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 Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina is the only European non-microstate that has 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	Future event
2024 Paris
2028 Los Angeles

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	Future event
2026 Milano Cortina	Future event

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	Track and field

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

List of medalists (as part of Yugoslavia)

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	1956 Melbourne	Men	Miroslav Brozović
Silver	1956 Melbourne	Men	Ibrahim "Ibro" 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
Silver	1976 Montreal	Men	Žarko Varajić
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	Men	Zdravko Radulović
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

Post Yugoslavia

Several Bosnian Croats and Bosnian Serbs including a Bosniak won olympic medals representing Croatia or Serbia and Montenegro.

Sport	Athlete (city)
Basketball	Franjo Arapović (Mostar) Saša Čađo (Banja Luka) Predrag Danilović (Sarajevo) Zoran Savić (Zenica) Dragana Stanković (Bijeljina)
Canoeing	Milenko Zorić (Sanski Most)
Handball	Mirko Alilović (Ljubuški) Denis Buntić (Ljubuški) Slavko Goluža (Stolac) Vladimir Jelčić (Čapljina) Božidar Jović (Banja Luka) Venio Losert (Zavidovići) Zoran Mikulić (Travnik) Zlatko Saračević (Banja Luka) Irfan Smajlagić (Banja Luka) Vlado Šola (Tomislavgrad) Ana Radović (Sarajevo)
Tennis	Ivan Ljubičić (Banja Luka)
Volleyball	Tijana Bošković (Bileća) Đorđe Đurić (Ljubinje) Brankica Mihajlović (Brčko)

References

^ Besalet Kazazovic. "PARTICIPATION OF THE BH. ATHLETES IN ASSERTION OF THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT" (in English and Bosnian). Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 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.
"Bosnia and Herzegovina". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.

[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. 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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