Youth Olympic Games · 31 October – 13 November 2026
Dakar 2026,Africa hosts the Games.
For the first time, an Olympic event takes place on African soil. Hour-by-hour schedule, medals, venues and videos: follow the fourteen days of Dakar, Diamniadio and Saly with the SNA eye.
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25competition sports
153medal events
2,655athletes, full gender parity
204delegations plus a refugee team
An SNA creation · Dakar time (GMT) · Updated .
Today, live ·
What is on today
The event under way, the next one and every session of the day, in Dakar time. The page refreshes itself.
Medal table
Africa first, then the world
African nations at the top, then the full standings. Medals are entered by the SNA newsroom after each final.
Venues
Three hubs, twenty-five sports
Tap a hub to see its venues and the sports held there.
Schedule
Fourteen days, day by day
Pick a day, filter by sport. Session times are added as the Games unfold.
Africa first
Senegal as host, the continent on the start line
The host nation fields the largest delegation in its Olympic history, and an Africa-based Refugee Olympic Team makes its YOG debut.
Team Senegal
136athletes across 23 sports, the largest delegation Senegal has ever sent to an Olympic event (it had never entered more than nine athletes). A first Olympic appearance at home.
Refugee Olympic Team
Six athletes based in Kenya and Uganda, the first refugee team at a Youth Olympics, led by Yiech Pur Biel.
SNA highlights
Latest results
Podiums
Videos
The ceremony and the pictures of the Games
Players load on click to save your data. Opening ceremony on Saturday 31 October, 6.30 pm to 8 pm, Abdoulaye Wade Stadium.
Essentials
Dakar 2026 in five questions
When are the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games?
From Saturday 31 October to Friday 13 November 2026. The opening ceremony is held on 31 October at 6.30 pm (Dakar time, GMT) at Abdoulaye Wade Stadium in Diamniadio; the closing ceremony on 13 November at 6 pm.
Where are the competitions held?
Across three hubs: Dakar (Tour de l’Œuf Complex, Iba Mar Diop Complex, Corniche Ouest), Diamniadio (Dakar Arena, Dakar Expo Centre, Abdoulaye Wade Stadium, equestrian centre) and Saly (Saly Beach West for beach and water sports).
Which sports are on the programme?
Twenty-five competition sports and 153 medal events: athletics, swimming, judo, rugby sevens, futsal, 3x3 basketball, breaking, skateboarding, beach volleyball, beach handball, beach wrestling, sailing, coastal rowing, triathlon, boxing, fencing, taekwondo, table tennis, badminton, archery, artistic gymnastics, equestrian, road cycling, baseball5 and wushu. Ten engagement sports (surfing, tennis, golf, climbing…) are offered for discovery.
How can I watch Dakar 2026 live?
Events and the ceremony are streamed on Olympics.com and the official Olympic Games YouTube channel. This SNA page gathers the schedule, results and highlights in Dakar time.
Why are these Games historic?
It is the first Olympic competition ever organised in Africa. Dakar 2026 is also the first YOG with full gender parity and the first with a Refugee Olympic Team.