2026 Summer Olympics (Fiction)

The **2026 Summer Olympics**, officially the **Games of the XXXIV Olympiad** and also known as **Makati 2026**, is an upcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to take place from 26 July to 11 August 2026 with Makati as its main host city and different cities spread across Metro Manila, Philippines and 2 events outside Metro Manila.

Makati was awarded the Games at the 138th IOC Session in Tokyo, Japan, on 2021 which awarded Makati and Brisbane to host the 2026 and 2030 Summer Olympics, respectively. The Philippines hosted the Summer Olympics for the first time, and is the first in the Southeast Asian Region.

The Games will feature the debut of 2 new events including Esports and Wushu and the return of Baseball, Softball, and Karate

## Bidding Process

The four candidate cities were Makati, Rome, Istanbul, and Dubai. The applicant cities of Jakarta and Cairo were not promoted to candidate status. A bid from Madrid was withdrawn.

### Host city selection

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to select the host city of the 2020 Summer Olympics on 7 September 2013, at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, using an exhaustive ballot system. None of the candidate cities won more than 50% of the votes in the first round; Madrid and Istanbul were tied for second place, so a runoff vote was held to determine which of the two cities would be eliminated. The final vote was a head-to-head contest between Tokyo and Istanbul. Tokyo was selected by 60 votes to 36, gaining at least the 49 votes required for a majority.

 Rome
 Istanbul

## Development and preparation

The Makati Organizing Committee was headed by Andre Cayabyab while Steve Valencia, Minister for the Makati Olympic and Paralympic Games, was responsible for overseeing the preparations on behalf of the Philippine government.

The City Government of Makati set aside a fund of ₱200 billion (more than US$3.6 billion) to cover the cost of hosting the Games. The Philippine government built a new railway line that would easily connect from the airport to the Olympic Village, and other event locations,

In September 2023, the Makati Organizing Committee signed a partnership with the International Labour Organization to ensure decent work in the preparation of and during the 2026 Olympic Games.

In June 2023, the chief executive of the Organizing Committee, Carlo Bayona, stated that the committee was exploring options for streamlining the Games to achieve cost savings. On 25 September, the IOC and Makati Organizing Committee agreed to a suite of measures to simplify the Games' logistics, including a cut to non-athlete staff, use of online meetings, and streamlined transport, among others. The committee also outlined areas it would be exploring in order to maintain the health and safety of all participants.

### Venues and infrastructure

The newly built Philippine National Stadium in Makati was the venue for the ceremonies and the athletics events.

In February 2021, it was announced that the Philippine National Stadium would undergo renovation in preparation for the 2026 Summer Olympics. In December 2021, the Philippine Sports Council announced that it was taking bids for proposed stadium designs. The Azcona Architecture Group was awarded to design the venue.

In June 2023, the government announced plans to increase the new stadium's permanent capacity to 95,000 in its athletics configuration as a result of increased anticipation. The government also announced a plan to build an automatic retractable roof based on weather patterns.

### Security

In June 2023, the Philippine government chose to ban drones from flying over venues being used for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. In January 2026, counterterrorism drills began in different parts where the Games would take place, after intelligence data showed that terrorist groups could have carried out an attack seeking worldwide attention. In July 2026, the Philippine government conducted security drills in all of the venues and their surrounding areas.

### Volunteers

Applications for volunteering at the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games were accepted beginning on 26 September 2024. By 18 January 2025, a total of 583,489 applications had been received by the Philippine Organizing Committee. Interviews to select the requisite number of volunteers began in February 2025, with training scheduled to take place in October 2025. The volunteers at the venues were to be known as "Gold Force", and the volunteers in the city were to be known as "Blue Force".

### Medals

In February 2023, the Philippine Organizing Committee announced an electronics recycling program, soliciting donations of electronics such as mobile phones to be reclaimed as materials for the medals. Aiming to collect eight tonnes of metals to produce the medals for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, collection boxes were deployed at public locations and government offices in April 2023. A design competition for the medals was launched in December of that year and was awarded to a college student from the Ateneo de Manila University.

In May 2024, the organizing committee reported that they had obtained half the required 2,700 kilograms of bronze but were struggling to obtain the required amount of silver; although bronze and silver medals purely utilize their respective materials, IOC requirements mandate that gold medals utilize silver as a base. The collection of bronze was completed in November 2024, with the remainder estimated to have been completed by March 2025.

On 24 July 2025 (one year ahead of the originally scheduled opening ceremony), the designs of the medals were unveiled. The medals for the Olympic and Paralympic Games were designed by Xavier Chiu following a nationwide competition. A new feature shared with the Paralympic medals is that the ribbons contain one, two, or three silicone convex lines to distinguish gold, silver, and bronze medals, respectively.

