# New Zealand at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

New Zealand participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

## Archery
### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Rebecca Jones | Girls' Individual | 587 | 31 | Uehara (JPN) W 6–5 | Reddig (NAM) W 7–3 | Vázquez Cadena (MEX) L 0–6 | did not advance | did not advance | 7 |

### Team

| Athletes | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athletes | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Rebecca Jones (NZL) Tang Chih-chun (TPE) | Mixed team | 1276 | 28 | Reisenweber (GER) Fabrizzi (ITA) W 6–2 | Hnin (MYA) Ak (TUR) W 5–1 | Tagle (PHI) Õun (EST) W 5–1 | Giannasio (ARG) Soithong (THA) L 0–6 | Reddig (NAM) Cowles (USA) L 3–5 | 4 |

## Badminton

New Zealand qualified one player based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.

### Singles

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Oscar Guo | Boys' Singles | Grimley (GBR) L 0–2 | Papai (HUN) W 2–0 | Chen (TPE) L 0–2 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 9 |

### Team

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Team Omega Oscar Guo (NZL) Markus Barth (NOR) Chang Ho Kim (FIJ) Kunlavut Vitidsarn (THA) Huang Yin-hsuan (TPE) Léonice Huet (FRA) Anastasiya Prozorova (UKR) Vũ Thị Anh Thư (VIE) | Mixed Teams | Gamma (MIX) W (110–99) | Theta (MIX) W (110–100) | Sigma (MIX) W (110–98) | 1Q | Epsilon (MIX) W (110–102) | Zeta (MIX) W (110–109) | Alpha (MIX) L (106–110) | |

## Basketball

New Zealand qualified a boys' team based on the U18 3x3 National Federation Ranking.
* Boys' tournament – 1 team of 4 athletes
| Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Boys' tournament | Andorra W 11–16 | Ukraine L 13–21 | Venezuela W 21–16 | Brazil L 17–20 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Beach volleyball

New Zealand qualified a boys' and girls' team based on their performance at the 2018 Oceania U19 Championship.
* Boys' tournament – 1 team of 2 athletes
* Girls' tournament – 1 team of 2 athletes
| Athletes | Event | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Round of 24 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athletes | Event | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| David Jeffrey–Keegan Joe | Boys' | Veretiuk–Shekunov (RUS) L0–2 Poznański–Miszczuk (POL) L0–2 Lammel–Droguett (CHI) L0–2 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Maya Dickson–Tamara Otene | Girls' | Nicole–Canedo (BOL) L 1–2 van Driel–Schoon (NED) L 1–2 Dorcas–Kutekenenyi (COD) W 2–0 | 3 | Thatsarida–Pawarun (THA) L 0–2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Boxing
### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary R1 | Preliminary R2 | Semifinals | Final / RM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Kasib Hunter Murdoch-McKeich | -60 kg | Bondarchuk (UKR) L 0–5 | Mamdouh (EGY) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Wilcox (CAN) L 0–5 | 6 |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final / RM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Te Mania Rzeka Tai Shelford-Edmonds | -57 kg | Bye | Carrillo Carrillo (MEX) L RSC R2 0:48 | Rooney (IRL) L 0–5 | 4 |

## Canoeing

New Zealand qualified three boats based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event.
* Boys' C1 – Finn Anderson
* Boys' K1 – George Snook
* Girls' C1 – Kahlia Cullwick
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Repechage | Repechage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Finn Anderson | Boys' C1 sprint | 2:34.80 | 16 | 2:30.15 | 12 | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Finn Anderson | Boys' C1 slalom | 1:20.26 | 2 | Bye | Bye | — | Bechtold (GER) W 1:24.44 | Kuzyk (UKR) W 1:20.57 | Saramandif (MRI) L 1:23.26 | |
| George Snook | Boys' K1 sprint | 1:59.00 | 13 | 2:00.50 | 8 | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| George Snook | Boys' K1 slalom | 1:14.33 | 3 | Bye | Bye | — | Kiss (HUN) W 1:13.35 | Changheng (CHN) L 1:16.27 | Bouchardon (FRA) L 1:16.81 | 4 |
| Kahlia Cullwick | Girls' C1 sprint | 2:56.39 | 14 | 3:37.85 | 5 | Nurlanova (KAZ) L 3:10.30 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kahlia Cullwick | Girls' C1 slalom | 1:34.17 | 7 | Bye | Bye | Rodríguez (MEX) W 1:39.06 | Asadbeki (IRI) L 1:37.84 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Cycling

New Zealand qualified a boys' and girls' combined team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games Junior Nation Rankings. The also qualified a mixed BMX racing team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games BMX Junior Nation Rankings.
* Boys' combined team – 1 team of 2 athletes
* Girls' combined team – 1 team of 2 athletes: Sammie Maxwell and Phoebe Young
* Mixed BMX racing team – 1 team of 2 athletes

