List of Yugoslav Olympic medalists

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A black and white profile photograph of a young man in his late twenties, posing to the photographer and wearing a tux and a tie.
Leon Štukelj was the most successful Yugoslav Olympic athlete.

The Yugoslav Olympic medalists are athletes who competed and won medals for various

Montenegrins, Serbs and Slovenes, and significant ethnic minorities in Vojvodina (Hungarians) and Kosovo (Albanians).[3] Before the formation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1918, athletes from the region mostly represented Austria or Hungary, with the sole exception being the 1912 Summer Olympics when a small team of two athletes competed for the Kingdom of Serbia.[2]

Because of the

Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.[4]

The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was established in April 1992, consisting of the Republic of Montenegro and the Republic of Serbia. However, United Nations Security Council Resolution 757 (adopted May 30, 1992)[5] called upon states to:

Take the necessary steps to prevent the participation in sporting events on their territory of persons or groups representing the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro);

— Paragraph 8(b)

Despite this, the

Olympic flag in victory ceremonies.[6]
The athletes could not participate at the opening and closing ceremonies of the games.

A team of 52 athletes competed in individual events, with three medals won in

handball teams could not compete, despite having qualified for the Games.[7]

Athletes, who has represented Yugoslavia, has won a total of 52 individual

men's gymnastics team during the 1928 Summer Olympics, making him the most successful Yugoslav athlete in history. Gymnast Miroslav Cerar is the only other athlete with more than one individual gold medal, having won a total of two gold and one bronze medals. Jasna Šekarić is the most successful female Yugoslav athlete with one gold, two silver and one bronze medals in shooting, followed by Đurđica Bjedov, Aleksandra Ivošev and Mateja Svet
.

In team events, Yugoslavia has won a total of 35 Olympic medals (10 gold, 16 silver and nine bronze). The most successful team was the

basketball teams with five medals each (one gold, three silver and one bronze). Women's teams shared similar success with the women's handball team winning one gold and one silver and the women's basketball team with one silver and one bronze medals. The only Yugoslav team with a medal from the Winter Olympics was the men's ski jumping team that won silver at the 1988 Winter Olympics
.

Olympic medalists

The ranking in the tables below are based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables.

Individual

A topless well-fit male in his late thirties.
Stane Derganc won a total of two bronze medals in gymnastics.
A Black and Caucasian male boxers in a ring and fighting against each other, with a stand full of spectators in the background.
Mate Parlov (right) won Yugoslavia's first Olympic gold medal in boxing.
A laughing middle-aged woman with a flower bouquet and a medal around her neck, wearing a Serbia national team tracksuit.
Jasna Šekarić is one of only two Yugoslav female athletes with an individual Olympic gold medal.
Key
Female athlete
§ Part of the
Winter Olympics
List of Yugoslav Olympic medalists, and displaying the types of accomplishments and statistics achieved in individual sports.
Rank Name Republic Province Sport Gold Silver Bronze Totals
1 Leon Štukelj[B]  SR Slovenia Gymnastics 3 1 1 5
2 Miroslav Cerar  SR Slovenia Gymnastics 2 0 1 3
3 Jasna Šekarić[C]  
Serbia
Shooting
1 2 1 4
4 Đurđica Bjedov  SR Croatia Swimming 1 1 0 2
5
Shaban Tërstena
 SR Macedonia Wrestling 1 1 0 2
6 Branislav Simić  SR Serbia SAP Vojvodina Wrestling 1 0 1 2
6 Matija Ljubek[D]  SR Croatia Canoeing 1 0 1 2
6 Aleksandra Ivošev
Serbia
Vojvodina
Shooting
1 0 1 2
7 Mate Parlov  SR Croatia Boxing 1 0 0 1
7 Momir Petković  SR Serbia SAP Vojvodina Wrestling 1 0 0 1
7 Slobodan Kačar  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina Boxing 1 0 0 1
7 Anton Josipović  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina Boxing 1 0 0 1
7 Vlado Lisjak  SR Croatia Wrestling 1 0 0 1
7 Goran Maksimović  SR Serbia
Shooting
1 0 0 1
8 Branislav Martinović  SR Serbia Wrestling 0 1 1 2
9 Josip Primožič[B]  SR Slovenia Gymnastics 0 1 0 1
9 Ivan Gubijan  SR Croatia
Athletics
0 1 0 1
9 Franjo Mihalić  SR Croatia
Athletics
0 1 0 1
9 Stevan Horvat  SR Serbia SAP Vojvodina Wrestling 0 1 0 1
9 Josip Čorak  SR Croatia Wrestling 0 1 0 1
9 Tadija Kačar  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina Boxing 0 1 0 1
9 Ivan Frgić  SR Serbia SAP Vojvodina Wrestling 0 1 0 1
9 Jure Franko  SR Slovenia
Alpine Skiing
§
0 1 0 1
9 Redžep Redžepovski  SR Macedonia Boxing 0 1 0 1
9 Milan Janić  SR Serbia SAP Vojvodina Canoeing 0 1 0 1
9 Refik Memišević  SR Serbia SAP Vojvodina Wrestling 0 1 0 1
9 Mateja Svet  SR Slovenia
Alpine Skiing
§
0 1 0 1
10 Zvonimir Vujin  SR Serbia SAP Vojvodina Boxing 0 0 2 2
10 Shaban Sejdiu  SR Macedonia Wrestling 0 0 2 2
11 Stane Derganc[B]  SR Slovenia Gymnastics 0 0 1 1
11 Milan Nenadić  SR Croatia Wrestling 0 0 1 1
11 Ace Rusevski  SR Macedonia Boxing 0 0 1 1
11 Slavko Obadov  SR Serbia SAP Vojvodina Judo 0 0 1 1
11 Radomir Kovačević  SR Bosnia and Herzegovina Judo 0 0 1 1
11 Mirko Puzović  SR Serbia Boxing 0 0 1 1
11 Aziz Salihu  SR Serbia SAP Kosovo Boxing 0 0 1 1
11 Jožef Tertei  SR Serbia SAP Vojvodina Wrestling 0 0 1 1
11 Matjaž Debelak[E]  SR Slovenia
Ski Jumping
§
0 0 1 1
11 Damir Škaro  SR Croatia Boxing 0 0 1 1
11 Aranka Binder[C]
Serbia
Vojvodina
Shooting
0 0 1 1
11 Stevan Pletikosić[C]
Serbia
Shooting
0 0 1 1

