Yugoslavia at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Athletes from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 164 competitors, 135 men and 28 women, took part in 69 events in 17 sports.

Archery

In the second time the nation competed in Olympic archery, Yugoslavia again entered only one man. He came in eleventh place, missing a top eight finish by eight points.
Men's Individual Competition:

Zoran Matković – 2410 points

Athletics

Men's 200 metres

Aleksandar Popović
* Heat – 21.65
* Quarterfinals – 21.66

Men's 400 metres

Josip Alebić
* Heat – 47.61
* Quarterfinals – 46.60

Men's 800 metres

Milovan Savić
* Heat – 1:49.2
* Semifinals – 1:47.6

Men's 1,500 metres

Dragan Zdravković
* Heat – 3:44.0
* Semifinals – 3:43.4
* Final – 3:43.1

Men's 4x400 metres Relay

Zeijko Knapić, Milovan Savić, Rok Kopitar, and Josip Alebić
* Heat – 3:05.3

Men's 110 m Hurdles

Borisav Pisić
* Heat – 14.13
* Semifinals – 14.16
Petar Vukičević
* Heat – 14.19
* Semifinals – 14.12

Men's 400 m Hurdles

Rok Kopitar
* Heat – 50.34
* Semifinals – 50.55
* Final – 49.67

Men's High Jump

Vaso Komnenić
* Qualification – 2.21 m
* Final – 2.24 m

Men's Long Jump

Nenad Stekić
* Qualification – 5.75 m

Men's Triple Jump

Milan Spasojević
* Qualification – 16.48 m
* Final – 16.09 m

Men's Shot Put

Vladimir Milic
* Qualification – 20.56 m
* Final – 20.07 m

Women's 1,500 metres

Breda Pergar
* Heat – 4:13.2

Women's High Jump

Lidija Benedetič
* Qualification – 1.80 m

Boxing

Men's Bantamweight

Fazlija Sacirović
# First Round – Bye
# Second Round – Lost to Veli Koota after referee stopped contest in second round

Men's Featherweight

Dejan Marović
# First Round – Bye
# Second Round – Defeated Miroslav Šandor on points
# Third Round – Lost to Krzysztof Kosedowski on points

Men's Lightweight

Geza Tumbas
# First Round – Defeated Norman Stevens on points
# Second Round – Lost to Angel Herrera on points

Men's Light-Welterweight

Ace Rusevski
# First Round – Defeated Margarit Anastasov on points
# Second Round – Defeated Boualem Bel Alouane on points
# Quarter Finals – Lost to Patrizio Oliva on points

Men's Heavyweight

Aziz Salihu
# First Round – Lost to Piotr Zaev on points

Cycling

Four cyclists represented Yugoslavia in 1980.
;Individual road race

;Team time trial

Football

Men's team competition

PRELIMINARY ROUND
July 21, 1980
Yugoslavia – Finland 2–0 Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
July 23, 1980
Yugoslavia – Costa Rica 3–2 Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
July 25, 1980
Yugoslavia – Iraq 1–1 Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
FINAL STANDINGS GROUP D:
1. Yugoslavia 3 2 1 0 5 *
2. Iraq 3 1 2 0 4 *
3. Finland 3 1 1 1 3
4. Costa Rica 3 0 0 3 0
* Qualified for quarter-finals
QUARTER-FINALS
July 27, 1980
Yugoslavia – Algeria 3–0 Dinamo Stadium, Minsk
SEMI-FINALS
July 29, 1980
Czechoslovakia – Yugoslavia 2–0 Dynamo Stadium, Moscow
BRONZE MEDAL GAME
August 1, 1980
Yugoslavia – Soviet Union 0–2 Dynamo Stadium, Moscow