Ireland at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics explained

Noc:	IRL
Nocname:	Olympic Council of Ireland
Games:	Summer Youth Olympics
Year:	2014
Location:	Nanjing
Competitors:	16
Sports:	7
Rank:	58
Gold:	0
Silver:	2
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto

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

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
		Equestrian	Team Jumping (part of a Mixed-NOC team Europe)	20 Aug
				26 Aug
				27 Aug
				25 Aug

Athletics

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

Ireland qualified five athletes.^[1]

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

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Eoin Sheridan	align=left	Discus throw	53.63	12 qB	51.19	5
Adam King	align=left	Hammer throw	71.91 PB	8 Q	71.49	8

Girls

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Roseanna McGuckian	align=left	200 m	24.77	3 qB	25.15	5
Louis Shanahan	align=left	800 m	2:09.58	2 Q	2:08.29 PB	6

Field events

Boxing

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

Ireland qualified three boxers based on its performance at the 2014 AIBA Youth World Championships^[2]

Boys

Girls

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Ciara Ginty	-60 kg	W 3-0	W 2-0	L 0-3
Christine Desmond	-75 kg	bye	L 0-3	Bronze Medal Bout L 0-3	4

Canoeing

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

Ireland qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2013 World Junior Canoe Sprint and Slalom Championships.^[3]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Robert Hendrick	C1 slalom	1:19.667	3 Q	1:21.403 W	1:18.752 W	1:19.047 L
C1 sprint	2:14.219	12 Q	2:14.706	12	did not advance

Equestrian

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

Ireland qualified a rider.^[4]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Michael Duffy	Commander	Individual Jumping	0	1	4	4	5	4	5
Europe	Galaxy Commander Montelini For The Sun Abel	Team Jumping	(8) 0 0 (8) 0	1	(4) 0 0 (0) 0	0	1	0

Golf

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

Ireland qualified one team of two athletes based on the 8 June 2014 IGF Combined World Amateur Golf Rankings.^[5]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Rank
Kevin le Blanc	align=left	Boys	73 (+1)	19	71 (-1)	144 (PAR)		73 (+1)	217 (+1)		217	16
Olivia Mehaffey	align=left	Girls	73 (+1)	11	75 (+3)	148 (+4)		79 (+7)	227 (+11)		227	20

Team

Rowing

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

Ireland qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2013 World Rowing Junior Championships.^[6]

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

Swimming

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

Ireland qualified three swimmers.^[7]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Calum Bain	50 m freestyle	23.57	17	did not advance
100 m freestyle	52.51	29	did not advance
50 m butterfly	25.69	27	did not advance

Girls

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=4	Laoise Fleming	200 m freestyle	2:08.93	32	did not advance
50 m backstroke	31.64	37	did not advance
100 m backstroke	1:06.21	30	did not advance
200 m backstroke	2:21.89	24	did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Dearbhail McNamara	50 m breaststroke	35.17	27	did not advance
100 m breaststroke	1:13.79	23	did not advance
200 m breaststroke	2:34.39	10	did not advance

Notes and References

1. 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 .
2. 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.
3. News: 2014 Youth Olympics Games Qualification . . 20 February 2014 . 13 March 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140313194559/http://www.canoeicf.com/icf/Canoe-Events/Olympic-Games/2014-Youth-Olympic-Games/main/0/text_files/file/2014%20YOG%20CANOEING%20QUALIFICATION%20TABLE.pdf . 13 March 2014 .
4. 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 .
5. News: Youth Olympic Games Golf Ranking . . 8 June 2014 . 7 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140702151154/http://www.igfgolf.org/olympic-games/youth-olympic-games/youth-olympic-golf-ranking/ . 2 July 2014 .
6. News: 2014 YOG Qualification: Rowing . . 20 February 2014 . 27 February 2014 . 27 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140227232856/http://www.worldrowing.com//files/download/12483 . dead .
7. 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 .