Triathlon at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Triathlon
at the Games of the Olympiad
VenueXuanwu Lake
DatesAugust 17–21
Triathlon at the
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
Events
Individual Boys Girls
Relay Mixed

Triathlon at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from August 17 to August 21. The events took place at Xuanwu Lake in Nanjing, China.

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 competitors, 1 per each gender. As hosts, China was given the maximum quota, but only selected a female athlete thus the other quota was reallocated to the next best Asian performer. A further 4, 2 in each gender was decided by the Tripartite Commission. The remaining 58 places shall be decided by qualification events, namely five continental qualification tournaments.[1]

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

Boys

Event Location Date Total Places Qualified
Host Nation - - 0 China
2014 Oceania YOG Qualifier[2] Australia Penrith 11–12 January 2014 2 Australia
New Zealand
2014 African YOG Qualifier[3] South Africa East London 23 March 2014 3 Egypt
South Africa
Zimbabwe
2014 American YOG Qualifier[4] Mexico Monterrey 2–4 May 2014 8 United States
Canada
Venezuela
Chile
Mexico
Colombia
Cuba
El Salvador
2014 European YOG Qualifier[5] Netherlands Weert 17-18 May 2014 11 Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Germany
Great Britain
Hungary
Israel
Italy
Portugal
Russia
Spain
2014 Asian YOG Qualifier[6] Kazakhstan Burabay 1–2 June 2014 6 Hong Kong
Japan
Kazakhstan
South Korea
Singapore
Chinese Taipei
Tripartite Invitation[7] - - 2 Bermuda
Solomon Islands
TOTAL 32

Girls

Event Location Date Total Places Qualified
Host Nation - - 1 China
2014 Oceania YOG Qualifier[8] Australia Penrith 11–12 January 2014 2 Australia
New Zealand
2014 African YOG Qualifier[3] South Africa East London 23 March 2014 3 Egypt
South Africa
Zimbabwe
2014 American YOG Qualifier[4] Mexico Monterrey 2–4 May 2014 8 United States
Canada
Mexico
Chile
Brazil
Colombia
Venezuela
El Salvador
2014 European YOG Qualifier[5] Netherlands Weert 17-18 May 2014 11 Austria
Belgium
Denmark
France
Germany
Great Britain
Hungary
Netherlands
Russia
Spain
Ukraine
2014 Asian YOG Qualifier[6] Kazakhstan Burabay 1–2 June 2014 5 Hong Kong
Japan
South Korea
Philippines
Singapore
Tripartite Invitation[9] - - 2 Bermuda
Costa Rica
TOTAL 32

Schedule

The schedule was released by the ITU. [10]

All times are CST (UTC+8)
Event Date Event Day Starting Time Event Details
August 17 Sunday 09:00 Girls' Race
August 18 Monday 09:00 Boys' Race
August 21 Thursday 09:00 Mixed Team Relay

Medal Summary

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Australia 1 0 0 1
1 Great Britain 1 0 0 1
1 Europe 1 1 0 0 1
2 Europe 3 0 1 0 1
2 New Zealand 0 1 0 1
2 United States 0 1 0 1
3 Denmark 0 0 1 1
3 France 0 0 1 1
3 Oceania 1 0 0 1 1
Total 3 3 3 9

Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Boys'
 Ben Dijkstra
Great Britain (GBR)
 Daniel Hoy
New Zealand (NZL)
 Emil Deleuran Hansen
Denmark (DEN)
Girls'
 Brittany Dutton
Australia (AUS)
 Stephanie Jenks
United States (USA)
 Émilie Morier
France (FRA)
Mixed Relay
Europe 1
 Ben Dijkstra
Great Britain (GBR)
 Emil Deleuran Hansen
Denmark (DEN)
 Émilie Morier
France (FRA)
 Kristin Ranwig
Germany (GER)
Europe 3
 Carmen Gomez Cortes
Spain (ESP)
 Bence Lehmann
Hungary (HUN)
 Sian Rainsley
Great Britain (GBR)
 Giulio Soldati
Italy (ITA)
Oceania 1
 Brittany Dutton
Australia (AUS)
 Daniel Hoy
New Zealand (NZL)
 Elizabeth Stannard
New Zealand (NZL)
 Jack van Stekelenburg
Australia (AUS)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Qualification System: Triathlon". ITU. May 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  2. "2014 Oceania YOG Qualifier: Youth Men Results". International Triathlon Union. 11 January 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "2014 African YOG Qualifier". ITU. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "2014 American YOG Qualifier". ITU. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "2014 European YOG Qualifier". ITU. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  6. 6.0 6.1 "2014 Asian YOG Qualifier". ITU. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  7. "2014 YOG Youth Men: Start List". ITU. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  8. "2014 Oceania YOG Qualifier: Youth Women Results". International Triathlon Union. 11 January 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  9. "2014 YOG Youth Women: Start List". ITU. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  10. "ITU 2014 Youth Olympic Page". International Triathlon Union. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.