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 boys’ events, each continent qualified 1 athlete while for the girls’ events the top 3 Europeans, top 2 Asians and Pan Americans and the top African and Oceanian athletes qualified.[1]
To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2003.[1]