Ukraine at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics explained

Games:	Summer Youth Olympics
Games Link:	2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Year:	2018
Noc:	UKR
Nocname:	National Olympic Committee of Ukraine
Website:	http://www.noc-ukr.org/
Competitors:	55
Sports:	20
Flagbearer:	Mykhaylo Kokhan
Location:	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Start Date:	6
End Date:	18 October 2018
Gold:	5
Silver:	7
Bronze:	6
Rank:	10
Appearances:	auto

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

Mykhaylo Kokhan and Yaroslava Mahuchikh (both - athletics), Sofiya Lyskun (diving), Denys Kesil (swimming) represented Ukraine at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics. Oleh Serbin (diving), Khrystyna Pohranychna (rhythmic gymnastics), and Ihor Troianovskyi (swimming) competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Oleh Doroshchuk (athletics), Nazar Chepurnyi (gymnastics), and Yaroslav Tkach (sport climbing) competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Yaroslava Mahuchikh won bronze at the 2020 Summer Olympics, becoming the first Ukrainian athlete from the 2018 Games to win a medal at both Youth and senior Olympics and the first Ukrainian to do that at the consecutive Games.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				8 Oct
				10 Oct
				15 Oct
				15 Oct
				15 Oct
				12 Oct
				13 Oct
				13 Oct
				14 Oct
				15 Oct
				17 Oct
				18 Oct
				7 Oct
				12 Oct
				14 Oct
				14 Oct
				15 Oct
				15 Oct

Mixed-NOCs events

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Kateryna Chorniy			10 Oct
	Nazar Chepurnyi			10 Oct
	Anastasiya Prozorova			12 Oct
	Dmytro Honta			12 Oct
	Sofiya Lyskun			17 Oct

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport.

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Archery	1	1	2
Athletics	4	9	13
Badminton	1	1	2
Basketball	4	4	8
Boxing	2	—	2
Canoeing	1	1	2
Cycling	—	2	2
Diving	1	1	2
Fencing	—	1	1
Gymnastics	2	3	5
Judo	1	1	2
Karate	1	—	1
Modern pentathlon	1	—	1
Rowing	1	—	1
Shooting	1	—	1
Sport climbing	1	—	1
Swimming	2	2	4
Taekwondo	1	—	1
Tennis	—	2	2
Wrestling	1	1	2
Total	26	29	55

Archery

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

Ukraine qualified two archers based on its performance at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships.^[1] ^[2]

Individual

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
Artem Ovchynnikov	Boys' Individual	679	6	W 6–2	W 6–5	W 6–2	L 0–6	L 3–7	4
Zhanna Naumova	Girls' Individual	642	13	W 6–2	L 0–6	Did not advance			9

Team

Athletes	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
Athletes	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Mixed team	1298	23	W 5–3	L 1–5	Did not advance			9
	Mixed team	1300	14	W 5–4	L 4–5	Did not advance			9

Athletics

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

Ukraine qualified 13 athletes: 4 boys and 9 girls.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andrii Vasyliev	100 metres	12.21	38	42.46	36	54.67	36
Oleksandr Honskyi	1500 metres	3:56.39	10	12:58	15	25	14

Field events

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Oleh Doroshchuk	High jump	2.09	3	2.14	3	4.23
Mykhaylo Kokhan	Hammer throw	85.97	1	85.14	1	171.11

Girls

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nataliia Dyshliuk	400 metres	57.67	15	58.06	15	1:55.73	15
Svitlana Zhulzhyk	800 metres	2:09.73	7	2:10.21	7	4:19.94	6
Katerina Onisimova	2000 metre steeplechase	7:00.85	14	14:25	10	24	11
Daryna Kasyan	5000 metre walk	24:01.29	7	25:06.75	8	49:08.04	7

Field events

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Mariia Horielova	Long jump	5.71	7	5.79w	9	11.50	9
Yaroslava Mahuchikh	High jump	1.92	1	1.95	1	3.87
Mariia Yashchenko	Pole vault	3.65	9	3.42	14	7.07	9
Anastasiia Derkach	Shot put	14.78	9	14.66	10	29.44	10
Valeriya Ivanenko	Hammer throw	74.90	1	72.08	1	146.98

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Ukraine 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
Danylo Bosniuk	Boys' Singles	W 2–0	L 0–2	W 2–0	2	Did not advance			9
Anastasiya Prozorova	Girls' Singles	L 0–2	L 0–2	W 2–0	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 Zeta	Mixed Teams	L (95–110)	W (110–89)	L (103–110)	3Q	W (110–106)	L (109–110)	L (107–110)	4
Team Omega	W (110–99)	W (110–100)	W (110–98)	1Q	W (110–102)	W (110–109)	L (106–110)

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Ukraine qualified a boys' and girls' team based on the U18 3x3 National Federation Ranking.^[4]

