Sweden at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Sweden participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires from 6 to 18 October 2018.^[1] 18 athletes will compete for the country at the games.^[2]

Sweden at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	SWE
NOC	Swedish Olympic Committee
in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Competitors	18 in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Ludvig Eriksson
Medals Ranked 23rd	Gold 3 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 6
Summer Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
2010 2014 2018

Medalists

Further information: 2018 Summer Youth Olympics medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Sara Junevik	Swimming	Girls' 50 m butterfly	10 October
Gold	Jonna Malmgren	Wrestling	Girls' freestyle 49 kg	13 October
Gold	Jonatan Hellvig David Åhman	Beach volleyball	Boys' tournament	17 October
Silver	Robin Hanson	Swimming	Boys' 200 m freestyle	8 October
Silver	Elin Lindroth	Rowing	Girls' single sculls	10 October
Bronze	Robin Hanson	Swimming	Boys' 100 m freestyle	12 October

Medalists in mixed NOCs events

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Ashwathi Pillai	Badminton	Mixed team	12 October
Bronze	Tonya Paulsson	Gymnastics	Mixed multi-discipline team	10 October

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Sweden qualified one player based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.^[3]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Ashwathi Pillai	Girls' singles	Spöri (GER) L 1–2	Goh JW (MAS) L 0–2	Batari (INA) L 1–2	4	did not advance			9

Team

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Team Alpha  Ashwathi Pillai (SWE)  Lakshya Sen (IND)  Giovanni Toti (ITA)  Vannthoun Vath (CAM)  Hasani Nusaka Ambalangodage (SRI)  Maria Delcheva (BUL)  Jennie Gai (USA)	Mixed teams	Team Epsilon (MIX) W 110–98	Team Delta (MIX) L 99–110	Team Zeta (MIX) W 110–103	2 Q	Team Gamma (MIX) W 110–94	Team Theta (MIX) W 110–90	Team Omega (MIX) W 110–106

Beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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

Athletes	Event	Group stage				Round of 24	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Jonatan Hellvig David Åhman	Boys' tournament	Pfretzschner/ John (GER) L 1–2	Louraine/ Glasgow (VIN) W 2–0	Colley/ Koita (GAM) W 2–0	2 Q	Riveros/ Gonzalo (PAR) W 2–1	Bintang/ Danang (INA) W 2–0	Pfretzschner/ John (GER) W 2–0	Streli/ Hajós (HUN) W 2–0	de Groot/ Immers (NED) W 2–0

Golf

Main article: Golf at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Ludvig Eriksson	Boys	81 (+11)	76 (+6)	79 (+9)	236	+26	=26
Amanda Linnér	Girls	84 (+14)	83 (+13)	79 (+9)	246	+36	30

Team

Athletes	Event	Round 1 (Foursome)	Round 2 (Fourball)	Round 3 (Individual Stroke)			Total
		Score	Score	Boy	Girl	Total	Score	Rank
Ludvig Eriksson Amanda Linnér	Mixed	65 (–5)	79 (+9)	73 (+3)	78 (+8)	151 (+11)	295	=23

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Artistic

Sweden qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 European Junior Championship.^[5]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Marcus Stenberg	All-around	13.200 (12)	11.300 (23)	12.566 (16)	12.966 (–)	12.110 (26)	12.333 (15)	74.432	16 Q	12.233	11.266	12.133	12.900	10.033	12.033	70.598	17

Girls

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB			F	V	UB	BB
Tonya Paulsson	All-around	10.966 (32)	12.633 (–)	12.733 (8)	11.800 (13)	48.132	12 Q	12.833	12.500	11.833	12.233	49.399	7
	Uneven bars	—		12.733	—	12.733	8 Q	—		12.800	—	12.800	7

Multi-discipline

Athlete	Event	Discipline				Total	Rank
		ACR	AG	RG	TRA
Team Dong Dong  Marcus Stenberg (SWE)  Rachel Nell (RSA)  Sidwell Madibeng (RSA)  Daniel Schwed (GER)  Diogo Soares (BRA)  Beatriz Cardoso (POR)  Ana-Maria Puiu (ROU)  Lee Yunseo (KOR)  Aurora Arvelo (FIN)  Khrystyna Pohranychna (UKR)  Wang Zilu (CHN)  Nikita Babyonishev (UZB)  Yekaterina Lukina (KAZ)	Multi-discipline team	33	245	72	39	389	5
Team Oksana Chusovitina  Tonya Paulsson (SWE)  Viktoriya Akhotnikava (BLR)  Ilya Famenkou (BLR)  Brandon Briones (USA)  Adam Tobin (GBR)  Mohamed Afify (EGY)  Indira Ulmasova (UZB)  Karla Pérez (GUA)  Lidiia Iakovleva (AUS)  Aino Yamada (JPN)  Lilly Rotärmel (GER)  Santiago Escallier (ARG)  Antonia Sakellaridou (GRE)		12	202	100	38	352

