2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Games of the III Youth Olympiad
LocationBuenos Aires, Argentina
MottoFeel the future
(Spanish: Viví el futuro)[1]
Nations206
Athletes3,997
Events239 in 32 sports
Opening6 October
Closing18 October
Opened by
Cauldron
StadiumParque Polideportivo Roca
Summer
Winter
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The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics (Spanish: Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud de 2018), officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018, were an international sports, cultural, and educational event held from 6 to 18 October 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They were the first Youth Olympic Games held outside of Eurasia, and the first Summer Games held outside of Asia and the first to be held in the Western and Southern hemispheres. It was the second Olympic Games held in South America after the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

  1. ^ ""Viví el futuro", el lema de Buenos Aires 2018". buenosaires2018.com (in Spanish). buenosaires2018.com. Archived from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.