Somalia at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

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Somalia at the
2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Flag of Somalia.svg
IOC codeSOM
NOCSomali Olympic Committee
in Singapore
Competitors2 (1 man, 1 woman) in 1 sport
Flag bearerAbdulahi Kulow
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Youth Olympics appearances

Somalia competed at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, held in Singapore from 14 August to 26 August 2010. The nation was represented by the Somali Olympic Committee, which sent a total of two athletes to compete in one sport, athletics. The flagbearer at the opening ceremony for the nation was athlete Abdulahi Kulow.[1] Somalia's Olympic team was one of the 106 that did not win a single medal at the Games.

Athletics[]

Main article: Athletics at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

Athletics was the only sport Somalia participated in. All two athletes did not make it to the medal final, but instead entered the non-medal ranking finals to compete with other athletes who similarly did not make the mark.[2]

Boys[]

Track and Road Events
Athletes Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Boys’ 1000m 2:36.17 17 qB 2:34.47 19

Girls[]

Track and Road Events
Athletes Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Girls’ 400m DNF qD DNS

See also[]

  • Somalia at the Olympics

References[]

  1. ^ "List of NOC Flag Bearers for Opening Ceremony" (PDF) (Press release). Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee. 14 August 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
  2. ^ "Schedule/Results". Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee. Archived from the original (data tables) on August 26, 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-28.

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