Nigeria at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Nigeria at the
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
Nigeria at the; 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	NGR
NOC	Nigeria Olympic Committee
Summer Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
	2010; 2014; 2018;

Nigeria was planning to participate at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China, but on 13 August 2014 they pulled out of the games due to pressure from Chinese Authorities in an attempt to prevent Ebola from West Africa from entering their nation.^[1]

Athletics

Nigeria qualified seven athletes.^[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)

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Samson Nathaneil	400 m	Withdrew
Bashiru Abdullahi	110 m hurdles	Withdrew

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Fabian Edoki	Triple jump	Withdrew

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mercy Ntia-Obong	100 m	Withdrew
Praise Idamadudu	200 m	Withdrew
Oluwatobiloba Amusan	100 m hurdles	Withdrew
Abimbola Junaid	400 m hurdles	Withdrew

Nigeria qualified a boys' and girls' team by their performance at the CAVB Qualification Tournament.^[3]

Athletes	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 24	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Phillip Akande Samuel Morris	Boys'	Withdrew
Jummai Bitrus Tochukwu Nnoruga	Girls'	Withdrew

Nigeria qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 African Cadet Championships.^[4]

Key:

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Final / RM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Rank
Bose Samuel	Freestyle -46kg	Withdrew

^ "Ebola crisis forces Nigeria and Sierra Leone out of Nanjing 2014". insidethegames.biz. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
^ "Number of Entries by NOC: Athletics". nanjing2014.org. 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
^ "Sierra Leone men and Rwanda women top podium of African qualifiers for Youth Olympic Games". FIVB. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
^ "Wrestling Qualifiers Named for Youth Olympic Games". FILA. 28 July 2014. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.