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Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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Table tennis
at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
VenueTecnópolis
Dates7–15 October
No. of events3 (1 boys, 1 girls, 1 mixed)
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Table tennis at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Singlesboysgirls
Teammixed

Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 7 to 15 October. The competition took place at the Tecnópolis in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Qualification

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Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 competitors, 1 per each gender. As hosts, Argentina is given the maximum quota should they not qualify an athlete and a further 4 spots, 2 in each gender, will be allocated by the Tripartite Commission. The remaining 58 places shall be decided in three qualification phases; the six continental qualification tournaments, the six “Road to Buenos Aires” events and the Under-18 World Rankings.[1]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2003.[1]

Boys

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Event Location Date Total Places Qualified
Host Nation[2] Argentina Buenos Aires 15 June 2018 1  Martín Bentancor (ARG)
African Qualification Event[3] Tunisia Tunis 16–17 April 2017 2  Youssef Abdel-Aziz (EGY)
 Nathael Hamdoun (TUN)
Latin American Qualification Event[4] Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 12–14 May 2017 2  Guilherme Teodoro (BRA)
 Nicolas Burgos (CHI)
Asian Qualification Event[5] India Greater Noida 3–5 November 2017 4  Wang Chuqin (CHN)
 Lin Yun-ju (TPE)
 Tomokazu Harimoto (JPN)
 Cho Dae-seong (KOR)
European Qualification Event[6] Croatia Split 3–5 November 2017 4  Ioannis Sgouropoulos (GRE)
 Medardas Stankevičius (LTU)
 Vladislav Ursu (MDA)
 Vladimir Sidorenko (RUS)
Oceania Qualification Event[7] Australia Bendigo 11–12 November 2017 1  Nathan Xu (NZL)
North American Qualification Event[8] United States Las Vegas 17 December 2017 1  Kanak Jha (USA)
Road to Buenos Aires – Europe[9] Czech Republic Hodonín 12–13 February 2018 2  Bastien Rembert (FRA)
 Cristian Pletea (ROU)
Road to Buenos Aires – Africa[10] Tunisia Radès 24–25 March 2018 2  Yu Khinhang (AZE)
 Amin Ahmadian (IRI)
Road to Buenos Aires – Latin America[11] Paraguay Asunción 14–15 April 2018 2  Matteo Mutti (ITA)
 Yanapong Panagitgun (THA)
Road to Buenos Aires – Asia[12] Thailand Bangkok 7–8 May 2018 2  Manav Vikash Thakkar (IND)
 Javen Choong (MAS)
Road to Buenos Aires – North America[13] Canada Markham 1–2 June 2018 2  Kim Song-gun (PRK)
 Cédric Meissner (GER)
Road to Buenos Aires – Oceania[14] Cook Islands Rarotonga 8–9 June 2018 2  Pang Yew En Koen (SGP)
 Jann Nayre (PHI)
ITTF Under-18 World Rankings – 1 July 2018 3  Truls Möregårdh (SWE)
 Benjamin Gould (AUS)
 Maciej Kolodziejczyk (AUT)
Tripartite Invitation - – 2  Pagerani Rohit (BIZ)
 Azeez Solanke (NGR)
TOTAL 32

