Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
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.
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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 |
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Men | Women | |
56 kg | 44 kg | |
62 kg | 48 kg | |
69 kg | 53 kg | |
77 kg | 58 kg | |
85 kg | 63 kg | |
+85 kg | +63 kg | |
Qualification
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
Girls
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
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
14 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
16 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
18 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (23 nations) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
Boy's events


Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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56 kg |
Ngô Sơn Đỉnh![]() |
Natthawat Chomchuen![]() |
František Polák![]() |
62 kg |
Jeremy Lalrinnunga![]() |
Caner Toptaş![]() |
Estiven Villar![]() |
69 kg |
Muhammed Özbek![]() |
Archil Malakmadze![]() |
Mauricio Canul![]() |
77 kg |
Karen Margaryan![]() |
Mukhammadkodir Toshtemirov![]() |
Abdalla Galal Mohamed Mostafa![]() |
85 kg |
Cristiano Ficco![]() |
Tarmenkhan Babayev![]() |
Ali Yousef Al-Othman![]() |
+85 kg |
Alireza Yousefi![]() |
Hristo Hristov![]() |
Enzo Kuworge![]() |
Girl's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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44 kg |
Katherin Echandia![]() |
Nguyễn Thị Thu Trang![]() |
Nida Karasakal![]() |
48 kg |
Yesica Hernández![]() |
Yineth Santoya![]() |
Mihaela Cambei![]() |
53 kg |
Sabina Baltag![]() |
Kely Junkar![]() |
Nur Vinatasari![]() |
58 kg |
Ghofrane Belkhir![]() |
Neama Said Fahmi Said![]() |
Peyton Brown![]() |
63 kg |
Kumushkhon Fayzullaeva![]() |
Thipwara Chontavin![]() |
Galya Shatova![]() |
+63 kg [a] |
Dilara Narin![]() |
Dolera Davronova![]() |
Kanah Andrews-Nahu![]() |
Notes
- 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]
- 44 kg victory ceremony
- 48 kg victory ceremony
- 53 kg victory ceremony
- 63 kg victory ceremony
References
- "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.
- "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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