Breaking at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Breaking
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenuePlace de la Concorde
Dates9–10 August 2024
No. of events2 (1 men, 1 women)
Competitors33 from 16 nations

Breakdancing competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics ran from 9 to 10 August at Place de la Concorde, marking the sport's official debut in the program and the first dancesport discipline to appear in Summer Olympic history.[1][2] Following its successful debut at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, breaking was confirmed as one of the three additional sports, along with sport climbing and surfing, approved for Paris 2024.[3][4] The competition saw a total of thirty-three breakers (sixteen b-boys and seventeen b-girls) staged in face-to-face single battles.[5] IOC president Thomas Bach stated that breaking was added as part of an effort to draw more interest from young people in the Olympics.

  1. ^ "Paris 2024 – Breaking". Paris 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Breaking officially added to Olympic Games Paris 2024". World DanceSport Federation. 12 July 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  3. ^ West, Jenna (7 December 2020). "Breaking to Make Its Olympic Debut in Paris in 2024". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  4. ^ Wharton, David (7 December 2020). "'Breaking' news: Breakdancing added as an event for 2024 Paris Olympics". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  5. ^ Martín, Marta (13 December 2022). "How to qualify for breaking at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 25 February 2023.