Yugoslavia at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Yugoslavia at the
1964 Summer Olympics

Flag of SFR Yugoslavia

IOC code| YUG
NOC| Yugoslav Olympic Committee
in Tokyo
Competitors| 75 (72 men, 3 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer | Miroslav Cerar
Medals
Ranked 19th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

* 1920
* 1924
* 1928
* 1932
* 1936
* 1948
* 1952
* 1956
* 1960
* 1964
* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1996
* 2000

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 Yugoslavia competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. This was the country's 10th appearance in the Summer Olympics. Yugoslavia's delegation had 75 competitors (72 men and 3 women), who took part in 32 events in 9 sports.[1]

The youngest athlete was swimmer Slobodan Dijaković, aged 17 years and 100 days at the opening ceremony, and the oldest was gymnast Ivan Čaklec (32 years and 75 days), who competed in his third Olympics. Gymnast Miroslav Cerar was Yugoslavia's flag bearer at the opening ceremony, and went on to become the country's most decorated athlete of the games, winning one gold and one bronze medal. [1]

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Gold | Miroslav Cerar | Gymnastics | Men's pommeled horse
Gold | Branislav Simić | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman middleweight
Silver | Ozren Bonačić
Zoran Janković
Milan Muškatirović
Ante Nardeli
Frane Nonković
Vinko Rosić
Mirko Sandić
Zlatko Šimenc
Božidar Stanišić
Karlo Stipanić
Ivo Trumbić | Water Polo | Men's team competition
Bronze | Miroslav Cerar | Gymnastics | Men's horizontal bar
Bronze | Branislav Martinović | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman featherweight

## Competitors

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The following is the list of Yugoslav competitors at the 1964 Olympic Games by sport.[1]

Sport  | Men  | Women  | Total

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Athletics | 6 | 3 | 9
Basketball | 12 | 0 | 12
Canoeing | 4 | 0 | 4
Football | 16 | 0 | 16
Gymnastics | 6 | 0 | 6
Rowing | 11 | 0 | 11
Swimming | 2 | 0 | 2
Water polo | 11 | 0 | 11
Wrestling | 4 | 0 | 4
Total | 72 | 3 | 75

## Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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
* R = Qualified for the repechage round
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track events
Men

Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Simo Važić | 1500 m | 3:43.7  | 5th q | 3:48.3  | 9th  | Did not advance
Franc Červan | 5000 m | 14:16.6  | 7th  | —  | Did not advance
Simo Važić | 14:33.8  | 9th  | Did not advance
Franc Červan | 10000 m | —  | 29:21.0  | 10th
Ðani Kovač | 400 m hurdles | DSQ  | —  | Did not advance
Slavko Špan | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:57.6  | 6th  | —  | Did not advance

Women

Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Gizela Farkaš | 800 m | 2:08.7  | 4th  | 2:09.9  | 7th  | Did not advance
Draga Stamejčič | 80 m hurdles | 10.8  | 4th Q | 10.7  | 3rd Q | 10.8  | 7th

Field events
Men

Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Roman Lešek | Pole vault | 4.60  | 14= Q | 4.70  | 13th
Dako Radošević | Discus throw | 52.71  | 16th  | Did not advance

Women

Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Distance  | Position  | Distance  | Position
Olga Gere | High jump | 1.70  | 8th Q | 1.71  | 7th

Combined event – Women's pentathlon

Athlete  | Event  |  80H  |  SP  |  HJ  |  LJ  | 200 m  | Final  | Rank

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Draga Stamejčič | Result  | 10.9  | 12.73  | 1.54  | 6.19  | 25.2  | 4790  | 5th
Points  | 1061  | 904  | 880  | 1031  | 914

## Basketball

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Main article: Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Summary
Team  | Event  | Group stage  | Class. 5th–8th

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Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Yugoslavia men's | Men's tournament  |  Uruguay
W 84–71  |  Brazil
L 64–68  |  Australia
W 74–70  |  Peru
W 73–64  |  United States
L 61–69  |  South Korea
W 99–66  |  Finland
W 74–45  |  Italy
L 63–75  |  Uruguay
W 78–55  | 7th

Twelve male basketball players represented Yugoslavia:[2]

