Yugoslavia at the 1960 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:YUG
Nocname:Yugoslav Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:1960
Flagcaption:Flag of FPR Yugoslavia
Location:Rome
Competitors:116 (107 men, 9 women)
Sports:14
Flagbearer:Radovan Radović
Rank:18
Gold:1
Silver:1
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1920
App End Year:2000
See also: (1912, 2008–)
(1992–)
(1992–)
(1992 S–)
(1992 S)
North Macedonia (1996–)
(2004–2006)
(2008–)
(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

MedalNameSportEvent
Men's Team Competition
Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight

Competitors

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

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Athletics17 5 22
Basketball12 0 12
Boxing4 0 4
Canoeing3 0 3
Cycling5 0 5
Fencing1 1 2
Football16 0 16
Gymnastics6 3 9
Rowing12 0 12
Sailing3 0 3
Shooting6 0 6
Swimming9 0 9
Water polo8 0 8
Wrestling5 0 5
Total 107 9 116

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Men's Marathon

→ 2:21.40 (10th place)

→ 2:21:52 (12th place)

Basketball

See main article: article and Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Five male cyclists represented Yugoslavia in 1960.

Individual road race
Team time trial

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Two fencers, one man and one woman, represented Yugoslavia in 1960.

Men's sabre
Women's foil

Football

See main article: article and Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

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

See main article: article and Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Six shooters represented Yugoslavia in 1960.

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

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Water polo

See main article: article and Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yugoslavia at the 1960 Rome Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045823/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/YUG/summer/1960/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 31 July 2014 . sports-reference.com.
  2. Web site: Yugoslavia at the 1960 Rome Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044117/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/YUG/summer/1960/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 5 August 2024 . Sports Reference.
  3. Yugoslavia Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417115704/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/YUG/summer/1960/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 26 February 2018.