2026 Youth Olympic Games: Updated Medal Count

The fourth edition of the Summer Youth Olympic Games, the premier international quadrennial event for athletes aged 15 to 18, began on October 31, 2026. Following Singapore 2010, Nanjing 2014, Buenos Aires 2018, and the cancellation of the 2022 edition due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Youth Games are being hosted by the city of Dakar, the capital of Senegal—a historic occasion, as it marks the first event under the auspices of the IOC to be held on African soil.

2026 YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES: CHECK OUT THE UPDATED MEDAL TABLE

A total of 151 medal events will be held across 25 sports: 3×3 basketball, archery, artistic gymnastics, track and field, badminton, Baseball5 (a simplified version of baseball), beach handball, beach volleyball, beach wrestling, boxing, breakdancing, coastal rowing, equestrian, fencing, futsal, judo, road cycling, rugby sevens, sailing, skateboarding, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, triathlon, and wushu (kung fu).

2026 YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES, VIEW THE UPDATED MEDAL TABLE

Ten sports not included in the medal competition are also scheduled to take place; their tournaments are part of the organization’s “engagement program” designed to attract as many spectators as possible to the host city: the disciplines in question are canoeing, golf, 5-a-side hockey (a scaled-down version of field hockey), karate, modern pentathlon, shooting, sport climbing, surfing, tennis, and weightlifting.