Sailing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Sailing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 7 to 13 October at the Club Náutico San Isidro in San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Qualification
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 5 boats, 1 per each event. As hosts, Argentina will be given a boat to compete in all events provided that they compete in either the American Continental Tournament or World Championships. A further 6 quotas will be decided by the Tripartite Commission to be given in either the Techno 293+ or IKA Twin Tip Racing events, however four of them were unused and were reallocated to the next best nation from the respective World Championship. The remaining places shall be decided by qualification events, namely the six continental qualification tournaments and the World Championships for each boat. Boats qualified in the World Championships are prioritised over the continental events.

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2003.