Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 20 to 26 August at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center in Nanjing, China.

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)
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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
	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
	Mexico	0	2	1	3
23	Botswana	0	2	0	2
	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]

•  Albania (2)
•  Algeria (12)
•  American Samoa (1)
•  Angola (1)
•  Antigua and Barbuda (2)
•  Argentina (3)
•  Aruba (1)
•  Australia (20)
•  Austria (3)
•  Azerbaijan (3)
•  Bahamas (8)
•  Bahrain (5)
•  Barbados (5)
•  Belarus (7)
•  Belgium (4)
•  Belize (1)
•  Benin (2)
•  Bermuda (3)
•  Bhutan (1)
•  Bolivia (1)
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
•  Botswana (5)
•  Brazil (17)
•  British Virgin Islands (6)
•  Brunei (2)
•  Bulgaria (1)
•  Burkina Faso (2)
•  Burundi (5)
•  Cambodia (1)
•  Cameroon (1)
•  Canada (10)
•  Cape Verde (1)
•  Cayman Islands (2)
•  Central African Republic (2)
•  Chad (2)
•  Chile (2)
•  China (9)
•  Colombia (11)
•  Comoros (3)
•  Republic of the Congo (1)
•  Democratic Republic of the Congo (2)
•  Croatia (1)
•  Cyprus (2)
•  Czech Republic (6)
•  Denmark (3)
•  Djibouti (3)
•  Dominica (2)
•  Dominican Republic (2)
•  Ecuador (4)
•  Egypt (11)
•  Equatorial Guinea (1)
•  Eritrea (1)
•  Estonia (5)
•  Ethiopia (15)
•  Federated States of Micronesia (1)
•  Fiji (2)
•  France (18)
•  Gabon (2)
•  The Gambia (2)
•  Georgia (4)
•  Germany (13)
•  Ghana (2)
•  Greece (6)
•  Grenada (2)
•  Guinea (2)
•  Guinea-Bissau (2)
•  Guyana (1)
•  Haiti (2)
•  Hungary (10)
•  India (5)
•  Indonesia (1)
•  Independent Olympic Athletes (1)
•  Iran (3)
•  Iraq (2)
•  Ireland (5)
•  Israel (2)
•  Italy (18)
•  Ivory Coast (1)
•  Jamaica (15)
•  Japan (13)
•  Kazakhstan (6)
•  Kenya (11)
•  Kiribati (2)
•  South Korea (6)
•  Kuwait (2)
•  Laos (2)
•  Latvia (4)
•  Lebanon (1)
•  Lesotho (5)
•  Liberia (1)
•  Libya (1)
•  Lithuania (3)
•  Luxembourg (1)
•  Madagascar (1)
•  Malawi (4)
•  Maldives (1)
•  Mali (2)
•  Malaysia (3)
•  Marshall Islands (1)
•  Mauritania (2)
•  Mauritius (1)
•  Mexico (7)
•  Moldova (2)
•  Montenegro (1)
•  Morocco (7)
•  Mozambique (1)
•  Myanmar (1)
•  Namibia (1)
•  Nauru (1)
•  Nepal (1)
•  Nicaragua (1)
•  Niger (1)
•  Nigeria (7)
•  Oman (1)
•  Palau (1)
•  Palestine (2)
•  Panama (3)
•  Papua New Guinea (1)
•  Paraguay (1)
•  Peru (5)
•  Philippines (1)
•  Poland (16)
•  Portugal (2)
•  Puerto Rico (6)
•  Qatar (1)
•  Romania (10)
•  Russia (9)
•  Rwanda (4)
•  Saint Kitts and Nevis (2)
•  Saint Lucia (2)
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
•  Samoa (2)
•  São Tomé and Príncipe (1)
•  Saudi Arabia (2)
•  Senegal (1)
•  Serbia (2)
•  Singapore (1)
•  Slovakia (3)
•  Slovenia (4)
•  Somalia (2)
•  Solomon Islands (1)
•  South Africa (7)
•  Spain (12)
•  Sri Lanka (1)
•  Sudan (5)
•  Suriname (2)
•  Switzerland (4)
•  Syria (2)
•  Chinese Taipei (14)
•  Tajikistan (1)
•  Tanzania (2)
•  Thailand (7)
•  Timor-Leste (2)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (5)
•  Tunisia (6)
•  Turkey (9)
•  Tuvalu (1)
•  Uganda (3)
•  Ukraine (14)
•  United Arab Emirates (1)
•  United States (17)
•  Uruguay (1)
•  Vanuatu (1)
•  Venezuela (8)
•  Virgin Islands (1)
•  Yemen (1)
•  Zambia (4)
•  Zimbabwe (3)