Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Bosnia and Herzegovina at the
2016 Summer 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 Rio de Janeiro
Competitors11 in 5 sports
Flag bearer Amel Tuka (opening & closing) [1] [2]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia (1920–1992 W)

Bosnia and Herzegovina competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

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The Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina (OKBIH) sent the nation's largest ever delegation to the Games. A total of 11 athletes, 7 men and 4 women, were selected to the team across five different sports (athletics, judo, shooting, swimming, and tennis). [3]

Athletics

Bosnian athletes have achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): [4] [5]

Key
Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Amel Tuka 800 m 1:45.722 Q1:45.244Did not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Hamza Alić Shot put 19.4826Did not advance
Kemal Mešić 18.7830Did not advance
Mesud Pezer 19.5524Did not advance
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Lucija Kimani Marathon 2:58:22116

Judo

Bosnia & Herzegovina has qualified one judoka for the women's heavyweight category (+78 kg) at the Games. Larisa Cerić was ranked among the top 14 eligible judokas for women in the IJF World Ranking List of 30 May 2016. [6] [7]

Women
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Larisa Cerić +78 kg ByeFlag of Tunisia.svg  Chikhrouhou  (TUN)
L 000–000 S
Did not advance

Shooting

Bosnia and Herzegovina has received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a women's 10 m air rifle shooter to the Olympics. [8] [9]

Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Tatjana Đekanović 10 m air rifle 410.835Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Bosnia and Herzegovina has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics. [10] [11]

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Mihajlo Čeprkalo 1500 m freestyle 15:31.6237Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Amina Kajtaz 100 m butterfly 1:01.6736Did not advance

Tennis

Bosnia and Herzegovina has received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send 2010 Youth Olympic bronze medalist Damir Džumhur (world no. 87) in the men's singles into the Olympic tennis tournament, signifying the nation's return to the sport for the first time since 2004. [12] [13]

On 19 July 2016, Džumhur was confirmed as a direct entrant to the men's singles, due to the withdrawal of several tennis players from the Games. Hence, his invitation was transferred to fellow player Mirza Bašić (world no. 130).

Men
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Mirza Bašić Men's singles Flag of Argentina.svg  Mónaco  (ARG)
L 2–6, 2–6
Did not advance
Damir Džumhur Flag of Israel.svg  Sela  (ISR)
L 4–6, 4–6
Did not advance

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