2022 Summer Youth Olympics

Games of the V Youth Olympiad

The interim emblem of the games. The official emblem will be revealed before or after 2025.
Host city	Dakar, Senegal
Athletes	~4564
Events	244 in 35 sports
Opening	31 October
Closing	13 November
Opened by	President of Senegal (expected)
Cauldron	TBA
Stadium	Diamniadio Olympic Stadium
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The 2026 Summer Youth Olympics (French: Jeux Olympiques de la jeunesse d'été de 2026), officially known as the IV Summer Youth Olympic Games and commonly known as Dakar 2026 (Wolof: Ndakaaru 2026), will be the fourth edition of the Summer Youth Olympics, an international sports, education and cultural festival for teenagers, in a city designated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was originally scheduled to be held in Dakar, Senegal for 18 days from 22 October to 9 November 2022, becoming the first IOC event to be held in Africa and the first in a Muslim-majority country. 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 the 2020 Summer Olympics to July 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Originally scheduled to take place from 22 October to 9 November 2022, the event was postponed to 2026 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. On 9 December 2014 at the 127th IOC Session it was decided to move the organisation of the YOG to a non-Olympic year, starting with the 4th Summer Youth Olympic Games, to be postponed from 2022 to 2023. 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. The 132nd IOC Session confirmed the change of date back to 2022 on 7 February 2018. The host was announced at the 133rd IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina during the 2018 edition. However, in July 2020, the postponement of what would have been the 2022 Summer Youth Olympics to 2026 was confirmed.

Bidding

The IOC voted to select the host city of the 2022 Summer Youth Olympics on 8 October 2018 at the 133rd IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2022 Youth Olympic Games bidding results

City	Nation	Votes
Dakar	Senegal	Unanimous

Venues and infrastructure

Senegal proposes to organize the 2026 Summer Youth Olympics in three distinct areas, Dakar, Diamniadio and Saly.

Dakar

• Dakar Olympic Club – tennis, and other indoor sports existing
• Dakar Olympic Swimming Pool – diving, swimming, 3x3 basketball existing
• Iba Mar Diop Stadium – athletics, beach handball, football, rugby sevens existing
• Dakar National Wrestling Arena – wrestling, and other combat sports / 20,000 existing

Diamniadio

• New Main Stadium – TBA / 50,000 new
• Dakar Arena – indoor sports / 15,000 existing
• Dakar Expo Center (5 halls) – indoor sports new
• Mbow University – TBA new
• Mbow University Youth Olympic Village – Olympic Village, new

Saly

The city of Saly will host water sports, beach sports and golf.

The Games

Sports

The 2026 Summer Youth Olympics will feature 244 events in 35 sports. The International Olympic Committee approved the game programme. Breakdancing, skateboarding, climbing, surfing and karate 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.Baseball5 and wushu were subsequently added as optional sports.

Media coverage

•  North Korea – JTBC
•  South Korea – JTBC
•  Thailand – Plan B
•  Brazil – Grupo Globo

See also

• 127th IOC Session
• 133rd IOC Session

External links

• Youth Olympic Games website