Yugoslavia at the Olympics

Yugoslavia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Yugoslavia IOC code  YUG NOC Yugoslav Olympic Committee
Olympic history
Summer Games
1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988
Winter Games
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992
Other related appearances
Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992 S–) Croatia (1992–) Independent Olympic Participants (1992S) Kosovo (2016–) Macedonia (1996–) Montenegro (2008–) Serbia and Montenegro (1996–2006) Serbia (1912; 2008–) Slovenia (1992–)

Teams from Yugoslavia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1920. Previously, several athletes from Croatia, Slovenia and Vojvodina had competed for Austria or Hungary when those countries were part of the Empire of Austria-Hungary. A small team of two athletes had competed distinctly for Serbia at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Yugoslavia has been the designation for Olympic teams from three distinct national entities:

• Kingdom of Yugoslavia (officially called the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes until 1929) from 1920–1936
• Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1948 to the 1992 Winter Olympics
• Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, formed as a joint state by only Montenegro and Serbia after the breakup of Yugoslavia, from 1996–2002

Two of the successor nations (Croatia and Slovenia) began to compete as independent teams at the Olympics starting at the 1992 Winter Games and Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 1992 Summer Games and as of the 2008 Summer Olympics, all six successor nations, former socialist republics, have participated independently. Kosovo, a former autonomous province, will make its Olympic debut as an independent national team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Timeline of participation

The Yugoslav Olympic Committee was established in Zagreb in 1919 (recognized by the IOC in 1920), before moving to Belgrade in 1927, and it took the place of the Serbian Olympic Committee in the Association of National Olympic Committees. During the dissolution of Yugoslavia, several new committees were formed in the break-away countries, while FR Yugoslavia inherited the place of the YOC. Nowadays, Serbia is considered the only direct successor of Yugoslavia.^[1]

Date	Team
1912					Serbia (SRB)
1920–1988	Yugoslavia (YUG)
1992 W–	Croatia (CRO)	Slovenia (SLO)
1992 S			Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	Independent Olympic Participants (IOP)
1996–2006				Macedonia (MKD)	Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)
2008–					Serbia (SRB)		Montenegro (MNE)
2016–					Serbia (SRB)	Kosovo (KOS)

Hosted Games

Yugoslavia has hosted the Games on one occasion.

Games	Host city	Dates	Nations	Participants	Events
1984 Winter Olympics	Sarajevo	8 – 19 February	49	1,272	39

Medal tables

*Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Medals by Summer Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1920 Antwerp 15 0 0 0 0 – 1924 Paris 42 2 0 0 2 14 1928 Amsterdam 34 1 1 3 5 21 1932 Los Angeles 1 0 0 0 0 – 1936 Berlin 93 0 1 0 1 25 1948 London 90 0 2 0 2 24 1952 Helsinki 87 1 2 0 3 21 1956 Melbourne 35 0 3 0 3 26 1960 Rome 116 1 1 0 2 18 1964 Tokyo 75 2 1 2 5 19 1968 Mexico City 69 3 3 2 8 16 1972 Munich 126 2 1 2 5 20 1976 Montreal 88 2 3 3 8 16 1980 Moscow 164 2 3 4 9 14 1984 Los Angeles 139 7 4 7 18 9 1988 Seoul 155 3 4 5 12 16 Total 26 29 28 83 33

Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1924 Chamonix 4 0 0 0 0 – 1928 St. Moritz 6 0 0 0 0 – 1932 Lake Placid did not participate 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 17 0 0 0 0 – 1948 St. Moritz 17 0 0 0 0 – 1952 Oslo 6 0 0 0 0 – 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 17 0 0 0 0 – 1960 Squaw Valley did not participate 1964 Innsbruck 31 0 0 0 0 – 1968 Grenoble 30 0 0 0 0 – 1972 Sapporo 26 0 0 0 0 – 1976 Innsbruck 28 0 0 0 0 – 1980 Lake Placid 15 0 0 0 0 – 1984 Sarajevo 72 0 1 0 1 14 1988 Calgary 22 0 2 1 3 14 1992 Albertville 25 0 0 0 0 – Total 0 3 1 4 37

Medals by summer sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Gymnastics 5 2 4 11 Wrestling 4 6 6 16 Water polo 3 4 0 7 Boxing 3 2 6 11 Handball 3 1 1 5 Canoeing 2 2 1 5 Shooting 2 0 1 3 Basketball 1 4 2 7 Football 1 3 1 5 Rowing 1 1 3 5 Swimming 1 1 0 2 Athletics 0 2 0 2 Table tennis 0 1 1 2 Judo 0 0 2 2 Total 26 29 28 83

Medals by winter sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Alpine skiing 0 2 0 2 Ski jumping 0 1 1 2 Total 0 3 1 4

See also

• List of flag bearers for Yugoslavia at the Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for Yugoslavia
• Yugoslavia at the Paralympics
• List of Yugoslav Olympic medalists

References

1. History at Serbian Olympic Committee official website, retrieved 18-1-2014

External links

• "Results and Medalists". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee.
• "Yugoslavia". Sports-Reference.com.
• Sportnet(Croatian) Bernard Jurišić: Tuđe nećemo - svoje ne damo (medals of Yugoslavia won by Croatian sportsmen), April 1, 2008, accessed September 30, 2010