Fencing events 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 ...
were held from 7 to 10 October at the
Africa Pavilion in
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Qualification
Each
National Olympic Committee
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(NOC) can enter a maximum of 6 competitors, 3 per each gender and 1 per each weapon. 66 places was decided at the 2018 Cadet World Championships held in
Verona,
Italy from 1–9 April 2018.
Ten athletes per each individual event (1 from Africa, 2 from the Americas, 3 from Asia/Oceania and 4 from Europe) qualified. Furthermore, the top six ranked individual athletes that have not qualified overall across all genders will also qualify, with a maximum one per event per NOC (2 from Oceania and 1 from the other four continents). As hosts, Argentina is able to enter athletes in all six events and a further three wildcards were awarded per gender. These were awarded to: Costa Rica, Lebanon, Togo, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Senegal.
To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2003.
Medal summary
Medal table
Events
References
External links
Official Results Book – Fencing
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2018 Summer Youth Olympics events
Youth Summer Olympics
The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is an international multi-sport event for athletes between 15 and 18 years old, organized by the International Olympic Committee. The games are held every four years in staggered summer and winter events consisten ...
International fencing competitions hosted by Argentina
2018
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