Breaking The Paris 2024 Olympics

The Newest Olympic Sport

Breaking

You need to know about the rules for Olympic breakdancing, including how it will be judged and scored. Here's everything you need to know about the urban dance appearing at the 2024 Olympics.

A panel of nine judges will apply Olympic rules to the dance form, which originated as a free-flowing expression of hip-hop culture.

As breaking makes its Olympic debut in Paris, learn about the rules of the Games' newest sport.

At the Olympics, 16 men and 16 women will compete in breaking, which will be judged in two rounds: a preliminary round and a final round.

In the preliminary round, each dancer will perform a one-minute routine.

The top eight dancers from each gender will advance to the final round, where they will perform two one-minute routines.

The judges will score each dancer on a scale of 1 to 10, based on the following criteria:

• Technical skills
• Creativity
• Execution
• Overall performance

The dancer with the highest score at the end of the final round will be crowned the Olympic champion.

Breaking is sure to be one of the most exciting sports at the 2024 Olympics, and it will be interesting to see who comes out on top. Here are some of the athletes to watch:

• B-Boy Lilou (France)
• B-Girl Ami (Japan)
• B-Boy Roxrite (United States)
• B-Girl Sunny (South Korea)
• B-Boy Taisuke (Japan)