Girls

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Event Location Date Total Places Qualified
African Qualification Event[3] Tunisia Tunis 16–17 April 2017 2  Marwa Alhodaby (EGY)
 Esther Oribamise (NGR)
Latin American Qualification Event[4] Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 12–14 May 2017 2  Bruna Takahashi (BRA)
 Adriana Díaz (PUR)
Asian Qualification Event[5] India Greater Noida 3–5 November 2017 4  Sun Yingsha (CHN)
 Su Pei-ling (TPE)
 Miu Hirano (JPN)
 Jinnipa Sawettabut (THA)
European Qualification Event[6] Croatia Split 3–5 November 2017 4  Ning Jing (AZE)
 Nadezhda Bogdanova (BLR)
 Lucie Gauthier (FRA)
 Mariia Tailakova (RUS)
Oceania Qualification Event[7] Australia Bendigo 11–12 November 2017 1  Hui Ling Vong (NZL)
North American Qualification Event[15] United States Las Vegas 17 December 2017 1  Amy Wang (USA)
Road to Buenos Aires – Europe[9] Czech Republic Hodonín 12–13 February 2018 2  Andreea Dragoman (ROU)
 Lee Ka Yee (HKG)
Road to Buenos Aires – Africa[10] Tunisia Radès 24–25 March 2018 2  Tatiana Kukuľková (SVK)
 Sabina Šurjan (SRB)
Road to Buenos Aires – Latin America[11] Paraguay Asunción 14–15 April 2018 2  Jamila Laurenti (ITA)
 Goi Rui Xuan (SGP)
Road to Buenos Aires – Asia[12] Thailand Bangkok 7–8 May 2018 2  Andrea Pavlović (CRO)
 Choi Hae-eun (KOR)
Road to Buenos Aires – North America[13] Canada Markham 1–2 June 2018 2  Pyon Song-gyong (PRK)
 Franziska Schreiner (GER)
Road to Buenos Aires – Oceania[14] Cook Islands Rarotonga 8–9 June 2018 2  Archana Girish Kamath (IND)
 Alice Li Sian Chang (MAS)
ITTF Under-18 World Rankings – 1 July 2018 3  Zdena Blašková (CZE)
 Anna Węgrzyn (POL)
 Annika Lundström (FIN)
Host country reallocation – 1 July 2018 1  Aleksandra Vovk (SLO)
Tripartite Invitation - – 2  Chiarra Morri (SMR)
 Grace Yee (FIJ)
TOTAL 32

Medal summary

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China3003
2 Japan0303
3 Chinese Taipei0011
 Romania0011
 United States0011
Totals (5 entries)3339

Events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Boys' singles
details 		Wang Chuqin
 China 		Tomokazu Harimoto
 Japan 		Kanak Jha
 United States
Girls' singles
details 		Sun Yingsha
 China 		Miu Hirano
 Japan 		Andreea Dragoman
 Romania
Mixed team
details 		 China (CHN)
Sun Yingsha
Wang Chuqin 		 Japan (JPN)
Miu Hirano
Tomokazu Harimoto 		 Chinese Taipei (TPE)
Su Pei-ling
Lin Yun-ju

References

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  1. ^ a b "Qualification System: Table Tennis" (PDF). ITTF. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Martín Bentancor y Camila Kaizoji estarán en Buenos Aires 2018". FATM. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Rising to the challenge, Esther Oribamise qualifies for 2018 Youth Olympic Games". ITTF. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Brazil responds, Youth Olympic Games places booked". ITTF. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Favourites prevail in Greater Noida, Buenos Aires invitations reserved in style". ITTF. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Four more places decided in Split, surprise names bound for Argentine shores". ITTF. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  7. ^ a b "New Zealand is Buenos Aires bound". ITTF. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  8. ^ Hetherington, Matt (18 December 2017). "Kanak Jha Overcomes Steep Hurdle, Sprints for Finish as 2018 Youth Olympic Games Beckon". U.S. Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on January 22, 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ^ a b "First for Romania, Cristian Pletea reserves Youth Olympic Games place". ITTF. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  10. ^ a b "Amin Ahmadian repeats earlier success, books South American ticket". ITTF. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  11. ^ a b "Yanapong Panagitgun and Goi Rui Xuan add names to Buenos Aires invitation list". ITTF. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  12. ^ a b "Manav Vikash Thakkar and Andrea Pavlovic add names to list". ITTF. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  13. ^ a b "Cédric Meissner and Franziska Schreiner in form, Germany Buenos Aires bound". ITTF. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  14. ^ a b "Last in Road to Buenos Aires places booked, surprise names emerge successful". ITTF. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  15. ^ "Amy Wang on Fine Form, Exhibits Absolute Class to Qualify for Buenos Aires 2018". U.S. Olympic Committee. 17 December 2017. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017.
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