Karate at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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Karate
at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
Karate 2018 YOG.png
Venue Europa Pavilion
Dates17–18 October
No. of events6 (3 boys, 3 girls)
Competitors48 (24 boys, 24 girls) from 33 nations
2026  

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

EventLocationDatePlaces-61 kg-68 kg+68 kg
Host Nation---Flag of Argentina.svg  Rodrigo Tello  (ARG)Flag of Argentina.svg  Juan Salsench  (ARG)
Youth Olympic Rankings [2] [3] -1 June 20182Flag of Japan.svg  Masaki Yamaoka  (JPN)
Flag of Macedonia.svg  Fahik Vaseli  (MKD)
Flag of Italy.svg  Rosario Ruggiero  (ITA)
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Abilmansur Batyrgali  (KAZ)
Flag of Turkey.svg  Enes Bulut  (TUR)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Tomáš Kósa  (SVK)
Karate Qualification Tournament 1 [4] Flag of Croatia.svg Umag 29 June 20182Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Mohammad Al-Assiri  (KSA)
Flag of Jordan.svg  Abdallah Hammad  (JOR)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Robert Shyroian  (UKR)
Flag of Japan.svg  Kotaro Nakamura  (JPN)
Flag of Japan.svg  Keisei Sakiyama  (JPN)
Flag of Russia.svg  Robert Avakimov  (RUS)
Karate Qualification Tournament 2 [4] Flag of Croatia.svg Umag 30 June 20182Flag of Iran.svg  Alireza Faraji  (IRI)
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Pedro de la Roca  (GUA)
Flag of Morocco.svg  Yassine Sekouri  (MAR)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Quentin Mahauden  (BEL)
Flag of Morocco.svg  Nabil Ech-Chaabi  (MAR)
Flag of Iran.svg  Navid Mohammadi  (IRI)
Continental Representation---Flag of New Zealand.svg  Raukawa Jefferies  (NZL)
Reallocation---Flag of Morocco.svg  Oussama Edari  (MAR)Flag of Ireland.svg  Sean McCarthy  (IRL)
Tripartite Invitation---Flag of Montenegro.svg  Bojan Bošković  (MNE)
TOTAL888

Girls

EventLocationDatePlaces-53 kg-59 kg+59 kg
Host Nation---
Youth Olympic Rankings [2] [3] -1 June 20182Flag of Turkey.svg  Damla Ocak  (TUR)
Flag of Japan.svg  Rinka Tahata  (JPN)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Charlotte Hope  (GBR)
Flag of Japan.svg  Kokoro Sakaji  (JPN)
Flag of Greece.svg  Kyriaki Kydonaki  (GRE)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Laura Lyok  (DEN)
Karate Qualification Tournament 1 [4] Flag of Croatia.svg Umag 29 June 20182Flag of Thailand.svg  Aika Okazaki  (THA)
Flag of Egypt.svg  Yasmin Nasr El-Gewily  (EGY)
Flag of Russia.svg  Anna Chernysheva  (RUS)
Flag of Iran.svg  Mobina Heidari  (IRI)
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Janessa Fonseca  (PUR)
Flag of Norway.svg  Annika Sælid  (NOR)
Karate Qualification Tournament 2 [4] Flag of Croatia.svg Umag 30 June 20182Flag of Iran.svg  Fatemeh Khonakdar  (IRI)
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Dildora Alikulova  (UZB)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Zsófia Baranyi  (HUN)
Flag of Serbia.svg  Ivana Perović  (SRB)
Flag of Japan.svg Sakura Sawashima (JPN)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Lauren Salisbury  (GBR)
Continental Representation---
Reallocation---Flag of Portugal.svg  Tânia Barros  (POR)
Flag of Chile.svg  Catalina Valdés  (CHI)
Flag of France.svg  Assia Oukhattou  (FRA)
Flag of Estonia.svg  Marta Ossipova  (EST)
Flag of Iran.svg  Negin Altooni  (IRI)
Tripartite Invitation---Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  Sarah Al-Ameri  (UAE)
TOTAL888

Summary

NOCBoysGirlsTotal
-61 kg-68 kg+68 kg-53 kg-59 kg+59 kg
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina XX2
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium X1
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile X1
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark X1
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt X1
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia X1
Flag of France.svg  France X1
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain XX2
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece X1
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala X1
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary X1
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran XXXXX5
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland X1
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy X1
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan XXXXXX6
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan X1
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan X1
Flag of Macedonia.svg  Macedonia X1
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro X1
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco XXX3
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand X1
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway X1
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal X1
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico X1
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia XX2
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia X1
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia X1
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia X1
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand X1
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey XX2
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine X1
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates X1
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan X1
33 NOCs88888848

Medal summary

Bronze medal match at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics 2018-10-18 Karate Boys' +68 kg at 2018 Summer Youth Olympics - Bronze IRL-MAR (Martin Rulsch) 18.jpg
Bronze medal match at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)1304
2Flag of Iran.svg  Iran  (IRI)1034
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)1001
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)1001
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)1001
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia  (KSA)1001
7Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR)0213
8Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)0101
9Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)0011
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)0011
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)0011
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)0011
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia  (MKD)0011
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia  (SRB)0011
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)0011
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan  (UZB)0011
Totals (16 entries)661224

Boys events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Boys' 61 kg
details
Mohammed Ayed Al Assiri
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
Masaki Yamaoka
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Oussama Edari
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Fahik Veseli
Flag of Macedonia.svg  Macedonia
Boys' 68 kg
details
Quentin Mahauden
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Yassine Sekouri
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Abilmansur Batyrgali
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Rosario Ruggiero
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Boys' +68 kg
details
Navid Mohammadi
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Nabil Ech-Chaabi
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Enes Bulut
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Sean McCarthy Crean
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland

Girls events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Girls' 53 kg
details
Yasmin Nasr Elgewily
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Rinka Tahata
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Fatemeh Khonakdar
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Dildora Alikulova
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Girls' 59 kg
details
Kokoro Sakaji
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Anna Chernysheva
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Mobina Heidari
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Ivana Perovic
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Girls' +59 kg
details
Annika Sælid
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Sakura Sawashima
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Lauren Salisbury
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Negin Altooni
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran

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