Spain at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics explained

Noc:	ESP
Nocname:	Spanish Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Youth Olympics
Year:	2018
Location:	Buenos Aires
Competitors:	85
Sports:	24
Flagbearer:	María Vicente
Rank:	46
Gold:	1
Silver:	3
Bronze:	5
Appearances:	auto

Spain competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 to 18 October 2018.

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Spain qualified one archer based on its performance at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships.^[1] Later, Spain qualified a male archer based on its performance at the 2018 European Youth Championships.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
José Manuel Solera	Boys' singles	657	21	W 6-4	L 2-6	Did not advance			9
Èlia Canales	Girls' singles	645	11	W 6-2	W 6-2	W 7-3	W 6-4	L 2-6
Èlia Canales	Mixed Team	1299	19	L 4-5	did not advance				17
José Manuel Solera	Mixed Team	1301	11	W 6-0	W 6-2	W 5-1	W 5-3	W 5-1

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Men's 400 metres - 1 quota place (Bernat Erta)
Men's 800 metres - 1 quota place (Eric Guzmán)
Men's 3000 metres - 1 quota (Hugo De Miguel)
Men's 400 metres hurdles - 1 quota (Ignacio Saez)
Men's 2000 metres steeplechase - 1 quota (Pol Oriach)
Men's pole vault - 1 quota (Artur Coll)
Men's discus throw - 1 quota place
Men's cross country race - 2 quotas (Hugo De Miguel, Pol Oriach)
Women's 100 metres - 1 quota (Laura Pintiel)
Women's 200 metres - 1 quota (Esperança Cladera)
Women's 400 metres - 1 quota (Andrea Jiménez)
Women's 800 metres - 1 quota (Lucía Sicre)
Women's 100 metres hurdles (Isabel Velasco)
Women's 400 metres hurdles (Carla García)
Women's 2000 metres steeplechase - 1 quota (María González)
Women's 5000 metres race walk - 1 quota place (Ana Pulgarin)
Women's pole vault - 1 quota (Ana María Chacón)
Women's triple jump - 1 quota place María Vicente
Women's hammer throw - 1 quota place (Aitana Safont)
Women's cross country race - 1 quota (María González)

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Spain qualified one player based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.^[3]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tomás Toledano	Boys' singles	L (21–11, 21–13)	L (21–3, 21–15)	W (13–21, 14–21)	3	Did not advance			9
Elena Andreu	Girls' singles	L (21–13, 21–6)	W (17–21, 13–21)	L (21–10, 22–20)	3	Did not advance			9

Team

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Team Epsilon	Mixed Teams	L (98–110)	L (89–110)	W (110–108)	4Q	L (102–110)	Did not advance		5
Team Delta	W (110–95)	W (110–99)	L (108–110)	1Q	L (93–110)	Did not advance		5

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Spain qualified a female team due to their position at the FIBA U18 3x3 National Federation Ranking.

Shoot-out contest

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total	Rank
Estel Puiggros	Shoot-out contest	1	32	Did not advance					32
Mama Dembele	0	36	Did not advance					36

Beach handball

See main article: Beach handball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Spain qualified a boys' team (9 athletes) to the tournament. However, due to the rules of the Games only allowing the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) to enter one team sport (futsal, beach handball, field hockey or rugby sevens) per gender, it has not yet been made official in which event they will participate.

Beach volleyball

See main article: Beach volleyball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Spain qualified a girls' team based on their performance at 2017-18 European Youth Continental Cup Final.^[4]

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Spain qualified three athletes based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event in Barcelona.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Repechage		Last 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Yoel Becerra	Boys' C1 sprint	1:58.64	9	2:00.10	5	Rowspan=2	Colspan=4	Did not advance
Boys' C1 slalom	1:23.75	4	W 1:23.90	L 1:28.80	W 1:23.22
align=left rowspan=2	Antia Otero	Girls' C1 sprint	2:19.30	2	W 2:25.98	L 2:19.94	Did not advance
Girls' C1 slalom	1:42.02	12	1:43.25	4	L 1:40.67	Colspan=4	Did not advance

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Spain qualified a boys' combined team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games Junior Nation Rankings.^[5]

Boys' combined team - 1 team of 2 athletes

Athlete	Event	Team time trial			Road race			eliminator		short circuit			Criterium				Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Laps	Sprint pts	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
Carlos Canal	Boys' combined team	9:09.24	16	1	1:31:03	24	0	8	20	20:07	15	2	16	0	27	0	73	12
David Campos	Boys' combined team	9:09.24	16	1	DNF			4	50	DNF			16	0	26	0	73	12

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Adrián Abadía	align=left	Boys' 3 m springboard	463.10	13	Did not advance
Valeria Antolino	align=left	Girls' 3 m springboard	393.95	9 Q	400.80	10

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Spain qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 FIE Cadet World Championships.^[6]

Futsal

See main article: Futsal at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Spain qualified the girls' team (10 athletes) to the tournament. However, due to the rules of the Games only allowing the NOCs to enter one team sport (futsal, beach handball, field hockey or rugby sevens) per gender, it has not yet been made official in which event they will participate.

