Badminton at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
Badminton pictogram
Venue	Tecnópolis
Dates	7–12 October
No. of events	3 (1 boys, 1 girls, 1 mixed)
Competitors	63 (32 boys and 31 girls) from 46 nations
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Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
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Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 7 to 12 October. The events took place at the Tecnópolis in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Qualification

A total of 32 athletes will participate in each gender. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 competitors per gender should they both rank in the top 4 in the BWF Junior World Rankings. Otherwise each NOC will only be allowed a maximum of 1 competitor per gender.^[1]

Each of the five continents must be represented in each gender. 27 quotas per gender will be decided based on BWF World Junior Ranking List on 3 May 2018. Host nation Argentina was ensured one quota place each gender. The remaining 4 quotas were made eligible for Universality Places.^[2][3] To be eligible to participate, athletes must be on BWF World Junior Ranking List on 3 May 2018 and have been born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2003.^[1]

Qualification summary

NOC	Boy	Girl	Total athletes
Algeria		1	1
Argentina	1		1
Australia		1	1
Belgium	1		1
Brazil	1	1	2
Bulgaria		1	1
Cambodia	1		1
Cameroon		1	1
Canada	1		1
Chile	1		1
China	1	2	3
Chinese Taipei	1	1	2
Czech Republic		1	1
Dominican Republic		1	1
Egypt	1		1
El Salvador	1		1
Fiji	1		1
France	1	1	2
Germany	1	1	2
Great Britain	1	1	2
Hungary	1	1	2
India	1	1	2
Indonesia	1	1	2
Ireland	1		1
Italy	1		1
Japan	1	1	2
Kazakhstan	1		1
Laos	1		1
Malaysia		1	1
Moldova	1	1	2
Nepal	1		1
Netherlands	1	1	2
New Zealand	1		1
Nigeria		1	1
Norway	1		1
Peru		1	1
Singapore	1	1	2
Slovenia		1	1
Spain	1	1	2
Sri Lanka		1	1
Sweden		1	1
Thailand	1	1	2
Turkey		1	1
Ukraine	1	1	2
United States		1	1
Vietnam	1	1	2
Total: 46 NOCs	32	32	64

Boys

No.	Rank	Player	NOC	Note
1	1	Kunlavut Vitidsarn	Thailand	Asia
2	2	Kodai Naraoka	Japan
3	3	Nhat Nguyen	Ireland	Europe
4	4	Lakshya Sen	India
5	5	Li Shifeng	China
6	6	Ikhsan Rumbay	Indonesia
7	9	Arnaud Merklé	France
8	11	Chen Shiau-cheng	Chinese Taipei
9	14	Brian Yang	Canada	America
10	15	Dmitriy Panarin	Kazakhstan
11	16	Oscar Guo	New Zealand	Oceania
12	18	Christopher Grimley	Great Britain
13	19	Cristian Savin	Moldova
14	21	Julien Carraggi	Belgium
15	23	Fabricio Farias	Brazil
16	24	Joel Koh	Singapore
17	25	Dennis Koppen	Netherlands
18	28	Lukas Resch	Germany
19	29	Danylo Bosniuk	Ukraine
20	32	Giovanni Toti	Italy
21	33	Markus Barth	Norway
22	34	Alonso Medel	Chile
23	35	Nguyễn Hải Đăng	Vietnam
24	36	Balázs Pápai	Hungary
25	38	Uriel Canjura	El Salvador
26	40	Tomás Toledano	Spain	Reallocation
27	45	Mohamed Mostafa Kamel	Egypt	Africa
28	146	Rukesh Maharjan	Nepal	Universality Places
29	186	Mateo Delmastro	Argentina	Host Nation
30	360	Chang Ho Kim	Fiji	Universality Places
31	531	Kettiya Keoxay	Laos	Universality Places
32	830	Vannthoun Vath	Cambodia	Universality Places

• Quota spots earned by Russia was returned, and were subsequently reallocated to Spain.

Girls

No.	Rank	Player	NOC	Note
1	1	Phittayaporn Chaiwan	Thailand	Asia
2	2	Wang Zhiyi	China
3	3	Goh Jin Wei	Malaysia
4	4	Wei Yaxin	China	Did not compete
5	5	Jakka Vaishnavi Reddy	India
6	8	Maria Delcheva	Bulgaria	Europe
7	10	Huang Yin-hsuan	Chinese Taipei
8	12	Vivien Sándorházi	Hungary
9	20	Tereza Švábíková	Czech Republic
10	21	Hirari Mizui	Japan
11	24	Fernanda Saponara Rivva	Peru
12	25	Grace King	Great Britain
13	27	Nazlıcan İnci	Turkey
14	28	Jaslyn Hooi	Singapore
15	29	Léonice Huet	France
16	30	Jennie Gai	United States	America
17	33	Petra Polanc	Slovenia
18	35	Halla Bouksani	Algeria	Africa
19	36	Vũ Thị Anh Thư	Vietnam
20	37	Elena Andreu	Spain
21	38	Vlada Gynga	Moldova
22	41	Ann-Kathrin Spöri	Germany
23	42	Nairoby Abigail Jiménez	Dominican Republic	Reallocation
24	43	Jaqueline Lima	Brazil	Reallocation
25	44	Aswathi Pillai	Sweden	Reallocation
26	47	Hasini Nusaka Ambalangodage	Sri Lanka	Reallocation
27	48	Maharani Sekar Batari	Indonesia	Reallocation
28	53	Anastasiia Prozorova	Ukraine	Reallocation
29	54	Madouc Linders	Netherlands	Reallocation
30	62	Zecily Fung	Australia	Oceania
31	258	Madeiline Caren Akoumba Ze	Cameroon	Universality Places
32	494	Amina Oluwafunke Ilori	Nigeria	Universality Places

• Quota spots earned by Denmark, South Korea and Indonesia were returned, and were subsequently reallocated to Dominican Republic, Brazil and Sweden. One universality spot was also not used and this was reallocated to the next eligible nation in the world rankings: Sri Lanka. Later the quota place for Russia, the host spot, and another universality spot were returned and reallocated to Indonesia, Ukraine, and the Netherlands respectively. Eventually there were 31 participants, Wei Yaxin from China did not compete.

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
–	Mixed-NOCs	1	1	1	3
1	China	1	1	0	2
2	Malaysia	1	0	0	1
3	India	0	1	0	1
4	Japan	0	0	1	1
	Thailand	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		3	3	3	9

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys' singles details	Li Shifeng  China	Lakshya Sen  India	Kodai Naraoka  Japan
Girls' singles details	Goh Jin Wei  Malaysia	Wang Zhiyi  China	Phittayaporn Chaiwan  Thailand
Mixed teams details	Alpha Lakshya Sen  India Giovanni Toti  Italy Vannthoun Vath  Cambodia Brian Yang  Canada Hasini Nusaka Ambalangodage  Sri Lanka Maria Delcheva  Bulgaria Jennie Gai  United States Ashwathi Pillai  Sweden	Omega Markus Barth  Norway Oscar Guo  New Zealand Chang Ho Kim  Fiji Kunlavut Vitidsarn  Thailand Huang Yin-hsuan  Chinese Taipei Léonice Huet  France Anastasiya Prozorova  Ukraine Vũ Thị Anh Thư  Vietnam	Theta Julien Carraggi  Belgium Mohamed Mostafa Kamel  Egypt Kodai Naraoka  Japan Lukas Resch  Germany Zecily Fung  Australia Jaqueline Lima  Brazil Hirari Mizui  Japan Tereza Švábíková  Czech Republic