South Korea participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.NOC Entries
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Date Cho Won-hee Taekwondo Boys' 63 kg 9 Oct Hyun Jun Fencing Boys' sabre 7 Oct Kang Mi-reu Taekwondo Girls' 44 kg 7 Oct Kim Kang-min Taekwondo Boys' 55 kg 8 Oct Sung Yun-ho Shooting Boys' 10 meter air pistol 10 Oct Im Seong-bin Taekwondo Boys' 48 kg 7 Oct Kim Ju-hee Judo Girls' 63 kg 8 Oct Lee Ye-ji Taekwondo Girls' 49 kg 8 Oct Lee Ju-eun Fencing Girls' sabre 9 Oct Kim Ye-ri Dancesport B-Girls 11 Oct Wang Hee-song Swimming Girls' 200 m breaststroke 12 Oct Son Ye-ryeong Archery Girls' individual 16 Oct
Competitors
SportBoysGirlsTotalArchery 1 1 2Athletics 1 0 1Dancesport 0 1 1Fencing 1 2 3Golf 1 0 1Gymnastics 1 2 3Judo 0 1 1Roller speed skating 1 0 1Shooting 1 0 1Sport climbing 2 0 2Swimming 2 2 4Table tennis 1 1 2Taekwondo 3 2 5Triathlon 0 1 1 Total 15 13 28
Archery
South Korea qualified two archers based on its performance at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships.
Individual AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / RankScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreSong In-junBoys' Individual6911W 6–2W 7–1L 1–7did not advance7Son Ye-ryeongGirls' Individual6634W 6–0W 6–0W 6–0L 4–6W 7–3
Team AthletesEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / RankScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScore Mixed Team127131L 2–6did not advance 17 129325L 2–6did not advance 17
Athletics
Dancesport
South Korea qualified one dancer based on its performance at the 2018 World Youth Breaking Championship.
B-Girls - Yell
Fencing
South Korea qualified four athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Cadet World Championship, but only 3 participated.
AthleteEventPool RoundSeedRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / RankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreHyun JunBoys' Sabre Pool 2 W 5-4W 5-1W 5-0W 5-0L 2-5W 5-2W 5-42W DNFW 15-12W 15-14L 13-15
Boys' Foil - Kwon Jungsung Girls' Épée - Lim Taehee Girls' Sabre - Lee Jueun
Gymnastics
Artistic South Korea qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship.
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.
Girls' rhythmic individual all-around - 1 quota
Golf
Individual AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3TotalScoreRankScoreTotal RankScoreTotal RankScoreParRankPark SanghaBoys' Individual73 (+3)1277 (+7)1402373 (+3)22312223 +1316
Team AthletesEventRound 1(Fourball)Round 2(Foursome)Round 3(Individual Stroke)TotalScoreRankScoreRankGirlBoyTotal RankScoreParRank Mixed team66 (-4)1669 (-1)275 73148 (+8)16283 +3 8
Judo
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage1Repechage2Repechage3Final/BM match OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankKim Ju-heeGirls' −63 kg L 01-11did not advance W 01–00s2 W 10–00 W 01–00s1
Team TeamEventRound 1Round 2SemifinalsFinalRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultSeoul Mixed TeamLos Angeles L 3–5did not advance 9
Modern pentathlon
South Korea qualified two pentathletes based on its performance at the Asian/Oceanian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier. South Korea qualified a second male based on its performance at the 2018 Youth A World Championship. 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.
Roller speed skating
South Korea qualified two roller skaters based on its performance at the 2018 Roller Speed Skating World Championship.
Boys' combined speed event - Cheon Jongji Girls' combined speed event - Lee Yerim
Shooting
South Korea qualified one sport shooter based on its performance at the 2017 Asian Championships.
Boys' 10m Air Pistol - 1 quota
Individual AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankSung Yun-hoBoys' 10 m air pistol569-156236.7
Mixed AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalPointsRankOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankMixed 10 metre air pistol720-720did not advance
Sport climbing
South Korea qualified one sport climber based on its performance at the 2017 World Youth Sport Climbing Championships.
Boys' combined - 1 quota (Seongmin Eog)
Swimming
Table tennis
South Korea qualified one table tennis player based on its performance at the Asian Continental Qualifier. South Korea also qualified a female table tennis player based on its performance at the Road to Buenos Aires (Asia) series.
Boys' singles - Cho Daeseong Girls' singles - Choi Haeeun
Taekwondo
Boys AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankIm Seong-bin48 kg W 30-11 L 10-21did not advanceKim Kang-min55 kg W 33-11 W 23-15 W 31-16 L 26-33Cho Won-hee63 kg W 41-21 W 15-13 W 21-16
Girls AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankKang Mi-reu44 kgrowspan=2 W 15-14 W 16-13 L 6-12Lee Ye-ji49 kg W 21-14 L 11-21did not advance
Triathlon
South Korea qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.
Individual AthleteEventSwim (750m)Trans 1Bike (20 km)Trans 2Run (5 km)Total TimeRankLee Jung-wonGirls10:06 0:40 30:15 0:38 21:06 1:02:45 19
Relay AthleteEventTotal Times per Athlete (Swim 250m, Bike 6.6 km, Run 1.8 km)Total Group TimeRankAsia 1Mixed Relay22:57 (8)21:44 (9)24:01 (7)23:15 (10) 1:31:5710
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