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 and later also won a silver in the mixed 10 metre air pistol event under mixed-NOCs. Both Boys' and Girls' Hockey 5s teams won silver medals in their debut.
Medalists
Medals awarded to participants of Mixed-NOC teams are represented in (italics). These medals are not counted towards the Individual NOC Medal tally.
Medal Name Sport Event Date Jeremy Lalrinnunga Weightlifting Boys' 62 kg Manu Bhaker Shooting Girls' 10 metre air pistol Saurabh Chaudhary Shooting Boys' 10 metre air pistol Lakshya Sen Badminton Mixed team Tushar Mane Shooting Boys' 10 metre air rifle Tababi Devi Judo Girls' 44 kg Mehuli Ghosh Shooting Girls' 10 metre air rifle Tababi Devi Judo Mixed team Manu Bhaker Shooting Mixed 10 metre air pistol Simran Kaur Wrestling Girl's freestyle 43 kg India men's national field hockey teamField hockeyBoys' tournamentIndia women's national field hockey teamField hockeyGirls' tournament Suraj Panwar Athletics Boys' 5 km walk Akash Malik Archery Boys' individual Praveen Chithravel Athletics Boys' triple jump
Medals by sportSport TotalShooting 2 2 0 4Weightlifting 1 0 0 1Field hockey 0 2 0 2Athletics 0 1 1 2Archery 0 1 0 1Badminton 0 1 0 1Judo 0 1 0 1Wrestling 0 1 0 1Total 3 9 1 13
Medals by genderGender TotalMale2518Female1405Total 3 9 1 13
Medals by dateDayDate TotalDay 17 October0202Day 28 October1102Day 39 October1001Day 410 October1001Day 511 October0000Day 612 October0101Day 713 October0101Day 814 October0202Day 915 October0101Day 1016 October0011Day 1117 October0101Day 1218 October0000Total39113
Competitors India placed 46 athletes in 13 sports with 36 events, its largest contingent till now. 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.
+SportsBoysGirlsTotalEventsArchery1123Athletics5277Badminton1123Boxing0111Field Hockey99182Judo0111Rowing2021Shooting2246Sport Climbing1011Swimming2024Table Tennis1123Weightlifting1122Wrestling0222Total25214636
Archery India qualified two archers based on its performance at the Asian Continental Qualification Tournament.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / RankScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreAkash MalikBoys' individual6795W 6–5W 6–2W 6–4W 6–0L 0–6Himani KumariGirls' individual6653W 7–1L 4–6did not advance /Mixed team129624 / W 5–3 / W 6–2 / L 0–6did not advance /127429 / L 1–5did not advance
Athletics
Track and Road events AthleteEventStage 1Stage 2TotalResultRankResultRankTotalRankNisar AhmedBoy's 200 m22.081921.72 PB1943.8019Sreekiran NandakumarBoy's 800 m1:52.4292:06.51243:58.9322Suraj PanwarBoys' 5 km walk20:23.30 PB220:35.87140:59.17Vishnupriya JayaprakashanGirl's 400 m hurdles1:02.56111:01.92122:04.4812SeemaGirl's 3000 m10:03.341414:25122613
Field events AthleteEventStage 1Stage 2TotalDistanceRankDistanceRankTotalRankPraveen ChithravelBoy's triple jump15.84315.68531.52Kunwer Ajai RajBoy's javelin throw71.45975.063146.516
Badminton
India qualified two players based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings. AthleteEventGroup StageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankLakshya SenBoys' singlesW (21–14, 21–10)W (23–21, 21–8)W (23–6, 21–16)1 QW (21–17, 21–19)W (14–21, 21–15,24–22)L (15–21, 19–21)Jakka Vaishnavi ReddyGirls' singlesW (21–13, 21–6)L (18–21, 21–23)W (21–14, 21–8)2did not advanceLakshya Sen (Team Alpha)Mixed teamsEpsilonW 110–98DeltaL 99–110ZetaW 110–1032GammaW 110–94ThetaW 110–90OmegaW 110–106Jakka Vaishnavi Reddy (Team Gamma)OmegaL 99–110SigmaL 86–110ThetaW 110–1073AlphaL 94–110did not advance
Boxing
