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The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) are an elite sporting event for young people from all over the world.

But an event distinct from other youth sports competitions, as they also include a series of educational activities with three areas of focus: protecting the athletes, working on performance, and assisting the athletes outside sport.

The sports programme is mainly based on that of the Olympic Games. In addition, it includes exciting new sports, disciplines and formats, such as breaking, sport climbing, 3-x-3 basketball, 3-x-3 ice hockey and mixed gender and mixed National Olympic Committee (NOC) events.

Away from the field of play, the education programme uses a variety of fun and interactive activities, workshops and team-building exercises to give the participating athletes the opportunity to learn about the Olympic values, explore other cultures, develop the skills to become true ambassadors of their sport, and improve their training methods and performance.

The Youth Olympic Games are aimed at bringing together talented young athletes aged from 15 to 18 from around the world.

The most recent Summer YOG in Buenos Aires in 2018 featured 4,000 athletes and achieved gender equality for the first time. The latest Winter YOG took place in Lausanne in 2020 and featured 1,872 athletes.

Non-athlete participants, namely the Young Reporters, YOG Ambassadors and Athlete Role Models, are also an integral part of the YOG experience.

Gangwon 2024

The fourth edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games 2024 will be held in Gangwon province in the cities of Pyeongchang and Gangneung (Republic of Korea), home to the Olympic Winter Games 2018.

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Dakar 2026

The fourth edition of the Summer Youth Olympic Games 2026 (YOG) will be held in Dakar, Senegal. This is the first time the Youth Olympic Games will be organised in Africa. Dakar 2022 presented a visionary, ambitious and technically sound YOG project that addresses the long-term aims of the country.

IOC President Thomas Bach said: “Africa is united behind Senegal to host the Youth Olympic Games. With a young population and a passion for sport, it is time for Africa, it is time for Senegal.”

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Documents

  • YOG Hosting Documents
    • Future Host Questionnaire - Winter YOG
      03 Jan 2023 · 29 pages · Pdf · pdf (5147 Ko)

    • Hosting of Youth Olympic Games
      19 Jun 2023 · 23 pages · Pdf · pdf (6473 Ko)

  • Gangwon 2024
    • Gangwon 2024 Qualification System Principles
      08 Sep 2022 · 4 pages · Pdf · pdf (1003 Ko)

    • Gangwon 2024 Circular Letter IOC Anti-Doping Rules
      10 Jul 2023 · 4 pages · Pdf · pdf (117 Ko)

    • Gangwon 2024 IOC Anti-Doping Rules
      10 Jul 2023 · 4 pages · Pdf · pdf (659 Ko)

    • Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Winter Games - Official Event Programme
      06 Jul 2022 · Pdf · pdf (124 Ko)

    • Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Winter Games - News Access Rules
      26 Jul 2023 · 2 pages · Pdf · pdf (1.8 Mo)

    • Gangwon 2024 Photographers Undertaking
      28 Jul 2023 · 1 pages · Pdf · pdf (181 Ko)

    • Gangwon 2024 Photographers Undertaking Korean
      28 Jul 2023 · 1 pages · Pdf · pdf (338 Ko)

  • Factsheets
    • The YOG - Vision, Birth and Principles
      19 Dec 2019 · 4 pages · Pdf · pdf (622 Ko)

      Origin, vision, facts, figures and other information on the new Olympic event for 15-18 year-olds.

    • The YOG - Sports Programme
      19 Dec 2019 · 3 pages · Pdf · pdf (474 Ko)

      Information on the sports programme and new events taking place at the Youth Olympic Games.

    • The YOG - Learn & Share beyond the Field of Play
      19 Dec 2019 · 6 pages · Pdf · pdf (851 Ko)

      Information on the cultural and educational activities of the Youth Olympic Games. 

    • Youth Olympic Games Facts and Figures
      17 Jul 2021 · 7 pages · Pdf · pdf (0.8M)

    • Hosting the Youth Olympic Games
      15 May 2023 · 5 pages · Pdf · pdf (207 Ko)

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Past Youth Olympic Games
Singapore 2010, Innsbruck 2012, Nanjing 2014, Lillehammer 2016, Buenos Aires 2018 and Lausanne 2020: Find information about all the activities of the IOC around past Olympic Games here.
 
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YOG Education Programme at Youth Sporting Events
For the first time ever, the core educational activities offered to young athlete during the YOG are now pooled together in one single place and available to the entire Olympic family for youth sports events.
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