Rwanda at the
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC codeRWA
NOCComité National Olympique et Sportif du Rwanda
in Nanjing
Competitors11 in 4 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Youth Olympics appearances

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

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Rwanda qualified four 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
James Sugira 1500 m 3:47.28 PB 3 Q 3:48.93 8
Jean Myasiro 3000 m 8:33.94 PB 11 qB 8:32.44 PB 10
Girls
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Venantie Mukandayisenga 1500 m 4:28.67 PB 7 Q 4:29.23 7

Beach Volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Rwanda qualified a boys' and girls' team by their performance at the CAVB Qualification Tournament.[2]

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
Elias Ndagano
Sylvestre Ndayisabye 		Boys'  Kratz – Pristauz (AUT)
 6 did not advance
 Gomez – Hernandez (VEN)
 Ashfiya – Licardo (INA)
L 0-2 (14-21, 13-21)
 Kmiecik – Macura (POL)
 DeFalco – Richard (USA)
L 0-2
Seraphine Mukantambara
Lea Uwimbabazi 		Girls'  Bell – Kendall (AUS)
L 0-2 (14-21, 4-21) 		5 did not advance
 Daniel – Joe (VAN)
W 2-0 (21-14, 21-19)
 Bernier – Cajigas (PUR)
 Makroguzova – Rugykh (RUS)
 Hiruela – Verasio (ARG)
L 0-2 (7-21, 10-21)

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Rwanda was given a girls' team to compete from the tripartite commission.[3]

Team
Athletes Event Cross-Country
Eliminator 		Time Trial BMX Cross-Country Race Road Race Total Pts Rank
Rank Points Time Rank Points Rank Points Time Rank Points Time Rank Points
Clementine Niyonsaba
Benitha Uwamariya 		Girls' Team
Mixed Relay
Athletes Event Cross-Country
Girls' Race 		Cross-Country
Boys' Race 		Boys' Road
Race 		Girls' Road
Race 		Total Time Rank
 Maria Peinado (BOL)
 Abderrahim Zahiri (MAR)
 Mohcine Elkouraji (MAR)
 Clementine Niyonsaba (RWA) 		Mixed Team Relay

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Rwanda qualified one swimmer.[4]

Boys
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Abdoul Gatete Babu 50 m freestyle DSQ did not advance
50 m butterfly 34.44 45 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. ^ "Sierra Leone men and Rwanda women top podium of African qualifiers for Youth Olympic Games". FIVB. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Cycling Girls Qualifiers". UCI. 12 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 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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