India at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

India competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014. India, which had won 8 medals in 2010 games, managed just 2 medals this time.

India at the
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
in Nanjing
Competitors32 in 15 sports
Flag bearersOpening: Shyam Kumar Kakara[1]
Closing:
Medals
Ranked 64th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Youth Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Venkat Rahul Ragala Weightlifting Boys' Weightlifting(77 kg) 21 August
 Bronze Atul Verma Archery Boys' Individual 26 August

Archery

Two archers from India qualified due to their performance at the 2013 World Archery Youth Championships.[2][3]

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
Atul Verma[4] Boys' Individual 688 2  Min TK (MYA)
W 6–0
 Szafran (POL)
W 6–2
 Muto (JPN)
W 6–2
 D'Almeida (BRA)
L 4–6
 Gazoz (TUR)
W 6–4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Hema Latha Boda Girls' Individual 640 12  Raysin (ISR)
W 7–3
 Gaubil (FRA)
L 0–6
Did Not Advance 9
 Atul Verma (IND)
 Hana Elshimy (EGY)
Mixed Team 1206 31  Mayr (GER)
 Tatafu (TGA)
L 0–6
Did Not Advance 17
 Hema Latha Boda (IND)
 Damyan Dachev (BUL)
1286 13  Anagöz (TUR)
 Purnama (INA)
W 5–4
 Abdrazak (KAZ)
 D'Almeida (BRA)
L 2–6
Did Not Advance 9

Athletics

Five athletes from India qualified.[5]

Qualification Legend: Q=Final A (medal); qB=Final B (non-medal)

Boys
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Ajay Kumar Saroj[4] 1500 m 3:51:71 PB 1 Q 3:46.92 PB 5
Maymon Paulose[4] 110 m hurdles 13.64 PB 3 Q 13.57 PB 4
Field Events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Rank Distance Rank
Mithravarun Senthil Kumar[4] Discus throw 54.71 9 Q 57.06 5
Girls
Track & road events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
K.T.Neena[4] 5 km walk 25:02.19 11
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Rank Distance Rank
Pushpa Jakhar[4] Javelin throw 50.21 6 Q 49.56 6

Badminton

Two shuttlers from India qualified based on the BWF World Junior Rankings.[6][7]

Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Aditya Joshi Boys' Singles  Petrovic (SRB)
W (21–17, 21–16)
 Sarsiekienov (UKR)
W (21–14, 21–13)
 Pham CC (VIE)
W (21–14, 21–13)
1 Q  CJ Wei (MAS)
W (20–22, 21–18, 21–12)
 Shi Yq (CHN)
L (10–21, 22–24)
 Ginting (INA)
L (17–21, 16–21)
4
Ruthvika Shivani Girls' Singles  Konieczna (POL)
W (21–10, 21–4)
 Lai (AUS)
W (21–18, 21–11)
 Hartawan (INA)
L (14–21, 15–21)
2 Did Not Advance
 Tessa Kabelo (BOT)
 Aditya Joshi (IND)
Mixed Doubles  Sarsiekienov (UKR)
 Yamaguchi (JPN)
L (19–21, 17–21)
 Chen (NED)
 Krapez (SLO)
L (13–21, 21–17, 13–21)
 Mitsova (BUL)
 Abdelhakim (EGY)
W (20–22, 21–18, 21–11)
3 Did Not Advance
 Ruthvika Shivani (IND)
 Abraham Ayittey (GHA)
 Ong (SIN)
 Hendahewa (SRI)
L WO
 Courtois (FRA)
 Sebunnya (UGA)
L WO
 He Bj (CHN)
 Dias (SRI)
L WO
4 Did Not Advance

Boxing

Two boxers from India qualified based on their performance in the 2014 Youth World Championships.[8]

Boys
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final / RM Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Shyam Kakara -49 kg  Huseynov (AZE)
L 1–2
Did Not Advance  Karakilic (TUR)
W 3–0
5
Gaurav Solanki -52 kg Bye  Ping L (CHN)
L 0–3
 Md. Ali (GBR)
L 0–3
4

Canoeing

One boat from India qualified based on its performance at the 2013 World Junior Canoe Sprint and Slalom Championships.[9]

Girls
Athlete Event Qualification Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time
Kirti Kewat C1 slalom 1:50.492 5 Q DNF Did Not Advance
C1 sprint 2:31.856 5 qR 2:33.175 1 Q 2:35.385 2 Did Not Advance

Qualification Legend: Q=Next Round; qR=Repechage

Golf

One team of two athletes from India qualified based on the 8 June 2014 IGF Combined World Amateur Golf Rankings.[10]

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total
Score Rank Score Total Rank Score Total Rank Score Rank
Feroz Garewal Boys' Individual 73 19 69 142 7 70 212 5 212 5
Aditi Ashok Girls' Individual 74 16 70 144 6 76 220 11 220 11
Feroz Garewal
Aditi Ashok
Mixed team 66 9 72 138 9 153 291 21 291 21

Gymnastics

Artistic Gymnastics

One gymnast from India qualified based on the performance at the 2014 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[11]

Boys
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
Floor Pommel horse Rings Vault Parallel bars Horizontal bar
Abhijeet Kumar[4] Qualification 12.650 13.000 10.000 13.600 12.650 12.250 74.150 26

Rowing

One boat from India qualified based on its performance at the Asian Qualification Regatta.[12]

