Argentina at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics explained

Noc:	ARG
Nocname:	Argentine Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Youth Olympics
Year:	2014
Website:
Location:	Nanjing
Competitors:	62
Sports:	25
Flagbearer:	Sofía Goicoechea Ruíz (opening) Francisco Saubidet Birkner (closing)
Rank:	41
Gold:	1
Silver:	2
Bronze:	4
Appearances:	auto

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

Medalists

Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC (Combined) teams are represented in italics. These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
		Judo	Mixed Team
		Equestrian	Team Jumping
	Argentina boys' national rugby sevens team
		Shooting	Mixed Team 10m Air Rifle
		Judo	Mixed Team
	Argentina girls' national field hockey team

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Argentina qualified a male archer from its performance at the 2013 World Archery Youth Championships.^[1]

Individual

Team

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. Argentina qualified 3 athletes in the following events:^[2]

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

Basketball

See main article: article and Basketball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Argentina qualified a boys' team from their performance at the 2013 U18 3x3 World Championships.^{[3] [4]}

Boys' tournament

See main article: article and Basketball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' tournament.

Roster

• Michel Divoy
• Rodrigo Gerhardt
• Juan Pablo Lugrin
• José Vildoza

Group Stage

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Knockout Stage

Beach Volleyball

See main article: article and Beach volleyball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Argentina qualified a boys' and girls' team from their performance at the 2014 CSV Youth Beach Volleyball Tour.^{[5] [6]}

Athletes	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 24	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
align=left rowspan=5	Santiago Aulisi Leandro Aveiro	align=left rowspan=5	Boys'	W 21–13, 19–21, 15–12	2	W	W 21–11, 21–23, 15-13	W 20–22, 21–18, 19-17	L 18–21, 19-21	W 21–10, 12–21, 15-12
W w/o
L 14–21, 14–21
W 21–11, 21–7
W 21–10, 21–16
align=left rowspan=5	Camila Hiruela Irene Verasio	align=left rowspan=5	Girls'	L 27–29, 21–18, 5–15	2	W 21–13, 21-13	W 21–9, 21-18	L 24–26, 14-21	Did not advance	9
W 23–21, 17–21, 15–10
W 21–14, 21–12
W 23–21, 10–21, 15–11
W 21–7, 21–10

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Argentina qualified one boxer based on its performance at the 2014 AIBA Youth World Championships^[7]

Boys

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Argentina qualified a boys' and girls' team based on its ranking issued by the UCI.^{[8] [9]}

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
Franco Vigiani Nicolás Torres	Boys' Team	7	30	6:24.87	32	0	2	160	58:49	10	10	1:38.11 DNF	43	0	200	7
Fiorella Bosch Luisina Pesce	Girls' Team	15	2	7:33.36	28	0	6	60	48:47	11	8	1:22:07 DNF	46	0	70	19

Mixed Relay

Equestrian

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Argentina qualified one athlete at the 2013 Equestrian South American Junior Championships.^[10]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2			Total		Jump-Off		Rank
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Time
Martina Campi	Darina	Individual Jumping	0	1				0	2	0
South America	align=left valign=bottom	Darina La Gomera Zyralynn Cenai Lord Power	Team Jumping	valign=bottom	4 EL 20 0 0	2	valign=bottom	0 20 8 0 0	4	2	4

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Argentina qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 Cadet World Championships.^[11]

Boys

Mixed Team

Field hockey

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Argentina qualified a girls' team based on its performance at the 2014 Youth American Championship.^[12]

Girls' tournament

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' tournament.

Roster

• Cristina Cosentino
• Bárbara Dichiara Gentili
• Julieta Jankunas
• Macarena Losada
• María Paula Ortiz
• Micaela Retegui
• Delfina Thome
• Sofía Toccalino
• Eugenia Trinchinetti

Group Stage

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Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze medal match

Golf

See main article: article and Golf at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Argentina qualified one athlete based on the 8 June 2014 IGF World Amateur Golf Rankings.^[13]

Individual

Team

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Artistic Gymnastics

Argentina qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships.^[14]

Girls

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Argentina qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2013 Cadet World Judo Championships.^[15]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals				Final /	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Gustavo Basile	Boys' -100 kg	L 000-100	L 000–101	4
Ayelén Elizeche	Girls' -52 kg	W 002-0011	L 000-100	Did not advance		W 1002–0002	L 0003-0001	Did not advance	7

Team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Team Douillet	Mixed Team	W 3^200 – 3^112	W 5 – 2	L 3^111 – 3^202	Did not advance
Team Rouge	Mixed Team	W 5-2	W 5-2	W 4-3	W 4-2

Modern Pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Argentina qualified one athlete based on the 1 June 2014 Olympic Youth A Pentathlon World Rankings.^[16]

