United States at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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United States at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
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IOC codeUSA
NOCUnited States Olympic Committee
Websitehttp://www.teamusa.org/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina
6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors86 in 22 sports
Flag bearers ()
()
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
6
Silver
5
Bronze
7
Total
18
Summer Youth Olympics appearances (overview)

The United States participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

Medalists[]

Archery[]

Main article: Archery at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

The United States qualified two archers based on its performance at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships.[1][2]

Individual
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Boys' Individual 665 15   (BRA)
W 6–0 		 Tang (TPE)
W 7–1 		  (IRI)
W 6–0 		  (UKR)
W 6–0 		  (IND)
W 6–0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Girls' Individual 642 14   (CHI)
W 6–5 		  (IND)
W 6–4 		  (ESP)
L 3–7 		Did not advance 5
Team
Athletes Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
  (USA)
  (NAM) 		Mixed team 1299 18   (KAZ)
  (PAR)
W 6–0 		  (MEX)
  (KAZ)
W 6–2 		  (PRK)
  (MEX)
W 6–2 		  (FRA)
  (ESP)
L 3–5 		  (NZL)
 Tang (TPE)
W 5–3 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  (USA)
  (CUB) 		1302 7   (PRK)
  (MEX)
L 0–6 		Did not advance 17

Athletics[]

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Badminton[]

Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

The United States qualified one player based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.[3]

Singles
Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Jennie Gai Girls' Singles   (PER)
W (21–10, 21–7) 		  (IND)
W (21–18, 23–21) 		  (ESP)
W (21–10, 22–20) 		1Q   (SGP)
L (16–21, 18–21) 		Did not advance 5
Team
Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Team Alpha
 Jennie Gai (USA)
 Lakshya Sen (IND)
  (ITA)
  (CAM)
 Brian Yang (CAN)
  (SRI)
  (BUL)
 Ashwathi Pillai (SWE)
 Mixed Teams  Epsilon (MIX)
W (110–98) 		 Delta (MIX)
L (99–110) 		 Zeta (MIX)
W (110–103) 		2 Q  Gamma (MIX)
W (110–94) 		 Theta (MIX)
W (110–90) 		 Omega (MIX)
W (110–106) 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Basketball[]

Main article: Basketball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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
Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Boys' tournament  Estonia
L 14–21 		 Russia
L 16–18 		 Mongolia
W 21–19 		 Argentina
W 21–18 		4 Did not advance
Girls' tournament  Venezuela
W 21–9 		 Sri Lanka
W 21–8 		 Egypt
W 21–4 		 Ukraine
W 21–9 		1  Netherlands
W 18–14 		 China
W 21–9 		 France
W 18–4 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Shoot-out contest
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Total Rank
Paige Bueckers Shoot-out contest 7 4 8 4
5 7 Did not advance
Skills Competition
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Boys' Dunk Contest 50 2 47 4

Beach volleyball[]

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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
Athletes Event Preliminary round Round of 24 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank

Girls'  – (SUI)
W 2–0
 – (AUS)
W 2–0
 – (ARG)
W 2–0 		1 Bye  – (PER)
W 2–0 		 – (ESP)
W 2–1 		 – (ITA)
L 0–2 		 – (NOR)
L 1–2 		4

Boys' tournament  – (INA)
L 0-2
 – (VEN)
W 2-0
 – (ARU)
W 2-0 		2  – (BRA)
W 2-0 		 – (SUI)
W 2-0 		 – (NED)
L 		Did not advance

Boxing[]

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Boys
Athlete Event Preliminary R1 Preliminary R2 Semifinals Final / RM Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Otha Jones III -64 kg   (GBR)
L 1–4 		 Popov (RUS)
L 2-3 		Did not advance   (KOS)
NC 		5
Girls
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final / RM Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
-51 kg   (KAZ)
W 3–2 		  (ITA)
L 4–1 		  (BUL)
W 5–0 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
-57 kg   (IRL)
L 0–5 		Did not advance 5

Canoeing[]

Main article: Canoeing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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
Athlete Event Qualification Repechage Last 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Time Rank Time Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Boys' K1 sprint 2:09.24 15 2:09.11 10 N/A Did not advance
Boys' K1 slalom 1:17.00 7 1:19.15 6 Did not advance
Girls' C1 sprint 2:44.14 12 2:34.27 2   (MEX)
L 2:38.67 		Did not advance
Girls' C1 slalom 1:36.98 8 Bye   (NGR)
W 1:35.47 		  (GER)
L 1:40.43 		Did not advance
Girls' K1 sprint 2:16.09 18 DNF 12 Did not advance
Girls' K1 slalom 1:22.76 5 Bye   (KAZ)
W 1:20.44 		  (TPE)
L 1:21.19 		Did not advance

