Yugoslavia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

'''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) ==Basketball==

Men's team competition • Preliminary Round :* Defeated Italy (85-78) :* Defeated Poland (85-64) :* Lost to Puerto Rico (74-79) :* Defeated Philippines (117-76) :* Defeated West Germany (81-56) :* Defeated Senegal (73-57) :* Lost to Soviet Union (67-74) • Classification Matches :* 5th/8th place: Defeated Czechoslovakia (66-63) :* 5th/6th place: Defeated Puerto Rico (86-70) → Fifth place ;Team roster: {{FIBA roster header|nat=n|team=Yugoslavia men's national basketball team ==Boxing ==

'''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 ==Canoeing==

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 ==Gymnastics==

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) ==Judo==

Finn • Fabris Minski – 146.0 (→ 21st place) Flying Dutchman • Anton Grego and Simo Nikolic – 63.7 (→ 5th place) Alternate member:: Zoricic, Filip ==Shooting==

Two male shooters represented Yugoslavia in 1972. ;Open ==Swimming==

'''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) ==Water polo==

Men's team competition Preliminary round Pool A Group I (Classification Gold – 6th) Team roster :* Dušan Antunović :* Siniša Belamarić :* Ozren Bonačić :* Zoran Janković :* Ronald Lopatny :* Miloš Marković :* Uroš Marović :* Đorđe Perišić :* Ratko Rudić :* Mirko Sandić :* Karlo Stipanić ==Weightlifting==