Athlete	Event	Fencing Ranking Round (épée one touch)		Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Fencing Final Round (épée one touch)		Combined: Shooting/Running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m)			Total Points	Final Rank
		Results	Rank	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points
Ailén Cisneros	Girls' Individual	14–9	6	2:27.37	19	258	7	275	16:15.20	23	325	858	22
	Mixed Relay

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Argentina qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2014 Latin American Qualification Regatta.^[17]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Joel Rabel	Boys' Single Sculls	3:34.83	4 R	3:24.84	2 SA/B	3:31.38	6 FB	3:40.58	12
Ilen Carballo	Girls' Single Sculls	4:01.33	6 R	4:06.26	5 SC/D	4:02.68	3 FC	4:15.15	18

Rugby sevens

See main article: article and Rugby sevens at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Argentina qualified 1 team in the boys' team competition based on their ranking at the 2013 Rugby Sevens World Cup.^[18]

Boys' tournament

See main article: article and Rugby sevens at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' tournament.

Roster

• José Barros Sosa
• Lautaro Bazán Vélez
• Vicente Boronat
• Enrique Camerlinckx
• Juan Cruz Camerlinckx
• Juan Ignacio Conil Vila
• Manuel de Sousa Carrusca
• Bautista Delguy
• Indalecio Ledesma
• Hugo Miotti
• Mariano Romanini
• Isaac Sprenger

Group Stage

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Semifinal

Gold Medal Match

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Argentina qualified two boats based on its performance at the Techno 293 Central & South American Continental Qualifiers.^[19]

Athlete	Event	Race											Net Points	Final Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Francisco Saubidet Birkner	Boys' Techno 293	6	1	1	8	1	11	CAN				2	19
Micaela Lauret	Girls' Techno 293	15	19	15	19	19	19	CAN				17	104	19

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Argentina qualified two shooters based on its performance at the Americas Qualification Event held during a Shooting World Cup event in Fort Benning.^[20]

Lucas Decicilia finished 1st in Men's 10m Air Rifle event, thus winning one quota for Argentina. Fernanda Russo while ending 4th at the Girls 10m Air Rifle event still gained the quota because Mexico had already occupied it's quotas by finishing 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the Girl's Air Rifle Event (the requirement to get a quota was to end 1st or 2nd in a MQA event).^[21]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Lucas Decicilia	Boys' 10m Air Rifle	599.0	18	Did not advance
Fernanda Russo	Girls' 10m Air Rifle	406.9	13	Did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Points	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
	Mixed Team 10m Air Rifle	815.5	9 Q	W 10–4	L 7–10	Did not advance		5
	Mixed Team 10m Air Rifle		Q		W 10 - 7	W 10 - 8	L 2 - 10

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Argentina qualified three swimmers.^[22]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=4	Guido Buscaglia	50 m freestyle	23.69	19	Did not advance
100 m freestyle	51.48	17	Did not advance
200 m freestyle	1:53.20	20	Did not advance
50 m butterfly	25.18	21	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Santiago Grassi	50 m butterfly	24.93	12 Q	24.71	10	Did not advance
100 m butterfly	54.40	7Q	54.37	9	Did not advance
200 m butterfly	2:07.17	20	Did not advance

Girls

Table Tennis

See main article: article and Table tennis at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Argentina qualified one athlete based on its performance at the Latin American Qualification Event.^[23]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group Stage	Rank	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
align=left rowspan=3	Fermín Tenti	align=left rowspan=3	Boys	Group C L 12–10, 10–12, 12–14, 6–11	2 Q	L 11–9, 6–11, 8–11, 7–11, 7–11	Did not advance	9
W 11–8, 11–2, 11–7
W 10–12, 11–7, 9–11, 11–3, 11–8

Team

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

Taekwondo

See main article: article and Taekwondo at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Argentina qualified one athlete based on its performance at the Taekwondo Qualification Tournament.^[24]

Boys

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Argentina qualified two tennis players based on their ranking.^[25]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Francisco Bahamonde	Boys' Singles	W 7–5, 2–6, 7–6	W 6–4, 6–1	L w/o	Did not advance		5
Matías Zukas	Boys' Singles	L 1–6, 5–7	Did not advance				17

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
	Boys' Doubles		W 7–6, 6–3	L w/o	Did not advance		5
	Mixed Doubles	W 2-0 7^7-6^4, 6-3	L w/o	Did not advance			17
	Mixed Doubles	W 2-0 6–3, 6-1	W w/o	W 2-0 7^7-6^2, 6-4	L 0-2 2–6, 1-6	L 1-2 3–6, 6–3, [5]-[10]	4

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Argentina was given a reallocation spot for being a top ranked nation not yet qualified.^[26]

Girls

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Argentina qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 Pan American Cadet Championships.^[27]

