Triathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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Triathlon
at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
Triathlon 2018 YOG.png
VenueParque Tres de Febrero
Dates7–11 October
No. of events3 (1 boys, 1 girls, 1 mixed)
Competitors64 (32 boys, 32 girls) from 42 nations
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Triathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 7 to 11 October. The events took place at Parque Tres de Febrero in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Qualification[]

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 competitors, 1 per each gender. As hosts, Argentina was given the maximum quota and a further 4, 2 in each gender was decided by the Tripartite Commission. The remaining 58 places shall be decided by qualification events, namely five continental qualification tournaments.[1]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2002.[1]

Event Location Date Total Places Qualified Boys Qualified Girls
Host Nation - - 1  Argentina  Argentina
2018 Oceania YOG Qualifier[2] New Zealand New Plymouth 25 March 2018 2  Australia
 New Zealand
 Australia
 New Zealand
2018 Africa YOG Qualifier[3] Morocco Rabat 21 April 2018 3  South Africa
 Tunisia
 Egypt
 South Africa
 Tunisia
 Egypt
2018 Asian YOG Qualifier[4] Philippines Subic Bay 17 June 2018 5  Japan
 China
 Hong Kong
 Malaysia
 Syria
 Kazakhstan
 Singapore
 South Korea
 China
 Japan
 Hong Kong
2018 American YOG Qualifier[5] Ecuador Salinas 1 July 2018 7/8  Mexico
 Canada
 United States
 Ecuador
 Chile
 Brazil
 Colombia
 United States
 Mexico
 Ecuador
 Brazil
 Venezuela
 Peru
 Cuba
 Colombia
2018 European YOG Qualifier[6] Spain Banyoles 7–8 July 2018 12  France
 Portugal
 Hungary
 Italy
 Sweden
 Israel
 Germany
 Switzerland
 Great Britain
 Belgium
 Spain
 Slovenia
 Italy
 France
 Portugal
 Russia
 Switzerland
 Hungary
 Great Britain
 Luxembourg
 Netherlands
 Belgium
 Germany
 Denmark
Tripartite Invitation - - 2/1  Aruba
 Virgin Islands
 Grenada
TOTAL 32
  • The second female tripartie spot was not awarded and thus it was reallocated to the Americas, as per the qualification system.

Schedule[]

The schedule is expected to be released by the Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.

All times are ART (UTC-3)
Event Date Event Day Starting Time Event Details
October 7 Sunday 11:00 Girls' Race
October 8 Monday 11:00 Boys' Race
October 11 Thursday 11:00 Mixed Team Relay

Medal summary[]

Medal table[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
 Mixed-NOCs1113
1 New Zealand1001
 South Africa1001
3 Denmark0101
 Portugal0101
5 Italy0011
 Switzerland0011
Totals (6 nations)3339

Events[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Boys'
details

 New Zealand

 Portugal

 Italy
Girls'
details

 South Africa

 Denmark

 Switzerland
Mixed Relay
details
Europe 1
  (DEN)
  (ITA)
  (SUI)
  (POR)
Oceania 1
  (AUS)
  (NZL)
  (NZL)
  (AUS)
Europe 3
  (GER)
  (GER)
  (FRA)
  (ESP)

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Qualification System: Triathlon" (PDF). ITU. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Results: 2018 New Plymouth OTU Triathlon Oceania YOG Qualifier and Junior Oceania Championships". ITU. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Results: 2018 Rabat ATU Triathlon African Championships and YOG Qualifier". ITU. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  4. ^ "2018 Subic Bay ASTC Triathlon Asian YOG Qualifier". ITU. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Results: 2018 Salinas CAMTRI Triathlon American YOG Qualifier". ITU. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Results: 2018 Banyoles ETU Triathlon European YOG Qualifier". ITU. 7 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.

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