Papua New Guinea at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Papua New Guinea at the Youth Olympic Games
Flag of Papua New Guinea IOC code  PNG NOC Papua New Guinea Sports Federation and Olympic Committee
At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing
Competitors	24 in 5 sports
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0

Papua New Guinea will compete at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.

Athletics

Papua New Guinea qualified one athlete.^[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
Dwayne Koroka	200 m	22.38 PB	17 qC	22.69	15

Football

Papua New Guinea will compete in the girls' tournament.^[2]

Girls' Tournament

Roster

• Grace Batiy
• Eileen Daviaga
• Belinda Giada
• Mercedes Hapoto
• Vicktyla Jackson
• Margaret Joseph
• Faithy Kasiray
• Robertlyn Kig
• Cheryl Ling
• Francesca Mani
• Samantha Matan
• Joanne Miping
• Isabella Natera
• Alison Paulias
• Natasha Sagem
• Marity Sep
• Selina Unaba
• Loreta Yagum

Group Stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Venezuela	2	2	0	0	13	2	+11	6
Slovakia	2	1	0	1	6	6	0	3
Papua New Guinea	2	0	0	2	0	11	−11	0

Papua New Guinea v Venezuela

14 August 2014 18:00 CST

Papua New Guinea	0–7	Venezuela
	Report	Castellanos  19', 40', 49', 69' Vergara  47' Pasquel  61' Marquez  82'

Wutaishan Stadium, Nanjing Referee: He Jin (China)

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Slovakia  v  Papua New Guinea

20 August 2014 18:00 CST

Slovakia	4–0	Papua New Guinea
Sucha  11' Sunovska  35', 54' Jancova  68'	Report

Wutaishan Stadium, Nanjing Referee: Gladys Lengwe (Zambia)

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Placement 5-6

Papua New Guinea  v  Namibia

25 August 2014 18:00 CST

Papua New Guinea	3–2	Namibia
Giada  1', 29' Sep  34'	Report	Haoses  16' Kooper  40+1'

Wutaishan Stadium, Nanjing Referee: He Jin (China)

Sailing

Papua New Guinea was given a reallocation boat based on being a top ranked nation not yet qualified.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Race											Net Points	Final Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Teariki Numa	Boys' Byte CII	28	29	28	30	29	30	30

Swimming

Papua New Guinea qualified two swimmers.^[4]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Collin Akara	50 m freestyle	25.61	37	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	58.45	37	did not advance

Girls

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Barbara Vali-Skelton	50 m breaststroke	36.80	30	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:20.25	29	did not advance

Weightlifting

Papua New Guinea qualified 1 quota in the boys' and girls' events based on the team ranking after the 2014 Weightlifting Oceania Championships.^[5][6]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Igo Lohia	−62 kg	75	10	100	10	175	10

Girls

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Bea Ovia	−48 kg	51	11	63	11	114	11

References

1. "Number of Entries by NOC: Athletics". nanjing2014.org. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
2. Qualifiers – Girls' Youth Olympic Football Tournaments Nanjing 2014 FIFA.com
3. "2014 YOG Qualification Byte CII". International Sailing Federation. 5 July 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
4. "Number of Entries by NOC: Swimming". nanjing2014.org. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
5. "Boys Team Classification from Oceania Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
6. "Girls Team Classification from Oceania Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.