Diving[]

Main article: Diving at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Athlete Event Preliminary Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Boys' 3m springboard 475.15 12 501.15 9
Boys' 10m platform 387.60 12 438.25 10
Girls' 3 m springboard 414.60 5 439.60 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  (USA)
  (USA) 		Mixed team N/A 263.70 13

Equestrian[]

Main article: Equestrian at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

The United States qualified a rider based on its performance at the FEI North American Junior Championships.[8]

  • Individual Jumping - 1 athlete
Athlete Horse Event Round 1 Round 2 Total Jump off
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank
Santa Rosa Valery Individual Jumping 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 8 8 4
North America
  (MEX)
  (HAI)
  (PAN)
  (HON)
  (USA) 		El Capricho Champion
Quid Du Plessis
Canal Del Bajo Kithira
Llavaneras Genquina
Santa Rosa Valery 		Team Jumping
4 #
0
0
0
0 #		 0
4 #
0
0
4 #
0		 0 0
4 #
0 #
0
0
0		 0
38.07 #
34.55 #
34.07
32.16
31.66		 97.89 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Fencing[]

Main article: Fencing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

The United States qualified six athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Cadet World Championship.[9]

  • Boys' Épée -
  • Boys' Foil -
  • Boys' Sabre -
  • Girls' Épée -
  • Girls' Foil -
  • Girls' Sabre -

Golf[]

Main article: Golf at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Individual
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total
Score Rank Score Total Rank Score Total Rank Score Par Rank
Lucy Li 78 (+8) 18 70 (0) 148 2 73 (+3) 221 7 211 +11 8
Akshay Bhatia 69 (-1) 1 69 (-1) 138 3 70 (0) 208 4 206 -2 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Team
Athletes Event Round 1
(Fourball) 		Round 2
(Foursome) 		Round 3
(Individual Stroke) 		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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Gymnastics[]

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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[]

Main article: Roller speed skating at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

The United States qualified two roller skaters based on its performance at the 2018 Roller Speed Skating World Championship.[11]

  • Boys' combined speed event -
  • Girls' combined speed event -

Rowing[]

Main article: Rowing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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[]

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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[]

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1  Argentina 5 5 0 0 180 38 +142 15
2  France 5 4 0 1 111 65 +46 13
3  Japan 5 2 1 2 74 103 −29 10
4  South Africa 5 2 0 3 79 84 −5 9
5  United States 5 0 2 3 67 120 −53 7
6  Samoa 5 0 1 4 48 149 −101 6
Source: Buenos Aires 2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.
13 October 2018
13:40
United States 0–38  France
Report Try: Vili 1'm
3'c
5'c
(2) 6'c, 8'c
12'm
Con: (3/4) 4', 5', 7'
(1/2) 8'
Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires
Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)
13 October 2018
16:45
United States 24–24  Samoa
Try: (2) 0'c, 3'm
(2) 10'c, 12'm
Con: (1/2) 1'
(1/2) 10'
 Report Try: 4'm
(2) 6'c, 7'c
7'c
Con: (2/4) 6', 7'
Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires
Referee: Nehuen Jauri Rivero (Argentina)
14 October 2018
9:15
South Africa 19–12  United States
Try: 4'c
7'c
14'm
Con: (1/1) 4'
(1/2) 8'
 Report Try: 1'c
11'm
Con: (1/1) 2'
(0/1)
Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires
Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)
14 October 2018
12:45
United States 17–17  Japan
Try: 3'c
10'm
13'm
Con: (1/3) 3'
 Report Try: 4'c
6'm
8'm
Con: (1/1) 5'
Ishida (0/1)
(0/1)
Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires
Referee: Nehuen Jauri Rivero (Argentina)
15 October 2018
11:30
United States 14–22  Argentina
Try: 6'c
8'c
Con: (2/2) 7', 8'
 Report Try: 3'c
11'm
12'm
Mendy 14'm
Con: (1/2) 4'
(0/2)
Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires
Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)

Fifth place game[]

15 October 2018
11:55
United States 24–14  Samoa
Try: 7'c
9'c
12'm
14'm
Con: (2/4) 7', 9'
 Report Try: (2) 0'c, 5'c
Con: (2/2) 1', 6'
Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires
Referee: Nehuen Jauri Rivero (Argentina)

Sailing[]

Main article: Sailing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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[]

Main article: Sport climbing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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[]

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

United States qualified eight swimmers.