Athlete Event Seeding Heats Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Amit Kumar
Atul Kumar
Boys' Pairs 3:28.36 4 3:22.68 6 R 3:25.03 5 FB 3:26.56 6

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Sailing

India was given a reallocation boat based on being a top ranked nation not yet qualified.[13]

Athlete Event Race Net
Points
Final
Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Katya Ida Coelho Girls' Techno 293 18 20 21 20 DNF 20 CNC CNC CNC CNC 19 117 21

Shooting

2 shooters from India qualified based on their performance in the 2014 Asian Shooting Championships.[14]

Individual
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Prashant Tanwar Boys' 10m Air Rifle 606.0 13 Did Not Advance
Yashaswini Singh Deswal Girls' 10m Air Pistol 377 5 Q 117.6 6
Team
Athletes Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Points Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
 Prashant (IND)
 Angirmaa Nergui (MGL)
Mixed Team 10m Air Rifle 813.5 12 Q  Khedmati (IRI)
 Friman (FIN)
W 10–7
 Sukhorukova (UKR)
 Lu S-c (TPE)
L 9–10
Did Not Advance 8
 Yashaswini Singh Deswal (IND)
 Joze Ceper (SLO)
Mixed Team 10m Air Pistol 754 3 Q  Le Sieur (CAN)
 Wu Jy (CHN)
W 10–5
 Nencheva (BUL)
 Svechnikov (UZB)
L 5–10
Did Not Advance 8

Swimming

India qualified two swimmers.[15]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Supriya Mondal Boys' 100 m butterfly 56.23 19 Did Not Advance
Boys' 200 m butterfly 2:03.71 12 Did Not Advance
Kataryla Shivani Girls' 100 m freestyle 58.87 30 Did Not Advance
Girls' 200 m freestyle 2:06.44 25 Did Not Advance

Table Tennis

2 athletes from India qualified based on their performance in the 2014 Asian Qualifying Event.[16]

Singles
Athlete Event Group Stage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Abhishek Yadav Boys  Akkuzu (FRA)
L 2–3
 Avvari (USA)
W 3–0
 Gerassimenko (KAZ)
L 1–3
3 qB  Alassani (TOG)
W 3–0
 Levenko (AUT)
W 3–1
 Szudi (HUN)
W 3–2
 Ranefur (SWE)
L 1–3
18
Sutirtha Mukherjee Girls  Salah (DJI)
W 3–0
 Liu Gy (CHN)
L 1–3
 Piccolin (ITA)
W 3–1
2 Q  Khetkhuan (THA)
L 2–4
Did Not Advance 16
Sutirtha Mukherjee
Abhishek Yadav
Mixed  Kato /
Muramatsu (JPN)
L 0–3
 Salah (DJI) /
 Alassani (TOG)
W 3–0
 Luo (CAN) /
 Afanador (PUR)
L 1–2
3 qB  Seera (UGA) /
 Bienatiki (CGO)
W 3–0
 Herng HY /
Jing YY (SIN)
W 2–1
17

Qualification Legend: Q=Main Bracket (medal); qB=Consolation Bracket (non-medal)

Tennis

One athlete from India qualified based on the 9 June 2014 ITF World Junior Rankings.[17]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Ojasvinee Singh Girls' Singles  Bains (AUS)
L 4–6, 1–6
Did Not Advance
 Ojasvinee Singh (IND)
 Greetje Minnen (BEL)
Girls' Doubles  Bains /
Hon (AUS)
L 2–6, 3–6
Did Not Advance
 Ojasvinee Singh (IND)
 Sharmal Dissanaayake (SRI)
Mixed Doubles  Kenin /
Rybakov (USA)
L 2–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Did Not Advance

Weightlifting

Two lifters in the boys' events and one lifter in the girls' event qualified from India based on the team ranking after the 2013 Weightlifting Youth World Championships.[18]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Lalchhanhima Boys' 56 kg NL DNF
Venkat Rahul Ragala Boys' 77 kg 141 2 175 2 316 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Thasana Chanu Girls' 58 kg 70 5 90 6 160 6

Wrestling

Four wrestlers from India qualified based on their performance at the 2014 Asian Cadet Championships.[19]

Key:

  • VT - Victory by Fall.
  • PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
  • PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
Athlete Event Group stage Final / RM Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Prakash Kolekar Boys' freestyle 46 kg  Ipolito (ASA)
W 4–0 VT
 Tigreros (COL)
L 1–3 PP
 Gadzhiev (RUS)
L 0–4 VT
3  Hegab (EGY)
L 1–3 PP
6
Amit Kumar Boys' freestyle 63 kg  Montero (VEN)
L 1–3 PP
 Lloyd (NZL)
W 4–0 VT
 Moore (CAN)
W 3–1 PP
2  Julakidze (GEO)
L 1–3 PP
4
Shri Pal Boys' Greco-Roman 85 kg  Ahmed (EGY)
L 1–3 PP
 Kalaba (SRB)
W 4–0 VT
 Milov (BUL)
L 1–4 PP
3  Khehira (CAN)
W 4–0 PO
5
Anil Reshma Mane Girls' freestyle 60 kg  Bullen (NOR)
L 0–4 VT
 Mbouma (CGO)
W 3–1 PP
 Larroque (FRA)
L 0–4 VT
3  Stans (RSA)
W 3–0 PO
5

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