Weightlifting at the Youth Olympic Games

Weightlifting at the Youth Olympic Games
Governing body	IWF
Events	12 (boys: 6; girls: 6)
Games
2010 2014 2018

Weightlifting has featured as a sport at the Youth Olympic Summer Games since its first edition in 2010 in Singapore. The Youth Olympic Games are a multi-sport event and the games are held every four years just like the Olympic Games. Eleven weightlifting events (6 for boys and 5 for girls) were contested at the 2010 and 2014 games; for the 2018 games in Buenos Aires that number raised by 12 (6 for boys and girls).^[1]

Summary[]

Games	Year	Events	Best Nation
1	2010	11	China /  Russia
2	2014	11	Thailand
3	2018	12	Turkey
4		12

Medal table[]

As of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	4	2	0	6
2	Thailand (THA)	3	6	0	9
3	Russia (RUS)	3	5	0	8
4	Armenia (ARM)	3	1	1	5
	Bulgaria (BUL)	3	1	1	5
6	(PRK)	2	2	1	5
7	(VIE)	2	2	0	4
8	Iran (IRI)	2	0	0	2
9	Turkey (TUR)	1	2	2	5
	Uzbekistan (UZB)	1	2	2	5
11	Egypt (EGY)	1	1	3	5
	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	1	3	5
13	Mexico (MEX)	1	1	2	4
14	Azerbaijan (AZE)	1	1	0	2
	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	1	1	0	2
	India (IND)	1	1	0	2
17	(ITA)	1	0	1	2
	(ROM)	1	0	1	2
	Tunisia (TUN)	1	0	1	2
	Venezuela (VEN)	1	0	1	2
21	Colombia (COL)	0	3	2	5
22	(GEO)	0	1	0	1
	(SRB)	0	1	0	1
24	Indonesia (INA)	0	0	2	2
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	2	2
26	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
	(CUB)	0	0	1	1
	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	0	1	1
	(FRA)	0	0	1	1
	(LAT)	0	0	1	1
	(NED)	0	0	1	1
	Nigeria (NGR)	0	0	1	1
	(KSA)	0	0	1	1
	United States (USA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (34 nations)		34	34	34	102

See also[]

• Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics
• IWF Youth World Weightlifting Championships

References[]

External links[]

• Youth Olympic Games