Yugoslavia at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Athletes from the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia took part in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland. This was an important event where countries from around the world came together to compete in many different 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 took part in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland. A total of 87 competitors, including 77 men and 10 women, joined in 48 different 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 took part in the athletics events at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland. This was one of the sports where they competed, along with ten others. The Olympics brought together athletes from many countries to compete in various events.

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Athletes from Yugoslavia took part in the canoeing events at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland. This sport involved racing in small boats through the water.

Football

Main article: Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Athletes from Yugoslavia took part in the football event at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland. This was one of the many sports in which they competed during the games.

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Athletes from Yugoslavia took part in gymnastics events at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. This was one of the many sports where they competed, showing their skills and strength.

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Yugoslavia had 13 male rowers who took part in two out of seven 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 took part in the sailing events at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland. This was one of the eleven sports in which they competed during the Games.

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Six athletes from Yugoslavia took part in the shooting events at the 1952 Summer Olympics. They competed in several different shooting styles.

They included:

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 took part in the water polo event at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland. This was one of the sports where they competed during the games.

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Athletes from Yugoslavia took part in wrestling events during the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland. This was one of the sports where they competed alongside many other countries.