Breaking at the Summer Olympics
Appearance
Breaking at the Summer Olympics | |
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Governing body | WDSF |
Events | 2 (men: 1; women: 1) |
Summer Olympics | |
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The 2024 Summer Olympics introduced the sport of breaking (also called b-boying, b-girling or breakdancing) to the Summer Olympic program for the first time.[1] There will be two medal events, one each for men and women, with 16 "b-boys" and "b-girls" competing.[2] Breaking was previously featured at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.[3] IOC President Thomas Bach stated that they added breakdancing as part of an effort to draw more interest from young people in the Olympics.[4] The international organizing body is the World DanceSport Federation.
Participating nations
33 breakers from 16 National Olympic Committees are competing in the 2024 Summer Olympics.[5]
- Australia (2)
- Canada (1)
- France (4)
- Italy (1)
- Japan (4)
- Kazakhstan (1)
- Lithuania (1)
- Morocco (2)
- Netherlands (3)
- China (3)
- Portugal (1)
- Refugee Olympic Team (1)
- South Korea (1)
- Chinese Taipei (1)
- Ukraine (3)
- United States (4)
Schedule
All dates use Central European Time (UTC+2). All event times are subject to change.[6]
Event | Time |
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Round Robin | 09:00 |
Pre-Qualifier Battle | 09:00 |
Quarterfinals | 13:00 |
Semifinals | 13:45 |
Finals | 14:15 |
Event | Time |
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Round Robin | 09:00 |
Pre-Qualifier Battle | 09:00 |
Quarterfinals | 13:00 |
Semifinals | 13:45 |
Finals | 14:15 |
References
- ^ West, Jenna. "Breaking to Make Its Olympic Debut at 2024 Paris Games". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "Breaking at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games". Paris 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ Zaccardi, Nick (8 October 2018). "Youth Olympics award first medals in break dancing". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "'Breaking' news: Breakdancing added as an event for 2024 Paris Olympics". Los Angeles Times. 7 December 2020. Archived from the original on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "Breaking Entries". Paris 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Breaking". French Olympic Committee. Retrieved 1 August 2024.