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

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	-	-	-	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 Representaion	-	-	-			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 Representaion	-	-	-
Reallocation	-	-	-	Tânia Barros (POR) Catalina Valdés (CHI)	Assia Oukhattou (FRA) Marta Ossipova (EST)	Negin Altouni (IRI)
Tripartite Invitation	-	-	-			Sarah Al-Ameri (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	Mohammed Ayed Al Assiri Saudi Arabia	Masaki Yamaoka Japan	Oussama Edari Morocco Fahik Veseli Macedonia
Boys' 68 kg	Quentin Mahauden Belgium	Yassine Sekouri Morocco	Abilmansur Batyrgali Kazakhstan Rosario Ruggiero Italy
Boys' +68 kg	Navid Mohammadi Iran	Nabil Ech-Chaabi Morocco	Enes Bulut Turkey Sean McCarthy Crean 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	Yasmin Nasr Elgewily Egypt	Rinka Tahata Japan	Fatemeh Khonakdar Iran Dildora Alikulova Uzbekistan
Girls' 59 kg	Kokoro Sakaji Japan	Anna Chernysheva Russia	Mobina Heidari Iran Ivana Perovic Serbia
Girls' +59 kg	Annika Saelid Norway	Sakura Sawashima Japan	Lauren Salisbury Great Britain Negin Altouni Iran

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

References

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

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[Karate-1] "Qualification System: Karate" (PDF). World Karate Federation. 20 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.

[World-2] "Karate powerhouses lead standings for Youth Olympic Games". World Karate Federation. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.

[Ranking-3] "Buenos Aires 2018 Olympic Standing". World Karate Federation. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.

[Qualification-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.