Philippines at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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

Philippines at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	PHI
NOC	Philippine Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ph
in Buenos Aires
Competitors	7 in 6 sports
Flag bearers	Yuka Saso (Opening)[1] Christian Tio (Closing)
Medals Ranked 79th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
2010 2014 2018

Kiteboarder Christian Tio won a silver medal men's kiteboarding IKA Twin Tip racing event;^[2] the first medal of any color credited to the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of the Philippines in the games' medal tally.

Previously, Archer Luis Gabriel Moreno along with a Chinese partner won a gold medal in the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in the mixed international team event although the medal was neither credited to the NOC of the Philippines or China.

Background

The first Filipino athlete to qualify for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was Nicole Marie Tagle who secured qualification through the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships in October 2017.^[3][4]

The Philippines qualified its second athlete when Christian Tio of Boracay qualified for Summer Youth Olympics.^[5] He clinched the sole berth contested for the boy's twin tip racing event at the Asian qualifiers in Pranburi, Thailand on March 18, 2018.^[6]

The Philippines qualified its fifth athlete when fencer Lawrence Tan qualified for the Summer Youth Olympics.^[7] He secured his qualification for the individual boy's Foil (fencing) event at the 2018 Junior and Cadets World Fencing Championships held in Verona, Italy in April 2018.^[8]

Jonne Go of Canoe Kayak and Dragonboat served as the chief of mission of the Philippine delegation.

Medalists

Medal table

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Sailing	0	1	0	1
Total	0	1	0	1

Medalists

The following Filipino competitors won medals at the Youth Olympics.

Medal	Athlete	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Christian Tio	Sailing	Boys' IKA Twin Tip Racing	October 14

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Nicole Marie Tagle at the mixed team ranking round.

The Philippines qualified one archer based on its performance at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships.^[3][4]

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
Nicole Marie Tagle	Girls' Individual	629	23	Tromans-Ansell (GBR) L 4–6	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
Nicole Marie Tagle (PHI)  Hendrik Õun (EST)	Mixed team	1300	13	Bassi (CHI)  Dalpatadu (SRI) W 5–4	Tromans-Ansell (GBR)  Shabani (IRI) W 5–3	Jones (NZL)  Tang (TPE) L 1–5	did not advance		6

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

The Philippines qualified one fencer, Lawrence Tan,^[9] in the individual boy's foil event based on its performance at the 2018 Junior and Cadets World Fencing Championships held in Verona, Italy in April 2018.^[8][10]

Tan is the first Filipino fencer to qualify for the Youth Olympic Games.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Pool Round	Seed	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Lawrence Everett Tan	Foil	Pool No:1  Bravo (USA) L 0–5	5	Chan (HKG) L 11–15	did not advance			10
		Ciccarelli (AUS) W 5–1
		Machhi (ITA) W 5–4
		Chen (TPE) L 1–5
		Spichiger (FRA) L 2–5
		Charreu (POR) L 3–5

Golf

Main article: Golf at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Bronze Medal Play-off	Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Yuka Saso	Girls' Individual	71 (+1)	2	74 (+4)	145	11	69 (−1)	214	1	5 (+1)	214	+4	4
Carl Jano Corpus	Boys' Individual	71 (+1)	5	76 (+6)	147	20	76 (+6)	223	20	—	223	+13	16

Team

Athletes	Event	Round 1 (Fourball)		Round 2 (Foursome)		Round 3 (Individual Stroke)				Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Girl	Boy	Total	Rank	Score	Par	Rank
Yuka Saso Carl Jano Corpus	Mixed team	66 (−4)	16	75 (+5)	18	74	74	148 (+8)	16	289	+9	20

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

The Philippines qualified one boat based on its performance at the Asian and Oceania IKA Twin Tip Racing Qualifiers.^[6][11]

Boys

Athlete	Event	Race												Total Points	Net Points	Final Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Christian Tio	IKA Twin Tip Racing	2	5	(8)	3	(8)	3	CAN						29	13

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Girls

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nicole Oliva	100 m freestyle	57.33	26	did not advance
	200 m freestyle	2:02.08	8Q	—		2:02.13	7
	400 m freestyle	4:16.72	4Q	—		4:16.61	6
	800 m freestyle	8:52.29	11	—		did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

The Philippines qualified one athlete based on its performance at the "Road to Buenos Aires – Oceania" qualifier held in Rarotonga in the Cook Islands.^[12]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group Stage	Rank	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Jann Mari Nayre	Boys' singles	Group B  Burgos (CHI) W 4–1	4	did not advance				25
		Kolodziejczyk (AUT) L 0–4
		Jha (USA) L 0–4

Team

Athletes	Event	Group Stage	Rank	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Intercontinental 2  Jann Mari Nayre (PHI)  Annika Lundström (FIN)	Mixed international team	Group B Europe 3  Bogdanova (BLR)  Sgouropoulos (GRE) L 0–3	3	did not advance				17
		Intercontinental 1  Lee (HKG)  Hamdoun (TUN) W 2–1
		Chinese Taipei  Su (TPE)  Lin (TPE) L 0–3