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. 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.
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 TotalAlpine skiing 336Cross-country skiing 101 Total 437
Alpine skiing
According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Argentina had six athletes in qualification position. 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. The appeal was ultimately unsuccessful.
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSebastiano Gastaldi Men's giant slalom Men's slalom53.2446Jorge Birkner KetelhohnMen's combined2:01.0546 Men's giant slalom Men's slalomMen's super-G colspan=4 1:23.8950Cristian Simari BirknerMen's combined1:59.634356.46272:56.0929Men's downhillcolspan=4 Men's giant slalom1:26.02401:27.89402:53.9140 Men's slalomMen's super-G colspan=4 1:23.3648Salomé Báncora Women's giant slalom1:25.88501:26.16472:52.0447 Women's slalom59.26=3156.26261:55.5225Julietta Quiroga Women's giant slalom Women's slalomMacarena Simari BirknerWomen's combined1:48.873155.06182:43.9320Women's downhillcolspan=4 1:46.4432 Women's giant slalom1:24.74441:23.11372:47.8539 Women's slalom59.823656.69291:56.5127Women's super-G colspan=4 1:31.1026
Cross-country skiing
According to the quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Argentina had one athlete in qualification position.
Distance AthleteEventFinalTimeDeficitRankFederico CicheroMen's 15 km classical49:11.3 +10:41.683
See also Argentina at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Argentina at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
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