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2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Facts

Competition type	Youth Olympic Games
Number and Year	III / 2018
Host city	Buenos Aires, Argentina (Venues)
Opening ceremony	6 October
Closing ceremony	18 October
Competition dates	6 – 18 October
OCOG	Buenos Aires Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee
Participants	3977 from 206 countries
Medal events	239 in 39 disciplines
Other events	3 in 3 disciplines

Bid process

Ceremonies

Officially opened by	Mauricio Macri	ARG		President
Torchbearer	Paula Pareto	ARG	JUD	Lit flame
	Santiago Lange	ARG	SAL	Lit flame
Taker of the Athlete's Oath	Teresa Romairone	ARG	SAL
Taker of the Official's Oath	Lorena Mac	ARG	BHA/HBL
Taker of the Coach's Oath	Carlos José Retegui	ARG	HO5/HOC
Olympic Flag Bearer	Leonardo Gutiérrez	ARG	BKB	Bearer (Senior)
	Carlos Weber	ARG	VVO	Bearer (Senior)
	Serena Amato	ARG	SAL	Bearer (Senior)
	Karina Masotta	ARG	HOC	Bearer (Senior)
	Magdalena Aicega	ARG	HOC	Bearer (Senior)
	Carlos Espínola	ARG	SAL	Bearer (Senior)
	Martina Campi	ARG	EJP	Bearer (Youth)
	Francisco Saubidet	ARG	SAL	Bearer (Youth)
	Fernanda Russo	ARG	SHO	Bearer (Youth)
	Lautaro Bazán	ARG	RU7	Bearer (Youth)
	Braian Toledo	ARG	ATH	Bearer (Youth)
	María Baldoni	ARG	HOC	Bearer (Youth)
Flagbearers	Full list

Medal Disciplines

3x3 Basketball	Cycling Road	Rowing
Acrobatic Gymnastics	Diving	Rugby Sevens
Archery	Equestrian Jumping	Sailing
Artistic Gymnastics	Fencing	Shooting
Athletics	Futsal	Sport Climbing
Badminton	Golf	Swimming
Beach Handball	Hockey 5s	Table Tennis
Beach Volleyball	Judo	Taekwondo
Boxing	Karate	Tennis
Breaking	Mixed Sports	Trampolining
Canoe Sprint	Modern Pentathlon	Triathlon
Cycling BMX Freestyle	Rhythmic Gymnastics	Weightlifting
Cycling BMX Racing	Roller Skating	Wrestling

Other Disciplines

Automobile Racing

Polo

Squash

Medal table

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Russian Federation	RUS	29	18	12	59
People's Republic of China	CHN	18	9	9	36
Japan	JPN	15	12	12	39
Mixed team	MIX	13	13	13	39
Hungary	HUN	12	7	5	24
Italy	ITA	11	10	13	34
Argentina	ARG	11	6	9	26
Islamic Republic of Iran	IRI	7	3	4	14
United States	USA	6	5	7	18
France	FRA	5	15	7	27
Ukraine	UKR	5	7	6	18
Australia	AUS	4	8	4	16
Uzbekistan	UZB	4	5	5	14
Thailand	THA	4	5	2	11
Colombia	COL	4	3	3	10
Kazakhstan	KAZ	4	3	3	10
Cuba	CUB	4	0	2	6
India	IND	3	9	1	13
Great Britain	GBR	3	4	5	12
Germany	GER	3	4	2	9
Mexico	MEX	3	3	6	12
Czechia	CZE	3	3	5	11
Egypt	EGY	3	2	7	12
Sweden	SWE	3	2	1	6
Greece	GRE	3	1	2	6
New Zealand	NZL	3	1	1	5
South Africa	RSA	3	1	1	5
Kenya	KEN	3	1	0	4
Brazil	BRA	2	4	7	13
Romania	ROU	2	3	3	8
Belgium	BEL	2	3	2	7
Türkiye	TUR	2	2	7	11
Slovenia	SLO	2	2	5	9
Ethiopia	ETH	2	2	4	8
Bulgaria	BUL	2	2	2	6
Azerbaijan	AZE	2	1	3	6
Norway	NOR	2	1	3	6
Denmark	DEN	2	1	1	4
Vietnam	VIE	2	1	0	3
Malaysia	MAS	2	0	0	2
Qatar	QAT	2	0	0	2
Republic of Moldova	MDA	2	0	0	2
Venezuela	VEN	2	0	0	2
Morocco	MAR	1	5	1	7
Republic of Korea	KOR	1	4	7	12
Georgia	GEO	1	4	1	6
Spain	ESP	1	3	5	9
Belarus	BLR	1	3	3	7
Nigeria	NGR	1	3	0	4
Ecuador	ECU	1	2	2	5
Portugal	POR	1	2	0	3
Austria	AUT	1	1	7	9
Israel	ISR	1	1	1	3
Lithuania	LTU	1	1	1	3
Slovakia	SVK	1	1	1	3
Tunisia	TUN	1	1	1	3
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	KSA	1	0	2	3
Armenia	ARM	1	0	1	2
Dominican Republic	DOM	1	0	1	2
Finland	FIN	1	0	1	2
Uganda	UGA	1	0	1	2
Burundi	BDI	1	0	0	1
Iceland	ISL	1	0	0	1
Mauritius	MRI	1	0	0	1
Algeria	ALG	0	5	0	5
Canada	CAN	0	3	6	9
Serbia	SRB	0	2	3	5
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	0	2	1	3
Mongolia	MGL	0	2	1	3
Netherlands	NED	0	1	5	6
Poland	POL	0	1	3	4
Chinese Taipei	TPE	0	1	2	3
Croatia	CRO	0	1	2	3
Ireland	IRL	0	1	2	3
Puerto Rico	PUR	0	1	2	3
Switzerland	SUI	0	1	2	3
Hong Kong, China	HKG	0	1	1	2
Jamaica	JAM	0	1	1	2
Zambia	ZAM	0	1	1	2
Luxembourg	LUX	0	1	0	1
Philippines	PHI	0	1	0	1
Saint Lucia	LCA	0	1	0	1
United Arab Emirates	UAE	0	1	0	1
Afghanistan	AFG	0	0	1	1
Eritrea	ERI	0	0	1	1
Estonia	EST	0	0	1	1
Honduras	HON	0	0	1	1
Indonesia	INA	0	0	1	1
Jordan	JOR	0	0	1	1
Kosovo	KOS	0	0	1	1
Niger	NIG	0	0	1	1
North Macedonia	MKD	0	0	1	1
Pakistan	PAK	0	0	1	1
Sri Lanka	SRI	0	0	1	1

