# 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.

### Techno 293+

| Event | Location | Date | Total Places | Qualified Boys | Qualified Girls |
| Host Nation | – | – | 1 | Argentina | Argentina |
| 2017 World Championships | Quiberon | 15–20 July 2017 | 6 | France Great Britain Greece Hong Kong Israel Italy | France Great Britain Greece Hong Kong Israel Italy |
| African Qualification Tournament | Ras Sedr | 27 November – 2 December 2017 | 2 | Algeria Egypt | Algeria Egypt |
| Oceania Qualification Tournament | Brisbane | 11–15 January 2018 | 2 | Australia New Zealand | Australia New Zealand |
| Asian Qualification Tournament | Singapore | 7–11 February 2018 | 3 | China Singapore Japan | China Singapore Chinese Taipei |
| Central & S American Qualification Tournament | Paracas | 25–28 February 2018 | 2 | Brazil Peru | Brazil Peru |
| European Qualification Tournament | Palermo | 1–7 April 2018 | 4 | Netherlands Poland Portugal Russia | Croatia Norway Poland Belarus |
| N American & Caribbean Qualification Tournament | Cancún | 23–27 May 2018 | 2 | Mexico United States | Mexico United States |
| Tripartite Invitation | – | – | 2/0 | Myanmar Oman | Not used |
| Reallocation (World Championships) | – | – | 0/2 | – | Russia Turkey |
| TOTAL | | | 24 | | |

### IKA Twin Tip Racing

| Event | Location | Date | Total Places | Qualified Boys | Qualified Girls |
| Host Nation | – | – | 1 | Argentina | Argentina |
| North American & Caribbean Qualification Tournament | Cabarete | 15–20 January 2018 | 1 | Antigua and Barbuda | Dominican Republic |
| Central & S American Qualification Tournament | Cabarete | 15–20 January 2018 | 1 | Brazil | Venezuela |
| African Qualification Tournament | Dakhla | 20–25 February 2018 | 1 | Morocco | South Africa |
| European Qualification Tournament | Dakhla | 20–25 February 2018 | 1 | Slovenia | Italy |
| Asian Qualification Tournament | Pranburi | 12–18 March 2018 | 1 | Philippines | Thailand |
| Oceania Qualification Tournament | Pranburi | 12–18 March 2018 | 1 | Australia | New Zealand |
| 2018 World Championships | Bo'ao, Hainan | 03–08 May 2018 | 4 | Dominican Republic China Croatia France | Spain Italy China France |
| Tripartite Invitation | – | – | 1 | Not used | Not used |
| Reallocation (World Championship) | – | – | 1 | United States | Germany |
| TOTAL | | | 12 | | |

### Nacra 15

| Event | Location | Date | Total Places | Qualified Team |
| Host Nation | – | – | 1 | Argentina |
| African Qualification Tournament | Medemblik | 21–27 October 2017 | 1 | Tunisia |
| European Qualification Tournament | Medemblik | 21–27 October 2017 | 1 | Germany |
| N American & Caribbean Qualification Tournament | Miami | 18–20 November 2017 | 1 | United States |
| Central & S American Qualification Tournament | Miami | 18–20 November 2017 | 1 | Uruguay |
| Asian Qualification Tournament | Queensland | 10–14 January 2018 | 1 | Singapore |
| Oceania Qualification Tournament | Queensland | 10–14 January 2018 | 1 | Not used |
| 2018 World Championships | Barcelona | 22–28 April 2018 | 7 | Belgium France Netherlands Australia Switzerland Austria Spain |
| Reallocation (World Championship) | – | – | 1 | Italy |
| TOTAL | | | 14 | |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Argentina)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Italy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Argentina* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Dominican Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | France | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Philippines | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 5 | 7 | 3 | 15 |

### Boys

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Techno 293+ details | Alexandros Kalpogiannakis Greece | Nicolò Renna Italy | Finn Hawkins Great Britain |
| IKA Twin Tip Racing details | Deury Corniel Dominican Republic | Christian Tio PhilippinesToni Vodišek Slovenia | Not awarded |

### Girls

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Techno 293+ details | Giorgia Speciale Italy | Manon Pianazza France | Yana Reznikova Russia |
| IKA Twin Tip Racing details | Sofia Tomasoni Italy | Nina Font SpainPoema Newland France | Not awarded |

### Mixed

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Nacra 15 details | Dente Cittadini Teresa Romerone Argentina | Kenza Coutard Titouan Petard France | Laila van der Meer Bjarne Bouwer Netherlands |