The United States competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014. 92 athletes across 19 sports participated.
United States qualified 16 athletes.
<small>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)</small>
United States qualified a girls' team from their performance at the 2013 U18 3x3 World Championships.
United States qualified a girls' team by winning the NORCECA Central Zone Qualifier and qualified a boys' team by their performance at the NORCECA Final YOG Qualifier.
United States qualified four boxers based on its performance at the 2014 AIBA Youth World Championships.
United States qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2013 World Junior Canoe Sprint and Slalom Championships.
United States qualified four quotas based on its performance at the Nanjing 2014 Diving Qualifying Event.
United States qualified six athletes based on its performance at the 2014 FIE Cadet World Championships.
United States qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
United States qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Championships.
United States qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2014 Junior Pan American Trampoline Championships.
United States qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2013 Cadet World Judo Championships.
United States qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 Youth A World Championships.
United States qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2013 World Rowing Junior Championships.
<small>Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; R=Repechage</small>
United States qualified a boys' and girls' team based on its performance at the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
United States qualified a Byte CII boat based on its performance at the 2013 World Byte CII Championships. United States later qualified a Techno 293 boat based on its performance at the Techno 293 North American & Caribbean Continental Qualifiers.
United States qualified eight swimmers.
United States qualified a female athlete based on the ITTF Under-18 World Rankings. Later United States qualified a male athlete based on its performance at the North American Qualification Event.
<small>Qualification Legend: Q=Main Bracket (medal); qB=Consolation Bracket (non-medal)</small>
United States qualified one athlete, Kendall Yount, based on her performance at the Taekwondo Qualification Tournament.
United States qualified two athletes based on the 9 June 2014 ITF World Junior Rankings.
United States qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2014 American Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.
United States qualified 1 quota in the boys' and girls' events based on the team ranking after the 2014 Weightlifting Youth Pan American Championships.
United States qualified three athletes based on its performance at the 2014 Pan American Cadet Championships.