Sporting event delegation
India participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires , Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018. India managed their best ever medal haul of the Youth Olympics in this edition. Among the 206 participating nations, India ranked 17th on the medals tally .
Jeremy Lalrinnunga won India's first ever Youth Olympics gold medal. Tababi Devi won the first ever Youth Olympics medal for India in Judo and later also won a silver in the mixed team event under mixed-NOCs . Manu Bhaker became the first Indian girl to win a Youth Olympics gold medal and later also won a silver in the mixed 10 metre air pistol event under mixed-NOCs . Both Boys' and Girls' Hockey 5s teams won silver medals in their debut.
Medalists
Medals awarded to participants of Mixed-NOC teams are represented in (italics ). These medals are not counted towards the Individual NOC Medal tally.
Medals by gender
Gender
Total
Male
2
5
1
8
Female
1
4
0
5
Total
3
9
1
13
Medals by date
Day
Date
Total
Day 1
7 October
0
2
0
2
Day 2
8 October
1
1
0
2
Day 3
9 October
1
0
0
1
Day 4
10 October
1
0
0
1
Day 5
11 October
0
0
0
0
Day 6
12 October
0
1
0
1
Day 7
13 October
0
1
0
1
Day 8
14 October
0
2
0
2
Day 9
15 October
0
1
0
1
Day 10
16 October
0
0
1
1
Day 11
17 October
0
1
0
1
Day 12
18 October
0
0
0
0
Total
3
9
1
13
Competitors
India placed 46 athletes in 13 sports with 36 events, its largest contingent till now.[ 1] India marks its debut in field hockey 5s and sport climbing at the Youth Olympics. The contingent includes ISSF senior and junior world cup champion Manu Bhaker, Commonwealth Games medallist shooter Mehuli Ghosh, ISSF senior world champion Saurabh Choudary, world youth boxing champion Jyoti Gulia and world youth silver medalist Jeremy Lalrinunga in weightlifting.
Archery
India qualified two archers based on its performance at the Asian Continental Qualification Tournament.[ 2] [ 3]
Athletics
Track and Road events
Field events
Badminton
India qualified two players based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.[ 4] [ 5]
Athlete
Event
Group Stage
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final /
Opposition Score
Opposition Score
Opposition Score
Rank
Opposition Score
Opposition Score
Opposition Score
Rank
Lakshya Sen
Boys' singles
Kamel (EGY ) W (21–14, 21–10)
Bosniuk (UKR ) W (23–21, 21–8)
Farias (BRA ) W (23–6, 21–16)
1 Q
Rumbay (INA ) W (21–17, 21–19)
Naraoka (JPN ) W (14–21, 21–15, 24–22)
Li Sf (CHN ) L (15–21, 19–21)
Jakka Vaishnavi Reddy
Girls' singles
Andreu (ESP ) W (21–13, 21–6)
Gai (USA ) L (18–21, 21–23)
Saponara (PER ) W (21–14, 21–8)
2
did not advance
Lakshya Sen (Team Alpha)
Mixed teams
Epsilon W 110–98
Delta L 99–110
Zeta W 110–103
2
Gamma W 110–94
Theta W 110–90
Omega W 110–106
Jakka Vaishnavi Reddy (Team Gamma)
Omega L 99–110
Sigma L 86–110
Theta W 110–107
3
Alpha L 94–110
did not advance
Boxing
India qualified one boxer based on its performance at the 2017 Youth Women’s World Boxing Championships.
Athlete
Event
Preliminaries
Semifinals
Final / RM
Rank
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Jyoti Gulia
Girls' 51kg
La Piana (ITA ) L 0–5
did not advance
5
Field hockey
India qualified 2 teams (Men and Women) based on its performance at the 2018 Youth Olympics Qualifiers.
Both teams won silver medals.
