Uganda at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Uganda at the Youth Olympic Games

Flag of Uganda
IOC code  UGA
NOC Uganda Olympic Committee
At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing
Competitors 6 in 4 sports
Medals Gold
0		 Silver
1		 Bronze
0		 Total
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Uganda will compete at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Balimumiti, GeofreyGeofrey Balimumiti Athletics Boys' 800 m 25 August

Athletics

Uganda qualified three 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
Geofrey Balimumiti 800 m 1:50.43 3 Q 1:49.37 2nd
Steven Mande 1500 m 3:54.88 PB 14 qB 3:59.12 15
Girls
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Janat Chemusto 3000 m 9:10.74 7 Q 9:22.42 7

Badminton

Uganda was given a quota to compete by the tripartite committee.[2]

Singles
Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score
Daniel Mihigo Boys' Singles  K Tsuneyama (JPN)
L 0 – 2		  L Penalver (ESP)
L 0 – 2		  K Jakowczuk (POL)
L 0 – 2		 4 Did not advance
Doubles
Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score
 Lole Courtois (FRA)
 Daniel Mihigo (UGA)		 Mixed Doubles  B He (CHN)
 S Dias (SRI)
L 0 – 2		  R Shivani (IND)
 A Ayittey (GHA)
W w/o		  T Hendahewa (SRI)
 B Ong (SIN)
L 0 – 2		 3 Did not advance

Rowing

Uganda was given a boat to compete by the tripartite committee.[3]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Constance Mbambu Girls' Single Sculls 4:53.18 6 R 4:44.62 5 SC/D 4:50.42 6 FD 4:56.12 24

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; R=Repechage

Table Tennis

Uganda was given a quota to compete by the tripartite committee.[4]

Singles
Athlete Event Group Stage Rank Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score
Florence Seera Girls  K Stefcova (CZE)
L 0 – 3		 4 qB  G Piccolin (ITA)
L w/o		 Did not advance 25
 G Arvelo (VEN)
L 0 – 3
 H Doo (HKG)
L 0 – 3
Team
Athletes Event Group Stage Rank Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score
Africa 2
 Florence Seera (UGA)
 Christ Bienatiki (CGO)		 Mixed Europe 2
 N Trosman (ISR)
 E Ranefur (SWE)
L w/o		 4 qB India
 S Mukherjee (IND)
 A Yadav (IND)
L w/o		 Did not advance N/A 25
United States
 L Zhang (USA)
 K Avvari (USA)
L w/o
Chinese Taipei
 S Chiu (TPE)
 H Yang (TPE)
L w/o

Qualification Legend: Q=Main Bracket (medal); qB=Consolation Bracket (non-medal)

References

  1. ↑ "Number of Entries by NOC: Athletics". nanjing2014.org. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "BWF Junior World Rankings: Boys' Singles". BWF. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "2014 YOG Qualification: Rowing". FISA. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Players Qualified for the 2014 Youth Olympic Games". ITTF. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.