Argentina at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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]

Argentina at the 2014 Winter Olympics
IOC code	ARG
NOC	Argentine Olympic Committee
Website	www.coarg.org.ar (in Spanish)
in Sochi
Competitors	7 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)
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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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	3	3	6
Cross-country skiing	1	0	1
Total	4	3	7

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sebastiano Gastaldi	Men's giant slalom	DNF
	Men's slalom	53.24	46	DNF
Jorge Birkner Ketelhohn	Men's combined	2:01.05	46	DNF
	Men's giant slalom	DNF
	Men's slalom	DNF
	Men's super-G	—				1:23.89	50
Cristian Simari Birkner	Men's combined	1:59.63	43	56.46	27	2:56.09	29
	Men's downhill	—				DNS
	Men's giant slalom	1:26.02	40	1:27.89	40	2:53.91	40
	Men's slalom	DNF
	Men's super-G	—				1:23.36	48
Salomé Báncora	Women's giant slalom	1:25.88	50	1:26.16	47	2:52.04	47
	Women's slalom	59.26	=31	56.26	26	1:55.52	25
Julietta Quiroga	Women's giant slalom	DNF
	Women's slalom	DNF
Macarena Simari Birkner	Women's combined	1:48.87	31	55.06	18	2:43.93	20
	Women's downhill	—				1:46.44	32
	Women's giant slalom	1:24.74	44	1:23.11	37	2:47.85	39
	Women's slalom	59.82	36	56.69	29	1:56.51	27
	Women's super-G	—				1:31.10	26

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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

Distance

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Deficit	Rank
Federico Cichero	Men's 15 km classical	49:11.3	+10:41.6	83

See also

• Argentina at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
• Argentina at the 2014 Winter Paralympics