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Yugoslavia at the
Olympics
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg
IOC code YUG
NOC Yugoslav Olympic Committee
Medals
Ranked 42nd
Gold Silver Bronze Total
26 32 29 87
Summer appearances
  • 1920
  • 1924
  • 1928
  • 1932
  • 1936
  • 1948
  • 1952
  • 1956
  • 1960
  • 1964
  • 1968
  • 1972
  • 1976
  • 1980
  • 1984
  • 1988
Winter appearances
  • 1924
  • 1928
  • 1932
  • 1936
  • 1948
  • 1952
  • 1956
  • 1960
  • 1964
  • 1968
  • 1972
  • 1976
  • 1980
  • 1984
  • 1988
  • 1992
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–)

Teams from Yugoslavia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1920. Previously, several athletes from Croatia, Slovenia and northern Serbian province 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:

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, made 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. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, consisting of the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Montenegro, participated at the Games since 1996. At the 1996 and 2000 Games, the nation was designated with the same code, Yugoslavia (YUG), as the defunct SFRY. It was rechartered as the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro in 2003 with there being no territorial changes. The Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) designation and code were used at the 2004 Games.

Date Team
1912 as part of  Austria  Serbia (SRB)
1920–1936 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Kingdom of Yugoslavia (YUG)
1948–1988 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia (YUG)
1992 W  Croatia (CRO)  Slovenia (SLO) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia (YUG)
1992 S  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)  Independent Olympic Participants (IOP)
1994 ban on participation by the UN
1996–2006  North Macedonia (MKD) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia (YUG)/
 Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)
2008–2014  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, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 – 19 February 49 1,272 39

Medal tables

*Red border colour indicates the games were held on home soil.
*Yugoslavia hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

