Archery at the II Summer Youth Olympic Games
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Venue | Fangshan Sports Training Base |
Dates | August 22–26 |
Competitors | 64 from 43 nations |
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Archery at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from August 22 to August 26. The events took place at the Fangshan Sports Training Base in Nanjing, China.
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 competitors, 1 per each gender. As hosts, China was given the maximum quota, however they declined the spot for the boys' event and the spot was reallocated to the next best nation at the 2013 World Youth Championships. A further 8, 4 in each gender was to be decided by the Tripartite Commission, but only 5 were given. The spots were reallocated to the next best nations at the 2013 World Youth Championships. The remaining 54 places was decided by qualification events, namely the 2013 World Archery Youth Championships and five continental qualification tournaments.
To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 1997 and 31 December 1999. Furthermore, all archers must have achieved the following Minimum Qualification Score (MQS).
The MQS must be achieved between 1 September 2013 and 1 July 2014 at a registered FITA event.
The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.