Wrestling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 12 to 14 October. The events took place at the Asia Pavilion in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 6 competitors, 2 in Boys' Freestyle, 2 in Boys' Greco-Roman and 2 in Girls' Freestyle. As hosts, Argentina was given 3 quotas, one in each discipline should they participate in the Cadet Pan American Championships. A further 12, 8 male and 4 female athletes were decided by the Tripartite Commission. The remaining 95 athletes, 50 male and 45 female qualified over five continental qualification tournaments. For the boysâ events, each continent qualified 1 athlete while for the girlsâ events the top 3 Europeans, top 2 Asians and Pan Americans and the top African and Oceanian athletes qualified.
To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2003.