Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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]

Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2014 Winter Olympics
IOC code	BIH
NOC	Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Website	www.okbih.ba (in Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian)
in Sochi
Competitors	5 in 3 sports
Flag bearers	Žana Novaković (opening[1][2] and closing)[3]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Other related appearances
Yugoslavia (1924–1992)

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 do with the ethnic divide in the country with Laikert coming from the Muslim-Croat community.^[1]

Alpine skiing

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 positions.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Igor Laikert[4]	Men's combined	1:59.76	44	55.94	24	2:55.70	27
	Men's downhill	—				2:15.07	44
	Men's giant slalom	DNF
	Men's slalom	54.68	52	DNF
	Men's super-G	—				1:24.20	50
Marko Rudić[4]	Men's giant slalom	1:29.55	53	1:30.40	49	2:59.95	49
	Men's slalom	DNF
Žana Novaković[4]	Women's giant slalom	1:24.54	42	1:23.24	38	2:47.78	37
	Women's slalom	59.79	35	56.20	25	1:55.99	26

Biathlon

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.

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Tanja Karišik	Women's individual	DNF	1	DNF
	Women's sprint	25:06.8	2 (1+1)	78

Cross-country skiing

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 positions.^[5]

Distance

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Deficit	Rank
Mladen Plakalović	Men's 50 km freestyle	DNF
Tanja Karišik	Women's 10 km classical	41:34.6	+13:16.8	72

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mladen Plakalović	Men's sprint	4:40.64	82	did not advance