Uganda at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Uganda at the
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC codeUGA
NOCUganda Olympic Committee
Websitewww.nocuganda.com
in Nanjing
Competitors6 in 4 sports
Medals
Ranked 70th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Youth Olympics appearances

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

Medalists

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

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

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 place, silver medalist(s)
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

Main article: Badminton at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

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

Main article: Rowing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

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

Main article: Table tennis at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

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 Group A

 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 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. Archived from the original on 8 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" (PDF). ITTF. 24 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.