Hong Kong at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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

Hong Kong at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	HKG
NOC	Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China
Website	http://www.hkolympic.org/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	25 in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Kaylin Hsieh[1]
Medals Ranked 76th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
Summer Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
2010 2014 2018

Competitors

Sport	Boys	Girls	Total
Equestrian	1	0	1
Fencing	1	3	4
Rowing	1	0	1
Sailing	1	1	2
Swimming	2	2	4
Table tennis	0	1	1
Triathlon	1	1	2

Aquatics

Swimming

• Boys - Nicholas Lim (LRC), Mok Kai Tik Marcus (WTS)
• Girls - Ho Nam Wai (WTS), Kan Cheuk Tung Natalie (HVA)

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Beach handball

Main article: Beach handball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Hong Kong qualified a rider at the FEI World Jumping Challenge 2nd Competition Category A.^[2]

• Individual Jumping - Ho Yuen, Edgar Fung

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Hong Kong qualified four athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Cadet World Championship.^[3]

• Boys' Foil - Chan Pak Hei
• Girls' Épée - Kaylin Hsieh
• Girls' Foil - Christelle Joy Ko
• Girls' Sabre - Ma Ho Chee

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Hong Kong qualified one boat based on his performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualification Regatta.^[4]

• Boys' single sculls - 1 athlete

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Hong Kong qualified two boats based on their performance at the 2017 World Techno 293+ Championships.^[5][6][7]

• Boys' Techno 293+ - 1 boat
• Girls' Techno 293+ - 1 boat

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Hong Kong qualified one table tennis player based on her performance at the Road to Buenos Aires (Europe) series.^[8]

• Girls' singles - Lee Ka Yee

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Hong Kong qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.^[9]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (750m)	Trans 1	Bike (20 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total Time	Rank
Hung Tik Long	Boys	10:45	0:27	29:20	0:28	19:13	1:00:13	28
Lo Ho Yan	Girls	10:39	1:04	32:54	0:32	20:59	1:06:08	27

Relay

Athlete	Event	Total Times per Athlete (Swim 250m, Bike 6.6 km, Run 1.8 km)	Total Group Time	Rank
Asia 2  Maki Uchida (JPN)  Hung Tik Long (HKG)  Yu Xinying (CHN)  Chong Xian Hao (MAS)	Mixed Relay	23:40 (13) 24:22 (14) 25:21 (11) 23:26 (11)	1:36:49 1P	13
World Team 1  Lo Ho Yan (HKG)  Mohamed Tarek (EGY)  Maram Yasseer Mohamed (EGY)  Zakaria Alkharrat (SYR)		24:35 (16) 23:16 (13) 27:07 (14) 24:40 (14)	1:39:38	14

References

1. Opening ceremony
2. "Qualified NOC's to the 3rd Youth Olympic Games – Buenos Aires - 2018". HKEF. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
3. "2018 Youth Olympic Games - Buenos Aires FIE Qualifications" (PDF). FIE. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
4. "2018 Youth Olympic Games Rowing Places Obtained" (PDF). FISA. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
5. "2017 World Youth Men Results". Techno 293 Plus. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
6. "2017 World Youth Women Results". Techno 293 Plus. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
7. "2018 Youth Olympic Games - Qualification". World Sailing. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
8. "First for Romania, Cristian Pletea reserves Youth Olympic Games place". ITTF. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
9. "2018 Subic Bay ASTC Triathlon Asian YOG Qualifier". ITU. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.

External links

• Hong Kong Delegation's Official Website