Sporting event delegation
India 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.
Medals by gender
Gender
Total
Male
2
5
1
8
Female
1
4
0
5
Total 3 9 1 13
Medals by date
Day
Date
Total
Day 1
7 October
0
2
0
2
Day 2
8 October
1
1
0
2
Day 3
9 October
1
0
0
1
Day 4
10 October
1
0
0
1
Day 5
11 October
0
0
0
0
Day 6
12 October
0
1
0
1
Day 7
13 October
0
1
0
1
Day 8
14 October
0
2
0
2
Day 9
15 October
0
1
0
1
Day 10
16 October
0
0
1
1
Day 11
17 October
0
1
0
1
Day 12
18 October
0
0
0
0
Total
3
9
1
13
Competitors
India placed 46 athletes in 13 sports with 36 events, its largest contingent till now.[1]
Badminton
India qualified two players based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.[4] [5]
Athlete
Event
Group Stage
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final /
Opposition
Opposition
Opposition
Rank
Opposition
Opposition
Opposition
Rank
Lakshya Sen
Boys' singles
(EGY ) W (21–14, 21–10)
(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,Li Sf (CHN ) L (15–21, 19–21)
Jakka Vaishnavi Reddy
Girls' singles
(ESP ) W (21–13, 21–6)
Gai (USA ) L (18–21, 21–23)
(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
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
Opposition
Opposition
Jyoti Gulia
Girls' 51kg
La Piana (ITA ) L 0–5
did not advance
5
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
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
5
5
0
0
23
9
+14
15
Quarterfinals
2
5
4
0
1
34
8
+26
12
3
5
3
0
2
11
16
−5
9
4
5
2
0
3
12
22
−10
6
5
5
1
0
4
13
22
−9
3
9th place game
6
5
0
0
5
10
26
−16
0
11th place game
Source:
FIH Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head result.
Umpires:
Umpires:
Umpires:
Umpires:
Canada
2–5
India
Childs 15' 16'
Report
Sanjay 4' 17' 7' 10' 17'
Umpires:
Final round
Quarterfinal
Umpires:
Semifinal
Umpires:
Gold medal match
Umpires:
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
Source:
FIH Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts
Umpires:
Umpires:
Umpires:
Umpires:
Umpires:
Final round
Quarterfinal
Umpires:
Semifinal
Umpires:
Gold medal match
Umpires:
Rowing
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
India qualified four sport shooters based on its performance at the 2017 Asian Championships.[7]
Individual Mixed
Sport climbing
India qualified one sport climber based on its performance at the 2017 Asian Youth Sport Climbing Championships.[8]
Athlete
Event
Speed
Bouldering
Lead
Points
Final
Time
Points
Result
Points
Hold
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
Weightlifting
Jeremy Lalrinnunga at his final attempt India qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Championships.[11] [12]
Wrestling
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 
