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UNION INTERNATIONALE DE PENTATHLON MODERNE
Modern Pentathlon
A. Events (3)
MEN’S EVENTS (1)
WOMEN’S EVENTS (1)
MIXED EVENTS (1)
Individual competition
Individual competition
Mixed relay competition
B. Quota
QUALIFICATION
HOST COUNTRY PLACES
UNIVERSALITY PLACES
TOTAL
Men
21
1
2
24
Women
21
1
2
24
TOTAL
42
2
4
48
M AXIMUM
QUOTA PER NOC
Men
1
Women
1
TOTAL
2
C. Athlete Eligibility
ATHLETE ELIGIBILITY
All athletes must comply with the provisions of the Olympic Charter currently in force and only those
athletes who have complied with the Olympic Charter may participate in the Youth Olympic Games.
To be eligible to participate in the Youth Olympic Games, athletes must have been born between 1
January 1996 and 31 December 1999.
D. Qualification System
QUALIFICATION PATHWAY
For each qualifying event, the qualification places obtained for the Youth Olympic Games will be allocated
to:
Athletes
NOCs
NOCs with more than one qualified athlete have the authority to decide which athlete they will enter in the
YOG.
Athletes must have achieved their qualification position through the following official qualification
competitions:
2013 UIPM YOG Qualification Competitions
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Asia/Oceania:
2 first placed athletes from different NOCs from Asia and the 1 placed athlete from
Oceania
Africa
1st placed athlete
Europe
3 first placed athletes from different NOCs
Americas
2 first placed athletes from different NOCs
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2014 World Youth A Championships, 14-18 May 2014 (Budapest, Hungary)
8 first placed athletes from different NOCs, not qualified previously
Olympic Youth A Pentathlon World Ranking
4 first placed athletes from different NOCs from the ranking of 1 June 2014 and not already qualified
from the YOG Qualification Competitions and the 2014 World Youth A Championships.
Relay competition
Teams will be composed of one male athlete and one female athlete from the Individual competitions. The
team members will be decided by a draw following completion of the Individual competitions.
HOST COUNTRY REPRESENTATION
The host country will directly qualify one male and one female athlete to the YOG.
UNIVERSALITY PLACES
To be eligible to receive Universality Places, athletes must comply with the Eligibility criteria as defined
under point C. of this document.
Four Universality Places, two per gender, will be distributed by the YOG Tripartite Commission in
collaboration with the UIPM, on condition that the technical level allows it.
E. Confirmation process for quota places
CONFIRMATION PROCESS FOR QUALIFICATION PLACES
The UIPM shall confirm qualified athletes to NOCs immediately following each qualifying event and
qualifying ranking.
NOCs will then have up to two weeks from the day of the email/letter to confirm in writing to the UIPM and
NYOGOC that they will use the obtained places.
At the end of the qualifying period, by 12 June 2014, the UIPM will confirm to NOCs the list of qualified
athletes.
By 26 June 2014, NOCs will send the final confirmation of their selected athletes to the UIPM.
CONFIRMATION PROCESS FOR HOST COUNTRY PLACES
The Host Country must confirm the participation of the athletes by 1 June 2014.
F. Reallocation of unused quota places
REALLOCATION OF UNUSED QUALIFICATION PLACES
2013 UIPM YOG Qualification Competitions
Any qualification places which are not taken up by the respective NOC will be reallocated to the next best
ranked athlete/NOC of the respective continent not yet qualified.
2014 World Youth A Championships, 14-18 May 2014 (Budapest, Hungary)
Any qualification places which are not taken up by the respective NOC will be reallocated to the next best
ranked athlete/NOC not yet qualified.
Olympic Youth A Pentathlon World Ranking
Any qualification places which are not taken up by the respective NOC will be reallocated to the next best
ranked athlete/NOC not yet qualified.
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REALLOCATION OF UNUSED HOST COUNTRY PLACES
Any unused host country places will be reallocated to the next best ranked athlete/NOC from the Olympic
Youth A Pentathlon World Ranking, as per 1 June 2014, not already qualified.
REALLOCATION OF UNUSED UNIVERSALITY PLACES
Any unused Universality Places, including those returned after the final allocation by YOG Tripartite
Commission, will be reallocated to the next best ranked athlete/NOC from the Olympic Youth A Pentathlon
World Ranking, as per 1 June 2014, not already qualified.
G. Qualification timeline
DATE
MILESTONE
March 2013
Validation of final allocation of Universality Places by YOG Tripartite
Commission
1 April 2013 – 8 June 2014
YOG 2014 qualification period
Dates TBC
Europe Qualification Competition (location TBC)
Dates TBC
Africa Qualification Competition (location TBC)
Dates TBC
Americas Qualification Competition (location TBC)
Dates TBC
Asia/Oceania Qualification Competition (location TBC)
14 - 18 May 2014
Youth A World Championships (Budapest, HUN)
1 June 2014
UIPM Olympic Youth A Pentathlon World Ranking standings
1 June 2014
Deadline for Host Country to confirm the participation of its athletes
12 June 2014
UIPM to confirm to NOCs the list of qualified athletes
26 June 2014
NOCs to send final confirmation of their selected athletes to UIPM
2 June - 7 July 2014
Final reallocation period for unused qualification places and returned
Universality places.
8 July 2014
Entries deadline by name for all sports
16 - 28 August 2014
2 Summer Youth Olympic Games – Nanjing 2014
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