Triathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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.

Triathlon
at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
VenueParque Tres de Febrero
Dates7–11 October
No. of events3 (1 boys, 1 girls, 1 mixed)
Competitors64 (32 boys, 32 girls) from 42 nations
Triathlon at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IndividualBoysGirls
RelayMixed

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]

EventLocationDateTotal PlacesQualified BoysQualified Girls
Host Nation--1 Argentina Argentina
2018 Oceania YOG Qualifier[2] New Plymouth25 March 20182 Australia
 New Zealand		 Australia
 New Zealand
2018 Africa YOG Qualifier[3] Rabat21 April 20183 South Africa
 Tunisia
 Egypt		 South Africa
 Tunisia
 Egypt
2018 Asian YOG Qualifier[4] Subic Bay17 June 20185 Japan
 China
 Hong Kong
 Malaysia
 Syria
 Kazakhstan		 Singapore
 South Korea
 China
 Japan
 Hong Kong
2018 American YOG Qualifier[5] Salinas1 July 20187/8 Mexico
 Canada
 United States
 Ecuador
 Chile
 Brazil
 Colombia		 United States
 Mexico
 Ecuador
 Brazil
 Venezuela
 Peru
 Cuba
 Colombia
2018 European YOG Qualifier[6] Banyoles7–8 July 201812 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
TOTAL32
  • 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 DateEvent DayStarting TimeEvent Details
October 7Sunday11:00Girls' Race
October 8Monday11:00Boys' Race
October 11Thursday11:00Mixed 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'
 Dylan McCullough
 New Zealand		 Alexandre Montez
 Portugal		 Alessio Crociani
 Italy
Girls'
 Amber Schlebusch
 South Africa		 Sif Bendix Madsen
 Denmark		 Anja Weber
 Switzerland
Mixed Relay
 Europe 1
Sif Bendix Madsen
 Denmark
Alessio Crociani
 Italy
Anja Weber
 Switzerland
Alexandre Montez
 Portugal		 Oceania 1
Charlotte Derbyshire
 Australia
Dylan McCullough
 New Zealand
Brea Roderick
 New Zealand
Joshua Ferris
 Australia		 Europe 3
Marie Horn
 Germany
Henry Graf
 Germany
Emilie Noyer
 France
Igor Bellido Mikhailova
 Spain

References
  1. "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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