# Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 7 to 15 October. The competition took place at the Tecnópolis in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

## Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 competitors, 1 per each gender. As hosts, Argentina is given the maximum quota should they not qualify an athlete and a further 4 spots, 2 in each gender, will be allocated by the Tripartite Commission. The remaining 58 places shall be decided in three qualification phases; the six continental qualification tournaments, the six “Road to Buenos Aires” events and the Under-18 World Rankings.
To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2003.

### Boys

| Event | Location | Date | Total Places | Qualified |
| Host Nation | Buenos Aires | 15 June 2018 | 1 | Martín Bentancor (ARG) |
| African Qualification Event | Tunis | 16–17 April 2017 | 2 | Youssef Abdel-Aziz (EGY) Nathael Hamdoun (TUN) |
| Latin American Qualification Event | Santo Domingo | 12–14 May 2017 | 2 | Guilherme Teodoro (BRA) Nicolas Burgos (CHI) |
| Asian Qualification Event | Greater Noida | 3–5 November 2017 | 4 | Wang Chuqin (CHN) Lin Yun-ju (TPE) Tomokazu Harimoto (JPN) Cho Dae-seong (KOR) |
| European Qualification Event | Split | 3–5 November 2017 | 4 | Ioannis Sgouropoulos (GRE) Medardas Stankevičius (LTU) Vladislav Ursu (MDA) Vladimir Sidorenko (RUS) |
| Oceania Qualification Event | Bendigo | 11–12 November 2017 | 1 | Nathan Xu (NZL) |
| North American Qualification Event | Las Vegas | 17 December 2017 | 1 | Kanak Jha (USA) |
| Road to Buenos Aires – Europe | Hodonín | 12–13 February 2018 | 2 | Bastien Rembert (FRA) Cristian Pletea (ROU) |
| Road to Buenos Aires – Africa | Radès | 24–25 March 2018 | 2 | Yu Khinhang (AZE) Amin Ahmadian (IRI) |
| Road to Buenos Aires – Latin America | Asunción | 14–15 April 2018 | 2 | Matteo Mutti (ITA) Yanapong Panagitgun (THA) |
| Road to Buenos Aires – Asia | Bangkok | 7–8 May 2018 | 2 | Manav Vikash Thakkar (IND) Javen Choong (MAS) |
| Road to Buenos Aires – North America | Markham | 1–2 June 2018 | 2 | Kim Song-gun (PRK) Cédric Meissner (GER) |
| Road to Buenos Aires – Oceania | Rarotonga | 8–9 June 2018 | 2 | Pang Yew En Koen (SGP) Jann Nayre (PHI) |
| ITTF Under-18 World Rankings | – | 1 July 2018 | 3 | Truls Möregårdh (SWE) Benjamin Gould (AUS) Maciej Kolodziejczyk (AUT) |
| Tripartite Invitation | - | – | 2 | Pagerani Rohit (BIZ) Azeez Solanke (NGR) |
| TOTAL | | | 32 | |

### Girls

| Event | Location | Date | Total Places | Qualified |
| African Qualification Event | Tunis | 16–17 April 2017 | 2 | Marwa Alhodaby (EGY) Esther Oribamise (NGR) |
| Latin American Qualification Event | Santo Domingo | 12–14 May 2017 | 2 | Bruna Takahashi (BRA) Adriana Díaz (PUR) |
| Asian Qualification Event | Greater Noida | 3–5 November 2017 | 4 | Sun Yingsha (CHN) Su Pei-ling (TPE) Miu Hirano (JPN) Jinnipa Sawettabut (THA) |
| European Qualification Event | Split | 3–5 November 2017 | 4 | Ning Jing (AZE) Nadezhda Bogdanova (BLR) Lucie Gauthier (FRA) Mariia Tailakova (RUS) |
| Oceania Qualification Event | Bendigo | 11–12 November 2017 | 1 | Hui Ling Vong (NZL) |
| North American Qualification Event | Las Vegas | 17 December 2017 | 1 | Amy Wang (USA) |
| Road to Buenos Aires – Europe | Hodonín | 12–13 February 2018 | 2 | Andreea Dragoman (ROU) Lee Ka Yee (HKG) |
| Road to Buenos Aires – Africa | Radès | 24–25 March 2018 | 2 | Tatiana Kukuľková (SVK) Sabina Šurjan (SRB) |
| Road to Buenos Aires – Latin America | Asunción | 14–15 April 2018 | 2 | Jamila Laurenti (ITA) Goi Rui Xuan (SGP) |
| Road to Buenos Aires – Asia | Bangkok | 7–8 May 2018 | 2 | Andrea Pavlović (CRO) Choi Hae-eun (KOR) |
| Road to Buenos Aires – North America | Markham | 1–2 June 2018 | 2 | Pyon Song-gyong (PRK) Franziska Schreiner (GER) |
| Road to Buenos Aires – Oceania | Rarotonga | 8–9 June 2018 | 2 | Archana Girish Kamath (IND) Alice Li Sian Chang (MAS) |
| ITTF Under-18 World Rankings | – | 1 July 2018 | 3 | Zdena Blašková (CZE) Anna Węgrzyn (POL) Annika Lundström (FIN) |
| Host country reallocation | – | 1 July 2018 | 1 | Aleksandra Vovk (SLO) |
| Tripartite Invitation | - | – | 2 | Chiarra Morri (SMR) Grace Yee (FIJ) |
| TOTAL | | | 32 | |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Japan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |

### Events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Boys' singles details | Wang Chuqin China | Tomokazu Harimoto Japan | Kanak Jha United States |
| Girls' singles details | Sun Yingsha China | Miu Hirano Japan | Andreea Dragoman Romania |
| Mixed team details | China (CHN) Sun Yingsha Wang Chuqin | Japan (JPN) Miu Hirano Tomokazu Harimoto | Chinese Taipei (TPE) Su Pei-ling Lin Yun-ju |