Karate at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' 68 kg

The boys' kumite –68 kg competition at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held on 18 October at the Europa Pavilion in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Boys' Kumite 68 kg at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Europa Pavilion
Date	18 October
Competitors	8 from 8 nations
Medalists
Quentin Mahauden  Belgium Yassine Sekouri  Morocco Abilmansur Batyrgali  Kazakhstan Rosario Ruggiero  Italy

Schedule

All times are in local time (UTC-3).

Date	Time	Round
Thursday, 18 October	09:00	Elimination round
	14:00	Semifinals
	14:42	Final

Results

Elimination round

Pool A

Rank	Athlete	B	W	D	L	Pts	Score
1	Quentin Mahauden (BEL)	3	2	1	0	5	9–6
2	Rosario Ruggiero (ITA)	3	1	1	1	3	11–9
3	Bojan Bošković (MNE)	3	1	1	1	3	5–4
4	Robert Shyroian (UKR)	3	0	1	2	1	0–6

	Score
Rosario Ruggiero (ITA)	3–0	Robert Shyroian (UKR)
Bojan Bošković (MNE)	0–2	Quentin Mahauden (BEL)
Bojan Bošković (MNE)	3–0	Robert Shyroian (UKR)
Rosario Ruggiero (ITA)	6–7	Quentin Mahauden (BEL)
Quentin Mahauden (BEL)	0–0	Robert Shyroian (UKR)
Rosario Ruggiero (ITA)	2–2	Bojan Bošković (MNE)

Pool B

Rank	Athlete	B	W	D	L	Pts	Score
1	Yassine Sekouri (MAR)	3	2	1	0	5	9–2
2	Abilmansur Batyrgali (KAZ)	3	2	1	0	5	6–0
3	Kotaro Nakamura (JPN)	3	0	1	2	1	2–11
4	Juan Salsench (ARG)	3	0	1	2	1	0–4

	Score
Abilmansur Batyrgali (KAZ)	3–0	Juan Salsench (ARG)
Yassine Sekouri (MAR)	8–2	Kotaro Nakamura (JPN)
Yassine Sekouri (MAR)	1–0	Juan Salsench (ARG)
Abilmansur Batyrgali (KAZ)	3–0	Kotaro Nakamura (JPN)
Kotaro Nakamura (JPN)	0–0	Juan Salsench (ARG)
Abilmansur Batyrgali (KAZ)	0–0	Yassine Sekouri (MAR)

Semifinals

	Score
Quentin Mahauden (BEL)	3–1	Abilmansur Batyrgali (KAZ)
Yassine Sekouri (MAR)	5–0	Rosario Ruggiero (ITA)

Final

	Score
Quentin Mahauden (BEL)	1–0	Yassine Sekouri (MAR)

• 
  Quentin Mahauden versus Yassine Sekouri
• 
  Quentin Mahauden celebrating his victory
• 
  Yassine Sekouri disappointed after losing the fight

External links

• Summary