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Sweden qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2017 World Rowing Junior Championships.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Time trial		Heats						Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
				Round 1		Round 2		Points	Rank
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Elin Lindroth	Girls' single sculls	3:53.81	2	1:55.60	2	1:55.65	3	7	13 Q	1:45.07	1 S A/B	1:46.80	1 FA	1:44.31

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Sweden is eligible to send a total of eight swimmers to the games after finishing among the top sixteen teams at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.^[7]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Robin Hanson	50 m freestyle	22.85	4 Q	22.93	8 Q	22.96	7
	100 m freestyle	50.99	12 Q	50.17	5 Q	49.86
	200 m freestyle	1:49.86	6 Q	—		1:48.14
	400 m freestyle	3:53.71	11	—		did not advance
	50 m butterfly	24.63	15 Q	25.35	16	did not advance
	200 m butterfly	did not start		—		did not advance
Björn Seeliger	50 m freestyle	22.84	3 Q	22.71	=5 Q	22.77	5
	100 m freestyle	51.99	26	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	did not start		did not advance

Girls

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hannah Brunzell	50 m breaststroke	31.81	=3 Q	32.34	10	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:10.10	7 Q	1:09.46	5 Q	1:09.20	6
	200 m breaststroke	2:32.34	11	—		did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:21.90	25	—		did not advance
Sara Junevik	50 m freestyle	27.16	28	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	58.42	31	did not advance
	50 m backstroke	30.64	29	did not advance
	50 m butterfly	26.91	4 Q	26.75	3 Q	26.40
	100 m butterfly	1:01.50	9 Q	1:00.85	7 Q	1:00.41	5
Julia Månsson	50 m breaststroke	32.86	17	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:10.91	12 Q	1:10.60	12	did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:32.99	15	—		did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Björn Seeliger Hannah Brunzell Sara Junevik Robin Hanson	4x100 m medley relay	3:59.12	11	did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Truls Möregårdh	Boys' singles	Betancor (ARG) W 4–1	Mutti (ITA) W 4–1	Kim S-g (PRK) W 4–1	1 Q	Abdel-Aziz (EGY) W 4–2	Wang Cq (CHN) L 1–4	did not advance		=5

Team

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Truls Möregårdh (SWE)  Sabina Šurjan (SRB)	Mixed team	Stankevičius/ Blašková (MIX) W 3–0	Kolodziejczyk/ Węgrzyn (MIX) W 3–0	Pyon S-g/ Kim S-g (PRK) W 2–1	1 Q	Mutti/ Laurenti (ITA) W 2–0	Ursu/ Vovk (MIX) W 2–0	Harimoto/ Hirano (JPN) L 1–2	Lin Y-j/ Su P-l (TPE) L 1–2	4

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Girls

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Rim Bayaa	49 kg	Kaiyrzhankyzy (KAZ) W DSQ	Zolotic (USA) L 17–22	did not advance		=5

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Sweden qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 European Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.^[8]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (750m)	Trans 1	Bike (20 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total Time	Rank
Andreas Carlsson	Boys' individual	9:34	0:33	27:32	0:26	15:48	53:53	4

Relay

Athlete	Event	Lap 1	Lap 2	Lap 3	Lap 4	Total	Rank
Andreas Carlsson (SWE)  Baptiste Passemard (FRA)  Eva Daniels (LUX)  Barbara de Koning (NED)	Mixed relay	22:24	did not finish

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Girls' freestyle

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Final / RM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score
Jonna Malmgren	49 kg	Duenas (GUM) W 5–0	Ech-Chabki (MAR) W 5–0	Szenttamasi (HUN) W 5–0	Sim (CAM) W 5–0	1 Q/1–2	Akhmedova (UZB) W 5–0
Julia Fridlund	73 kg	Marín Potrille (CUB) L 0–3	Kagami (JPN) L 1–4	White (CAN) W 5–0	Ludgate (ASA) W 5–0	3 Q/5–6	Oknazarova (UZB) W 5–0	5

References

1. "Buenos Aires 2018". Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 January 2018.
2. "Sveriges trupp till Buenos Aires 2018".
3. "Youth Olympic Qualifiers updated 8 June WS" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
4. "Russia and Sweden win gold at #CEVContinentalCup, Poland and England join European delegation at Youth Olympics". European Volleyball Confederation. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
5. "2018 Youth Olympic Games Gymnastics Qualifiers". FIG. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
6. "2018 Youth Olympic Games Rowing Places Obtained" (PDF). FISA. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
7. "2018 Youth Olympic Qualifying Procedure". SwimSwam. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
8. "Results: 2018 Banyoles ETU Triathlon European YOG Qualifier". ITU. 7 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.