## The Games

### Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony was held on 26 July 2026 in the Philippine National Stadium in Makati. It included the traditional Parade of Nations. President Olivia Tanhueco formally opened the Games, and at the end of the torch relay the Olympic cauldron was lit by Filipino basketball player Maverick Ching.

Following the 2020 and 2024 Olympics, it was decided that one male and one female in each country would take turns holding flags and serve as two of them. This was done by embodying the "Agenda 2020" set during President Bach's term.

	+ Artistic swimming (2)
	+ Diving (8)
	+ Marathon swimming (2)
	+ Swimming (35)
	+ Water polo (2)
* Archery (5)
* Athletics (48)
* Badminton (5)
* Baseball
	+ Baseball (1)
	+ Softball (1)
* Basketball
	+ Basketball (2)
	+ 3×3 basketball (2)
* Breaking (2)
* Canoeing
	+ Slalom (4)
	+ Sprint (12)
* Cycling
	+ BMX freestyle (2)
	+ BMX racing (2)
	+ Mountain biking (2)
	+ Road cycling (4)
	+ Track cycling (12)
* Equestrian
	+ Dressage (2)
	+ Eventing (2)
	+ Jumping (2)
* Esports (8)
* Fencing (12)
* Field hockey (2)
* Golf (2)
* Gymnastics
	+ Artistic (14)
	+ Rhythmic (2)
	+ Trampoline (2)
* Handball (2)
* Judo (15)
* Karate
	+ Kata (2)
	+ Kumite (6)
* Modern pentathlon (2)
* Rowing (14)
* Rugby sevens (2)
* Sailing (10)
* Skateboarding (4)
* Sport climbing (4)
* Surfing (2)
* Table tennis (5)
* Taekwondo (8)
* Tennis (5)
* Triathlon (3)
* Volleyball
	+ Volleyball (2)
	+ Beach volleyball (2)
* Weightlifting (14)
* Wrestling
	+ Freestyle (12)
	+ Greco-Roman (6)
* Wushu (10)

### Participating National Olympic Committees

On 8 June 2023, the Philippine Olympic Committee disqualified Russia and Belarus following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

On 6 April 2026, North Korea announced that it would not participate in the 2026 Summer Olympics following the disqualification of Russia and Belarus.

* Albania
* Algeria
* American Samoa
* Andorra
* Angola
* Antigua and Barbuda
* Argentina
* Armenia
* Aruba
* Australia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Bahamas
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Barbados
* Belgium
* Belize
* Benin
* Bermuda
* Bhutan
* Bolivia
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Botswana
* Brazil
* British Virgin Islands
* Brunei
* Bulgaria
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cambodia
* Cameroon
* Canada
* Cape Verde
* Cayman Islands
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Chile
* China
* Chinese Taipei
* Colombia
* Comoros
* Cook Islands
* Costa Rica
* Croatia
* Cuba
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Denmark
* Djibouti
* Dominica
* Dominican Republic
* Timor-Leste
* Ecuador
* Egypt
* El Salvador
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Estonia
* Eswatini
* Ethiopia
* Federated States of Micronesia
* Fiji
* Finland
* France
* Gabon
* Georgia
* Germany
* Ghana
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Grenada
* Guam
* Guatemala
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Guyana
* Haiti
* Honduras
* Hong Kong
* Hungary
* Iceland
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Ivory Coast
* Jamaica
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Kenya
* Kiribati
* Kosovo
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Latvia
* Lebanon
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mali
* Malta
* Marshall Islands
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Mexico
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Mongolia
* Montenegro
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Myanmar
* Namibia
* Nauru
* Nepal
* Netherlands
* New Zealand
* Nicaragua
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Norway
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Palau
* Palestine
* Panama
* Papua New Guinea
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Philippines
* Poland
* Portugal
* Puerto Rico
* Qatar
* Refugee Olympic Team
* Republic of the Congo
* Romania
* Rwanda
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Samoa
* San Marino
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Saudi Arabia
* Senegal
* Serbia
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Singapore
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Solomon Islands
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Korea
* South Sudan
* Spain
* Sri Lanka
* Sudan
* Suriname
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Syria
* Tajikistan
* Tanzania
* Thailand
* Togo
* Tonga
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Tunisia
* Turkey
* Turkmenistan
* Tuvalu
* Uganda
* Ukraine
* United Arab Emirates
* United States
* Uruguay
* Uzbekistan
* Vanuatu
* Venezuela
* Vietnam
* Virgin Islands
* Yemen
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

## Medal Summary

*See Also: 2026 Summer Olympics Medal Table (Fiction)*

### Podium sweeps

There were two podium sweeps, as follows:

## Calendar

*All times are in Philippine Time (UTC+8)*