title: Mauritania at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
text: # Mauritania at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
  
  Mauritania competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.
  
  ## Athletics
  
  Mauritania qualified two athletes.
  
  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)
  
  ### Track & road events
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
  | Cheikh Beya | 100 m | 14.29 | 32 qD | DNS | DNS |
  | Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
  | Maimouna Cisse | 800 m | DSQ qC | DSQ qC | DNS | DNS |
  
  ## Taekwondo
  
  Mauritania was given a wild card to compete.
  
  ### Boys
  
  | Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
  | Mohamed El Mokhtar | −55 kg | F Zaouia (NED) L 5 – 26 (PTG) | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 9 |
  