Independent Olympic Athletes at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics explained

Noc:	IOA
Games:	Summer Youth Olympics
Year:	2014
Location:	Nanjing
Competitors:	1
Sports:	1
Appearances:	auto

One Independent Olympic Athlete competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China. The athlete was from South Sudan.

Background

South Sudan gained its independence from Sudan in June 2011. As of the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, it had not formed a National Olympic Committee, implying that athletes from this nation were unable to enter with a National Olympic Committee (NOC). However the International Olympic Committee agreed to allow a runner to compete under the Olympic flag.^[1]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

One athlete was chosen to compete.^[2]

Girls

Track & road events

Notes and References

1. News: South Sudanese athlete to compete at Nanjing 2014 under Olympic flag . insidethegames.biz . 8 July 2014 . 9 July 2014.
2. News: Number of Entries by NOC: Athletics . nanjing2014.org . 6 August 2014 . 8 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140808234918/http://result.nanjing2014.qq.com/IRS/ENG/ZZ/ZZS103A_YO2014AT%40%40%40%40%40%40%40ENG.htm . 8 August 2014 .