# Yugoslavia at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athletes from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. This was the last time that the SFR Yugoslavia competed in the Summer Olympics. 155 competitors, 117 men and 38 women, took part in 72 events in 18 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Goran Maksimović | Shooting | Men's 10 metre air rifle | 20 September |
| Gold | Jasna Šekarić | Shooting | Women's 10 metre air pistol | 21 September |
| Gold | Yugoslavia men's national water polo team Aleksandar ŠoštarDeni LušićDubravko ŠimencPerica BukićVeselin ĐuhoDragan AndrićMirko VičevićIgor GočaninMislav BezmalinovićTomislav PaškvalinIgor MilanovićGoran RađenovićRenco Posinković | Water polo | Men's tournament | 1 October |
| Silver | Yugoslavia women's national basketball team Stojna VangelovskaMara LakićŽana LelasEleonora VildKornelija KvesićDanira NakićSlađana GolićPolona DornikRazija MujanovićAnđelija ArbutinaBojana MiloševićVesna Bajkuša | Basketball | Women's tournament | 29 September |
| Silver | Yugoslavia men's national basketball team Dražen PetrovićZdravko RadulovićZoran ČuturaToni KukočŽarko PaspaljŽeljko ObradovićJure ZdovcStojko VrankovićVlade DivacFranjo ArapovićDino RađaDanko Cvjetićanin | Basketball | Men's tournament | 30 September |
| Silver | Shaban Tërstena | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 52 kg | 30 September |
| Silver | Ilija Lupulesku Zoran Primorac | Table tennis | Men's doubles | 30 September |
| Bronze | Jasna Šekarić | Shooting | Women's 25 metre pistol | 19 September |
| Bronze | Sadik Mujkić Bojan Prešern | Rowing | Men's coxless pair | 24 September |
| Bronze | Damir Škaro | Boxing | Light heavyweight | 29 September |
| Bronze | Gordana Perkučin Jasna Fazlić | Table tennis | Women's doubles | 30 September |
| Bronze | Yugoslavia men's national handball team Rolando PušnikMomir RnićMuhamed MemićZlatan SaračevićIztok PucGoran PerkovacIrfan SmajlagićZlatko PortnerVeselin VujovićJožef HolpertBoris JarakMirko BašićAlvaro NačinovićSlobodan KuzmanovskiErmin Velić | Handball | Men's tournament | 1 October |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| Basketball | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| Boxing | 7 | – | 7 |
| Canoeing | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Cycling | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Football | 17 | – | 17 |
| Gymnastics | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Handball | 15 | 15 | 30 |
| Judo | 4 | – | 4 |
| Rowing | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Sailing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Shooting | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Swimming | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Table tennis | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Tennis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Water polo | 13 | – | 13 |
| Wrestling | 10 | – | 10 |
| Total | 117 | 38 | 155 |

## Athletics
### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target

### Men
   ### Track and road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Slobodan Branković | 400 m | 46.59 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ismail Mačev | 400 m | 46.37 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Slobodan Popović | 800 m | 1:46.49 | 3 Q | 1:45.30 | 2 Q | 1:45.11 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Branko Zorko | 1500 m | 3:45.52 | 9 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Branislav Karaulić | 400 m hurdles | 51.32 | 5 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rok Kopitar | 400 m hurdles | 50.54 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Slobodan Branković Branislav Karaulić Ismail Mačev Slobodan Popović | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:05.62 | 2 Q | — | — | 3:01.59 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Miroslav Vindiš | Marathon | — | 2:17:47 | 25 |

   ### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Sejad Krdžalić | Javelin throw | 79.90 | 7 Q | 73.28 | 12 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Slobodanka Čolović | 800 m | 2:01.80 | 2 Q | — | — | 1:57.49 | 3 Q | 1:57.50 | 4 |

   ### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Biljana Petrović | High jump | 1.80 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Basketball
### Men's tournament
#### Team roster