Golf

See main article: Golf at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Total
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Par	Rank
Blanca Fernández García-Poggio	align=left	Girls' Individual	77 (+7)	15	77 (+7)	154	19	74 (+4)	228	12	228	+18	18
David Puig	align=left	Boys' Individual	72 (+2)	9	78 (+8)	150	26	72 (+2)	222	9	222	+12	14

Team

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Artistic

Spain qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 European Junior Championship.^[7]

Girls

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Athlete	Event					Total	Rank
Alba Petisco	Qualification	13.062	11.933	10.833	11.133	47.265	16 Q
	All-around	13.333	12.200	11.633	11.966	49.132	11
	Vault	13.062	13.062	11
	Uneven bars		11.933	11.933	14
	Balance beam	10.833		10.833	22
	Floor	11.133	11.133	30

Rhythmic

Spain qualified one rhythmic gymnast based on its performance at the European qualification event.^[8]

Trampoline

Spain qualified two athletes based on its performance at the European trampoline qualification event.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	Routine 1	Routine 2	Total	Rank	Score	Rank
Robert Vilarasau	Boys	44.725	56.230	100.955	6 Q	56.995	5
Marina Chavarria	Girls	42.315	51.025	93.340	4 Q	50.985	4

Multidiscipline

Team	Acrobatic	Artistic	Rhythmic	Trampoline
Team Simone Biles (Orange)	10	293
	17			colspan=2 rowspan=6
	34
	70
	38
	48
	40
	13			rowspan=3
	4
	–
	17
	2
Team Max Whitlock	20	349
	43			colspan=2 rowspan=6
	17
	59
	69
	11
	15
	18			rowspan=3
	26
	47
	11
	13
Team Alina Kabaeva (White)	17	397	6
	81			colspan=2 rowspan=6
	49
	45
	47
	31
	34
	20			rowspan=3
	25
	33
	5
	10
Team Yang Wei (Red)	27	403	7
	54			colspan=2 rowspan=6
	23
	63
	–
	67
	8
	18			rowspan=3
	55
	66
	12
	10

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage			Final /
		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Round of 8	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Eva Perez Soler	Girls' 44 kg	W 10–10	L 100–0	Did not advance		W 100–0	L 0–2	Did not advance	7
Javier Peña Insausti	Boys' 66 kg	W 110–10	W 100–2	L 10s1–0	W 110–10

Team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athletes	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Team Athens	align=left Rowspan=2	Mixed team		W 5–3	W 5–3	L 4–5
Team Nanjing		L 3–4	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Spain qualified one pentathlete based on its performance at the European Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Fencing Ranking Round (épée one touch)		Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Fencing Final round (épée one touch)			Combined: Shooting/Running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m)			Total Points	Final Rank
Athlete	Event	Results	Rank	Time	Rank	Points	Results	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Total Points	Final Rank
Laura Heredia	Girls' Individual
	Mixed Relay

Roller speed skating

See main article: Roller speed skating at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Spain qualified two roller skaters based on its performance at the 2018 Roller Speed Skating World Championship.^[11]

Boys' combined speed event - Ivan Galar
Girls' combined speed event - Nerea Langa

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Spain qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2017 World Rowing Junior Championships.^[12]

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; R=Repechage

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Spain qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2018 World Championships.^[13] ^[14]

Athlete	Event	Race													Net Points	Final Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M	Net Points	Final Rank
Nina Font		1	6	6	(7)	2	4	align=center colspan=6	2	-
Adrián Surroca Eloisa Santacreu		3	UDF (15)	9	10	8	9	9	4	13	7	3	7	5	87	8

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Spain qualified one sport shooter based on its performance at the 2018 European Championships.^[15]

