North Korea at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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

North Korea at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC codePRK
NOCOlympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
in Buenos Aires, Argentina
6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors5 in 4 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Youth Olympics appearances

Archery
Main article: Archery at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

North Korea qualified one archer based on its performance at the Asian Continental Qualification Tournament.[1]

Individual

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Score Seed Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score
Kang Jin-hwa Girls' Individual 608 29  Son (KOR)
L 0–6		 Did not advance 17

Team

Athletes Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Score Seed Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score
 Kang Jin-hwa (PRK)
 Carlos Daniel Vaca Cordero (MEX)		 Mixed team 1288 26  Gnoriega (USA)
 Rodríguez Valero (CUB)
W 6–0		  Trydvornava (BLR)
 Ovchynnikov (UKR)
W 5–1		  Reddig (NAM)
 Cowles (USA)
L 2–6		 Did not advance 5

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Rhythmic

North Korea qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship.[2]

  • Girls' rhythmic individual all-around - 1 quota

Table tennis
Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

North Korea qualified two table tennis players based on its performance at the Road to Buenos Aires (North America) series.[3]

  • Boys' singles - Kim Song-gun
  • Girls' singles - Pyon Song-gyong

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

North Korea qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2017 World Youth Championships.[4]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Song Kuk-hyang Girls' -63 kg NM DNF

References
  1. "YOG 2018 Qualification Places - Girls" (PDF). World Archery Federation. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  2. "2018 Youth Olympic Games Gymnastics Qualifiers". FIG. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  3. "Cédric Meissner and Franziska Schreiner in form, Germany Buenos Aires bound". ITTF. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  4. "Girls Team Classification from World Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
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