Benin at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

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

Benin at the
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC codeBEN
NOCBenin National Olympic and Sports Committee
in Nanjing
Competitors5 in 3 sports
Summer Youth Olympics appearances

Archery
Main article: Archery at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Benin qualified a female archer from its performance at the African Continental Qualification Tournament.[1]

Individual
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Score Seed Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score
Merveille Zinsou Girls' Individual 498 32  Lee (KOR)
L 0 – 6		 Did not advance 17
Team
Athletes Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Score Seed Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score
 Merveille Zinsou (BEN)
 Lee Woo-seok (KOR)		 Mixed Team 1202 32  Mugabilzada (AZE)
 Muto (JPN)
L 2 – 6		 Did not advance 17

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Benin qualified two 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)

Boys
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Moussa Abdoulaye 100 m 11.52 22 qC 11.43 20
Girls
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Foumilayo Agbety 400 m 58.74 16 qC 58.22 17

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Benin qualified two swimmers.[3]

Boys
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Rayane Alognisso 50 m freestyle 31.31 48 Did not advance
Girls
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Charmel Sogbadji 50 m freestyle 45.76 48 Did not advance

References
  1. "Youth Olympics Games-2014 Qualification Places Girls" (PDF). World Archery Federation. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  2. "Number of Entries by NOC: Athletics". nanjing2014.org. 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  3. "Number of Entries by NOC: Swimming". nanjing2014.org. 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
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