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

01 / 09

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.

  • A drummer in Senegal's colours plays the djembe at the foot of the African Renaissance Monument steps

    The rhythm of the sabar

    The drums that carry wrestling and dance: a pulse found in every sporting effort.

  • Senegal's delegation, in white outfits and green scarves, waves Senegalese flags in the stadium

    The thread of weaving

    Manjak woven strips, joined one by one: the image of a team, a delegation, a continent.

  • Hundreds of young people gathered on the steps of the African Renaissance Monument

    The Atlantic horizon

    Dakar, Africa's westernmost point, facing the ocean and the world.

Africa in motion

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
7
  • 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.

TanzaniaW. SaharaDem. Rep. CongoSomaliaKenyaSudanChadSouth AfricaLesothoZimbabweBotswanaNamibiaSenegalMaliMauritaniaBeninNigerNigeriaCameroonTogoGhanaCôte d'IvoireGuineaGuinea-BissauLiberiaSierra LeoneBurkina FasoCentral African Rep.CongoGabonEq. GuineaZambiaMalawiMozambiqueeSwatiniAngolaBurundiMadagascarGambiaTunisiaAlgeriaEritreaMoroccoEgyptLibyaEthiopiaDjiboutiUgandaRwandaS. SudanSeychellesSão Tomé and PrincipeMauritiusComorosCabo VerdeDakar

The Games in numbers

A statistical universe, verified.

  • 2,651

    Athletes entered

  • 205

    Delegations

  • 25

    Competition sports

  • 155

    Medal events

  • 183

    Medals awarded

  • 58

    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: 7 November at 15:33 GMT

Medal intelligence

The ranking of nations

Full medal table

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

Leading

China

9

Gold

3

Silver

2

Bronze

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

  1. 1ChinaGold9Silver3Bronze214
  2. 2JapanGold8Silver2Bronze414
  3. 3RussiaGold4Silver2Bronze06
  4. 4EgyptGold4Silver0Bronze15
  5. 5CroatiaGold2Silver3Bronze05
  6. 5New ZealandGold2Silver3Bronze05
  7. 7PortugalGold2Silver1Bronze14
  8. 8RomaniaGold2Silver1Bronze03
  9. 9SwitzerlandGold2Silver0Bronze24
  10. 10South AfricaGold1Silver3Bronze15

Senegal · host nation

Senegal in the spotlight

A nation.A generation.A sporting ambition.

Senegalese athletes entered
136
Medals
1
World rank
57
African rank
4

Highlights

  • 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

8.2%

15 / 183

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

African ranking

  1. 1Egypt4·0·1
  2. 2South Africa1·3·1
  3. 3Kenya1·0·0
  4. 4Burundi0·0·1
  5. 4Madagascar0·0·1
  6. 4Senegal0·0·1
  7. 4Zambia0·0·1

Cumulative medals: Africa and the rest of the world

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