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

Archery

Italy qualified a male and female archer from its performance at the 2013 World Archery Youth Championships. ;Individual ;Team

Athletics

Italy qualified 18 athletes. 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 ;Field Events ;Girls ;Track & road events ;Field events

Beach Volleyball

Italy qualified a girls' team from their performance at the 2014 European Volleyball Confederation, CEV Youth Continental Cup Final.

Boxing

Italy qualified four boxers based on its performance at the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships, 2014 AIBA Youth World Championships ;Boys ;Girls

Canoeing

Italy qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2013 World Junior Canoe Sprint and Slalom Championships. ;Boys

Cycling

Italy qualified a boys' and girls' team based on its ranking issued by the Union Cycliste International, UCI. ;Team ;Mixed Relay

Diving

Italy qualified two quotas based on its performance at the Nanjing 2014 Diving Qualifying Event.

Equestrian

Italy qualified a rider.

Fencing

Italy qualified five athletes based on its performance at the 2014 FIE Cadet World Championships. ;Boys ;Girls ;Mixed Team

Golf

Italy qualified one team of two athletes based on the 8 June 2014 International Golf Federation, IGF Combined World Amateur Golf Rankings. ;Individual ;Team

Gymnastics

Artistic Gymnastics

Italy qualified athlete based on its performance at the 2014 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2014 European WAG Championships. ;Girls

Judo

Italy qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2013 Cadet World Judo Championships. ;Individual ;Team

Modern Pentathlon

Italy qualified one athlete based on its performance at the European YOG Qualifiers and another based on its performance at the 2014 Youth A World Championships.

Rowing

Italy qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2013 World Rowing Junior Championships. Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; R=Repechage

Sailing

Italy qualified four boats based on its performance at the Byte CII European Continental Qualifiers and Techno 293 European Continental Qualifiers.

Shooting

Italy was given a wild card to compete. ;Individual ;Team

Swimming

Italy qualified eight swimmers. ;Boys ;Girls ;Mixed

Table Tennis

Italy qualified one athlete based on its performance at the Road to Nanjing series. ;Singles ;Team Qualification Legend: Q=Main Bracket (medal); qB=Consolation Bracket (non-medal)

Taekwondo

Italy qualified two athletes based on its performance at the Taekwondo Qualification Tournament. ;Girls

Triathlon

Italy qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 European Youth Olympic Games Qualifier. ;Individual ;Relay

Weightlifting

Italy qualified 1 quota in the boys' and girls' events based on the team ranking after the 2014 Weightlifting Youth European Championships. ;Boys ;Girls

References

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