Yugoslavia at the 1979 Mediterranean Games

Sporting event delegation

Yugoslavia at the
1979 Mediterranean Games

IOC code| YUG
NOC| Yugoslav Olympic Committee
in Split
Medals
Ranked 1st|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total
127
Mediterranean Games appearances (overview)

* 1951
* 1955
* 1959
* 1963
* 1967
* 1971
* 1975
* 1979
* 1983
* 1987
* 1991

Other related appearances
Bosnia and Herzegovina (1993–)
Croatia (1993–)
Slovenia (1993–)
Serbia and Montenegro (1997–2005)
Montenegro (2009–)
Serbia (2009–)
North Macedonia (2013–)
Kosovo (2018–)

Yugoslavia hosted the 1979 Mediterranean Games in Split and finished first in the medal table with 127 medals.

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Gold | Vladimir Milić |  Athletics | Men's Shot put
Gold | Rok Kopitar |  Athletics | Men's 400m Hurdles
Gold | Dragan Životić |  Athletics | Men's 800m
Gold | Jelica Pavličić |  Athletics | Women's 400m
Gold | Nenad Stekić |  Athletics | Men's Long jump
Gold | Borisav Pisić |  Athletics | Men's 110m Hurdles
Gold | Nađa Avdibašić, Jelica Pavličić, Elizabeta Božinovska, Ana Guštin |  Athletics | Women's 4×400m relay
Gold | Branislav Tripković |  Gymnastics | Men's Parallel bars
Gold | Miroslav Kezunović |  Gymnastics | Men's Horizontal bar
Gold | Jasna Dokl |  Gymnastics | Women's Balance beam
Gold | Radomir Kovačević |  Judo | +95 kg
Gold | Vojo Vujević |  Judo | 71 kg
Gold | Slavko Obadov |  Judo | 86kg
Gold | Milorad Stanulov |  Rowing | Single sculls
Gold | Duško Mrduljaš, Zlatko Celent, Josip Reić |  Rowing | Coxed pairs
Gold | Fazlija Šaćirović |  Boxing | Bantamweight
Gold | Milivoje Labudović |  Boxing | Lightweight
Gold | Ace Rusevski |  Boxing | Light Welterweight
Gold | Mehmet Bogujevci |  Boxing | Welterweight
Gold | Miodrag Perunović |  Boxing | Light Middleweight
Gold | Tadija Kačar |  Boxing | Middleweight
Gold | Slobodan Kačar |  Boxing | Light Heavyweight
Gold | Dragan Vujković |  Boxing | Heavyweight
Gold | Matija Ljubek |  Canoeing | Men's C-1 500m
Gold | Matija Ljubek |  Canoeing | Men's C-1 1000m
Gold | Mirko Nišović, Matija Ljubek |  Canoeing | Men's C-2 500m
Gold |

Football team

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Aleksandar Stojanović
Zoran Vujović
Nikica Cukrov
Boro Primorac
Vedran Rožić
Nenad Starovlah
Blaž Slišković
Mišo Krstičević
Ismet Hadžić
Rajko Janjanin
Miloš Šestić
Zlatko Vujović
Predrag Pašić
Srećko Bogdan
Tomislav Ivković
Miloš Hrstić
Dragan Okuka

|  Football | Men's tournament
Gold | Vladimir Zrnić |  Weightlifting | 82,5kg
Gold |

Handball team

* * * *

Adnan Dizdar
Momir Rnić
Pero Janjić
Drago Jovović
Radisav Pavićević
Željko Zovko
Zdravko Rađenović
Radivoj Krivokapić
Velibor Nenadić
Željko Vidaković
Rusmir Delahmetović
Zoran Jovanović

|  Handball | Men's tournament
Gold |

Handball team

* * * *

Vesna Radović
Vesna Milošević
Ana Titlić
Milenka Sladić
Zorica Pavićević
Nadežda Stanojević
Svetlana Kitić
Biserka Višnjić
Katica Ileš
Todorović
Zorica Vojnović
Mirjana Ognjenović
Zdenka Leutar
Dragica Mijač

|  Handball | Women's tournament
Silver | Dragan Zdravković |  Athletics | Men's 1500m
Silver | Željko Knapić, Dragan Životić, Rok Kopitar, Josip Alebić |  Athletics | Men's 4×400m relay
Silver | Miloš Srejović |  Athletics | Men's Triple jump
Silver | Darko Cujnik |  Athletics | Men's Decathlon
Silver | Ana Guštin |  Athletics | Women's 400m
Silver | Snežana Dančetović |  Athletics | Women's Long jump
Silver | Breda Lorenci |  Athletics | Women's Pentathlon
Silver | Milan Janić |  Canoeing | Men's K-1 500m
Silver | Milan Janić |  Canoeing | Men's K-1 1000m
Silver | Milan Janić, Dušan Filipović |  Canoeing | Men's K-2 1000m
Silver | Klara Konc, Milena Popov |  Canoeing | Women's K-2 500m
Silver | Klara Konc, Milena Popov, Slavica Nadrljanski, Milka Nadrljanski |  Canoeing | Women's K-4 500m
Silver | Selena Trajković |  Diving | Platform
Silver | Branislav Tripković |  Gymnastics | Men's Pommel horse
Silver | Alenka Zupančič |  Gymnastics | Women's Vault
Silver | Alenka Zupančič |  Gymnastics | Women's Uneven bars
Silver | Jasna Dokl |  Gymnastics | Women's Floor exercise
Silver | Ranko Miranović |  Judo | 95kg
Silver | Franc Očko |  Judo | 60kg
Silver | Zoltan Ilin |  Tennis | Men's singles
Silver | Zoltan Ilin, Zoran Petković |  Tennis | Men's doubles
Silver | Dušan Jurše, Darko Zibar |  Rowing | Double sculls
Silver | Milan Arežina, Zoran Pančić, Dragan Obradović, Nikola Stefanović |  Rowing | Quadruple sculls
Silver | Janez Grbelja, Stevo Macura, Zdravko Gracin, Ivo Despot, Ante Ban |  Rowing | Coxed fours
Silver |

