Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Olympics

Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Olympic Games
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina IOC code  BIH NOC Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina Website www.okbih.ba (Bosnian)/(Serbian)/(Croatian)
Olympic history
Summer Games
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Winter Games
1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
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.

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

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games 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 2020 Tokyo Total 0 0 0 0 –

Medals by Winter Games 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 Total 0 0 0 0 –

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

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

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]

Boxing

Medal	Games	Team	Names
Gold	1984 Los Angeles	Men	Anton Josipović

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

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

Handball

Medal	Games	Team	Names
Gold	1972 Munich	Men	Milorad Karalić, Đorđe Lavrnić, Dobrivoj Selec
Silver	1984 Moscow	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

See also

• Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Paralympics
• Bosnia and Herzegovina at the World Championships in Athletics

References

1. Professor, Besalet Kazazovic, PhD. "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.
2. Sports-Reference.com. "Žarko Varajić Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 7 August 2012.

External links

• "Bosnia and Herzegovina". International Olympic Committee.
• "Bosnia and Herzegovina". Sports-Reference.com.