Karate at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Karate
at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
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) can enter a maximum of 6 competitors, 3 per each gender and one per each event. As hosts, Argentina was given 4 quotas, 2 in each gender and a further four, two in each gender was decided by the Tripartite Commission. The remaining 40 places shall 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 at the Youth Olympics 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	-	-	-	(ARG)	(ARG)
Youth Olympic Rankings^[2]^[3]	-	1 June 2018	2	(JPN) (MKD)	(ITA) (KAZ)	(TUR) (SVK)
Karate Qualification Tournament 1^[4]	Umag	29 June 2018	2	(KSA) (JOR)	(UKR) (JPN)	(JPN) (RUS)
Karate Qualification Tournament 2^[4]	Umag	30 June 2018	2	(IRI) (GUA)	(MAR) (BEL)	(MAR) (IRI)
Continental Representaion	-	-	-			(NZL)
Reallocation	-	-	-	(MAR)		(IRL)
Tripartite Invitation	-	-	-		(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	(TUR) (JPN)	(GBR) (JPN)	(GRE) (DEN)
Karate Qualification Tournament 1^[4]	Umag	29 June 2018	2	(THA) (EGY)	Anna Chernysheva (RUS) (IRI)	(PUR) (NOR)
Karate Qualification Tournament 2^[4]	Umag	30 June 2018	2	(IRI) (UZB)	(HUN) (SRB)	(JPN) (GBR)
Continental Representaion	-	-	-
Reallocation	-	-	-	(POR) (CHI)	(FRA) (EST)	Negin Altooni (IRI)
Tripartite Invitation	-	-	-			(UAE)
TOTAL				8	8	8

Summary[]

NOC	Boys			Girls			Total
NOC	-61 kg	-68 kg	+68 kg	-53 kg	-59 kg	+59 kg	Total
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[]

Medal table[]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	1	3	0	4
2	Iran	1	0	3	4
3	Belgium	1	0	0	1
	Egypt	1	0	0	1
	Norway	1	0	0	1
	Saudi Arabia	1	0	0	1
7	Morocco	0	2	1	3
8	Russia	0	1	0	1
9	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
	Ireland	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
	Macedonia	0	0	1	1
	Serbia	0	0	1	1
	Turkey	0	0	1	1
	Uzbekistan	0	0	1	1
17	Thailand	0	0	0	0
Totals (17 nations)		6	6	12	24

Boys events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys' 61 kg details	Saudi Arabia	Japan	Morocco Macedonia
Boys' 68 kg details	Belgium	Morocco	Kazakhstan Italy
Boys' +68 kg details	Iran	Morocco	Turkey Ireland

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

Girls events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Girls' 53 kg details	Yasmin Nasr Elgewily Egypt	Japan	Iran Uzbekistan
Girls' 59 kg details	Japan	Anna Chernysheva Russia	Iran Serbia
Girls' +59 kg details	Norway	Japan	Great Britain Negin Altooni Iran