Modern pentathlon at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Modern Pentathlon
at the II Summer Youth Olympic Games
VenueNanjing Olympic Sports Centre
Dates22–26 August
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Modern pentathlon at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 22 to 26 August at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre in Nanjing, China.

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 competitors, 1 per each gender. As hosts, China was initially given the maximum quota, but only selected a female athlete and a further 4, 2 in each gender was initially given to the Tripartite Commission, but none were selected. The spots were reallocated to the world rankings. The remaining 42 places shall be decided in three stages; firstly four continental qualification tournaments held in 2013, second the 2014 World Youth A Championships and finally the Olympic Youth A Pentathlon World Rankings.[1]

Each athlete will compete in both the individual and mixed events. To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1999.[1]

Boys

Event Location Date Total Places Qualified
Host Nation - - 0  China
European Youth Olympic Games Qualifications[2] Portugal Caldas da Rainha 19–22 September 2013 3  Gergely Regos (HUN)
 Gianluca Micozzi (ITA)
 Alexander Lifanov (RUS)
Asia and Oceania YOG Qualification Competition [2] Kazakhstan Astana 27–28 September 2013 2  Artem Drobotov (KAZ)
 Gilung Park (KOR)
1  Max Esposito (AUS)
Africa YOG Qualification[2] Ivory Coast Abidjan 8–10 November 2013 1  Sherif Nazier (EGY)
PANAM Youth Olympic Qualification[2] Mexico Acapulco 30 Nov.–1 Dec. 2013 2  Ricardo Vera (MEX)
 Berengerth Seguera (VEN)
Youth A World Championships[2] Hungary Budapest 14–18 May 2014 8  Gustav Gustenau (AUT)
 Mikita Harnastaeu (BLR)
 Martin Vlach (CZE)
 Gabriel Cianelli (FRA)
 Dovidas Vaivada (LTU)
 Bartosz Hoffmann (POL)
 Anton Kuznetsov (UKR)
 Brendan Anderson (USA)
Olympic Youth A Pentathlon World Ranking[2] - 1 June 2014 7  Yavor Peshleevski (BUL)
 Henry Choong (GBR)
 Wilhelm Hengstenberg (GUA)
 Radion Khripchenko (KGZ)
 Nikita Bistrovs (LAT)
 Daniel Lopes (POR)
 Joan Gispert (ESP)
TOTAL 24

Girls

Event Location Date Total Places Qualified
Host Nation - - 1  Zhong Xiuting (CHN)
European Youth Olympic Games Qualifications[2] Portugal Caldas da Rainha 19–22 September 2013 3  Francesca Summers (GBR)
 Aurelija Tamasauskaite (LTU)
 Adelina Ibatullina (RUS)
Asia and Oceania YOG Qualification Competition[2] Kazakhstan Astana 27–28 September 2013 2  Juhye Choi (KOR)
 Valerya Uvarova (KGZ)
1  Marina Carrier (AUS)
Africa YOG Qualification[2] Ivory Coast Abidjan 8–10 November 2013 1  Haydy Morsy (EGY)
PANAM Youth Olympic Qualification[2] Mexico Acapulco 30 Nov.–1 Dec. 2013 2  Javiera Rosas (CHI)
 Isabel Brand (GUA)
Youth A World Championships[2] Hungary Budapest 14–18 May 2014 8  Iryna Prasiantsova (BLR)
 Jolana Hojsakova (CZE)
 Anna Matthes (GER)
 Anna Zs Toth (HUN)
 Aurora Tognetti (ITA)
 Aroa Freije (ESP)
 Ilke Ozyuksel (TUR)
 Yana Polishchuk (UKR)
Olympic Youth A Pentathlon World Ranking[2] - 1 June 2014 6  Ailen Cisneros (ARG)
 Kali Sayers (CAN)
 Laure Roset (FRA)
 Olessya Mylnikova (KAZ)
 Martha Derrant (MEX)
 Maria Migueis (POR)
TOTAL 24

Schedule

The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.[3]

All times are CST (UTC+8)
Event Date Event Day Starting Time Event Details
August 22 Friday 10:00 Girls' Fencing (round robin)
August 22 Friday 14:00 Boys' Fencing (round robin)
August 23 Saturday 14:30 Girls' Swimming
August 23 Saturday 16:00 Girls' Fencing (Ladder System)
August 23 Saturday 17:30 Girls' Combined Event
August 24 Sunday 14:30 Boys' Swimming
August 24 Sunday 16:00 Boys' Fencing (Ladder System)
August 24 Sunday 17:30 Boys' Combined Event
August 26 Tuesday 08:30 Mixed Relay Fencing (round robin)
August 26 Tuesday 13:30 Mixed Relay Swimming
August 26 Tuesday 15:00 Mixed Relay Fencing (Ladder System)
August 26 Tuesday 17:30 Mixed Relay Combined Event

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (China)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Mixed-NOCs (MIX)1113
2 China (CHN)*1001
 Russia (RUS)1001
4 Great Britain (GBR)0101
 Hungary (HUN)0101
6 Germany (GER)0011
 Lithuania (LTU)0011
Totals (7 entries)3339

Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Boys' individual
details
Alexander Lifanov
 Russia
Gergely Regős
 Hungary
Dovydas Vaivada
 Lithuania
Girls' individual
details
Zhong Xiuting
 China
Francesca Summers
 Great Britain
Anna Matthes
 Germany
Mixed relay
details
Maria Teixeira
 Portugal
Anton Kuznetsov
 Ukraine
Anna Tóth
 Hungary
Ricardo Vera
 Mexico
Aurora Tognetti
 Italy
Park Gi-lung
 South Korea

References

  1. ^ a b "Qualification System: Modern pentathlon" (PDF). UIPM. July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "2014 Youth Olympic Games Modern Pentathlon final athletes'list" (PDF). UIPM. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Sport Explanatory Brochure: Modern Pentathlon" (PDF). Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.