| 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 | 
| 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.[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
Girls
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
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals (23 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 | |
Boy's events


| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 56 kg | 
Ngô Sơn Đỉnh | 
Natthawat Chomchuen | 
František Polák | 
| 62 kg | 
Jeremy Lalrinnunga | 
Caner Toptaş | 
Estiven Villar | 
| 69 kg | 
Muhammed Furkan Özbek | 
Archil Malakmadze | 
Mauricio Canul | 
| 77 kg | 
Karen Margaryan | 
Mukhammadkodir Toshtemirov | 
Abdalla Galal Mohamed Mostafa | 
| 85 kg | 
Cristiano Ficco | 
Tarmenkhan Babayev | 
Ali Yousef Al-Othman | 
| +85 kg | 
Alireza Yousefi | 
Hristo Hristov | 
Enzo Kuworge | 
Girl's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 44 kg | 
Katherin Echandia | 
Nguyễn Thị Thu Trang | 
Nida Karasakal | 
| 48 kg | 
Yesica Hernández | 
Yineth Santoya | 
Mihaela Cambei | 
| 53 kg | 
Sabina Baltag | 
Kely Junkar | 
Nur Vinatasari | 
| 58 kg | 
Ghofrane Belkhir | 
Neama Said Fahmi Said | 
Peyton Brown | 
| 63 kg | 
Kumushkhon Fayzullaeva | 
Thipwara Chontavin | 
Galya Shatova | 
| +63 kg [a]  | 
Dilara Narin | 
Dolera Davronova | 
Kanah Andrews-Nahu | 
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]
 
44 kg victory ceremony
48 kg victory ceremony
53 kg victory ceremony
63 kg victory ceremony
References
- 1 2 "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.
 - 1 2 "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.
 

