China at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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

Medals
Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC (combined) teams are represented in italics. These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally.

Archery
China qualified two archers based on its performance at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships.


 * Individual


 * Team

Athletics

 * Boys
 * Track and road events


 * Field events


 * Girls
 * Track and road events


 * Field events

Badminton
China qualified three players based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.


 * Individual


 * Team

Basketball
China qualified a boys' and girls' team based on the U18 3x3 National Federation Ranking.


 * Boys' tournament – 1 team of 4 athletes
 * Tianyi Chu
 * Jiwang Guo
 * Zipeng Wang
 * Wang Yunzhang
 * Girls' tournament – 1 team of 4 athletes
 * Ding Kangche
 * Zhang Rui
 * Han Xu
 * Hao Zheng

Beach volleyball
China qualified a girls' team based on its performance at the 2018 Asian U19 Championship.


 * Girls' tournament – 1 team of 2 athletes

Canoeing
China qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event.
 * Boys' K1 – 1 boat


 * Boys

Cycling
China qualified a girls' combined team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games Junior Nation Rankings.


 * Girls' combined team – 1 team of 2 athletes

Dancesport
China qualified one dancer based on its performance at the 2018 World Youth Breaking Championship.


 * B-Boys – X-Rain

Fencing
China qualified five athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Cadet World Championship.


 * Boys' Épée – Li Zhiwel
 * Boys' Foil – Xu Jie
 * Boys' Sabre – Zhou Xuyi
 * Girls' Foil – Fu Yingying
 * Girls' Sabre – Lin Kesi

Girls' tournament
China qualified a girls' team (9 athletes) to the tournament.


 * Roster


 * Wenquian Cai
 * Ruirui Cao
 * Yunxia Fan
 * Yangyan Gu
 * Ning Ma
 * Anhui Yu
 * Heyang Zhang
 * Xinyi Zhu
 * Meirong Zou


 * Preliminary round


 * Quarterfinals


 * Semifinals


 * Bronze medal game

Golf

 * Individual


 * Team

Acrobatic
China qualified a mixed pair based on its performance at the 2018 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championship.


 * Mixed pair – 1 team of 2 athletes (not used)

Artistic
China qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship.


 * Boys' artistic individual all-around – 1 quota
 * Girls' artistic individual all-around – 1 quota


 * Boys


 * Girls

Rhythmic
China qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship.


 * Girls' rhythmic individual all-around – 1 quota

Trampoline
China qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship.


 * Boys' trampoline – 1 quota
 * Girls' trampoline – 1 quota

Modern pentathlon
China qualified two pentathletes based on its performance at the Asian/Oceanian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier. China also qualified another female pentathlete based on its performance at the 2018 Youth A World Championship. They must decide which quota they will use.


 * Boys' individual – Zhao Zhonghao
 * Girls' individual – Yuan Xin or Gu Yewen

Roller speed skating
China qualified one roller skater based on its performance at the 2018 Roller Speed Skating World Championship.


 * Boys' combined speed event – Chen Tao

Rowing
China qualified one boat based on its performance at the Asian Qualification Regatta and another boat based on its performance at the 2017 World Championships.


 * Boys' single sculls – 1 athlete
 * Girls' pair – 2 athletes

Sailing
China qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2018 Singapore Open (Asian Techno 293+ Qualifiers). China later qualified two IKA Twin Tip boats based on its performance at the 2018 IKA Twin Tip Racing Youth World Championship.


 * Boys' Techno 293+ – 1 boat
 * Boys' IKA Twin Tip Racing – 1 boat
 * Girls' Techno 293+ – 1 boat
 * Girls' IKA Twin Tip Racing – 1 boat

Shooting
China qualified three sport shooters based on its performance at the 2017 Asian Championships.


 * Individual


 * Team

Sport climbing
China qualified three sport climbers based on its performance at the 2017 World Youth Sport Climbing Championships.


 * Boys' combined – 2 quotas (Pan Yu Fei, Huang Di Chong)
 * Girls' combined – 1 quota (Song Yi Ling)

However, Song was not included on the final start list for the Youth Olympics.

Swimming

 * Boys


 * Girls


 * Mixed

Table tennis
China qualified two athletes based on its performance at the Asian Qualification Event.


 * Boys' singles – Wang Chuqin
 * Girls' singles – Sun Yingsha

Tennis

 * Singles


 * Doubles

Triathlon
China qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.


 * Boys' individual – 1 quota (not used)
 * Girls' individual – 1 quota
 * Individual


 * Relay

Weightlifting
China qualified four athletes based on its performance at the 2017 World Youth Championships.


 * Boys' events – 2 quotas (not used)
 * Girls' events – 2 quotas (not used)

Wrestling
Key:
 * VFA – Victory by Fall
 * VSU – Without any points scored by the opponent
 * VSU1 – With point(s) scored by the opponent
 * VPO – Without any points scored by the opponent
 * VPO1 – With point(s) scored by the opponent