Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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Weightlifting
at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
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VenueParque Polideportivo Roca
Dates7–13 October
No. of events12 (6 boys, 6 girls)
Competitors102 from 63 nations
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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[]

Event Location Date Quotas Qualified
Host nation - - 1  Argentina
2017 World Youth Championships[2] Thailand Bangkok 3–10 April 2017 2  China[a]
 Kazakhstan[a]
 Iran
 Turkey[a]
 Russia[a]
 Thailand
1  United States*
 Uzbekistan
 Azerbaijan[a]
 Ukraine[a]
 Indonesia
 Bulgaria
 Colombia
 Chinese Taipei
 Armenia[a]
 Venezuela
 Italy
2018 African Youth Championships[3] Egypt Sharm El Sheikh 23–30 March 2018 1  Egypt
 Algeria
 Libya
 South Africa
2018 Asian Youth Championships[4] Uzbekistan Urgench 20–30 April 2018 1  Turkmenistan
 India
 Saudi Arabia
 Kyrgyzstan
2018 Pan American Youth Championships[5] Colombia Palmira 3–10 June 2018 1  Mexico
 Ecuador
 Peru
 Puerto Rico
2018 Oceania Youth Championships[6] New Caledonia Mont Dore 22–30 June 2018 1  Australia
 Nauru
 New Zealand
 Kiribati
2018 European Youth Championships[7] Italy Lignano Sabbiadoro 22–29 July 2018 1  Georgia
 Romania
 Czech Republic
 Poland
Tripartite Invitation[8] - - 1  Cameroon
 Equatorial Guinea
 Kiribati
 Kosovo
 Marshall Islands
 Nepal
 Pakistan
 Saudi Arabia
 Turkmenistan
 Uganda
Reallocation 1  Albania
 Chile
 Hungary
 Greece
 Lithuania
 Madagascar
 Mauritius
 Netherlands
 Panama
 Slovakia
 Spain
 United Arab Emirates
 Vietnam
Total 49

Girls[]

Event Location Date Quotas Qualified
Host nation - - 1  Argentina
2017 World Youth Championships[9] Thailand Bangkok 3–10 April 2017 2  China[a]
 Kazakhstan[a]
 Uzbekistan
 Romania
 Colombia
 Turkey[a]
 Thailand
1  Mexico
 United States
 Ukraine[a]
 Venezuela
 Russia[a]
 North Korea
 Vietnam
 Ecuador
 Indonesia
 Italy
2018 African Youth Championships[10] Egypt Sharm El Sheikh 23–30 March 2018 1  Egypt
 Algeria
 Tunisia
 Ghana
2018 Asian Youth Championships[11] Uzbekistan Urgench 20–30 April 2018 1  Japan
 Chinese Taipei
 India
 Mongolia
2018 Pan American Youth Championships[12] Colombia Palmira 3–10 June 2018 1  Peru
 Dominican Republic
 Guatemala
 Puerto Rico
2018 Oceania Youth Championships[13] New Caledonia Mont Dore 22–30 June 2018 1  Nauru
 Australia
 New Zealand
 Samoa
2018 European Youth Championships[14] Italy Lignano Sabbiadoro 22–29 July 2018 1  Bulgaria
 Poland
 Spain
 Hungary
Tripartite Invitation[8] - - 1  Bahrain
 Fiji

 Madagascar
 Malta
 Mauritius
 Nauru
 Nicaragua
 Samoa
 Solomon Islands
Reallocation 1  Armenia
 Azerbaijan
 Chile
 Croatia
 Great Britain
 Greece
 Latvia
 Nigeria
 Turkmenistan
 United Arab Emirates
Total 53

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[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Turkey2114
2 Uzbekistan1203
3 Vietnam1102
4 Mexico1012
 Romania1012
6 Armenia1001
 India1001
 Iran1001
 Italy1001
 Tunisia1001
 Venezuela1001
12 Colombia0213
13 Thailand0202
14 Bulgaria0112
 Egypt0112
16 Azerbaijan0101
 Georgia0101
18 Czech Republic0011
 Indonesia0011
 Netherlands0011
 New Zealand0011
 Saudi Arabia0011
 United States0011
Totals (23 nations)12121236

Boy's events[]

Boys' 56 kg podium
Boys' 62 kg podium
Event Gold Silver Bronze
56 kg
details

 Vietnam

 Thailand

 Czech Republic
62 kg
details
Jeremy Lalrinnunga
 India
Caner Toptaş
 Turkey

 Colombia
69 kg
details
Muhammed Furkan Özbek
 Turkey

 Georgia

 Mexico
77 kg
details
Karen Margaryan
 Armenia
Mukhammadkodir Toshtemirov
 Uzbekistan

 Egypt
85 kg
details
Cristiano Ficco
 Italy
Tarmenkhan Babayev
 Azerbaijan

 Saudi Arabia
+85 kg
details
Alireza Yousefi
 Iran
Hristo Hristov
 Bulgaria
Enzo Kuworge
 Netherlands

Girl's events[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
44 kg
details

 Venezuela

 Vietnam

 Turkey
48 kg
details

 Mexico

 Colombia
Mihaela Cambei
 Romania
53 kg
details
Sabina Baltag
 Romania

 Colombia

 Indonesia
58 kg
details
Ghofrane Belkhir
 Tunisia
Neama Said Fahmi Said
 Egypt

 United States
63 kg
details
Kumushkhon Fayzullaeva
 Uzbekistan

 Thailand
Galya Shatova
 Bulgaria
+63 kg
details [a]
Dilara Narin
 Turkey
Dolera Davronova
 Uzbekistan
Kanah Andrews-Nahu
 New Zealand

Notes[]

  • Girls' +63 kg of Thailand originally won the gold medal, but was disqualified in 2019 after testing positive for a banned substance.[17]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Qualification System: Weightlifting" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Boys Team Classification from World Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Boys Team YOG Classification from African Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Boys Team YOG Classification from Asian Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  5. ^ "2018 Pan-American Youth Championships Men" (PDF). IWF. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  6. ^ "2018 Oceanian Youth Championships Men" (PDF). IWF. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  7. ^ "2018 European Youth Championships Men" (PDF). IWF. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  8. ^ a b "Universality Places Selected (Weightlifting)" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Girls Team Classification from World Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  10. ^ "Girls Team YOG Classification from African Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Girls Team YOG Classification from Asian Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  12. ^ "2018 Pan-American Youth Championships Women" (PDF). IWF. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  13. ^ "2018 Oceanian Youth Championships Women" (PDF). IWF. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  14. ^ "2018 European Youth Championships Women" (PDF). IWF. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ "Exclusive: Thai weightlifter loses Youth Olympics gold medal for doping". inside the games. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.

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