Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Athletics
at the II Summer Youth Olympic Games
Athletics; at the II Summer Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Nanjing Olympic Sports Center
Dates	20–26 August
No. of events	37 (18 boys, 18 girls, 1 mixed)
	← 2010 2018 →

Last updated September 28, 2024

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter a maximum of 36 athletes, 18 per each gender and 1 per each event. As hosts, China is given 2 quotas, 1 per each gender and 136 places. 68 spots per each gender was decided by the Tripartite Commission. The remaining 540 places were divided evenly among the individual events and were decided among a single continental qualification event for each continent with the exception of the Americas in which they hosted three. The amount of quotas available to each continent for each event was decided on the results from the 2011 World Youth Championships and 2013 World Youth Championships.^[1]^[2]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 1998.^[1]

Qualification timeline

Event	Location	Date
2011 World Youth Championships	Lille Métropole	6–10 July 2011
2013 World Youth Championships	Donetsk	10–14 July 2013
2014 Oceania Youth Olympic Qualifying Meet	Sydney	12–16 March 2014
2014 NACAC non-CARIFTA Youth Olympic Qualifying Meet	Miramar	4–5 April 2014
2014 CARIFTA Games	Fort de France	19–21 April 2014
2014 CONSUDATLE Youth Olympic Trials	Cali	17–18 May 2014
2014 Asian Youth Olympic Qualifying Meet	Bangkok	21–22 May 2014
2014 African Youth Games	Gaborone	28–31 May 2014
2014 European Youth Olympic Trials	Baku	30 May-1 June 2014

Quota distribution

Boys

Event	Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania	Total
100m	1	7	3	2	2	15
200m	1	7	4	2	1	15
400m	2	6	4	2	1	15
800m	9	1	1	3	1	15
1500m	9	2	1	2	1	15
3000m	11	1	1	1	1	15
110m Hurdles	2	6	4	2	1	15
400m Hurdles	2	6	5	1	1	15
2000m Steeplechase	10	1	2	1	1	15
High Jump	1	4	4	5	1	15
Pole Vault	1	3	2	8	1	15
Long Jump	1	3	4	6	1	15
Triple Jump	1	4	2	7	1	15
Shot Put	1	3	1	9	1	15
Discus Throw	2	4	2	6	1	15
Hammer Throw	2	1	1	10	1	15
Javelin Throw	2	1	1	10	1	15
10000m Race Walk	1	4	4	5	1	15
Total	60	67	42	82	19	270

Girls

Event	Africa	Americas	Asia	Europe	Oceania	Total
100m	1	8	1	4	1	15
200m	1	5	1	7	1	15
400m	1	8	2	3	1	15
800m	3	3	1	7	1	15
1500m	8	2	1	3	1	15
3000m	8	1	3	2	1	15
100m Hurdles	1	8	1	4	1	15
400m Hurdles	2	6	1	5	1	15
2000m Steeplechase	9	2	1	2	1	15
High Jump	2	2	1	8	2	15
Pole Vault	1	2	1	8	3	15
Long Jump	1	5	1	7	1	15
Triple Jump	1	2	2	9	1	15
Shot Put	1	2	2	9	1	15
Discus Throw	1	2	4	5	3	15
Hammer Throw	1	1	1	11	1	15
Javelin Throw	1	4	1	7	2	15
5000m Race Walk	1	1	5	7	1	15
Total	44	64	30	108	24	270

Schedule

The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.^[3] In the table below, M stands for morning (begins 09:00), A for afternoon (begins 16:00) and E stands for evening (begins 18:30).

All times are CST (UTC+8)

Q	Qualifiers	H	Heats	F	Final

Date →	Wed 20	Thu 21	Fri 22	Sat 23		Sun 24		Mon 25		Tue 26
Event ↓	E	E	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	A
Boys' 100 m		H			F
Boys' 200 m			H				F
Boys' 400 m	H			F
Boys' 800 m			H						F
Boys' 1500 m		H				F
Boys' 3000 m	H						F
Boys' 110 m hurdles	H				F
Boys' 400 m hurdles			H					F
Boys' 2000 m steeplechase		H							F
Boys' 10 km walk							F
Boys' Long jump		Q				F
Boys' Triple jump			Q						F
Boys' High jump	Q				F
Boys' Pole vault			Q						F
Boys' Shot put		Q					F
Boys' Discus throw	Q				F
Boys' Javelin throw			Q						F
Boys' Hammer throw		Q					F
Date →	Wed 20	Thu 21	Fri 22	Sat 23		Sun 24		Mon 25		Tue 26
Event ↓	E	E	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	A
Girls' 100 m		H			F
Girls' 200 m			H			F
Girls' 400 m	H				F
Girls' 800 m	H				F
Girls' 1500 m			H					F
Girls' 3000 m	H						F
Girls' 100 m hurdles	H			F
Girls' 400 m hurdles			H						F
Girls' 2000 m steeplechase		H							F
Girls' 5 km walk					F
Girls' Long jump	Q				F
Girls' Triple jump			Q					F
Girls' High jump		Q					F
Girls' Pole vault	Q				F
Girls' Shot put		Q					F
Girls' Discus throw	Q				F
Girls' Javelin throw			Q						F
Girls' Hammer throw		Q					F
Mixed 8x100 m relay										H	F

