Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics


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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.

Weightlifting

at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games

VenueParque Polideportivo Roca
Dates7–13 October
No. of events12 (6 boys, 6 girls)
Competitors102 from 63 nations

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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]

Event Location Date Quotas Qualified
Host nation - - 1   Argentina
2017 World Youth Championships[2]   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]   Sharm El Sheikh 23–30 March 2018 1   Egypt
  Algeria
  Libya
  South Africa
2018 Asian Youth Championships[4]   Urgench 20–30 April 2018 1   Turkmenistan
  India
  Saudi Arabia
  Kyrgyzstan
2018 Pan American Youth Championships[5]   Palmira 3–10 June 2018 1   Mexico
  Ecuador
  Peru
  Puerto Rico
2018 Oceania Youth Championships[6]   Mont Dore 22–30 June 2018 1   Australia
  Nauru
  New Zealand
  Kiribati
2018 European Youth Championships[7]   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
Event Location Date Quotas Qualified
Host nation - - 1   Argentina
2017 World Youth Championships[9]   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]   Sharm El Sheikh 23–30 March 2018 1   Egypt
  Algeria
  Tunisia
  Ghana
2018 Asian Youth Championships[11]   Urgench 20–30 April 2018 1   Japan
  Chinese Taipei
  India
  Mongolia
2018 Pan American Youth Championships[12]   Palmira 3–10 June 2018 1   Peru
  Dominican Republic
  Guatemala
  Puerto Rico
2018 Oceania Youth Championships[13]   Mont Dore 22–30 June 2018 1   Nauru
  Australia
  New Zealand
  Samoa
2018 European Youth Championships[14]   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]

 
Boys' 56 kg podium
 
Boys' 62 kg podium
  • 44 kg victory ceremony

  • 48 kg victory ceremony

  • 53 kg victory ceremony

  • 63 kg victory ceremony

  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.