Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2014 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:BIH
Nocname:Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Games:Winter Olympics
Year:2014
Website: 
Location:Sochi
Competitors:5
Sports:3
Flagbearer:Žana Novaković (opening[1] [2]
and closing)[3]
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1994
See also: (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]

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

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics. According to the quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Bosnia and Herzegovina had three athletes in qualification position.[5]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
align=left rowspan=5Igor LaikertMen's combined1:59.764455.94242:55.7027
Men's downhill2:15.0744
Men's giant slalom
Men's slalom54.6852
1:24.2050
align=left rowspan=2Marko RudićMen's giant slalom1:29.55531:30.40492:59.9549
Men's slalom
align=left rowspan=2Žana NovakovićWomen's giant slalom1:24.54421:23.24382:47.7837
Women's slalom59.793556.20251:55.9926

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Bosnia and Herzegovina received a reallocation quota spot in biathlon. Tanja Karišik also competed in cross-country skiing.

AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
align=left rowspan=2Women's individual1
Women's sprint25:06.82 (1+1)78

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics. According to the quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Bosnia and Herzegovina had two athletes in qualification position.[5]

Distance
AthleteEventFinal
TimeDeficitRank
Mladen PlakalovićMen's 50 km freestyle
Tanja KarišikWomen's 10 km classical41:34.6+13:16.872
Sprint

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: 30 January 2014 . Bosnian Olympic Flag Carrier Choice Stirs Controversy . . 30 January 2014 .
  2. Web site: Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony - Flagbearers . . 7 February 2014 . www.olympic.org . . 7 February 2014.
  3. Web site: Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers. The International Olympic Committee (IOC). 23 February 2014. 23 February 2014.
  4. News: 12 January 2014. 5 Representatives of B&H in Sochi. Sarajevo Times. 15 January 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140116141857/http://www.sarajevotimes.com/5-representatives-of-bh-in-sochi/. 16 January 2014.
  5. Web site: Summary of Quota allocation as per 20.01.2013 . 20 January 2014 . www.fis-ski.com . . 23 January 2014 .