Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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Bosnia and Herzegovina at the
2014 Winter Olympics
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg
IOC code BIH
NOC Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Website www.okbih.ba  (in Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian)
in Sochi
Competitors5 in 3 sports
Flag bearer Žana Novaković (opening [1] [2]
and closing) [3]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia (1920–1992)

Bosnia and Herzegovina competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. The team consists of five athletes in three sports. The team marched in the opening ceremony wearing clothes that paid homage to the 30th anniversary of the 1984 Winter Olympics held in Sarajevo. [4]

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The selection of alpine skier Žana Novaković as flagbearer resulted in controversy as another skier, Igor Laikert, had better results. There were suggestions that this had to due with the ethnic divide in the country with Laikert coming from the Muslim-Croat community. [1]

Alpine skiing

According to the quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Bosnia and Herzegovina had three athletes in qualification position. [5]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Igor Laikert [4] Men's combined 1:59.764455.94242:55.7027
Men's downhill N/A2:15.0744
Men's giant slalom DNF
Men's slalom 54.6852DNF
Men's super-G N/A1:24.2050
Marko Rudić [4] Men's giant slalom 1:29.55531:30.40492:59.9549
Men's slalom DNF
Žana Novaković [4] Women's giant slalom 1:24.54421:23.24382:47.7837
Women's slalom 59.793556.20251:55.9926

Biathlon

Bosnia and Herzegovina received a reallocation quota spot in biathlon. Tanja Karišik also competed in cross-country skiing.

AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Tanja Karišik Women's individual DNF1DNF
Women's sprint 25:06.82 (1+1)78

Cross-country skiing

According to the quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Bosnia and Herzegovina had two athletes in qualification position. [5]

Distance
AthleteEventFinal
TimeDeficitRank
Mladen Plakalović Men's 50 km freestyle DNF
Tanja Karišik Women's 10 km classical 41:34.6+13:16.872
Sprint
AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Mladen Plakalović Men's sprint 4:40.6482Did not advance

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