2010 Summer Youth Olympics 2010 Summer Youth Olympics The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics ( ) were the first edition of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG), an international multi-sport and cultural event for youths based on the tradition of the Olympic Games. Held in Singapore from 14 to 26 August 2010, it was the first International Olympic Committee-sanctioned event held in Southeast Asia. The Games featured about 3,600 athletes aged 14–18 from 204 nations, who competed in 201 events in 26 sports. No official medal tables were published, but the most successful nation was China, followed by Russia; hosts Singapore did not win any gold
Fencing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics qualified overall across all genders will also qualify, with a maximum one per event per NOC (2 from Oceania and 1 from the other four continents). As hosts, Argentina is able to enter athletes in all six events and a further three wildcards were awarded per gender. These were awarded to: Costa Rica, Lebanon, Togo, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Senegal. To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2003. Fencing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Fencing events at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics were held from