Tonga at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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IOC codeTGA
NOCTonga Sports Association and National Olympic Committee
Competitors12 in 3 sports
Tonga at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC codeTGA
NOCTonga Sports Association and National Olympic Committee
in Buenos Aires
Competitors12 in 3 sports
Summer Youth Olympics appearances

Tonga participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.[1]

The following is the list of number of competitors that participated at the Games per sport.

Sport Boys Girls Total
Athletics101
Futsal01010
Swimming101
Total21012

Archery

Tonga was given a spot to compete in the girl's event by the tripartite committee,[2] but Tonga did not compete in archery.[1]

Athletics

Tonga was given a spot to compete by the tripartite committee.[2]

  • Boys' events - 1 quota

Futsal

Tonga qualified in the girls' tournament by finishing runner's up at the 2017 OFC Youth Futsal Tournament and after New Zealand decided to compete in rugby sevens.[3][4]

  • Girls' tournament - 1 team of 10 athletes

Swimming

Taekwondo

References

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