Mixed team medals

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Italy	ITA	5	2	0	7
Bulgaria	BUL	3	1	0	4
Hungary	HUN	3	1	0	4
People's Republic of China	CHN	3	1	0	4
Spain	ESP	2	2	2	6
Mexico	MEX	2	1	2	5
Ukraine	UKR	2	1	2	5
France	FRA	2	1	1	4
Vietnam	VIE	2	1	0	3
United States	USA	2	0	3	5
Egypt	EGY	1	2	3	6
Russian Federation	RUS	1	2	3	6
Australia	AUS	1	2	2	5
Japan	JPN	1	2	2	5
Chinese Taipei	TPE	1	2	0	3
India	IND	1	2	0	3
Germany	GER	1	1	3	5
Colombia	COL	1	1	0	2
Portugal	POR	1	1	0	2
Belarus	BLR	1	0	1	2
Canada	CAN	1	0	1	2
Poland	POL	1	0	1	2
Slovenia	SLO	1	0	1	2
South Africa	RSA	1	0	1	2
Sweden	SWE	1	0	1	2
Uzbekistan	UZB	1	0	1	2
Azerbaijan	AZE	1	0	0	1
Cambodia	CAM	1	0	0	1
Croatia	CRO	1	0	0	1
Denmark	DEN	1	0	0	1
Haiti	HAI	1	0	0	1
Honduras	HON	1	0	0	1
Mongolia	MGL	1	0	0	1
Panama	PAN	1	0	0	1
Singapore	SGP	1	0	0	1
Sri Lanka	SRI	1	0	0	1
Switzerland	SUI	1	0	0	1
Venezuela	VEN	1	0	0	1
Argentina	ARG	0	4	2	6
Great Britain	GBR	0	2	1	3
Netherlands	NED	0	2	0	2
New Zealand	NZL	0	2	0	2
Thailand	THA	0	2	0	2
Belgium	BEL	0	1	1	2
Czechia	CZE	0	1	1	2
Ecuador	ECU	0	1	1	2
Kazakhstan	KAZ	0	1	1	2
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	0	1	1	2
Tajikistan	TJK	0	1	1	2
Zimbabwe	ZIM	0	1	1	2
Costa Rica	CRC	0	1	0	1
Estonia	EST	0	1	0	1
Fiji	FIJ	0	1	0	1
Hong Kong, China	HKG	0	1	0	1
Madagascar	MAD	0	1	0	1
Malaysia	MAS	0	1	0	1
Morocco	MAR	0	1	0	1
Norway	NOR	0	1	0	1
Republic of Korea	KOR	0	1	0	1
Algeria	ALG	0	0	2	2
Austria	AUT	0	0	2	2
Brazil	BRA	0	0	2	2
Burundi	BDI	0	0	1	1
Finland	FIN	0	0	1	1
Greece	GRE	0	0	1	1
Guatemala	GUA	0	0	1	1
Kosovo	KOS	0	0	1	1
Mauritius	MRI	0	0	1	1
Namibia	NAM	0	0	1	1
Peru	PER	0	0	1	1
Turkmenistan	TKM	0	0	1	1
Zambia	ZAM	0	0	1	1

Most successful competitors

Athlete	Nat	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Kliment Kolesnikov	ROC RUS	6	1	0	7
Andrey Minakov	ROC RUS	6	1	0	7
Takeru Kitazono	JPN	5	1	0	6
Daniil Markov	RUS	3	3	0	6
Polina Yegorova	RUS	3	1	2	6
Anastasiya Makarova	RUS	3	1	1	5
Darya Vaskina	RUS	3	1	1	5
Kristóf Milák	HUN	3	1	0	4
Vladislav Gerasimenko	RUS	3	1	0	4
Giorgia Villa	ITA	3	1	0	4

All medalists at these Games