Medal summary

Medal table

Nanjing 2014 Final Athletics Results

* Host nation (China)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China*	6	0	1	7
2	Ethiopia	3	3	2	8
3	Ukraine	3	2	1	6
4	Russia	3	2	0	5
5	France	3	1	1	5
6	Jamaica	3	1	0	4
7	Japan	2	2	1	5
7	Kenya	2	2	1	5
9	United States	2	0	2	4
10	Australia	1	2	3	6
11	Mixed-NOCs	1	1	1	3
12	Belarus	1	1	0	2
13	Ghana	1	0	0	1
	Poland	1	0	0	1
	South Africa	1	0	0	1
	Spain	1	0	0	1
	Suriname	1	0	0	1
	Switzerland	1	0	0	1
	Zambia	1	0	0	1
20	Germany	0	4	4	8
21	Italy	0	2	1	3
21	Mexico	0	2	1	3
23	Botswana	0	2	0	2
23	Romania	0	2	0	2
25	Hungary	0	1	4	5
26	Bahrain	0	1	1	2
27	Burundi	0	1	0	1
	Cyprus	0	1	0	1
	Slovakia	0	1	0	1
	Tunisia	0	1	0	1
	Uganda	0	1	0	1
	Venezuela	0	1	0	1
33	Azerbaijan	0	0	1	1
	Bahamas	0	0	1	1
	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	Djibouti	0	0	1	1
	Egypt	0	0	1	1
	Grenada	0	0	1	1
	Iraq	0	0	1	1
	Morocco	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia	0	0	1	1
	South Korea	0	0	1	1
Totals (45 entries)		37	37	37	111

Results

Boys' events

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Sydney Siame Zambia	10.56	Kenta Oshima Japan	10.57	Trae Williams Australia	10.60
200 m details	Noah Lyles United States	20.80	Baboloki Thebe Botswana	21.20	Yang Chun-Han Chinese Taipei	21.31
400 m details	Martin Manley Jamaica	46.31	Karabo Sibanda Botswana	46.76 PB	Henry Delauze Bahamas	46.91 PB
800 m details	Myles Marshall United States	1:49.14	Geofrey Balimumiti Uganda	1:49.37 PB	Bacha Mulata Ethiopia	1:49.73
1500 m details	Gilbert Soet Kenya	3:41.99 PB	Mulugeta Uma Ethiopia	3:45.08 PB	Mohamed Ismail Ibrahim Djibouti	3:45.72 PB
3000 m details	Yomif Kejelcha Ethiopia	7:56.20	Thierry Ndikumwenayo Burundi	8:06.05 PB	Moses Koech Kenya	8:06.33
110 m hurdles details	Jaheel Hyde Jamaica	12.96 PB	Henrik Hannemann Germany	13.40 PB	Kim Gyeongtae South Korea	13.43 PB
400 m hurdles details	Xu Zhihang China	50.61 PB	Mohamed Fares Jlassi Tunisia	50.61 PB	Victor Coroller France	51.19 PB
2000 m steeplechase details	Wogene Sidamo Ethiopia	5:38.42	Amos Kirui Kenya	5:40.29	Hicham Chemlal Morocco	5:40.94
10 km race walk details	Minoru Onogawa Japan	42:03.64 PB	Vladislav Saraikin Russia	42:10.95 PB	Noel Alí Chama Mexico	42:14.11
High jump details	Danil Lysenko Russia	2.20	Yuji Hiramatsu Japan	2.14 PB	Shemaiah James Australia	2.14 PB
Pole vault details	Noel-Aman del Cerro Spain	5.10 PB	Vladimir Shcherbakov Russia	5.05	Muntadher Abdulwahid Iraq	5.05 PB
Long jump details	Anatoliy Ryapolov Russia	7.54	Obrien Wasome Jamaica	7.44 PB	Zhong Peifeng China	7.37
Triple jump details	Miguel van Assen Suriname	16.15	Tobia Bocchi Italy	16.01	Nazim Babayev Azerbaijan	15.96
Shot put details	Konrad Bukowiecki Poland	23.17 PB	Andrei Toader Romania	21.00	Merten Howe Germany	20.13
Discus throw details	Cheng Yulong China	64.14 PB	Clemens Prufer Germany	63.52	Ruslan Valitov Ukraine	57.48 PB
Hammer throw details	Hlib Piskunov Ukraine	82.65 PB	Bence Halász Hungary	81.90	Ahmed Youssef Egypt	78.59 PB
Javelin throw details	Lukas Moutarde France	74.48 PB	Alexandru Novac Romania	73.98	Márk Schmölcz Hungary	72.40

