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.

Dates7–13 October
No. of events12 (6 boys, 6 girls)
Competitors102 from 63 nations
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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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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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EventLocationDateQuotasQualified
Host nation--1 Argentina
2017 World Youth Championships[2]Thailand Bangkok3–10 April 20172 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 Sheikh23–30 March 20181 Egypt
 Algeria
 Libya
 South Africa
2018 Asian Youth Championships[4]Uzbekistan Urgench20–30 April 20181 Turkmenistan
 India
 Saudi Arabia
 Kyrgyzstan
2018 Pan American Youth Championships[5]Colombia Palmira3–10 June 20181 Mexico
 Ecuador
 Peru
 Puerto Rico
2018 Oceania Youth Championships[6]New Caledonia Mont Dore22–30 June 20181 Australia
 Nauru
 New Zealand
 Kiribati
2018 European Youth Championships[7]Italy Lignano Sabbiadoro22–29 July 20181 Georgia
 Romania
 Czech Republic
 Poland
Tripartite Invitation[8]--1 Cameroon
 Equatorial Guinea
 Kiribati
 Kosovo
 Marshall Islands
 Nepal
 Pakistan
 Saudi Arabia
 Turkmenistan
 Uganda
Reallocation1 Albania
 Chile
 Hungary
 Greece
 Lithuania
 Madagascar
 Mauritius
 Netherlands
 Panama
 Slovakia
 Spain
 United Arab Emirates
 Vietnam
Total49
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Girls

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EventLocationDateQuotasQualified
Host nation--1 Argentina
2017 World Youth Championships[9]Thailand Bangkok3–10 April 20172 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 Sheikh23–30 March 20181 Egypt
 Algeria
 Tunisia
 Ghana
2018 Asian Youth Championships[11]Uzbekistan Urgench20–30 April 20181 Japan
 Chinese Taipei
 India
 Mongolia
2018 Pan American Youth Championships[12]Colombia Palmira3–10 June 20181 Peru
 Dominican Republic
 Guatemala
 Puerto Rico
2018 Oceania Youth Championships[13]New Caledonia Mont Dore22–30 June 20181 Nauru
 Australia
 New Zealand
 Samoa
2018 European Youth Championships[14]Italy Lignano Sabbiadoro22–29 July 20181 Bulgaria
 Poland
 Spain
 Hungary
Tripartite Invitation[8]--1 Bahrain
 Fiji

 Madagascar
 Malta
 Mauritius
 Nauru
 Nicaragua
 Samoa
 Solomon Islands
Reallocation1 Armenia
 Azerbaijan
 Chile
 Croatia
 Great Britain
 Greece
 Latvia
 Nigeria
 Turkmenistan
 United Arab Emirates
Total53
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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

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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 entries)12121236
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Boy's events

Boys' 56 kg podium
Boys' 62 kg podium
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Event Gold Silver Bronze
56 kg
details
Ngô Sơn Đỉnh
 Vietnam
Natthawat Chomchuen
 Thailand
František Polák
 Czech Republic
62 kg
details
Jeremy Lalrinnunga
 India
Caner Toptaş
 Turkey
Estiven Villar
 Colombia
69 kg
details
Muhammed Furkan Özbek
 Turkey
Archil Malakmadze
 Georgia
Mauricio Canul
 Mexico
77 kg
details
Karen Margaryan
 Armenia
Mukhammadkodir Toshtemirov
 Uzbekistan
Abdalla Galal Mohamed Mostafa
 Egypt
85 kg
details
Cristiano Ficco
 Italy
Tarmenkhan Babayev
 Azerbaijan
Ali Yousef Al-Othman
 Saudi Arabia
+85 kg
details
Alireza Yousefi
 Iran
Hristo Hristov
 Bulgaria
Enzo Kuworge
 Netherlands
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Girl's events

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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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