Triathlon at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics explained

Triathlon at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 17 to 21 August at Xuanwu Lake in Nanjing, China.

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 competitors, 1 per each gender. As hosts, China was given the maximum quota, but only selected a female athlete thus the other quota was reallocated to the next best Asian performer. A further 4, 2 in each gender was decided by the Tripartite Commission. The remaining 58 places shall be decided by qualification events, namely five continental qualification tournaments.^[1]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 1998.

Boys

Event	Location	Date	Total Places	Qualified
Host Nation	-	-	0
2014 Oceania YOG Qualifier[2]		11–12 January 2014	2
2014 African YOG Qualifier[3]		23 March 2014	3
2014 American YOG Qualifier[4]		2–4 May 2014	8
2014 European YOG Qualifier[5]		17–18 May 2014	11
2014 Asian YOG Qualifier[6]		1–2 June 2014	6
Tripartite Invitation[7]	-	-	2
TOTAL			32

Girls

Event	Location	Date	Total Places	Qualified
Host Nation	-	-	1
2014 Oceania YOG Qualifier[8]		11–12 January 2014	2
2014 African YOG Qualifier		23 March 2014	3
2014 American YOG Qualifier		2–4 May 2014	8
2014 European YOG Qualifier		17–18 May 2014	11
2014 Asian YOG Qualifier		1–2 June 2014	5
Tripartite Invitation[9]	-	-	2
TOTAL			32

Schedule

The schedule was released by the ITU.^[10]

All times are CST (UTC+8)

Event Date	Event Day	Starting Time	Event Details
August 17	Sunday	09:00	Girls' Race
August 18	Monday	09:00	Boys' Race
August 21	Thursday	09:00	Mixed Team Relay

Medal summary

Events

Boys'
Girls'
Mixed Relay	Europe 1	Europe 3	Oceania 1

External links

• Official Results Book – Triathlon

Notes and References

1. News: Qualification System: Triathlon . . May 2012 . 28 February 2014.
2. News: 2014 Oceania YOG Qualifier: Youth Men Results . . 11 January 2014 . 28 February 2014.
3. News: 2014 African YOG Qualifier . . 24 March 2014 . 28 March 2014.
4. News: 2014 American YOG Qualifier . . 3 May 2014 . 3 May 2014.
5. News: 2014 European YOG Qualifier . . 17 May 2014 . 18 May 2014.
6. News: 2014 Asian YOG Qualifier . . 2 June 2014 . 18 July 2014.
7. News: 2014 YOG Youth Men: Start List . . 18 July 2014 . 18 July 2014.
8. News: 2014 Oceania YOG Qualifier: Youth Women Results . . 11 January 2014 . 28 February 2014.
9. News: 2014 YOG Youth Women: Start List . . 18 July 2014 . 18 July 2014.
10. News: ITU 2014 Youth Olympic Page . . 28 February 2014 . 28 February 2014.