List of medalists

Summer Olympics

Medal Name(s) Games Sport Event
11 Gold Štukelj, LeonLeon Štukelj France 1924 Paris Gymnastics pictogram.svg Gymnastics Men's all-around competition
11 Gold Štukelj, LeonLeon Štukelj France 1924 Paris Gymnastics pictogram.svg Gymnastics Men's horizontal bars
11 Gold Štukelj, LeonLeon Štukelj Netherlands 1928 Amsterdam Gymnastics pictogram.svg Gymnastics Men's rings
22 Silver Primožič, JosipJosip Primožič Netherlands 1928 Amsterdam Gymnastics pictogram.svg Gymnastics Men's parallel bars
33 Bronze Štukelj, LeonLeon Štukelj Netherlands 1928 Amsterdam Gymnastics pictogram.svg Gymnastics Men's all-around competition
33 Bronze Derganc, StaneStane Derganc Netherlands 1928 Amsterdam Gymnastics pictogram.svg Gymnastics Men's vault
33 Bronze Antosiewicz, EdvardEdvard Antosiewicz
Dragutin Cioti
Stane Derganc
Boris Gregorka
Anton Malej
Ivan Porenta
Josip Primožič
Leon Štukelj
Netherlands 1928 Amsterdam Gymnastics pictogram.svg Gymnastics Men's team all-around
22 Silver Štukelj, LeonLeon Štukelj Germany 1936 Berlin Gymnastics pictogram.svg Gymnastics Men's rings
22 Silver Gubijan, IvanIvan Gubijan United Kingdom 1948 London Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's hammer throw
22 Silver United Kingdom 1948 London Football pictogram.svg Football Men's tournament
11 Gold Bonačić, DujeDuje Bonačić
Velimir Valenta
Mate Trojanović
Petar Šegvić
Finland 1952 Helsinki Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing Men's coxless four
22 Silver Finland 1952 Helsinki Football pictogram.svg Football Men's tournament
22 Silver Finland 1952 Helsinki Water polo pictogram.svg Water polo Men's tournament
22 Silver Mihalić, FranjoFranjo Mihalić Australia 1956 Melbourne Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics Men's marathon
22 Silver Australia 1956 Melbourne Football pictogram.svg Football Men's tournament
22 Silver Australia 1956 Melbourne Water polo pictogram.svg Water polo Men's tournament
11 Gold Italy 1960 Rome Football pictogram.svg Football Men's tournament
22 Silver Martinović, BranislavBranislav Martinović Italy 1960 Rome Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman lightweight
11 Gold Cerar, MiroslavMiroslav Cerar Japan 1964 Tokyo Gymnastics pictogram.svg Gymnastics Men's pommeled horse
11 Gold Simić, BranislavBranislav Simić Japan 1964 Tokyo Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman middleweight
22 Silver Japan 1964 Tokyo Water polo pictogram.svg Water polo Men's tournament
33 Bronze Cerar, MiroslavMiroslav Cerar Japan 1964 Tokyo Gymnastics pictogram.svg Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar
33 Bronze Martinović, BranislavBranislav Martinović Japan 1964 Tokyo Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman featherweight
11 Gold Cerar, MiroslavMiroslav Cerar Mexico 1968 Mexico City Gymnastics pictogram.svg Gymnastics Men's pommeled horse
11 Gold Bjedov, ĐurđicaĐurđica Bjedov Mexico 1968 Mexico City Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Women's 100m breaststroke
11 Gold Mexico 1968 Mexico City Water polo pictogram.svg Water polo Men's tournament
22 Silver Bjedov, ĐurđicaĐurđica Bjedov Mexico 1968 Mexico City Swimming pictogram.svg Swimming Women's 200m breaststroke
22 Silver Horvat, StevanStevan Horvat Mexico 1968 Mexico City Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman lightweight
22 Silver Mexico 1968 Mexico City Basketball pictogram.svg Basketball Men's tournament
33 Bronze Vujin, ZvonimirZvonimir Vujin Mexico 1968 Mexico City Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing Men's lightweight
33 Bronze Simić, BranislavBranislav Simić Mexico 1968 Mexico City Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
11 Gold Parlov, MateMate Parlov West Germany 1972 Munich Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing Men's light-heavyweight
11 Gold West Germany 1972 Munich Handball pictogram.svg handball Men's tournament
22 Silver Čorak, JosipJosip Čorak West Germany 1972 Munich Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman light-heavyweight
33 Bronze Vujin, ZvonimirZvonimir Vujin West Germany 1972 Munich Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing Men's light-welterweight
33 Bronze Nenadić, MilovanMilovan Nenadić West Germany 1972 Munich Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman middleweight
11 Gold Ljubek, MatijaMatija Ljubek Canada 1976 Montreal Canoeing pictogram.svg Canoeing Men's 1000m Canadian singles
11 Gold Petković, MomirMomir Petković Canada 1976 Montreal Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman middleweight
22 Silver Kačar, TadijaTadija Kačar Canada 1976 Montreal Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing Men's light middleweight
22 Silver Frgić, IvanIvan Frgić Canada 1976 Montreal Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight
22 Silver Canada 1976 Montreal Basketball pictogram.svg Basketball Men's tournament
33 Bronze Ljubek, MatijaMatija Ljubek Canada 1976 Montreal Canoeing pictogram.svg Canoeing Men's C1 500m Canadian singles
