Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics explained
| Event: | Weightlifting |
| Games: | 2018 Summer Youth |
| Venue: | Parque Polideportivo Roca |
| Dates: | 7–13 October |
| Num Events: | 12 (6 boys, 6 girls) |
| Competitors: | 102 |
| Nations: | 63 |
| Prev: | 2014 |
| Next: | 2026 |
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.
Boys
| Event | Location | Date | Quotas | Qualified |
|---|
| Host nation | - | - | 1 | |
| 2017 World Youth Championships[2] | | 3–10 April 2017 | 2 |
|
| 1 |
|
| 2018 African Youth Championships[3] | | 23–30 March 2018 | 1 |
|
| 2018 Asian Youth Championships[4] | | 20–30 April 2018 | 1 |
|
| 2018 Pan American Youth Championships[5] | | 3–10 June 2018 | 1 |
|
| 2018 Oceania Youth Championships[6] | | 22–30 June 2018 | 1 |
|
| 2018 European Youth Championships[7] | | 22–29 July 2018 | 1 |
|
| Tripartite Invitation[8] | - | - | 1 |
|
| Reallocation | | | 1 |
|
| Total | | | 49 | | |
|---|
Girls
| Event | Location | Date | Quotas | Qualified |
|---|
| Host nation | - | - | 1 | |
| 2017 World Youth Championships[9] | | 3–10 April 2017 | 2 |
|
| 1 |
|
| 2018 African Youth Championships[10] | | 23–30 March 2018 | 1 |
|
| 2018 Asian Youth Championships[11] | | 20–30 April 2018 | 1 |
|
| 2018 Pan American Youth Championships[12] | | 3–10 June 2018 | 1 |
|
| 2018 Oceania Youth Championships[13] | | 22–30 June 2018 | 1 |
|
| 2018 European Youth Championships[14] | | 22–29 July 2018 | 1 |
|
| Tripartite Invitation | - | - | 1 |
|
| Reallocation | | | 1 |
|
| Total | | | 53 | | |
|---|
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
Boy's events
56 kg
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62 kg
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69 kg
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77 kg
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85 kg
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+85 kg
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Girl's events
44 kg
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48 kg
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53 kg
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58 kg
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63 kg
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+63 kg
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Notes
- Supatchanin Khamhaeng of Thailand originally won the gold medal, but was disqualified in 2019 after testing positive for a banned substance.[17]
External links
Notes and References
- News: Qualification System: Weightlifting . . 13 December 2017 . 21 December 2017.
- News: Boys Team Classification from World Youth Championships . . 29 March 2018 . 29 March 2018.
- News: Boys Team YOG Classification from African Youth Championships . . 29 March 2018 . 10 May 2018.
- News: Boys Team YOG Classification from Asian Youth Championships . International Weightlifting Federation. 9 April 2018 . 10 May 2018.
- Web site: 2018 Pan-American Youth Championships Men. IWF. 9 June 2018. 15 October 2018.
- Web site: 2018 Oceanian Youth Championships Men. IWF. 30 June 2018. 15 October 2018.
- Web site: 2018 European Youth Championships Men. IWF. 29 July 2018. 15 October 2018.
- News: Universality Places Selected (Weightlifting) . . 13 December 2017 . 21 December 2017.
- News: Girls Team Classification from World Youth Championships . . 10 April 2017 . 10 April 2017.
- News: Girls Team YOG Classification from African Youth Championships . . 29 March 2018 . 10 May 2018.
- News: Girls Team YOG Classification from Asian Youth Championships . . 30 April 2018 . 10 May 2018.
- Web site: 2018 Pan-American Youth Championships Women. IWF. 9 June 2018. 15 October 2018.
- Web site: 2018 Oceanian Youth Championships Women. IWF. 30 June 2018. 15 October 2018.
- Web site: 2018 European Youth Championships Women. IWF. 29 July 2018. 15 October 2018.
- News: IWF Executive Board upholds decision related to Member Federations which have produced three or more retesting cases. IWF. 30 September 2017. 15 October 2018.
- Web site: Independent Monitoring Group Notes Significant Anti-Doping Progress Among Suspended IWF Member Federations. IWF. 12 June 2018. 15 October 2018. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180615024000/https://www.iwf.net/2018/06/12/independent-monitoring-group-notes-significant-anti-doping-progress-among-suspended-iwf-member-federations/. 15 June 2018.
- News: Exclusive: Thai weightlifter loses Youth Olympics gold medal for doping. 28 November 2019. 29 November 2019. inside the games.
