Burundi at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Burundi at the Youth Olympic Games

Flag of Burundi
IOC code  BDI
NOC Comité National Olympique du Burundi
At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing
Competitors 8 in 3 sports
Medals
Rank: 70
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1

Burundi competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.

Medalists

Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC (Combined) teams are represented in italics. These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally.

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Ndikuwenayo, ThierryThierry Ndikuwenayo Athletics Boys' 3000 m 24 August
 Silver Manirakiza, AmedeeAmedee Manirakiza Athletics Mixed 8x100m Relay 26 August

Athletics

Burundi qualified five athletes.[1]

Qualification Legend: Q=Final A (medal); qB=Final B (non-medal); qC=Final C (non-medal); qD=Final D (non-medal); qE=Final E (non-medal)

Boys
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Rodrigue Biziyaremye 1500 m 3:49.79 6 Q 3:48.20 PB 7
Thierry Ndikuwenayo 3000 m 8:16.11 PB 5 Q 8:06.05 PB 2nd
Amedee Manirakiza 2000 m steeplechase 5:45.54 7 Q 5:47.52 4
Girls
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Francine Niyomwungere 1500 m 4:29.27 10 Q 4:30.54 9
Cavaline Nahimana 3000 m 9:07.23 3 Q 9:14.45 5

Beach Volleyball

Burundi qualified a boys' team by their performance at the CAVB Qualification Tournament.[2]

Athletes Event Preliminary round Standing Round of 24 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Bosco Ndayishimye
Fiston Niyongabo
Boys'  Stoyanovskiy/Iarzutkin (RUS)
L 0 – 2
6 Did not advance
 Siddihaluge/Mallawa (SRI)
L 0 – 2
 Mol/Berntsen (NOR)
L 0 – 2
 Bogarin/Frutos (PAR)
L 0 – 2
 Flores/Alvarez (GUA)
L 0 – 2

Tennis

Burundi qualified one athlete based on the 9 June 2014 ITF World Junior Rankings.[3]

Singles
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Guy Orly Iradukunda Boys' Singles  M Blaško (SVK)
L 3 – 6, 3 – 6
Did not advance
Doubles
Athletes Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
 Guy Orly Iradukunda (BDI)
 Lloyd Harris (RSA)
Boys' Doubles N/A  K Majchrzak (POL)
  J Zieliński (POL)
L 1 – 6, 4 – 6
Did not advance
 Lesedi Sheya Jacobs (NAM)
 Guy Orly Iradukunda (BDI)
Mixed Doubles  I Ducu (ROU)
  M Zukas (ARG)
L 3 – 6, 1 – 6
Did not advance

References

  1. "Number of Entries by NOC: Athletics". nanjing2014.org. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  2. "Sierra Leone men and Rwanda women top podium of African qualifiers for Youth Olympic Games". FIVB. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  3. "2014 Youth Olympic Tennis Event – Boys Acceptance List by Country". ITF. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.