33 Bronze Rusevski, AceAce Rusevski Canada 1976 Montreal Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing Men's lightweight
33 Bronze Obadov, SlavkoSlavko Obadov Canada 1976 Montreal Judo pictogram.svg Judo Men's middleweight (80 kg)
11 Gold Kačar, SlobodanSlobodan Kačar Soviet Union 1980 Moscow Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing Men's light heavyweight
11 Gold Soviet Union 1980 Moscow Basketball pictogram.svg Basketball Men's tournament
22 Silver Pančić, ZoranZoran Pančić
Milorad Stanulov
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing Men's double sculls
22 Silver Soviet Union 1980 Moscow Handball pictogram.svg Handball Women's tournament
22 Silver Soviet Union 1980 Moscow Water polo pictogram.svg Water polo Men's tournament
33 Bronze Kovačević, RadomirRadomir Kovačević Soviet Union 1980 Moscow Judo pictogram.svg Judo Men's heavyweight
33 Bronze Sejdiu, ShabanShaban Sejdiu Soviet Union 1980 Moscow Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Men's freestyle lightweight
33 Bronze Celent, ZlatkoZlatko Celent
Duško Mrduljaš
Josip Reić
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow Rowing pictogram.svgRowing Men's coxed pairs
33 Bronze Soviet Union 1980 Moscow Basketball pictogram.svg Basketball Women's tournament
11 Gold Lisjak, VladoVlado Lisjak United States 1984 Los Angeles Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg
11 Gold United States 1984 Los Angeles Handball pictogram.svg Handball Women's tournament
11 Gold Ljubek, MatijaMatija Ljubek
Mirko Nišović
United States 1984 Los Angeles Canoeing pictogram.svg Canoeing Men's C-2 500 m
11 Gold Tërstena, ShabanShaban Tërstena United States 1984 Los Angeles Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg
11 Gold United States 1984 Los Angeles Water polo pictogram.svg Water polo Men's tournament
11 Gold Josipović, AntonAnton Josipović United States 1984 Los Angeles Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing Men's light heavyweight
11 Gold United States 1984 Los Angeles Handball pictogram.svg Handball Men's tournament
22 Silver Memišević, RefikRefik Memišević United States 1984 Los Angeles Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman +100 kg
22 Silver Janić, MilanMilan Janić United States 1984 Los Angeles Canoeing pictogram.svg Canoeing Men's K-1 1000 m
22 Silver Ljubek, MatijaMatija Ljubek
Mirko Nišović
United States 1984 Los Angeles Canoeing pictogram.svg Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 m
22 Silver Redžepovski, RedžepRedžep Redžepovski United States 1984 Los Angeles Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing Men's flyweight
33 Bronze Tertei, JožefJožef Tertei United States 1984 Los Angeles Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg
33 Bronze Zoran Pančić
Milorad Stanulov
United States 1984 Los Angeles Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing Men's double sculls
33 Bronze Puzović, MirkoMirko Puzović United States 1984 Los Angeles Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing Men's light welterweight
33 Bronze Salihu, AzizAziz Salihu United States 1984 Los Angeles Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing Men's super heavyweight
33 Bronze Sejdiu, ShabanShaban Sejdiu United States 1984 Los Angeles Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg
33 Bronze United States 1984 Los Angeles Basketball pictogram.svg Basketball Men's tournament
33 Bronze United States 1984 Los Angeles Football pictogram.svg Football Men's tournament
11 Gold Maksimović, GoranGoran Maksimović South Korea 1988 Seoul Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting Men's air rifle
11 Gold Šekarić, JasnaJasna Šekarić South Korea 1988 Seoul Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting Women's air pistol
11 Gold South Korea 1988 Seoul Water polo pictogram.svg Water polo Men's tournament
22 Silver Tërstena, ShabanShaban Tërstena South Korea 1988 Seoul Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling Men's freestyle flyweight (52 kg)
22 Silver Lupulesku, IlijaIlija Lupulesku
Zoran Primorac
South Korea 1988 Seoul Table tennis pictogram.svg Table Tennis Men's doubles
22 Silver South Korea 1988 Seoul Basketball pictogram.svg Basketball Women's tournament
22 Silver South Korea 1988 Seoul Basketball pictogram.svg Basketball Men's tournament
33 Bronze Škaro, DamirDamir Škaro South Korea 1988 Seoul Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing Men's light heavyweight
33 Bronze Mujkić, SadikSadik Mujkić
Bojan Prešern
South Korea 1988 Seoul Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing Men's coxless pairs
33 Bronze Šekarić, JasnaJasna Šekarić South Korea 1988 Seoul Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting Women's sport pistol
33 Bronze Perkučin, GordanaGordana Perkučin
Jasna Fazlić
South Korea 1988 Seoul Table tennis pictogram.svg Table Tennis Women's doubles
33 Bronze South Korea 1988 Seoul Handball pictogram.svg Handball Men's tournament
As Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Medal Name(s) Games Sport Event
11 Gold


