South Korea at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

South Korea participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.[1]

South Korea at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC codeKOR
NOCKorean Sport & Olympic Committee
Websitehttp://www.sports.or.kr/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina
6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors28 in 14 sports
Flag bearerSong Gun Kim (opening)
Medals
Ranked 44th
Gold
1
Silver
4
Bronze
7
Total
12
Summer Youth Olympics appearances

Competitors
Sport Boys Girls Total
Archery 112
Athletics 101
Dancesport 011
Fencing 123
Golf 101
Gymnastics 123
Judo 011
Roller speed skating 101
Shooting 101
Sport climbing 202
Swimming 224
Table tennis 112
Taekwondo 325
Triathlon 011
Total151328

Archery
Main article: Archery at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

South Korea qualified two archers based on its performance at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships.[2][3]

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
Song In-jun Boys' Individual 691 1  Tura (SMR)
W 6–2		  Benítez (PAR)
W 7–1		  Roos (BEL)
L 1–7		 Did not advance 7
Son Ye-ryeong Girls' Individual 663 4  Kang (PRK)
W 6–0		  Naumova (UKR)
W 6–0		  Chang (TPE)
W 6–0		  Zhang (CHN)
L 4–6		  Vázquez Cadena (MEX)
W 7–3
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
 Song In-jun (KOR)
 Mst Radia Akther Shapla (BAN)		 Mixed Team 1271 31  Vázquez Cadena (MEX)
 Mustafin (KAZ)
L 2–6		 Did not advance 17
 Son Ye-ryeong (KOR)
 Dan Thompson (GBR)		 1293 25  van der Winkel (NED)
 Cheremiskin (RUS)
L 2–6		 Did not advance 17

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Dancesport
Main article: Dancesport at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

South Korea qualified one dancer based on its performance at the 2018 World Youth Breaking Championship.[4]

  • B-Girls - Yell

Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

South Korea qualified four athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Cadet World Championship,[5] but only 3 participated.[1]

Athlete Event Pool Round Seed Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score
Hyun Jun Boys' Sabre Pool 2

 Vidovszky (USA)
W 5-4
 El Araby (EGY)
W 5-1
 Coly (SEN)
W 5-0
 Mahbas (IRQ)
W 5-0
 Rabb (HUN)
L 2-5
 Shaker (IRI)
W 5-2
 Heathcock (GER)
W 5-4

 2  Coly (SEN)
W DNF		  Kato (JPN)
W 15-12		  Vidovszky (USA)
W 15-14		  Rabb (HUN)
L 13-15


  • Boys' Foil - Kwon Jungsung
  • Girls' Épée - Lim Taehee
  • Girls' Sabre - Lee Jueun

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Artistic

South Korea qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship.[6]

  • Boys' artistic individual all-around - 1 quota
  • Girls' artistic individual all-around - 1 quota

Rhythmic

South Korea qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship.[6]

  • Girls' rhythmic individual all-around - 1 quota

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
Park Sangha Boys' Individual 73 (+3) 12 77 (+7) 140 23 73 (+3) 223 12 223 +13 16
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
 Ribka Vania (INA)
 Park Sangha (KOR)		 Mixed team 66 (-4) 16 69 (-1) 2 75 73 148 (+8) 16 283 +3 8

Judo
Main article: Judo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage1 Repechage2 Repechage3 Final/BM match
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Kim Ju-hee Girls' −63 kg  Alessia Corrao (BEL)
L 01-11		 Did not advance Bye  Marin Visser (NED)
W 01–00s2		  Itzel Pecha (MEX)
W 10–00		  Nikol Pencue (COL)
W 01–00s1
Team
Team Event Round 1 Round 2 Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Seoul
 Mohammed Al-Mishri (LBA)
 Alex Barto (SVK)
 Sairy Colon (PUR)
 María Giménez (VEN)
 Yuri Israelyan (ARM)
 Kim Ju-hee (KOR)
 Omaria Ramírez (DOM)
 Wu Xiao-zhang (TPE)		 Mixed Team Los Angeles
L 3–5		 Did not advance 9

Modern pentathlon
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

South Korea qualified two pentathletes based on its performance at the Asian/Oceanian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.[7] South Korea qualified a second male based on its performance at the 2018 Youth A World Championship.[8] The nation must choose between the two boys.