Girls' events

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Liang Xiaojing China	11.65	Paraskevi Andreou Cyprus	11.71	Samantha Geddes Australia	11.76
200 m details	Natalliah Whyte Jamaica	23.55	Dzhois Koba Ukraine	23.94	Brandee Johnson United States	24.28
400 m details	Jessica Thornton Australia	52.50 PB	Salwa Naser Bahrain	52.74 PB	Meleni Rodney Grenada	53.33 PB
800 m details	Martha Bissah Ghana	2:04.90 PB	Hawi Alemu Negeri Ethiopia	2:06.01 PB	Mareen Kalis Germany	2:06.03
1500 m details	Kokeb Tesfaye Alemu Ethiopia	4:15.38	Winfred Mbithe Kenya	4:17.91	Dalila Gosa Bahrain	4:18.36 PB
3000 m details	Nozomi Musembi Takamatsu Japan	9:01.58 PB	Alina Reh Germany	9:05.07	Berhan Demiesa Asgedom Ethiopia	9:06.10 PB
100 m hurdles details	Laura Valette France	13.34 PB	Elvira Herman Belarus	13.38	Chloë Beaucarne Belgium	13.61
400 m hurdles details	Gezelle Magerman South Africa	57.91 PB	Michaela Peskova Slovakia	58.26 PB	Anne Sofie Kirkegaard Denmark	58.60 PB
2000 m steeplechase details	Rosefline Chepngetich Kenya	6:22.67	Zewdenish Teklemaream Ethiopia	6:26.02	Lili Anna Toth Hungary	6:31.92 PB
5 km race walk details	Ma Zhenxia China	22:22.08 SB	Valeria Ortuño Mexico	23:19.27	Noemi Stella Italy	23:38.10
High jump details	Yuliya Levchenko Ukraine	1.89 PB	Nawal Meniker France	1.87 PB	Michaela Hruba Czech Republic	1.85
Pole vault details	Angelica Moser Switzerland	4.36 PB	Robeilys Peinado Venezuela	4.10	Leda Kroselj Slovenia	3.90
Long jump details	Yelyzaveta Baby Ukraine	6.26 PB	Beatrice Fiorese Italy	6.21	Rhesa Foster United States	6.17 PB
Triple jump details	Yanis David France	13.33 PB	Tay-Leiha Clark Australia	13.06 PB	Eszter Bajnok Hungary	13.01 PB
Shot put details	Alena Bugakova Russia	18.95	Maria Orozco Castro Mexico	17.55	Anika Nehls Germany	17.31
Discus throw details	Sun Kangping China	52.79 PB	Al'Ona Byelyakova Ukraine	51.64	Lara Kempka Germany	50.70
Hammer throw details	Xu Xinying China	68.35 PB	Alex Hulley Australia	68.35	Zsofia Matild Bacskay Hungary	67.35
Javelin throw details	Hanna Tarasiuk Belarus	59.52 PB	Fabienne Schonig Germany	53.68	Nagisa Mori Japan	52.27 PB

Mixed events

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
8×100 m relay details	Team 034 Mixed-NOCs Merten Howe Germany Daou Bacar Aboubacar Comoros Trae Williams Australia Witthawat Thumcha Thailand Maria Simancas Venezuela Tatiana Blagoveshchenskaia Russia Lakeisha Ashley Warner British Virgin Islands Ioana Teodora Gheorghe Romania	1:40.20	Team 038 Mixed-NOCs Ekaterina Alekseeva Russia Oleksandr Malosilov Ukraine Rachel Pace Australia Mohamed Saad Bahrain Chinne Okoronkwo United States Amedee Manirakiza Burundi Coralie Gassama France Sydney Siame Zambia	1:41.39	Team 017 Mixed-NOCs Sam Geddes Australia Michaela Hruba Czech Republic Noel-Aman Del Cerro Vilalta Spain Martin Nicolas Castanares Mariano Uruguay Wogene Sebisibe Sidamo Ethiopia Hussain Shahudhaan Fahumee Maldives Dhakirina Fatima Comoros Salwa Naser Bahrain	1:43.60

Participating nations

169 nations participated in athletics.^[4]

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References

1 2 "Qualification System: Athletics" (PDF). IAAF . July 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
↑ "Athletics Quota Places by Continent and Event" (PDF). IAAF . 22 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
↑ "Sport Explanatory Brochure: Athletics" (PDF). Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
↑ "Number of Entries by NOC: Athletics". nanjing2014.org. 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.

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[Athletics-1] 1 2 "Qualification System: Athletics" (PDF). IAAF . July 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2014.

[2] "Athletics Quota Places by Continent and Event" (PDF). IAAF . 22 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.

[3] "Sport Explanatory Brochure: Athletics" (PDF). Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.

[4] "Number of Entries by NOC: Athletics". nanjing2014.org. 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.

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Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Track events
100 m	boys	girls
200 m	boys	girls
400 m	boys	girls
800 m	boys	girls
1500 m	boys	girls
3000 m	boys	girls
100 m hurdles		girls
110 m hurdles	boys
400 m hurdles	boys	girls
2000 m steeplechase	boys	girls
8×100 m relay	mixed
Road events
5 km walk		girls
10 km walk	boys
Field events
Long jump	boys	girls
Triple jump	boys	girls
High jump	boys	girls
Pole vault	boys	girls
Shot put	boys	girls
Discus throw	boys	girls
Javelin throw	boys	girls
Hammer throw	boys	girls
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