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Karate at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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.

Karate
at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
VenueEuropa Pavilion
Dates17–18 October
No. of events6 (3 boys, 3 girls)
Competitors48 (24 boys, 24 girls) from 33 nations
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Qualification

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Bronze medal match at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Medal table

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

Boys events

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b "Qualification System: Karate" (PDF). World Karate Federation. 20 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Karate powerhouses lead standings for Youth Olympic Games". World Karate Federation. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Buenos Aires 2018 Olympic Standing". World Karate Federation. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d "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.
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