Boys' tournament - 1 team of 4 athletes
Girls' tournament - 1 team of 4 athletes

Competition results

Girls' shoot-out contest

Athlete	Event	Final rank
Illia Zaiets Ihor Sergeiev Oleksandr Sydoruk Vitalii Shorstkyi	Boys' tournament	4
Yuliia Hutevych Veronika Kosmach Anzhelika Liashko Anna Suhak	Girls' tournament	7

Girls' shoot-out contest

Boys' tournament

Preliminary round

Pool B

Knockout round

Quarterfinals

Girls' tournament

Preliminary round

Pool B

Knockout round

Quarterfinals

Boxing

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

Boys

Athlete	Event	Preliminary R1	Preliminary R2	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Maksym Halinichev	-56 kg	W 5–0		W 5–0	L 0-5
Taras Bondarchuk	-60 kg	W 5–0		W 5-0	L 0-5

Canoeing

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

Ukraine qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event.^[5]

Boys' C1 - 1 boat
Girls' C1 - 1 boat

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Repechage		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Taras Kuzyk	C1 sprint	1:57.54	7	1:54.61	2	L 1:57.48	Did not advance
Taras Kuzyk	C1 slalom	1:23.49	3	W 1:23.87	L 1:22.64	L 1:24.01	4

Girls

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Repechage		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Amina Palamarchuk	C1 sprint	2:23.23	6	W 2:20.61	L 2:31.18	Colspan=3	Did not advance
Amina Palamarchuk	C1 slalom	1:44.75	13	1:43.12	3	L 1:53.71	Colspan=4	Did not advance

Cycling

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

Ukraine qualified to compete in girls' combined team.^[6]

Girls' combined team - 1 team of 2 athletes

Combined team

Athlete	Event	Time trial			Road race			Cross-country Eliminator		Cross-country Short circuit		Criterium		Total points	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total points	Rank
Olha Kulynych	Girls' combined team	10:12.32	13	4	1:42:19	26	0	22	0	5	40	2	80	124	10
Oleksandra Logvinyuk	1:42:19	10:12.32	13	4	24	0	26	0	35	0	26	0		124	10

Diving

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

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Oleh Serbin	Boys' 10 m platform	493.95	6	486.50	6
align=left rowspan=2	Sofiya Lyskun	Girls' 3 m springboard	416.75	4	398.75	11
Girls' 10 m platform	420.80	3	406.10
	Mixed team	371.15
	333.40	6

Fencing

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

Girls

Mixed

Gymnastics

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

Acrobatic

Ukraine qualified a mixed pair based on its performance at the 2018 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championship.

Mixed pair - 1 team of 2 athletes

Mixed pair

Artistic

Ukraine qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 European Junior Championship.^[7]

Boys' artistic individual all-around - 1 quota
Girls' artistic individual all-around - 1 quota

Boys

All-around

Apparatus finals

Athlete	Event	Total	Rank
align=left rowspan="3"	Nazar Chepurnyi	Vault	13.983
Floor exercise	13.500	4
Parallel bars	13.466	4

Girls

All-around

Apparatus finals

Athlete	Event	Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=4	Anastasia Bachynska	Vault	13.400	4
Floor exercise	13.166
Uneven bars	13.133	6
Balance beam	11.800	6

Rhythmic

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

Girls' rhythmic individual all-around - 1 quota

All-around

Mixed multi-discipline team

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Mixed multi-discipline team.

Rank	Team	Athlete	Acrobatic			Artistic					Total points ^[9]
Rank	Team	Athlete									Total points ^[9]
	Simone Biles (Orange)		5	4	1		293
				–	–	–		17	–	–
			6	10	11	–		5	2
			5	11	18	19		3	14
			17		–			–	21
			11	20	17	–
			–	7	14	19
				4	5	2		2
			1	1	1	1
			–	–	–	–
				9	8
			1	1
5	Dong Dong (Purple)		11	11	11		389
				8	4	–		16	22	13
			12	–	15	–		–	–
			–	7	7	8		9	3
			22		11			–	–
			–	17	19	6
			20	–	6	20
				19	9	–		10
			2	8	3	9
			–	–	12	–
				10	6
			11	12
7	Yang Wei (Red)		9	9	9		403
				9	12	4		3	21	5
			10	–	–	13		–	–
			–	15	13	–		18	17
			–		–			DNS	–
			13	19	23	12
			1	3	2	2
				–	–	18		–
			16	12	9	18
			24	21	–	21
				5	7
			8	2
8	Kohei Uchimura (Blue)		1	5	4		407
				16	24	17		15	19	24
			24	16	21	18		15	23
			did not start
			4		4			4	8
			5	–	3	1
			–	5	–	–
				–	13	21		–
			14	19	–	14
			3	–	7	12
				11	10
			4	3

