Poland at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics explained

Noc:	POL
Nocname:	Polish Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Youth Olympics
Year:	2014
Location:	Nanjing
Competitors:	59
Sports:	21
Rank:	12
Gold:	5
Silver:	0
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto

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

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				17 Aug
				19 Aug
				23 Aug
				24 Aug
				26 Aug
				26 Aug

Archery

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

Poland qualified two archers based on its performance at the 2013 World Archery Youth Championships.^{[1] [2]}

Individual

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Marek Szafran	Boys' Individual	662	15	W 6–2	L 2–6	Did not advance			9
Sylwia Zyzańska	Girls' Individual	643	10	W 7–3	W 6–5	L 5–6	Did not advance		5

Team

Athletes	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
	Mixed Team	1289	7	W 5-3	L 2-6	Did not advance			9
	Mixed Team	1277	22	L 4-5	Did not advance				17

Athletics

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

Poland qualified 16 athletes.^[3]

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

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Wojciech Kaczor	200 m	22.01	14 qB	DQ
Paweł Chmiel	400 m	49.42	16 qC	DNS
Mateusz Borkowski	align=left	1500 m	3:55.78	15 qB	3:55.58	13
Dawid Żebrowski	align=left	110 m hurdles	13.64	6 Q	13.71	6

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Bartosz Wójcik	align=left	Long jump	NM	qB	DNS
Igor Kopala	align=left	High jump	2.10	5 Q	2.08	6
Konrad Bukowiecki	Shot put	22.34	1 Q	23.17 PB
Mateusz Strzeszewski	align=left	Javelin throw	70.93	7 Q	64.29	8
Adrian Muszyński	align=left	Hammer throw	71.44 PB	9 qB	67.69	11

Girls

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ewa Swoboda	align=left	100 m	11.30 PB	1 Q	DQ
Sylwia Indeka	align=left	1500 m	4:30.80	11 qB	4:36.33	11
Aneta Konieczek	align=left	2000 m steeplechase	6:46.47 PB	6 Q	6:52.78	9
Olga Niedzialek	align=left	5 km walk	24:39.53	9

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Maja Ślepowrońska	align=left	Shot put	16.40 PB	4 Q	16.62 PB	4
Aleksandra Ostrowska	align=left	Javelin throw	52.21	4 Q	51.79	5
Magdalena Zycer	align=left	Hammer throw	61.12	8 Q	55.60	8

Badminton

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

Poland qualified two athletes based on the 2 May 2014 BWF Junior World Rankings.^{[4] [5]}

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Krzysztof Jakowczuk	Boys' Singles	L 0-2	L 0-2	W 2-0	3	did not advance
Magda Konieczna	Girls' Singles	L 0-2	L 0-2	L 0-2	4	did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
	Mixed Doubles	L 1-2	L 0-2	L 1-2	4	did not advance
	Mixed Doubles	L 1-2	W 2-1	W 2-1	2	did not advance

Basketball

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

Poland qualified boys team based on its FIBA 3x3 federation ranking.^[6]

Boys' tournament

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

Roster

• Maciej Bojanowski
• Mateusz Fatz
• Dominik Olejniczak
• Igor Wadowski

Group stage

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Knockout Stage

Beach volleyball

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

Poland qualified a boys' team from their performance at the 2014 CEV Youth Continental Cup Final.^[7]

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	Dominik Kmiecik Jakub Macura	align=left rowspan=5	Boys'	L 0 - 2	4 Q	L 1 - 2	Did not advance	17
L 1 - 2
W 2 - 0
L 0 - 2
W 2 - 0

Boxing

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

Poland qualified one boxer based on its performance at the 2014 AIBA Youth World Championships^[8]

Girls

Canoeing

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

Poland qualified three boats based on its performance at the 2013 World Junior Canoe Sprint and Slalom Championships.^[9]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Repechage		Round of 16		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Marcel Holdak	C1 slalom	1:28.977	6 R	DSQ		Did not advance
C1 sprint	1:51.845	8 Q	1:47.480	2 Q	L 1:47.703	Did not advance		6
Patryk Grzelka	K1 slalom	1:26.547	10 Q	1:31.689	14	Did not advance			14
K1 sprint	1:41.687	10 R	1:42.653	2 Q	1:38.676	9	Did not advance			9

