| 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 |
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| 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.
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.
Boys
Girls
Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine handed one-year ban from IWF for doping violations. Afterwards IWF lifted doping suspensions against Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Medal summary
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 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
Girl's events
Notes
- Supatchanin Khamhaeng of Thailand originally won the gold medal, but was disqualified in 2019 after testing positive for a banned substance.
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44 kg victory ceremony
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48 kg victory ceremony
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53 kg victory ceremony
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63 kg victory ceremony
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References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
External links
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