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

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.

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

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 20142014 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. 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)

QQualifiersHHeatsFFinal Date → Wed 20 Thu 21 Fri 22 Sat23 Sun24 Mon25 Tue26 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 Sat23 Sun24 Mon25 Tue26 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

Results Boys' events

100 m10.5610.5710.60 200 m20.8021.2021.31 400 m46.3146.76 PB46.91 PB 800 m1:49.141:49.37 PB1:49.73 1500 m3:41.99 PB3:45.08 PB3:45.72 PB 3000 m7:56.208:06.05 PB8:06.33 110 m hurdles12.96 PB13.40 PB13.43 PB 400 m hurdles50.61 PB50.61 PB51.19 PB 2000 m steeplechase5:38.425:40.295:40.94 10 km race walk42:03.64 PB42:10.95 PB42:14.11 High jump2.202.14 PB2.14 PB Pole vault5.10 PB5.055.05 PB Long jump7.547.44 PB7.37 Triple jump16.1516.0115.96 Shot put23.17 PB21.0020.13 Discus throw64.14 PB63.5257.48 PB Hammer throw82.65 PB81.9078.59 PB Javelin throw74.48 PB73.9872.40

Girls' events

100 m11.6511.7111.76 200 m23.55 23.94 24.28 400 m52.50 PB52.74 PB53.33 PB 800 m2:04.90 PB2:06.01 PB2:06.03 1500 m4:15.384:17.914:18.36 PB 3000 m9:01.58 PB9:05.079:06.10 PB 100 m hurdles13.34 PB13.3813.61 400 m hurdles57.91 PB58.26 PB58.60 PB 2000 m steeplechase6:22.676:26.026:31.92 PB 5 km race walk22:22.08 SB23:19.2723:38.10 High jump1.89 PB1.87 PB1.85 Pole vault4.36 PB4.103.90 Long jump6.26 PB6.216.17 PB Triple jump13.33 PB13.06 PB13.01 PB Shot put18.9517.5517.31 Discus throw52.79 PB51.6450.70 Hammer throw68.35 PB68.35 67.35 Javelin throw59.52 PB53.6852.27 PB

Mixed events

8×100 m relay 1:40.20 1:41.39 1:43.60

Participating nations

169 nations participated in athletics.

References

External links Official Results Book – Athletics