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Yugoslavia at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Flag of FPR Yugoslavia
IOC code	YUG (JUG used at these Games)
NOC	Yugoslav Olympic Committee
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors	35 (32 men, 3 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Zdravko Kovačić
Medals Ranked 26th	Gold 0 Silver 3 Bronze 0 Total 3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000
Other related appearances
Serbia (1912, 2008–)  Croatia (1992–)  Slovenia (1992–)  Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992 S–)  Independent Olympic Participants (1992 S)  North Macedonia (1996–)  Serbia and Montenegro (1996–2006)  Montenegro (2008–)  Kosovo (2016–)

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 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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Franjo Mihalić	Athletics	Men's Marathon
Silver	Sava Antić Ibrahim Biogradlić Mladen Koščak Dobroslav Krstić Luka Liposinović Muhamed Mujić Zlatko Papec Petar Radenković Nikola Radović Ivan Santek Dragoslav Šekularac Ljubiša Spajić Todor Veselinović Blagoje Vidinić	Football (Soccer)	Men's Team Competition
Silver	Ivo Cipci Tomislav Franjković Vlado Ivković Zdravko Ježić Hrvoje Kačić Zdravko Kovačić Lovro Radonjić Marijan Žužej	Water Polo	Men's Team Competition

Athletics

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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)

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 Šantek
• Ljubiša Spajić
• Dobroslav Krstić
• Dragoslav Šekularac
• 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 Vlašić

Shooting

One shooter represented Yugoslavia in 1956.

50 m rifle, three positions

• Zlatko Mašek

50 m rifle, prone

• Zlatko Mašek

Swimming

Water polo

Wrestling

References

1. "Yugoslavia at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yugoslavia Rowing at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2018.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

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