Breaking at the Summer Olympics | |
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Governing body | WDF |
Events | 2 (men: 1; women: 1) |
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The 2024 Summer Olympics will introduce 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 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.
All dates use Central European Time (UTC+2). All event times are subject to change. The time shown is for the gold medal battles.[5]
Event | Date | Time |
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B-girls | 9 August | 21:23 |
B-boys | 10 August | 21:23 |