Botswana at the
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC codeBOT
NOCBotswana National Olympic Committee
in Nanjing
Competitors8 in 4 sports
Medals
Ranked 61st
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
0
Total
2
Summer Youth Olympics appearances

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

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Karabo Sibanda Athletics Boys' 400 m 23 August
 Silver Baboloki Thebe Athletics Boys' 200 m 24 August

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Botswana qualified five 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
Baboloki Thebe 200 m 20.99 2 Q 21.20 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Karabo Sibanda 400 m 47.43 4 Q 46.76 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Gorata Gabankitse 800 m 1:54.66 14 qB 1:58.30 13
Kagiso Kebatshwaretse 3000 m 8:45.33 PB 13 qB 8:39.38 PB 13
Girls
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Thandi Uerimuna 800 m 2:11.97 14 qB 2:12.13 13

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Botswana 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
Tessa Kabelo Girls' Singles  Liang XY (SIN)
L 0 – 2 		 A Demirbag (TUR)
L 0 – 2 		 G Kim (KOR)
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
 Tessa Kabelo (BOT)
 Aditya Joshi (IND) 		Mixed Doubles  A Yamaguchi (JPN)
 R Sarsiekienov (UKR)
L 0 – 2 		 A Chen (NED)
 A Krapez (SLO)
L 1 – 2 		 M Mitsova (BUL)
 A Hussein (EGY)
W 2 – 1 		3 Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Botswana was given a quota to compete by the tripartite committee.[3]

Individual
Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Gavin Mogopa Boys' -55 kg  O Karaca (TUR)
L 0000 – 1000 		Did not advance  J Verstraeten (BEL)
L 0000 – 1000 		5
Team
Athletes Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Team Kano
 Melisa Çakmaklı (TUR)
 Salim Darukhi (TJK)
 Mariam Janashvili (GEO)
 Arso Milic (MNE)
 Gavin Mogopa (BOT)
 Elvismar Rodriguez (VEN)
 Stoyan Tarapanov (BUL)
 Tea Tintor (SRB) 		Mixed Team  Team Rouge (MIX)
L 2 – 5 		Did not advance 9

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Botswana qualified one swimmer.[4]

Girls
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Naomi Ruele 50 m backstroke 29.86 17 Did not advance
100 m backstroke 1:05.98 29 Did not advance

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: Girls' Singles". BWF. 8 July 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  3. ^ "2014 YOG IJF Athlete List" (PDF). International Judo Federation. 18 July 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  4. ^ "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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