Aleksandra Ivošev United States 1996 Atlanta Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting Women's 50m rifle 3 positions
22 Silver


United States 1996 Atlanta Basketball pictogram.svg Basketball Men's tournament
33 Bronze Aleksandra Ivošev United States 1996 Atlanta Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting Women's 10m air rifle
33 Bronze United States 1996 Atlanta Volleyball (indoor) pictogram.svg Volleyball Men's tournament
11 Gold


Australia 2000 Sydney Volleyball (indoor) pictogram.svg Volleyball Men's tournament
22 Silver


Jasna Šekarić Australia 2000 Sydney Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting Women's 10m air pistol
33 Bronze Australia 2000 Sydney Water polo pictogram.svg Water polo Men's tournament
As Independent Olympic Participants
Medal Name Games Sport Event
22 Silver Jasna Šekarić Spain 1992 Barcelona Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting Women's 10m air pistol
33 Bronze Aranka Binder Spain 1992 Barcelona Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting Women's 10m air rifle
33 Bronze Stevan Pletikosić Spain 1992 Barcelona Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting Men's 50m rifle prone

Winter Olympics

Medal Name Games Sport Event
22 Silver Jure Franko Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1984 Sarajevo Alpine skiing pictogram.svg Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom
22 Silver Svet, MatejaMateja Svet Canada 1988 Calgary Alpine skiing pictogram.svg Alpine skiing Women's slalom
22 Silver Debelak, MatjažMatjaž Debelak
Miran Tepeš
Primož Ulaga
Matjaž Zupan
Canada 1988 Calgary Ski jumping pictogram.svg Ski Jumping Men's team large hill
33 Bronze Debelak, MatjažMatjaž Debelak Canada 1988 Calgary Ski jumping pictogram.svg Ski Jumping Men's individual large hill

Medal table after Yugoslavia

Teams from Yugoslavia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1920. Yugoslavia has been the designation for Olympic teams from three distinct national entities:

The United Nations affirmed that the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia had ceased to exist, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) was a new state. All former republics were entitled to state succession, while none of them continued SFR Yugoslavia's international legal personality. As a result of the U.N. resolution, individual FRY athletes were allowed to compete as Independent Olympic Participants at the 1992 Summer Olympics, and FRY was not allowed to compete at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, consisting of the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Montenegro, participated at the Games since 1996. At the 1996 Games, the nation was designated with the same code, Yugoslavia (YUG), as the defunct SFRY. It was rechartered as the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro in 2003 with there being no territorial changes. The Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) designation and code were used at the 2004 Games.

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, made its Olympic debut as an independent national team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Date Team
1912 as part of  Austria (AUT)  Serbia (SRB)
1920–1936 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Kingdom of Yugoslavia (YUG)
1948–1988 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia (YUG)
1992 W  Croatia (CRO)  Slovenia (SLO) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia (YUG)
1992 S  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)  Independent Olympic Participants (IOP)
1994 ban on participation by the UN
1996–2006  North Macedonia (MKD) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia (YUG)/
 Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)
2008–2014  Serbia (SRB)  Montenegro (MNE)
2016–  Serbia (SRB)  Kosovo (KOS)

Medal counts:
status after the 2024 Summer Olympics

Summer Games Winter Games Combined total
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  Serbia (SRB) (1912, 2008–current) 6 9 8 12 29 4 0 0 0 0 10 9 8 12 29
  Yugoslavia (YUG) (1920–1992 w) 16 26 29 28 83 14 0 3 1 4 30 26 32 29 87
 Independent Olympic Participants (IOP) (1992 s) 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3
 Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) (1996–2006) 3 2 4 3 9 3 0 0 0 0 6 2 4 3 9
 Croatia (CRO) (1992–current) 9 16 15 17 48 9 4 6 1 11 18 20 21 18 59
 Slovenia (SLO) (1992–current) 9 10 10 11 31 9 4 8 12 24 18 14 18 23 55
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) (1992 s –current) 9 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0
 North Macedonia (MKD) (1996–current) 8 0 1 1 2 7 0 0 0 0 15 0 1 1 2
 Montenegro (MNE) (2008–current) 5 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 0 1
 Kosovo (KOS) (2016–current) 3 3 1 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 1 5
Total 26 66 70 75 211 22 8 17 14 39 48 74 87 89 250

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Yugoslavia en los Juegos Olímpicos para niños

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