Modern pentathlon at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Modern Pentathlon; at the II Summer Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre
Dates	22–26 August

Modern pentathlon at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 22 to 26 August at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre in Nanjing, China.

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 competitors, 1 per each gender. As hosts, China was initially given the maximum quota, but only selected a female athlete and a further 4, 2 in each gender was initially given to the Tripartite Commission, but none were selected. The spots were reallocated to the world rankings. The remaining 42 places shall be decided in three stages; firstly four continental qualification tournaments held in 2013, second the 2014 World Youth A Championships and finally the Olympic Youth A Pentathlon World Rankings.[1]

Each athlete will compete in both the individual and mixed events. To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1999.[1]

Boys

Event	Location	Date	Total Places	Qualified
Host Nation	-	-	0	~~China~~
European Youth Olympic Games Qualifications[2]	Caldas da Rainha	19–22 September 2013	3	Gergely Regos (HUN) Gianluca Micozzi (ITA) Alexander Lifanov (RUS)
Asia and Oceania YOG Qualification Competition [2]	Astana	27–28 September 2013	2	Artem Drobotov (KAZ) Gilung Park (KOR)
Asia and Oceania YOG Qualification Competition [2]	Astana	27–28 September 2013	1	Max Esposito (AUS)
Africa YOG Qualification[2]	Abidjan	8–10 November 2013	1	Sherif Nazier (EGY)
PANAM Youth Olympic Qualification[2]	Acapulco	30 Nov.–1 Dec. 2013	2	Ricardo Vera (MEX) Berengerth Seguera (VEN)
Youth A World Championships[2]	Budapest	14–18 May 2014	8	Gustav Gustenau (AUT) Mikita Harnastaeu (BLR) Martin Vlach (CZE) Gabriel Cianelli (FRA) Dovidas Vaivada (LTU) Bartosz Hoffmann (POL) Anton Kuznetsov (UKR) Brendan Anderson (USA)
Olympic Youth A Pentathlon World Ranking[2]	-	1 June 2014	7	Yavor Peshleevski (BUL) Henry Choong (GBR) Wilhelm Hengstenberg (GUA) Radion Khripchenko (KGZ) Nikita Bistrovs (LAT) Daniel Lopes (POR) Joan Gispert (ESP)
TOTAL			24

Girls

Event	Location	Date	Total Places	Qualified
Host Nation	-	-	1	Zhong Xiuting (CHN)
European Youth Olympic Games Qualifications[2]	Caldas da Rainha	19–22 September 2013	3	Francesca Summers (GBR) Aurelija Tamasauskaite (LTU) Adelina Ibatullina (RUS)
Asia and Oceania YOG Qualification Competition[2]	Astana	27–28 September 2013	2	Juhye Choi (KOR) Valerya Uvarova (KGZ)
Asia and Oceania YOG Qualification Competition[2]	Astana	27–28 September 2013	1	Marina Carrier (AUS)
Africa YOG Qualification[2]	Abidjan	8–10 November 2013	1	Haydy Morsy (EGY)
PANAM Youth Olympic Qualification[2]	Acapulco	30 Nov.–1 Dec. 2013	2	Javiera Rosas (CHI) Isabel Brand (GUA)
Youth A World Championships[2]	Budapest	14–18 May 2014	8	Iryna Prasiantsova (BLR) Jolana Hojsakova (CZE) Anna Matthes (GER) Anna Zs Toth (HUN) Aurora Tognetti (ITA) Aroa Freije (ESP) Ilke Ozyuksel (TUR) Yana Polishchuk (UKR)
Olympic Youth A Pentathlon World Ranking[2]	-	1 June 2014	6	Ailen Cisneros (ARG) Kali Sayers (CAN) Laure Roset (FRA) Olessya Mylnikova (KAZ) Martha Derrant (MEX) Maria Migueis (POR)
TOTAL			24

Schedule

The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.[3]

All times are CST (UTC+8)

Event Date	Event Day	Starting Time	Event Details
August 22	Friday	10:00	Girls' Fencing (Round Robin)
August 22	Friday	14:00	Boys' Fencing (Round Robin)
August 23	Saturday	14:30	Girls' Swimming
August 23	Saturday	16:00	Girls' Fencing (Ladder System)
August 23	Saturday	17:30	Girls' Combined Event
August 24	Sunday	14:30	Boys' Swimming
August 24	Sunday	16:00	Boys' Fencing (Ladder System)
August 24	Sunday	17:30	Boys' Combined Event
August 26	Tuesday	08:30	Mixed Relay Fencing (Round Robin)
August 26	Tuesday	13:30	Mixed Relay Swimming
August 26	Tuesday	15:00	Mixed Relay Fencing (Ladder System)
August 26	Tuesday	17:30	Mixed Relay Combined Event

Medal summary

Medal table

* Host nation (China)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mixed-NOCs (MIX)	1	1	1	3
2	China (CHN)*	1	0	0	1
2	Russia (RUS)	1	0	0	1
4	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	0	1
4	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	0	1
6	Germany (GER)	0	0	1	1
6	Lithuania (LTU)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 nations)		3	3	3	9

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys' individual	Alexander Lifanov Russia	Gergely Regos Hungary	Dovidas Vaivada Lithuania
Girls' individual	Zhong Xiuting China	Francesca Summers Great Britain	Anna Matthes Germany
Mixed relay	Maria Teixeira Portugal Anton Kuznetsov Ukraine	Anna Zs Tóth Hungary Ricardo Vera Mexico	Aurora Tognetti Italy Gilung Park South Korea

References

"Qualification System: Modern pentathlon" (PDF). UIPM. July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
"2014 Youth Olympic Games Modern Pentathlon final athletes'list" (PDF). UIPM. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
"Sport Explanatory Brochure: Modern Pentathlon" (PDF). Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.

External links

Official Results Book – Modern Pentathlon

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[Pentathlon-1] "Qualification System: Modern pentathlon" (PDF). UIPM. July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2014.

[Qualification-2] "2014 Youth Olympic Games Modern Pentathlon final athletes'list" (PDF). UIPM. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.

[3] "Sport Explanatory Brochure: Modern Pentathlon" (PDF). Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.