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| Location | Dakar, Senegal |
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| Motto | Africa welcomes, Dakar celebrates (French:L'Afrique accueille, Dakar célèbre) (Wolof:Afrig dalal, Ndakaaru jëmël) |
| Athletes | ~2,700 (expected) |
| Events | 151 in 25 sports |
| Opening | 31 October 2026 |
| Closing | 13 November 2026 |
| Opened by | PresidentBassirou Diomaye Faye (expected) |
| Stadium | Diamniadio Olympic Stadium |
Summer ← Buenos Aires 2018 2030 → Winter | |
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| 2026 Summer Youth Olympics |
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The2026 Summer Youth Olympics (French:Jeux Olympiques de la jeunesse d'été de 2026), officially known as theIV Summer Youth Olympic Games and commonly known asDakar 2026 (Wolof:Ndakaaru 2026), will be the fourth edition of theSummer Youth Olympics, an internationalsports, education and cultural festival for teenagers, in a city designated by theInternational Olympic Committee (IOC). Originally scheduled to be held for 18 days inDakar, Senegal, from 22 October to 9 November 2022, it is now scheduled to be held there for 13 days—from 31 October to 13 November 2026,[1] becoming the first IOC event to be held inAfrica.
On 9 December 2014 at the127th IOC Session it was decided to move the organisation of the YOG to a non-Olympic year, starting with the fourth Summer Youth Olympic Games, to be postponed from 2022 to 2023.[2] Subsequently, the IOC reverted to a 2022 date, and announced in February 2018 that they would be recommending that the event be held in Africa.[3] The132nd IOC Session confirmed the change of date back to 2022 on 7 February 2018.[4] The host was announced at the133rd IOC Session inBuenos Aires, Argentina during the2018 edition.[5] However, on 15 July 2020, the IOC and Senegalese government agreed to postpone the games to 2026 due to the operational and economical consequences of the postponement of the2020 Summer Olympics to July 2021 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[6][7]
The Games will be the first Youth Olympic Games under theIOC presidency ofKirsty Coventry.
The IOC voted to select the host city of the 2022 Summer Youth Olympics on 8 October 2018 at the133rd IOC Session inBuenos Aires, Argentina.
| City | Nation | Votes |
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| Dakar |  Senegal | Unanimous |
Senegal proposes to organize the 2026 Summer Youth Olympics in three distinct areas,Dakar,Diamniadio andSaly.[8][9]
The city of Saly will host water sports, beach sports and golf.
The 2026 Summer Youth Olympics will feature 247 events in 36 sports.Breaking,skateboarding,sport climbing,surfing andkarate will join the 28 core sports. There will be no mixed team events (NOCs) for the first time, 1 open event (Equestrian), 115 men's events, and 115 women's events.[9][10][11]Baseball5 andwushu were subsequently added as optional sports.[12]
In June 2024, the IOC Executive Board approved a new sports program proposed by the IOC’s Olympic Programme Commission to better fit it into the local context. An amendment to the program kept 25 of the original 35 sports in the competition program and moved 10 sports to the engagement program. The change also limits each sport to one discipline only, reducing the overall number of athletes while ensuring gender parity.[13] The events and athlete quotas were confirmed on 3 December 2024.[14]
3x3 basketball(2) (details)
Archery(3) (details)
Artistic gymnastics(5) (details)
Athletics(28) (details)
Badminton(2) (details)
Baseball5(1) (details)
Beach handball(2) (details)
Beach volleyball(2) (details)
Beach wrestling(8) (details)
Boxing(10) (details)
Breakdancing(2) (details)
Coastal rowing(5) (details)
Equestrian(1) (details)
Fencing(6) (details)
Futsal(2) (details)
Judo(8) (details)
Road cycling(4) (details)
Rugby sevens(2) (details)
Sailing(2) (details)
Skateboarding(2) (details)
Swimming(36) (details)
Table tennis(3) (details)
Taekwondo(11) (details)
Triathlon(3) (details)
Wushu(4) (details)the Executive Board wants these youth Olympic Games 2022 to take place in Africa. Therefore, the EB decided today to propose to the session to make the African continent a strong priority ...
| Preceded by | SummerYouth Olympic Games Dakar IV Youth Olympiad (2026) | Succeeded by TBA |
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