United States at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Last updated August 06, 2025 Badminton The United States qualified one player based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings. [ 3]
Singles Team Basketball The United States qualified a girls' team based on its performance at the 2017 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup . [ 4] The United States later qualified a boys' team based on the U18 3x3 National Federation Ranking. [ 5]
Boys' tournament - 1 team of 4 athletes Girls' tournament - 1 team of 4 athletes Shoot-out contest Skills Competition Beach volleyball The United States qualified a girls' team based on their performance at the 2018 Central Zone U19 Championship. [ 6]
Girls' tournament - 1 team of 2 athletes Canoeing The United States qualified three boats based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event. [ 7]
Boys' K1 - 1 boat Girls' C1 - 1 boat Girls' K1 - 1 boat Equestrian The United States qualified a rider based on its performance at the FEI North American Junior Championships. [ 8]
Individual Jumping - 1 athlete Fencing The United States qualified six athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Cadet World Championship. [ 9]
Golf Individual Team Athletes Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total Score Rank Score Rank Girl Boy Total Rank Score Par Rank Lucy Li Akshay Bhatia Mixed team 62 (-8) 3 70 (0) 3 71 66 137 (-3) 1 269 -11
Gymnastics Artistic The United States qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 American Junior Championship. [ 10]
Boys' artistic individual all-around - 1 quota Girls' artistic individual all-around - 1 quota Rhythmic The United States qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 American Junior Championship. [ 10]
Girls' rhythmic individual all-around - 1 quota Trampoline The United States qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 American Junior Championship. [ 10]
Girls' trampoline - 1 quota Roller speed skating The United States qualified two roller skaters based on its performance at the 2018 Roller Speed Skating World Championship. [ 11]
Rowing The United States qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2017 World Junior Rowing Championships. [ 12]
Boys' single sculls - 1 athlete Girls' pair – 2 athletes Rugby sevens The United States qualified a boys' team based on its performance at the 2018 Americas North qualification tournament, with Canada electing to send its boys' field hockey team instead based on quotas. [ 13] [ 14]
Roster [ 15] Group stage Source:
Buenos Aires 2018 Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.
Sailing The United States qualified one boat based on its performance at the North American and Caribbean Nacra 15 Qualifiers. [ 16] The nation later qualified two more boats based on their performance at the North American Windsurfing Championship. [ 17] An IKA Twin Tip boat was qualified through its performance at the 2018 World Championship. [ 18]
Boys' Techno 293+ - 1 boat Boys' IKA Twin Tip Racing - 1 boat Girls' Techno 293+ - 1 boat Mixed Nacra 15 - 1 boat Sport climbing The United States qualified two sport climbers based on their second-place and third-place finishes in the youth A combined event of the 2017 World Youth Sport Climbing Championships. [ 19]
However neither Shiraishi nor Raboutou was included in the final list of starting athletes for the Summer Youth Olympics. [ 20] The US Olympic Committee declined to allow them to participate, citing a fixed limit on the total number of athletes that it could send to all events, and a low prioritization of the climbing event based on the fact that, as a sport new to the Olympics, USA Climbing had applied for recognition by the USOC but not yet received it. [ 21]
Swimming United States qualified eight swimmers.
Table tennis The United States qualified two table tennis players based on its performance at the North American Continental Qualifier. [ 22] [ 23]
Triathlon The United States qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 American Youth Olympic Games Qualifier. [ 24]
Individual Relay Weightlifting The United States qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 201? ??? Youth Championships. [ 25] [ 26]
Boy Girl Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank Result Rank Result Rank Peyton Brown −58 kg 85 3 106 3 186
Wrestling Key :
VFA – Victory by FallVSU – Without any points scored by the opponentVSU1 – With point(s) scored by the opponentVPO – Without any points scored by the opponentVPO1 – With point(s) scored by the opponentBoys Girls References ↑ "YOG 2018 Qualification Places - Boys" (PDF) . World Archery Federation . Retrieved 15 December 2017 . ↑ "YOG 2018 Qualification Places - Girls" (PDF) . World Archery Federation . Retrieved 15 December 2017 . ↑ "BWF Junior World Ranking – Girls Invited to 2018 Youth Olympics" (PDF) . BWF Corporate . Retrieved 19 May 2018 . ↑ "Belgium's men and USA's women win FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup 2017" . FIBA . 2 July 2017. Archived from the original on October 5, 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2017 . ↑ "33 countries to compete at 2018 Youth Olympic Games" . www.fiba.basketball/ . International Basketball Federation (FIBA). 5 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018 . ↑ "Girls from Puerto Rico and USA to Olympic Youth Games" . NORCECA . 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018 . ↑ "Nine countries set to make YOG canoeing debut" . International Canoe Federation (ICF). 21 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018 . ↑ "Qualified NOC's to the 3rd Youth Olympic Games – Buenos Aires - 2018" (PDF) . FEI . 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018 . ↑ "2018 Youth Olympic Games - Buenos Aires FIE Qualifications" (PDF) . FIE . 10 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018 . 1 2 3 "2018 Youth Olympic Games Gymnastics Qualifiers" . FIG . 25 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018 . ↑ "Inline Speed Skating Worlds: presented the "5-Rings-Athletes" . FIRS . 5 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018 . ↑ "2018 Youth Olympic Games Rowing Places Obtained" (PDF) . FISA . 30 October 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017 . ↑ Tabani, Aalina (5 March 2018). "USA Falls to Canada in Youth Olympic Games Qualifier Final" . USA Rugby. Retrieved 17 August 2018 . ↑ "Canada sevens men miss out on Youth Olympics" . 21 March 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018 . ↑ "USA Rugby Officially Names 2018 U.S. Youth Olympic Men's Rugby Team" . USA Rugby. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018 . ↑ "NACRA 15 North American Championships Results" . 20 November 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017 . ↑ "Qualifications come to an end at the North American Windsurfing Championships" . World Sailing . 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018 . ↑ "2018 Youth Olympic Games - Qualification" . World Sailing . 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018 . ↑ "World Youth Championship" . IFSC . 10 September 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017 . ↑ "Qualified athletes for sport climbing" (PDF) . IFSC . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 2018-10-05 . ↑ Waggoner, Kynan (July 25, 2017). "Letter to Zach Galla, Ross Fulkerson, Brooke Raboutou, Ashima Shiraishi, and Arabella Jariel" (PDF) . USA Climbing . ↑ Hetherington, Matt (18 December 2017). "Kanak Jha Overcomes Steep Hurdle, Sprints for Finish as 2018 Youth Olympic Games Beckon" . U.S. Olympic Committee . Archived from the original on January 24, 2018. ↑ "Amy Wang on Fine Form, Exhibits Absolute Class to Qualify for Buenos Aires 2018" . U.S. Olympic Committee . 17 December 2017. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. ↑ "Results: 2018 Salinas CAMTRI Triathlon American YOG Qualifier" . ITU . 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018 . ↑ "Boys Team Classification from World Youth Championships" (PDF) . International Weightlifting Federation . 29 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018 . ↑ "Girls Team Classification from World Youth Championships" (PDF) . International Weightlifting Federation . 10 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017 . External links
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