Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	BIH
NPC	Paralympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Website	www.pkbih.com
in Beijing
Competitors	15 in 3 sports
Medals Ranked 63rd	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
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Bosnia and Herzegovina sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. It was their fourth appearance in the Paralympic Games. Bosnian athletes competed in athletics, shooting and volleyball.

The country won one medal, a silver.^[1]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Safet Alibasic Sabahudin Delalic Mirzet Duran Esad Durmisevic Ismet Godinjak Dzevad Hamzic Ermin Jusufovic Hidaet Jusufovic Zikret Mahmic Adnan Manko Asim Medic Ejub Mehmedovic	Volleyball	Men's team

The men's volleyball team won the silver medal after being defeated by Iran in the gold medal final. This was the second time that the Bosnian team got defeated in a gold medal match since Sydney 2000.

• Safet Alibasic
• Sabahudin Delalic
• Mirzet Duran
• Esad Durmisevic
• Ismet Godinjak
• Dzevad Hamzic
• Ermin Jusufovic
• Hidaet Jusufovic
• Zikret Mahmic
• Adnan Manko
• Asim Medic
• Ejub Mehmedovic

7 September 2008 15:30	China (CHN)	0–3	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Khaled Nasr Eld Elhelaly (Egypt)
	(14–25, 22–25, 17–25)

8 September 2008 19:30	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	3-0	Iraq (IRQ)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 500 Referees: Jung Mal Soon (South Korea)
	(25–6, 25–14, 25–16)

10 September 2008 11:30	Russia (RUS)	1–3	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 400 Referees: Janko Plesnik (Slovenia)
	(21–25, 22–25, 25–18, 16–25)

Semifinal

12 September 2008 12:30	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	3-0	Egypt (EGY)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 400 Referees: Anton Probst (Germany)
	(25–18, 25–21, 25–20)

Gold medal match

15 September 2008 18:30	Iran (IRI)	3-0	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Viktor Feldshteyn (Ukraine)
	(25–22, 25–18, 25–22)

• Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Paralympics
• Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2008 Summer Olympics

• International Paralympic Committee