Breaking
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenuePlace de la Concorde
Dates9–10 August 2024
No. of events2
Competitors32
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Breaking at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Qualification
Events
B-BoysB-Girls

Breaking competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics are scheduled to run 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 is confirmed as one of the four additional sports, along with skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing approved for Paris 2024.[3][4] The competition will witness a total of thirty-two breakdancers (sixteen B-Boys and sixteen B-Girls) stage in face-to-face single battles.[5]

Competition format

The breaking competition will comprise two gender-based medal events (one for men and the other for women) where sixteen B-Boys and sixteen B-Girls will compete against each other in spectacular solo battles. Each bboy/bgirl will incorporate and adapt a vast combination of powerful dance moves, including power moves such as windmills, footwork such as the six-step, and freezes, improvising to the beat of DJ's tracks in a bid to accumulate the highest score. The breaker with the highest number of points and rounds scored by the judges over his or her opponent in a solo battle will advance to the next round until the first Olympic breaking champion is officially named.[1][5]

Qualification

Main article: Breaking at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

A total of 32 quota places (sixteen per sex) are available for eligible dancers to compete for the inaugural medals in breaking. NOCs can enter a maximum of four breakers (two per sex) across two medal events.[5][6]

Over eighty percent of the total quota is attributed to a large number of breakdancers through a tripartite qualification route. First, the 2023 WDSF World Championships, scheduled for 23 to 24 September in Leuven, Belgium, will award the B-Boy and B-Girl champion with a direct quota place for Paris 2024. Second, a quintet of spots will be assigned to the highest-ranked eligible breakdancer (one B-Boy and one B-Girl) competing in each of the designated continental meets (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania), respecting the two-member NOC limit. The remaining breakdancers will provide the final opportunity to book their slots for Paris 2024 through a four-month-long Olympic Qualifier Series, held between March and June 2024 in various locations worldwide.[7]

The host nation France reserves a spot each for a B-Boy and a B-Girl in their respective breaking events, while four more places (two per gender) are entitled to the eligible NOCs interested to have their breakdancers compete for Paris 2024 through a Universality invitation. To be registered for a spot according to the criteria of the universality principle, breakdancers must finish within the top 32 of their respective events in the final rankings of the four-month-long Olympic Qualifier Series.[7]

Competition schedule

Legend
Q Qualification F Final
A = Afternoon session, starting at 16:00 local time (15:00 UTC).
E = Evening session, starting at 20:00 local time (19:00 UTC).
Schedule[8]
Event ↓ / Date → Fri 9 Sat 10
B-Boys Q F
B-Girls Q F

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (France)

RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Totals (0 entries)0000

Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
B-Boys
details
B-Girls
details

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c 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.
  6. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Breaking" (PDF). World DanceSport Federation. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Road to Paris 2024 – WDSF announces 2023 Breaking calendar". World DanceSport Federation. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Paris 2024 Olympic Competition Schedule – Breaking" (PDF). Paris 2024. p. 17. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
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