Enis Bećirbegović was 25 years old at the time of the Salt Lake City Olympics, and was a veteran of the 1992, 1994, and 1998 Winter Olympics. Tahir Bisić was 20 years old then, and making his only Olympic appearance. On 13 February, Bisić took part in the men's combined, which consisted of a run of downhill, followed by two runs of slalom. He finished the downhill run in 1 minute and 48.68 seconds, which put him in 40th and next to last position. However, he failed to finish the first of the two slalom runs, and was eliminated from the competition. The gold medal in the combined was won by Kjetil André Aamodt of Norway, the silver medal was won by America's Bode Miller, and the bronze was taken by Benjamin Raich of Austria.