Sport in Yugoslavia had a significant role in its culture and society. Team sports such as football, basketball, handball, volleyball and water polo had the biggest popularity. Of individual sports the most popular were tennis, athletics, alpine skiing, swimming, table tennis, ski jumping and chess. Yugoslavia made its debut at the Summer Olympics in 1920. Until its break up in 1992, it competed in 16 Summer and 14 Winter Olympic games and won a total of 87 medals in various summer and winter sports. Yugoslavia hosted its first and the only Winter Olympic games in 1984 in Sarajevo when Jure Franko won country's first Winter Olympic medal, silver in alpine skiing. (en)
Sport i Jugoslavien var en viktig del av samhället. Jugoslavien var framför allt framgångsrika i lagspel som basket, fotboll, handboll, vattenpolo och volleyboll, men även simning, bordtennis, gymnastik och tennis, samt vintersporter som alpin skidåkning, backhoppning och konståkning. Olympiska vinterspelen 1984 avgjordes i Sarajevo. Jugoslavien debuterade i olympiska sammanhang 1920 i Antwerpen. (sv)
Sport in Yugoslavia had a significant role in its culture and society. Team sports such as football, basketball, handball, volleyball and water polo had the biggest popularity. Of individual sports the most popular were tennis, athletics, alpine skiing, swimming, table tennis, ski jumping and chess. Yugoslavia made its debut at the Summer Olympics in 1920. Until its break up in 1992, it competed in 16 Summer and 14 Winter Olympic games and won a total of 87 medals in various summer and winter sports. Yugoslavia hosted its first and the only Winter Olympic games in 1984 in Sarajevo when Jure Franko won country's first Winter Olympic medal, silver in alpine skiing. (en)
Sport i Jugoslavien var en viktig del av samhället. Jugoslavien var framför allt framgångsrika i lagspel som basket, fotboll, handboll, vattenpolo och volleyboll, men även simning, bordtennis, gymnastik och tennis, samt vintersporter som alpin skidåkning, backhoppning och konståkning. Olympiska vinterspelen 1984 avgjordes i Sarajevo. Jugoslavien debuterade i olympiska sammanhang 1920 i Antwerpen. (sv)