Argentina at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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Argentina at the
2014 Winter Olympics
Flag of Argentina.svg
IOC code ARG
NOC Argentine Olympic Committee
Website www.coarg.org.ar  (in Spanish)
in Sochi
Competitors7 in 2 sports
Flag bearers Cristian Javier Simari Birkner (opening) [1] [2]
Sebastiano Gastaldi (closing) [3]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Argentina competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. A team of seven athletes in two sports competed for the country. [1] [4] Cristian Javier Simari Birkner, an alpine skier, was the flagbearer for the second consecutive games. It also marks the third consecutive games a member of the Simari Birkner family has carried the flag for Argentina. [1]

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The 2014 Winter Olympics marked the first time that Argentinean athletes competed in Russia as Argentina and 63 other western nations participated at the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the Soviet-Afghan war.

Competitors

SportMenWomenTotal
Alpine skiing 336
Cross-country skiing 101
Total437

Alpine skiing

According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Argentina had six athletes in qualification position. [5] The non-selection of three-time Olympian María Belén Simari Birkner led to her brother Cristian, who made the team, to lead a petition to have her as a part of the team. They claimed the selection of athletes made no sense and was purely subjective. [6] The appeal was ultimately unsuccessful. [7]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Sebastiano Gastaldi Men's giant slalom DNF
Men's slalom 53.2446DNF
Jorge Birkner Ketelhohn Men's combined 2:01.0546DNF
Men's giant slalom DNF
Men's slalom DNF
Men's super-G 1:23.8950
Cristian Simari Birkner Men's combined 1:59.634356.46272:56.0929
Men's downhill DNS
Men's giant slalom 1:26.02401:27.89402:53.9140
Men's slalom DNF
Men's super-G 1:23.3648
Salomé Báncora Women's giant slalom 1:25.88501:26.16472:52.0447
Women's slalom 59.26=3156.26261:55.5225
Julietta Quiroga Women's giant slalom DNF
Women's slalom DNF
Macarena Simari Birkner Women's combined 1:48.873155.06182:43.9320
Women's downhill 1:46.4432
Women's giant slalom 1:24.74441:23.11372:47.8539
Women's slalom 59.823656.69291:56.5127
Women's super-G 1:31.1026

Cross-country skiing

According to the quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Argentina had one athlete in qualification position. [5]

Distance
AthleteEventFinal
TimeDeficitRank
Federico Cichero Men's 15 km classical 49:11.3+10:41.683

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