Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Badminton
at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
Badminton; at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
	Badminton pictogram
Venue	Tecnópolis
Dates	7–12 October
No. of events	3 (1 boys, 1 girls, 1 mixed)
Competitors	63 (32 boys and 31 girls) from 46 nations
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Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 7 to 12 October. The events took place at the Tecnópolis in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Qualification[]

A total of 32 athletes will participate in each gender. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 competitors per gender should they both rank in the top 4 in the BWF Junior World Rankings. Otherwise each NOC will only be allowed a maximum of 1 competitor per gender.^[1]

Each of the five continents must be represented in each gender. 27 quotas per gender will be decided based on BWF World Junior Ranking List on 3 May 2018. Host nation Argentina will be ensured one quota place each gender. The remaining 4 quotas will be eligible for Universality Places.^[2]^[3] To be eligible to participate, athletes must be on BWF World Junior Ranking List on 3 May 2018 and have been born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2003.^[1]

Qualification summary[]

NOC	Boy	Girl	Total athletes
Algeria		1	1
Argentina	1		1
Australia		1	1
Belgium	1		1
Brazil	1	1	2
Bulgaria		1	1
Cambodia	1		1
Cameroon		1	1
Canada	1		1
Chile	1		1
China	1	2	3
Chinese Taipei	1	1	2
Czech Republic		1	1
Dominican Republic		1	1
Egypt	1		1
El Salvador	1		1
Fiji	1		1
France	1	1	2
Germany	1	1	2
Great Britain	1	1	2
Hungary	1	1	2
India	1	1	2
Indonesia	1	1	2
Ireland	1		1
Italy	1		1
Japan	1	1	2
Kazakhstan	1		1
Laos	1		1
Malaysia		1	1
Moldova	1	1	2
Nepal	1		1
Netherlands	1	1	2
New Zealand	1		1
Nigeria		1	1
Norway	1		1
Peru		1	1
Singapore	1	1	2
Slovenia		1	1
Spain	1	1	2
Sri Lanka		1	1
Sweden		1	1
Thailand	1	1	2
Turkey		1	1
Ukraine	1	1	2
United States		1	1
Vietnam	1	1	2
Total: 46 NOCs	32	32	64

Boys[]

No.	Rank	Player	NOC	Note
1	1	Kunlavut Vitidsarn	Thailand	Asia
2	2	Kodai Naraoka	Japan
3	3	Nhat Nguyen	Ireland	Europe
4	4	Lakshya Sen	India
5	5	Li Shifeng	China
6	6	Ikhsan Rumbay	Indonesia
7	9	Arnaud Merklé	France
8	11		Chinese Taipei
9	14	Brian Yang	Canada	America
10	15		Kazakhstan
11	16		New Zealand	Oceania
12	18	Christopher Grimley	Great Britain
13	19		Moldova
14	21		Belgium
15	23		Brazil
16	24		Singapore
17	25		Netherlands
18	28		Germany
19	29		Ukraine
20	32		Italy
21	33		Norway
22	34	Alonso Medel	Chile
23	35		Vietnam
24	36		Hungary
25	38		El Salvador
26	40		Spain	Reallocation
27	45		Egypt	Africa
28	146		Nepal	Universality Places
29	186	Mateo Delmastro	Argentina	Host Nation
30	360		Fiji	Universality Places
31	531		Laos	Universality Places
32	830		Cambodia	Universality Places

Quota spots earned by Russia was returned, and were subsequently reallocated to Spain.

Girls[]

No.	Rank	Player	NOC	Note
1	1	Phittayaporn Chaiwan	Thailand	Asia
2	2	Wang Zhiyi	China
3	3	Goh Jin Wei	Malaysia
4	4	~~Wei Yaxin~~	China	Did not compete
5	5		India
6	8		Bulgaria	Europe
7	10		Chinese Taipei
8	12	Vivien Sándorházi	Hungary
9	20	Tereza Švábíková	Czech Republic
10	21	Hirari Mizui	Japan
11	24	Fernanda Saponara Rivva	Peru
12	25	Grace King	Great Britain
13	27	Nazlıcan İnci	Turkey
14	28		Singapore
15	29	Léonice Huet	France
16	30	Jennie Gai	United States	America
17	33	Petra Polanc	Slovenia
18	35	Halla Bouksani	Algeria	Africa
19	36		Vietnam
20	37		Spain
21	38		Moldova
22	41		Germany
23	42	Nairoby Abigail Jiménez	Dominican Republic	Reallocation
24	43	Jaqueline Lima	Brazil	Reallocation
25	44		Sweden	Reallocation
26	47		Sri Lanka	Reallocation
27	48		Indonesia	Reallocation
28	53		Ukraine	Reallocation
29	54		Netherlands	Reallocation
30	62	Zecily Fung	Australia	Oceania
31	258		Cameroon	Universality Places
32	494		Nigeria	Universality Places

Quota spots earned by Denmark, South Korea and Indonesia were returned, and were subsequently reallocated to Dominican Republic, Brazil and Sweden. One universality spot was also not used and this was reallocated to the next eligible nation in the world rankings: Sri Lanka. Later the quota place for Russia, the host spot, and another universality spot were returned and reallocated to Indonesia, Ukraine, and the Netherlands respectively. Eventually there were 31 participants, Wei Yaxin from China did not compete.

Medal summary[]

Medal table[]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
–	Mixed-NOCs	1	1	1	3
1	China	1	1	0	2
2	Malaysia	1	0	0	1
3	India	0	1	0	1
4	Japan	0	0	1	1
4	Thailand	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 nations)		3	3	3	9

Events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys' singles details	Li Shifeng China	Lakshya Sen India	Kodai Naraoka Japan
Girls' singles details	Goh Jin Wei Malaysia	Wang Zhiyi China	Phittayaporn Chaiwan Thailand
Mixed teams details	Alpha Lakshya Sen India Italy Cambodia Brian Yang Canada Sri Lanka Bulgaria Jennie Gai United States Ashwathi Pillai Sweden	Omega Norway New Zealand Fiji Kunlavut Vitidsarn Thailand Chinese Taipei Léonice Huet France Ukraine Vietnam	Theta Belgium Egypt Kodai Naraoka Japan Germany Zecily Fung Australia Jaqueline Lima Brazil Hirari Mizui Japan Tereza Švábíková Czech Republic