India qualified one boxer based on its performance at the 2017 Youth Women’s World Boxing Championships. AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinal / RankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultJyoti GuliaGirls' 51kgL 0–5did not advance5
Field hockey
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 Kumar, Sudeep Chirmako, Pawan Malik, Rabichandra Moirangathem, Vivek Prasad
Preliminary round Pool B
Final round Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Gold medal match
Girl's 5s
Team: Salima Tete, Reet, Khushboo Khan, Ishika Chaudhary, Mumtaz Khan, Baljeet Kaur, Chetna Rathi, Bichu Devi Kharibam, Lalremsiami
Preliminary round Pool A
Final round Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Gold medal match
Judo
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / Round of 8QuarterfinalsSemifinalsOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankTababi DeviGirls' 44 kgW 10–0W 1s2–0W 10–0s1colspan=3 L 0s1–11Tababi Devi (Team Athens)Mixed teamLos AngelesW 5–3Rio de JaneiroW 5–3colspan=3 BeijingL 3–4
Rowing
India qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualification Regatta. AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3PointsRankSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimePointsRankTimePointsRankTimeRankTimeRankSatnam SinghAshish GoliyanBoys' pair3:27.5761:38.85331:36.903368 Q1:32.004 FB1:38.018
Shooting
India qualified four sport shooters based on its performance at the 2017 Asian Championships. Individual AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankShahu Tushar ManeBoys' 10 m air rifle623.73 Q247.5Saurabh ChaudharyBoys' 10 m air pistol5801 Q244.2Mehuli GhoshGirls' 10 m air rifle628.11 Q248.0Manu BhakerGirls' 10 m air pistol5761 Q236.5 Mixed AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalPointsRankOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRank /Mixed 10 metre air rifle803.220did not advance20 /809.919did not advance19 /Mixed 10 metre air pistol73815 / L 3–10did not advance /7515 / W 10–4 / W 10–8 / W 10–3 / L 3–10
Sport climbing
India qualified one sport climber based on its performance at the 2017 Asian Youth Sport Climbing Championships. AthleteEventSpeedQualificationBoulderingQualificationLeadQualificationPointsFinalTimePointsResultPointsHoldReachedTimePointsSpeedBoulderingLeadRankBharath PereiraBoy's combined7.1771T 2z14201:31212058did not advance18
Swimming
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSrihari NatarajBoys' 50 m backstroke26.5518did not advanceBoys' 100 m backstroke56.759 Q56.489 Q56.126Boys' 200 m backstroke2:04.8013colspan=2 did not advanceAdvait PageBoys' 800 m freestylecolspan=4 8:16.0617
Table tennis
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.
AthleteEventGroup StageRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankManav ThakkarBoys' singlesW 4–2L 1–4W 4–22 QL 1–4did not advanceArchana KamathGirls' singlesW 4–1W 4–0W 4–11 QW 4–2W 4–3L 1–4L 1–44Archana KamathManav ThakkarMixed teamL 0–3W 3–0 / W 3–02 QL 1–2did not advance
Weightlifting
India qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Championships.
AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankJeremy LalrinnungaBoy's 62 kg12411501274Sneha SorenGirl's 48 kg6758451515
Wrestling India qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Cadet Championships.
AthleteEventGroup stageFinal / RankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreSimran KaurGirls' freestyle 43 kgW 5–0 VBW 5–0 VTW 4–1 SPW 2–1 PP1L 1–3 PPMansi AhlawatGirls' freestyle 57 kgL 0–3 POW 3–1 PPL 1–3 PPL 0–5 VT4L 0–5 VT8
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