Yugoslavia at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Athletes from the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia took part in the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. This was a big event where countries came together to compete in many sports.

In total, 87 athletes from Yugoslavia joined in, including 77 men and 10 women. They competed in 48 different events across 11 sports, showing their skills and trying to win medals. The Olympics are a special time when people work hard and show what they can do in fair competition.

Medalists

Athletes from the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia joined the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

There were 87 competitors, with 77 men and 10 women. They took part in 48 events across 11 sports.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Duje Bonačić Velimir Valenta Mate Trojanović Petar Šegvić	Rowing	Men's Coxless Four
Silver	Vladimir Beara Branko Stanković Tomislav Crnković Zlatko Čajkovski Ivan Horvat Vujadin Boškov Tihomir Ognjanov Rajko Mitić Bernard Vukas Stjepan Bobek Branko Zebec Dušan Cvetković Milorad Diskić Ratko Čolić Slavko Luštica Zdravko Rajkov Vladimir Čonč Vladimir Firm	Football	Men's Team Competition
Silver	Zdravko Kovačić Veljko Bakašun Ivo Štakula Boško Vuksanović Ivica Kurtini Lovro Radonjić Zdravko Ježić Juraj Amšel Vlado Ivković Marko Brainović Dragoslav D. Šiljak	Water Polo	Men's Team Competition

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Athletes from Yugoslavia competed in athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. This was one of the sports they joined, along with ten others. The Olympics let athletes from many countries compete in different events.

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Athletes from Yugoslavia competed in boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. This was one of the 11 sports they joined in during the games.

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Athletes from Yugoslavia competed in canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Canoeing is a sport where people race in small boats on the water.

Football

Main article: Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Players from Yugoslavia played in the football event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. This was one of the sports where they competed.

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Gymnasts from Yugoslavia competed in gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. They showed their skills and strength in this sport.

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Yugoslavia had 13 male rowers in two rowing events in 1952.

Coxless four gold medalists Petar Šegvić, Mate Trojanović, Velimir Valenta and Duje Bonačić with their coach Davor Jelaska

Men's coxless four

Men's eight

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Athletes from Yugoslavia joined the sailing events at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. This was one of the eleven sports they took part in during the Games.

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Six athletes from Yugoslavia joined the shooting events at the 1952 Summer Olympics. They competed in many different shooting styles.

They were:

Edvard Delorenco and Rudolf Vuk in the 50 m pistol.
Jovan Kratohvil and Stjepan Prauhardt in the 300 m rifle, three positions.
Zlatko Mašek in the 50 m rifle, three positions and 50 m rifle, prone.

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Boris Škanata	100 m backstroke	1:07.5	2 Q	1:07.8	2 Q	1:08.1	7
Blago Barbieri	200 m breaststroke	2:47.3	5	Did not advance
Nikola Trojanović	200 m breaststroke	2:42.4	4	2:41.8	7	Did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Athletes from Yugoslavia played in the water polo event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. This was one of the sports they joined in during the games.

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Athletes from Yugoslavia joined in wrestling events at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. They were among many countries that took part in this sport.