Basketball team

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Sabit Hadžić
Gešoski
Boban Petrović
Miodrag Marić
Andro Knego
Ivica Dukan
Mihovil Nakić
Ratko Radovanović
Željko Poljak
Damir Pavličević
Mirza Delibašić
Rajko Žižić

|  Basketball | Men's tournament
Silver | Marko Ostrogonac |  Weightlifting | 56kg
Silver | Dušan Mirković |  Weightlifting | 75kg
Silver | Branko Tomljanović |  Weightlifting | 100kg
Bronze | Josip Alebić |  Athletics | Men's 400m
Bronze | Janez Sagadin
Dragan Zarić
Aleksandar Popović
Borisav Pisić |  Athletics | Men's 4×100m relay
Bronze | Danial Temim |  Athletics | Men's High jump
Bronze | Miljenko Rak |  Athletics | Men's Long jump
Bronze | Milan Spasojević |  Athletics | Men's Triple jump
Bronze | Ivan Ivančić |  Athletics | Men's Shot put
Bronze | Neđo Đurović |  Athletics | Men's Javelin throw
Bronze | Srećko Štiglić |  Athletics | Men's Hammer throw
Bronze | Joško Vlašić |  Athletics | Men's Decathlon
Bronze | Nađa Avdibašić |  Athletics | Women's 800m
Bronze | Lidija Benedetić |  Athletics | Women's High jump
Bronze | Kosa Stojković |  Athletics | Women's Discus throw
Bronze | Borbala Menjhart |  Athletics | Women's Javelin throw
Bronze | Drago Frelih
Bojan Udovič
Bruno Bulić
Janez Novak |  Cycling | Team time trial
Bronze | Selver Mustafi |  Boxing | Light Flyweight
Bronze | Bratislav Ristić |  Boxing | Featherweight
Bronze | Miroslav Kezunović, Dušan Aćimović, Branislav Tripković, Jovičić, Kumčić |  Gymnastics | Men's team
Bronze | Minski Fabris |  Sailing | Finn
Bronze | Vesna Šeparović |  Swimming | 400m Individual Medley
Bronze | Mirko Dimčevski |  Wrestling | Men's freestyle 48kg
Bronze | Šaip Bajrami |  Wrestling | Men's freestyle 62kg
Bronze | Anton Stipančić |  Table tennis | Men's singles
Bronze | Zoran Kalinić, Zoran Kosanović |  Table tennis | Men's doubles
Bronze | Branka Batinić |  Table tennis | Women's singles
Bronze | Branka Batinić, Dubravka Fabri |  Table tennis | Women's doubles
Bronze | Gordana Perkučin, Zoran Kalinić |  Table tennis | Mixed doubles
Bronze | Zdravko Milutinović |  Shooting | 50 metre rifle three positions
Bronze | Franc Peternel jr |  Shooting |
Bronze | Davor Vukorepa |  Judo | 65kg
Bronze | Goran Žuvela |  Judo | Openweight
Bronze | Boris Pejović, Mirko Ivančić |  Rowing | Coxless pairs
Bronze | Darko Mikšić, Zdravko Huljev, Milan Radetić, Dragan Vujović |  Rowing | Coxless fours
Bronze | Božidar Ðorđević, Dušan Kovačević, Miodrag Janković, Srđan Radovanović, Dragoslav Jovanović, Vladimir Krstić, Milorad Kenić, Jovan Tešmanović, Saša Mimić |  Rowing | Eights

## Medals by sport

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Sport| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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Boxing| 8| 0| 2| 10
Athletics| 7| 7| 13| 27
Canoeing| 3| 5| 0| 8
Gymnastics| 3| 4| 1| 8
Rowing| 2| 3| 3| 8
Handball| 2| 0| 0| 2
Weightlifting| 1| 3| 0| 4
Football| 1| 0| 0| 1
Basketball| 0| 1| 0| 1
Cycling| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (10 entries)| 27| 23| 20| 70

## External links

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* Yugoslavia at the 1979 Mediterranean Games at the Olympic Museum Belgrade website
* 1979 Official Report at the International Mediterranean Games Committee

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