Judo

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

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals				Final /	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Oleh Veredyba	Boys' 55 kg	W 10-00	W 10-00s1	L 00-10	Colspan=3	W 10-00s3
Anastasia Balaban	Girls' 44 kg	W 10-00	W 10-00	L 00-01	Colspan=3	L 10-00	4

Team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athletes	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Team Singapore	Mixed Team	L 3–4	Did not advance
Team Montreal	L 2–5	Did not advance

Karate

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

Ukraine qualified one athlete based on its performance at one of the Karate Qualification Tournaments.^[10]

Boys' -68 kg - Robert Shyroian

Modern pentathlon

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

Individual

Mixed

Rowing

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

Ukraine qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 European Rowing Junior Championships.^[11]

Boys' single sculls - 1 boat

Single sculls

Shooting

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

Ukraine qualified one sport shooter based on its performance at the 2018 European Championships.^[12]

Boys' 10m Air Pistol - 1 quota

Individual

Mixed

Sport climbing

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

Boys

Swimming

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

Boys

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Swim-off		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Ihor Troianovskyi	50 metre butterfly	24.53	13 Q	24.33	10	colspan="2"
100 metre butterfly	53.94	11 Q	52.88	7 Q	52.73	5
200 metre butterfly	2:01.80	10	colspan=2
align=left rowspan=3	Denys Kesil	50 metre butterfly	24.97	20	colspan=2
100 metre butterfly	53.69	8 Q	53.47	8 QSO	53.42	2	colspan=2
200 metre butterfly	1:57.70	1 Q	1:55.89

Girls

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Maryna Kolesnykova	100 metre backstroke	1:04.27	21	colspan=4
200 metre backstroke	2:18.92	20	colspan="2"
align=left rowspan=3	Yuliia Stadnyk	50 metre butterfly	28.15	23	colspan=4
100 metre butterfly	1:01.01	4 Q	1:01.19	9	colspan=2
200 metre butterfly	2:16.94	9

Taekwondo

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

Tennis

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

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Viktoriia Dema	align=left rowspan=2	Girls' Singles	W 2-0 6-1, 6-4	L 0-2 0-6, 0-6	colspan=4
Margaryta Bilokin	L 0-2 2-6, 4-6

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Girls' Doubles		W 2-0 6-1, 6-3	L 1-2 7-5, 5-7, [10]-[8]	colspan=4
	align=left rowspan=2	Mixed Doubles	L 0-2 3-6, 6-7	colspan=5
	L 0-2 1-6, 6-7

Weightlifting

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

Ukraine qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2017 World Youth Championships.^[13] ^[14]

~~Boys' events - 1 quota~~
~~Girls' events - 1 quota~~

On 30 September 2017, Ukraine was handed a one-year ban from the IWF for doping violations which was in effect til mid-October.^[15] Therefore, Ukrainian athletes were unable to compete in Buenos Aires.

Wrestling

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

Key:

– Victory by Fall
– Without any points scored by the opponent
– With point(s) scored by the opponent
– Without any points scored by the opponent
– With point(s) scored by the opponent

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Final /	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Rank
Vladyslav Ostapenko	Boys' freestyle −55kg	W 10 – 4	L 5 – 10	2	W 10 – 0
Oksana Chudyk	Girls' freestyle −65kg	W 10 – 3	W 2 – 1	W 10 – 0	W 1 – 1	1	L 0 – 10

External links

Ukrainian Team, published by the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine

Notes and References

News: YOG 2018 Qualification Places - Boys . . 15 December 2017.
News: YOG 2018 Qualification Places - Girls . . 15 December 2017.
Web site: BWF Junior World Ranking – Boys Invited to 2018 Youth Olympics. BWF Corporate. 19 May 2018.
Web site: 33 countries to compete at 2018 Youth Olympic Games. 5 April 2018. www.fiba.basketball/. International Basketball Federation (FIBA). 6 April 2018.
Web site: Nine countries set to make YOG canoeing debut. 21 April 2018. International Canoe Federation (ICF). 14 May 2018.
News: Countries that will participate in the 2018 Youth Olympics . UCI . 1 June 2018 . 1 June 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.
Web site: Gymnastics – Multidiscipline Team Event – Detailled Results. buenosaires2018.com. 8 October 2018. 20 November 2018.
News: Youth Olympic qualifier concludes in Umag with new karatekas making it to Buenos Aires 2018 . . 1 July 2018 . 1 July 2018.
News: 2018 Youth Olympic Games Rowing Places Obtained . . 29 May 2018 . 25 June 2018.
News: Quota Places by Name and Nation . . 18 February 2018 . 17 March 2018.
News: Boys Team Classification from World Youth Championships . . 29 March 2018 . 29 March 2018.
News: Girls Team Classification from World Youth Championships . . 10 April 2017 . 10 April 2017.
News: IWF Executive Board upholds decision related to Member Federations which have produced three or more retesting cases. IWF. 30 September 2017. 15 October 2018.