South Africa at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics South Africa at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics South Africa competed at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, held in Singapore from 14 August to 26 August 2010. The nation was represented by the South Africa Olympic Committee, which sent a total of sixty-two athletes to compete in thirteen sports. The flagbearer at the opening ceremony for the nation was fencer Wanda Matshaya. The following South African athletes won medals at the Games, all dates shown are August 2010. In the results sections below, medallists' names are emboldened. Names that italicised were a part of a
Fencing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics qualified overall across all genders will also qualify, with a maximum one per event per NOC (2 from Oceania and 1 from the other four continents). As hosts, Argentina is able to enter athletes in all six events and a further three wildcards were awarded per gender. These were awarded to: Costa Rica, Lebanon, Togo, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Senegal. To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2003. Fencing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Fencing events at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics were held from