Girls

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Repechage		Round of 16		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Klaudia Zwolinska	K1 slalom	1:20.941	7 Q	1:20.381	7 Q	L 1:24.114	Did not advance		7
K1 sprint	2:36.067	18 R	2:26.213	9	Did not advance

Cycling

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

Poland qualified a boys' and girls' team based on its ranking issued by the UCI.^{[10] [11]}

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
Szymon Sajnok Damian Slawek	Boys' Team	3	65	5:10.12	2	80	23	0	-3 LAP	24	0	1:37:23 1:37:23	5 22	40	185	8
Agata Drozdek Natalia Nowotarska	Girls' Team	10	10	11:58.30	31	0	27	0	-1 LAP	22	0	1:12:36 1:14:14	19 37	0	10	26

Mixed Relay

Fencing

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

Poland qualified four athletes based on its performance at the 2014 FIE Cadet World Championships.^[12]

Boys

Girls

Athlete	Event	Pool Round	Seed	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Anna Mroszczak	Épée	Pool 2 W W 5-0	3		L 10-15	Did not advance		5
Anna Szymczak	Foil				L	Did not advance		5
Sylwia Matuszak	Sabre	W 5-0 W 5-3		L	Did not advance			9

Mixed Team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals /	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Europe 2	Mixed Team		W 30-24	L 29-30	W 30-25
Europe 1	Mixed Team		W 30-29	W	L

Gymnastics

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

Artistic Gymnastics

Poland qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 European WAG Championships.^[13]

Girls

Judo

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

Poland qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2013 Cadet World Judo Championships.^[14]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals					Final /	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Pawel Wawrzyczek	Boys' -66 kg		L 000-010	Did not advance		W 010-000	W 100-000	W 000-000	L 000-001	Did not advance	7
Kamila Pasternak	Girls' -78 kg		L 000-110	Did not advance				W 100-000	L 000-100	Did not advance	7

Team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Team Kerr	Mixed Team	L 2 - 4	Did not advance			9
Team Ruska	Mixed Team		L 2 – 5	Did not advance		5

Modern Pentathlon

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

Poland qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 Youth A World Championships.^[15]

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	Results	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points
Bartosz Hoffmann	Boys' Individual												1003	23
Unknown	Mixed Relay

Rowing

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

Poland qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2013 World Rowing Junior Championships.^[16]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mateusz Swietek	Boys' Single Sculls	3:29.37	3 R	3:23.41	1 SA/B	3:25.42	3 FA	3:28.31	5
Katarzyna Pilch Karolina Smyrak	Girls' Pairs	3:34.57	4 R	3:36.13	2 FA	3:46.10	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

Sailing

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

Poland was given a reallocation boat based on being a top ranked nation not yet qualified.^[17]

Shooting

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

Poland was given a wild card to compete.^[18]

Individual

Team

Swimming

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

Poland qualified four swimmers.^[19]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Jan Hołub	50 m freestyle	22.98Q	5	22.74Q	4	22.70	5
100 m freestyle	50.61	8 Q	50.41	7 Q	50.01	7
align=left rowspan=3	Wojciech Wojdak	200 m freestyle	1:53.02	19	Did not advance
400 m freestyle	3:52.80	2 Q	3:53.96	6
800 m freestyle	8:02.38	4

Girls

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Nikola Petryka	50 m freestyle	26.70	18	Did not advance
100 m freestyle	57.67	20	Did not advance
50 m backstroke	29.76	14 Q	29.83	15	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Dominika Sztandera	50 m freestyle	26.78	21	Did not advance
50 m breaststroke	32.19	5 Q	32.29	9	Did not advance
100 m breaststroke	1:10.73	10 Q	1:10.43	9	Did not advance

Table Tennis

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

Poland qualified two athletes based on its performance at the European Qualification Event.^[20]

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	Patryk Zatowka	align=left rowspan=3	Boys	Group F W 3 - 2	1 Q	W 4 - 2	L 3 - 4	Did not advance	5
W 3 - 2
W 3 - 1
align=left rowspan=3	Natalia Bajor	align=left rowspan=3	Girls	Group F W 3 - 0	3 qB	Consolation L 1 - 3	Did not advance	21
L 0 - 3
W 3 - 1

Team

Athletes	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	Poland	align=left rowspan=3	Mixed	Group AChina L 0 - 3	2 Q	Hong Kong L 0 - 2	Did not advance	9
Asia 1 W 3 - 0
Latin America 2 W 2 - 1