Boy's 5s
Team: Prashant Chauhan , Shivam Anand , Rahul Rajbhar , Maninder Singh , Sanjay Kumar , Sudeep Chirmako , Pawan Malik , Rabichandra Moirangathem , Vivek Prasad
Preliminary round
Pool B
Source:
FIH Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head result.
Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)
Umpires: Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL) Nick Saunders (NZL)
Umpires: Hideki Kinoshita (JPN) Jonathan Altamirano (MEX)
Umpires: Nick Saunders (NZL) Jonathan Altamirano (MEX)
Umpires: Jonathan Altamirano (MEX) Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)
Final round
Quarterfinal
Umpires: Darren Hubach (RSA) James Unkles (AUS)
Semifinal
Umpires: Peter Kabaso (KEN) Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)
Gold medal match
Umpires: Jonathan Altamirano (MEX) Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)
Girl's 5s
Team: Salima Tete , Reet , Khushboo Khan , Ishika Chaudhary , Mumtaz Khan , Baljeet Kaur , Chetna Rathi , Bichu Devi Kharibam , Lalremsiami
Preliminary round
Pool A
Source:
FIH Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts
Umpires: Sophie Bockelmann (GER) Margaux Brand (CAN)
Umpires: Sophie Bockelmann (GER) Rhiannon Murrie (AUS)
Umpires: Cynthia Clement (GHA) Jianjun Chen (CHN)
Umpires: Rhiannon Murrie (AUS) Fatma Mahmoud (EGY)
Umpires: Rhiannon Murrie (AUS) Fatma Mahmoud (EGY)
Final round
Quarterfinal
Umpires: Lizé Srtydom (RSA) Jianjun Chen (CHN)
Semifinal
Umpires: Lizé Srtydom (RSA) Victoria Pazos (PAR)
Gold medal match
Umpires: Sophie Bockelmann (GER) Rhiannon Murrie (AUS)
Judo
Athlete
Event
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Repechage
Final / BM
Round of 8
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Opposition Result
Rank
Tababi Devi
Girls' 44 kg
Wangmo (BHU ) W 10–0
Muminoviq (KOS ) W 1s2–0
Puljiz (CRO ) W 10–0s1
—
Giménez (VEN ) L 0s1–11
Tababi Devi (Team Athens)
Mixed team
Bye
Los Angeles W 5–3
Rio de Janeiro W 5–3
—
Beijing L 3–4
Rowing
India qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualification Regatta.[ 6]
Athlete
Event
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Points
Rank
Semifinal
Final
Time
Rank
Time
Points
Rank
Time
Points
Rank
Time
Rank
Time
Rank
Satnam Singh Ashish Goliyan
Boys' pair
3:27.57
6
1:38.85
3
3
1:36.90
3
3
6
8 Q
1:32.00
4 FB
1:38.01
8
Shooting
India qualified four sport shooters based on its performance at the 2017 Asian Championships.[ 7]
Individual
Mixed
Sport climbing
India qualified one sport climber based on its performance at the 2017 Asian Youth Sport Climbing Championships.[ 8]
Athlete
Event
Speed Qualification
Bouldering Qualification
Lead Qualification
Points
Final
Time
Points
Result
Points
Hold Reached
Time
Points
Speed
Bouldering
Lead
Rank
Bharath Pereira
Boy's combined
7.17
7
1T 2z
14
20
1:31
21
2058
did not advance
18
Swimming
Table tennis
India qualified one table tennis player based on its performance at the Road to Buenos Aires (Asia) series in Thailand and one more in the form of Archana Kamath at the Road to Buenos Aires (Oceania) in the Cook Islands.[ 9] [ 10]
Weightlifting
Jeremy Lalrinnunga at his final attempt
India qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Championships.[ 11] [ 12]
Wrestling
India qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Cadet Championships.
Key :
VT – Victory by Fall .
PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.
ST – Technical superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 10 points.
SP – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 10 points.
VB – Victory by Injury
VC – Victory due to 3 cautions
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