| Noc: | BIH |
| Nocname: | Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Rio de Janeiro |
| Competitors: | 11 |
| Sports: | 5 |
| Flagbearer: | Amel Tuka (opening & closing)[1] [2] |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1992 |
| See also: | (1920–1988) |
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.
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]
See main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Bosnian athletes have achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[4] [5]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | |||
| Hamza Alić | align=left rowspan=3 | Shot put | 19.48 | 26 | Did not advance | |
| Kemal Mešić | 18.78 | 30 | Did not advance | |||
| Mesud Pezer | 19.55 | 24 | Did not advance | |||
See main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. 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]
See main article: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. 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]
See main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Bosnia and Herzegovina has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.[10] [11]
See main article: Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification. 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).
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |||
| Mirza Bašić | align=left rowspan=2 | Men's singles | L 2–6, 2–6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Damir Džumhur | L 4–6, 4–6 | Did not advance | |||||||