Nigeria at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Nigeria was planning to participate at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China, but on 13 August 2014 they pulled out of the games due to pressure from Chinese Authorities in an attempt to prevent Ebola from West Africa from entering their nation.[1]

Nigeria at the
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC codeNGR
NOCNigeria Olympic Committee
in Nanjing
Summer Youth Olympics appearances

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Nigeria qualified seven athletes.[2]

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
Samson Nathaneil 400 m Withdrew
Bashiru Abdullahi 110 m hurdles Withdrew
Field Events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Rank Distance Rank
Fabian Edoki Triple jump Withdrew
Girls
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Mercy Ntia-Obong 100 m Withdrew
Praise Idamadudu 200 m Withdrew
Oluwatobiloba Amusan 100 m hurdles Withdrew
Abimbola Junaid 400 m hurdles Withdrew

Beach Volleyball
Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Nigeria qualified a boys' and girls' team by their performance at the CAVB Qualification Tournament.[3]

Athletes Event Preliminary round Standing Round of 24 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score
Phillip Akande
Samuel Morris		 Boys' Withdrew
Jummai Bitrus
Tochukwu Nnoruga		 Girls' Withdrew

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Nigeria qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 African Cadet Championships.[4]

Key:

  • VT - Victory by Fall.
  • PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
  • PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
Girls
Athlete Event Group stage Final / RM Rank
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score
Bose Samuel Freestyle -46kg Withdrew
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References
  1. "Ebola crisis forces Nigeria and Sierra Leone out of Nanjing 2014". insidethegames.biz. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  2. "Number of Entries by NOC: Athletics". nanjing2014.org. 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  3. "Sierra Leone men and Rwanda women top podium of African qualifiers for Youth Olympic Games". FIVB. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  4. "Wrestling Qualifiers Named for Youth Olympic Games". FILA. 28 July 2014. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.


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