[1][4] 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.
[1] 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.
According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Argentina had six athletes in qualification position.
[7] According to the quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Argentina had one athlete in qualification position.