Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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Table tennis
at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
Table tennis 2018 YOG.png
Venue Tecnópolis
Dates7–15 October
No. of events3 (1 boys, 1 girls, 1 mixed)
  2014
2026  

Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 7 to 15 October. The competition took place at the Tecnópolis in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 competitors, 1 per each gender. As hosts, Argentina is given the maximum quota should they not qualify an athlete and a further 4 spots, 2 in each gender, will be allocated by the Tripartite Commission. The remaining 58 places shall be decided in three qualification phases; the six continental qualification tournaments, the six “Road to Buenos Aires” events and the Under-18 World Rankings. [1]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2003. [1]

Boys

EventLocationDateTotal PlacesQualified
Host Nation [2] Flag of Argentina.svg Buenos Aires 15 June 20181Flag of Argentina.svg  Martín Bentancor  (ARG)
African Qualification Event [3] Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunis 16–17 April 20172Flag of Egypt.svg  Youssef Abdel-Aziz  (EGY)
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Nathael Hamdoun  (TUN)
Latin American Qualification Event [4] Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Santo Domingo 12–14 May 20172Flag of Brazil.svg  Guilherme Teodoro  (BRA)
Flag of Chile.svg  Nicolas Burgos  (CHI)
Asian Qualification Event [5] Flag of India.svg Greater Noida 3–5 November 20174Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Chuqin  (CHN)
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Lin Yun-ju  (TPE)
Flag of Japan.svg  Tomokazu Harimoto  (JPN)
Flag of South Korea.svg  Cho Dae-seong  (KOR)
European Qualification Event [6] Flag of Croatia.svg Split 3–5 November 20174Flag of Greece.svg  Ioannis Sgouropoulos  (GRE)
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Medardas Stankevičius  (LTU)
Flag of Moldova.svg  Vladislav Ursu  (MDA)
Flag of Russia.svg  Vladimir Sidorenko  (RUS)
Oceania Qualification Event [7] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bendigo 11–12 November 20171Flag of New Zealand.svg  Nathan Xu  (NZL)
North American Qualification Event [8] Flag of the United States.svg Las Vegas 17 December 20171Flag of the United States.svg  Kanak Jha  (USA)
Road to Buenos Aires – Europe [9] Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Hodonín 12–13 February 20182Flag of France.svg  Bastien Rembert  (FRA)
Flag of Romania.svg  Cristian Pletea  (ROU)
Road to Buenos Aires – Africa [10] Flag of Tunisia.svg Radès 24–25 March 20182Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Yu Khinhang  (AZE)
Flag of Iran.svg  Amin Ahmadian  (IRI)
Road to Buenos Aires – Latin America [11] Flag of Paraguay.svg Asunción 14–15 April 20182Flag of Italy.svg  Matteo Mutti  (ITA)
Flag of Thailand.svg  Yanapong Panagitgun  (THA)
Road to Buenos Aires – Asia [12] Flag of Thailand.svg Bangkok 7–8 May 20182Flag of India.svg  Manav Vikash Thakkar  (IND)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Javen Choong  (MAS)
Road to Buenos Aires – North America [13] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Markham 1–2 June 20182Flag of North Korea.svg  Kim Song-gun  (PRK)
Flag of Germany.svg  Cédric Meissner  (GER)
Road to Buenos Aires – Oceania [14] Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Rarotonga 8–9 June 20182Flag of Singapore.svg  Pang Yew En Koen  (SGP)
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Jann Nayre  (PHI)
ITTF Under-18 World Rankings1 July 20183Flag of Sweden.svg  Truls Möregårdh  (SWE)
Flag of Australia.svg  Benjamin Gould  (AUS)
Flag of Austria.svg  Maciej Kolodziejczyk  (AUT)
Tripartite Invitation-2Flag of Belize (1981-2019).svg  Pagerani Rohit  (BIZ)
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Azeez Solanke  (NGR)
TOTAL32

Girls

EventLocationDateTotal PlacesQualified
African Qualification Event [3] Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunis 16–17 April 20172Flag of Egypt.svg  Marwa Alhodaby  (EGY)
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Esther Oribamise  (NGR)
Latin American Qualification Event [4] Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Santo Domingo 12–14 May 20172Flag of Brazil.svg  Bruna Takahashi  (BRA)
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Adriana Díaz  (PUR)
Asian Qualification Event [5] Flag of India.svg Greater Noida 3–5 November 20174Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Sun Yingsha  (CHN)
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Su Pei-ling  (TPE)
Flag of Japan.svg  Miu Hirano  (JPN)
Flag of Thailand.svg  Jinnipa Sawettabut  (THA)
European Qualification Event [6] Flag of Croatia.svg Split 3–5 November 20174Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Ning Jing  (AZE)
Flag of Belarus.svg  Nadezhda Bogdanova  (BLR)
Flag of France.svg  Lucie Gauthier  (FRA)
Flag of Russia.svg  Mariia Tailakova  (RUS)
Oceania Qualification Event [7] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bendigo 11–12 November 20171Flag of New Zealand.svg  Hui Ling Vong  (NZL)
North American Qualification Event [15] Flag of the United States.svg Las Vegas 17 December 20171Flag of the United States.svg  Amy Wang  (USA)
Road to Buenos Aires – Europe [9] Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Hodonín 12–13 February 20182Flag of Romania.svg  Andreea Dragoman  (ROU)
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Lee Ka Yee  (HKG)
Road to Buenos Aires – Africa [10] Flag of Tunisia.svg Radès 24–25 March 20182Flag of Slovakia.svg  Tatiana Kukuľková  (SVK)
Flag of Serbia.svg  Sabina Šurjan  (SRB)
Road to Buenos Aires – Latin America [11] Flag of Paraguay.svg Asunción 14–15 April 20182Flag of Italy.svg  Jamila Laurenti  (ITA)
Flag of Singapore.svg  Goi Rui Xuan  (SGP)
Road to Buenos Aires – Asia [12] Flag of Thailand.svg Bangkok 7–8 May 20182Flag of Croatia.svg  Andrea Pavlović  (CRO)
Flag of South Korea.svg  Choi Hae-eun  (KOR)
Road to Buenos Aires – North America [13] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Markham 1–2 June 20182Flag of North Korea.svg  Pyon Song-gyong  (PRK)
Flag of Germany.svg  Franziska Schreiner  (GER)
Road to Buenos Aires – Oceania [14] Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Rarotonga 8–9 June 20182Flag of India.svg  Archana Girish Kamath  (IND)
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Alice Li Sian Chang  (MAS)
ITTF Under-18 World Rankings1 July 20183Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Zdena Blašková  (CZE)
Flag of Poland.svg  Anna Węgrzyn  (POL)
Flag of Finland.svg  Annika Lundström  (FIN)
Host country reallocation1 July 20181Flag of Slovenia.svg  Aleksandra Vovk  (SLO)
Tripartite Invitation-2Flag of San Marino.svg  Chiarra Morri  (SMR)
Flag of Fiji.svg  Grace Yee  (FIJ)
TOTAL32

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3003
2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 0303
3Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 0011
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 0011
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0011
Totals (5 entries)3339

Events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Boys' singles
details
Wang Chuqin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Tomokazu Harimoto
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Kanak Jha
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Girls' singles
details
Sun Yingsha
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Miu Hirano
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Andreea Dragoman
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Mixed team
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
Sun Yingsha
Wang Chuqin
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
Miu Hirano
Tomokazu Harimoto
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei  (TPE)
Su Pei-ling
Lin Yun-ju

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