North Korea at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

North Korea at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	PRK
NOC	Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
in Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	5 in 4 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Youth Olympics appearances
2010 2014 2018

North Korea participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

North Korea qualified one archer based on its performance at the Asian Continental Qualification Tournament. ^[1]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Kang Jin-hwa	Girls' Individual	608	29	Son  (KOR) L0–6	Did not advance				17

Team

Athletes	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Kang Jin-hwa  (PRK)   Carlos Daniel Vaca Cordero  (MEX)	Mixed team	1288	26	Gnoriega  (USA)   Rodríguez Valero  (CUB) W6–0	Trydvornava  (BLR)   Ovchynnikov  (UKR) W5–1	Reddig  (NAM)   Cowles  (USA) L2–6	Did not advance		5

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Rhythmic

North Korea qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship. ^[2]

• Girls' rhythmic individual all-around - 1 quota

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

North Korea qualified two table tennis players based on its performance at the Road to Buenos Aires (North America) series. ^[3]

• Boys' singles - Kim Song-gun
• Girls' singles - Pyon Song-gyong

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

North Korea qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2017 World Youth Championships. ^[4]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Song Kuk-hyang	Girls' -63 kg	NM		DNF

References

1. "YOG 2018 Qualification Places - Girls" (PDF). World Archery Federation . Retrieved 15 December 2017.
2. "2018 Youth Olympic Games Gymnastics Qualifiers". FIG . 25 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
3. "Cédric Meissner and Franziska Schreiner in form, Germany Buenos Aires bound". ITTF . 2 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
4. "Girls Team Classification from World Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation . 10 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.