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

Taekwondo

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

Poland qualified one athlete based on its performance at the Taekwondo Qualification Tournament.^[21]

Girls

Tennis

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

Poland qualified two athletes based on the 9 June 2014 ITF World Junior Rankings.^[22]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Kamil Majchrzak	Boys' Singles	W 2–0 (6–3, 6–2)	W 2–0 (6–2, 6–0)	W 1–1 (3–6, 6–4, retired)	W 2–1 (6–4, 3–6, 6–3)	W 2–0 (7–5, 6–4)
Jan Zieliński	Boys' Singles	W 2–1 (4–6, 6–3, 6–2)	L 1–2 (7–5, 1–6, 2–6)	Did not advance			9

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 2–0 (6–1, 6–4)	W walkover	L 1–2 (6–4, 3–6, 8–10)	L 1–2 (4–6, 6–0, 4–10)	4
	Mixed Doubles	W 2–1 (4–6, 6–3, 11–9)	W 2–1 (6–2, 0–6, 10–6)	W 2–0 (7–5, 6–2)	L 0–2 (6–7, 4–6)	W 2–1 (6–3, 3–6, 10–5)
	Mixed Doubles	W 2–0 (6–3, 6–4)	W 2–0 (7–6, 6–3)	W 2–0 (6–3, 6–3)	W 2–0 (6–2, 6–1)	W 2–1 (4–6, 6–3, 10–4)

Weightlifting

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

Poland qualified 1 quota in the boys' events and 1 quota in the girls' events based on the team ranking after the 2013 Weightlifting Youth World Championships.^{[23] [24]}

Boys

Girls

Wrestling

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

Poland qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 European Cadet Championships.^[25]

Girls

Notes and References

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2. News: Youth Olympics Games-2014 Qualification Places Girls . . 6 June 2014 . 7 June 2014.
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4. News: BWF Junior World Rankings: Boys' Singles . . 8 July 2014 . 8 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714215859/http://bwfbadminton.org/file.aspx?id=573142&dl=1# . 2014-07-14 . dead .
5. News: BWF Junior World Rankings: Girls' Singles . . 8 July 2014 . 8 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714153712/http://bwfbadminton.org/file.aspx?id=573140&dl=1# . 2014-07-14 . dead .
6. News: Polscy koszykarze zagrają na YOG . . 1 June 2014 . 1 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140708180632/http://igrzyska24.pl/nankin-2014-polscy-koszykarze-zagraja-na-yog/ . 8 July 2014 . dead .
7. News: Finland, Russia and Poland complete European contingent for Nanjing . . 17 May 2014 . 18 May 2014.
8. 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.
9. News: 2014 Youth Olympics Games Qualification . . 20 February 2014 . 13 March 2014 . 13 March 2014 . 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 . dead .
10. News: Cycling Boys Qualifiers . . 12 July 2014 . 12 July 2014.
11. News: Cycling Girls Qualifiers . . 12 July 2014 . 12 July 2014.
12. News: 2014 Youth Olympic Games - Nanjing FIE Qualifications . . 10 July 2014 . 10 July 2014.
13. News: 2nd Youth Olympic Games Qualifiers - Gymnastics . . 8 July 2014 . 8 July 2014.
14. 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. dmy-all.
15. News: 2014 Youth Olympic Games Modern Pentathlon final athletes'list . . 9 July 2014 . 9 July 2014.
16. 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 .
17. News: 2014 YOG Qualification Tehcno 293 . . 5 July 2014 . 5 July 2014.
18. News: Quota Places by Name and Nation . . 21 June 2014 . 27 June 2014.
19. 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 .
20. News: 4 March 2014 . Players Qualified For The 2014 Youth Olympic Games In Nanjing . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140309012014/http://www.ittf.com/competitions/PDF_Upload/pictures/PDF27240.pdf . 9 March 2014 . 8 March 2014 . ITTF.
21. News: WTF Qualification Tournament for Nanjing 2014 – Day 1. World Taekwondo Federation. 20 March 2014. 22 March 2014.
22. 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 .
23. News: Boys Team Classification from World Youth Championships . . 25 September 2013 . 14 December 2013.
24. News: Girls Team Classification from World Youth Championships . . 25 September 2013 . 14 December 2013.
25. News: Wrestling Qualifiers Named for Youth Olympic Games . . 28 July 2014 . 30 July 2014 . dead . 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 .