Archery
Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ...
at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud de 2018), officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018, were an international sports, cultural, and educational event held ...
was held 12–17 October 2018 in
Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
The total of 64 athletes participated in the tournament. The archery competition took place at
Parque Sarmiento (previously planned at
Parque Polideportivo Roca in
Villa Soldati).
Qualification
Each
National Olympic Committee
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games ...
(NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 competitors, 1 per each gender. As hosts, Argentina was given the maximum quota. The spots were reallocated to the next best nations at the 2017 World Youth Championships. The remaining 54 places was decided by qualification events, namely the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships and five continental qualification tournaments.
A further 8, 4 in each gender was to be decided by the Universality Places.
To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2003. Furthermore, all archers must have achieved the following Minimum Qualification Score (MQS).
* Men: FITA round of 60m round of 610
* Women: FITA round of 60m round of 600
Qualification summary
Boys' qualification
*Argentina declined its host nation quota, which was redistributed to the Americas qualifier.
Girls' qualification
Medal summary
Medal table
Medalists
References
External links
Official Results Book – Archery
{{Youth Olympic Games Archery
Archery
Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ...
2018
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