title: Saudi Arabia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
text: # Saudi Arabia at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
  
  Saudi Arabia participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.
  
  ## Competitors
  
  | Sport | Boys | Girls | Total |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Athletics | 3 | 1 | 4 |
  | Fencing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Karate | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Taekwondo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Total | 8 | 1 | 9 |
  
  ## Fencing
  
  Saudi Arabia was given a quota to compete by the tripartite committee.
  
  * Boys' Sabre - 1 quota
  
  ## Karate
  
  Saudi Arabia qualified one athlete based on its performance at one of the Karate Qualification Tournaments.
  
  * Boys' -61 kg - Mohammad Al-Assiri
  
  | Athlete | Event | Elimination round | Elimination round | Elimination round | Elimination round | Semifinals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
  | Mohammed Al Assiri | Boys' -61 kg | Hammad (JOR) D 0–0 | Tello (ARG) W 2–0 | Veseli (MKD) W 4–0 | 1 | Oussama Edari (MAR) W 2–0 | Masaki Yamaoka (JPN) W 8–0 | |
  
  ## Taekwondo
  
  | Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
  | Hasham Bandar bin Dookhy | Boys −63 kg | Bye | Gabriele Caulo (ITA) L 15-18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  ## Weightlifting
  
  Saudi Arabia qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Championships.
  
  | Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
  | Ali Yousef Alothman | Boys' −85 kg | 130 | 4 | 169 | 3 | 299 | |
  