Vietnam at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
# Vietnam at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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

## Competitors

| Sport | Boy(s) | Girl(s) | Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Badminton | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Dancesport | 1 | N/A | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Swimming | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Taekwondo | N/A | 1 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 7 | 6 | 13 |

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Ngô Sơn Đỉnh | Weightlifting | Boys' 56 kg | 7 October |
| Gold | Nguyễn Huy Hoàng | Swimming | Boys' 800 metre freestyle | 11 October |
| Silver | Nguyễn Thị Thu Trang | Weightlifting | Girls' 44 kg | 7 October |

## Athletics

Lê Tiến Long and Đoàn Thu Hằng qualified.

### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Stage 1 | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Lê Tiến Long | Boys' 2000 m steeplechase | 5:51.79 | 10 | 12:44 | 38 | 18:35.79 | 10 |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Stage 1 | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Đoàn Thu Hằng | Girls' 1500 m | 4:41.17 | 13 | 14:02 | 24 | 18:43.17 | 10 |

## Badminton

Vietnam qualified two players 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 |
| Nguyễn Hải Đăng | Boys' Singles | Rumbay (INA) L (7–21, 9–21) | Koppen (NED) W (23–21, 21–17) | Medel (CHI) W (21–7, 21–7) | 2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 9 |
| Vũ Thị Anh Thư | Girls' Singles | Prozorova (UKR) W (21–8, 21–19) | Akoumba Ze (CMR) W (21–6, 21–4) | Delcheva (BUL) W (21–18, 21–12) | 1Q | Goh (MAS) L (12–21, 9–21) | did not advance | did not advance | 5 |

### 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 Epsilon Nguyễn Hải Đăng (VIE) Chen Shiau-cheng (TPE) Fabricio Farias (BRA) Tomás Toledano (ESP) Goh Jin Wei (MAS) Vlada Gînga (MDA) Aminat Oluwafunke Ilori (NGR) Nazlıcan İnci (TUR) | Mixed Teams | Alpha (MIX) L (98–110) | Zeta (MIX) L (89–110) | Delta (MIX) W (110–108) | 4Q | Omega (MIX) L (102–110) | did not advance | did not advance | 5 |
| Team Omega Vũ Thị Anh Thư (VIE) Markus Barth (NOR) Oscar Guo (NZL) Chang Ho Kim (FIJ) Kunlavut Vitidsarn (THA) Huang Yin-hsuan (TPE) Léonice Huet (FRA) Anastasiya Prozorova (UKR) | 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) | |

## Boxing

Vietnam qualified one boxer based on its performance at the 2017 Youth Women’s World Boxing Championships.

Đỗ Hồng Ngọc was disqualified.

## Dancesport

Vietnam qualified one dancer based on its performance at the 2018 World Youth Breaking Championship.

* B-Boys - B4 (Lê Minh Hiếu)

## Gymnastics

### Artistic

Nguyễn Văn Khánh Phong and Phạm Như Phương qualified on their performance at the 2018 Junior Artistic Asian Championships, Indonesia.

* Boys' artistic individual all-around - Nguyễn Văn Khánh Phong
* Girls' artistic individual all-around - Phạm Như Phương

## Swimming

Nguyễn Huy Hoàng, Phạm Thành Bảo and Vũ Thị Phương Anh qualified.

## Taekwondo

### Girl

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Hồ Thị Kim Ngân | Girls' 49 kg | Yangchen Tshering (BHU) W 22-0 | Elizaveta Ryadninskaya (RUS) L 5-6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Vietnam qualified one athele (girl) based on its performance at the 2017 Youth World Weightlifting Championships.

### Boy

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Ngô Sơn Đỉnh | −56 kg | 114 | 1 | 148 | 1 | 262 | |

### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Nguyễn Thị Thu Trang | −44 kg | 72 | 1 | 75 | 3 | 147 | |
