Youth Olympic Games · Dakar · 31 Oct – 13 Nov 2026

Dakar 2026Sports Intelligence

Africa is making history.

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31 October 2026 · Abdoulaye Wade Stadium

The opening ceremony

Images from the night that launched the first Youth Olympic Games in Africa.

Aerial view of the stadium: hundreds of performers in yellow form the map of Africa, circled by dancers in white and black

Stade Abdoulaye Wade

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The spirit of Africa

A continent.A generation.A moment in history.

For the first time, Olympic Games are held on African soil. In Dakar, Diamniadio and Saly, the youth of the world meets the energy of a continent on the move.

The rhythm of the sabar
The drums that carry wrestling and dance: a pulse found in every sporting effort.
The thread of weaving
Manjak woven strips, joined one by one: the image of a team, a delegation, a continent.
The Atlantic horizon
Dakar, Africa's westernmost point, facing the ocean and the world.

Africa in motion

From Dakar, trajectories connect every African delegation taking part in the Games. Glowing countries have already won at least one medal.

African delegations taking part: 54
Medal-winning African delegations: 19

Delegation taking part
Medal-winning delegation
Dakar, host city

Base map: Natural Earth (public domain). Only delegations whose participation is published by the source are connected.

The Games in numbers

A statistical universe, verified.

2,648
Athletes entered
205
Delegations
25
Competition sports
165
Medal events
463
Medals awarded
137
Events completed

Sources: official results system of the Dakar 2026 Organising Committee, completed by Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data checked by the platform. Updated: 12 November at 14:31 GMT

Medal intelligence

The ranking of nations

Full medal table

Olympic ranking: gold first, then silver, then bronze. Never total first.

Leading

China

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Olympic ranking: gold first, then silver, then bronze. Never total first.

1ChinaGold16Silver8Bronze731
2JapanGold9Silver8Bronze1027
3RussiaGold8Silver4Bronze214
4EgyptGold6Silver1Bronze613
5EthiopiaGold5Silver3Bronze08
6SenegalGold5Silver0Bronze510
7FranceGold4Silver5Bronze413
8KenyaGold4Silver2Bronze06
9South AfricaGold3Silver5Bronze311
10CroatiaGold3Silver4Bronze07

Senegal · host nation

Senegal in the spotlight

A nation.A generation.A sporting ambition.

Senegalese athletes entered: 136
Medals: 10
World rank: 6
African rank: 3

Highlights

AD
Ameth Diop
Taekwondo · Men's 73 kg
Bronze11 Nov· Official
MS
Marie Sarr
Taekwondo · Women's 55 kg
Gold10 Nov· Official
AT
Aida Toure
Taekwondo · Women's 63 kg
Bronze10 Nov· Official
S
Senegal
3x3 Basketball · Men's tournament
Gold9 Nov· Official
S
Senegal
3x3 Basketball · Women's tournament
Bronze9 Nov· Official
NK
Ndeye Khady Anna Diatta
Beach Wrestling · Women's 45 kg
Gold8 Nov· Official
AD
Ablaye Diouf
Beach Wrestling · Men's 90 kg
Bronze8 Nov· Official
MD
Maguette Diop
Beach Wrestling · Men's 80 kg
Gold7 Nov· Official
ED
Elisabeth Diatta
Beach Wrestling · Women's 55 kg
Gold7 Nov· Official
MD
Matar Diop
Judo · Men's 66 kg
Bronze1 Nov· Official

Full Senegal profile

Profiles limited to what the source publishes; no athlete photo is shown.

African performance

Africa versus the world

Detailed analytics

African share of medals

16%

74 / 463

Methodology: medals counted per event (a team medal counts once), gold-silver-bronze ranking. Participation does not imply performance.

African ranking

1Egypt6·1·6
2Ethiopia5·3·0
3Senegal5·0·5
4Kenya4·2·0
5South Africa3·5·3
6Nigeria3·0·0
7Zimbabwe1·0·0

Cumulative medals: Africa and the rest of the world

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