The following is the Yugoslavia roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Yugoslavia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 468 | 384 | +84 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 5 | 4 | 1 | 460 | 393 | +67 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 429 | 408 | +21 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 5 | 3 | 2 | 382 | 387 | −5 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 5 | 1 | 4 | 346 | 436 | −90 | 6 | 9th–12th classification round |
| 6 | South Korea (H) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 384 | 461 | −77 | 5 | 9th–12th classification round |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Yugoslavia 1–0 Soviet Union
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Australia 1–0 Puerto Rico
* 18 September 1988
| Soviet Union | 79–92 | Yugoslavia |
| Scoring by half: 33–39, 46–53 |||
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 20 September 1988
| Central African Republic | 61–102 | Yugoslavia |
| Scoring by half: 21–51, 40–51 |||
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 21 September 1988
| South Korea | 92–104 | Yugoslavia |
| Scoring by half: 46–48, 46–56 |||
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 23 September 1988
| Australia | 78–98 | Yugoslavia |
| Scoring by half: 43–52, 35–46 |||
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 24 September 1988
| Puerto Rico | 74–72 | Yugoslavia |
| Scoring by half: 36–37, 38–35 |||
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

#### Quarterfinals

* 26 September 1988 (1988-09-26) 21:30
* Boxscore
| Yugoslavia | 95–73 | Canada |
| Scoring by half: 40–26, 55–47 |||
| Pts: Divac 17 Rebs: Vranković 9 Asts: Cvjetićanin, Divac, Petrović 2 | | Pts: Walton 17 Rebs: Mungar, Walton 7 Asts: Hatch 2 |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

#### Semifinals

* 28 September 1988 (1988-09-28)
* Boxscore
| Yugoslavia | 91–70 | Australia |
| Scoring by half: 44–31, 47–39 |||
| Pts: Petrović 24 Rebs: Divac 10 Asts: Petrović 3 | | Pts: Gaze 27 Rebs: Borner, Vlahov 4 Asts: Sengstock 4 |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

#### Gold medal match

* 30 September 1988 (1988-09-30)
* Boxscore
| Yugoslavia | 63–76 | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 28–31, 35–45 |||
| Pts: Petrović 24 Rebs: Divac 7 Asts: Petrović 4 | | Pts: Marčiulionis 21 Rebs: Sabonis 15 Asts: Marčiulionis 6 |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

### Women's tournament
#### Team roster

The following is the Yugoslavia roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 282 | 234 | +48 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 199 | 211 | −12 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 3 | China | 3 | 1 | 2 | 200 | 214 | −14 | 4 | Classification round |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 202 | 224 | −22 | 3 | Classification round |
* 19 September 1988 21:30
* Boxscore
| China | 53–56 | Yugoslavia |
| Scoring by half: 32–35, 21–21 |||
| Pts: Zheng 13 Rebs: Zheng 7 Asts: Xue 3 | | Pts: Nakić 13 Rebs: Golić 9 Asts: Vangelovska 4 |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 22 September 1988 9:45
* Boxscore
| United States | 101–74 | Yugoslavia |
| Scoring by half: 55–40, 46–34 |||
| Pts: Edwards 23 Rebs: McClain 9 Asts: Weatherspoon 2 | | Pts: Golić 16 Rebs: Dornik 4 Asts: Bajkuša, Vangelovska 2 |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 25 September 1988 9:45
* Boxscore
| Czechoslovakia | 57–69 | Yugoslavia |
| Scoring by half: 15–41, 42–28 |||
| Pts: Dobrovičová 17 Rebs: Dobrovičová 9 Asts: Kalužáková 3 | | Pts: Nakić 24 Rebs: Dornik 8 Asts: Vangelovska 7 |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

#### Semifinals

* 27 September 1988 (1988-09-27) 9:45
* Boxscore
| Australia | 56–57 | Yugoslavia |
| Scoring by half: 30–32, 26–25 |||
| Pts: Timms 19 Rebs: Dalton 8 Asts: Dalton, Maher 2 | | Pts: Mujanović 20 Rebs: Dornik, Mujanović, Nakić 4 Asts: Vangelovska 2 |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

#### Gold medal game

* 29 September 1988 (1988-09-29) 12:00
* Boxscore
| Yugoslavia | 70–77 | United States |
| Scoring by half: 36–42, 34–35 |||
| Pts: Nakić 23 Rebs: Golić 10 Asts: Nakić 3 | | Pts: Edwards 18 Rebs: Brown 8 Asts: Edwards, McConnell 3 |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

