Athletes from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 126 competitors, 113 men and 13 women, took part in 73 events in 15 sports.^[1]

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Yugoslavia at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia
IOC code	YUG
NOC	Yugoslav Olympic Committee
in Munich
Competitors	126 (113 men, 13 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Mirko Sandić
Medals Ranked 20th	Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 5
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–)

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Men's 800 metres

• Jože Medjumurec

• Heat – 1:48.1
• Semifinals – 1:49.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

• Jože Medjumurec

• Heat – 3:52.1 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

• Daniel Korica

• Heat – DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Svetomir Belić

• First Round – Defeated Dumar Fall (SEN), 4:1
• Second Round – Lost to Anthony Richardson (HOL), 2:3

Five cyclists represented Yugoslavia in 1972.

Individual road race

• Radoš Čubrić – 43rd place
• Jože Valenčič – 51st place
• Eugen Pleško – did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Janez Zakotnik – did not finish (→ no ranking)

Team time trial

• Cvitko Bilić
• Radoš Čubrić
• Jože Valenčič
• Janez Zakotnik

Yugoslavia won the second Olympic handball tournament. In the first round, they defeated all three opponents (Japan, the United States, and Hungary to take first place in the group and join seven other teams in advancing to the second round. There, they defeated both of the other teams they played (West Germany and Romania). First place in the division earned Yugoslavia the chance to appear in the gold medal game, where they defeated Czechoslovakia.

Men's Team Competition:

• Yugoslavia - Gold medal (6–0)

Finn

• Fabris Minski – 146.0 (→ 21st place)

Flying Dutchman

• Anton Grego and Simo Nikolic – 63.7 (→ 5th place)

Alternate member:: Zoricic, Filip

Two male shooters represented Yugoslavia in 1972.

Open

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Sandro Rudan

• Heat – 56.91s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Sandro Rudan

• Heat – 2:05.88 (→ did not advance)