Yugoslavia at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Yugoslavia competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States which took place from 29 July to 12 August 1984. Yugoslav athletes had competed in every Summer Olympic Games since their official debut in 1920. The Yugoslav Olympic Committee sent a delegation of 139 athletes, 105 men and 34 women, competing in 16 sports, down from 164 competitors in 1980. Due to the Soviet-led boycott, Yugoslavia was one of only three Communist countries to take part at the Games, along with China and Romania.
Yugoslavia left Los Angeles with a total of 18 Olympic medals, finishing ninth in the overall medal standings, the best total in the history of Yugoslavia's participation in the Olympics. Five of these medals were won in team sports and included gold in both men's and women's handball tournaments, gold in the water polo tournament and bronze medals in men's football and basketball. The most successful sport was wrestling, winning the nation five medals, while the canoeing duo of Matija Ljubek and Mirko Nišović were the only Yugoslav athletes who won more than a single Olympic medal. For the first time in its history, Yugoslavia sent athletes to compete in rhythmic gymnastics, a new event introduced into the Olympic programme, with 14-year-old gymnast Danijela Simić the youngest participant in the entire Yugoslav delegation.
Among the nation's medalists were canoeist Matija Ljubek, who took his third and fourth career Olympic medals, wrestler Šaban Sejdi, who won his second career Olympic bronze medal, rowers Zoran Pančić and Milorad Stanulov who won a bronze medal in double sculls after winning silver in the same event in 1980. Water polo coach Ratko Rudić led the national men's team to triumph in the tournament, a feat he would repeat in 1988.
Medalists
Yugoslavia finished in ninth position in the final medal rankings, with seven gold medals and 18 medals overall. Both totals were Yugoslavia's best ever performance at the Olympic Games.| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg | |||
| Yugoslavia women's national handball team | Handball | Women's tournament | ||
Mirko Nišović | Canoeing | Men's C-2 500 m | ||
| Wrestling | Men's freestyle 52 kg | |||
| Yugoslavia men's national water polo team | Water polo | Men's tournament | ||
| Boxing | Men's light heavyweight | |||
| Yugoslavia men's national handball team | Handball | Men's tournament | ||
| Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman +100 kg | |||
| Canoeing | Men's K-1 1000 m | |||
Mirko Nišović | Canoeing | Men's C-2 1000 m | ||
| Boxing | Men's flyweight | |||
| Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg | |||
| Zoran Pančić Milorad Stanulov | Rowing | Men's double sculls | ||
| Boxing | Men's light welterweight | |||
| Boxing | Men's super heavyweight | |||
| Wrestling | Men's freestyle 74 kg | |||
| Yugoslavia men's national basketball team | Basketball | Men's tournament | ||
| Yugoslavia men's national football team | Football | Men's tournament |
Competitors
The following is the list of number of Yugoslav athletes participating in the Games:| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Basketball | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| Boxing | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Canoeing | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Cycling | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Equestrian | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Football | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| Handball | 14 | 15 | 29 |
| Gymnastics | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Judo | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Rowing | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Sailing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Shooting | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Swimming | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Water polo | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Wrestling | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Total | 105 | 34 | 139 |
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
- NR = National record
- N/A = Round not applicable for the event
- Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
;Field events
;Women
;Field events
Basketball
Men's tournament
;Roster- Dražen Dalipagić
- Sabit Hadžić
- Andro Knego
- Emir Mutapčić
- Mihovil Nakić
- Aleksandar Petrović
- Dražen Petrović
- Ratko Radovanović
- Ivan Sunara
- Branko Vukićević
- Rajko Žižić
- Nebojša Zorkić
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
- Preliminary Round
- * Defeated West Germany
- * Defeated Australia
- * Defeated Egypt
- * Defeated Brazil
- * Defeated Italy
- Quarterfinals
- * Defeated Uruguay
- Semifinals
- * Lost to Spain
- Bronze Medal Match
- * Defeated Canada → Bronze Medal
Women's tournament
- Preliminary Round
- * Lost to United States
- * Lost to South Korea
- * Lost to PR China
- * Defeated Canada
- * Lost to Australia → Sixth and last place
- Team Roster
- * Sanja Ožegović
- * Slavica Šuka
- * Jelica Komnenović
- * Zagorka Počeković
- * Stojna Vangelovska
- * Slavica Pečikoza
- * Slađana Golić
- * Polona Dornik
- * Biljana Majstorović
- * Jasmina Perazić
- * Cvetana Dekleva
- * Marija Uzelac
Boxing
- Redžep Redžepovski → Silver Medal
- # First Round — Defeated Sanguo Teraporn, 3:2
- # Second Round — Defeated Pat Clinton, KO-2
- # Quarterfinals — Defeated Jeff Fenech, 4:1
- # Semifinals — Defeated Ibrahim Bilali, 5:0
- # Final — Lost to Steve McCrory, 4:1
- Ljubiša Simić
- # First Round — Lost to Pedro Nolasco, 1:4
Men's Light welterweight
Men's Middleweight
Men's Light-Heavyweight
Men's Super Heavyweight
- Aziz Salihu → Bronze Medal
- # First Round – Bye
- # Quarterfinals – Defeated Peter Hussing, 3:2
- # Semifinals – Lost to Tyrell Biggs, 0:5
Canoeing
Men's K-1 1000 metres
- Milan Janić
- Matija Ljubek, Mirko Nišović
- Matija Ljubek, Mirko Nišović
Cycling
;Individual road race
- Bojan Ropret — +1:19
- Primož Čerin — +15:30
- Jure Pavlič — +18:04
- Marko Cuderman — +22:20
- Bruno Bulić
- Primož Čerin
- Janez Lampič
- Bojan Ropret
Equestrianism
Team dressage
- Alojz Lah
- Dušan Mavec
- Stojan Moderc
Football
Men's tournament
;Roster;Group play
- Preliminary Round
- * Defeated Cameroon
- * Defeated Canada
- * Defeated Iraq
- Quarterfinals
- * Defeated West Germany
- Semifinals
- * Lost to France
- Bronze Medal Match
- * Defeated Italy → Bronze Medal
- Team Roster
Gymnastics
- Milena Reljin
- Danijela Simić
Handball
Men's tournament
- Team Roster
- * Zlatan Arnautović
- * Mirko Bašić
- * Jovica Elezović
- * Mile Isaković
- * Pavle Jurina
- * Milan Kalina
- * Slobodan Kuzmanovski
- * Dragan Mladenović
- * Zdravko Rađenović
- * Momir Rnić
- * Branko Štrbac
- * Veselin Vujović
- * Veselin Vuković
- * Zdravko Zovko
- Head Coach: Branislav Pokrajac
Women's tournament
- Preliminary Round Robin
- * Yugoslavia – Federal Republic of Germany 20:19
- * Yugoslavia – Austria 30:15
- * Yugoslavia – United States 33:20
- * Yugoslavia – South Korea 29:23
- * Yugoslavia – China 31:25 → Gold Medal
- Team Roster
- * Jasna Ptujec
- * Mirjana Ognjenović
- * Zorica Pavićević
- * Ljubinka Janković
- * Svetlana Anastasovska
- * Svetlana Dašić
- * Emilija Erčić
- * Alenka Cuderman
- * Svetlana Mugoša
- * Mirjana Đurica
- * Biserka Višnjić
- * Slavica Đukić
- * Jasna Kolar-Merdan
- * Ljiljana Mugoša
- * Dragica Đurić
- Head Coach: Josip Samaržija
Judo
Men's Lightweight
Men's Half-Middleweight
Men's Middleweight
Men's Heavyweight
- Radomir Kovačević
Rowing
Sailing
;MenShooting
Men's 10m Air RifleMen's 50m 3 Positions
- Goran Maksimović
- Rajmond Debevec
- Goran Maksimović
Women's 50m 3 Positions
- Biserka Vrbek
- Mirjana Jovović
Swimming
- Borut Petrič
- * Heat — 1:52.74
- Darjan Petrič
- * Heat — 1:55.68
- Darjan Petrič
- * Heat — 3:54.39
- * Final — 3:54.88
- Borut Petrič
- * Heat — 3:56.07
- * B-Final — scratched
- Borut Petrič
- * Heat — 15:36.44
- Darjan Petrič
- * Heat — 15:39.79
- Hrvoje Barić
- * Heat — 56.70
Water polo
Men's tournament
- Team Roster
- * Milorad Krivokapić
- * Deni Lušić
- * Zoran Petrović
- * Božo Vuletić
- * Veselin Đuho
- * Zoran Roje
- * Milivoj Bebić
- * Perica Bukić
- * Goran Sukno
- * Tomislav Paškvalin
- * Igor Milanović
- * Dragan Andrić
- * Andrija Popović
Wrestling
Men's Lightweight
Men's Welterweight
Men's Middleweight
Men's Light-Heavyweight
Men's Heavyweight
Men's Super-Heavyweight
;Freestyle
Men's Flyweight
Men's Bantamweight
Men's Welterweight
- Šaban Sejdi