Weightlifting at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Weightlifting at the II Summer Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Nanjing International Expo Center
Dates	August 17–23

Weightlifting at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
Boys' events
56 kg	62 kg	69 kg
77 kg	85 kg	+85 kg
Girls' events
48 kg	53 kg	58 kg
63 kg	+63 kg

Weightlifting at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from August 17 to August 23. The events took place at the Nanjing International Expo Center in Nanjing, China.

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 4 competitors, 2 per each gender. As hosts, China was given the maximum quota, but only selected 1 athlete per gender and a further 11 boys and 9 girls was to be decided by the Tripartite Commission, but only 9 boys and 6 girls were selected, the remaining places were reallocated. The remaining 86 places shall be decided by team classification results from qualification events, namely the 2013 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 1997 and 31 December 1999. Furthermore, NOCs will only be allowed to enter a single athlete in an event.^[1]

Boys

Event	Location	Date	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	-	-	1	China
2013 World Youth Championships[2]	Tashkent	6–13 April 2013	2	Russia  Egypt  India  Iran  Romania  Mexico  Kazakhstan  Armenia  Uzbekistan
			1	Thailand  Ukraine  Poland  Vietnam  Colombia  Venezuela  North Korea
2014 Asian Youth Championships[3]	Bang Saen	4–12 March 2014	1	South Korea  Indonesia  Kyrgyzstan  Chinese Taipei  Syria
2014 African Youth Championships[4]	Tunis	15–22 April 2014	1	Tunisia  Libya  Algeria  Morocco
2014 European Youth Championships[5]	Ciechanow	28 Apr–3 May 2014	1	Bulgaria  Turkey  Germany  Italy  France
2014 Pan-American Youth Championships[6]	Chiclayo	7–11 May 2014	1	Peru  United States  Ecuador  Dominican Republic
2014 Oceania Youth Championship[7]	Mont Dore	25–31 May 2014	1	New Zealand  Australia  Papua New Guinea  Fiji
Tripartite Invitation[8]	-	-	1	Micronesia  Iraq  Kiribati  Nauru  Nicaragua  Pakistan  Sierra Leone  Tonga  Turkmenistan
Reallocation[8]	-	-	1	Kenya  Saudi Arabia  Serbia
TOTAL			60

Girls

Event	Location	Date	Quotas	Qualified
Host Nation	-	-	1	China
2013 World Youth Championships[9]	Tashkent	6–13 April 2013	2	Mexico  North Korea  Russia  Thailand  Kazakhstan  Vietnam  Romania
			1	Ecuador  Venezuela  Indonesia  Colombia  Myanmar  Poland  Ukraine  Egypt
2014 Asian Youth Championships[10]	Bang Saen	4–12 March 2014	1	Chinese Taipei  India  Mongolia  Uzbekistan
2014 African Youth Championships[11]	Tunis	15–22 April 2014	1	Tunisia  Algeria  Morocco
2014 European Youth Championships[12]	Ciechanow	28 Apr–3 May 2014	1	Turkey  Bulgaria  Armenia  Italy
2014 Pan-American Youth Championships[13]	Chiclayo	7–11 May 2014	1	Peru  Brazil  United States
2014 Oceania Youth Championship[14]	Mont Dore	25–31 May 2014	1	Australia  Papua New Guinea  Fiji
Tripartite Invitation[8]	-	-	1	Bangladesh  Ghana  Madagascar  Malta  Seychelles  Solomon Islands
Reallocation[8]	-	-	1	Argentina  Chile  Hungary  Latvia
TOTAL			50

Schedule

The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.^[15]

All times are CST (UTC+8)

Event Date	Event Day	Starting Time	Event Details
August 17	Sunday	14:30	Girls' -48kg
August 17	Sunday	18:00	Boys' -56kg
August 18	Monday	14:30	Girls' -53kg
August 18	Monday	18:00	Boys' -62kg
August 19	Tuesday	14:30	Girls' -58kg
August 19	Tuesday	18:00	Boys' -69kg
August 21	Thursday	14:30	Girls' -63kg
August 21	Thursday	18:00	Boys' -77kg
August 22	Friday	14:30	Girls' +63kg
August 22	Friday	18:00	Boys' -85kg
August 23	Saturday	18:00	Boys' +85kg

Medal Summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Thailand	2	1	0	3
2	Armenia	2	0	0	2
3	China	2	0	0	2
4	Russia	1	3	0	4
5	North Korea	1	2	0	3
6	Egypt	1	0	1	2
7	Bulgaria	1	0	0	1
7	Chinese Taipei	1	0	0	1
9	Uzbekistan	0	1	1	2
10	India	0	1	0	1
10	Mexico	0	1	0	1
10	Serbia	0	1	0	1
10	Vietnam	0	1	0	1
14	Kazakhstan	0	0	2	2
15	Argentina	0	0	1	1
15	Colombia	0	0	1	1
15	France	0	0	1	1
15	Italy	0	0	1	1
15	Latvia	0	0	1	1
15	Tunisia	0	0	1	1
15	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
Total		11	11	11	33

Boy's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
56 kg	Meng Cheng  China	Nguyen Tran Anh Tuan  Vietnam	Adkhamjon Ergashev  Uzbekistan
62 kg	Pak Jongju  North Korea	Sakda Meeboon  Thailand	Mirko Zanni  Italy
69 kg	Bozhidar Dimitrov Andreev  Bulgaria	Viacheslav Iarkin  Russia	Andres Mauricio Caicedo Piedrahita  Colombia
77 kg	Hakob Mkrtchyan  Armenia	Venkat Rahul Ragala  India	Zhaslan Kaliyev  Kazakhstan
85 kg	Khetag Khugaev  Russia	Farhodbek Sobirov  Uzbekistan	Mohamed Shosha  Egypt
+85 kg	Simon Martirosyan  Armenia	Tamaš Kajdoči  Serbia	Anthony Coullet  France

Girl's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Jiang Huihua  China	Ri Songgum  North Korea	Rebeka Koha  Latvia
53 kg	Rattanaphon Pakkaratha  Thailand	Jong Chun Hui  North Korea	Nouha Landoulsi  Tunisia
58 kg	Chiang Nien-Hsin  Chinese Taipei	Anastasiia Petrova  Russia	Sasha Nievas  Argentina
63 kg	Sara Ahmed  Egypt	Ana Duran Ayon  Mexico	Sofiya Zenchenko  Ukraine
+63 kg	Dunganksorn Chaidee  Thailand	Svetlana Shcherbakova  Russia	Tatyana Kapustina  Kazakhstan

References

1. "Qualification System: Weightlifting" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. July 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
2. "Boys Team Classification from World Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
3. "Boys Team Classification from Asian Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
4. "Boys Team Classification from African Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 21 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
5. "Boys Team Classification from European Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
6. "Boys Team Classification from Pan American Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
7. "Boys Team Classification from Oceania Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
8. "2014 YOG Quota Summary" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
9. "Girls Team Classification from World Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
10. "Girls Team Classification from Asian Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
11. "Girls Team Classification from African Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
12. "Girls Team Classification from European Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
13. "Girls Team Classification from Pan American Youth Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
14. "Girls Team Classification from Oceania Championships" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
15. "Sport Explanatory Brochure: Weightlifting" (PDF). Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.