Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Olympics

Bosnia and Herzegovina at the
Olympics
Bosnia and Herzegovina at the; Olympics
IOC code	BIH
NOC	Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Website	www.okbih.ba (in Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer appearances
	1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Winter appearances
	1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;
Other related appearances
	Yugoslavia (1920–1992 W)

Bosnia and Herzegovina sent athletes to the Summer Olympic Games under its own flag for the first time in 1992. Bosnian athletes competed under the Yugoslav flag (see Yugoslavia at the Olympics) until the breakup of that country. Along with Andorra, and Malta, Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of three current European participants that have never won an Olympic medal.

The Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina was formed in 1992 and recognized in 1993.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Total		0	0	0	0	–
Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1920–1988	as part of Yugoslavia (YUG)
1992 Barcelona	10	0	0	0	0	–
1996 Atlanta	9	0	0	0	0	–
2000 Sydney	9	0	0	0	0	–
2004 Athens	9	0	0	0	0	–
2008 Beijing	5	0	0	0	0	–
2012 London	6	0	0	0	0	–
2016 Rio de Janeiro	11	0	0	0	0	–
2020 Tokyo	7	0	0	0	0	–
2024 Paris	5	0	0	0	0	–
2028 Los Angeles	future event
2032 Brisbane	future event

Medals by Winter Games

Total		0	0	0	0	–
Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1924–1992	as part of Yugoslavia (YUG)
1994 Lillehammer	10	0	0	0	0	–
1998 Nagano	8	0	0	0	0	–
2002 Salt Lake City	2	0	0	0	0	–
2006 Turin	6	0	0	0	0	–
2010 Vancouver	5	0	0	0	0	–
2014 Sochi	5	0	0	0	0	–
2018 Pyeongchang	4	0	0	0	0	–
2022 Beijing	6	0	0	0	0	–
2026 Milano Cortina	future event

Best Placement by summer sport

Bosnia and Herzegovina has yet to win its first medal at Summer Games. Below are the top three placements so far.

Athlete	Year	Sport	Event	Rank
Nedžad Husić	2020	Taekwondo	Men's −68 kg	5
Nedžad Fazlija	2000	Shooting	Men's 10 m air rifle	6
Amel Tuka	2020	Athletics	Men's 800 m	6

Best Placement by winter sport

Bosnia and Herzegovina has yet to win its first medal at Winter Games. Below are the top three placements so far.

Athlete	Year	Sport	Event	Rank
Enis Bećirbegović	1998	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill	21
Enis Bećirbegović	1998	Alpine skiing	Men's super-G	22
Verona Marjanović	1994	Luge	Women’s singles	23
Ismar Biogradlić	1998	Luge	Men’s singles	23

Competitors by sport

The following is a list of the total number of competitors by sport in the Games.

Summer

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	16	8	24
Canoeing	3	0	3
Judo	5	5	10
Shooting	6	3	9
Swimming	10	6	16
Table Tennis	2	0	2
Taekwondo	2	0	2
Tennis	2	1	3
Weightlifting	1	0	1
Wrestling	1	0	1
Total	48	23	71

Winter

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	10	9	19
Biathlon	1	3	4
Bobsleigh	10	0	10
Cross-country skiing	6	5	11
Luge	3	1	4
Total	30	18	48

Flagbearers

Summer Olympics
Games	Athlete	Sport
1992 Barcelona	Zlatan Saračević	Athletics
1996 Atlanta	Islam Đugum	Athletics
2000 Sydney	Elvir Krehmić	Athletics
2004 Athens	Nedžad Fazlija	Sports shooting
2008 Beijing	Amel Mekić	Judo
2012 London	Amel Mekić	Judo
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Amel Tuka	Athletics
2020 Tokyo	Amel Tuka	Athletics
2020 Tokyo	Larisa Cerić	Judo
2024 Paris	Mesud Pezer	Athletics
2024 Paris	Larisa Cerić	Judo

Winter Olympics
Games	Athlete	Sport
1994 Lillehammer	Bekim Babić	Cross-country skiing
1998 Nagano	Mario Franjić	Bobsleigh
2002 Salt Lake City	Enis Bećirbegović	Alpine skiing
2006 Turin	Aleksandra Vasiljević	Biathlon
2010 Vancouver	Žana Novaković	Alpine skiing
2014 Sochi	Žana Novaković	Alpine skiing
2018 Pyeongchang	Elvedina Muzaferija	Alpine skiing
2022 Beijing	Elvedina Muzaferija	Alpine skiing
2022 Beijing	Mirza Nikolajev	Luge

Pre-1992 Yugoslavian medalists from Bosnia-Herzegovina

Bosnian-Herzegovinian athletes have won medals on many occasions in different sports as part of teams and one as individual competitors (boxing) representing Yugoslavia.^[1]^[2]

Association Football

Medal	Games	Team	Names
Silver	1948 London	Men	Miroslav Brozović
Silver	1956 Melbourne	Men	Ibrahim Biogradlić and Muhamed Mujić
Gold	1960 Rome	Men	Tomislav Knez and Velimir Sombolac
Bronze	1984 Los Angeles	Men	Mehmed Baždarević, Mirsad Baljić, Vlado Čapljić, Admir Smajić

Basketball

Medal	Games	Team	Names
Gold	1980 Moscow	Men	Mirza Delibašić, Dražen Dalipagić, Ratko Radovanović
Bronze	1980 Moscow	Women	Mersada Bećirspahić, Vera Đurašković
Bronze	1984 Los Angeles	Men	Dražen Dalipagić, Emir Mutapčić, Ratko Radovanović, Sabit Hadžić
Silver	1988 Seoul	Women	Razija Mujanović, Mara Lakić, Slađana Golić, Vesna Bajkuša

Boxing

Medal	Games	Team	Names
Gold	1984 Los Angeles	Men	Anton Josipović

Handball

Medal	Games	Team	Names
Gold	1972 Munich	Men	Abaz Arslanagić, Milorad Karalić, Đorđe Lavrnić, Dobrivoj Selec
Gold	1984 Los Angeles	Women	Svetlana Kitić, Jasna Kolar-Merdan
Gold	1984 Los Angeles	Men	Zlatan Arnautović, Jovica Elezović, Zdravko Rađenović, Branko Štrbac, Zdravko Zovko
Bronze	1988 Seoul	Men	Iztok Puc, Zlatko Saračević, Irfan Smajlagić, Ermin Velić, Muhamed Memić

References

^ Besalet Kazazovic. "PARTICIPATION OF THE BH. ATHLETES IN ASSERTION OF THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT" (in English and Bosnian). Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
^ Sports-Reference.com. "Žarko Varajić Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.

External links

"Bosnia and Herzegovina". International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2021.
"Bosnia and Herzegovina". Olympedia.com.
"Olympic Analytics/BIH". olympanalyt.com.

[OKBiH-1] Besalet Kazazovic. "PARTICIPATION OF THE BH. ATHLETES IN ASSERTION OF THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT" (in English and Bosnian). Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2013.

[Varaja-2] Sports-Reference.com. "Žarko Varajić Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.

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