South Africa at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

[2] South Africa qualified a boys' and girls' team based on its ranking issued by the UCI.

[5] South Africa qualified a boys' and girls' team based on its performance at the African Qualification Tournament.

[6] South Africa qualified one team of two athletes based on the 8 June 2014 IGF Combined World Amateur Golf Rankings.

[8] South Africa qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2013 Cadet World Judo Championships.

[12] South Africa qualified one athlete based on the 9 June 2014 ITF World Junior Rankings.