Individual

Team

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marcos Gil Corbacho	200 m freestyle	1:51.83	16	did not advance
400 m freestyle	3:54.22	13	did not advance
800 m freestyle	8:12.93	14
Ferrán Julia	400 m freestyle	3:58.11	22	did not advance
800 m freestyle	8:09.92	10
Manuel Martos	50 m backstroke	27.07	22	did not advance
100 m backstroke	56.03	6 Q	56.20	7 Q	55.83	5
200 m backstroke	2:00.21	3 Q	1:59.37
Ferrán Sire	100 m butterfly	56.37	32	did not advance
200 m butterfly	2:01.39	6 Q	2:01.88	7

Girls

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tamara Frías	50 m backstroke	28.89	4 Q	28.93	8 Q	29.01	6
100 m backstroke	1:02.13	7 Q	1:02.17	8 Q	1:01.93	7
200 m backstroke	2:15.09	10	Did not advance
Andrea Galisteo	200 m freestyle	2:05.06	24	Did not advance
400 m freestyle	4:17.07	8 Q	4:16.91	7
800 m freestyle	8:49.85	19
Cristina García Kirichenko	100 m backstroke	1:03.54	16 Q	1:03.39	14	Did not advance
200 m backstroke	2:13.25	4 Q	2:13.07	7
Alba Vázquez	100 m breaststroke	1:11.69	21	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	2:30.30	4 Q	2:29.01	5
200 m medley	2:17.54	11	Did not advance

Mixed

Sport climbing

See main article: Sport climbing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Spain qualified one sport climber based on its performance at the 2017 World Youth Sport Climbing Championships.^[16]

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Spain qualified one quota based on its performance at the 2018 qualification event in Tunisia.

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Nicolás Álvarez Varona	align=left rowspan=2	Boys' Singles	W 6-3, 6-3	L 7-5, 4-6, 4-6	did not advance
Carlos López Montagud	L 6-3, 6-3	did not advance
Nicolás Álvarez Varona Carlos López Montagud	Boys' Doubles		L 7-6, 2-6, 8-10	did not advance
Nicolás Álvarez Varona	align=left rowspan=2	Mixed Doubles	L 6-4, 6-2	did not advance
Carlos López Montagud	W7-5, 4-6, 11-9	W4-6, 7-6, 6-10	L1-6, 3-6	did not advance

Triathlon

See main article: Triathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Spain qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 European Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.^[17]

Individual

Relay

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Spain qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 European Youth Championships, and was reallocated in the men's event.^[18]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
José David Perales	Boys' 56 kg	88	5	110	5	198	5
Irene Blanco	Girls' +63 kg	83	6	103	7	186	6

Notes and References

News: YOG 2018 Qualification Places - Girls . . 30 June 2018.
News: YOG 2018 Qualification Places – Boys . . 30 June 2018.
Web site: BWF Junior World Ranking – Girls Invited to 2018 Youth Olympics. BWF Corporate. 19 May 2018.
News: Russia and Sweden win gold at #CEVContinentalCup, Poland and England join European delegation at Youth Olympics . . 6 June 2018 . 25 June 2018.
News: Men’s Combined Team Event . UCI . 1 November 2017 . 11 November 2017.
News: 2018 Youth Olympic Games - Buenos Aires FIE Qualifications . . 10 April 2018 . 14 May 2018 .
News: 2018 Youth Olympic Games Gymnastics Qualifiers . . 25 June 2018 . 26 June 2018.
News: 18 nations secure Youth Olympic participation in Rhythmic Gymnastics . European Gymnastics Federation . 16 February 2018 . 19 February 2018.
News: European trampoline junior results . 14 April 2018.
News: YOG 2018 Continental Qualifier - Europe . . 14 August 2017 . 14 August 2017.
News: Inline Speed Skating Worlds: presented the "5-Rings-Athletes" . . 5 July 2018 . 6 July 2018.
News: V. Urbonaitei ir K. Kralikaitei – pasaulio čempionato 4-oji vieta ir kelialapis į Argentiną . 6 August 2017 . 6 August 2017 .
Web site: World Results. 24 April 2018. 24 April 2018.
News: 2018 Youth Olympic Games - Qualification . World Sailing . 5 June 2018 . 5 June 2018.
News: Quota Places by Name and Nation . . 11 December 2017 . 15 December 2017.
News: World Youth Championship . . 10 September 2017 . 13 October 2017.
News: Results: 2018 Banyoles ETU Triathlon European YOG Qualifier . . 7 July 2018 . 7 July 2018.
News: Results: 2018 European Youth Championships (YOG Qualification) . . 29 July 2018 . 29 July 2018.