India at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

India participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018. India managed their best ever medal haul of the Youth Olympics in this edition. Among the 206 participating nations, India ranked 17th on the medals tally.

  • Jeremy Lalrinnunga won India's first ever Youth Olympics gold medal.
  • Tababi Devi won the first ever Youth Olympics medal for India in Judo and later also won a silver in the mixed team event under mixed-NOCs.
  • Manu Bhaker became the first Indian girl to win a Youth Olympics gold medal.
  • Both Boys' and Girls' Hockey 5s teams won silver medals in their debut.
India at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
Websitehttp://www.olympic.ind.in/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina
6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors46 in 13[1] sports
Flag bearerOpening: Manu Bhaker
Closing:Jeremy Lalrinnunga
Medals
Ranked 17th
Gold
3
Silver
9
Bronze
1
Total
13
Summer Youth Olympics appearances

Medalists
Further information: 2018 Summer Youth Olympics medal table

Medals awarded to participants of Mixed-NOC teams are represented in (italics). These medals are not counted towards the Individual NOC Medal tally.

Competitors

India placed 46 athletes in 13 sports with 36 events, its largest contingent till now.[1] India marks its debut in field hockey 5s and sport climbing at the Youth Olympics. The contingent includes ISSF senior and junior world cup champion Manu Bhaker, Commonwealth Games medallist shooter Mehuli Ghosh,ISSF senior world champion Saurabh Choudary, world youth boxing champion Jyoti Gulia and world youth silver medalist Jeremy Lalrinunga in weightlifting.

Sports Boys Girls Total Events
Archery 1 1 2 3
Athletics 5 2 7 7
Badminton 1 1 2 3
Boxing 0 1 1 1
Field Hockey 9 9 18 2
Judo 0 1 1 1
Rowing 2 0 2 1
Shooting 2 2 4 6
Sport Climbing 1 0 1 1
Swimming 2 0 2 4
Table Tennis 1 1 2 3
Weightlifting 1 1 2 2
Wrestling 0 2 2 2
Total 25 21 46 36

Archery
Main article: Archery at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

India qualified two archers based on its performance at the Asian Continental Qualification Tournament.[2][3]

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
Akash Malik Boys' individual 679 5  Lee (CAN)
W 6–5		  Solera (ESP)
W 6–2		  Vaca (MEX)
W 6–4		  Roos (BEL)
W 6–0		  Cowles (USA)
L 0–6
Himani Kumari Girls' individual 665 3  Walter (SAM)
W 7–1		  Gnoriega (USA)
L 4–6		 Did not advance
 Selin Satır (TUR) /
 Akash Malik (IND)		 Mixed team 1296 24  Jerez (DOM) /
 De Carvalho (BRA)
W 5–3		  Winkel (NED) /
 Cheremiskin (RUS)
W 6–2		  Giannasio (ARG) /
 Aitthiwat (THA)
L 0–6		 Did not advance
 Himani Kumari (IND) /
 Wian Roux (RSA)		 1274 29  Tromans-Ansell (GBR) /
 Shabani (IRI)
L 1–5		 Did not advance

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Track and Road events
Athlete Event Stage 1 Stage 2 Total
Result Rank Result Rank Total Rank
Nisar Ahmed Boy's 200 m 22.08 19 21.72 PB 19 43.80 19
Sreekiran Nandakumar Boy's 800 m 1:52.42 9 2:06.51 24 3:58.93 22
Suraj Panwar Boys' 5 km walk 20:23.30 PB 2 20:35.87 1 40:59.17
Vishnupriya Jayaprakashan Girl's 400 m hurdles 1:02.56 11 1:01.92 12 2:04.48 12
Seema Girl's 3000 m 10:03.34 14 14:25 12 26 13

Field events
Athlete Event Stage 1 Stage 2 Total
Distance Rank Distance Rank Total Rank
Praveen Chitravel Boy's triple jump 15.84 3 15.68 5 31.52
Kunwer Ajai Raj Singh Rana Boy's javelin throw 71.45 9 75.06 3 146.51 6

Badminton
Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

India qualified two players based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.[4][5]

Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Lakshya Sen Boys' singles  Kamel (EGY)
W (21–14, 21–10)		  Bosniuk (UKR)
W (23–21, 21–8)		  Farias (BRA)
W (23–6, 21–16)		 1 Q  Rumbay (INA)
W (21–17, 21–19)		  Naraoka (JPN)
W (14–21, 21–15,
24–22)		  Li Sf (CHN)
L (15–21, 19–21)
Jakka Vaishnavi Reddy Girls' singles  Andreu (ESP)
W (21–13, 21–6)		  Gai (USA)
L (18–21, 21–23)		  Saponara (PER)
W (21–14, 21–8)		 2 Did not advance
Lakshya Sen (Team Alpha) Mixed teams Epsilon
W 110–98		 Delta
L 99–110		 Zeta
W 110–103		 2 Gamma
W 110–94		 Theta
W 110–90		 Omega
W 110–106
Jakka Vaishnavi Reddy (Team Gamma) Omega
L 99–110		 Sigma
L 86–110		 Theta
W 110–107		 3 Alpha
L 94–110		 Did not advance

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

India qualified one boxer based on its performance at the 2017 Youth Women’s World Boxing Championships.

Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final / RM Rank
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Jyoti Gulia Girls' 51kg  La Piana (ITA)
L 0–5		 Did not advance 5

Field hockey
Main article: Field hockey at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

India qualified 2 teams (Men and Women) based on its performance at the 2018 Youth Olympics Qualifiers. Both teams won silver medals.

Boy's 5s

Team: Prashant Chauhan, Shivam Anand, Rahul Rajbhar, Maninder Singh, Sanjay, Sudeep Chirmako, Pawan, Rabichandra Moirangathem, Vivek Prasad

Preliminary round

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 5 5 0 0 23 9 +14 15 Quarterfinals
2  India 5 4 0 1 34 8 +26 12
3  Austria 5 3 0 2 11 16 −5 9
4  Bangladesh 5 2 0 3 12 22 −10 6
5  Canada 5 1 0 4 13 22 −9 3 9th place game
6  Kenya 5 0 0 5 10 26 −16 0 11th place game
Source: Buenos Aires 2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head result.
7 October 2018
11:45
India  10–0  Bangladesh
Anand  4'
Rajbhar  4', 9'
Sanjay  6'
Prasad  9', 18'
Chirmako  11', 17'
Singh  12'
Moirangthem  20'		 Report
Umpires:
Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)
8 October 2018
14:45
India  9–1  Austria
Sanjay  2'
Anand  4', 10', 17'
Chirmako  6', 11', 14', 18'
Prasad  13'		 Report Drusany  8'
Umpires:
Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)
Nick Saunders (NZL)
9 October 2018
09:30
Kenya  1–7  India
Ouma  7' Report Chirmako  5', 10'
Moirangthem  5', 11'
Prasad  8'
Sanjay  14'
Rajbhar  17'
Umpires:
Hideki Kinoshita (JPN)
Jonathan Altamirano (MEX)
10 October 2018
17:45
India  3–4  Australia
Prasad  6', 18'
Anand  20'		 Report Davis  2'
Collins  3'
Murray  18'
B. Marais  19'
Umpires:
Nick Saunders (NZL)
Jonathan Altamirano (MEX)
11 October 2018
13:15
Canada  2–5  India
Childs  15', 16' Report Sanjay  4', 17'
Anand  7'
Chirmako  10'
Rajbhar  17'
Umpires:
Jonathan Altamirano (MEX)
Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)

Final round
Quarterfinal
12 October 2018
11:00
India  4–2  Poland
Anand  1', 8'
Singh  3'
Sanjay  17'		 Report E. Bembenek  16'
Nowkowski  18'
Umpires:
Darren Hubach (RSA)
James Unkles (AUS)
Semifinal
13 October 2018
15:00
Argentina  1–3  India
Zarate  4' Report Rajbhar  3'
Chirmako  12', 18'
Umpires:
Peter Kabaso (KEN)
Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)
Gold medal match
14 October 2018
15:00
India  2–4  Malaysia
Prasad  3', 6' Report Rosdi  5'
Anuar  14', 19'
Ishak  18'
Umpires:
Jonathan Altamirano (MEX)
Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)

