Breaking at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Breaking at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Parque Urbano, Puerto Madero
Dates	7–11 October
No. of events	3 (1 boys, 1 girls, 1 mixed)
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Breaking at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 7 to 11 October. The competition took place at Puerto Madero in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This marked the debut of dancesport at any edition of the Olympics. Staff DJ's : Dj Lean Rock / Dj Fleg Host : Mario Bee / Percha983 ( Argentina )

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 competitors, 1 per each gender. As hosts, Argentina is given 2 quotas, 1 per each gender provided that they participate at the World Youth Breaking Championships. Four quotas, two per gender were initially to be decided by the tripartite committee, however, none were selected and the spots were reallocated to the 2018 World Youth Championship. The remaining places were decided at the 2018 World Youth Breaking Championship, with each continent guaranteed a spot at the games provided that they competed. There were no athletes from Africa or Oceania competing in B-Girls and Australia declined its quota in B-Boys. ^[1]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2002. ^[1]

B-Boys

Event	Location	Date	Total Places	Qualified
Host Nation	-	-	1	Broly (ARG) (Mariano Carvajal)
2018 World Youth Breaking Championship [2] [3]	Kawasaki	20 May 2018	11	Shigekix (JPN) (Shigeyuki Nakarai)  Bumblebee (RUS) (Sergei Chernyshev)  Axel (POL) (Piotr Winiarski)  X-Rain (CHN) (Xiao Shang)  Bad Matty (ITA) (Mattia Schinco)  Reflow (BEL) (Olivier Warner)  D-Matt (CAN) (Mathieu Du Ruisseau)  KennyG (TPE) (Chien Chia-Cheng)  Martin (FRA) (Martin Lejeune)  B4 (VIE) (Lê Minh Hiếu)  Jordan (RSA) (Jordan Smith) 1
TOTAL			12

^¹ Continental Quota

B-Girls

Event	Location	Date	Total Places	Qualified
Host Nation	-	-	1	Vale (ARG) (Iris Valeria González)
2018 World Youth Breaking Championship [2] [4]	Kawasaki	20 May 2018	11	Ram (JPN) (Ramu Kawai)  Yell (KOR) (Kim Ye-ri)  Matina (RUS) (Kristina Yashina)  Senorita Carlota (FRA) (Carlota Dudek)  Lexy (ITA) (Alessandra Cortesia)  Vicky (NED) (Vicky Bergmans)  Emma (CAN) (Emma Misak)  Ivy (CYP) (Irene Tanos)  Anastasia (LAT) (Anastasia Solovjova)  Ella (AUT) (Anna Thurner)  Csepke (HUN) (Enikő Török)
TOTAL			12

Medal summary

The Olympic medalists of the mixed international event.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
–	Mixed-NOCs	1	1	1	3
1	Japan	1	0	1	2
2	Russia	1	0	0	1
3	Canada	0	1	0	1
	France	0	1	0	1
5	South Korea	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		3	3	3	9

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
B-Boys' details	Bumblebee   Russia	Martin   France	Shigekix   Japan
B-Girls' details	Ram   Japan	Emma   Canada	Yell   South Korea
Breaking Mixed Team details	Ram   Japan B4   Vietnam	Lexy   Italy Broly   Argentina	Ella   Austria Bumblebee   Russia

References

1. "Qualification System: Sport Climbing" (PDF). World DanceSport Federation . 20 April 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
2. "Here are the results of the World Championship!". World DanceSport Federation . Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
3. "Japan Too!". World DanceSport Federation . 20 May 2018. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
4. "The Winners Are..." World DanceSport Federation . 20 May 2018. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2018.

External links

• Official Results Book – Breaking