## Boxing

| Athlete | Event | First round | Second round | Third round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Ljubiša Simić | Featherweight | Bye | Kazaryan (URS) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | =17 |
| Vukašin Dobrašinović | Light welterweight | Abadzhiev (BUL) W 3–2 | Carew (GUY) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | =17 |
| Đorđe Petronijević | Welterweight | Bye | Wangila (KEN) L RSC | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | =17 |
| Darko Dukić | Middleweight | Bye | Lesiva (SAM) W RSC | Marcus (CAN) L KO | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | =9 |
| Damir Škaro | Light heavyweight | Kirilov (BUL) W 3–2 | Imadiyi (NGR) W 5–0 | — | Akhasamba (KEN) W 5–0 | Shanavazov (URS) L w/o | Did not advance | |
| Željko Mavrović | Heavyweight | Bye | Hyun-Man (KOR) L 0–5 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | =9 |
| Aziz Salihu | Super heavyweight | Bye | Kaden (GDR) L 0–5 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | =9 |

## Canoeing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ivan Šabjan | C-1 500 m | 2:00.55 | 4 R | Bye* | Bye* | 1:55.99 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ivan Šabjan | C-1 1000 m | 4:11.54 | 4 R | 4:20.82 | 1 SF | 4:08.75 | 3 QF | 4:24.67 | 8 |
| Mirko Nišović Matija Ljubek | C-2 1000 m | 4:02.10 | 5 R | 3:59.04 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
Key: QF – Qualified to medal final; SF – Qualified to semifinal; R – Qualified to repechage; * - Heat not held due to lack of competitors. All competitors scheduled for this heat advanced to the next round.

## Cycling

Six male cyclists represented Yugoslavia in 1988.

### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Valter Bonča | Men's road race | 4:32:56 | 78 |
| Mićo Brković | Men's road race | 4:32:46 | 32 |
| Rajko Čubrić | Men's road race | 4:32:56 | 30 |
| Valter Bonča Sandi Papež Jože Smole Robert Šebenik | Men's team time trial | 2:05:35.1 | 15 |

## Football
### Men's team competition

* Preliminary round (group D)
** Lost to Australia 0–1
** Defeated Nigeria 3-1
** Lost to Brazil 1–2 → Finished competition at the group stage.
* Team roster
** Dragoje Leković
** Vujadin Stanojković
** Predrag Spasić
** Srečko Katanec
** Davor Jozić
** Dragoljub Brnović
** Refik Šabanadžović
** Toni Savevski
** Ivica Barbarić
** Dragan Stojković
** Cvijan Milošević
** Stevan Stojanović
** Duško Milinković
** Davor Šuker
** Semir Tuce
** Vladislav Đukić
** Mirko Mihić
** Nenad Jakšić
* Head coach: Ivica Osim

## Gymnastics
### Artistic
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank |
| Alojz Kolman | Individual | 18.250 | 18.500 | 18.400 | 18.900 | 18.550 | 17.850 | 110.45 | 82 |

### Rhythmic

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Hoop | Rope | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank | Qualification | Hoop | Rope | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank |
| Milena Reljin | Individual | 9.800 | 9.650 | 9.800 | 9.750 | 38.700 | =6 Q | 19.500 | 9.800 | 9.700 | 9.800 | 9.700 | 58.300 | 9 |
| Dara Terzić | Individual | 9.000 | 9.150 | 8.800 | 9.050 | 36.000 | 39 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Handball
### Men's team competition

* Preliminary round (group A)
** Lost to Soviet Union (18–24)
** Defeated United States (31–23)
** Defeated Algeria (23–22)
** Tied Iceland (19–19)
** Defeated Sweden (25–21)
* Bronze Medal Match
** Defeated Hungary (27–23) → Bronze Medal
* Team roster
   * Mirko Bašić
   * Jožef Holpert
   * Boris Jarak
   * Slobodan Kuzmanovski
   * Muhamed Memić
   * Alvaro Načinović
   * Goran Perkovac
   * Zlatko Portner
   * Iztok Puc
   * Rolando Pušnik
   * Momir Rnić
   * Zlatko Saračević
   * Irfan Smajlagić
   * Ermin Velić
   * Veselin Vujović
* Head coach: ???