  • Boys' Individual - Shin Hyoseop or Moon Juseong
  • Girls' Individual - Yoon Yangji

Eventually no South Korean modern pentathletes competed.[1]

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

South Korea qualified two roller skaters based on its performance at the 2018 Roller Speed Skating World Championship.[9]

  • Boys' combined speed event - Cheon Jongji
  • Girls' combined speed event - Lee Yerim

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

South Korea qualified one sport shooter based on its performance at the 2017 Asian Championships.[10]

  • Boys' 10m Air Pistol - 1 quota
Individual
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Sung Yun-ho Boys' 10 m air pistol 569-15 6 236.7
Mixed
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Points Rank Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Rank
 Doua Chalghoum (TUN)
 Sung Yun-ho (KOR)		 Mixed 10 metre air pistol 720-7 20 Did not advance

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

South Korea qualified one sport climber based on its performance at the 2017 World Youth Sport Climbing Championships.[11]

  • Boys' combined - 1 quota (Seongmin Eog)

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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

South Korea qualified one table tennis player based on its performance at the Asian Continental Qualifier.[12] South Korea also qualified a female table tennis player based on its performance at the Road to Buenos Aires (Asia) series.[13]

  • Boys' singles - Cho Daeseong
  • Girls' singles - Choi Haeeun

Taekwondo
Main article: Taekwondo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Boys
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Im Seong-bin 48 kg Bye  Zurab Kintsurashvili (GEO)
W 30-11		  Ulugbek Rashitov (UZB)
L 10-21		 Did not advance
Kim Kang-min 55 kg  Daniel Goichman (ISR)
W 33-11		  Georgios Ioannou (GRE)
W 23-15		  Zaid Abdul Kareem (JOR)
W 31-16		  Georgii Popov (RUS)
L 26-33
Cho Won-hee 63 kg Bye  Ramiro Ravachino (ARG)
W 41-21		  Javad Aghayev (AZE)
W 15-13		  Nareupong Thepsen (THA)
W 21-16
Girls
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Kang Mi-reu 44 kg Bye  Mahla Momenzadeh (IRI)
W 15-14		  Lena Stojković (CRO)
W 16-13		  Polina Shcherbakova (RUS)
L 6-12
Lee Ye-ji 49 kg  Aaliyah Powell (GBR)
W 21-14		  Anastasija Zolotic (USA)
L 11-21		 Did not advance

Triathlon
Main article: Triathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

South Korea qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.[14]

Individual
Athlete Event Swim (750m) Trans 1 Bike (20 km) Trans 2 Run (5 km) Total Time Rank
Lee Jung-won Girls 10:06 0:40 30:15 0:38 21:06 1:02:45 19
Relay
Athlete Event Total Times per Athlete
(Swim 250m, Bike 6.6 km,
Run 1.8 km)		 Total Group Time Rank
Asia 1
 Lee Jung-won (KOR)
 Teppei Tokuyama (JPN)
 Emma Ada Middleditch (SGP)
 Daniil Zubtsov (KAZ)		 Mixed Relay 22:57 (8)
21:44 (9)
24:01 (7)
23:15 (10)		 1:31:57 10

References
  1. NOC Entries
  2. "YOG 2018 Qualification Places - Boys" (PDF). World Archery Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  3. "YOG 2018 Qualification Places - Girls" (PDF). World Archery Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  4. "The Winners Are..." World DanceSport Federation. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  5. "2018 Youth Olympic Games - Buenos Aires FIE Qualifications" (PDF). FIE. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  6. "2018 Youth Olympic Games Gymnastics Qualifiers". FIG. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  7. "YOG 2018 Continental Qualifier - Asia/Oceania". UIPM. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  8. "Twelve athletes secure places in Buenos Aires". UIPM. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  9. "Inline Speed Skating Worlds: presented the "5-Rings-Athletes"". FIRS. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  10. "Quota Places by Name and Nation". ISSF. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  11. "World Youth Championship". IFSC. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  12. "Favourites prevail in Greater Noida, Buenos Aires invitations reserved in style". ITTF. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  13. "Manav Vikash Thakkar and Andrea Pavlovic add names to list". ITTF. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  14. "2018 Subic Bay ASTC Triathlon Asian YOG Qualifier". ITU. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
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