Vietnam at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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

Vietnam at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	VIE
NOC	Vietnam Olympic Committee
Website	http://www.voc.org.vn/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	13 in 7 sports
Medals Ranked 38th	Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 3
Summer Youth Olympics appearances
2010 2014 2018

Competitors

Sport	Boy(s)	Girl(s)	Total
Athletics	1	1	2
Badminton	1	1	2
Dancesport	1	N/A	1
Gymnastics	1	1	2
Swimming	2	1	3
Taekwondo	N/A	1	1
Weightlifting	1	1	2
Total	7	6	13

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Ngô Sơn Đỉnh	Weightlifting	Boys' 56 kg	7 October
Gold	Nguyễn Huy Hoàng	Swimming	Boys' 800 metre freestyle	11 October
Silver	Nguyễn Thị Thu Trang	Weightlifting	Girls' 44 kg	7 October

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Lê Tiến Long and Đoàn Thu Hằng qualified.

Boys

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Lê Tiến Long	Boys' 2000 m steeplechase	5:51.79	10	12:44	38	18:35.79	10

Girls

Athlete	Event	Stage 1		Stage 2		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Đoàn Thu Hằng	Girls' 1500 m	4:41.17	13	14:02	24	18:43.17	10

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Vietnam qualified two players based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.^[1][2]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Nguyễn Hải Đăng	Boys' Singles	Rumbay (INA) L (7–21, 9–21)	Koppen (NED) W (23–21, 21–17)	Medel (CHI) W (21–7, 21–7)	2	did not advance			9
Vũ Thị Anh Thư	Girls' Singles	Prozorova (UKR) W (21–8, 21–19)	Akoumba Ze (CMR) W (21–6, 21–4)	Delcheva (BUL) W (21–18, 21–12)	1Q	Goh (MAS) L (12–21, 9–21)	did not advance		5

Team

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Team Epsilon  Nguyễn Hải Đăng (VIE)  Chen Shiau-cheng (TPE)  Fabricio Farias (BRA)  Tomás Toledano (ESP)  Goh Jin Wei (MAS)  Vlada Gînga (MDA)  Aminat Oluwafunke Ilori (NGR)  Nazlıcan İnci (TUR)	Mixed Teams	Alpha (MIX) L (98–110)	Zeta (MIX) L (89–110)	Delta (MIX) W (110–108)	4Q	Omega (MIX) L (102–110)	did not advance		5
Team Omega  Vũ Thị Anh Thư (VIE)  Markus Barth (NOR)  Oscar Guo (NZL)  Chang Ho Kim (FIJ)  Kunlavut Vitidsarn (THA)  Huang Yin-hsuan (TPE)  Léonice Huet (FRA)  Anastasiya Prozorova (UKR)		Gamma (MIX) W (110–99)	Theta (MIX) W (110–100)	Sigma (MIX) W (110–98)	1Q	Epsilon (MIX) W (110–102)	Zeta (MIX) W (110–109)	Alpha (MIX) L (106–110)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Vietnam qualified one boxer based on its performance at the 2017 Youth Women's World Boxing Championships.^[3]

Đỗ Hồng Ngọc was disqualified.^{[citation needed]}

Dancesport

Main article: Dancesport at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Vietnam qualified one dancer based on its performance at the 2018 World Youth Breaking Championship.^[4]

• B-Boys - B4 (Lê Minh Hiếu)

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Artistic

Nguyễn Văn Khánh Phong and Phạm Như Phương qualified on their performance at the 2018 Junior Artistic Asian Championships, Indonesia.^[5]

• Boys' artistic individual all-around - Nguyễn Văn Khánh Phong
• Girls' artistic individual all-around - Phạm Như Phương

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Nguyễn Huy Hoàng, Phạm Thành Bảo and Vũ Thị Phương Anh qualified.

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Girl

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Hồ Thị Kim Ngân	Girls' 49 kg	Yangchen Tshering (BHU) W 22-0	Elizaveta Ryadninskaya (RUS) L 5-6	did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Vietnam qualified one athlete (girl) based on its performance at the 2017 Youth World Weightlifting Championships.

Boy

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ngô Sơn Đỉnh	−56 kg	114	1	148	1	262

Girls

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nguyễn Thị Thu Trang	−44 kg	72	1	75	3	147