Karate at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Karate at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Europa Pavilion
Dates	17–18 October
No. of events	6 (3 boys, 3 girls)
Competitors	48 (24 boys, 24 girls) from 33 nations
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Karate at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 17 to 18 October at Europa Pavilion in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This marked the debut of Karate at the Youth Olympics.

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter a maximum of 6 competitors, 3 per gender and one per event. As hosts, Argentina was given 4 quotas, 2 per gender. A further four places, two per gender, were granted by the Tripartite Commission. The remaining 40 places were to be decided in various ways; namely, the Youth Olympic Rankings and two qualification tournaments. Furthermore, all continents are guaranteed at least one athlete representation. ^[1]

To be eligible to participate in these events, athletes must have been born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2002. ^[1]

Boys

Event	Location	Date	Places	-61 kg	-68 kg	+68 kg
Host Nation	-	-	-	Rodrigo Tello  (ARG)	Juan Salsench  (ARG)
Youth Olympic Rankings [2] [3]	-	1 June 2018	2	Masaki Yamaoka  (JPN)   Fahik Vaseli  (MKD)	Rosario Ruggiero  (ITA)   Abilmansur Batyrgali  (KAZ)	Enes Bulut  (TUR)   Tomáš Kósa  (SVK)
Karate Qualification Tournament 1 [4]	Umag	29 June 2018	2	Mohammad Al-Assiri  (KSA)   Abdallah Hammad  (JOR)	Robert Shyroian  (UKR)   Kotaro Nakamura  (JPN)	Keisei Sakiyama  (JPN)   Robert Avakimov  (RUS)
Karate Qualification Tournament 2 [4]	Umag	30 June 2018	2	Alireza Faraji  (IRI)   Pedro de la Roca  (GUA)	Yassine Sekouri  (MAR)   Quentin Mahauden  (BEL)	Nabil Ech-Chaabi  (MAR)   Navid Mohammadi  (IRI)
Continental Representation	-	-	-			Raukawa Jefferies  (NZL)
Reallocation	-	-	-	Oussama Edari  (MAR)		Sean McCarthy  (IRL)
Tripartite Invitation	-	-	-		Bojan Bošković  (MNE)
TOTAL				8	8	8

Girls

Event	Location	Date	Places	-53 kg	-59 kg	+59 kg
Host Nation	-	-	-
Youth Olympic Rankings [2] [3]	-	1 June 2018	2	Damla Ocak  (TUR)   Rinka Tahata  (JPN)	Charlotte Hope  (GBR)   Kokoro Sakaji  (JPN)	Kyriaki Kydonaki  (GRE)   Laura Lyok  (DEN)
Karate Qualification Tournament 1 [4]	Umag	29 June 2018	2	Aika Okazaki  (THA)   Yasmin Nasr El-Gewily  (EGY)	Anna Chernysheva  (RUS)   Mobina Heidari  (IRI)	Janessa Fonseca  (PUR)   Annika Sælid  (NOR)
Karate Qualification Tournament 2 [4]	Umag	30 June 2018	2	Fatemeh Khonakdar  (IRI)   Dildora Alikulova  (UZB)	Zsófia Baranyi  (HUN)   Ivana Perović  (SRB)	Sakura Sawashima (JPN)   Lauren Salisbury  (GBR)
Continental Representation	-	-	-
Reallocation	-	-	-	Tânia Barros  (POR)   Catalina Valdés  (CHI)	Assia Oukhattou  (FRA)   Marta Ossipova  (EST)	Negin Altooni  (IRI)
Tripartite Invitation	-	-	-			Sarah Al-Ameri  (UAE)
TOTAL				8	8	8

Summary

NOC	Boys			Girls			Total
	-61 kg	-68 kg	+68 kg	-53 kg	-59 kg	+59 kg
Argentina	X	X					2
Belgium		X					1
Chile				X			1
Denmark						X	1
Egypt				X			1
Estonia					X		1
France					X		1
Great Britain					X	X	2
Greece						X	1
Guatemala	X						1
Hungary					X		1
Iran	X		X	X	X	X	5
Ireland			X				1
Italy		X					1
Japan	X	X	X	X	X	X	6
Jordan	X						1
Kazakhstan		X					1
Macedonia	X						1
Montenegro		X					1
Morocco	X	X	X				3
New Zealand			X				1
Norway						X	1
Portugal				X			1
Puerto Rico						X	1
Russia			X		X		2
Saudi Arabia	X						1
Serbia					X		1
Slovakia			X				1
Thailand				X			1
Turkey			X	X			2
Ukraine		X					1
United Arab Emirates						X	1
Uzbekistan				X			1
33 NOCs	8	8	8	8	8	8	48

Medal summary

Bronze medal match at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan  (JPN)	1	3	0	4
2	Iran  (IRI)	1	0	3	4
3	Belgium  (BEL)	1	0	0	1
	Egypt  (EGY)	1	0	0	1
	Norway  (NOR)	1	0	0	1
	Saudi Arabia  (KSA)	1	0	0	1
7	Morocco  (MAR)	0	2	1	3
8	Russia  (RUS)	0	1	0	1
9	Great Britain  (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	Ireland  (IRL)	0	0	1	1
	Italy  (ITA)	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan  (KAZ)	0	0	1	1
	North Macedonia  (MKD)	0	0	1	1
	Serbia  (SRB)	0	0	1	1
	Turkey  (TUR)	0	0	1	1
	Uzbekistan  (UZB)	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		6	6	12	24

Boys events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys' 61 kg details	Mohammed Ayed Al Assiri   Saudi Arabia	Masaki Yamaoka   Japan	Oussama Edari   Morocco Fahik Veseli   Macedonia
Boys' 68 kg details	Quentin Mahauden   Belgium	Yassine Sekouri   Morocco	Abilmansur Batyrgali   Kazakhstan Rosario Ruggiero   Italy
Boys' +68 kg details	Navid Mohammadi   Iran	Nabil Ech-Chaabi   Morocco	Enes Bulut   Turkey Sean McCarthy Crean   Ireland

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  Boys' 61 kg victory ceremony
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  Boys' 68 kg victory ceremony
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  Boys' +68 kg victory ceremony

Girls events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Girls' 53 kg details	Yasmin Nasr Elgewily   Egypt	Rinka Tahata   Japan	Fatemeh Khonakdar   Iran Dildora Alikulova   Uzbekistan
Girls' 59 kg details	Kokoro Sakaji   Japan	Anna Chernysheva   Russia	Mobina Heidari   Iran Ivana Perovic   Serbia
Girls' +59 kg details	Annika Sælid   Norway	Sakura Sawashima   Japan	Lauren Salisbury   Great Britain Negin Altooni   Iran

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  Girls' 53 kg victory ceremony
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  Girls' 59 kg victory ceremony
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  Girls' +59 kg victory ceremony

References

1. "Qualification System: Karate" (PDF). World Karate Federation . 20 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
2. "Karate powerhouses lead standings for Youth Olympic Games". World Karate Federation . 1 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
3. "Buenos Aires 2018 Olympic Standing". World Karate Federation . 1 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
4. "Youth Olympic qualifier concludes in Umag with new karatekas making it to Buenos Aires 2018". World Karate Federation . 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.

External links

• Official Results Book – Karate