Girl's 5s

Team: Salima Tete, Reet, Khushboo, Ishika Chaudhary, Mumtaz Khan, Baljeet Kaur, Chetna, Bichu Devi Kharibam, Lalremsiami

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina (H) 5 5 0 0 41 2 +39 15 Quarterfinals
2  India 5 4 0 1 29 10 +19 12
3  South Africa 5 3 0 2 19 13 +6 9
4  Austria 5 2 0 3 19 13 +6 6
5  Uruguay 5 1 0 4 23 8 +15 3 9th place game
6  Vanuatu 5 0 0 5 0 80 −80 0 11th place game
Source: Buenos Aires 2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head result.
(H) Host.
7 October 2018
14:00
India  4–2  Austria
Lalremsiami  4', 17'
Tete  5'
Khan  16'		 Report Hruby  13'
Kern  20'
Umpires:
Sophie Bockelmann (GER)
Margaux Brand (CAN)
8 October 2018
09:30
India  2–1  Uruguay
Lalremsiami  1', 19' Report Verga  10'
Umpires:
Sophie Bockelmann (GER)
Rhiannon Murrie (AUS)
9 October 2018
16:15
Vanuatu  0–16  India
Report Lalremsiami  2', 10'
Reet  3', 6'
Tete  4', 13'
Kaur  5', 5'
Chetna  6', 14', 17'
Khan  8', 11', 12', 15'
Chaudhary  20'
Umpires:
Cynthia Clement (GHA)
Jianjun Chen (CHN)
10 October 2018
12:30
India  2–5  Argentina
Khan  8'
Reet  10'		 Report di Santo  7'
Ramallo  10', 12'
Bruggesser  17'
Palet  19'
Umpires:
Rhiannon Murrie (AUS)
Fatma Mahmoud (EGY)
11 October 2018
14:00
South Africa  2–5  India
de Waal  10'
Welham  19'		 Report Khan  2', 17'
Reet  10'
Lalremsiami  12'
Chaudhary  13'
Umpires:
Rhiannon Murrie (AUS)
Fatma Mahmoud (EGY)

Final round
Quarterfinal
12 October 2018
14:00
India  3–0  Poland
Lalremsiami  10'
Tete  14'
Kaur  14'		 Report
Umpires:
Lizé Srtydom (RSA)
Jianjun Chen (CHN)
Semifinal
13 October 2018
16:00
India  3–0  China
Khan  1'
Reet  5'
Lalremsiami  20'		 Report
Umpires:
Lizé Srtydom (RSA)
Victoria Pazos (PAR)
Gold medal match
14 October 2018
16:30
Argentina  3–1  India
Palet  7'
Ramallo  10'
Bruggesser  12'		 Report Khan  1'
Umpires:
Sophie Bockelmann (GER)
Rhiannon Murrie (AUS)

Judo
Main article: Judo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Round of 8 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Tababi Devi Girls' 44 kg  Wangmo (BHU)
W 10–0		  Muminoviq (KOS)
W 1s2–0		  Puljiz (CRO)
W 10–0s1		 N/A  Giménez (VEN)
L 0s1–11
Tababi Devi (Team Athens) Mixed team Bye Los Angeles
W 5–3		 Rio de Janeiro
W 5–3		 N/A Beijing
L 3–4

Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

India qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualification Regatta.[6]

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Points Rank Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Points Rank Time Points Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Satnam Singh
Ashish Goliyan		 Boys' pair 3:27.57 6 1:38.85 3 3 1:36.90 3 3 6 8 Q 1:32.00 4 FB 1:38.01 8

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

India qualified four sport shooters based on its performance at the 2017 Asian Championships.[7]