Medals per region

The table shows the number of individual Yugoslav Olympic medals, won per region. Regions used are the

ethnic group
.

List of Yugoslav Olympic medals per region, and displaying the medalists and types of accomplishments and statistics achieved in individual sports.
Rank Region Most successful sport
(number of medals)
Gold Silver Bronze Totals
1 Wrestling (10) 5 7 11 22
2 Gymnastics (10) 5 4 4 13
3 Wrestling (3) 4 4 3 11
4 Boxing (3) 2 1 1 4
5 Wrestling (4) 1 2 3 6
6 Socialist Republic of Montenegro Socialist Republic of Montenegro
Republic of Montenegro (1992–2006) Republic of Montenegro

Team

Yugoslav basketball team
.
Key
§ Part of the
Winter Olympics
List of Yugoslav Olympic medals won in team sports, and displaying the teams and types of accomplishments and statistics.
Rank Name Sport Gold Silver Bronze Totals
1 Water polo 3 4 1 8
2
Handball
2 0 1 3
3
Men's basketball team
Basketball 1 4 1 6
4 Football 1 3 1 5
4
Handball
1 1 0 2
5
Volleyball
1 0 1 2
6 Rowing 1 0 0 1
6 Canoeing 1 0 0 1
7 Basketball 0 1 1 2
7 Rowing 0 1 1 2
8 Canoeing 0 1 0 1
8
Ski Jumping
§
0 1 0 1
8 Table tennis 0 1 0 1
9
1928 Men's team competition
Gymnastics 0 0 1 1
9 Rowing 0 0 1 1
9 Rowing 0 0 1 1
9 Table tennis 0 0 1 1

Footnotes

  1. Macedonian Muslims.[3]
  • , which won a bronze medal. Combined with individual medals Štukelj's total medal tally includes three gold, one silver and two bronze, Primožič's one silver and one bronze and Dergenc's two bronze.
  • ^
  • ^
    Matija Ljubek was part of the gold medal winning Men's C-2 500 metres double and the silver medal winning Men's C-2 1000 metres double, at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Both times he was paired with Mirko Nišović. Combined with individual medals his total Olympic medals tally includes two gold, one silver and one bronze.
  • Ski Jumping large hill event, at the 1988 Winter Olympics
    . Combined with his individual medal his total Olympic medals tally includes one silver and one bronze.
  • men's gymnastics team during the 1928 Summer Olympics were from Slovenia, except Dragutin Ciotti who was born in Rijeka, present day Croatia
    .
  • Winter Olympics
    (individually and as a team), for an Olympic tally of three silver medals and one bronze.