From 6th to 18th October 2018, Summer Youth Olympic Games 2018 was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Manu Bhaker led the Indian team as the flag-bearer of the Indian contingent in the opening ceremony. Jeremy Lalrinnunga was India’s flag bearer at the closing ceremony.
- 4,000 athletes, from 206 teams, aged 15-18 participated. Indian contingent consisted of 68 members, including 46 athletes. This is India’s largest ever contingent at the Youth Olympics.
- Russian Federation topped the medal tally with 59 medals: 29 gold, 18 silver and 12 bronze medals. Japan secured 2nd position with 39 medals: 15 gold, 12 silver, 12 bronze.
- India obtained 17th position with 13 Medals: 3 gold, 9 silver and 1 bronze.
Indian winners:
Gold medal winners:
| Sl. No. | Event | Winner | Highlights |
| 1 | 10m Air Pistol Men’s Shooting | Saurabh Chaudhary | |
| 2 | Men’s 62kg Weightlifting | Jeremy Lalrinnunga | India’s first ever Youth Olympics Gold medal |
| 3 | 10m Air Pistol Women Shooting | Manu Bhaker | Manu Bhaker has become the 1stIndian shooter to win gold in Youth Olympic Games |
Silver medal winners:
| Sl. No. | Event | Winners | Highlights |
| 1 | Archery – Men’s Recurve Individual | Akash Malik | India’s first silver-medallist in archery at the Youth Olympic Games |
| 2 | Hockey5s Men’s team event | Indian Men’s Hockey team | won silver medals in their debut |
| 3 | Hockey5s Women’s team event | Indian Women’s Hockey team | won silver medals in their debut |
| 4 | Badminton Men’s Singles | Lakshya Sen | |
| 5 | 10m Air Rifle Women’s Shooting | Mehuli Ghosh | |
| 6 | 10m Air Rifle Men’s Shooting | Shahu Tushar Mane | |
| 7 | Women’s Freestyle 43kg Wrestling | Simran Simran | |
| 8 | Athletics – Men’s 5000m Race Walk | Suraj Panwar | |
| 9 | Women’s 44 kg Judo | Tababi Devi Thangjam | India’s first judo medallist at the Olympic level |
India men’s national field hockey team consisted of:
- Prashant Chauhan, Sudeep Chirmako, Shivam Anand, Pawan, Rahul Rajbhar, Sanjay, Maninder Singh, Vivek Prasad, Rabichandra Moirangathem.
India women’s national field hockey team consisted of:
- Bichu Devi Kharibam, Baljeet Kaur, Ishika Chaudhary, Chetna, Khushboo, Reet, Salima Tete, Lalremsiami, Mumtaz Khan.
Bronze medal winners:
| Sl. No. | Event | Winner |
| 1 | Athletics – Men’s Triple Jump | Praveen Chithravel |
Additional Information:
- Lakshya Sen also won gold medal as part of the winning team (‘Team Alpha’) in the mixed team event (badminton).
- Tababi Devi Thangjam also won a silver medal in the mixed team event under mixed-NOC.
- Manu Bhaker & Bezhan Fayzullaev won silver Medal in the Mixed 10 metre air pistol.
- Saurabh Chaudhary donated the pistol with which he won gold medal to be a part of Olympic Museum in Switzerland.
- Thangjam Tababi Devi donated her competition attire to the International Olympic Committee to be a part of the Olympic Museum in Switzerland.
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