| 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 |
| Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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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 | |
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.
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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 56 kg |
Ngô Sơn Đỉnh Vietnam |
Natthawat Chomchuen Thailand |
František Polák Czech Republic |
| 62 kg |
Jeremy Lalrinnunga India |
Caner Toptaş Turkey |
Estiven Villar Colombia |
| 69 kg |
Muhammed Furkan Özbek Turkey |
Archil Malakmadze Georgia |
Mauricio Canul Mexico |
| 77 kg |
Karen Margaryan Armenia |
Mukhammadkodir Toshtemirov Uzbekistan |
Abdalla Galal Mohamed Mostafa Egypt |
| 85 kg |
Cristiano Ficco Italy |
Tarmenkhan Babayev Azerbaijan |
Ali Yousef Al-Othman Saudi Arabia |
| +85 kg |
Alireza Yousefi Iran |
Hristo Hristov Bulgaria |
Enzo Kuworge Netherlands |
Girl's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44 kg |
Katherin Echandia Venezuela |
Nguyễn Thị Thu Trang Vietnam |
Nida Karasakal Turkey |
| 48 kg |
Yesica Hernández Mexico |
Yineth Santoya Colombia |
Mihaela Cambei Romania |
| 53 kg |
Sabina Baltag Romania |
Kely Junkar Colombia |
Nur Vinatasari Indonesia |
| 58 kg |
Ghofrane Belkhir Tunisia |
Neama Said Fahmi Said Egypt |
Peyton Brown United States |
| 63 kg |
Kumushkhon Fayzullaeva Uzbekistan |
Thipwara Chontavin Thailand |
Galya Shatova Bulgaria |
| +63 kg [a] |
Dilara Narin Turkey |
Dolera Davronova Uzbekistan |
Kanah Andrews-Nahu New Zealand |
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]
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44 kg victory ceremony
48 kg victory ceremony
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63 kg victory ceremony
References
- 1 2 "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.
- 1 2 "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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