Archery
Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ...
at the
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics (), officially known as the II Summer Youth Olympic Games , and commonly known as Nanjing 2014 ( zh, c=南京2014, p=Nánjīng Èr Líng yī sì), were the second Summer Youth Olympic Games, an international sports ...
was held from 22 to 26 August. The events took place at the
Fangshan Sports Training Base Fangshan may refer to the following locations:
*Fangshan District (), Beijing
*Fangshan County (), Lüliang, Shanxi
* Fangshan, Pingtung (), township in Pingtung County, Taiwan
;Towns
* Fangshan, Jiangsu (), subdivision of Donghai County, Jiangsu
* ...
in
Nanjing
Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...
, China.
Qualification
Each
National Olympic Committee
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games ...
(NOC) could enter a maximum of 2 competitors, 1 per each gender. As hosts, China was given the maximum quota, however they declined the spot for the boys' event and thus the spot was reallocated to the next best nation at the
2013 World Archery Youth Championships. A further 8 spots, 4 in each gender was to be decided by the Tripartite Commission, but only 5 were given. The next three sports, followed by the remaining 54 spots were decided by qualification events at the previous world youth championships and the five continental qualification tournaments.
To be eligible to participate at the 2014 Youth Olympics, athletes must have been born between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 1999. Furthermore, all archers must have achieved the following Minimum Qualification Score (MQS):
* Men: FITA round of 1220 or 60m round of 610
* Women: FITA round of 1200 or 60m round of 600
The MQS must be achieved between 1 September 2013 and 1 July 2014 at a registered FITA event.
Boys
Girls
Schedule
The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.
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Medal summary
Medal table
Results
References
External links
Official Results Book – Archery
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2014 Summer Youth Olympics events
Youth Summer Olympics
2014
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International archery competitions hosted by China