## Equestrian

New Zealand qualified a rider based on its ranking in the FEI World Jumping Challenge Rankings.
* Individual Jumping – Briar Burnett-Grant

### Summary

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round A | Round A | Round B | Round B | Round B | | | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Briar Burnett-Grant | Milagro Maximo | Individual | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | =1 Q | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| Mix Australasia Almarzooqi (UAE) Najafinia (IRI) Burnett-Grant (NZL) Alqashouti (QAT) Sinderberry (AUS) | La Corina Lala La Trinidad Milagro Maximo Pietro Zambo | Team | 24 | =1 Q | 36 | 60 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 60 | 4 |

## Golf
### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Total | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank | Score | Total | Rank | Score | Par | Rank |
| Juliana Hung | Girls' Individual | 77 (+7) | 15 | 77 (+7) | 154 | 19 | 77 (+7) | 231 | 24 | 231 | +21 | 20 |
| Jimmy Zheng | Boys' Individual | 73 (+3) | 12 | 75 (+5) | 148 | 17 | 81 (+11) | 229 | 26 | 229 | +19 | 24 |

### Team

| Athletes | Event | Round 1 (Fourball) | Round 1 (Fourball) | Round 2 (Foursome) | Round 2 (Foursome) | Round 3 (Individual Stroke) | Round 3 (Individual Stroke) | Round 3 (Individual Stroke) | Round 3 (Individual Stroke) | Total | Total | Total |
| Athletes | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Girl | Boy | Total | Rank | Score | Par | Rank |
| Juliana Hung Jimmy Zheng | Mixed team | 69 (−1) | 27 | 79 (+9) | 25 | 77 | 73 | 150 (+10) | 22 | 298 | +18 | 26 |

## Gymnastics
### Artistic

New Zealand qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 Oceania Junior Championship.
* Boys' artistic individual all-around – 1 quota

## Judo
### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Repechage | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Rihari Iki | Boys' −81 kg | Adrian Sulca (ROU) L 00-10 | did not advance | did not advance | Alexis Harrison (PAN) W 10-00 | Mark van Dijk (NED) L 00-10 | did not advance | 5 |

### Team

| Athletes | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| Athletes | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Team Nanjing Hasret Bozkurt (TUR) Joaquín Burgos (ARG) Nilufar Ermaganbetova (UZB) Rihari Iki (NZL) Alaa Mousaad Mohamed (EGY) Eva Perez Soler (ESP) Vugar Talibov (AZE) Romain Valadier-Picard (FRA) | Mixed Team | — | Team Beijing (MIX) L 3–4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Karate

* Boys' +68 kg – Raukawa Jefferies
| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Raukawa Jefferies | Boys' +68 kg | Robert Avakimov (RUS) L (1–4) | Enes Bulut (TUR) L (0–1) | Nabil Ech-Chaabi (MAR) D (0–0) | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Rugby sevens

New Zealand qualified a girls' team based on its performance at the Oceania Rugby U18s Sevens Championship.

### Girls' tournament
#### Roster

* Tiana Davison
* Dhys Faleafaga
* Tynealle Fitzgerald
* Iritana Hohaia
* Jazmin Hotham
* Ricshay Lemanu
* Azalleyah Maaka
* Risaleaana Pouri-Lane
* Montessa Tairakena
* Kalyn Takitimu-Cook
* Arorangi Tauranga
* Hinemoa Watene
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | New Zealand | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 169 | 27 | +142 | 15 |
| 2 | France | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 178 | 45 | +133 | 13 |
| 3 | Canada | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 125 | 85 | +40 | 11 |
| 4 | Colombia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 119 | −53 | 9 |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 142 | −98 | 7 |
| 6 | Tunisia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 183 | −164 | 5 |
* 13 October 2018 12:00
| New Zealand | 53–0 | Tunisia |
| Try: Davison 0'c Pouri-Lane 3'm Maaka 5'm Tairakena 7'm Hohaia (2) 7'c, 10'c Paul 9'm Takitimu-Cook 12'c Tauranga 13'm Con: Pouri-Lane (2/6) 1', 8' Takitimu-Cook (2/4) 11', 12' | Report | |
* Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Maddy Putz (Australia)
* 13 October 2018 15:05
| New Zealand | 38–5 | Colombia |
| Try: Hohaia 0'c Dallinger 2'c Pouri-Lane 5'c Takitimu-Cook 8'c Tairakena 10'm Fitzgerald 14'm Con: Pouri-Lane (4/5) 1', 3', 6', 9' Dallinger (0/1) | Report | Try: Mejia 12'm Con: Ibarra (0/1) |
* Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Katherine Ritchie (Great Britain)
* 14 October 2018 12:00
| New Zealand | 26–12 | France |
| Try: Watene 4'c Tairakena (2) 6'm, 8'c Pouri-Lane 11'c Con: Pouri-Lane (3/4) 4', 9', 11' | Report | Try: Berthoumieu 2'm Muller 13'c Con: Christiaens (1/1) 13' Maran (0/1) |
* Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Ashleigh Murray (South Africa)
* 14 October 2018 15:05
| New Zealand | 20–5 | Canada |
| Try: Maaka 7'm Tairakena (2) 10'm, 12'm Risaleaana Pouri-Lane 13'm Con: Risaleaana Pouri-Lane (0/4) | Report | Try: Wardley 4'm Con: Black (0/1) |
* Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Katherine Ritchie (Great Britain)
* 15 October 2018 9:50
| New Zealand | 32–5 | Kazakhstan |
| Try: Takitimu-Cook 6'm Tairakena 8'm Watene 10'c Dallinger 11'm Tahere (2) 12'm, 14'm Con: Pouri-Lane (1/6) 10' | Report | Try: Odnoletok 0'm Con: Mikhailenko (0/1) |
* Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Katherine Ritchie (Great Britain)

