Benin at the
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC codeBEN
NOCBenin National Olympic and Sports Committee
in Nanjing
Competitors5 in 3 sports
Summer Youth Olympics appearances

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

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Benin qualified a female archer from its performance at the African Continental Qualification Tournament.[1]

Individual
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Merveille Zinsou Girls' Individual 498 32  Lee (KOR)
L 0 – 6 		did not advance 17
Team
Athletes Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
 Merveille Zinsou (BEN)
 Lee Woo-seok (KOR) 		Mixed Team 1202 32  Mugabilzada (AZE)
 Muto (JPN)
L 2 – 6 		did not advance 17

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Benin qualified two 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
Moussa Abdoulaye 100 m 11.52 22 qC 11.43 20
Girls
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Foumilayo Agbety 400 m 58.74 16 qC 58.22 17

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Benin qualified two swimmers.[3]

Boys
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Rayane Alognisso 50 m freestyle 31.31 48 did not advance
Girls
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Charmel Sogbadji 50 m freestyle 45.76 48 did not advance

References

  1. ^ "Youth Olympics Games-2014 Qualification Places Girls" (PDF). World Archery Federation. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 1 May 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. ^ "Number of Entries by NOC: Swimming". nanjing2014.org. 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
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