Yugoslavia at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Athletes from the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. As a partial support to the Dutch-led boycott, Yugoslav athletes competed under the Olympic flag instead of the national flag. 35 competitors, 32 men and 3 women, took part in 16 events in 8 sports.

Medalists

Athletics

Men's 110m Hurdles

• Stanko Lorger

* Heat — 14.6s

* Semifinals — 14.6s

* Final — 14.5s (→ 5th place)

Men's Marathon

• Franjo Mihalić — 2:26:32 (→ Silver Medal) - Franjo reached the medal podium despite tripping and falling while getting water from a refreshment table at the 15 km mark of the race.

Cycling

Individual road race

• Veselin Petrović — 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 Å antek

* Ljubiša Spajić

* Dobroslav Krstić

* Dragoslav Å ekularac

* 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 VlaÅ¡ić

Shooting

One shooter represented Yugoslavia in 1956.

50 m rifle, three positions

• Zlatko MaÅ¡ek

50 m rifle, prone

• Zlatko MaÅ¡ek

Swimming

Women

Water polo

Wrestling

References

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database