#### Gold Medal Game

* 15 October 2018 15:35
| New Zealand | 15–12 | France |
| Try: Tairakena 0'm Hohaia 4'm Mahina 11'm Con: Pouri-Lane (0/3) | Report | Try: Christiaens 6'c Hapulat 9'm Con: Christiaens (1/2) 7' |
* Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires Referee: Ashleigh Murray (South Africa)

## Sailing

New Zealand qualified two boats based on its performance at the Oceania Techno 293+ Youth Olympic Games Qualifier. They also qualified one boat based on its performance at the Asian and Oceania IKA Twin Tip Racing Qualifiers.
* Boys' Techno 293+ – 1 boat
* Girls' Techno 293+ – 1 boat
* Girls' IKA Twin Tip Racing – 1 boat

## Sport climbing

New Zealand qualified one sport climber based on its performance at the 2017 Oceania Youth Sport Climbing Championships.
* Girls' combined – 1 quota (Sarah Tetzlaff)

## Table tennis

New Zealand qualified two table tennis players based on its performance at the Oceania Continental Qualifier.
* Boys' singles – Nathan Xu
* Girls' singles – Hui Ling Vong

## Tennis
### Singles

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Valentina Ivanov | Girls' Singles | G Drummy (IRL) L (0–6, 7–5, 3–6) | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Doubles

| Athletes | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athletes | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Thasaporn Naklo (THA) Valentina Ivanov (NZL) | Girls' Doubles | Bilokin (UKR) Dema (UKR) L (1–6, 3–6) | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 9 |

## Triathlon

New Zealand qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Oceania Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.

### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Swim (750m) | Trans 1 | Bike (20 km) | Trans 2 | Run (5 km) | Total Time | Rank |
| Dylan McCullough | Boys | 9:29 | 0:28 | 26:52 | 0:28 | 16:10 | 53:27 | |
| Brea Roderick | Girls | 10:12 | 0:39 | 30:10 | 0:28 | 19:26 | 1:00:55 | 9 |

### Relay

| Athlete | Event | Total Times per Athlete (Swim 250m, Bike 6.6 km, Run 1.8 km) | Total Group Time | Rank |
| Oceania 1 Charlotte Derbyshire (AUS) Dylan McCullough (NZL) Brea Roderick (NZL) Joshua Ferris (AUS) | Mixed Relay | 22:26 (5) 19:51 (1) 23:00 (2) 21:15 (2) | 1:26:32 | |

## Weightlifting

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Kanah Andrews-Nahu | Girls' +63 kg | 95 | 2 | 116 | 4 | 211 | |
* Supatchanin Khamhaeng from Thailand was disqualified after testing positive for a banned substance. She was stripped of her gold medal and Kanah Andrews-Nahu got the bronze medal.

## Wrestling

New Zealand qualified four wrestlers based on its performance at the 2018 Oceania Cadet Championship.
* 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
| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Final / RM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Arapo Kellner | Boys' Greco-Roman −60kg | Sadyrov (KGZ) L 0 – 9 $^{VSU}$ | Ugalde (MEX) L 0 – 8 $^{VSU}$ | — | — | 3 Q | Merikhi (ALG) L 2 – 10 $^{VSU1}$ | 6 |
| Westerly Ainsley | Boys' freestyle −65kg | Ullah (PAK) L 2 – 13 $^{VSU1}$ | Bayramov (AZE) L 0 – 10 $^{VSU}$ | — | — | 3 Q | Ismail (EGY) L 0 – 7 $^{VPO}$ | 6 |
| Ryan Marshall | Boys' freestyle −80kg | Tembotov (RUS) L 0 – 10 $^{VSU}$ | Rakhimov (UZB) L 0 – 10 $^{VSU}$ | — | — | 3 Q | Yairegpie (FSM) W 4 – 0 $^{VFA}$ | 5 |
| Ella Derry | Girls' freestyle −43kg | Leorda (MDA) L WO | Simran (IND) L WO | Mahmoud (EGY) L WO | Batbaatar (MGL) L WO | 5 Q | Ogunsanya (NGR) L WO | 10 |