 9: 9
• Yugoslavia 9-7 Spain
• Yugoslavia - Germany 9: 8
• Yugoslavia - Hungary 8:12

Quarter finals:

Yugoslavia 6-8 Croatia

Placement games:

• For 5th or 8th place: Yugoslavia - Russia 15:16
• For 7th place: Yugoslavia - USA 8:12

Table tennis

Men

• Slobodan Grujić

  Individual: group stage

  Doubles: group stage

• Aleksandar Karakašević

  Individual: group stage

• Ilija Lupulesku

  Individual: group stage

  Doubles: group stage

Diving

Men

• Siniša Žugic

  Artistic jumping: 38th place

• Vukan Vuletić

  Diving: 37th place

Web links

• 1996 Olympic team from Serbia and Montenegro in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )