Saudi Arabia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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Saudi Arabia at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg
IOC codeKSA
NOCSaudi Arabian Olympic Committee
Websitehttp://www.olympic.sa/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina
6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors9 in 6 sports
Medals
Ranked 56th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
2
Total
3
Summer Youth Olympics appearances

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 -
Athlete Event Elimination round Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Boys' -61 kg   (JOR)
D 0–0 		  (ARG)
W 2–0 		  (MKD)
W 4–0 		1   (MAR)
W 2–0 		  (JPN)
W 8–0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

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
Boys −63 kg Bye   (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
Boys' −85 kg 130 4 169 3 299 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

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.
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