Table tennis[]

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

The United States qualified two table tennis players based on its performance at the North American Continental Qualifier.[22][23]

  • Boys' singles - Kanak Jha
  • Girls' singles –

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' −48 kg Bye  Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi (TUN)
L 8-11 		Did not advance 6
Anastasija Zolotic Girls' 49 kg Bye   (SWE)
W 22-17 		  (KOR)
W 21-11 		 Elizaveta Ryadninskaya (RUS)
L 16-17 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Tennis[]

Main article: Tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Singles
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Boys' singles  Y Erel (TUR)
L (3-6, 69-711) 		Did not advance
  (ARU)
W (6-3, 65-77, 6-3) 		  (BRA)
L (6-7, 4-6) 		Did not advance
Girls' singles  K Rakhimova (RUS)
L (6-4, 2-6, 1-6) 		Did not advance
Alexa Noel  D Parry (FRA)
L (64-77, 3-6) 		Did not advance
Doubles
Athletes Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
  (USA)
  (USA) 		Boys' doubles N/A  N Mejía (COL)
  (BRA)
L (3-6, 6-7) 		Did not advance
  (USA)
 A Noel (USA) 		Girls' doubles   (ROU)
 L Sun (SUI)
L (1-6, 4-6) 		Did not advance
 A Noel (USA)
  (USA) 		Mixed doubles  I Świątek (POL)
 D Michalski (POL)
L (1-6, 4-6) 		Did not advance
  (USA)
  (USA) 		 E Cocciaretto (ITA)
 L Musetti (ITA)
L (5-7, 2-6) 		Did not advance

Triathlon[]

Main article: Triathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

The United States qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 American Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.[24]

Individual
Athlete Event Swim (750m) Trans 1 Bike (20 km) Trans 2 Run (5 km) Total Time Rank
Boys 9:31 0:28 27:41 0:30 16:37 54:47 7
Girls - - - - - DNF
Relay
Athlete Event Total Times per Athlete
(Swim 250m, Bike 6.6 km,
Run 1.8 km) 		Total Group Time Rank
Americas 1
  (ECU)
  (CHI)
  (MEX)
  (USA) 		Mixed Relay 22:11 (3)
-
-
- 		DNF
Americas 5
  (USA)
  (ARU)
  (PER)
  (ISV) 		22:45 (6)
23:11 (12)
25:15 (10)
24:06 (13) 		1:35:17 11

Weightlifting[]

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

The United States qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 201? ??? Youth Championships.[25][26]

Boy
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
−69 kg 127 3 155 3 282 4
Girl
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
−58 kg 85 3 106 3 186 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Wrestling[]

Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Key:
  • VFA – Victory by Fall
  • VSU – Without any points scored by the opponent
  • VSU1 – With point(s) scored by the opponent
  • VPO – Without any points scored by the opponent
  • VPO1 – With point(s) scored by the opponent
Boys
Athlete Event Group stage Final / RM Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score
Boys' freestyle −55kg   (JPN)
W 13 – 2 VSU1 		  (UKR)
W 10 – 5 VPO1 		1 Q   (ARG)
W 17 – 6 VSU1 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Boys' freestyle −65kg   (EGY)
W 12 – 3 VPO1 		  (IRI)
L 0 – 10 VSU 		2 Q   (PAK)
L 2 – 6 VPO1 		4
Girls
Athlete Event Group stage Final / RM Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score
Girls' freestyle −43kg   (FRA)
W 5 – 0 VPO 		  (BRA)
W 10 – 0 VSU 		  (AZE)
W 12 – 2 VSU1 		  (NGR)
W 2 – 0 VFA 		1 Q   (IND)
W 11 – 6 VPO1 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Girls' freestyle −49kg   (VEN)
W 12 – 2 VSU1 		  (BLR)
L 0 – 6 VPO 		  (UZB)
L 8 – 9 VFA 		  (KAZ)
W 8 – 0 VPO 		3 Q   (HUN)
L 0 – 3 VPO 		6

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