# Archery at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Archery at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held 12–17 October 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The total of 64 athletes participated in the tournament. The archery competition took place at Parque Sarmiento (previously planned at Parque Polideportivo Roca in Villa Soldati).

## Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 competitors, 1 per each gender. As hosts, Argentina was given the maximum quota. The spots were reallocated to the next best nations at the 2017 World Youth Championships. The remaining 54 places was decided by qualification events, namely the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships and five continental qualification tournaments. A further 8, 4 in each gender was to be decided by the Universality Places.
To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2003. Furthermore, all archers must have achieved the following Minimum Qualification Score (MQS).
* Men: FITA round of 60m round of 610
* Women: FITA round of 60m round of 600

### Qualification summary

| NOC | Boy | Girl | Total athletes |
| Argentina | | 1 | 1 |
| Australia | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Belarus | | 1 | 1 |
| Belgium | 1 | | 1 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Canada | 1 | | 1 |
| Chile | | 1 | 1 |
| China | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Colombia | 1 | | 1 |
| Cuba | 1 | | 1 |
| Dominican Republic | | 1 | 1 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Estonia | 1 | | 1 |
| France | | 1 | 1 |
| Germany | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| India | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Iran | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Italy | 1 | | 1 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | | 1 |
| Japan | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mauritius | 1 | | 1 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Moldova | | 1 | 1 |
| Myanmar | | 1 | 1 |
| Namibia | | 1 | 1 |
| Netherlands | | 1 | 1 |
| New Zealand | | 1 | 1 |
| North Korea | | 1 | 1 |
| Paraguay | 1 | | 1 |
| Philippines | | 1 | 1 |
| Russia | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Samoa | | 1 | 1 |
| San Marino | 1 | | 1 |
| South Africa | 1 | | 1 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Spain | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Thailand | 1 | | 1 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| United States | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total: 45 NOCs | 32 | 32 | 64 |

### Boys' qualification

| Mean of qualification | Date | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | – | – | 1 0 | Argentina |
| World YOG Qualifier | 2–8 October 2017 | Rosario | 16 | South Korea Russia Sri Lanka Turkey Italy Iran Ukraine Chinese Taipei Colombia Germany Japan United States Mexico Brazil China Estonia |
| Asian Qualifier | 24 November – 1 December 2017 | Dhaka | 3 | India Thailand Kazakhstan |
| Americas Qualifier | 7–12 May 2018 | Guatemala City | 2 3 | Cuba Canada Paraguay |
| European Qualifier | 29 June | Patras | 3 | Belgium Great Britain Spain |
| Oceanian Qualifier | 9–13 July 2018 | Païta | 1 | Australia |
| African Qualifier | 18–28 July 2018 | Algiers | 2 | South Africa Egypt |
| Universality Places | 31 March 2017 | – | 4 | Bangladesh Ivory Coast Mauritius San Marino |
| Total | Total | Total | 32 | |
* Argentina declined its host nation quota, which was redistributed to the Americas qualifier.

### Girls' qualification

| Mean of qualification | Date | Host | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | – | – | 1 | Argentina |
| World YOG Qualifier | 2–8 October 2017 | Argentina | 16 17 | South Korea Great Britain Ukraine United States Moldova Spain Australia China Russia Kazakhstan Mexico France Netherlands Chinese Taipei Japan Philippines Chile |
| Asian Qualifier | 24 November – 1 December 2017 | Dhaka | 3 | India North Korea Iran |
| Americas Qualifier | 7–12 May 2018 | Guatemala City | 2 | Brazil Dominican Republic |
| European Qualifier | 29 2018 | Patras | 3 | Germany Turkey Belarus |
| Oceanian Qualifier | 9–13 July 2018 | Païta | 1 | New Zealand |
| African Qualifier | 18–28 July 2018 | Algiers | 2 | Namibia Egypt |
| Universality Places | 31 March 2017 | – | 4 3 | Bangladesh Myanmar Samoa |
| Total | Total | Total | 32 | |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| – | Mixed-NOCs | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | China | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | India | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Boys' individual details | Trenton Cowles United States | Akash Malik India | Senna Roos Belgium |
| Girls' individual details | Zhang Mengyao China | Èlia Canales Spain | Son Ye-ryeong South Korea |
| Mixed NOC team details | Kyla Touraine-Helias France José Manuel Solera Spain | Agustina Sofia Giannasio Argentina Aitthiwat Soithong Thailand | Quinn Reddig Namibia Trenton Cowles United States |