2018 Summer Youth Olympics
| Sport: | Weightlifting, Pentathlon, Athletics, Cycling, Wrestling, Boxing, Sailing, Taekwondo, Judo, Karate, Badminton, Table Tennis, Tennis, Basketball, Equestrian, Field Hockey, Rugby Sevens, Diving, Golf, Archery, Shooting, Rock Climbing, Roller Skating, Triathlon, Futsal, Rowing, Swimming, Beach Volleyball, Fencing, Gymnastics |
| Organizer: | 2018 Summer Youth Olympics |
| Date: | 06 Oct, 2018 - 18 Oct, 2018 |
| Venue: | Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Link: | https://www.buenosaires2018.com/en/ |
The 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games, officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018, is a forthcoming international sports, cultural, and educational festival for teenagers that will be hosted in Buenos Aries, Argentina between 6 and 18 October 2018. It will be the first Summer Youth Olympic Games to be held outside of Asia (also first in the Southern and Western Hemispheres), and the first Youth Games for either summer or winter to be held outside Eurasia.
Nations participating - 206
Athletes participating - 3998
Events - 241 in 32 sports
Motto - Feel the future
Schedule
The schedule for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games was released on 9 May 2018 exactly 150 days before the starting of the games on its official website.
Sports
- Aquatics
Archer
Athletics
Badminton
Basketball
Beach Handball
Beach volleyball
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Dancesport
Equestrian
Fencing
Field hockey
Futsal
Golf
Gymnastic
Judo
Karate
Modern pentathlon
Roller speed skating
Rowing
Rugby sevens
Sailing
Shooting
Sport climbing
Table tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Triathlon
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Participating nations
A total of least 178 teams qualified at least one athlete to compete in the Games. Kosovo will make their Youth Olympics debut.
| Participating National Olympic Committees |
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Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina (host)
Armenia
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Great Britain
Greece
Grenada
Guam
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kiribati
Kosovo
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malaysia
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritius
Mexico
Moldova
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Nigeria
North Korea
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
São Tomé and Príncipe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Chinese Taipei
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam
Virgin Islands
Zambia
Zimbabwe
