United States at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

The United States participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

Archery
The United States qualified two archers based on its performance at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships.


 * Individual


 * Team

Badminton
The United States qualified one player based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.


 * Singles


 * Team

Basketball
The United States qualified a girls' team based on its performance at the 2017 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup. The United States later qualified a boys' team based on the U18 3x3 National Federation Ranking.


 * Boys' tournament - 1 team of 4 athletes
 * Girls' tournament - 1 team of 4 athletes


 * Shoot-out contest


 * Skills Competition

Beach volleyball
The United States qualified a girls' team based on their performance at the 2018 Central Zone U19 Championship.


 * Girls' tournament - 1 team of 2 athletes

Boxing

 * Boys


 * Girls

Canoeing
The United States qualified three boats based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event.


 * Boys' K1 - 1 boat
 * Girls' C1 - 1 boat
 * Girls' K1 - 1 boat

Equestrian
The United States qualified a rider based on its performance at the FEI North American Junior Championships.


 * Individual Jumping - 1 athlete

Fencing
The United States qualified six athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Cadet World Championship.


 * Boys' Épée - Isaac Herbst
 * Boys' Foil - Kenji Bravo
 * Boys' Sabre - Robert Vidovszky
 * Girls' Épée - Emily Vermeule
 * Girls' Foil - May Tieu
 * Girls' Sabre - Alexis Anglade

Golf

 * Individual


 * Team

Artistic
The United States qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 American Junior Championship.


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

Rhythmic
The United States qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 American Junior Championship.


 * Girls' rhythmic individual all-around - 1 quota

Trampoline
The United States qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 American Junior Championship.


 * Girls' trampoline - 1 quota

Roller speed skating
The United States qualified two roller skaters based on its performance at the 2018 Roller Speed Skating World Championship.


 * Boys' combined speed event - Sabien Tinson
 * Girls' combined speed event - Corinne Stoddard

Rowing
The United States qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2017 World Junior Rowing Championships.


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

Rugby sevens
The United States qualified a boys' team based on its performance at the 2018 Americas North qualification tournament, with Canada electing to send its boys' field hockey team instead based on quotas.


 * Roster


 * Tyren Al-Jiboori
 * Max Clark
 * Alex Cleary
 * Lauina Falatea
 * Jasper Green
 * Isaia Kruse
 * Sione Mahe
 * Zachary Neff
 * Uluamu Niutupuivaha
 * Jon Rodriguez
 * Inoke Waqavesi
 * Ben Wierenga

Sailing
The United States qualified one boat based on its performance at the North American and Caribbean Nacra 15 Qualifiers. The nation later qualified two more boats based on their performance at the North American Windsurfing Championship. An IKA Twin Tip boat was qualified through its performance at the 2018 World Championship.


 * Boys' Techno 293+ - 1 boat
 * Boys' IKA Twin Tip Racing - 1 boat
 * Girls' Techno 293+ - 1 boat
 * Mixed Nacra 15 - 1 boat

Sport climbing
The United States qualified two sport climbers based on their second-place and third-place finishes in the youth A combined event of the 2017 World Youth Sport Climbing Championships.


 * Girls' combined - 2 quotas (Ashima Shiraishi, Brooke Raboutou)

However neither Shiraishi nor Raboutou was included in the final list of starting athletes for the Summer Youth Olympics. The US Olympic Committee declined to allow them to participate, citing a fixed limit on the total number of athletes that it could send to all events, and a low prioritization of the climbing event based on the fact that, as a sport new to the Olympics, USA Climbing had applied for recognition by the USOC but not yet received it.

Swimming
United States qualified eight swimmers.

Table tennis
The United States qualified two table tennis players based on its performance at the North American Continental Qualifier.


 * Boys' singles - Kanak Jha
 * Girls' singles – Amy Wang

Tennis

 * Singles


 * Doubles

Triathlon
The United States qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 American Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.


 * Individual


 * Relay

Weightlifting
The United States qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 201? ??? Youth Championships.


 * Boy


 * Girl

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


 * Boys


 * Girls