Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) could gain a maximum of 4 quotas, 1 per each event and enter 2 athletes, 1 in each gender. As hosts, China was given the maximum quota. 8 athletes, 2 in each event was decided by the Tripartite Commission, but none were given thus the spots were reallocated to the next best athletes not yet qualified. The remaining 36 places were decided in a single qualifying event held in 2014.[1]
Athletes must have been born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1998 to be eligible to participate at the 2014 Youth Olympics.[1]