Individual
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Shahu Tushar Mane Boys' 10 m air rifle 623.7 3 Q 247.5
Saurabh Chaudhary Boys' 10 m air pistol 580 1 Q 244.2
Mehuli Ghosh Girls' 10 m air rifle 628.1 1 Q 248.0
Manu Bhaker Girls' 10 m air pistol 576 1 Q 236.5
Mixed
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Points Rank Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Rank
 Shahu Tushar Mane (IND) /
 Latifa Al-Maazmi (UAE)		 Mixed 10 metre air rifle 803.2 20 Did not advance 20
 Carlos Arze (PER) /
 Mehuli Ghosh (IND)		 809.9 19 Did not advance 19
 Saurabh Chaudhary (IND) /
 Nubaira Babur (PAK)		 Mixed 10 metre air pistol 738 15  Štrbac (CRO) /
 Kurdzi (BLR)
L 3–10		 Did not advance
 Bezhan Fayzullaev (TJK) /
 Manu Bhaker (IND)		 751 5  Kanyakorn (THA) /
 Abdelfatah (EGY)
W 10–4		  Rankelytė (LTU) /
 Usanli (MDA)
W 10–8		  Ibarra (MEX) /
 Honta (UKR)
W 10–3		  Seeger (GER) /
 Kirov (BUL)
L 3–10

Sport climbing
Main article: Sport climbing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

India qualified one sport climber based on its performance at the 2017 Asian Youth Sport Climbing Championships.[8]

Athlete Event Speed
Qualification		 Bouldering
Qualification		 Lead
Qualification		 Points Final
Time Points Result Points Hold
Reached		 Time Points Speed Bouldering Lead Rank
Bharath Pereira Boy's combined 7.17 7 1T 2z 14 20 1:31 21 2058 Did not advance 18

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Srihari Nataraj Boys' 50 m backstroke 26.55 18 Did not advance
Boys' 100 m backstroke 56.75 9 Q 56.48 9 Q 56.12 6
Boys' 200 m backstroke 2:04.80 13 N/A Did not advance
Advait Page Boys' 800 m freestyle N/A 8:16.06 17

Table tennis
Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

India qualified one table tennis player based on its performance at the Road to Buenos Aires (Asia) series in Thailand and one more in the form of Archana Kamath at the Road to Buenos Aires (Oceania) in the Cook Islands.[9][10]

Athlete Event Group Stage Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Manav Thakkar Boys' singles  Stankevičius (LTU)
W 4–2		  Ahmadian (IRI)
L 1–4		  Choong (MAS)
W 4–2		 2 Q  Harimoto (JPN)
L 1–4		 Did not advance
Archana Kamath Girls' singles  Goi R X (SGP)
W 4–1		  Al-Hodaby (EGY)
W 4–0		  Vovk (SLO)
W 4–1		 1 Q  Lee K Y (HKG)
W 4–2		  Ning J (AZE)
W 4–3		  Sun Ys (CHN)
L 1–4		  Dragoman (ROU)
L 1–4		 4
Archana Kamath
Manav Thakkar		 Mixed team  Ning J /
Yu Kh (AZE)
L 0–3		  Gauthier /
Rembert (FRA)
W 3–0		  Morri (SMR) /
 Lorenzo (ARG)
W 3–0		 2 Q  Dragoman /
Pletea (ROU)
L 1–2		 Did not advance

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Jeremy Lalrinnunga at his final attempt

India qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Championships.[11][12]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Jeremy Lalrinnunga Boy's 62 kg 124 1 150 1 274
Sneha Soren Girl's 48 kg 67 5 84 5 151 5

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

India qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Cadet Championships.

Key:

  • VT – Victory by Fall.
  • PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST – Technical superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 10 points.
  • SP – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 10 points.
  • VB – Victory by Injury
  • VC – Victory due to 3 cautions
Athlete Event Group stage Final / RM Rank
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score
Simran Kaur Girls' freestyle 43 kg  Derry (NZL)
W 5–0 VB		  Leorda (MDA)
W 5–0 VT		  Mahmoud (EGY)
W 4–1 SP		  Batbaatar (MGL)
W 3–1 PP		 1  Shilson (USA)
L 1–3 PP
Mansi Ahlawat Girls' freestyle 57 kg  Szél (HUN)
L 0–3 PO		  Toida (CMR)
W 3–1 PP		  Parra (VEN)
L 1–3 PP		  Ringaci (MDA)
L 0–5 VT		 4  Ahmed (EGY)
L 0–5 VT		 8

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  5. "BWF Junior World Ranking – Girls Invited to 2018 Youth Olympics" (PDF). BWF Corporate. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
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