Saudi Arabia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Saudi Arabia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	KSA
NOC	Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee
Website	http://www.olympic.sa/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	9 in 6 sports
Medals Ranked 56th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 3
Summer Youth Olympics appearances
2010 2014 2018

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

Competitors

Sport	Boys	Girls	Total
Athletics	3	1	4
Fencing	1	0	1
Karate	1	0	1
Swimming	1	0	1
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Weightlifting	1	0	1
Total	8	1	9

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Saudi Arabia was given a quota to compete by the tripartite committee. ^[1]

• Boys' Sabre - 1 quota

Karate

Main article: Karate at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Saudi Arabia qualified one athlete based on its performance at one of the Karate Qualification Tournaments. ^[2]

• Boys' -61 kg - Mohammad Al-Assiri

Athlete	Event	Elimination round				Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mohammed Al Assiri	Boys' -61 kg	Hammad  (JOR) D 0–0	Tello  (ARG) W 2–0	Veseli  (MKD) W 4–0	1	Oussama Edari  (MAR) W 2–0	Masaki Yamaoka  (JPN) W 8–0

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hasham Bandar bin Dookhy	Boys −63 kg	Bye	Gabriele Caulo  (ITA) L 15-18	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Saudi Arabia qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Championships. ^[3]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ali Yousef Alothman	Boys' −85 kg	130	4	169	3	299

References

1. "2018 Youth Olympic Games - Buenos Aires FIE Qualifications" (PDF). FIE . 10 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
2. "Youth Olympic qualifier concludes in Umag with new karatekas making it to Buenos Aires 2018". World Karate Federation . 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
3. "Boys Team YOG Classification from Asian Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation . 30 April 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.