Somalia at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics medal final, but instead entered the non-medal ranking finals to compete with other athletes who similarly did not make the mark. Somalia at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Somalia competed at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, the inaugural Youth Olympic Games, held in Singapore from 14 August to 26 August 2010. The nation was represented by the Somali Olympic Committee, which sent a total of two athletes to compete in one sport, athletics. The flagbearer at the opening ceremony for the nation was athlete Abdulahi Kulow. Somalia's Olympic team was one of the 106 that did not win a single
Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 11 to 16 October. The events took place at the Parque Polideportivo Roca in Buenos Aires, Argentina. For the first time, every athletics' event featured 2 stages – 2 separate competitions, both of their results were added together to conclude final standings. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 36 athletes, 18 per each gender and 1 per each event. In total, 680 (340 boys and 340 girls) athletes will compete at the Youth Olympics with continental qualification events deciding