Wrestling
Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves di ...
at the
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics (), officially known as the II Summer Youth Olympic Games , and commonly known as Nanjing 2014 ( zh, c=南京2014, p=Nánjīng Èr Líng yī sì), were the second Youth Olympic Games, Summer Youth Olympic Games, an ...
was held from 25 to 27 August at the
Longjiang Gymnasium
Longjiang is the atonal pinyin romanization of various Chinese names, particularly or , meaning "DragonRiver". The same name also sometimes occurs as Lung Chiang, Keang, or Kiang. It may refer to:
Places Rivers
* Long River (Guangxi)
* Long Rive ...
in
Nanjing
Nanjing or Nanking is the capital of Jiangsu, a province in East China. The city, which is located in the southwestern corner of the province, has 11 districts, an administrative area of , and a population of 9,423,400.
Situated in the Yang ...
, China.
Qualification
Each
National Olympic Committee
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games ...
(NOC) can enter a maximum of 5 competitors, 2 in Boys' Freestyle, 2 in Boys' Greco-Roman and 1 in Girls' Freestyle. 98 athletes, 70 male and 28 female qualified over five continental qualification tournament. Each continent qualified 1 athlete in each event while the Americas in Boys' Freestyle, Asia in Boys' Greco-Roman and Girls' Freestyle and Europe in all three qualified a second athlete in each event. Despite being hosts, China was not given any quotas and had to qualify normally. A further 14, 10 male and 4 female athletes was decided by the Tripartite Commission.
To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 1998.
Qualification Timeline
Qualification Summary
Schedule
The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.
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CST (
UTC+8
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It is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a possible candidate for ASEAN Common Time, mainly due to China's large population, with an estimated population ...
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Medal summary
Medal table
Boy's events
Freestyle
Greco-Roman
Girl's events
Freestyle
References
External links
Official Results Book – Wrestling
{{Events at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
Events at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
2014 in sport wrestling
2014
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International wrestling competitions hosted by China