Yugoslavia at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Yugoslavia at the
1960 Summer Olympics
IOC codeYUG
(JUG used at these Games)
NOCYugoslav Olympic Committee
in Rome
Competitors116 (107 men, 9 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearerRadovan Radović
Medals
Ranked 18th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 116 competitors, 107 men and 9 women, took part in 64 events in 14 sports.[1]

Yugoslavia had won silver medals in Men's Football (Soccer) for the past 3 Summer Games and finally won gold in Rome.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Andrija Anković
Vladimir Durković
Milan Galić
Fahrudin Jusufi
Tomislav Knez
Borivoje Kostić
Aleksandar Kozlina
Dusan Maravić
Željko Matuš
Željko Perušić
Novak Roganović
Velimir Sombolac
Milutin Šoškić
Silvester Takač
Blagoje Vidinić
Ante Žanetić
Football (Soccer) Men's Team Competition
 Silver Branislav Martinović Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight

Competitors

The following is the list of Yugoslav competitors at the 1960 Olympic Games by sport.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 17 5 22
Basketball 12 0 12
Boxing 4 0 4
Canoeing 3 0 3
Cycling 5 0 5
Fencing 1 1 2
Football 16 0 16
Gymnastics 6 3 9
Rowing 12 0 12
Sailing 3 0 3
Shooting 6 0 6
Swimming 9 0 9
Water polo 8 0 8
Wrestling 5 0 5
Total 107 9 116

Athletics

Men's Marathon

Basketball

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Five male cyclists represented Yugoslavia in 1960.

Individual road race
Team time trial

Fencing

Two fencers, one man and one woman, represented Yugoslavia in 1960.

Men's sabre
Women's foil

Football

Gymnastics

Rowing

Yugoslavia had 12 male rowers participate in four out of seven rowing events in 1960.[3]

Men's double sculls
Men's coxless pair
Men's coxed pair
Men's coxed four

Sailing

Shooting

Six shooters represented Yugoslavia in 1960.

50 m pistol
300 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone

Swimming

Water polo

Wrestling

References

  1. ^ "Yugoslavia at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Yugoslavia at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yugoslavia Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2018.