### Women's Team Competition

* Team roster
   * Svetlana Anastasovska
   * Slavica Đukić
   * Dragica Đurić
   * Mirjana Đurica
   * Zita Galic
   * Ljubinka Janković
   * Nataša Kolega
   * Mirjana Krstić
   * Ljiljana Marković
   * Svetlana Mičić
   * Ljiljana Mugoša
   * Svetlana Mugoša
   * Dragana Pešić
   * Slavica Rinčić
   * Desanka Stojanović

## Judo

Men's Half-Lightweight
* Dragomir Bečanović
Men's Half-Middleweight
* Filip Leščak
Men's Middleweight
* Ivan Todorov
Men's Heavyweight
* Dragomir Kusmuk

## Rowing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Sadik Mujkič Bojan Prešern | Coxless pair | 6:36.35 | 1 SF | Bye | Bye | 6:49.44 | 2 FA | 6:41.01 | |
| Roman Ambrožič Milan Janša Sašo Mirjanič | Coxed pair | 7:14.96 | 2 SF | Bye | Bye | 7:09.45 | 4 FB | 7:15.82 | 8 |
| Vladimir Banjanac Zlatko Celent Sead Marušić Lazo Pivač Dario Varga | Coxed four | 6:12.33 | 3 SF | Bye | Bye | 6:15.72 | 3 FA | 6:23.28 | 6 |
Qualification legend: FA = Final A (medal); FB = Final B (non-medal); SF = Semifinal; R = Repechage

## Sailing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Points | Rank |
| Roland Milošević | Division II | 30.0 | 18.0 | 11.7 | 4.0 | 52.0 | 15.0 | 24.0 | 112.7 | 15 |

## Shooting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Rajmond Debevec | 10 m air rifle | 585 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Goran Maksimović | 50 m rifle three positions | 1173 | 8 Q | 1271.5 | 8 |
| Goran Maksimović | 50 m rifle prone | 596 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Goran Maksimović | 10 m air rifle | 594 OR | 1 Q | 695.6 OR | |
| Srećko Pejović | 50 m rifle three positions | 1165 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Srećko Pejović | 50 m rifle prone | 588 | 47 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Mladenka Maleniča | 50 m rifle three positions | 570 | 28 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mladenka Maleniča | 10 m air rifle | 387 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jasna Šekarić | 25 m pistol | 591 OR | 1 Q | 686 | |
| Jasna Šekarić | 10 m air pistol | 389 | 2 Q | 489.5 OR | |

## Swimming

Men's 400 m Freestyle
* Darjan Petrič
   * Heat – 3:56.94 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
* Igor Majcen
   * Heat – 3:58.90 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Men's 1500 m Freestyle
* Darjan Petrič
   * Heat – 15:16.99
   * Final – 15:37.12 (→ 8th place)
* Igor Majcen
   * Heat – 15:29.16 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
* Anamarija Petričević
   * Heat – 2:40.80 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
* Anamarija Petričević
   * Heat – 2:19.38
   * Final – 2:19.63 (→ 13th place)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
* Anamarija Petričević
   * Heat – 4:54.17 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

## Table tennis

Men's Singles Competition
* Zoran Primorac
* Ilija Lupulesku
* Zoran Kalinić
Men's Doubles Competition
* Zoran Primorac, Ilija Lupulesku
Women's Singles Competition
* Jasna Fazlić
* Gordana Perkučin
Women's Doubles Competition
* Jasna Fazlić, Gordana Perkučin

## Tennis

Men's Singles Competition
* Slobodan Živojinović
* Goran Ivanišević
Men's Doubles Competition
* Slobodan Živojinović, Goran Ivanišević
Women's Singles Competition
* Sabrina Goleš
** First Round – Defeated Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Spain) 6-4, 6–2
** Second Round – Lost to Gabriela Sabatini (Argentina) 1–6, 0–6

## Water polo

Men's Team Competition
* Preliminary round (group B)
   * Lost to United States (6–7)
   * Defeated Hungary (10–9)
   * Defeated Greece (17–7)
   * Defeated Spain (10–8)
   * Defeated China (17–7)
* Semi Finals
   * Defeated West Germany (14–10)
* Final
   * Defeated United States (9–7) → Gold Medal
* Team roster
   * Aleksandar Šoštar
   * Deni Lusić
   * Dubravko Šimenc
   * Perica Bukić
   * Veselin Đuho
   * Dragan Andrić
   * Mirko Vičević
   * Igor Gočanin
   * Mislav Bezmalinović
   * Tomislav Paškvalin
   * Igor Milanović
   * Goran Rađenović
   * Renco Posinković
* Head coach: Ratko Rudić

## Wrestling

Greco-Roman
* Zoran Galović
* Nandor Sabo
* Franc Podlesek
* Goran Kasum
* Bernard Ban
* Jožef Tertei
Men's Freestyle
* Šaban Trstena
* Zoran Šorov
* Šaban Sejdi
* Čedo Nikolovski