Boys

Notes and References

1. News: Youth Olympics Games-2014 Qualification Places Boys . . 14 June 2014 . 27 June 2014.
2. News: Tres Altetas Argentinos Consiguen Clasificacion Para Nanjing 2014 (Three athletes from Argentina Qualify for Beijing 2014). 6 June 2014. El Comercio (Argentina). 5 June 2014. es.
3. News: 3x3 basketball . . 24 June 2014 . 10 July 2014.
4. News: 3x3 - Pools unveiled for 3x3 event at 2014 Youth Olympic Games . https://archive.today/20140709113430/http://www.fiba.com/news/3x3-Pools-unveiled-for-3x3-event-at-2014-Youth-Olympic-Games. live. July 9, 2014. . 24 June 2014 . 10 July 2014.
5. News: South American qualifiers wrap up places in Nanjing . . 20 May 2014 . 21 May 2014.
6. News: Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud 2014: Duplas para Nanjing (2014 Summer Youth Olympics: Teams for Nanjing). 14 June 2014. somosvoley.com. 7 June 2014. es.
7. News: Meet the Qualified Athletes for Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games. AIBA. 23 May 2014. 23 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140717223659/http://aiba.org/en-US/news/ozqsp/newsId/5907/news.aspx. 17 July 2014. dead.
8. News: Cycling Boys Qualifiers . . 12 July 2014 . 12 July 2014.
9. News: Cycling Girls Qualifiers . . 12 July 2014 . 12 July 2014.
10. News: Number of Entries by NOC: Equestrian . nanjing2014.org . 6 August 2014 . 7 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140817211032/http://result.nanjing2014.qq.com/IRS/ENG/ZZ/ZZS103A_YO2014EQ%40%40%40%40%40%40%40ENG.htm . 17 August 2014 .
11. News: 2014 Youth Olympic Games - Nanjing FIE Qualifications . . 10 July 2014 . 10 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140825175830/http://www.fie.ch/download/homepage/fr/athletes%20qualifies%20JOJ%202014.pdf . 25 August 2014 .
12. News: Hockey teams announced for Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games . . 28 July 2014 . 4 August 2014.
13. News: Youth Olympic Games Golf Ranking . . 6 August 2014 . 6 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140702151154/http://www.igfgolf.org/olympic-games/youth-olympic-games/youth-olympic-golf-ranking/ . 2 July 2014 .
14. News: 2nd Youth Olympic Games Qualifiers - Gymnastics . . 8 July 2014 . 8 July 2014.
15. News: 2014 YOG IJF Athlete List. International Judo Federation. 18 July 2014. 4 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140812015412/http://www.intjudo.eu/upload/2014_07/28/140653382518565615/2014_nanjing_final_list_of_entries_by_noc.pdf. 12 August 2014. dead.
16. News: 2014 Youth Olympic Games Modern Pentathlon final athletes'list . . 9 July 2014 . 9 July 2014.
17. Web site: Campamento Fisa de Desarrollo–Regatta Fisa Clasificacion Olimpica–Latinoamericano Junior y Sub 23- Montevideo - Uruguay - Abril 2014. Imas Sport. 29 June 2014.
18. News: Youth Olympic Games Sevens teams confirmed . . 19 June 2014 . 27 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140626155236/http://www.irb.com/rugbyandtheolympics/news/newsid%3D2072001.html . 26 June 2014 .
19. News: 2014 YOG Qualification Tehcno 293 . . 5 July 2014 . 5 July 2014.
20. News: Quota Places by Name and Nation . . 25 April 2014 . 25 April 2014.
21. Web site: Youth heading to Nanjing, passing by Fort Benning. ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol · Fort Benning, USA. .
22. News: Number of Entries by NOC: Swimming . nanjing2014.org . 6 August 2014 . 9 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140808210533/http://result.nanjing2014.qq.com/IRS/ENG/ZZ/ZZS103A_YO2014SW%40%40%40%40%40%40%40ENG.htm . 8 August 2014 .
23. News: Players Qualified for the 2014 Youth Olympic Gammes . . 16 April 2014 . 20 April 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140309012014/http://www.ittf.com/competitions/PDF_Upload/pictures/PDF27240.pdf . 9 March 2014 .
24. News: WTF Qualification Tournament for Nanjing 2014 – Day 1 . . 20 March 2014 . 22 March 2014 .
25. News: 2014 Youth Olympic Tennis Event – Boys Acceptance List by Country . . 1 July 2014 . 15 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140719220010/http://nanjing.itftennis.com/media/179729/179729.pdf . 19 July 2014 .
26. News: 2014 YOG Quota Summary . . 8 July 2014 . 9 July 2014 . 3 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233645/http://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2014/07/2014-YOG-Q-1.pdf . dead .
27. News: Wrestling Qualifiers Named for Youth Olympic Games . . 28 July 2014 . 30 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140810041126/http://www.fila-official.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1287:wrestling-qualifiers-named-for-youth-olympic-games&catid=60:actualite&Itemid=100235&lang=en . 10 August 2014 . dead .