Botswana at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

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

Botswana at the
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC codeBOT
NOCBotswana National Olympic Committee
in Nanjing
Competitors8 in 4 sports
Medals
Ranked 61st
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
0
Total
2
Summer Youth Olympics appearances

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Silver Karabo Sibanda Athletics Boys' 400 m 23 August
  Silver Baboloki Thebe Athletics Boys' 200 m 24 August

Athletics

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Botswana qualified five athletes.[1]

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
Baboloki Thebe 200 m 20.99 2 Q 21.20  
Karabo Sibanda 400 m 47.43 4 Q 46.76  
Gorata Gabankitse 800 m 1:54.66 14 qB 1:58.30 13
Kagiso Kebatshwaretse 3000 m 8:45.33 PB 13 qB 8:39.38 PB 13
Girls
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Thandi Uerimuna 800 m 2:11.97 14 qB 2:12.13 13

Badminton

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Botswana was given a quota to compete by the tripartite committee.[2]

Singles
Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Tessa Kabelo Girls' Singles   Liang XY (SIN)
L 0 – 2
  A Demirbag (TUR)
L 0 – 2
  G Kim (KOR)
L 0 – 2
4 Did not advance
Doubles
Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
  Tessa Kabelo (BOT)
  Aditya Joshi (IND)
Mixed Doubles   A Yamaguchi (JPN)
  R Sarsiekienov (UKR)
L 0 – 2
  A Chen (NED)
  A Krapez (SLO)
L 1 – 2
  M Mitsova (BUL)
  A Hussein (EGY)
W 2 – 1
3 Did not advance

Judo

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Botswana was given a quota to compete by the tripartite committee.[3]

Individual
Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Gavin Mogopa Boys' -55 kg   O Karaca (TUR)
L 0000 – 1000
Did not advance   J Verstraeten (BEL)
L 0000 – 1000
5
Team
Athletes Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Team Kano
  Melisa Çakmaklı (TUR)
  Salim Darukhi (TJK)
  Mariam Janashvili (GEO)
  Arso Milic (MNE)
  Gavin Mogopa (BOT)
  Elvismar Rodriguez (VEN)
  Stoyan Tarapanov (BUL)
  Tea Tintor (SRB)
Mixed Team   Team Rouge (MIX)
L 2 – 5
Did not advance 9

Swimming

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Botswana qualified one swimmer.[4]

Girls
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Naomi Ruele 50 m backstroke 29.86 17 Did not advance
100 m backstroke 1:05.98 29 Did not advance

References

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  1. ^ "Number of Entries by NOC: Athletics". nanjing2014.org. 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  2. ^ "BWF Junior World Rankings: Girls' Singles". BWF. 8 July 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  3. ^ "2014 YOG IJF Athlete List" (PDF). International Judo Federation. 18 July 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Number of Entries by NOC: Swimming". nanjing2014.org. 6 August 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.