Liberia at the
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC codeLBR
NOCLiberia National Olympic Committee
Summer Youth Olympics appearances

Liberia was planning to participate at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China, but on 15 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]

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Liberia qualified one athlete.[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)

Girls
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Tracy Chayee 400 m hurdles Withdrew

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Liberia qualified one swimmer.[3]

Boys
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Momodu Sombai 50 m freestyle Withdrew

References

  1. ^ "Liberia withdraw and three athletes barred from competing as Nanjing 2014 Ebola fear rises". insidethegames.biz. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 15 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. ^ "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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