Egypt at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Egypt participated with a total of 68 athletes at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Olympians have to be aged 14–18 in order to participate.

Egypt's run in Buenos Aires has been able to set many records. With a total amount of 12 medals, this was Egypt's most-successful Olympics.

Egypt won its first Olympics medal in a kicking sport when Egypt's Youth Futsal team took bronze in the men's event. Egypt was also able to mark their first Olympics medals in karate and boxing.

It is also noteworthy that Egypt was able to set these records despite sending a record low amount of Olympians to participate (compared to 2010 and 2014 Youth Olympics).

Egypt was ranked 22nd out of 93 nations in the final medals table.

Archery

 * Individual


 * Team

Athletics
Egypt won a silver medal from the women's hammer event.

Badminton
Egypt qualified one player based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.


 * Singles


 * Team

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


 * Shoot-out contest

Boxing

 * Boys

Cycling
Egypt 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


 * Combined team

Equestrian
Egypt qualified a rider based on its ranking in the FEI World Jumping Challenge Rankings.


 * Individual Jumping – 1 athlete

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


 * Boys' Épée – Mohamed Elsayed
 * Boys' Foil – Loaay Marouf
 * Boys' Sabre – Mazen Elaraby
 * Girls' Épée – Mariam Amer
 * Girls' Foil – Noha Hany


 * Boys


 * Girls


 * Mixed team

Futsal
Egypt qualified to the futsal competition as African representative after its boys' team beat Angola in the final of the African qualifications.

Group A
Egypt topped their group after drawing with Argentina and winning against Panama, Iraq and Slovakia.

Bronze medal match
After losing the semifinal against Russia, Egypt was able to secure the bronze metal after staging a remarkable comeback against the hosts.

Artistic
Egypt qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 African Junior Championship.


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


 * Boys


 * Girls

Rhythmic
Egypt qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 African Junior Championship.


 * Girls' rhythmic individual all-around – 1 quota


 * Individual

Judo

 * Individual


 * Team

Karate
Egypt qualified one athlete based on its performance at one of the Karate Qualification Tournaments.


 * Girls' −53kg – Yasmin Nasr El-Gewily

Modern pentathlon
Egypt qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Youth A World Championship.


 * Boys' Individual – Ahmed El Gendy
 * Girls' Individual – Salma Abdelmaksoud


 * Individual


 * Mixed team

Rowing
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals;

Sailing
Egypt qualified two boats based on its performance at the African Techno 293+ Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.


 * Boys' Techno 293+ – 1 boat
 * Girls' Techno 293+ – 1 boat

Shooting
Egypt qualified two sport shooters based on its performance at the 2017 African Championships.


 * Boys' 10m Air Pistol – 1 quota
 * Girls' 10m Air Rifle – 1 quota


 * Individual


 * Team

Swimming
Egypt qualified 4 competitors for the games.


 * Boys


 * Girls

Table tennis
Egypt qualified two table tennis players based on its performance at the African Continental Qualifier.


 * Boys' singles – Youssef Abdel-Aziz
 * Girls' singles – Marwa Alhodaby


 * Singles


 * Mixed team

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


 * Individual


 * Relay

Weightlifting
Egypt qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 African Youth Championships.

Wrestling
Egypt qualified five wrestlers based on its performance at the 2018 African Cadet Championships. 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


 * Boys


 * Girls