1964 Yugoslavia men's Olympic basketball team roster

Players | Coaches
| Pos. | No. | Name | Age – Date of birth | Height | Club

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| 4  | Slobodan Gordić | 27 – (1937-09-28)28 September 1937  | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)  | OKK Beograd |
PF | 5  | Radivoj Korać | 25 – (1938-11-05)5 November 1938  | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)  | OKK Beograd |
C | 6  | Trajko Rajković | 26 – (1937-12-07)7 December 1937  | 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)  | OKK Beograd |
| 7  | Dragan Kovačić | 25 – (1939-10-05)5 October 1939  | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)  | Lokomotiva Zagreb |
PG | 8  | Josip Gjergja | 26 – (1937-11-24)24 November 1937  | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)  | Zadar |
| 9  | Dragoslav Ražnatović | 23 – (1941-04-19)19 April 1941  | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)  | Radnički Belgrade |
PG | 10  | Ivo Daneu | 27 – (1937-10-06)6 October 1937  | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)  | AŠK Olimpija |
C | 11  | Zvonko Petričević | 24 – (1940-07-26)26 July 1940  | 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)  | Lokomotiva Zagreb |
| 12  | Vital Eiselt | 23 – (1941-05-06)6 May 1941  | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)  | AŠK Olimpija |
F | 13  | Vladimir Cvetković | 23 – (1941-05-24)24 May 1941  | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)  | Crvena zvezda |
PF | 14  | Nemanja Đurić | 28 – (1936-06-18)18 June 1936  | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)  | Radnički Belgrade |
| 15  | Miodrag Nikolić | 26 – (1938-08-22)22 August 1938  | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)  | OKK Beograd |

Head coach

* Aleksandar Nikolić

Assistant coach(es)

* Ranko Žeravica

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Legend

* Club – describes last
club before the tournament
* Age – describes age
on 11 October 1964

## Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Men

Athletes  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Dragan Desančić
Aleksandar Kerčov
Vladimir Ignjatijević
Staniša Radmanović | Men's K-4 1000 metres | 3:20.30  | 3rd  | 3:27.84  | 2nd  | 3:19.79  | 8th

## Football

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Main article: Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Summary
Team  | Event  | Group stage  | Quarter-final  | Class. 5th-8th

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Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Yugoslavia men's | Men's tournament  |  Morocco
W 3–1  |  Hungary
L 5–6  |  Germany
L 0–1  |  Japan
W 6–1  |  Romania
L 0–3  | 6th

## Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

## Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Men

Athletes  | Event  | Semifinal  | Repechage  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Zdenko Balaš (c)
Ante Guberina
Slavko Janjušević | Coxed pair | 8:20.33  | 4th  | 7:40.89  | 4th  | Did not advance
Jadran Barut
Jože Berc
Zdenko Balaš (c)
Alojz Colja
Boris Klavora
Lucijan Kleva
Marko Mandič
Pavao Martić
Vjekoslav Skalak | Eight | 6:02.43  | 4th  | 5:59.23  | 1st  | 6:27.15  | 4th

## Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Slobodan Dijaković | 400 m freestyle | 4:41.0  | 5th  | —  | Did not advance
Veljko Rogošić | 400 m individual medley | 5:11.0  | 6th  | —  | Did not advance
Slobodan Dijaković | 1500 m freestyle | 18:31.2  | 6th  | —  | Did not advance
Veljko Rogošić | 18:05.5  | 2nd  | Did not advance

## Water polo

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Main article: Water polo at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Summary
Team  | Event  | Group stage  | Semifinal round  | Final round

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Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Yugoslavia men's | Men's tournament  |  United States
W 2–1  |  Netherlands
W 7–2  |  Brazil
W 8–0  |  Belgium
W 6–2  |  Hungary
D 4–4  |  Soviet Union
W 2–0  |  Italy
W 2–1  |

## Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1964 Summer Olympics

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Yugoslavia at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yugoslavia Basketball at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.

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Nations at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan

Africa|

* Algeria
* Cameroon
* Chad
* Congo
* Ethiopia
* Ghana
* Ivory Coast
* Kenya
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Mali
* Morocco
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Northern Rhodesia
* Rhodesia
* Senegal
* Tanganyika
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* United Arab Republic

America|

* Argentina
* Bahamas
* Bermuda
* Bolivia
* Brazil
* British Guiana
* Canada
* Chile
* Colombia
* Costa Rica
* Cuba
* Dominican Republic
* Jamaica
* Mexico
* Netherlands Antilles
* Panama
* Peru
* Puerto Rico
* Trinidad-Tobago
* United States
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

Asia|

* Afghanistan
* Burma
* Cambodia
* Ceylon
* Hong Kong
* India
* Iran
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* South Korea
* Lebanon
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* Mongolia
* Nepal
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* Philippines
* Taiwan
* Thailand
* Vietnam

Europe|

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* Iceland
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* Italy
* Liechtenstein
* Luxembourg
* Monaco
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Soviet Union
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Yugoslavia

Oceania|

* Australia
* New Zealand

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