Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 7 to 13 October. The events took place at Parque Polideportivo Roca in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
| Weightlifting at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games | |
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| Venue | Parque Polideportivo Roca |
| Dates | 7–13 October |
| No. of events | 12 (6 boys, 6 girls) |
| Competitors | 102 from 63 nations |
Qualification edit
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 4 competitors, 2 per each gender. As hosts, Argentina was guaranteed two quotas, 1 athlete per gender and a further 10 boys and 10 girls was to be decided by the Tripartite Commission. However only 9 girls were selected. The remaining 88 places shall be decided by team classification results from qualification events, namely the 2017 World Youth Championships and five continental qualification tournaments.[1]
To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2003. Furthermore, NOCs will only be allowed to enter a single athlete in an event and the chosen athlete must have participated in either the 2017 World Youth Championships or a continental championship in 2017 or 2018.[1]
Boys edit
Girls edit
a Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine handed one-year ban from IWF for doping violations.[15] Afterwards IWF lifted doping suspensions against Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan.[16]
Medal summary edit
Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Turkey | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 |  Uzbekistan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 |  Vietnam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Mexico | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Romania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 |  Armenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Iran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Venezuela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 |  Colombia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 |  Thailand | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 |  Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Egypt | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 16 |  Azerbaijan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Georgia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 |  Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (23 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 | |
Boy's events edit
Girl's events edit
Notes edit
- Girls' +63 kg Supatchanin Khamhaeng of Thailand originally won the gold medal, but was disqualified in 2019 after testing positive for a banned substance.[17]
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53 kg victory ceremony -
63 kg victory ceremony
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References edit
- ^ a b "Qualification System: Weightlifting" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ "Boys Team Classification from World Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ "Boys Team YOG Classification from African Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "Boys Team YOG Classification from Asian Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "2018 Pan-American Youth Championships Men" (PDF). IWF. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ "2018 Oceanian Youth Championships Men" (PDF). IWF. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ "2018 European Youth Championships Men" (PDF). IWF. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Universality Places Selected (Weightlifting)" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ "Girls Team Classification from World Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ "Girls Team YOG Classification from African Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "Girls Team YOG Classification from Asian Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "2018 Pan-American Youth Championships Women" (PDF). IWF. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ "2018 Oceanian Youth Championships Women" (PDF). IWF. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ "2018 European Youth Championships Women" (PDF). IWF. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ "IWF Executive Board upholds decision related to Member Federations which have produced three or more retesting cases". IWF. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ "Independent Monitoring Group Notes Significant Anti-Doping Progress Among Suspended IWF Member Federations". IWF. 12 June 2018. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
- ^ "Exclusive: Thai weightlifter loses Youth Olympics gold medal for doping". inside the games. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
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